PrecedingIterator (checkstyle 10.21.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.xpath.iterators.PrecedingIterator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Closeable, AutoCloseable, net.sf.saxon.om.SequenceIterator, net.sf.saxon.tree.iter.AxisIterator
```
public class PrecedingIterator
extends Object
implements net.sf.saxon.tree.iter.AxisIterator
```
Recursive-free implementation of the preceding axis iterator.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`private net.sf.saxon.tree.iter.AxisIterator`	`ancestorEnum`	Ancestor axis iterator.
`private net.sf.saxon.tree.iter.AxisIterator`	`descendantEnum`	Descendant axis iterator.
`private net.sf.saxon.tree.iter.AxisIterator`	`previousSiblingEnum`	Preceding-sibling axis iterator.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

PrecedingIterator(net.sf.saxon.om.NodeInfo start)
Create an iterator over the "preceding" axis.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type Method Description

net.sf.saxon.om.NodeInfo next()
Get the next item in the sequence.
- Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
  clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
- Methods inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.om.SequenceIterator
  close

- Field Detail
  - ancestorEnum
```
private final net.sf.saxon.tree.iter.AxisIterator ancestorEnum
```
    Ancestor axis iterator.
  - previousSiblingEnum
```
private net.sf.saxon.tree.iter.AxisIterator previousSiblingEnum
```
    Preceding-sibling axis iterator.
  - descendantEnum
```
private net.sf.saxon.tree.iter.AxisIterator descendantEnum
```
    Descendant axis iterator.
- Constructor Detail
  - PrecedingIterator
```
public PrecedingIterator(net.sf.saxon.om.NodeInfo start)
```
    Create an iterator over the "preceding" axis.
    
    Parameters:
    
    start - the initial context node.
- Method Detail
  - next
```
public net.sf.saxon.om.NodeInfo next()
```
    Get the next item in the sequence.
    
    Specified by:
    
    next in interface net.sf.saxon.tree.iter.AxisIterator
    
    Specified by:
    
    next in interface net.sf.saxon.om.SequenceIterator
    
    Returns:
    
    the next Item. If there are no more nodes, return null.