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package com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc;

import com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.dtm.DTM;

Author:
Jacek Ambroziak, Santiago Pericas-Geertsen/**
 * @author Jacek Ambroziak
 * @author Santiago Pericas-Geertsen
 */
public interface NodeIterator extends Cloneable {
    public static final int END = DTM.NULL;

    
Callers should not call next() after it returns END.
/**
     * Callers should not call next() after it returns END.
     */
    public int next();

    
Resets the iterator to the last start node.
/**
     * Resets the iterator to the last start node.
     */
    public NodeIterator reset();

    
Returns the number of elements in this iterator.
/**
     * Returns the number of elements in this iterator.
     */
    public int getLast();

    
Returns the position of the current node in the set.
/**
     * Returns the position of the current node in the set.
     */
    public int getPosition();

    
Remembers the current node for the next call to gotoMark().
/**
     * Remembers the current node for the next call to gotoMark().
     */
    public void setMark();

    
Restores the current node remembered by setMark().
/**
     * Restores the current node remembered by setMark().
     */
    public void gotoMark();

    
Set start to END should 'close' the iterator,
i.e. subsequent call to next() should return END.
/**
     * Set start to END should 'close' the iterator,
     * i.e. subsequent call to next() should return END.
     */
    public NodeIterator setStartNode(int node);

    
True if this iterator has a reversed axis.
/**
     * True if this iterator has a reversed axis.
     */
    public boolean isReverse();

    
Returns a deep copy of this iterator.
/**
     * Returns a deep copy of this iterator.
     */
    public NodeIterator cloneIterator();

    
Prevents or allows iterator restarts.
/**
     * Prevents or allows iterator restarts.
     */
    public void setRestartable(boolean isRestartable);

}