1 /*
2     colortail -- output last part of file(s) in color.
3     Copyright (C) 2009  Joakim Andersson <ja@joakimandersson.se>
4 
5     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
6     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
7     the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
8     (at your option) any later version.
9 
10     This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
13     GNU General Public License for more details.
14 
15     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
16     along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
17     Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
18 */
19 
20 #ifndef _Iterator_h_
21 #define _Iterator_h_
22 
23 // Based on iterator.h by Timothy A. Budd
24 
25 // class Iterator
26 // defines the protocol to be used by all iterators
27 // subclasses must implement each of the five iterator methods
28 
29 template <class T> class Iterator
30 {
31   public:
32    // initialization
33    virtual int init() = 0;
34 
35    // test if there is a current element
36    virtual int operator !() = 0;
37 
38    // current element
39    virtual T operator ()() = 0;
40 
41    // find next element
42    virtual int operator ++() = 0;
43 
44    // change current element
45    virtual void operator =(T newValue) = 0;
46 };
47 
48 #endif
49