net.sf.saxon.expr.sort

Interface GroupIterator

All Superinterfaces:

SequenceIterator

All Known Implementing Classes:

GroupAdjacentIterator, GroupByIterator, GroupByIterator.ManualGroupByIterator, GroupEndingIterator, GroupMatchingIterator, GroupStartingIterator, ManualGroupIterator, MergeGroupingIterator, MergeGroupingIterator.ManualMergeGroupingIterator, SortedGroupIterator

public interface GroupIterator
extends SequenceIterator

A GroupIterator is an iterator that iterates over a sequence of groups. The normal methods such as next() and current() always deliver the leading item of the group. Additional methods are available to get the grouping key for the current group (only applicable to group-by and group-adjacent), and to get all the members of the current group.

Field Summary

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

ATOMIZING, GROUNDED, LAST_POSITION_FINDER, LOOKAHEAD

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
AtomicSequence	getCurrentGroupingKey() Get the grouping key of the current group
ManualGroupIterator	getSnapShot(XPathContext context) Get a sequence which is a snapshot of this sequence at the current position
SequenceIterator	iterateCurrentGroup() Get an iterator over the members of the current group, in population order.

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

close, getProperties, next

Method Detail

getCurrentGroupingKey

AtomicSequence getCurrentGroupingKey()

Get the grouping key of the current group

Returns:

the current grouping key in the case of group-by or group-adjacent, or null in the case of group-starting-with and group-ending-with

iterateCurrentGroup

SequenceIterator iterateCurrentGroup()
                              throws XPathException

Get an iterator over the members of the current group, in population order. This must always be a clean iterator, that is, an iterator that starts at the first item of the group.

Returns:

an iterator over all the members of the current group, in population order.

Throws:

XPathException - if a dynamic error occurs

getSnapShot

ManualGroupIterator getSnapShot(XPathContext context)
                         throws XPathException

Get a sequence which is a snapshot of this sequence at the current position

Throws:

XPathException