// kelondroRotateIterator.java
// (C) 2007 by Michael Peter Christen; mc@anomic.de, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
// first published 08.03.2007 on http://www.anomic.de
//
// This is a part of YaCy, a peer-to-peer based web search engine
//
// $LastChangedDate: 2006-04-02 22:40:07 +0200 (So, 02 Apr 2006) $
// $LastChangedRevision: 1986 $
// $LastChangedBy: orbiter $
//
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package de.anomic.kelondro;

public class kelondroRotateIterator<E> implements kelondroCloneableIterator<E> {
    
    kelondroCloneableIterator<E> a, clone;
    Object modifier;
    
    public kelondroRotateIterator(kelondroCloneableIterator<E> a, Object modifier) {
        // this works currently only for String-type key iterations
        this.a = a;
        this.modifier = modifier;
        this.clone = (kelondroCloneableIterator<E>) a.clone(modifier);
    }
    
	public kelondroRotateIterator<E> clone(Object modifier) {
        return new kelondroRotateIterator<E>(a, modifier);
    }
    
    public boolean hasNext() {
        return true;
    }
    
    public E next() {
    	// attention: this iterator has no termination - on purpose.
    	// it must be taken care that a calling method has a termination predicate different
    	// from the hasNext() method
        if (!(a.hasNext())) {
            a = (kelondroCloneableIterator<E>) clone.clone(modifier);
        }
        return a.next();
    }
    
    public void remove() {
        a.remove();
    }
    
}