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package jdsl.core.ref;

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



/**
 * An array-based positional iterator.
 *
 * @author Mike Boilen (mgb)
 * @author Benoit Hudson (bh)
 * @author Ryan Shaun Baker (rsb)
 * @author Luca Vismara (lv)
 * @author Mark Handy
 * @version JDSL 2.1.1 
 */
public class ArrayPositionIterator extends AbstractArrayIterator
implements PositionIterator {
    
    /*
     * The array of positions this iterator contains
     */
    protected Position [] posArray_;
    
    
    // public constructor(s)
    
    /**
     * Uses the array to store the elements that this iterator
     * traverses.  The array is NOT copied.
     *
     * @param array The elements that this iterator should traverse.
     *
     */
    public ArrayPositionIterator (Position [] array) {
	super(array);
	posArray_ = array;
    }
    
    
    /**
     * Traverses through the array, which is not copied, until
     * num elements have been returned.
     */
    public ArrayPositionIterator(Position [] array, int num) throws
    BoundaryViolationException {
	super(array,num);
	posArray_ = array;
    }
    
    
    // public instance method(s) from PositionIterator
    
    public Position position() throws NoSuchElementException {    
	checkBeforeStart();
	return posArray_[iCurrentIndex_];
    }
    
    public Position nextPosition() throws NoSuchElementException {
	return (Position) super.nextAccessor();
    }
    
}