# BlockIterator
Keywords: net.sf.saxon.instruct.BlockIterator class

## net.sf.saxon.instruct
Class BlockIterator

    java.lang.Object
      net.sf.saxon.instruct.BlockIterator

All Implemented Interfaces:
  SequenceIterator

    public class BlockIterator

extends Object
implements SequenceIterator

Iterate over the instructions in the Block, concatenating the result of each instruction into a single combined sequence.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.om.SequenceIterator
`GROUNDED, LAST_POSITION_FINDER, LOOKAHEAD`

Constructor Summary
`BlockIterator(SequenceIterable[] children, XPathContext context)`

Method Summary
`Item` `current()` Get the current value in the sequence (the one returned by the most recent call on next()).
`SequenceIterator` `getAnother()` Get another SequenceIterator that iterates over the same items as the original, but which is repositioned at the start of the sequence.
`int` `getProperties()` Get properties of this iterator, as a bit-significant integer.
`Item` `next()` Get the next item in the sequence.
`int` `position()` Get the current position.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### BlockIterator

    public BlockIterator(SequenceIterable[] children,
                         XPathContext context)

Method Detail

### next

    public Item next()
              throws XPathException

  Get the next item in the sequence.

  Specified by:
    `next` in interface `SequenceIterator`
  Returns:
    the next item, or null if there are no more items.
  Throws:
    `XPathException` - if an error occurs retrieving the next item

### current

    public Item current()

  Get the current value in the sequence (the one returned by the most recent call on next()). This will be null before the first call of next().

  Specified by:
    `current` in interface `SequenceIterator`
  Returns:
    the current item, the one most recently returned by a call on next(); or null, if next() has not been called, or if the end of the sequence has been reached.

### position

    public int position()

  Get the current position. This will be zero before the first call on next(), otherwise it will be the number of times that next() has been called.

  Specified by:
    `position` in interface `SequenceIterator`
  Returns:
    the current position, the position of the item returned by the most recent call of next()

### getAnother

    public SequenceIterator getAnother()
                                throws XPathException

  Get another SequenceIterator that iterates over the same items as the original, but which is repositioned at the start of the sequence.

  Specified by:
    `getAnother` in interface `SequenceIterator`
  Returns:
    a SequenceIterator that iterates over the same items, positioned before the first item
  Throws:
    `XPathException` - if any error occurs

### getProperties

    public int getProperties()

  Get properties of this iterator, as a bit-significant integer.

  Specified by:
    `getProperties` in interface `SequenceIterator`
  Returns:
    the properties of this iterator. This will be some combination of properties such as `SequenceIterator.GROUNDED`, `SequenceIterator.LAST_POSITION_FINDER`, and `SequenceIterator.LOOKAHEAD`. 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.

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