/*
 *    GeoTools - The Open Source Java GIS Toolkit
 *    http://geotools.org
 * 
 *    (C) 2004-2008, Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)
 *    
 *    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 *    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 *    License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
 *    version 2.1 of the License.
 *
 *    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 *    Lesser General Public License for more details.
 */
package org.geotools.data.store;

import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;

import org.opengis.feature.simple.SimpleFeature;

/**
 * This iterator is used to indicate that contents could not be aquired.
 * <p>
 * The normal Collection.iterator() method does not let us return an error
 * (we always have to return an iterator). However Iterator.next() can
 * be used to return an NoSuchElementException.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * So we are basically going to lie, we are going to pretend their is content
 * *once*, and when they ask for it we are going to hit them with
 * a NoSuchElementExcetion. This is a mean trick, but it does convey the idea
 * of asking for content that is supposed to be there and failing to aquire it.
 * </p>
 * @author jgarnett
 * @since 2.1.RC0
 *
 * @source $URL$
 */
public class NoContentIterator implements Iterator<SimpleFeature> {
    Throwable origionalProblem;
    public NoContentIterator( Throwable t ){
        origionalProblem = t;
    }
    public boolean hasNext() {
        return origionalProblem != null;
    }
    public SimpleFeature next() {
        if( origionalProblem == null ){
            // you only get the real error on the first offense
            // (after that you are just silly)
            //
            throw new NoSuchElementException();            
        }
        NoSuchElementException cantFind = new NoSuchElementException( "Could not aquire feature:" + origionalProblem );
        cantFind.initCause( origionalProblem );
        origionalProblem = null;
        throw cantFind;
    }

    public void remove() {
        if( origionalProblem == null ){
            // user did not call next first
            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
        }
        // User did not call next first
        throw new IllegalStateException();        
    }
}