ArrayObjectIterator.java

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package jdsl.core.ref;

import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
import jdsl.core.api.*;



/**
 * An array-based object iterator.
 *
 * @author Ryan Shaun Baker (rsb)
 * @version JDSL 2.1.1 
 */
public class ArrayObjectIterator implements ObjectIterator {

  // protected instance variable(s)

  protected int iCurrentIndex_;
  protected int iLastIndex_;


  // private instance variable(s)

  private Object [] objectArray_;


  // protected constructor(s)

  /**
   * Uses the array to store the elements that this iterator
   * traverses.  The array is NOT copied. Takes O(N) time where N
   * is the number of elements in the array.
   *
   * @param array The elements that this iterator should traverse.
   */
  public ArrayObjectIterator (Object [] array) {
		this( array, array.length==0 ? -1 : array.length );
  }

  
  /**
   * Traverses through the array, which is not copied, until
   * num elements have been returned. Takes O(N) time where N
   * is the number of elements in the array.
   */
  public ArrayObjectIterator (Object [] array, int num) throws
  BoundaryViolationException {
    objectArray_ = array;
    iCurrentIndex_ = -1;
    iLastIndex_ = num-1;
    if (num > array.length)
      throw new BoundaryViolationException
	("The number of elements is greater than the size of the array.");
  }


    /** 
     * Takes O(1) time
     */  
  public boolean hasNext () {
    return iCurrentIndex_ < iLastIndex_;
  }

    /** 
     * Takes O(1) time
     */
  public Object nextObject() {
    if(!hasNext()) {
      throw new NoSuchElementException("End of iterator contents reached");
    }
    return objectArray_[++iCurrentIndex_];
  }

    /** 
     * Takes O(1) time
     */
    public Object object() throws NoSuchElementException {    
      
      if (iCurrentIndex_ < 0) throw new NoSuchElementException
				("iterator is in before-the-first state");
	return objectArray_[iCurrentIndex_];
    }

    /** 
     * Takes O(1) time
     */
  public void reset(){
    iCurrentIndex_ = -1;
    
  }


}