/* * Copyright (c) 1997, 2007, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. * * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as * published by the Free Software Foundation. Oracle designates this * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. * * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that * accompanied this code). * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. * * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any * questions. */ package java.util; /** * An iterator for lists that allows the programmer * to traverse the list in either direction, modify * the list during iteration, and obtain the iterator's * current position in the list. A {@code ListIterator} * has no current element; its cursor position always * lies between the element that would be returned by a call * to {@code previous()} and the element that would be * returned by a call to {@code next()}. * An iterator for a list of length {@code n} has {@code n+1} possible * cursor positions, as illustrated by the carets ({@code ^}) below: *
 *                      Element(0)   Element(1)   Element(2)   ... Element(n-1)
 * cursor positions:  ^            ^            ^            ^                  ^
 * 
* Note that the {@link #remove} and {@link #set(Object)} methods are * not defined in terms of the cursor position; they are defined to * operate on the last element returned by a call to {@link #next} or * {@link #previous()}. * *

This interface is a member of the * * Java Collections Framework. * * @author Josh Bloch * @see Collection * @see List * @see Iterator * @see Enumeration * @see List#listIterator() * @since 1.2 */ public interface ListIterator extends Iterator { // Query Operations /** * Returns {@code true} if this list iterator has more elements when * traversing the list in the forward direction. (In other words, * returns {@code true} if {@link #next} would return an element rather * than throwing an exception.) * * @return {@code true} if the list iterator has more elements when * traversing the list in the forward direction */ boolean hasNext(); /** * Returns the next element in the list and advances the cursor position. * This method may be called repeatedly to iterate through the list, * or intermixed with calls to {@link #previous} to go back and forth. * (Note that alternating calls to {@code next} and {@code previous} * will return the same element repeatedly.) * * @return the next element in the list * @throws NoSuchElementException if the iteration has no next element */ E next(); /** * Returns {@code true} if this list iterator has more elements when * traversing the list in the reverse direction. (In other words, * returns {@code true} if {@link #previous} would return an element * rather than throwing an exception.) * * @return {@code true} if the list iterator has more elements when * traversing the list in the reverse direction */ boolean hasPrevious(); /** * Returns the previous element in the list and moves the cursor * position backwards. This method may be called repeatedly to * iterate through the list backwards, or intermixed with calls to * {@link #next} to go back and forth. (Note that alternating calls * to {@code next} and {@code previous} will return the same * element repeatedly.) * * @return the previous element in the list * @throws NoSuchElementException if the iteration has no previous * element */ E previous(); /** * Returns the index of the element that would be returned by a * subsequent call to {@link #next}. (Returns list size if the list * iterator is at the end of the list.) * * @return the index of the element that would be returned by a * subsequent call to {@code next}, or list size if the list * iterator is at the end of the list */ int nextIndex(); /** * Returns the index of the element that would be returned by a * subsequent call to {@link #previous}. (Returns -1 if the list * iterator is at the beginning of the list.) * * @return the index of the element that would be returned by a * subsequent call to {@code previous}, or -1 if the list * iterator is at the beginning of the list */ int previousIndex(); // Modification Operations /** * Removes from the list the last element that was returned by {@link * #next} or {@link #previous} (optional operation). This call can * only be made once per call to {@code next} or {@code previous}. * It can be made only if {@link #add} has not been * called after the last call to {@code next} or {@code previous}. * * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the {@code remove} * operation is not supported by this list iterator * @throws IllegalStateException if neither {@code next} nor * {@code previous} have been called, or {@code remove} or * {@code add} have been called after the last call to * {@code next} or {@code previous} */ void remove(); /** * Replaces the last element returned by {@link #next} or * {@link #previous} with the specified element (optional operation). * This call can be made only if neither {@link #remove} nor {@link * #add} have been called after the last call to {@code next} or * {@code previous}. * * @param e the element with which to replace the last element returned by * {@code next} or {@code previous} * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the {@code set} operation * is not supported by this list iterator * @throws ClassCastException if the class of the specified element * prevents it from being added to this list * @throws IllegalArgumentException if some aspect of the specified * element prevents it from being added to this list * @throws IllegalStateException if neither {@code next} nor * {@code previous} have been called, or {@code remove} or * {@code add} have been called after the last call to * {@code next} or {@code previous} */ void set(E e); /** * Inserts the specified element into the list (optional operation). * The element is inserted immediately before the element that * would be returned by {@link #next}, if any, and after the element * that would be returned by {@link #previous}, if any. (If the * list contains no elements, the new element becomes the sole element * on the list.) The new element is inserted before the implicit * cursor: a subsequent call to {@code next} would be unaffected, and a * subsequent call to {@code previous} would return the new element. * (This call increases by one the value that would be returned by a * call to {@code nextIndex} or {@code previousIndex}.) * * @param e the element to insert * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the {@code add} method is * not supported by this list iterator * @throws ClassCastException if the class of the specified element * prevents it from being added to this list * @throws IllegalArgumentException if some aspect of this element * prevents it from being added to this list */ void add(E e); }