net.sf.saxon.regex

Class ATokenIterator

java.lang.Object

net.sf.saxon.regex.ATokenIterator

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Closeable, java.lang.AutoCloseable, SequenceIterator<StringValue>

public class ATokenIterator
extends java.lang.Object
implements SequenceIterator<StringValue>

A ATokenIterator is an iterator over the strings that result from tokenizing a string using a regular expression

Field Summary

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

ATOMIZING, GROUNDED, LAST_POSITION_FINDER, LOOKAHEAD

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ATokenIterator(UnicodeString input, REMatcher matcher) Construct an ATokenIterator.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	close() Close the iterator.
StringValue	next() Get the next item in the sequence.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

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

forEachOrFail, getProperties, materialize

Constructor Detail

ATokenIterator

public ATokenIterator(UnicodeString input,
                      REMatcher matcher)

Construct an ATokenIterator.

Method Detail

next

public StringValue next()

Description copied from interface: SequenceIterator

Get the next item in the sequence. This method changes the state of the iterator.

Specified by:

next in interface SequenceIterator<StringValue>

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.

close

public void close()

Description copied from interface: SequenceIterator

Close the iterator. This indicates to the supplier of the data that the client does not require any more items to be delivered by the iterator. This may enable the supplier to release resources. After calling close(), no further calls on the iterator should be made; if further calls are made, the effect of such calls is undefined.

For example, the iterator returned by the unparsed-text-lines() function has a close() method that causes the underlying input stream to be closed, whether or not the file has been read to completion.

Closing an iterator is important when the data is being "pushed" in another thread. Closing the iterator terminates that thread and means that it needs to do no additional work. Indeed, failing to close the iterator may cause the push thread to hang waiting for the buffer to be emptied.

Specified by:

close in interface java.io.Closeable

Specified by:

close in interface java.lang.AutoCloseable

Specified by:

close in interface SequenceIterator<StringValue>