public static <T extends @Nullable Object> UnmodifiableIterator<T> unmodifiableIterator(
      Iterator<? extends T> iterator) {
    checkNotNull(iterator);
    if (iterator instanceof UnmodifiableIterator) {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // Since it's unmodifiable, the covariant cast is safe
      UnmodifiableIterator<T> result = (UnmodifiableIterator<T>) iterator;
      return result;
    }

      throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
    }

    /**
     * Scope the return type to {@link UnmodifiableIterator} to ensure this is an unmodifiable view.
     *
     * @since 20.0 (present with return type {@link Iterator} since 2.0)
     */
    @Override
    public abstract UnmodifiableIterator<E> iterator();

    @Override
    @SuppressWarnings("EqualsHashCode") // same semantics

    Iterator<String> mod = Lists.newArrayList("a", "b", "c").iterator();
    UnmodifiableIterator<String> unmod = Iterators.unmodifiableIterator(mod);
    assertNotSame(mod, unmod);
    assertSame(unmod, Iterators.unmodifiableIterator(unmod));
    assertSame(unmod, Iterators.unmodifiableIterator((Iterator<String>) unmod));
  }

    Iterator<String> mod = Lists.newArrayList("a", "b", "c").iterator();
    UnmodifiableIterator<String> unmod = Iterators.unmodifiableIterator(mod);
    assertNotSame(mod, unmod);
    assertSame(unmod, Iterators.unmodifiableIterator(unmod));
    assertSame(unmod, Iterators.unmodifiableIterator((Iterator<String>) unmod));
  }