fop/src/java/org/apache/fop/fo/OneCharIterator.java

/*
 * Copyright 1999-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
 * 
 * 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
 * 
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/* $Id$ */

package org.apache.fop.fo;

import java.util.NoSuchElementException;

/**
 * Class providing an iterator for one character.
 */
public class OneCharIterator extends AbstractCharIterator {

    private boolean bFirst = true;
    private char charCode;

    /**
     * Constructor
     * @param c the character that this iterator should iterate.
     */
    public OneCharIterator(char c) {
        this.charCode = c;
    }

    /**
     * @return true if there is another element in the collection over which to
     * iterate (since this iterator only handles one character, this will return
     * false if it is past that character).
     */
    public boolean hasNext() {
        return bFirst;
    }

    /**
     * @return the next character, if there is one (since there is only one
     * character over which to iterate, it must be the first character).
     * @throws NoSuchElementException if past the first character
     */
    public char nextChar() throws NoSuchElementException {
        if (bFirst) {
            bFirst = false;
            return charCode;
        } else {
            throw new NoSuchElementException();
        }
    }

}