| /* |
| * reserved comment block |
| * DO NOT REMOVE OR ALTER! |
| */ |
| /* |
| * Copyright 1999-2004 The Apache Software Foundation. |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
| * limitations under the License. |
| */ |
| |
| package com.sun.org.apache.regexp.internal; |
| |
| /** |
| * Encapsulates different types of character sources - String, InputStream, ... |
| * Defines a set of common methods |
| * |
| * @author <a href="mailto:ales.novak@netbeans.com">Ales Novak</a> |
| */ |
| public interface CharacterIterator |
| { |
| /** @return a substring */ |
| String substring(int beginIndex, int endIndex); |
| |
| /** @return a substring */ |
| String substring(int beginIndex); |
| |
| /** @return a character at the specified position. */ |
| char charAt(int pos); |
| |
| /** @return <tt>true</tt> iff if the specified index is after the end of the character stream */ |
| boolean isEnd(int pos); |
| } |