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+package org.apache.lucene.beans;
+
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+/**
+ * Acts as an adapter for HitsIterator to comply with the Collections
+ * API.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:kelvint@apache.org">Kelvin Tan</a>
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+public final class IteratorAdapter implements Iterator
+{
+    private HitsIterator hitsIterator;
+
+    public IteratorAdapter(HitsIterator it)
+    {
+        this.hitsIterator = it;
+    }
+
+    public boolean hasNext()
+    {
+        return hitsIterator.hasNext();
+    }
+
+    public Object next()
+    {
+        return hitsIterator.next();
+    }
+
+    public void remove()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
+                "HitsIterator does not " +
+                "support modification of the hits!");
+    }
+
+    public HitsIterator getHitsIterator()
+    {
+        return hitsIterator;
+    }
+}