@SuppressWarnings({"unchecked"})
public static <T> Iterator<T> emptyIterator ()

Returns an iterator that has no elements. More precisely,

• hasNext always returns false.
• next always throws NoSuchElementException.
• remove always throws IllegalStateException.

Implementations of this method are permitted, but not required, to return the same object from multiple invocations.

Parameters:

<T>

type of elements, if there were any, in the iterator

Returns:  an empty iterator

Since:  1.7