Spliterators

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• The Spliterators class provides static utilities for creating, operating on, and converting spliterators for sequential and parallel processing.

• It offers methods for creating spliterators from iterators, collections, and arrays, supporting both object and primitive data types.

• Created spliterators can have characteristics like SIZED, SUBSIZED, IMMUTABLE, and ORDERED reflecting their properties.

• The class includes nested abstract classes that simplify custom spliterator implementation by providing base functionalities.

• Spliterators is mainly used for building custom stream implementations or directly manipulating spliterators for advanced stream processing.

public final class Spliterators extends Object

Static classes and methods for operating on or creating instances of Spliterator and its primitive specializations Spliterator.OfInt, Spliterator.OfLong, and Spliterator.OfDouble.

See Also

• Spliterator

Nested Class Summary

class	Spliterators.AbstractDoubleSpliterator		An abstract Spliterator.OfDouble that implements trySplit to permit limited parallelism.
class	Spliterators.AbstractIntSpliterator		An abstract Spliterator.OfInt that implements trySplit to permit limited parallelism.
class	Spliterators.AbstractLongSpliterator		An abstract Spliterator.OfLong that implements trySplit to permit limited parallelism.
class	Spliterators.AbstractSpliterator<T>		An abstract Spliterator that implements trySplit to permit limited parallelism.

Public Method Summary

static Spliterator.OfDouble	emptyDoubleSpliterator() Creates an empty Spliterator.OfDouble The empty spliterator reports Spliterator.SIZED and Spliterator.SUBSIZED.
static Spliterator.OfInt	emptyIntSpliterator() Creates an empty Spliterator.OfInt The empty spliterator reports Spliterator.SIZED and Spliterator.SUBSIZED.
static Spliterator.OfLong	emptyLongSpliterator() Creates an empty Spliterator.OfLong The empty spliterator reports Spliterator.SIZED and Spliterator.SUBSIZED.
static <T> Spliterator<T>	emptySpliterator() Creates an empty Spliterator The empty spliterator reports Spliterator.SIZED and Spliterator.SUBSIZED.
static PrimitiveIterator.OfDouble	iterator(Spliterator.OfDouble spliterator) Creates an PrimitiveIterator.OfDouble from a Spliterator.OfDouble.
static PrimitiveIterator.OfInt	iterator(Spliterator.OfInt spliterator) Creates an PrimitiveIterator.OfInt from a Spliterator.OfInt.
static PrimitiveIterator.OfLong	iterator(Spliterator.OfLong spliterator) Creates an PrimitiveIterator.OfLong from a Spliterator.OfLong.
static <T> Iterator<T>	iterator(Spliterator<? extends T> spliterator) Creates an Iterator from a Spliterator.
static <T> Spliterator<T>	spliterator(Iterator<? extends T> iterator, long size, int characteristics) Creates a Spliterator using a given Iterator as the source of elements, and with a given initially reported size.
static Spliterator.OfLong	spliterator(long[] array, int additionalCharacteristics) Creates a Spliterator.OfLong covering the elements of a given array, using a customized set of spliterator characteristics.
static <T> Spliterator<T>	spliterator(Object[] array, int fromIndex, int toIndex, int additionalCharacteristics) Creates a Spliterator covering a range of elements of a given array, using a customized set of spliterator characteristics.
static Spliterator.OfLong	spliterator(long[] array, int fromIndex, int toIndex, int additionalCharacteristics) Creates a Spliterator.OfLong covering a range of elements of a given array, using a customized set of spliterator characteristics.
static Spliterator.OfLong	spliterator(PrimitiveIterator.OfLong iterator, long size, int characteristics) Creates a Spliterator.OfLong using a given LongStream.LongIterator as the source of elements, and with a given initially reported size.
static Spliterator.OfDouble	spliterator(PrimitiveIterator.OfDouble iterator, long size, int characteristics) Creates a Spliterator.OfDouble using a given DoubleStream.DoubleIterator as the source of elements, and with a given initially reported size.
static Spliterator.OfDouble	spliterator(double[] array, int additionalCharacteristics) Creates a Spliterator.OfDouble covering the elements of a given array, using a customized set of spliterator characteristics.
static Spliterator.OfInt	spliterator(int[] array, int fromIndex, int toIndex, int additionalCharacteristics) Creates a Spliterator.OfInt covering a range of elements of a given array, using a customized set of spliterator characteristics.
static <T> Spliterator<T>	spliterator(Collection<? extends T> c, int characteristics) Creates a Spliterator using the given collection's Collection.iterator() as the source of elements, and reporting its Collection.size() as its initial size.
static <T> Spliterator<T>	spliterator(Object[] array, int additionalCharacteristics) Creates a Spliterator covering the elements of a given array, using a customized set of spliterator characteristics.
static Spliterator.OfInt	spliterator(int[] array, int additionalCharacteristics) Creates a Spliterator.OfInt covering the elements of a given array, using a customized set of spliterator characteristics.
static Spliterator.OfDouble	spliterator(double[] array, int fromIndex, int toIndex, int additionalCharacteristics) Creates a Spliterator.OfDouble covering a range of elements of a given array, using a customized set of spliterator characteristics.
static Spliterator.OfInt	spliterator(PrimitiveIterator.OfInt iterator, long size, int characteristics) Creates a Spliterator.OfInt using a given IntStream.IntIterator as the source of elements, and with a given initially reported size.
static Spliterator.OfInt	spliteratorUnknownSize(PrimitiveIterator.OfInt iterator, int characteristics) Creates a Spliterator.OfInt using a given IntStream.IntIterator as the source of elements, with no initial size estimate.
static <T> Spliterator<T>	spliteratorUnknownSize(Iterator<? extends T> iterator, int characteristics) Creates a Spliterator using a given Iterator as the source of elements, with no initial size estimate.
static Spliterator.OfDouble	spliteratorUnknownSize(PrimitiveIterator.OfDouble iterator, int characteristics) Creates a Spliterator.OfDouble using a given DoubleStream.DoubleIterator as the source of elements, with no initial size estimate.
static Spliterator.OfLong	spliteratorUnknownSize(PrimitiveIterator.OfLong iterator, int characteristics) Creates a Spliterator.OfLong using a given LongStream.LongIterator as the source of elements, with no initial size estimate.

