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/**
 *    Copyright 2009-2019 the original author or authors.
 *
 *    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *    You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
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 *    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 *    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 *    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */
package org.apache.ibatis.cursor;

import java.io.Closeable;

/**
 * Cursor contract to handle fetching items lazily using an Iterator.
 * Cursors are a perfect fit to handle millions of items queries that would not normally fits in memory.
 * If you use collections in resultMaps then cursor SQL queries must be ordered (resultOrdered="true")
 * using the id columns of the resultMap.
 *
 * @author Guillaume Darmont / guillaume@dropinocean.com
 */
public interface Cursor<T> extends Closeable, Iterable<T> {

    /**
     * @return true if the cursor has started to fetch items from database.
     */
    boolean isOpen();

    /**
     *
     * @return true if the cursor is fully consumed and has returned all elements matching the query.
     */
    boolean isConsumed();

    /**
     * Get the current item index. The first item has the index 0.
     * @return -1 if the first cursor item has not been retrieved. The index of the current item retrieved.
     */
    int getCurrentIndex();
}