net.sf.saxon.om

Interface AxisIterator

public interface AxisIterator extends SequenceIterator

A SequenceIterator is used to iterate over a sequence. An AxisIterator is a SequenceIterator that throws no exceptions. Despite its name, an AxisIterator is not invariably used to find nodes on an axis of a tree, though this is its most common use. For example, the class ArrayIterator is also defined as an AxisIterator.
Method Summary
Itemcurrent()
Get the current item in the sequence.
SequenceIteratorgetAnother()
Get another iterator over the same sequence of items, positioned at the start of the sequence.
Itemnext()
Get the next item in the sequence.
intposition()
Get the current position

Method Detail

current

public Item current()
Get the current item in the sequence.

Returns: the current item, that is, the item most recently returned by next()

getAnother

public SequenceIterator getAnother()
Get another iterator over the same sequence of items, positioned at the start of the sequence. It must be possible to call this method at any time, whether none, some, or all of the items in the original iterator have been read. The method is non-destructive: it does not change the state of the original iterator.

Returns: a new iterator over the same sequence

next

public Item next()
Get the next item in the sequence.

Returns: the next Item. If there are no more nodes, return null.

position

public int position()
Get the current position

Returns: the position of the current item (the item most recently returned by next()), starting at 1 for the first node