org.joda.beans.ser
Class SerIterator

java.lang.Object
  org.joda.beans.ser.SerIterator

public abstract class SerIterator
extends Object

An abstraction of collections, lists, sets and maps.

This is a plugin point that can handle Guava collections.

SerIterator

public SerIterator()

metaTypeName

public abstract String metaTypeName()

Gets the meta type of the underlying.

Returns:

the type, such as 'List' or 'Map'

metaTypeRequired

public abstract boolean metaTypeRequired()

Checks if the meta type of the underlying is required.

Returns:

true if generic inspection is insufficient to determine the collection

dimensionSize

public int dimensionSize(int dimension)

Gets the size of one dimension of the wrapped collection.

Parameters:

dimension - the dimension, 0 for row, 1 for column

Returns:

the size, -1 if unknown

size

public abstract int size()

Gets the size of the wrapped collection.

Returns:

the size, -1 if unknown

category

public SerCategory category()

Gets the category of iterable.

Returns:

the category, not null

hasNext

public abstract boolean hasNext()

Checks if there is a next item.

Returns:

true if there is another item

next

public abstract void next()

Advances to the next item.

count

public int count()

Gets the number of occurrences of this item.

Returns:

the count

keyType

public Class<?> keyType()

Gets the type of the key.

Returns:

the key type, null if no key

key

public Object key()

The key.

Returns:

the key, may be null

columnType

public Class<?> columnType()

Gets the type of the column.

Returns:

the column type, null if no column

column

public Object column()

The column.

Returns:

the key, may be null

valueType

public abstract Class<?> valueType()

Gets the type of the value.

Returns:

the value type, not null

valueTypeTypes

public abstract List<Class<?>> valueTypeTypes()

Gets the generic parameters of the value type.

Returns:

the generic parameters of the value type, not null

value

public abstract Object value()

The value.

Returns:

the value, may be null

value

public Object value(int row,
                    int column)

The value at a row/column.

Parameters:

row - the row

column - the column

Returns:

the value