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package scala.collection

import generic._
import mutable.Builder
import TraversableView.NoBuilder

/** A base trait for non-strict views of traversable collections.
 *  $traversableViewInfo
 */
trait TraversableView[+A, +Coll] extends TraversableViewLike[A, Coll, TraversableView[A, Coll]] with GenTraversableView[A, Coll] { }

/** An object containing the necessary implicit definitions to make
 *  `TraversableView`s work. Its definitions are generally not accessed directly by clients.
 */
object TraversableView {
  class NoBuilder[A] extends Builder[A, Nothing] {
    def +=(elem: A): this.type = this
    def iterator: Iterator[A] = Iterator.empty
    @deprecated("use `iterator' instead", "2.8.0")
    def elements = iterator
    def result() = throw new UnsupportedOperationException("TraversableView.Builder.result")
    def clear() {}
  }
  type Coll = TraversableView[_, C] forSome {type C <: Traversable[_]}
  implicit def canBuildFrom[A]: CanBuildFrom[Coll, A, TraversableView[A, Traversable[_]]] = 
    new CanBuildFrom[Coll, A, TraversableView[A, Traversable[_]]] { 
      def apply(from: Coll) = new NoBuilder 
      def apply() = new NoBuilder 
    }
}