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## com.sleepycat.persist
Interface ForwardCursor<V>

All Superinterfaces:
  Iterable<V>

All Known Subinterfaces:
  EntityCursor<V>

    public interface ForwardCursor<V>

extends Iterable<V>

Cursor operations limited to traversing forward. See `EntityCursor` for general information on cursors.

`ForwardCursor` objects are not thread-safe. Cursors should be opened, used and closed by a single thread.

WARNING: Cursors must always be closed to prevent resource leaks which could lead to the index becoming unusable or cause an `OutOfMemoryError`. To ensure that a cursor is closed in the face of exceptions, close it in a finally block.

Method Summary
`void` `close()` Closes the cursor.
`Iterator<V>` `iterator()` Returns an iterator over the key range, starting with the value following the current position or at the first value if the cursor is uninitialized.
`Iterator<V>` `iterator(LockMode lockMode)` Returns an iterator over the key range, starting with the value following the current position or at the first value if the cursor is uninitialized.
`V` `next()` Moves the cursor to the next value and returns it, or returns null if there are no more values in the cursor range.
`V` `next(LockMode lockMode)` Moves the cursor to the next value and returns it, or returns null if there are no more values in the cursor range.

Method Detail

### next

    V next()
           throws DatabaseException

  Moves the cursor to the next value and returns it, or returns null if there are no more values in the cursor range. If the cursor is uninitialized, this method returns the first value.

  `LockMode.DEFAULT` is used implicitly.

  Returns:
    the next value, or null if there are no more values in the cursor range.
  Throws:
    `DatabaseException` - the base class for all BDB exceptions.

### next

    V next(LockMode lockMode)
           throws DatabaseException

  Moves the cursor to the next value and returns it, or returns null if there are no more values in the cursor range. If the cursor is uninitialized, this method returns the first value.

  Parameters:
    `lockMode` - the lock mode to use for this operation, or null to use `LockMode.DEFAULT`.
  Returns:
    the next value, or null if there are no more values in the cursor range.
  Throws:
    `DatabaseException` - the base class for all BDB exceptions.

### iterator

    Iterator<V> iterator()

  Returns an iterator over the key range, starting with the value following the current position or at the first value if the cursor is uninitialized.

  `LockMode.DEFAULT` is used implicitly.

  Specified by:
    `iterator` in interface `Iterable<V>`
  Returns:
    the iterator.

### iterator

    Iterator<V> iterator(LockMode lockMode)

  Returns an iterator over the key range, starting with the value following the current position or at the first value if the cursor is uninitialized.

  Parameters:
    `lockMode` - the lock mode to use for all operations performed using the iterator, or null to use `LockMode.DEFAULT`.
  Returns:
    the iterator.

### close

    void close()
               throws DatabaseException

  Closes the cursor.

  Throws:
    `DatabaseException` - the base class for all BDB exceptions.

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