EmptyIterator.java

package client.net.sf.saxon.ce.tree.iter;

import client.net.sf.saxon.ce.expr.LastPositionFinder;
import client.net.sf.saxon.ce.om.GroundedValue;
import client.net.sf.saxon.ce.om.Item;
import client.net.sf.saxon.ce.om.SequenceIterator;
import client.net.sf.saxon.ce.pattern.NodeTest;
import client.net.sf.saxon.ce.trans.XPathException;
import client.net.sf.saxon.ce.value.EmptySequence;
import client.net.sf.saxon.ce.value.Value;

/**
 * EmptyIterator: an iterator over an empty sequence. Since such an iterator has no state,
 * only one instance is required; therefore a singleton instance is available via the static
 * getInstance() method.
 */

public class EmptyIterator implements AxisIterator,
        LastPositionFinder, GroundedIterator {

    private static EmptyIterator theInstance = new EmptyIterator();

    /**
     * Get an EmptyIterator, an iterator over an empty sequence.
     * @return an EmptyIterator (in practice, this always returns the same
     *     one)
     */
    public static EmptyIterator getInstance() {
        return theInstance;
    }

    /**
     * private constructor
     */

    private EmptyIterator() {}

    /**
     * Move to the next node, without returning it. Returns true if there is
     * a next node, false if the end of the sequence has been reached. After
     * calling this method, the current node may be retrieved using the
     * current() function.
     */

    public boolean moveNext() {
        return false;
    }


    /**
     * Get the next item.
     * @return the next item. For the EmptyIterator this is always null.
     */
    public Item next() {
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Get the current item, that is, the item returned by the most recent call of next().
     * @return the current item. For the EmptyIterator this is always null.
     */
    public Item current() {
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Get the position of the current item.
     * @return the position of the current item. For the EmptyIterator this is always zero
     * (whether or not the next() method has been called).
     */
    public int position() {
        return 0;
    }

    /**
     * Get the position of the last item in the sequence.
     * @return the position of the last item in the sequence, always zero in
     *     this implementation
     */
    public int getLastPosition() {
        return 0;
    }

    /**
     * Return an iterator over an axis, starting at the current node.
     *
     * @param axis the axis to iterate over, using a constant such as
     *             {@link client.net.sf.saxon.ce.om.Axis#CHILD}
     * @param test a predicate to apply to the nodes before returning them.
     * @throws NullPointerException if there is no current node
     */

    public AxisIterator iterateAxis(byte axis, NodeTest test) {
        throw new NullPointerException();
    }

    /**
     * Return the atomized value of the current node.
     *
     * @return the atomized value.
     * @throws NullPointerException if there is no current node
     */

    public Value atomize() throws XPathException {
        throw new NullPointerException();
    }

    /**
     * Return the string value of the current node.
     *
     * @return the string value, as an instance of CharSequence.
     * @throws NullPointerException if there is no current node
     */

    public CharSequence getStringValue() {
        throw new NullPointerException();
    }

    /**
     * Get another iterator over the same items, positioned at the start.
     * @return another iterator over an empty sequence (in practice, it
     *     returns the same iterator each time)
     */
    public SequenceIterator getAnother() {
        return theInstance;
    }

    /**
     * Indicate that any nodes returned in the sequence will be atomized. This
     * means that if it wishes to do so, the implementation can return the typed
     * values of the nodes rather than the nodes themselves. The implementation
     * is free to ignore this hint.
     * @param atomizing true if the caller of this iterator will atomize any
     * nodes that are returned, and is therefore willing to accept the typed
     * value of the nodes instead of the nodes themselves.
     */

    //public void setIsAtomizing(boolean atomizing) {}

     /**
     * Get properties of this iterator, as a bit-significant integer.
     *
     * @return the properties of this iterator. This will be some combination of
     *         properties such as {@link #GROUNDED}, {@link #LAST_POSITION_FINDER}. It is always
     *         acceptable to return the value zero, indicating that there are no known special properties.
     *         It is acceptable for the properties of the iterator to change depending on its state.
     */

    public int getProperties() {
        return GROUNDED | LAST_POSITION_FINDER;
    }

    /**
     * Return a Value containing all the items in the sequence returned by this
     * SequenceIterator. This should be an "in-memory" value, not a Closure.
     *
     * @return the corresponding Value
     */

    public GroundedValue materialize() {
        return EmptySequence.getInstance();
    }

}

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