net.myrrix.common.iterator

Interface SkippingIterator<V>

All Superinterfaces:

Iterator<V>

All Known Implementing Classes:

FileLineIterator

public interface SkippingIterator<V>
extends Iterator<V>

Adds ability to skip ahead in an iterator, perhaps more efficiently than by calling Iterator.next() repeatedly.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Sean Owen, Mahout

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	skip(int n) Skip the next n elements supplied by this Iterator.

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Iterator

hasNext, next, remove

Method Detail

skip

void skip(int n)

Skip the next n elements supplied by this Iterator. If there are less than n elements remaining, this skips all remaining elements in the Iterator. This method has the same effect as calling Iterator.next() n times, except that it will never throw NoSuchElementException.