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package java.nio.file;

import java.util.Iterator;

import java.io.Closeable;

import java.io.IOException;

/**

 * An object to iterate over the entries in a directory. A directory stream

 * allows for the convenient use of the for-each construct to iterate over a

 * directory.

 *

 * <p> <b> While {@code DirectoryStream} extends {@code Iterable}, it is not a

 * general-purpose {@code Iterable} as it supports only a single {@code

 * Iterator}; invoking the {@link #iterator iterator} method to obtain a second

 * or subsequent iterator throws {@code IllegalStateException}. </b>

 *

 * <p> An important property of the directory stream's {@code Iterator} is that

 * its {@link Iterator#hasNext() hasNext} method is guaranteed to read-ahead by

 * at least one element. If {@code hasNext} method returns {@code true}, and is

 * followed by a call to the {@code next} method, it is guaranteed that the

 * {@code next} method will not throw an exception due to an I/O error, or

 * because the stream has been {@link #close closed}. The {@code Iterator} does

 * not support the {@link Iterator#remove remove} operation.

 *

 * <p> A {@code DirectoryStream} is opened upon creation and is closed by

 * invoking the {@code close} method. Closing a directory stream releases any

 * resources associated with the stream. Failure to close the stream may result

 * in a resource leak. The try-with-resources statement provides a useful

 * construct to ensure that the stream is closed:

 * <pre>

 *   Path dir = ...

 *   try (DirectoryStream<Path> stream = Files.newDirectoryStream(dir)) {

 *       for (Path entry: stream) {

 *           ...

 *       }

 *   }

 * </pre>

 *

 * <p> Once a directory stream is closed, then further access to the directory,

 * using the {@code Iterator}, behaves as if the end of stream has been reached.

 * Due to read-ahead, the {@code Iterator} may return one or more elements

 * after the directory stream has been closed. Once these buffered elements

 * have been read, then subsequent calls to the {@code hasNext} method returns

 * {@code false}, and subsequent calls to the {@code next} method will throw

 * {@code NoSuchElementException}.

 *

 * <p> A directory stream is not required to be <i>asynchronously closeable</i>.

 * If a thread is blocked on the directory stream's iterator reading from the

 * directory, and another thread invokes the {@code close} method, then the

 * second thread may block until the read operation is complete.

 *

 * <p> If an I/O error is encountered when accessing the directory then it

 * causes the {@code Iterator}'s {@code hasNext} or {@code next} methods to

 * throw {@link DirectoryIteratorException} with the {@link IOException} as the

 * cause. As stated above, the {@code hasNext} method is guaranteed to

 * read-ahead by at least one element. This means that if {@code hasNext} method

 * returns {@code true}, and is followed by a call to the {@code next} method,

 * then it is guaranteed that the {@code next} method will not fail with a

 * {@code DirectoryIteratorException}.

 *

 * <p> The elements returned by the iterator are in no specific order. Some file

 * systems maintain special links to the directory itself and the directory's

 * parent directory. Entries representing these links are not returned by the

 * iterator.

 *

 * <p> The iterator is <i>weakly consistent</i>. It is thread safe but does not

 * freeze the directory while iterating, so it may (or may not) reflect updates

 * to the directory that occur after the {@code DirectoryStream} is created.

 *

 * <p> <b>Usage Examples:</b>

 * Suppose we want a list of the source files in a directory. This example uses

 * both the for-each and try-with-resources constructs.

 * <pre>

 *   List<Path> listSourceFiles(Path dir) throws IOException {

 *       List<Path> result = new ArrayList<>();

 *       try (DirectoryStream<Path> stream = Files.newDirectoryStream(dir, "*.{c,h,cpp,hpp,java}")) {

 *           for (Path entry: stream) {

 *               result.add(entry);

 *           }

 *       } catch (DirectoryIteratorException ex) {

 *           // I/O error encounted during the iteration, the cause is an IOException

 *           throw ex.getCause();

 *       }

 *       return result;

 *   }

 * </pre>

 * @param   <T>     The type of element returned by the iterator

 *

 * @since 1.7

 *

 * @see Files#newDirectoryStream(Path)

 */

public interface DirectoryStream<T>

    extends Closeable, Iterable<T>

{

    /**

     * An interface that is implemented by objects that decide if a directory

     * entry should be accepted or filtered. A {@code Filter} is passed as the

     * parameter to the {@link Files#newDirectoryStream(Path,DirectoryStream.Filter)}

     * method when opening a directory to iterate over the entries in the

     * directory.

     *

     * @param   <T>     the type of the directory entry

     *

     * @since 1.7

     */

    public static interface Filter<T> {

        /**

         * Decides if the given directory entry should be accepted or filtered.

         *

         * @param   entry

         *          the directory entry to be tested

         *

         * @return  {@code true} if the directory entry should be accepted

         *

         * @throws  IOException

         *          If an I/O error occurs

         */

        boolean accept(T entry) throws IOException;

    }

    /**

     * Returns the iterator associated with this {@code DirectoryStream}.

     *

     * @return  the iterator associated with this {@code DirectoryStream}

     *

     * @throws  IllegalStateException

     *          if this directory stream is closed or the iterator has already

     *          been returned

     */

    @Override

    Iterator<T> iterator();

}