/* iterable.vala
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2007-2008  Jürg Billeter
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.

 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301  USA
 *
 * Author:
 * 	Jürg Billeter <j@bitron.ch>
 */

#ifndef __GEE_ITERABLE_H__
#define __GEE_ITERABLE_H__

#include <glib.h>
#include <glib-object.h>
#include <gee/iterator.h>

G_BEGIN_DECLS


#define GEE_TYPE_ITERABLE (gee_iterable_get_type ())
#define GEE_ITERABLE(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), GEE_TYPE_ITERABLE, GeeIterable))
#define GEE_IS_ITERABLE(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), GEE_TYPE_ITERABLE))
#define GEE_ITERABLE_GET_INTERFACE(obj) (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_INTERFACE ((obj), GEE_TYPE_ITERABLE, GeeIterableIface))

typedef struct _GeeIterable GeeIterable;
typedef struct _GeeIterableIface GeeIterableIface;

/**
 * Implemented by classes that support a simple iteration over instances of the
 * collection.
 */
struct _GeeIterableIface {
	GTypeInterface parent_iface;
	GType (*get_element_type) (GeeIterable* self);
	GeeIterator* (*iterator) (GeeIterable* self);
};


GType gee_iterable_get_element_type (GeeIterable* self);
GeeIterator* gee_iterable_iterator (GeeIterable* self);
GType gee_iterable_get_type (void);


G_END_DECLS

#endif
