net.sf.saxon.tree.util

Class Navigator.EmptyTextFilter

java.lang.Object

net.sf.saxon.tree.iter.AxisIteratorImpl

net.sf.saxon.tree.util.Navigator.EmptyTextFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

SequenceIterator, AxisIterator, UnfailingIterator

Enclosing class:

Navigator

public static class Navigator.EmptyTextFilter
extends AxisIteratorImpl

EmptyTextFilter is an iterator that applies removes any zero-length text nodes returned by an underlying AxisIterator.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.om.SequenceIterator

ATOMIZING, GROUNDED, LAST_POSITION_FINDER, LOOKAHEAD

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
EmptyTextFilter(AxisIterator base) Construct an EmptyTextFilter

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
NodeInfo	next() Get the next item in the sequence.

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.tree.iter.AxisIteratorImpl

close, getProperties

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

EmptyTextFilter

public EmptyTextFilter(AxisIterator base)

Construct an EmptyTextFilter

Parameters:

base - the underlying iterator that returns all the nodes on a required axis. This must not be an atomizing iterator

Method Detail

next

public NodeInfo next()

Description copied from interface: UnfailingIterator

Get the next item in the sequence.

Returns:

the next Item. If there are no more items, return null.