net.sf.saxon.expr.MultiIterator Maven / Gradle / Ivy

Go to download
package net.sf.saxon.expr;

import java.util.Iterator;

/**
 * An iterator that combines the results of a sequence of iterators
 */
public class MultiIterator implements Iterator {

    private Iterator[] array;
    private int current;

    /**
     * Create an iterator that concatenates a number of supplied iterators
     * @param array the iterators to be concatenated
     */

    public MultiIterator(Iterator[] array) {
        this.array = array;
        current = 0;
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if the iteration has more elements. (In other
     * words, returns true if next would return an element
     * rather than throwing an exception.)
     *
     * @return true if the iterator has more elements.
     */

    public boolean hasNext() {
        while (true) {
            if (current >= array.length) {
                return false;
            }
            if (array[current].hasNext()) {
                return true;
            }
            current++;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns the next element in the iteration.
     *
     * @return the next element in the iteration.
     * @exception java.util.NoSuchElementException iteration has no more elements.
     */
    public Object next() {
        return array[current].next();
    }

    /**
     *
     * Removes from the underlying collection the last element returned by the
     * iterator (optional operation).  This method can be called only once per
     * call to next.  The behavior of an iterator is unspecified if
     * the underlying collection is modified while the iteration is in
     * progress in any way other than by calling this method.
     *
     * @exception UnsupportedOperationException if the remove
     *		  operation is not supported by this Iterator.

     * @exception IllegalStateException if the next method has not
     *		  yet been called, or the remove method has already
     *		  been called after the last call to the next
     *		  method.
     */
    public void remove() {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
    }
}


//
// The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the
// License at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
//
// Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
// WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the License.
//
// The Original Code is: all this file.
//
// The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Michael H. Kay.
//
// Contributor(s): Michael Kay
//