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    017package org.apache.commons.collections4;
    018
    019/**
    020 * The "read" subset of the {@link java.util.Map} interface.
    021 *
    022 * @param <K> the type of the keys in this map
    023 * @param <V> the type of the values in this map
    024 *
    025 * @since 4.0
    026 * @see Put
    027 */
    028public interface IterableGet<K, V> extends Get<K, V> {
    029    /**
    030     * Obtains a {@code MapIterator} over the map.
    031     * <p>
    032     * A map iterator is an efficient way of iterating over maps.
    033     * There is no need to access the entry set or use Map Entry objects.
    034     * <pre>
    035     * IterableMap&lt;String,Integer&gt; map = new HashedMap&lt;String,Integer&gt;();
    036     * MapIterator&lt;String,Integer&gt; it = map.mapIterator();
    037     * while (it.hasNext()) {
    038     *   String key = it.next();
    039     *   Integer value = it.getValue();
    040     *   it.setValue(value + 1);
    041     * }
    042     * </pre>
    043     *
    044     * @return a map iterator
    045     */
    046    MapIterator<K, V> mapIterator();
    047
    048}