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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.
+ * 
+ */
+struct iterator_t {
+
+	/**
+	 * @brief Moves to the next element, if available.
+	 * 
+	 * @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, or
+	 * 						- FAILED if iterator is on an invalid state
+	 */
+	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
+	 * @return 
+	 * 						- SUCCESS if succeeded, 
+	 * 						- FAILED otherwise
+	 */
+	status_t (*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
+	 * @return
+	 * 						- SUCCESS if succeeded, 
+	 * 						- FAILED otherwise
+	 */
+	status_t (*insert_after) (iterator_t *this, void *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 if succeeded, 
+	 * 						- FAILED otherwise
+	 */
+	status_t (*remove) (iterator_t *iterator);
+			  
+	/**
+	 * @brief Resets the iterator position.
+	 * 
+	 * After reset, the iterator stands NOT on an element.
+	 * A call to has_next is necessary to do any other operations
+	 * with the resetted iterator.
+	 * 
+	 * @param this 			calling object
+	 * @return 
+	 * 						- SUCCESS if succeeded, 
+	 * 						- FAILED otherwise
+	 */
+	status_t (*reset) (iterator_t *this);
+
+	/**
+	 * @brief Destroys an iterator.
+	 * 
+	 * @param this 			iterator to destroy
+	 * @return 
+	 * 						- SUCCESS if succeeded, 
+	 * 						- FAILED otherwise
+	 */
+	status_t (*destroy) (iterator_t *this);
+};
+
+#endif /*ITERATOR_H_*/