}

  @CheckForNull private T next;

  @CheckForNull
  protected abstract T computeNext();

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  @CheckForNull
  protected final T endOfData() {
    state = State.DONE;
    return null;
  }

  @Override
  public final boolean hasNext() {
    checkState(state != State.FAILED);
    switch (state) {
      case DONE:
        return false;
      case READY:
        return true;

  }

  @CheckForNull private T next;

  @CheckForNull
  protected abstract T computeNext();

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  @CheckForNull
  protected final T endOfData() {
    state = State.DONE;
    return null;
  }

  @Override
  public final boolean hasNext() {
    checkState(state != State.FAILED);
    switch (state) {
      case DONE:
        return false;
      case READY:
        return true;

 *
 * <p>Another example is an iterator that skips over null elements in a backing iterator. This could
 * be implemented as:
 *
 * <pre>{@code
 * public static Iterator<String> skipNulls(final Iterator<String> in) {
 *   return new AbstractIterator<String>() {
 *     protected String computeNext() {
 *       while (in.hasNext()) {
 *         String s = in.next();
 *         if (s != null) {
 *           return s;
 *         }
 *       }

 *
 * <p>Another example is an iterator that skips over null elements in a backing iterator. This could
 * be implemented as:
 *
 * <pre>{@code
 * public static Iterator<String> skipNulls(final Iterator<String> in) {
 *   return new AbstractIterator<String>() {
 *     protected String computeNext() {
 *       while (in.hasNext()) {
 *         String s = in.next();
 *         if (s != null) {
 *           return s;
 *         }
 *       }