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package com.mysql.cj.xdevapi;

import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * A set of elements from a query command.
 *
 * @param <T>
 *            the type of element returned from the query (doc or row)
 */
public interface FetchResult<T> extends Iterator<T>, Iterable<T> {
    /**
     * Does this result have data? This indicates that the result was produced from a data-returning query. It does not indicate whether there are more than 0
     * rows in the result.
     * 
     * @return true if has data
     */
    default boolean hasData() {
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Fetch the next element.
     * 
     * @return element of type T
     */
    default T fetchOne() {
        if (hasNext()) {
            return next();
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Create an iterator over all elements of the result.
     * 
     * @return iterator over result items
     */
    default Iterator<T> iterator() {
        return fetchAll().iterator();
    }

    /**
     * How many items are in this result? This method forces internal buffering of the entire result.
     * 
     * @return number of elements in result
     */
    long count();

    /**
     * Create a list of all elements in the result forcing internal buffering.
     * 
     * @return list of result elements
     */
    List<T> fetchAll();
}
