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| |
| package org.apache.flink.util; |
| |
| import org.apache.flink.annotation.Internal; |
| |
| import java.io.IOException; |
| |
| /** |
| * A simple iterator interface. The key differences to the {@link java.util.Iterator} are |
| * |
| * <ul> |
| * <li>It has two distinct <code>next()</code>, where one variant allows to pass an object that |
| * may be reused, if the type is mutable. |
| * <li>It consolidates the logic in a single <code>next()</code> function, rather than splitting |
| * it over two different functions such as <code>hasNext()</code> and <code>next()</code> |
| * </ul> |
| * |
| * @param <E> The element type of the collection iterated over. |
| */ |
| @Internal |
| public interface MutableObjectIterator<E> { |
| |
| /** |
| * Gets the next element from the collection. The contents of that next element is put into the |
| * given reuse object, if the type is mutable. |
| * |
| * @param reuse The target object into which to place next element if E is mutable. |
| * @return The filled object or <code>null</code> if the iterator is exhausted. |
| * @throws IOException Thrown, if a problem occurred in the underlying I/O layer or in the |
| * serialization / deserialization logic |
| */ |
| E next(E reuse) throws IOException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Gets the next element from the collection. The iterator implementation must obtain a new |
| * instance. |
| * |
| * @return The object or <code>null</code> if the iterator is exhausted. |
| * @throws IOException Thrown, if a problem occurred in the underlying I/O layer or in the |
| * serialization / deserialization logic |
| */ |
| E next() throws IOException; |
| } |