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package org.opends.server.replication.server.changelog.api;

import java.io.Closeable;

/**
 * Generic cursor interface into the changelog database. Once it is not used
 * anymore, a cursor must be closed to release all the resources into the
 * database.
 * <p>
 * The cursor provides a java.sql.ResultSet like API : it is positioned before
 * the first requested record and needs to be moved forward by calling
 * {@link DBCursor#next()}.
 * <p>
 * Usage:
 * <pre>
 * {@code
 *  DBCursor cursor = ...;
 *  try {
 *    while (cursor.next()) {
 *      Record record = cursor.getRecord();
 *      // ... can call cursor.getRecord() again: it will return the same result
 *    }
 *  }
 *  finally {
 *    close(cursor);
 *  }
 * }
 * </pre>
 *
 * @param <T>
 *          type of the record being returned
 * \@NotThreadSafe
 */
public interface DBCursor<T> extends Closeable
{

  /**
   * Getter for the current record.
   *
   * @return The current record.
   */
  T getRecord();

  /**
   * Skip to the next record of the database.
   *
   * @return true if has next, false otherwise
   * @throws ChangelogException
   *           When database exception raised.
   */
  boolean next() throws ChangelogException;

  /**
   * Release the resources and locks used by this Iterator. This method must be
   * called when the iterator is no longer used. Failure to do it could cause DB
   * deadlock.
   */
  @Override
  void close();
}