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=head1 NAME
Bio::DB::GFF::Adaptor::memory::iterator - iterator for Bio::DB::GFF::Adaptor::memory
=head1 SYNOPSIS
For internal use only
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This is an internal module that is used by the Bio::DB::GFF in-memory
adaptor to return an iterator across a sequence feature query.  The
object has a single method, next_feature(), that returns the next
feature from the query.  The method next_seq() is an alias for
next_feature().
=head1 BUGS
None known yet.
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<Bio::DB::GFF>,
=head1 AUTHOR
Lincoln Stein E<lt>lstein@cshl.orgE<gt>.
Copyright (c) 2001 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.
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package Bio::DB::GFF::Adaptor::memory::iterator;
$Bio::DB::GFF::Adaptor::memory::iterator::VERSION = '1.7.4';
use strict;
# this module needs to be cleaned up and documented
use Bio::Root::Version;
*next_seq = \&next_feature;
sub new {
  my $class = shift;
  my ($data,$callback) = @_;
  my $pos = 0;
  return bless {data     => $data,
                pos      => $pos,
                callback => $callback,
                cache    => []},$class;
  #return bless [$sth,$callback,[]],$class;
}
sub next_feature {
  my $self = shift;
  return shift @{$self->{cache}} if @{$self->{cache}};
  my $data     = $self->{data} or return;
  my $callback = $self->{callback};
  my $features;
  while (1) {
    my $feature = $data->[$self->{pos}++];
    if ($feature) {
      $features   = $callback->(@{$feature});
      last if $features;
    } else {
      $features = $callback->();
      undef $self->{pos};
      undef $self->{data};
      undef $self->{cache};
      last;
    }
  }
  $self->{cache} = $features or return;
  shift @{$self->{cache}};
}
1;