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893N/A */
893N/A
1040N/Apackage java.text;
893N/A
893N/A
893N/A/**
893N/A * This interface defines a protocol for bidirectional iteration over text.
893N/A * The iterator iterates over a bounded sequence of characters. Characters
893N/A * are indexed with values beginning with the value returned by getBeginIndex() and
893N/A * continuing through the value returned by getEndIndex()-1.
893N/A * <p>
893N/A * Iterators maintain a current character index, whose valid range is from
893N/A * getBeginIndex() to getEndIndex(); the value getEndIndex() is included to allow
893N/A * handling of zero-length text ranges and for historical reasons.
893N/A * The current index can be retrieved by calling getIndex() and set directly
893N/A * by calling setIndex(), first(), and last().
893N/A * <p>
6319N/A * The methods previous() and next() are used for iteration. They return DONE if
6319N/A * they would move outside the range from getBeginIndex() to getEndIndex() -1,
893N/A * signaling that the iterator has reached the end of the sequence. DONE is
893N/A * also returned by other methods to indicate that the current index is
893N/A * outside this range.
893N/A *
893N/A * <P>Examples:<P>
893N/A *
893N/A * Traverse the text from start to finish
893N/A * <pre>
893N/A * public void traverseForward(CharacterIterator iter) {
893N/A * for(char c = iter.first(); c != CharacterIterator.DONE; c = iter.next()) {
893N/A * processChar(c);
893N/A * }
893N/A * }
893N/A * </pre>
893N/A *
893N/A * Traverse the text backwards, from end to start
893N/A * <pre>
893N/A * public void traverseBackward(CharacterIterator iter) {
893N/A * for(char c = iter.last(); c != CharacterIterator.DONE; c = iter.previous()) {
893N/A * processChar(c);
893N/A * }
893N/A * }
893N/A * </pre>
893N/A *
6272N/A * Traverse both forward and backward from a given position in the text.
6272N/A * Calls to notBoundary() in this example represents some
6272N/A * additional stopping criteria.
893N/A * <pre>
893N/A * public void traverseOut(CharacterIterator iter, int pos) {
893N/A * for (char c = iter.setIndex(pos);
893N/A * c != CharacterIterator.DONE && notBoundary(c);
893N/A * c = iter.next()) {
893N/A * }
893N/A * int end = iter.getIndex();
893N/A * for (char c = iter.setIndex(pos);
893N/A * c != CharacterIterator.DONE && notBoundary(c);
893N/A * c = iter.previous()) {
893N/A * }
893N/A * int start = iter.getIndex();
893N/A * processSection(start, end);
893N/A * }
893N/A * </pre>
893N/A *
893N/A * @see StringCharacterIterator
893N/A * @see AttributedCharacterIterator
893N/A */
893N/A
893N/Apublic interface CharacterIterator extends Cloneable
893N/A{
893N/A
893N/A /**
893N/A * Constant that is returned when the iterator has reached either the end
893N/A * or the beginning of the text. The value is '\\uFFFF', the "not a
893N/A * character" value which should not occur in any valid Unicode string.
893N/A */
893N/A public static final char DONE = '\uFFFF';
893N/A
893N/A /**
893N/A * Sets the position to getBeginIndex() and returns the character at that
893N/A * position.
893N/A * @return the first character in the text, or DONE if the text is empty
893N/A * @see #getBeginIndex()
893N/A */
893N/A public char first();
893N/A
893N/A /**
893N/A * Sets the position to getEndIndex()-1 (getEndIndex() if the text is empty)
893N/A * and returns the character at that position.
893N/A * @return the last character in the text, or DONE if the text is empty
893N/A * @see #getEndIndex()
893N/A */
893N/A public char last();
893N/A
893N/A /**
893N/A * Gets the character at the current position (as returned by getIndex()).
893N/A * @return the character at the current position or DONE if the current
893N/A * position is off the end of the text.
893N/A * @see #getIndex()
893N/A */
893N/A public char current();
893N/A
893N/A /**
893N/A * Increments the iterator's index by one and returns the character
893N/A * at the new index. If the resulting index is greater or equal
893N/A * to getEndIndex(), the current index is reset to getEndIndex() and
893N/A * a value of DONE is returned.
893N/A * @return the character at the new position or DONE if the new
893N/A * position is off the end of the text range.
893N/A */
893N/A public char next();
893N/A
893N/A /**
893N/A * Decrements the iterator's index by one and returns the character
893N/A * at the new index. If the current index is getBeginIndex(), the index
893N/A * remains at getBeginIndex() and a value of DONE is returned.
893N/A * @return the character at the new position or DONE if the current
893N/A * position is equal to getBeginIndex().
893N/A */
893N/A public char previous();
893N/A
893N/A /**
893N/A * Sets the position to the specified position in the text and returns that
893N/A * character.
893N/A * @param position the position within the text. Valid values range from
893N/A * getBeginIndex() to getEndIndex(). An IllegalArgumentException is thrown
893N/A * if an invalid value is supplied.
893N/A * @return the character at the specified position or DONE if the specified position is equal to getEndIndex()
893N/A */
893N/A public char setIndex(int position);
893N/A
893N/A /**
893N/A * Returns the start index of the text.
893N/A * @return the index at which the text begins.
893N/A */
893N/A public int getBeginIndex();
893N/A
893N/A /**
893N/A * Returns the end index of the text. This index is the index of the first
893N/A * character following the end of the text.
893N/A * @return the index after the last character in the text
893N/A */
893N/A public int getEndIndex();
893N/A
893N/A /**
893N/A * Returns the current index.
893N/A * @return the current index.
893N/A */
893N/A public int getIndex();
893N/A
893N/A /**
893N/A * Create a copy of this iterator
893N/A * @return A copy of this
1580N/A */
1580N/A public Object clone();
1580N/A
1580N/A}
1580N/A