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HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/tree/iter/LookaheadIterator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.tree.iter">LookaheadIterator</A></DD> </DL> <HR> <DL> <DT><PRE>public class <B>SubsequenceIterator</B><DT>extends <A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A><DT>implements <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">SequenceIterator</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/LastPositionFinder.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">LastPositionFinder</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/tree/iter/LookaheadIterator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.tree.iter">LookaheadIterator</A></DL> </PRE> <P> A SubsequenceIterator selects a subsequence of a sequence <P> <P> <HR> <P> <!-- =========== FIELD SUMMARY =========== --> <A NAME="field_summary"><!-- --></A> <TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> <TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> <TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="+2"> <B>Field Summary</B></FONT></TH> </TR> </TABLE> <A NAME="fields_inherited_from_class_net.sf.saxon.om.SequenceIterator"><!-- --></A> <TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> <TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="TableSubHeadingColor"> <TH ALIGN="left"><B>Fields inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.om.<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">SequenceIterator</A></B></TH> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html#GROUNDED">GROUNDED</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html#LAST_POSITION_FINDER">LAST_POSITION_FINDER</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html#LOOKAHEAD">LOOKAHEAD</A></CODE></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <!-- ========== METHOD SUMMARY =========== --> <A NAME="method_summary"><!-- --></A> <TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> <TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> <TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="+2"> <B>Method Summary</B></FONT></TH> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/SubsequenceIterator.html#close()">close</A></B>()</CODE> <BR> Close the iterator.</TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE> <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/Item.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">Item</A></CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/SubsequenceIterator.html#current()">current</A></B>()</CODE> <BR> Get the current value in the sequence (the one returned by the most recent call on next()).</TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE> <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">SequenceIterator</A></CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/SubsequenceIterator.html#getAnother()">getAnother</A></B>()</CODE> <BR> Get another iterator to return the same nodes</TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE> int</CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/SubsequenceIterator.html#getLength()">getLength</A></B>()</CODE> <BR> Get the last position (that is, the number of items in the sequence).</TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE> int</CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/SubsequenceIterator.html#getProperties()">getProperties</A></B>()</CODE> <BR> Get properties of this iterator, as a bit-significant integer.</TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE> boolean</CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/SubsequenceIterator.html#hasNext()">hasNext</A></B>()</CODE> <BR> Test whether there are any more items available in the sequence</TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE>static <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">SequenceIterator</A></CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/SubsequenceIterator.html#make(net.sf.saxon.om.SequenceIterator, int, int)">make</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">SequenceIterator</A> base, int min, int max)</CODE> <BR> Static factory method.</TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE> <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/Item.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">Item</A></CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/SubsequenceIterator.html#next()">next</A></B>()</CODE> <BR> Get the next item if there is one</TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE> int</CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/SubsequenceIterator.html#position()">position</A></B>()</CODE> <BR> Get the current position.</TD> </TR> </TABLE> <A NAME="methods_inherited_from_class_java.lang.Object"><!-- --></A> <TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> <TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="TableSubHeadingColor"> <TH ALIGN="left"><B>Methods inherited from class java.lang.<A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A></B></TH> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD><CODE><A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#clone()" title="class or interface in java.lang">clone</A>, <A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#equals(java.lang.Object)" title="class or interface in java.lang">equals</A>, <A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#finalize()" title="class or interface in java.lang">finalize</A>, <A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#getClass()" title="class or interface in java.lang">getClass</A>, <A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#hashCode()" title="class or interface in java.lang">hashCode</A>, <A 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========== --> <A NAME="method_detail"><!-- --></A> <TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> <TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> <TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="1"><FONT SIZE="+2"> <B>Method Detail</B></FONT></TH> </TR> </TABLE> <A NAME="make(net.sf.saxon.om.SequenceIterator, int, int)"><!-- --></A><H3> make</H3> <PRE> public static <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">SequenceIterator</A> <B>make</B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">SequenceIterator</A> base, int min, int max) throws <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE> <DL> <DD>Static factory method. Creates a SubsequenceIterator, unless for example the base Iterator is an ArrayIterator, in which case it optimizes by creating a new ArrayIterator directly over the underlying array. This optimization is important when doing recursion over a node-set using repeated calls of $nodes[position()>1] <P> <DD><DL> </DL> </DD> <DD><DL> <DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>base</CODE> - An iteration of the items to be filtered<DD><CODE>min</CODE> - The position of the first item to be included (base 1)<DD><CODE>max</CODE> - The position of the last item to be included (base 1) <DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>an iterator over the requested subsequence <DT><B>Throws:</B> <DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></CODE></DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="hasNext()"><!-- --></A><H3> hasNext</H3> <PRE> public boolean <B>hasNext</B>()</PRE> <DL> <DD>Test whether there are any more items available in the sequence <P> <DD><DL> <DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/tree/iter/LookaheadIterator.html#hasNext()">hasNext</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/tree/iter/LookaheadIterator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.tree.iter">LookaheadIterator</A></CODE></DL> </DD> <DD><DL> <DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>true if there are more items in the sequence</DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="next()"><!-- --></A><H3> next</H3> <PRE> public <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/Item.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">Item</A> <B>next</B>() throws <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE> <DL> <DD>Get the next item if there is one <P> <DD><DL> <DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html#next()">next</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">SequenceIterator</A></CODE></DL> </DD> <DD><DL> <DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>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. <DT><B>Throws:</B> <DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></CODE> - if an error occurs retrieving the next item</DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="current()"><!