Chapter 7. Reaching into a Collection with the Iterator
In Chapter 6, we looked at composites—objects that appear to be simple components but are actually made up of a collection of subcomponents. Of course, an object does not have to be a composite to know about collections of other objects. An Employee object might know about several dependents, or phone numbers, or, in the case of a well-paid executive, the addresses of many palatial estates. In this kind of situation, it would be helpful if we could sequence through all of the sub-objects without needing to know any of the details of how the aggregate object is storing them.
In this chapter, we will explore the Iterator pattern, a technique that allows an aggregate object to provide the ...
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