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package org.snmp4j.agent.request;

import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;

/**
 * The {@code SubRequestIterator} interface implements
 * the Iterator interface for {@link SubRequest} instances.
 *
 * @param <S> the {@link SubRequest} type returned by this iterator.
 * @author Frank Fock
 * @version 3.1.0
 */

public interface SubRequestIterator<S> extends Iterator<S> {

    /**
     * Gets the next sub-request that is pending.
     * @return
     *    an unprocessed {@code SubRequest} instance.
     * @throws java.util.NoSuchElementException
     *    if there are no more elements available.
     */
    S next() throws NoSuchElementException;

    /**
     * Returns {@code true} if there are more sub-requests to process.
     * In other words, returns {@code true} if next would return an element
     * rather than throwing an exception.
     * @return
     *    {@code true} if there are more sub-requests.
     */
    boolean hasNext();

}
