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| 1.0;1 |
1 | package org.apache.ojb.broker.accesslayer; | |
2 | ||
3 | /* Copyright 2002-2005 The Apache Software Foundation | |
4 | * | |
5 | * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); | |
6 | * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. | |
7 | * You may obtain a copy of the License at | |
8 | * | |
9 | * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 | |
10 | * | |
11 | * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software | |
12 | * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, | |
13 | * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. | |
14 | * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and | |
15 | * limitations under the License. | |
16 | */ | |
17 | ||
18 | import java.util.Iterator; | |
19 | ||
20 | import org.apache.ojb.broker.PersistenceBrokerException; | |
21 | ||
22 | /** | |
23 | * A {@link Iterator} extension internaly used by OJB to handle query results. | |
24 | * | |
25 | * <p> | |
26 | * NOTE: OJB is very strict in handling <tt>OJBIterator</tt> instances. <tt>OJBIterator</tt> is | |
27 | * bound very closely to the used {@link org.apache.ojb.broker.PersistenceBroker} instance. | |
28 | * Thus if you do a | |
29 | * <br/> - {@link org.apache.ojb.broker.PersistenceBroker#close} | |
30 | * <br/> - {@link org.apache.ojb.broker.PersistenceBroker#commitTransaction} | |
31 | * <br/> - {@link org.apache.ojb.broker.PersistenceBroker#abortTransaction} | |
32 | * <br/> | |
33 | * call, the current <tt>OJBIterator</tt> instance resources will be cleaned up automatic | |
34 | * and invalidate current instance. | |
35 | * </p> | |
36 | * | |
37 | * @version $Id: OJBIterator.java,v 1.1 2007-08-24 22:17:30 ewestfal Exp $ | |
38 | */ | |
39 | public interface OJBIterator extends Iterator | |
40 | { | |
41 | /** | |
42 | * @return the size of the iterator, aka the number of rows in this iterator. | |
43 | */ | |
44 | int size() throws PersistenceBrokerException; | |
45 | ||
46 | /** | |
47 | * @return the unlimited size of the iterator, | |
48 | * fullSize() may differ from size() for PagingIterator | |
49 | */ | |
50 | int fullSize() throws PersistenceBrokerException; | |
51 | ||
52 | /** | |
53 | * Moves the cursor to the given row number in the iterator. | |
54 | * If the row number is positive, the cursor moves to the given row number with | |
55 | * respect to the beginning of the iterator. The first row is row 1, the second is row 2, and so on. | |
56 | * @param row the row to move to in this iterator, by absolute number | |
57 | */ | |
58 | boolean absolute(int row) throws PersistenceBrokerException; | |
59 | ||
60 | /** | |
61 | * Moves the cursor a relative number of rows, either positive or negative. Attempting to move beyond the first/last | |
62 | * row in the iterator positions the cursor before/after the the first/last row. Calling relative(0) is valid, | |
63 | * but does not change the cursor position. | |
64 | * @param row the row to move to in this iterator, by relative number | |
65 | */ | |
66 | boolean relative(int row) throws PersistenceBrokerException; | |
67 | ||
68 | /** | |
69 | * Release all internally used Database resources of the iterator. | |
70 | * Clients must call this methods explicitely if the iterator is not | |
71 | * exhausted by the client application. If the Iterator is exhauseted | |
72 | * this method will be called implicitely. | |
73 | */ | |
74 | public void releaseDbResources(); | |
75 | ||
76 | /** | |
77 | * Do not fire any PBLifeCycleEvent when reading next item. | |
78 | */ | |
79 | public void disableLifeCycleEvents(); | |
80 | } |