com.saxonica.extra
Class SequenceExchanger.Consumer

java.lang.Object
  com.saxonica.extra.SequenceExchanger.Consumer

All Implemented Interfaces:

SequenceIterator

Enclosing class:

SequenceExchanger

public static class SequenceExchanger.Consumer
extends Object
implements SequenceIterator

The Consumer is a SequenceIterator that reads a sequence of items from the Conduit: that is, it allows its caller to make a sequence of calls on next(), each of which will return the next item pushed onto the Conduit by the corresponding Producer.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.om.SequenceIterator

GROUNDED, LAST_POSITION_FINDER, LOOKAHEAD

Constructor Summary

SequenceExchanger.Consumer(com.saxonica.extra.Conduit conduit, SequenceExchanger.Producer producer)
Create a consumer

Method Summary

Item	current() Get the current value in the sequence (the one returned by the most recent call on next()).
SequenceIterator	getAnother() Get another SequenceIterator that iterates over the same items as the original, but which is repositioned at the start of the sequence.
int	getProperties() Get properties of this iterator, as a bit-significant integer.
Item	next() Get the next item in the sequence.
int	position() Get the current position.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SequenceExchanger.Consumer

public SequenceExchanger.Consumer(com.saxonica.extra.Conduit conduit,
                                  SequenceExchanger.Producer producer)

Create a consumer

Parameters:

conduit - The conduit from which items are to be read

producer - The producer supplying items to the conduit. This is needed in case the sequence needs to be re-read, which can happen when calling last().

Method Detail

current

public Item current()

Get the current value in the sequence (the one returned by the most recent call on next()). This will be null before the first call of next(). This method does not change the state of the iterator.

Specified by:

current in interface SequenceIterator

Returns:

the current item, the one most recently returned by a call on next(). Returns null if next() has not been called, or if the end of the sequence has been reached.

Since:

8.4

getAnother

public SequenceIterator getAnother()
                            throws XPathException

Get another SequenceIterator that iterates over the same items as the original, but which is repositioned at the start of the sequence.

This method allows access to all the items in the sequence without disturbing the current position of the iterator. Internally, its main use is in evaluating the last() function.

This method does not change the state of the iterator.

Specified by:

getAnother in interface SequenceIterator

Returns:

a SequenceIterator that iterates over the same items, positioned before the first item

Throws:

XPathException - if any error occurs

Since:

8.4

getProperties

public int getProperties()

Get properties of this iterator, as a bit-significant integer.

Specified by:

getProperties in interface SequenceIterator

Returns:

the properties of this iterator. This will be some combination of properties such as SequenceIterator.GROUNDED and SequenceIterator.LAST_POSITION_FINDER. It is always acceptable to return the value zero, indicating that there are no known special properties.

next

public Item next()
          throws XPathException

Get the next item in the sequence. This method changes the state of the iterator, in particular it affects the result of subsequent calls of position() and current().

Specified by:

next in interface SequenceIterator

Returns:

the next item, or null if there are no more items. Once a call on next() has returned null, no further calls should be made. The preferred action for an iterator if subsequent calls on next() are made is to return null again, and all implementations within Saxon follow this rule.

Throws:

XPathException - if an error occurs retrieving the next item

Since:

8.4

position

public int position()

Get the current position. This will usually be zero before the first call on next(), otherwise it will be the number of times that next() has been called. Once next() has returned null, the preferred action is for subsequent calls on position() to return -1, but not all existing implementations follow this practice. (In particular, the EmptyIterator is stateless, and always returns 0 as the value of position(), whether or not next() has been called.)

This method does not change the state of the iterator.

Specified by:

position in interface SequenceIterator

Returns:

the current position, the position of the item returned by the most recent call of next(). This is 1 after next() has been successfully called once, 2 after it has been called twice, and so on. If next() has never been called, the method returns zero. If the end of the sequence has been reached, the value returned will always be <= 0; the preferred value is -1.

Since:

8.4