Inherited Method Summary

From class java.lang.Object

Object	clone() Creates and returns a copy of this Object.
boolean	equals(Object obj) Compares this instance with the specified object and indicates if they are equal.
void	finalize() Invoked when the garbage collector has detected that this instance is no longer reachable.
final Class<?>	getClass() Returns the unique instance of Class that represents this object's class.
int	hashCode() Returns an integer hash code for this object.
final void	notify() Causes a thread which is waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up.
final void	notifyAll() Causes all threads which are waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up.
String	toString() Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object.
final void	wait(long timeout, int nanos) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.
final void	wait(long timeout) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.
final void	wait() Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object.

Public Methods

public static Spliterator.OfDouble emptyDoubleSpliterator ()

Creates an empty Spliterator.OfDouble

The empty spliterator reports Spliterator.SIZED and Spliterator.SUBSIZED. Calls to Spliterator.trySplit() always return null.

Returns

• An empty spliterator

public static Spliterator.OfInt emptyIntSpliterator ()

Creates an empty Spliterator.OfInt

The empty spliterator reports Spliterator.SIZED and Spliterator.SUBSIZED. Calls to Spliterator.trySplit() always return null.

Returns

• An empty spliterator

public static Spliterator.OfLong emptyLongSpliterator ()

Creates an empty Spliterator.OfLong

The empty spliterator reports Spliterator.SIZED and Spliterator.SUBSIZED. Calls to Spliterator.trySplit() always return null.

Returns

• An empty spliterator

public static Spliterator<T> emptySpliterator ()

Creates an empty Spliterator

The empty spliterator reports Spliterator.SIZED and Spliterator.SUBSIZED. Calls to Spliterator.trySplit() always return null.

Returns

• An empty spliterator

public static PrimitiveIterator.OfDouble iterator (Spliterator.OfDouble spliterator)

Creates an PrimitiveIterator.OfDouble from a Spliterator.OfDouble.

Traversal of elements should be accomplished through the iterator. The behaviour of traversal is undefined if the spliterator is operated after the iterator is returned.

