Peeking Iterator

By | January 18, 2016
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https://leetcode.com/problems/peeking-iterator/

Given an Iterator class interface with methods: next() and hasNext(), design and implement a PeekingIterator that support the peek() operation — it essentially peek() at the element that will be returned by the next call to next().


Here is an example. Assume that the iterator is initialized to the beginning of the list: [1, 2, 3].

Call next() gets you 1, the first element in the list.

Now you call peek() and it returns 2, the next element. Calling next() after that still return 2.

You call next() the final time and it returns 3, the last element. Calling hasNext() after that should return false.

Solution
The solution is that we still use normal iterator. But we define a peek variable. Before next() is called, we already got the iterator.next() in peek. When peek() function is called, we just return peek. For hasNext() function, we return true if peek is not null;

check my code on github: link