-- --></A><H3> current</H3> <PRE> public <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/Item.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">Item</A> <B>current</B>()</PRE> <DL> <DD><B>Description copied from interface: <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html#current()">SequenceIterator</A></CODE></B></DD> <DD>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. <P> <DD><DL> <DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html#current()">current</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">SequenceIterator</A></CODE></DL> </DD> <DD><DL> <DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>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.</DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="position()"><!-- --></A><H3> position</H3> <PRE> public int <B>position</B>()</PRE> <DL> <DD><B>Description copied from interface: <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html#position()">SequenceIterator</A></CODE></B></DD> <DD>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.) <p> This method does not change the state of the iterator. <P> <DD><DL> <DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html#position()">position</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">SequenceIterator</A></CODE></DL> </DD> <DD><DL> <DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>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.</DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="close()"><!-- --></A><H3> close</H3> <PRE> public void <B>close</B>()</PRE> <DL> <DD><B>Description copied from interface: <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html#close()">SequenceIterator</A></CODE></B></DD> <DD>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. <p>(Currently, closing an iterator is important only 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.)</p> <P> <DD><DL> <DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html#close()">close</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">SequenceIterator</A></CODE></DL> </DD> <DD><DL> </DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="getAnother()"><!-- --></A><H3> getAnother</H3> <PRE> public <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">SequenceIterator</A> <B>getAnother</B>() throws <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE> <DL> <DD>Get another iterator to return the same nodes <P> <DD><DL> <DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html#getAnother()">getAnother</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">SequenceIterator</A></CODE></DL> </DD> <DD><DL> <DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a SequenceIterator that iterates over the same items, positioned before the first item <DT><B>Throws:</B> <DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></CODE> - if any error occurs</DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="getProperties()"><!-- --></A><H3> getProperties</H3> <PRE> public int <B>getProperties</B>()</PRE> <DL> <DD>Get properties of this iterator, as a bit-significant integer. <P> <DD><DL> <DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html#getProperties()">getProperties</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">SequenceIterator</A></CODE></DL> </DD> <DD><DL> <DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the properties of this iterator. This will be some combination of properties such as <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html#GROUNDED"><CODE>SequenceIterator.GROUNDED</CODE></A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html#LAST_POSITION_FINDER"><CODE>SequenceIterator.LAST_POSITION_FINDER</CODE></A>, and <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html#LOOKAHEAD"><CODE>SequenceIterator.LOOKAHEAD</CODE></A>. It is always acceptable to return the value zero, indicating that there are no known special properties. It is acceptable for the properties of the iterator to change depending on its state.</DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="getLength()"><!-- --></A><H3> getLength</H3> <PRE> public int <B>getLength</B>() throws <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE> <DL> <DD>Get the last position (that is, the number of items in the sequence). This method is non-destructive: it does not change the state of the iterator. The result is undefined if the next() method of the iterator has already returned null. This method must not be called unless the result of getProperties() on the iterator includes the bit setting <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html#LAST_POSITION_FINDER"><CODE>SequenceIterator.LAST_POSITION_FINDER</CODE></A> <P> <DD><DL> <DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/LastPositionFinder.html#getLength()">getLength</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/LastPositionFinder.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">LastPositionFinder</A></CODE></DL> </DD> <DD><DL> <DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the number of items in the sequence <DT><B>Throws:</B> <DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></CODE> - if an error occurs evaluating the sequence in order to determine the number of items</DL> </DD> </DL> <!-- ========= END OF CLASS DATA ========= --> <HR> <!-- ======= START OF BOTTOM NAVBAR ====== --> <A NAME="navbar_bottom"><!-- --></A> <A HREF="#skip-navbar_bottom" title="Skip navigation links"></A> <TABLE BORDER="0" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> <TR> <TD COLSPAN=2 BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A NAME="navbar_bottom_firstrow"><!-- --></A> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="3" SUMMARY=""> <TR ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top"> <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="../../../../overview-summary.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Overview</B></FONT></A> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="package-summary.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Package</B></FONT></A> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1Rev"> <FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1Rev"><B>Class</B></FONT> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="package-tree.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Tree</B></FONT></A> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="../../../../deprecated-list.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Deprecated</B></FONT></A> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="../../../../index-all.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Index</B></FONT></A> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="../../../../help-doc.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Help</B></FONT></A> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN=3><EM> </EM> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="NavBarCell2"><FONT SIZE="-2"> <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/StringTokenIterator.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr"><B>PREV CLASS</B></A> <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/SuppliedParameterReference.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr"><B>NEXT CLASS</B></A></FONT></TD> <TD BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="NavBarCell2"><FONT SIZE="-2"> <A HREF="../../../../index.html?net/sf/saxon/expr/SubsequenceIterator.html" target="_top"><B>FRAMES</B></A> <A HREF="SubsequenceIterator.html" target="_top"><B>NO FRAMES</B></A> <SCRIPT type="text/javascript"> <!-- if(window==top) { document.writeln('<A HREF="../../../../allclasses-noframe.html"><B>All Classes</B></A>'); } //--> </SCRIPT> <NOSCRIPT> <A HREF="../../../../allclasses-noframe.html"><B>All Classes</B></A> </NOSCRIPT> </FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD VALIGN="top" CLASS="NavBarCell3"><FONT SIZE="-2"> SUMMARY: NESTED | FIELD | CONSTR | <A HREF="#method_summary">METHOD</A></FONT></TD> <TD VALIGN="top" CLASS="NavBarCell3"><FONT SIZE="-2"> DETAIL: FIELD | CONSTR | <A HREF="#method_detail">METHOD</A></FONT></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <A NAME="skip-navbar_bottom"></A> <!-- ======== END OF BOTTOM NAVBAR ======= --> <HR> Copyright (c) 2004-2011 Saxonica Limited. 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