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1   /*
2    $Id: IterableAxis.java,v 1.8 2005/05/13 13:43:37 elharo Exp $
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46  package org.jaxen.expr.iter;
47  
48  import java.io.Serializable;
49  import java.util.Iterator;
50  
51  import org.jaxen.ContextSupport;
52  import org.jaxen.UnsupportedAxisException;
53  
54  /***
55   * Provide access to the XPath axes.
56   * 
57   * @author Bob McWhirter
58   * @author James Strachan
59   * @author Stephen Colebourne
60   */
61  public abstract class IterableAxis implements Serializable {
62      
63      /*** The axis type */
64      private int value;
65  
66      /***
67       * Constructor.
68       * 
69       * @param axisValue
70       */
71      public IterableAxis(int axisValue) {
72          this.value = axisValue;
73      }
74  
75      /***
76       * Gets the axis value.
77       * 
78       * @return the axis value
79       */
80      public int value() {
81          return this.value;
82      }
83  
84      /***
85       * Gets the iterator for a specific XPath axis.
86       * 
87       * @param contextNode  the current context node to work from
88       * @param support  the additional context information
89       * @return an iterator for the axis 
90       * @throws UnsupportedAxisException
91       */
92      public abstract Iterator iterator(Object contextNode, ContextSupport support) throws UnsupportedAxisException;
93  
94      /***
95       * Gets the iterator for a specific XPath axis that supports named access.
96       *
97       * @param contextNode  the current context node to work from
98       * @param support  the additional context information
99       * @param localName  the local name of the nodes to return
100      * @param namespacePrefix  the prefix of the namespace of the nodes to return
101      * @param namespaceURI  the URI of the namespace of the nodes to return
102      */
103     public Iterator namedAccessIterator(
104         Object contextNode,
105         ContextSupport support,
106         String localName,
107         String namespacePrefix,
108         String namespaceURI)
109             throws UnsupportedAxisException {
110                 
111         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Named access unsupported");
112     }
113 
114     /***
115      * Does this axis support named access?
116      * 
117      * @param support  the additional context information
118      * @return true if named access supported. If not iterator() will be used
119      */
120     public boolean supportsNamedAccess(ContextSupport support) {
121         return false;
122     }
123 
124 }