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/* $Id$ */

package org.apache.fop.fo;

import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;

/**
 * Abstract base class for iterators that should iterate through a series
 * of characters.  Extends the java.util.Iterator interface with some
 * additional functions useful for FOP's management of text.
 */
public abstract class CharIterator implements Iterator, Cloneable {

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public abstract boolean hasNext();

    /**
     * @return the character that is the next character in the collection
     * @throws NoSuchElementException if there are no more characters (test for
     * this condition with java.util.Iterator.hasNext()).
     */
    public abstract char nextChar() throws NoSuchElementException;

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public Object next() throws NoSuchElementException {
        return nextChar();
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public void remove() {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
    }


    /**
     * Replace the current character managed by the iterator with a specified
     * character?
     * @param c character
     */
    public void replaceChar(char c) {
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public Object clone() {
        try {
            return super.clone();
        } catch (CloneNotSupportedException ex) {
            return null;
        }
    }
}

