Source for file StringIterator.php

<?php 
 
/**
 * Stringiterator provides access to these objects sequentially, one at a time.
 * The purpose of all Iterators is to to offer a way for OSID methods to
 * return multiple values of a common type and not use an array.  Returning an
 * array may not be appropriate if the number of values returned is large or
 * is fetched remotely.  Iterators do not allow access to values by index,
 * rather you must access values in sequence. Similarly, there is no way to go
 * backwards through the sequence unless you place the values in a data
 * structure, such as an array, that allows for access by index.  To maximize
 * reuse and implementation substitutability, it is important not to reference
 * a class in one OSID implementation directly in another.  Interfaces should
 * be used and new called only on objects in the implementation package.  To
 * avoid binding a specific implementation of Shared to a specific
 * implementaiton of some other OSID, implementations TypeIterator and the
 * other primitative-type Iterators should reside in each OSID that requires
 * them and not in an implementation of Shared.  For example, if an
 * implementation of org.osid.logging.LoggingManager needs a class that
 * implements org.osid.shared.StringIterator, the class should be in the
 * package implementing Logging.
 * 
 * <p>
 * OSID Version: 2.0
 * </p>
 * 
 * <p>
 * Licensed under the {@link org.osid.SidImplementationLicenseMIT MIT}
 * O.K.I&#46; OSID Definition License}.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @package org.osid.shared
 */
class StringIterator
{
    /**
     * Return true if there is an additional  String ; false otherwise.
     *  
     * @return boolean 
     * 
     * @throws object SharedException An exception with one of the
     *          following messages defined in org.osid.shared.SharedException
     *          may be thrown:  {@link }
     *          org.osid.shared.SharedException#UNKNOWN_TYPE UNKNOWN_TYPE},
     *          {@link org.osid.shared.SharedException#PERMISSION_DENIED}
     *          PERMISSION_DENIED}, {@link }
     *          org.osid.shared.SharedException#CONFIGURATION_ERROR
     *          CONFIGURATION_ERROR}, {@link }
     *          org.osid.shared.SharedException#UNIMPLEMENTED UNIMPLEMENTED}
     * 
     * @access public
     */
    function hasNextString () { 
        die ("Method <b>".__FUNCTION__."()</b> declared in interface<b> ".__CLASS__."</b> has not been overloaded in a child class."); 
    } 
 
    /**
     * Return the next String.
     *  
     * @return string 
     * 
     * @throws object SharedException An exception with one of the
     *          following messages defined in org.osid.shared.SharedException
     *          may be thrown:  {@link }
     *          org.osid.shared.SharedException#UNKNOWN_TYPE UNKNOWN_TYPE},
     *          {@link org.osid.shared.SharedException#PERMISSION_DENIED}
     *          PERMISSION_DENIED}, {@link }
     *          org.osid.shared.SharedException#CONFIGURATION_ERROR
     *          CONFIGURATION_ERROR}, {@link }
     *          org.osid.shared.SharedException#UNIMPLEMENTED UNIMPLEMENTED},
     *          {@link }
     *          org.osid.shared.SharedException#NO_MORE_ITERATOR_ELEMENTS
     *          NO_MORE_ITERATOR_ELEMENTS}
     * 
     * @access public
     */
    function nextString () { 
        die ("Method <b>".__FUNCTION__."()</b> declared in interface<b> ".__CLASS__."</b> has not been overloaded in a child class."); 
    } 
}
 
?>