Parameters

spliterator	The spliterator

Returns

• An iterator

Throws

NullPointerException	if the given spliterator is null

public static PrimitiveIterator.OfInt iterator (Spliterator.OfInt spliterator)

Creates an PrimitiveIterator.OfInt from a Spliterator.OfInt.

Traversal of elements should be accomplished through the iterator. The behaviour of traversal is undefined if the spliterator is operated after the iterator is returned.

Parameters

spliterator	The spliterator

Returns

• An iterator

Throws

NullPointerException	if the given spliterator is null

public static PrimitiveIterator.OfLong iterator (Spliterator.OfLong spliterator)

Creates an PrimitiveIterator.OfLong from a Spliterator.OfLong.

Traversal of elements should be accomplished through the iterator. The behaviour of traversal is undefined if the spliterator is operated after the iterator is returned.

Parameters

spliterator	The spliterator

Returns

• An iterator

Throws

NullPointerException	if the given spliterator is null

public static Iterator<T> iterator (Spliterator<? extends T> spliterator)

Creates an Iterator from a Spliterator.

Traversal of elements should be accomplished through the iterator. The behaviour of traversal is undefined if the spliterator is operated after the iterator is returned.

Parameters

spliterator	The spliterator

Returns

• An iterator

Throws

NullPointerException	if the given spliterator is null

public static Spliterator<T> spliterator (Iterator<? extends T> iterator, long size, int characteristics)

Creates a Spliterator using a given Iterator as the source of elements, and with a given initially reported size.

The spliterator is not late-binding, inherits the fail-fast properties of the iterator, and implements trySplit to permit limited parallelism.

Traversal of elements should be accomplished through the spliterator. The behaviour of splitting and traversal is undefined if the iterator is operated on after the spliterator is returned, or the initially reported size is not equal to the actual number of elements in the source.

Parameters

iterator	The iterator for the source
size	The number of elements in the source, to be reported as initial estimateSize
characteristics	Characteristics of this spliterator's source or elements. The characteristics SIZED and SUBSIZED are additionally reported unless CONCURRENT is supplied.

Returns

• A spliterator from an iterator

Throws

NullPointerException	if the given iterator is null

public static Spliterator.OfLong spliterator (long[] array, int additionalCharacteristics)

Creates a Spliterator.OfLong covering the elements of a given array, using a customized set of spliterator characteristics.

This method is provided as an implementation convenience for Spliterators which store portions of their elements in arrays, and need fine control over Spliterator characteristics. Most other situations in which a Spliterator for an array is needed should use Arrays.spliterator(long[]).

The returned spliterator always reports the characteristics SIZED and SUBSIZED. The caller may provide additional characteristics for the spliterator to report; it is common to additionally specify IMMUTABLE and ORDERED.

Parameters

array	The array, assumed to be unmodified during use
additionalCharacteristics	Additional spliterator characteristics of this spliterator's source or elements beyond SIZED and SUBSIZED which are are always reported

Returns

• A spliterator for an array

Throws

NullPointerException	if the given array is null

See Also

• Arrays.spliterator(long[])

public static Spliterator<T> spliterator (Object[] array, int fromIndex, int toIndex, int additionalCharacteristics)

Creates a Spliterator covering a range of elements of a given array, using a customized set of spliterator characteristics.

This method is provided as an implementation convenience for Spliterators which store portions of their elements in arrays, and need fine control over Spliterator characteristics. Most other situations in which a Spliterator for an array is needed should use Arrays.spliterator(Object[]).

The returned spliterator always reports the characteristics SIZED and SUBSIZED. The caller may provide additional characteristics for the spliterator to report; it is common to additionally specify IMMUTABLE and ORDERED.

Parameters

array	The array, assumed to be unmodified during use
fromIndex	The least index (inclusive) to cover
toIndex	One past the greatest index to cover
additionalCharacteristics	Additional spliterator characteristics of this spliterator's source or elements beyond SIZED and SUBSIZED which are are always reported

Returns

• A spliterator for an array

Throws

NullPointerException	if the given array is null
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException	if fromIndex is negative, toIndex is less than fromIndex, or toIndex is greater than the array size

See Also

• Arrays.spliterator(Object[], int, int)

public static Spliterator.OfLong spliterator (long[] array, int fromIndex, int toIndex, int additionalCharacteristics)

Creates a Spliterator.OfLong covering a range of elements of a given array, using a customized set of spliterator characteristics.

