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JDK 1.6
  java.text. CharacterIterator View Source
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Hierarchy
 Cloneable
      CharacterIterator
Subinterfaces
Description
public interface CharacterIterator
  This interface defines a protocol for bidirectional iteration over text.
Methods
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public Object clone ()
  Create a copy of this iterator
public char current ()
  Gets the character at the current position (as returned by getIndex()).
public char first ()
  Sets the position to getBeginIndex() and returns the character at that position.
public int getBeginIndex ()
  Returns the start index of the text.
public int getEndIndex ()
  Returns the end index of the text.
public int getIndex ()
  Returns the current index.
public char last ()
  Sets the position to getEndIndex()-1 (getEndIndex() if the text is empty) and returns the character at that position.
public char next ()
  Increments the iterator's index by one and returns the character at the new index.
public char previous ()
  Decrements the iterator's index by one and returns the character at the new index.
public char setIndex (int position)
  Sets the position to the specified position in the text and returns that character.
Fields
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publicfinalstatic char DONE = "65535"
  Constant that is returned when the iterator has reached either the end or the beginning of the text.
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