activemq-cpp/src/main/decaf/util/Iterator.h

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#ifndef _DECAF_UTIL_ITERATOR_H_
#define _DECAF_UTIL_ITERATOR_H_

#include <decaf/util/NoSuchElementException.h>
#include <decaf/lang/exceptions/IllegalStateException.h>
#include <decaf/lang/exceptions/UnsupportedOperationException.h>

namespace decaf{
namespace util{

    /**
     * Defines an object that can be used to iterate over the elements of a
     * collection.  The iterator provides a way to access and remove elements
     * with well defined semantics.
     */
    template< typename E>
    class Iterator {
    public:

        virtual ~Iterator() {}

        /**
         * Returns the next element in the iteration. Calling this method
         * repeatedly until the hasNext() method returns false will return
         * each element in the underlying collection exactly once.
         *
         * @return the next element in the iteration of elements.
         *
         * @throws NoSuchElementException if the iteration has no more elements.
         */
        virtual E next() = 0;

        /**
         * Returns true if the iteration has more elements.  Returns false if
         * the next call to next would result in an NoSuchElementException to
         * be thrown.
         *
         * @return true if there are more elements available for iteration.
         */
        virtual bool hasNext() const = 0;

        /**
         * Removes from the underlying collection the last element returned
         * by the iterator (optional operation). This method can be called
         * only once per call to next. The behavior of an iterator is
         * unspecified if the underlying collection is modified while the
         * iteration is in progress in any way other than by calling this
         * method.
         *
         * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the remove  operation is
         *         not supported by this Iterator.
         * @throws IllegalStateException if the next method has not yet been
         *         called, or the remove method has already been called after
         *         the last call to the next method.
         */
        virtual void remove() = 0;

    };

}}

#endif /*_DECAF_UTIL_ITERATOR_H_*/