Groovy example source code file (XmlGroovyMethods.java)

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The Groovy XmlGroovyMethods.java source code

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package org.codehaus.groovy.runtime;

import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

import java.util.Iterator;

/**
 * This class defines all the new XML-related groovy methods which enhance
 * the normal JDK XML classes when inside the Groovy environment.
 * Static methods are used with the first parameter the destination class.
 *
 * @author Paul King
 * @author Jochen Theodorou
 */
public class XmlGroovyMethods {

    /**
     * Makes NodeList iterable by returning a read-only Iterator which traverses
     * over each Node.
     *
     * @param nodeList a NodeList
     * @return an Iterator for a NodeList
     * @since 1.0
     */
    public static Iterator<Node> iterator(final NodeList nodeList) {
        return new Iterator<Node>() {
            private int current /* = 0 */;

            public boolean hasNext() {
                return current < nodeList.getLength();
            }

            public Node next() {
                return nodeList.item(current++);
            }

            public void remove() {
                throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Cannot remove() from a NodeList iterator");
            }
        };
    }

}