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Interface java.util.Enumeration

public interface Enumeration
An object that implements the Enumeration interface generates a series of elements, one at a time. Successive calls to the nextElement method return successive elements of the series.

For example, to print all elements of a vector v: 

     for (Enumeration e = v.elements() ; e.hasMoreElements() ;) {
         System.out.println(e.nextElement());

     }

Methods are provided to enumerate through the elements of a vector, the keys of a hashtable, and the values in a hashtable. Enumerations are also used to specify the input streams to a SequenceInputStream.

NOTE: The functionality of this interface is duplicated by the Iterator interface. In addition, Iterator adds an optional remove operation, and has shorter method names. New implementations should consider using Iterator in preference to Enumeration.

Since:
JDK1.0
See Also:
Iterator, SequenceInputStream, nextElement, Hashtable, elements, keys, Vector, elements

Method Index

o hasMoreElements()
Tests if this enumeration contains more elements.
o nextElement()
Returns the next element of this enumeration.

Methods

o hasMoreElements 
public abstract boolean hasMoreElements()
Tests if this enumeration contains more elements.

Returns:
true if this enumeration contains more elements; false otherwise.
o nextElement 
public abstract Object nextElement()
Returns the next element of this enumeration.

Returns:
the next element of this enumeration.
Throws: NoSuchElementException
if no more elements exist.
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