org.apache.uima.analysis_engine

## Interface JCasIterator

- All Known Implementing Classes:
    JCasIteratorWrapper

      public interface JCasIterator

  An iterator over a collection of JCAS objects. One use for this interface is to allow an application to iterate over all of the CASes produced by as output of the `AnalysisEngine.processAndOutputNewCASes(JCas)` method.

- - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `boolean` | `hasNext()` Checks if there are more JCASes to be returned by the iterator.
    `JCas` | `next()` Gets the next JCAS from the iterator.
    `void` | `release()` Releases any CASes owned by this JCasIterator.

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### hasNext

          boolean hasNext()
                   throws AnalysisEngineProcessException

      Checks if there are more JCASes to be returned by the iterator.
      Returns:
        true if there are more JCASes 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 JCasIterator should be made.

    - #### next

          JCas next()
             throws AnalysisEngineProcessException

      Gets the next JCAS from the iterator.
      Returns:
        the next JCAS.
      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 JCasIterator should be made.

    - #### release

          void release()

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

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