## org.apache.xalan.xsltc.dom
Class MatchingIterator

    java.lang.Object
      org.apache.xml.dtm.ref.DTMAxisIteratorBase
          org.apache.xalan.xsltc.dom.MatchingIterator

All Implemented Interfaces:
  java.lang.Cloneable, DTMAxisIterator

    public final class MatchingIterator

extends DTMAxisIteratorBase

This is a special kind of iterator that takes a source iterator and a node N. If initialized with a node M (the parent of N) it computes the position of N amongst the children of M. This position can be obtained by calling getPosition(). It is an iterator even though next() will never be called. It is used to match patterns with a single predicate like: BOOK[position() = last()] In this example, the source iterator will return elements of type BOOK, a call to position() will return the position of N. Notice that because of the way the pattern matching is implemented, N will always be a node in the source since (i) it is a BOOK or the test sequence would not be considered and (ii) the source iterator is initialized with M which is the parent of N. Also, and still in this example, a call to last() will return the number of elements in the source (i.e. the number of BOOKs).

Author:
  Jacek Ambroziak, Santiago Pericas-Geertsen

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.xml.dtm.DTMAxisIterator
`END`

Constructor Summary
`MatchingIterator(int match, DTMAxisIterator source)`

Method Summary
`DTMAxisIterator` `cloneIterator()` Returns a deep copy of this iterator.
`int` `getLast()` Returns the position of the last node within the iteration, as defined by XPath.
`int` `getPosition()`
`void` `gotoMark()` Restores the current node remembered by setMark().
`int` `next()` Get the next node in the iteration.
`DTMAxisIterator` `reset()` Resets the iterator to the last start node.
`void` `setMark()` Remembers the current node for the next call to gotoMark().
`void` `setRestartable(boolean isRestartable)` Set if restartable.
`DTMAxisIterator` `setStartNode(int node)` Set start to END should 'close' the iterator, i.e. subsequent call to next() should return END.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.xml.dtm.ref.DTMAxisIteratorBase
`getAxis, getNodeByPosition, getStartNode, includeSelf, isDocOrdered, isReverse`

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

Constructor Detail

### MatchingIterator

    public MatchingIterator(int match,
                            DTMAxisIterator source)

Method Detail

### setRestartable

    public void setRestartable(boolean isRestartable)

  Description copied from interface: `DTMAxisIterator`
  Set if restartable.

  Specified by:
    `setRestartable` in interface `DTMAxisIterator`
  Overrides:
    `setRestartable` in class `DTMAxisIteratorBase`

### cloneIterator

    public DTMAxisIterator cloneIterator()

  Description copied from class: `DTMAxisIteratorBase`
  Returns a deep copy of this iterator. Cloned iterators may not be restartable. The iterator being cloned may or may not become non-restartable as a side effect of this operation.

  Specified by:
    `cloneIterator` in interface `DTMAxisIterator`
  Overrides:
    `cloneIterator` in class `DTMAxisIteratorBase`
  Returns:
    a deep copy of this iterator.

### setStartNode

    public DTMAxisIterator setStartNode(int node)

  Description copied from interface: `DTMAxisIterator`
  Set start to END should 'close' the iterator, i.e. subsequent call to next() should return END.

  Parameters:
    `node` - Sets the root of the iteration.
  Returns:
    A DTMAxisIterator set to the start of the iteration.

### reset

    public DTMAxisIterator reset()

  Description copied from interface: `DTMAxisIterator`
  Resets the iterator to the last start node.

  Specified by:
    `reset` in interface `DTMAxisIterator`
  Overrides:
    `reset` in class `DTMAxisIteratorBase`
  Returns:
    A DTMAxisIterator which has been reset to the start node, which may or may not be the same as this iterator.

### next

    public int next()

  Description copied from interface: `DTMAxisIterator`
  Get the next node in the iteration.

  Returns:
    The next node handle in the iteration, or END.

### getLast

    public int getLast()

  Description copied from class: `DTMAxisIteratorBase`
  Returns the position of the last node within the iteration, as defined by XPath. In a forward iterator, I believe this equals the number of nodes which this iterator will yield. In a reverse iterator, I believe it should return 1 (since the "last" is the first produced.) This may be an expensive operation when called the first time, since it may have to iterate through a large part of the document to produce its answer.

  Specified by:
    `getLast` in interface `DTMAxisIterator`
  Overrides:
    `getLast` in class `DTMAxisIteratorBase`
  Returns:
    The number of nodes in this iterator (forward) or 1 (reverse).

### getPosition

    public int getPosition()

  Specified by:
    `getPosition` in interface `DTMAxisIterator`
  Overrides:
    `getPosition` in class `DTMAxisIteratorBase`
  Returns:
    The position of the current node within the set, as defined by XPath. Note that this is one-based, not zero-based.

### setMark

    public void setMark()

  Description copied from interface: `DTMAxisIterator`
  Remembers the current node for the next call to gotoMark().

### gotoMark

    public void gotoMark()

  Description copied from interface: `DTMAxisIterator`
  Restores the current node remembered by setMark().

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