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16 package org.apache.taglibs.standard.extra.commons.collections;
17
18 import java.util.Iterator JavaDoc;
19
20 /**
21  * Defines an iterator that operates over an ordered collection.
22  * <p>
23  * This iterator allows both forward and reverse iteration through the collection.
24  *
25  * @since Commons Collections 3.0
26  * @version $Revision: 1.1.2.1 $ $Date: 2004/10/21 00:58:23 $
27  *
28  * @author Stephen Colebourne
29  */

30 public interface OrderedIterator extends Iterator JavaDoc {
31
32     /**
33      * Checks to see if there is a previous element that can be iterated to.
34      *
35      * @return <code>true</code> if the iterator has a previous element
36      */

37     boolean hasPrevious();
38
39     /**
40      * Gets the previous element from the collection.
41      *
42      * @return the previous element in the iteration
43      * @throws java.util.NoSuchElementException if the iteration is finished
44      */

45     Object JavaDoc previous();
46
47 }
48
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