Package net.sf.saxon.regex

Class ATokenIterator

java.lang.Object
net.sf.saxon.regex.ATokenIterator
All Implemented Interfaces:
Closeable, AutoCloseable, SequenceIterator<StringValue>
public class ATokenIterator extends Object implements SequenceIterator<StringValue>
A ATokenIterator is an iterator over the strings that result from tokenizing a string using a regular expression

  • Constructor Details

    • ATokenIterator

      public ATokenIterator(UnicodeString input, REMatcher matcher)
      Construct an ATokenIterator.

  • Method Details

    • next

      public StringValue next()
      Description copied from interface: SequenceIterator
      Get the next item in the sequence. This method changes the state of the iterator.
      Specified by:
      next in interface SequenceIterator<StringValue>
      Returns:
      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.

    • close

      public void close()
      Description copied from interface: SequenceIterator
      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.

      For example, the iterator returned by the unparsed-text-lines() function has a close() method that causes the underlying input stream to be closed, whether or not the file has been read to completion.

      Closing an iterator is important 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.

      Specified by:
      close in interface AutoCloseable
      Specified by:
      close in interface Closeable
      Specified by:
      close in interface SequenceIterator<StringValue>