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authorMartin Willi <martin@strongswan.org>2006-04-28 10:51:19 +0000
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+/**
+ * @file iterator.h
+ *
+ * @brief Interface iterator_t.
+ *
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 Jan Hutter, Martin Willi
+ * Hochschule fuer Technik Rapperswil
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
+ * option) any later version. See <http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.txt>.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+ * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
+ * for more details.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ITERATOR_H_
+#define ITERATOR_H_
+
+typedef struct iterator_t iterator_t;
+
+/**
+ * @brief Iterator interface, allows iteration over collections.
+ *
+ * iterator_t defines an interface for iterating over collections.
+ * It allows searching, deleting, updating and inserting.
+ *
+ * Thanks to JMP for iterator lessons :-)
+ *
+ * @b Constructors:
+ * - via linked_list_t.create_iterator, or
+ * - any other class which supports the iterator_t interface
+ *
+ * @see linked_list_t
+ *
+ * @ingroup utils
+ */
+struct iterator_t {
+
+ /**
+ * @brief Iterate over all items.
+ *
+ * The easy way to iterate over items.
+ *
+ * @param this calling object
+ * @param[out] value item
+ * @return
+ * - TRUE, if more elements are avaiable,
+ * - FALSE otherwise
+ */
+ bool (*iterate) (iterator_t *this, void** value);
+
+ /**
+ * @brief Moves to the next element, if available.
+ *
+ * A newly created iterator_t object doesn't point to any item.
+ * Call iterator_t.has_next first to point it to the first item.
+ *
+ * @param this calling object
+ * @return
+ * - TRUE, if more elements are avaiable,
+ * - FALSE otherwise
+ */
+ bool (*has_next) (iterator_t *this);
+
+ /**
+ * @brief Returns the current value at the iterator position.
+ *
+ * @param this calling object
+ * @param[out] value value is set to the current value at iterator position
+ * @return
+ * - SUCCESS
+ * - FAILED if iterator on an invalid position
+ */
+ status_t (*current) (iterator_t *this, void **value);
+
+ /**
+ * @brief Inserts a new item before the given iterator position.
+ *
+ * The iterator position is not changed after inserting
+ *
+ * @param this calling iterator
+ * @param[in] item value to insert in list
+ */
+ void (*insert_before) (iterator_t *this, void *item);
+
+ /**
+ * @brief Inserts a new item after the given iterator position.
+ *
+ * The iterator position is not changed after inserting.
+ *
+ * @param this calling iterator
+ * @param[in] item value to insert in list
+ */
+ void (*insert_after) (iterator_t *this, void *item);
+
+ /**
+ * @brief Replace the current item at current iterator position.
+ *
+ * The iterator position is not changed after replacing.
+ *
+ * @param this calling iterator
+ * @param[out] old_item old value will be written here(can be NULL)
+ * @param[in] new_item new value
+ *
+ * @return
+ * - SUCCESS
+ * - FAILED if iterator is on an invalid position
+ */
+ status_t (*replace) (iterator_t *this, void **old_item, void *new_item);
+
+ /**
+ * @brief Removes an element from list at the given iterator position.
+ *
+ * The position of the iterator is set in the following order:
+ * - to the item before, if available
+ * - otherwise to the item after, if available
+ * - otherwise it gets reseted
+ *
+ * @param linked_list calling object
+ * @return
+ * - SUCCESS
+ * - FAILED if iterator is on an invalid position
+ */
+ status_t (*remove) (iterator_t *iterator);
+
+ /**
+ * @brief Resets the iterator position.
+ *
+ * After reset, the iterator_t objects doesn't point to an element.
+ * A call to iterator_t.has_next is necessary to do any other operations
+ * with the resetted iterator.
+ *
+ * @param this calling object
+ */
+ void (*reset) (iterator_t *this);
+
+ /**
+ * @brief Destroys an iterator.
+ *
+ * @param this iterator to destroy
+ *
+ */
+ void (*destroy) (iterator_t *this);
+};
+
+#endif /*ITERATOR_H_*/