This method is provided as an implementation convenience for Spliterators which store portions of their elements in arrays, and need fine control over Spliterator characteristics. Most other situations in which a Spliterator for an array is needed should use Arrays.spliterator(long[], int, int).

The returned spliterator always reports the characteristics SIZED and SUBSIZED. The caller may provide additional characteristics for the spliterator to report. (For example, if it is known the array will not be further modified, specify IMMUTABLE; if the array data is considered to have an an encounter order, specify ORDERED). The method Arrays.spliterator(long[], int, int) can often be used instead, which returns a spliterator that reports SIZED, SUBSIZED, IMMUTABLE, and ORDERED.

Parameters

array	The array, assumed to be unmodified during use
fromIndex	The least index (inclusive) to cover
toIndex	One past the greatest index to cover
additionalCharacteristics	Additional spliterator characteristics of this spliterator's source or elements beyond SIZED and SUBSIZED which are are always reported

Returns

• A spliterator for an array

Throws

NullPointerException	if the given array is null
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException	if fromIndex is negative, toIndex is less than fromIndex, or toIndex is greater than the array size

See Also

• Arrays.spliterator(long[], int, int)

public static Spliterator.OfLong spliterator (PrimitiveIterator.OfLong iterator, long size, int characteristics)

Creates a Spliterator.OfLong using a given LongStream.LongIterator as the source of elements, and with a given initially reported size.

The spliterator is not late-binding, inherits the fail-fast properties of the iterator, and implements trySplit to permit limited parallelism.

Traversal of elements should be accomplished through the spliterator. The behaviour of splitting and traversal is undefined if the iterator is operated on after the spliterator is returned, or the initially reported size is not equal to the actual number of elements in the source.

Parameters

iterator	The iterator for the source
size	The number of elements in the source, to be reported as initial estimateSize.
characteristics	Characteristics of this spliterator's source or elements. The characteristics SIZED and SUBSIZED are additionally reported unless CONCURRENT is supplied.

Returns

• A spliterator from an iterator

Throws

NullPointerException	if the given iterator is null

public static Spliterator.OfDouble spliterator (PrimitiveIterator.OfDouble iterator, long size, int characteristics)

Creates a Spliterator.OfDouble using a given DoubleStream.DoubleIterator as the source of elements, and with a given initially reported size.

The spliterator is not late-binding, inherits the fail-fast properties of the iterator, and implements trySplit to permit limited parallelism.

Traversal of elements should be accomplished through the spliterator. The behaviour of splitting and traversal is undefined if the iterator is operated on after the spliterator is returned, or the initially reported size is not equal to the actual number of elements in the source.

Parameters

iterator	The iterator for the source
size	The number of elements in the source, to be reported as initial estimateSize
characteristics	Characteristics of this spliterator's source or elements. The characteristics SIZED and SUBSIZED are additionally reported unless CONCURRENT is supplied.

Returns

• A spliterator from an iterator

Throws

NullPointerException	if the given iterator is null

public static Spliterator.OfDouble spliterator (double[] array, int additionalCharacteristics)

Creates a Spliterator.OfDouble covering the elements of a given array, using a customized set of spliterator characteristics.

This method is provided as an implementation convenience for Spliterators which store portions of their elements in arrays, and need fine control over Spliterator characteristics. Most other situations in which a Spliterator for an array is needed should use Arrays.spliterator(double[]).

The returned spliterator always reports the characteristics SIZED and SUBSIZED. The caller may provide additional characteristics for the spliterator to report; it is common to additionally specify IMMUTABLE and ORDERED.

Parameters

array	The array, assumed to be unmodified during use
additionalCharacteristics	Additional spliterator characteristics of this spliterator's source or elements beyond SIZED and SUBSIZED which are are always reported

Returns

• A spliterator for an array

Throws

NullPointerException	if the given array is null

See Also

• Arrays.spliterator(double[])

public static Spliterator.OfInt spliterator (int[] array, int fromIndex, int toIndex, int additionalCharacteristics)

Creates a Spliterator.OfInt covering a range of elements of a given array, using a customized set of spliterator characteristics.

This method is provided as an implementation convenience for Spliterators which store portions of their elements in arrays, and need fine control over Spliterator characteristics. Most other situations in which a Spliterator for an array is needed should use Arrays.spliterator(int[], int, int).

