MetaDataIterator (OpenJPA Parent POM 4.1.1 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Closeable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ClassMetaDataIterator, ClasspathMetaDataIterator, FileMetaDataIterator, JarFileURLMetaDataIterator, MetaDataIteratorChain, ResourceMetaDataIterator, URLMetaDataIterator, ZipFileMetaDataIterator, ZipStreamMetaDataIterator
```
public interface MetaDataIterator
extends Closeable
```
Iterator over metadata resources.

Author:

Abe White

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`close()`	Close the resources used by this iterator.
`File`	`getFile()`	Return the last-iterated metadata resource content as a file, or null if not an extant file.
`InputStream`	`getInputStream()`	Return the last-iterated metadata resource content as a stream.
`boolean`	`hasNext()`	Return whether there is another resource to iterate over.
`Object`	`next()`	Return the next metadata resource.

- Method Detail
  - hasNext
```
boolean hasNext()
         throws IOException
```
    Return whether there is another resource to iterate over.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
  - next
```
Object next()
     throws IOException
```
    Return the next metadata resource.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
  - getInputStream
```
InputStream getInputStream()
                    throws IOException
```
    Return the last-iterated metadata resource content as a stream.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
  - getFile
```
File getFile()
      throws IOException
```
    Return the last-iterated metadata resource content as a file, or null if not an extant file.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
  - close
```
void close()
```
    Close the resources used by this iterator.
    
    Specified by:
    
    close in interface Closeable