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// $Id: Sequence.scala 16092 2008-09-12 10:37:06Z nielsen $


package scala.collection

import mutable.ListBuffer
// import immutable.{List, Nil, ::}
import generic._
import util.control.Breaks._

/** Class <code>Sequence[A]</code> represents sequences of elements
 *  of type <code>A</code>.
 *  It adds the following methods to class Iterable:
 *   `length`, `lengthCompare`, `apply`, `isDefinedAt`, `segmentLength`, `prefixLength`,
 *   `indexWhere`, `indexOf`, `lastIndexWhere`, `lastIndexOf`, `reverse`, `reverseIterator`,
 *   `startsWith`, `endsWith`, `indexOfSeq`.
 *
 *
 *  @author  Martin Odersky
 *  @author  Matthias Zenger
 *  @version 1.0, 16/07/2003
 */
trait Sequence[+A] extends PartialFunction[Int, A]
                      with Iterable[A]
                      with TraversableClass[A, Sequence]
                      with SequenceTemplate[A, Sequence[A]] {
  override def companion: Companion[Sequence] = Sequence
}

object Sequence extends SequenceFactory[Sequence] {

  implicit def builderFactory[A]: BuilderFactory[A, Sequence[A], Coll] = new VirtualBuilderFactory[A]
  def newBuilder[A]: Builder[A, Sequence[A]] = immutable.Sequence.newBuilder[A]

  @deprecated("use View instead") type Projection[A] = SequenceView[A, Coll]

  @deprecated("use Sequence(value) instead")
  def singleton[A](value: A) = Sequence(value)

  /** Builds a singleton sequence. */
  @deprecated("use <code>Sequence(x)</code> instead.")
  def single[A](x: A) = singleton(x)
}