Class Navigator.EmptyTextFilter

java.lang.Object

net.sf.saxon.tree.util.Navigator.EmptyTextFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Closeable, AutoCloseable, SequenceIterator, AxisIterator, UnfailingIterator

Enclosing class:

Navigator

public static class Navigator.EmptyTextFilter
extends Object
implements AxisIterator

EmptyTextFilter is an iterator that applies removes any zero-length text nodes returned by an underlying AxisIterator.

Author:

Michael H. Kay

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface SequenceIterator

SequenceIterator.Property

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
EmptyTextFilter(AxisIterator base)	Construct an EmptyTextFilter

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
NodeInfo	next()	Get the next item in the sequence.

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface AxisIterator

asIterator, forEachNode

Methods inherited from interface SequenceIterator

close, forEachOrFail, getProperties, materialize

Methods inherited from interface UnfailingIterator

forEach, toList

Constructor Details

EmptyTextFilter

public EmptyTextFilter(AxisIterator base)

Construct an EmptyTextFilter

Parameters:

base - the underlying iterator that returns all the nodes on a required axis. This must not be an atomizing iterator

Method Details

next

public NodeInfo next()

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.