Package net.sf.saxon.tree.iter

Enum Class EmptyIterator

java.lang.Object
java.lang.Enum<EmptyIterator>
net.sf.saxon.tree.iter.EmptyIterator
All Implemented Interfaces:
Closeable, Serializable, AutoCloseable, Comparable<EmptyIterator>, Constable, LastPositionFinder, AtomizedValueIterator, SequenceIterator, GroundedIterator, LookaheadIterator, ReversibleIterator
public enum EmptyIterator extends Enum<EmptyIterator> implements SequenceIterator, ReversibleIterator, LastPositionFinder, GroundedIterator, LookaheadIterator, AtomizedValueIterator
EmptyIterator: an iterator over an empty sequence. Since such an iterator has no state, only one instance is required; therefore a singleton instance is available via the static getInstance() method.

  • Enum Constant Details

  • Method Details

    • values

      public static EmptyIterator[] values()
      Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.
      Returns:
      an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared

    • valueOf

      public static EmptyIterator valueOf(String name)
      Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this class. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)
      Parameters:
      name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.
      Returns:
      the enum constant with the specified name
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if this enum class has no constant with the specified name
      NullPointerException - if the argument is null

    • getInstance

      public static EmptyIterator getInstance()

    • nextAtomizedValue

      public AtomicSequence nextAtomizedValue()
      Deliver the atomic value that is next in the atomized result
      Specified by:
      nextAtomizedValue in interface AtomizedValueIterator
      Returns:
      the next atomic value

    • next

      public Item next()
      Get the next item.
      Specified by:
      next in interface SequenceIterator
      Returns:
      the next item. For the EmptyIterator this is always null.

    • 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.

      Closing an iterator is not necessary if the iterator is read to completion: if a call on SequenceIterator.next() returns null, the iterator will be closed automatically. An explicit call on SequenceIterator.close() is needed only when iteration is abandoned prematurely.

      It is not possible to guarantee that an iterator that is not read to completion or will be closed. For example, if a lazy-evaluated variable $var is passed to a user-written function, the function may access $var[1] only; we have no way of knowing whether further items will be read. For this reason, any SequenceIterator that holds resources which need to be closed should use the Cleaner mechanism. The Configuration holds a Cleaner, and resources held by a SequenceIterator should be registered with the Cleaner; if the SequenceIterator is then garbage-collected without being closed, the Cleaner will ensure that the underlying resources are closed. (An example of a SequenceIterator that uses this mechanism is the UnparsedTextIterator).

      Specified by:
      close in interface AutoCloseable
      Specified by:
      close in interface Closeable
      Specified by:
      close in interface SequenceIterator

    • supportsGetLength

      public boolean supportsGetLength()
      Description copied from interface: LastPositionFinder
      Ask whether this iterator supports use of the LastPositionFinder.getLength() method. This method should always be called before calling LastPositionFinder.getLength(), because an iterator that implements this interface may support use of LastPositionFinder.getLength() in some situations and not in others
      Specified by:
      supportsGetLength in interface LastPositionFinder
      Returns:
      true if the LastPositionFinder.getLength() method can be called to determine the length of the underlying sequence.

    • getLength

      public int getLength()
      Get the position of the last item in the sequence.
      Specified by:
      getLength in interface LastPositionFinder
      Returns:
      the position of the last item in the sequence, always zero in this implementation

    • getReverseIterator

      public SequenceIterator getReverseIterator()
      Get another iterator over the same items, in reverse order.
      Specified by:
      getReverseIterator in interface ReversibleIterator
      Returns:
      a reverse iterator over an empty sequence (in practice, it returns the same iterator each time)

    • materialize

      public GroundedValue materialize()
      Return a Value containing all the items in the sequence returned by this SequenceIterator. This should be an "in-memory" value, not a Closure.
      Specified by:
      materialize in interface GroundedIterator
      Returns:
      the corresponding Value

    • getResidue

      public GroundedValue getResidue()
      Description copied from interface: GroundedIterator
      Return a GroundedValue containing all the remaining items in the sequence returned by this SequenceIterator, starting at the current position. This should be an "in-memory" value, not a Closure. This method does not change the state of the iterator (in particular, it does not consume the iterator).
      Specified by:
      getResidue in interface GroundedIterator
      Returns:
      the corresponding Value

    • supportsHasNext

      public boolean supportsHasNext()
      Description copied from interface: LookaheadIterator
      Ask whether the hasNext() method can be called. This method must be called before calling hasNext(), because some iterators implement this interface, but only support look-ahead under particular circumstances (this is usually because they delegate to another iterator)
      Specified by:
      supportsHasNext in interface LookaheadIterator
      Returns:
      true if the LookaheadIterator.hasNext() method is available

    • hasNext

      public boolean hasNext()
      Determine whether there are more items to come. Note that this operation is stateless and it is not necessary (or usual) to call it before calling next(). It is used only when there is an explicit need to tell if we are at the last element.
      Specified by:
      hasNext in interface LookaheadIterator
      Returns:
      true if there are more nodes

    • isActuallyGrounded

      public boolean isActuallyGrounded()
      Description copied from interface: GroundedIterator
      Ask if the iterator is actually grounded. This method must be called before calling GroundedIterator.materialize() or GroundedIterator.getResidue(), because the iterator might be grounded under some conditions and not others (usually when it delegates to another iterator)
      Specified by:
      isActuallyGrounded in interface GroundedIterator
      Returns:
      true if this iterator is grounded