TemplateModelIterator.java

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package freemarker.template;

/**
 * Used to iterate over a set of template models <em>once</em>; usually returned from
 * {@link TemplateCollectionModel#iterator()}. Note that it's not a {@link TemplateModel}.
 */
public interface TemplateModelIterator {

    /**
     * Returns the next model.
     * @throws TemplateModelException if the next model can not be retrieved
     *   (i.e. because the iterator is exhausted).
     */
    TemplateModel next() throws TemplateModelException;

    /**
     * @return whether there are any more items to iterate over.
     */
    boolean hasNext() throws TemplateModelException;
}