The returned spliterator always reports the characteristics SIZED and SUBSIZED. The caller may provide additional characteristics for the spliterator to report; it is common to additionally specify IMMUTABLE and ORDERED.

Parameters

array	The array, assumed to be unmodified during use
fromIndex	The least index (inclusive) to cover
toIndex	One past the greatest index to cover
additionalCharacteristics	Additional spliterator characteristics of this spliterator's source or elements beyond SIZED and SUBSIZED which are are always reported

Returns

• A spliterator for an array

Throws

NullPointerException	if the given array is null
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException	if fromIndex is negative, toIndex is less than fromIndex, or toIndex is greater than the array size

See Also

• Arrays.spliterator(int[], int, int)

public static Spliterator<T> spliterator (Collection<? extends T> c, int characteristics)

Creates a Spliterator using the given collection's Collection.iterator() as the source of elements, and reporting its Collection.size() as its initial size.

The spliterator is late-binding, inherits the fail-fast properties of the collection's iterator, and implements trySplit to permit limited parallelism.

Parameters

c	The collection
characteristics	Characteristics of this spliterator's source or elements. The characteristics SIZED and SUBSIZED are additionally reported unless CONCURRENT is supplied.

Returns

• A spliterator from an iterator

Throws

NullPointerException	if the given collection is null

public static Spliterator<T> spliterator (Object[] array, int additionalCharacteristics)

Creates a Spliterator covering the elements of a given array, using a customized set of spliterator characteristics.

This method is provided as an implementation convenience for Spliterators which store portions of their elements in arrays, and need fine control over Spliterator characteristics. Most other situations in which a Spliterator for an array is needed should use Arrays.spliterator(Object[]).

The returned spliterator always reports the characteristics SIZED and SUBSIZED. The caller may provide additional characteristics for the spliterator to report; it is common to additionally specify IMMUTABLE and ORDERED.

Parameters

array	The array, assumed to be unmodified during use
additionalCharacteristics	Additional spliterator characteristics of this spliterator's source or elements beyond SIZED and SUBSIZED which are are always reported

Returns

• A spliterator for an array

Throws

NullPointerException	if the given array is null

See Also

• Arrays.spliterator(Object[])

public static Spliterator.OfInt spliterator (int[] array, int additionalCharacteristics)

Creates a Spliterator.OfInt covering the elements of a given array, using a customized set of spliterator characteristics.

This method is provided as an implementation convenience for Spliterators which store portions of their elements in arrays, and need fine control over Spliterator characteristics. Most other situations in which a Spliterator for an array is needed should use Arrays.spliterator(int[]).

The returned spliterator always reports the characteristics SIZED and SUBSIZED. The caller may provide additional characteristics for the spliterator to report; it is common to additionally specify IMMUTABLE and ORDERED.

Parameters

array	The array, assumed to be unmodified during use
additionalCharacteristics	Additional spliterator characteristics of this spliterator's source or elements beyond SIZED and SUBSIZED which are are always reported

Returns

• A spliterator for an array

Throws

NullPointerException	if the given array is null

See Also

• Arrays.spliterator(int[])

public static Spliterator.OfDouble spliterator (double[] array, int fromIndex, int toIndex, int additionalCharacteristics)

Creates a Spliterator.OfDouble covering a range of elements of a given array, using a customized set of spliterator characteristics.

This method is provided as an implementation convenience for Spliterators which store portions of their elements in arrays, and need fine control over Spliterator characteristics. Most other situations in which a Spliterator for an array is needed should use Arrays.spliterator(double[], int, int).

The returned spliterator always reports the characteristics SIZED and SUBSIZED. The caller may provide additional characteristics for the spliterator to report. (For example, if it is known the array will not be further modified, specify IMMUTABLE; if the array data is considered to have an an encounter order, specify ORDERED). The method Arrays.spliterator(long[], int, int) can often be used instead, which returns a spliterator that reports SIZED, SUBSIZED, IMMUTABLE, and ORDERED.

