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| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
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| package org.apache.openjpa.lib.meta; |
| |
| import java.io.File; |
| import java.io.IOException; |
| import java.io.InputStream; |
| |
| import org.apache.openjpa.lib.util.Closeable; // also in java.io(in 1.5) |
| |
| /** |
| * Iterator over metadata resources. |
| * |
| * @author Abe White |
| */ |
| public interface MetaDataIterator extends Closeable { |
| |
| /** |
| * Return whether there is another resource to iterate over. |
| */ |
| boolean hasNext() throws IOException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the next metadata resource. |
| */ |
| Object next() throws IOException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the last-iterated metadata resource content as a stream. |
| */ |
| InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the last-iterated metadata resource content as a file, or null |
| * if not an extant file. |
| */ |
| File getFile() throws IOException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Close the resources used by this iterator. |
| */ |
| @Override void close(); |
| } |
| |