Method Detail

• hasNext

  boolean hasNext()
                  throws AnalysisEngineProcessException

  Checks if there are more CASes to be returned by the iterator.

  Returns:

  true if there are more CASes to be returned, false if not

  Throws:

  AnalysisEngineProcessException - if a failure has occurred during processing. If an exception is thrown, this indicates that processing has aborted, so no further calls to the CasIterator should be made.

• next

  CAS next()
           throws AnalysisEngineProcessException

  Gets the next CAS from the iterator.

  Returns:

  the next CAS.

  Throws:

  AnalysisEngineProcessException - if a failure has occurred during processing. If an exception is thrown, this indicates that processing has aborted, so no further calls to the CasIterator should be made.

• release

  void release()

  Releases any CASes owned by this CasIterator. You only need to Call this method if you stop using a CasIterator before you have iterated all the way through.