PrecedingIterator (saxon JavaDoc)

java.lang.Object
- net.sf.saxon.tree.tiny.PrecedingIterator

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Closeable, java.lang.AutoCloseable, SequenceIterator, AxisIterator, UnfailingIterator
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final class PrecedingIterator
extends java.lang.Object
implements AxisIterator
```
Enumerate all the nodes on the preceding axis from a given start node. The calling code ensures that the start node is not a root, attribute, or namespace node. As well as the standard XPath preceding axis, this class also implements a Saxon-specific "preceding-or-ancestor" axis which returns ancestor nodes as well as preceding nodes. This is used when performing xsl:number level="any".

Nested Class Summary
- Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.om.SequenceIterator
  SequenceIterator.Property

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`PrecedingIterator(TinyTree doc, TinyNodeImpl node, NodeTest nodeTest, boolean includeAncestors)`

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type Method Description

NodeInfo next()
Get the next item in the sequence.
- Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
  clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
- Methods inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.tree.iter.AxisIterator
  asIterator, forEachNode
- Methods inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.om.SequenceIterator
  close, forEachOrFail, getProperties, materialize
- Methods inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.tree.iter.UnfailingIterator
  forEach, toList

- Constructor Detail
  - PrecedingIterator
```
public PrecedingIterator(TinyTree doc,
                         TinyNodeImpl node,
                         NodeTest nodeTest,
                         boolean includeAncestors)
```
- Method Detail
  - next
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public NodeInfo next()
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    Description copied from interface: UnfailingIterator
    
    Get the next item in the sequence.
    
    Specified by:
    
    next in interface AxisIterator
    
    Specified by:
    
    next in interface SequenceIterator
    
    Specified by:
    
    next in interface UnfailingIterator
    
    Returns:
    
    the next Item. If there are no more items, return null.