Commons Collections example source code file (TransformIterator.java)

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The Commons Collections TransformIterator.java source code

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package org.apache.commons.collections.iterators;

import java.util.Iterator;

import org.apache.commons.collections.Transformer;

/** 
 * Decorates an iterator such that each element returned is transformed.
 *
 * @since Commons Collections 1.0
 * @version $Revision: 646777 $ $Date: 2008-04-10 13:33:15 +0100 (Thu, 10 Apr 2008) $
 * 
 * @author James Strachan
 * @author Stephen Colebourne
 */
public class TransformIterator implements Iterator {

    /** The iterator being used */
    private Iterator iterator;
    /** The transformer being used */
    private Transformer transformer;

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * Constructs a new <code>TransformIterator that will not function
     * until the {@link #setIterator(Iterator) setIterator} method is 
     * invoked.
     */
    public TransformIterator() {
        super();
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a new <code>TransformIterator that won't transform
     * elements from the given iterator.
     *
     * @param iterator  the iterator to use
     */
    public TransformIterator(Iterator iterator) {
        super();
        this.iterator = iterator;
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a new <code>TransformIterator that will use the
     * given iterator and transformer.  If the given transformer is null,
     * then objects will not be transformed.
     *
     * @param iterator  the iterator to use
     * @param transformer  the transformer to use
     */
    public TransformIterator(Iterator iterator, Transformer transformer) {
        super();
        this.iterator = iterator;
        this.transformer = transformer;
    }

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    public boolean hasNext() {
        return iterator.hasNext();
    }

    /**
     * Gets the next object from the iteration, transforming it using the
     * current transformer. If the transformer is null, no transformation
     * occurs and the object from the iterator is returned directly.
     * 
     * @return the next object
     * @throws java.util.NoSuchElementException if there are no more elements
     */
    public Object next() {
        return transform(iterator.next());
    }

    public void remove() {
        iterator.remove();
    }

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** 
     * Gets the iterator this iterator is using.
     * 
     * @return the iterator.
     */
    public Iterator getIterator() {
        return iterator;
    }

    /** 
     * Sets the iterator for this iterator to use.
     * If iteration has started, this effectively resets the iterator.
     * 
     * @param iterator  the iterator to use
     */
    public void setIterator(Iterator iterator) {
        this.iterator = iterator;
    }

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** 
     * Gets the transformer this iterator is using.
     * 
     * @return the transformer.
     */
    public Transformer getTransformer() {
        return transformer;
    }

    /** 
     * Sets the transformer this the iterator to use.
     * A null transformer is a no-op transformer.
     * 
     * @param transformer  the transformer to use
     */
    public void setTransformer(Transformer transformer) {
        this.transformer = transformer;
    }

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * Transforms the given object using the transformer.
     * If the transformer is null, the original object is returned as-is.
     *
     * @param source  the object to transform
     * @return the transformed object
     */
    protected Object transform(Object source) {
        if (transformer != null) {
            return transformer.transform(source);
        }
        return source;
    }
}