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EntityIterator
interface EntityIterator : MutableIterator<Entity!>
A specialization of Iterator that allows iterating over a collection of Entity objects. In addition to the iteration functionality it also allows resetting the iterator back to the beginning and provides for an explicit close() method to indicate that the iterator is no longer needed and that its resources can be released.
Summary
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| abstract Unit |
Indicates that this iterator is no longer needed and that any associated resources may be released (such as a SQLite cursor).
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| abstract Unit |
Reset the iterator back to the beginning.
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Public methods
close
abstract fun close(): Unit
Indicates that this iterator is no longer needed and that any associated resources may be released (such as a SQLite cursor).
reset
abstract fun reset(): Unit
Reset the iterator back to the beginning.
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Last updated 2025-02-10 UTC.
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