sdk/lib/collection/collections.dart

// Copyright (c) 2013, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

part of dart.collection;

/// An unmodifiable [List] view of another List.
///
/// The source of the elements may be a [List] or any [Iterable] with
/// efficient [Iterable.length] and [Iterable.elementAt].
class UnmodifiableListView<E> extends UnmodifiableListBase<E> {
  final Iterable<E> _source;

  /// Creates an unmodifiable list backed by [source].
  ///
  /// The [source] of the elements may be a [List] or any [Iterable] with
  /// efficient [Iterable.length] and [Iterable.elementAt].
  UnmodifiableListView(Iterable<E> source) : _source = source;

  List<R> cast<R>() => UnmodifiableListView(_source.cast<R>());
  int get length => _source.length;

  E operator [](int index) => _source.elementAt(index);
}