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1 /*
2  * Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
3  */
4 /*
5  * $Id: NodeSetData.java,v 1.5 2005/05/10 15:47:42 mullan Exp $
6  */
7 package javax.xml.crypto;
8
9 import java.util.Iterator JavaDoc;
10
11 /**
12  * An abstract representation of a <code>Data</code> type containing a
13  * node-set. The type (class) and ordering of the nodes contained in the set
14  * are not defined by this class; instead that behavior should be
15  * defined by <code>NodeSetData</code> subclasses.
16  *
17  * @author Sean Mullan
18  * @author JSR 105 Expert Group
19  * @since 1.6
20  */
21 public interface NodeSetData extends Data {
22
23     /**
24      * Returns a read-only iterator over the nodes contained in this
25      * <code>NodeSetData</code> in
26      * <a HREF="http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xpath-19991116#dt-document-order">
27      * document order</a>. Attempts to modify the returned iterator
28      * via the <code>remove</code> method throw
29      * <code>UnsupportedOperationException</code>.
30      *
31      * @return an <code>Iterator</code> over the nodes in this
32      * <code>NodeSetData</code> in document order
33      */
34     Iterator JavaDoc iterator();
35 }
36
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