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% Associated Types

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> Associated types are a way of associating a type placeholder with a trait such that the trait method definitions can use these placeholder types in their signatures.

```rust
pub trait Iterator {
    type Item;
    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item>;
}
```

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			`> Associated types are a way of associating a type placeholder with a trait such that the trait method definitions can use these placeholder types in their signatures.`

			```rust
			`pub trait Iterator {`
			`type Item;`
			`fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item>;`
			`}`
			```

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			`[here](ch19-03-advanced-traits.html#specifying-placeholder-types-in-trait-definitions-with-associated-types).`