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package net.sf.saxon.expr.flwor;
import net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext;
import net.sf.saxon.trans.XPathException;
/**
* Abtract class representing a tuple stream (used to evaluate a FLWOR expression) in pull mode
* (where the consumer of tuples activates the provider of those tuples)
*/
public abstract class TuplePull {
/**
* Move on to the next tuple. Before returning, this method must set all the variables corresponding
* to the "returned" tuple in the local stack frame associated with the context object
*
* @param context the dynamic evaluation context
* @return true if another tuple has been generated; false if the tuple stream is exhausted. If the
* method returns false, the values of the local variables corresponding to this tuple stream
* are undefined.
* @throws XPathException if any error occurs
*/
public abstract boolean nextTuple(XPathContext context) throws XPathException;
/**
* Close the tuple stream, indicating that although not all tuples have been read,
* no further tuples are required and resources can be released
*/
public void close() {
// default implementation takes no action
}
}