com.aliasi.util
Class Iterators.Buffered<E>

java.lang.Object
  com.aliasi.util.Iterators.Buffered<E>

All Implemented Interfaces:

Iterator<E>

Enclosing class:

Iterators

public abstract static class Iterators.Buffered<E>
extends Object
implements Iterator<E>

An Iterators.Buffered uses a single method to return objects, buffering the result and returning it as the next element if it is non-null. This class does not support null return values for next(). The remove() operation is unsupported, but may be overridden.

Since:

LingPipe1.0

Version:

3.0

Author:

Bob Carpenter

Constructor Summary

protected

Iterators.Buffered() Construct a buffered iterator.

Method Summary

protected abstract E	bufferNext() Returns the next object for this iterator, or null if there are no more objects.
boolean	hasNext() Returns true if the next call to next() will return a non-null value.
E	next() Returns the next object for this iterator.
void	remove() Throws an unsupported operation exception unless overridden by a subclass.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Iterators.Buffered

protected Iterators.Buffered()

Construct a buffered iterator. This constructor does not do anything.

Method Detail

bufferNext

protected abstract E bufferNext()

Returns the next object for this iterator, or null if there are no more objects.

Returns:

Next object for this iterator.

hasNext

public boolean hasNext()

Returns true if the next call to next() will return a non-null value.

Specified by:

hasNext in interface Iterator<E>

Returns:

true if the next call to next() will return a non-null value.

next

public E next()

Returns the next object for this iterator.

Specified by:

next in interface Iterator<E>

Returns:

The next object for this iterator.

Throws:

NoSuchElementException - If there are no more elements.

remove

public void remove()

Throws an unsupported operation exception unless overridden by a subclass.

Specified by:

remove in interface Iterator<E>

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException - Always.