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As detailed in [§14.14.2, "The Enhanced For Statement" |http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/statements.html#14.14.2]  of the _Java Language Specification_ \[[JLS 2005|AA. Bibliography#JLS 05]\]:

an enhanced for statement of the form

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for (ObjType obj : someIterableItem) { // ... }

is equivalent to a standard for loop of the form

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for (Iterator myIterator = someIterableItem.iterator(); iterator.hasNext();) { ObjType obj = myIterator.next(); // ... }

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Declare all enhanced for statement loop variables to be final. The final declaration causes Java compilers to flag and reject any assignments made to the loop variable.

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The attempt to skip to the next item appears to succeed because the assignment is successful , and the value of processMe is updated. Unlike an original for loop, however, the assignment leaves the overall iteration order of the loop unchanged. As a result, the object following the skipped object is processed twice.

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