return new AbstractIterator<String>() {
        final Iterator<String> lines = LINE_SPLITTER.split(seq).iterator();

        @Override
        protected @Nullable String computeNext() {
          if (lines.hasNext()) {
            String next = lines.next();
            // skip last line if it's empty
            if (lines.hasNext() || !next.isEmpty()) {
              return next;

      return new AbstractIterator<String>() {
        final Iterator<String> lines = LINE_SPLITTER.split(seq).iterator();

        @Override
        protected @Nullable String computeNext() {
          if (lines.hasNext()) {
            String next = lines.next();
            // skip last line if it's empty
            if (lines.hasNext() || !next.isEmpty()) {
              return next;

      Iterator<T> unfiltered, Predicate<? super T> retainIfTrue) {
    checkNotNull(unfiltered);
    checkNotNull(retainIfTrue);
    return new AbstractIterator<T>() {
      @Override
      protected @Nullable T computeNext() {
        while (unfiltered.hasNext()) {
          T element = unfiltered.next();
          if (retainIfTrue.apply(element)) {
            return element;
          }
        }
        return endOfData();