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/* IOCollectionIterator.h created by gvdl on Fri 1998-10-30 */

#ifndef _OS_OSCOLLECTIONITERATOR_H
#define _OS_OSCOLLECTIONITERATOR_H

#include <libkern/c++/OSIterator.h>

class OSCollection;

/*!
    @class OSCollectionIterator
    @discussion
    OSCollectionIterator objects provide a consistent mechanism to iterate through all OSCollection derived collections.
*/
class OSCollectionIterator : public OSIterator
{
    OSDeclareDefaultStructors(OSCollectionIterator)

protected:
    const OSCollection *collection;
    void *collIterator;
    unsigned int initialUpdateStamp;
    bool valid;

public:
    /*!
        @function withCollection
        @abstract A static constructor function which creates and initializes an instance of OSCollectionIterator for the provided collection object.
        @param inColl The OSCollection derived collection object to be iteratated.
        @result Returns a new instance of OSCollection or 0 on failure.
    */
    static OSCollectionIterator *withCollection(const OSCollection *inColl);

    /*!
        @function withCollection
        @abstract A member function to initialize the intance of OSCollectionIterator with the provided colleciton object.
        @param inColl The OSCollection derived collection object to be iteratated.
        @result Returns true if the initialization was successful or false on failure.
    */
    virtual bool initWithCollection(const OSCollection *inColl);
    /*!
        @function free
        @abstract A member function to release and deallocate all resources created or used by the OSCollectionIterator object.
        @discussion This function should not be called directly, use release() instead.
    */
    virtual void free();

    /*!
        @function reset
        @abstract A member function which resets the iterator to begin the next iteration from the beginning of the collection.
    */
    virtual void reset();

    /*!
        @function isValid
        @abstract A member function for determining if the collection was modified during iteration.
    */
    virtual bool isValid();

    /*!
        @function getNextObject
        @abstract A member function to get the next object in the collection being iterated.
        @result Returns the next object in the collection or 0 when the end has been reached.
    */
    virtual OSObject *getNextObject();
};

#endif /* !_OS_OSCOLLECTIONITERATOR_H */