Generator (org.refcodes:refcodes-generator 2.0.5 API)

Type Parameters:

T - the generic type

All Superinterfaces:

Iterator<T>

All Known Subinterfaces:

IdGenerator

All Known Implementing Classes:

UniqueIdGeneratorImpl, UniqueIdGeneratorSingleton
```
public interface Generator<T>
extends Iterator<T>
```
A Generator generates objects of a dedicated type in mass production. The generated objects may have special characteristics or qualities, e.g the objects may be system wide unique from each other. These characteristics are implementation depended. The Iterator patters has been chosen to make the generator team up with the java collections framework.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`hasNext()`	Tests whether the `Generator` is capable of generating a `next()` item.
`T`	`next()`	Generates a next item.

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Iterator
forEachRemaining, remove

- Method Detail
  - hasNext
```
boolean hasNext()
```
    Tests whether the Generator is capable of generating a next() item.
    
    Specified by:
    
    hasNext in interface Iterator<T>
    
    Returns:
    
    true, if successful
  - next
```
T next()
```
    Generates a next item.
    
    Specified by:
    
    next in interface Iterator<T>
    
    Returns:
    
    The next item generated
    
    Throws:
    
    NoSuchElementException - in case the generator was not capable of generating a next item. Prevent this exception by first testing the Generator using hasNext().