/*

  $Id: IterableAxis.java,v 1.9 2006/02/05 21:47:42 elharo Exp $

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 package org.jaxen.expr.iter;

 import java.io.Serializable;

 import java.util.Iterator;

 import org.jaxen.ContextSupport;

 import org.jaxen.UnsupportedAxisException;

 /**

  * Provide access to the XPath axes.

  * 

  * @author Bob McWhirter

  * @author James Strachan

  * @author Stephen Colebourne

  */

 public abstract class IterableAxis implements Serializable {

     /** The axis type */

     private int value;

     /**

      * Constructor.

      * 

      * @param axisValue

      */

     public IterableAxis(int axisValue) {

         this.value = axisValue;

     }

     /**

      * Gets the axis value.

      * 

      * @return the axis value

      */

     public int value() {

         return this.value;

     }

     /**

      * Gets the iterator for a specific XPath axis.

      * 

      * @param contextNode  the current context node to work from

      * @param support  the additional context information

      * @return an iterator for the axis 

      * @throws UnsupportedAxisException

      */

     public abstract Iterator iterator(Object contextNode, ContextSupport support) throws UnsupportedAxisException;

     /**

      * Gets the iterator for a specific XPath axis that supports named access.

      *

      * @param contextNode  the current context node to work from

      * @param support  the additional context information

      * @param localName  the local name of the nodes to return

      * @param namespacePrefix  the prefix of the namespace of the nodes to return

      * @param namespaceURI  the URI of the namespace of the nodes to return

      */

     public Iterator namedAccessIterator(

         Object contextNode,

         ContextSupport support,

         String localName,

         String namespacePrefix,

         String namespaceURI)

             throws UnsupportedAxisException {

         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Named access unsupported");

     }

     /**

      * Does this axis support named access?

      * 

      * @param support  the additional context information

      * @return true if named access supported. If not iterator() will be used

      */

     public boolean supportsNamedAccess(ContextSupport support) {

         return false;

     }

 }