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34  package org.jaxen.expr.iter;
35  
36  import java.io.Serializable;
37  import java.util.Iterator;
38  
39  import org.jaxen.ContextSupport;
40  import org.jaxen.UnsupportedAxisException;
41  
42  /**
43   * Provide access to the XPath axes.
44   * 
45   * @author Bob McWhirter
46   * @author James Strachan
47   * @author Stephen Colebourne
48   */
49  public abstract class IterableAxis implements Serializable {
50      
51      /** The axis type */
52      private int value;
53  
54      /**
55       * Constructor.
56       * 
57       * @param axisValue
58       */
59      public IterableAxis(int axisValue) {
60          this.value = axisValue;
61      }
62  
63      /**
64       * Gets the numeric constant for the axis.
65       * 
66       * @return the axis value
67       */
68      public int value() {
69          return this.value;
70      }
71  
72      /**
73       * Gets the iterator for a specific XPath axis.
74       * 
75       * @param contextNode  the current context node to work from
76       * @param support  the additional context information
77       * @return an iterator for the axis 
78       * @throws UnsupportedAxisException if the axis is not iterable
79       */
80      public abstract Iterator iterator(Object contextNode, ContextSupport support) throws UnsupportedAxisException;
81  
82      /**
83       * Gets the iterator for a specific XPath axis that supports named access.
84       *
85       * @param contextNode  the current context node to work from
86       * @param support  the additional context information
87       * @param localName  the local name of the nodes to return
88       * @param namespacePrefix  the prefix of the namespace of the nodes to return
89       * @param namespaceURI  the URI of the namespace of the nodes to return
90       * @throws UnsupportedAxisException always until overridden
91       */
92      public Iterator namedAccessIterator(
93          Object contextNode,
94          ContextSupport support,
95          String localName,
96          String namespacePrefix,
97          String namespaceURI)
98              throws UnsupportedAxisException {
99                  
100         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Named access unsupported");
101     }
102 
103     /**
104      * Does this axis support named access?
105      * 
106      * @param support  the additional context information
107      * @return true if named access supported. If not, iterator() will be used.
108      */
109     public boolean supportsNamedAccess(ContextSupport support) {
110         return false;
111     }
112 
113 }