Iterator Pattern

Iterator pattern can ignore set object combination method, always use hasNext method to see if there's continues object and use next method to get the following object, it gives a more standard way to list all the objects.

Each object container we create one iterator class to implement Iterator interface, fulfill hasNext and next methods,

/**
 * @Author Carter Deng
 * @Date 2021/11/21
 */
public class InfoScienceIterator implements Iterator {

    List<Department> departmentList;
    int position;

    public InfoScienceIterator(List<Department> departmentList) {
        this.departmentList = departmentList;
        this.position = 0;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean hasNext() {
        if (departmentList.size() > position + 1) {
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public Object next() {
        if (hasNext()) {
            this.position++;
            return departmentList.get(position);
        }
        return null;
    }
}



/**
 * @Author Carter Deng
 * @Date 2021/11/21
 */
public class ComputerIterator implements Iterator {

    Department[] departments;
    int position;

    public ComputerIterator(Department[] departments) {
        this.departments = departments;
        this.position = 0;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean hasNext() {
        if (this.departments != null) {
            if (this.departments.length - 1 > position) {
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public Department next() {
        if (hasNext()) {
            this.position++;
            return departments[position];
        }
        return null;
    }
}

Object container provides one method to return its corssponding iterator object,

/**
 * @Author Carter Deng
 * @Date 2021/11/21
 */
public class InfoScienceCollege implements College {

    @Override
    public Iterator createIterator() {
        return new InfoScienceIterator(departments);
    }

}


/**
 * @Author Carter Deng
 * @Date 2021/11/21
 */
public class ComputerCollege implements College {

    @Override
    public Iterator createIterator() {
        return new ComputerIterator(departments);
    }

}

When we want to list down all items in object container, we can ask object to return iterator object and use hasNext/Next methods.

/**
 * @Author Carter Deng
 * @Date 2021/11/22
 */
public class Test {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        ComputerCollege computerCollege = new ComputerCollege();
        InfoScienceCollege infoScienceCollege = new InfoScienceCollege();

        Iterator computerCollegeIterator = computerCollege.createIterator();
        Iterator infoScienceCollegeIterator = infoScienceCollege.createIterator();

        while(computerCollegeIterator.hasNext()){
            System.out.println(computerCollegeIterator.next());
        }

        System.out.println("=============================");

        while(infoScienceCollegeIterator.hasNext()){
            System.out.println(infoScienceCollegeIterator.next());
        }
    }
}