Parameters

array	The array, assumed to be unmodified during use
fromIndex	The least index (inclusive) to cover
toIndex	One past the greatest index to cover
additionalCharacteristics	Additional spliterator characteristics of this spliterator's source or elements beyond SIZED and SUBSIZED which are are always reported

Returns

• A spliterator for an array

Throws

NullPointerException	if the given array is null
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException	if fromIndex is negative, toIndex is less than fromIndex, or toIndex is greater than the array size

See Also

• Arrays.spliterator(double[], int, int)

public static Spliterator.OfInt spliterator (PrimitiveIterator.OfInt iterator, long size, int characteristics)

Creates a Spliterator.OfInt using a given IntStream.IntIterator as the source of elements, and with a given initially reported size.

The spliterator is not late-binding, inherits the fail-fast properties of the iterator, and implements trySplit to permit limited parallelism.

Traversal of elements should be accomplished through the spliterator. The behaviour of splitting and traversal is undefined if the iterator is operated on after the spliterator is returned, or the initially reported size is not equal to the actual number of elements in the source.

Parameters

iterator	The iterator for the source
size	The number of elements in the source, to be reported as initial estimateSize.
characteristics	Characteristics of this spliterator's source or elements. The characteristics SIZED and SUBSIZED are additionally reported unless CONCURRENT is supplied.

Returns

• A spliterator from an iterator

Throws

NullPointerException	if the given iterator is null

public static Spliterator.OfInt spliteratorUnknownSize (PrimitiveIterator.OfInt iterator, int characteristics)

Creates a Spliterator.OfInt using a given IntStream.IntIterator as the source of elements, with no initial size estimate.

The spliterator is not late-binding, inherits the fail-fast properties of the iterator, and implements trySplit to permit limited parallelism.

Traversal of elements should be accomplished through the spliterator. The behaviour of splitting and traversal is undefined if the iterator is operated on after the spliterator is returned.

Parameters

iterator	The iterator for the source
characteristics	Characteristics of this spliterator's source or elements (SIZED and SUBSIZED, if supplied, are ignored and are not reported.)

Returns

• A spliterator from an iterator

Throws

NullPointerException	if the given iterator is null

public static Spliterator<T> spliteratorUnknownSize (Iterator<? extends T> iterator, int characteristics)

Creates a Spliterator using a given Iterator as the source of elements, with no initial size estimate.

The spliterator is not late-binding, inherits the fail-fast properties of the iterator, and implements trySplit to permit limited parallelism.

Traversal of elements should be accomplished through the spliterator. The behaviour of splitting and traversal is undefined if the iterator is operated on after the spliterator is returned.

Parameters

iterator	The iterator for the source
characteristics	Characteristics of this spliterator's source or elements (SIZED and SUBSIZED, if supplied, are ignored and are not reported.)

Returns

• A spliterator from an iterator

Throws

NullPointerException	if the given iterator is null

public static Spliterator.OfDouble spliteratorUnknownSize (PrimitiveIterator.OfDouble iterator, int characteristics)

Creates a Spliterator.OfDouble using a given DoubleStream.DoubleIterator as the source of elements, with no initial size estimate.

The spliterator is not late-binding, inherits the fail-fast properties of the iterator, and implements trySplit to permit limited parallelism.

Traversal of elements should be accomplished through the spliterator. The behaviour of splitting and traversal is undefined if the iterator is operated on after the spliterator is returned.

Parameters

iterator	The iterator for the source
characteristics	Characteristics of this spliterator's source or elements (SIZED and SUBSIZED, if supplied, are ignored and are not reported.)

Returns

• A spliterator from an iterator

Throws

NullPointerException	if the given iterator is null

public static Spliterator.OfLong spliteratorUnknownSize (PrimitiveIterator.OfLong iterator, int characteristics)

Creates a Spliterator.OfLong using a given LongStream.LongIterator as the source of elements, with no initial size estimate.

The spliterator is not late-binding, inherits the fail-fast properties of the iterator, and implements trySplit to permit limited parallelism.

Traversal of elements should be accomplished through the spliterator. The behaviour of splitting and traversal is undefined if the iterator is operated on after the spliterator is returned.

Parameters

iterator	The iterator for the source
characteristics	Characteristics of this spliterator's source or elements (SIZED and SUBSIZED, if supplied, are ignored and are not reported.)

Returns

• A spliterator from an iterator

Throws

NullPointerException	if the given iterator is null