What is fail-fast iterators ?
Can anybody please clarify what does it exactly mean by fail-fast iterator. I had even gone through the entire API which says about this . but coudn't make it out
[170 byte] By [raja.datlaa] at [2007-11-27 11:29:41] 
# 2
It's an iterator that will throw an exception if something else tries to edit the collection it's iterating through. Namely a concurrentModificationException. This is a good thing because it will mess up a lot worse, later, if this type of thing isn't picked up. Hope that helps.
RedUnderTheBeda at 2007-7-29 16:29:25 >
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