FilterIterator (dom4j 1.6.1 API)

org.dom4j.tree Class FilterIterator

java.lang.Object
  org.dom4j.tree.FilterIterator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Iterator

Direct Known Subclasses:

ElementIterator, ElementNameIterator, ElementQNameIterator

public abstract class FilterIterator

extends Object

implements Iterator

FilterIterator is an abstract base class which is useful for implementors of Iteratorwhich filter an existing iterator.

Version:

$Revision: 1.10 $

Author:

James Strachan

proxy

protected Iterator proxy

Deprecated. 

FilterIterator

public FilterIterator(Iterator proxy)

Deprecated. 

hasNext

public boolean hasNext()

Deprecated. 

Specified by:

hasNext in interface Iterator

next

public Object next()
            throws NoSuchElementException

Deprecated. 

Specified by:

next in interface Iterator

Throws:

NoSuchElementException

remove

public void remove()

Deprecated. 

Always throws UnsupportedOperationException as this class does look-ahead with its internal iterator.

Specified by:

remove in interface Iterator

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException - always

matches

protected abstract boolean matches(Object element)

Deprecated. 

Filter method to perform some matching on the given element.

Parameters:

element - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

true if the given element matches the filter and should be appear in the iteration

findNext

protected Object findNext()

Deprecated.