swift-mirror/stdlib/public/core/EmptyCollection.swift

//===--- EmptyCollection.swift - A collection with no elements ------------===//
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// Licensed under Apache License v2.0 with Runtime Library Exception
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//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
//
//  Sometimes an operation is best expressed in terms of some other,
//  larger operation where one of the parameters is an empty
//  collection.  For example, we can erase elements from an Array by
//  replacing a subrange with the empty collection.
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//

/// A generator that never produces an element.
///
/// - SeeAlso: `EmptyCollection<Element>`.
public struct EmptyGenerator<Element> : GeneratorType, SequenceType {
  /// Construct an instance.
  public init() {}

  /// Return `nil`, indicating that there are no more elements.
  public mutating func next() -> Element? {
    return nil
  }
}

/// A collection whose element type is `Element` but that is always empty.
public struct EmptyCollection<Element> : CollectionType {
  /// A type that represents a valid position in the collection.
  ///
  /// Valid indices consist of the position of every element and a
  /// "past the end" position that's not valid for use as a subscript.
  public typealias Index = Int

  /// Construct an instance.
  public init() {}

  /// Always zero, just like `endIndex`.
  public var startIndex: Index {
    return 0
  }

  /// Always zero, just like `startIndex`.
  public var endIndex: Index {
    return 0
  }

  /// Returns an empty *generator*.
  ///
  /// - Complexity: O(1).
  public func generate() -> EmptyGenerator<Element> {
    return EmptyGenerator()
  }

  /// Access the element at `position`.
  ///
  /// Should never be called, since this collection is always empty.
  public subscript(position: Index) -> Element {
    _preconditionFailure("Index out of range")
  }

  /// Return the number of elements (always zero).
  public var count: Int {
    return 0
  }
}