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package gnu.javax.naming.jndi.url.rmi;

import java.util.NoSuchElementException;

import javax.naming.NamingEnumeration;
import javax.naming.NamingException;

/**
 * Iterates over name class pairs, obtaining values first from the binding list
 * and then from the binding iterator.
 * 
 * @author Audrius Meskauskas
 */
public abstract class RmiNamingEnumeration implements NamingEnumeration
{
  /**
   * The array of bindings, returned at once.
   */
  String[] list;
  
  /**
   * The position of the element in the binding list, that must be returned
   * during the subsequent call of the next(). If this field is grater or equal
   * to the lenght of the list, the subsequent values must be requested from the
   * iterator.
   */
  int p;
  
  RmiNamingEnumeration(String[] bindingList)
  {
    list = bindingList;
  }
  
  /**
   * Convert from the CORBA binding into that this enumeration should return.
   * 
   * @param binding
   *          the binding to convert
   * @return the value, that must be returned by the {@link #next()}.
   */
  public abstract Object convert(String binding);

  /**
   * Checks if there are more elements to return.
   * 
   * @throws NamingException
   *           never
   */
  public boolean hasMore() throws NamingException
  {
    return hasMoreElements();
  }

  /**
   * Returns the next element.
   * 
   * @throws NamingException
   *           never
   */
  public Object next() throws NamingException
  {
    return nextElement();
  }

  /**
   * Checks if there are more elements to return.
   */
  public boolean hasMoreElements()
  {
    return p < list.length;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the next element.
   */
  public Object nextElement()
  {
    if (p < list.length)
      return convert(list[p++]);
    else
      throw new NoSuchElementException();
  }
  
  /**
   * Nothing to do in this method.
   */
  public void close()
  {
    // Nothing to do here.
  }

}