1 /* (c) Copyright 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP 2 [See end of file] 3 4 $Id: NullIterator.java,v 1.7 2005/02/21 12:19:16 andy_seaborne Exp $ 5 */ 6 7 package com.hp.hpl.jena.util.iterator; 8 9 /** 10 An empty iterator. The specialised versions of andThen() eliminate left operands 11 that are empty iterators from cascaded sequences. 12 */ 13 public class NullIterator extends NiceIterator 14 { 15 public static NullIterator instance = new NullIterator(); 16 17 public ExtendedIterator andThen( ClosableIterator it ) 18 { 19 return it instanceof ExtendedIterator 20 ? (ExtendedIterator) it 21 : super.andThen( it ) 22 ; 23 } 24 } 25 26 27 /* 28 (c) Copyright 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP 29 All rights reserved. 30 31 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 32 modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 33 are met: 34 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 35 notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 36 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 37 notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 38 documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 39 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products 40 derived from this software without specific prior written permission. 41 42 THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 43 IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 44 OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 45 IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 46 INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT 47 NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 48 DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 49 THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 50 (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 51 THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 52 */ 53