/* * Copyright 2006 The Apache Software Foundation * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package org.apache.commons.collections.iterators; import java.util.List; import java.util.ListIterator; import org.apache.commons.collections.ResettableListIterator; /** * Iterates backwards through a List, starting with the last element * and continuing to the first. This is useful for looping around * a list in reverse order without needing to actually reverse the list. * <p> * The first call to <code>next()</code> will return the last element * from the list, and so on. The <code>hasNext()</code> method works * in concert with the <code>next()</code> method as expected. * However, the <code>nextIndex()</code> method returns the correct * index in the list, thus it starts high and reduces as the iteration * continues. The previous methods work similarly. * * @author Serge Knystautas * @author Stephen Colebourne * @since Commons Collections 3.2 * @version $Revision: $ $Date: 2006-05-12 23:52:43 +0100 (Fri, 12 May 2006) $ */ public class ReverseListIterator implements ResettableListIterator { /** The list being wrapped. */ private final List list; /** The list iterator being wrapped. */ private ListIterator iterator; /** Flag to indicate if updating is possible at the moment. */ private boolean validForUpdate = true; /** * Constructor that wraps a list. * * @param list the list to create a reversed iterator for * @throws NullPointerException if the list is null */ public ReverseListIterator(List list) { super(); this.list = list; iterator = list.listIterator(list.size()); } //----------------------------------------------------------------------- /** * Checks whether there is another element. * * @return true if there is another element */ public boolean hasNext() { return iterator.hasPrevious(); } /** * Gets the next element. * The next element is the previous in the list. * * @return the next element in the iterator */ public Object next() { Object obj = iterator.previous(); validForUpdate = true; return obj; } /** * Gets the index of the next element. * * @return the index of the next element in the iterator */ public int nextIndex() { return iterator.previousIndex(); } /** * Checks whether there is a previous element. * * @return true if there is a previous element */ public boolean hasPrevious() { return iterator.hasNext(); } /** * Gets the previous element. * The next element is the previous in the list. * * @return the previous element in the iterator */ public Object previous() { Object obj = iterator.next(); validForUpdate = true; return obj; } /** * Gets the index of the previous element. * * @return the index of the previous element in the iterator */ public int previousIndex() { return iterator.nextIndex(); } /** * Removes the last returned element. * * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the list is unmodifiable * @throws IllegalStateException if there is no element to remove */ public void remove() { if (validForUpdate == false) { throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot remove from list until next() or previous() called"); } iterator.remove(); } /** * Replaces the last returned element. * * @param obj the object to set * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the list is unmodifiable * @throws IllegalStateException if the iterator is not in a valid state for set */ public void set(Object obj) { if (validForUpdate == false) { throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot set to list until next() or previous() called"); } iterator.set(obj); } /** * Adds a new element to the list between the next and previous elements. * * @param obj the object to add * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the list is unmodifiable * @throws IllegalStateException if the iterator is not in a valid state for set */ public void add(Object obj) { // the validForUpdate flag is needed as the necessary previous() // method call re-enables remove and add if (validForUpdate == false) { throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot add to list until next() or previous() called"); } validForUpdate = false; iterator.add(obj); iterator.previous(); } /** * Resets the iterator back to the start (which is the * end of the list as this is a reversed iterator) */ public void reset() { iterator = list.listIterator(list.size()); } }