Filtering Enumeration
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* Copyright (C) 2003 Alexander Maryanovsky.
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import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
/**
* An implementation of the <code>Enumeration</code> interface which delegates
* to another <code>Enumeration</code>, but only returns elements which pass
* the {@link #accept(Object)} method.
*/
public abstract class FilteringEnumeration implements Enumeration{
/**
* The delegate enumeration.
*/
private final Enumeration delegate;
/**
* The next element we'll return. This is set by the <code>findNext</code>
* method.
*/
private Object next = null;
/**
* Creates a new <code>FilteringEnumeration</code> object with the specified
* delegate.
*/
public FilteringEnumeration(Enumeration delegate){
this.delegate = delegate;
}
/**
* Finds the next element in the delegate enumeration which passes
* <code>accept</code> and puts it in <code>next</code>.
*/
private void findNext(){
if (next != null)
return;
while (delegate.hasMoreElements()){
Object element = delegate.nextElement();
if (accept(element)){
next = element;
break;
}
}
}
/**
* Returns whether there are more elements in this <code>Enumeration</code>.
*/
public boolean hasMoreElements(){
findNext();
return next != null;
}
/**
* Returns the next element in the delegate enumeration which passes the
* <code>accept</code> method.
*/
public Object nextElement() throws NoSuchElementException{
findNext();
if (next == null)
throw new NoSuchElementException();
Object result = next;
next = null;
return result;
}
/**
* Returns whether the specified object passes the filter.
*/
public abstract boolean accept(Object element);
}
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