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package bsh;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
	'This' is the type of bsh scripted objects.
	A 'This' object is a bsh scripted object context.  It holds a namespace 
	reference and implements event listeners and various other interfaces.

	This holds a reference to the declaring interpreter for callbacks from
	outside of bsh.
*/
public class This implements java.io.Serializable, Runnable {
	/**
		The namespace that this This reference wraps.
	*/
	NameSpace namespace;

	/**
		This is the interpreter running when the This ref was created.
		It's used as a default interpreter for callback through the This
		where there is no current interpreter instance 
		e.g. interface proxy or event call backs from outside of bsh.
	*/
	transient Interpreter declaringInterpreter;

	/**
		invokeMethod() here is generally used by outside code to callback
		into the bsh interpreter. e.g. when we are acting as an interface
		for a scripted listener, etc.  In this case there is no real call stack
		so we make a default one starting with the special JAVACODE namespace
		and our namespace as the next.
	*/
// not thread safe... trying workaround
	//transient CallStack callstack;

	/**
		getThis() is a factory for bsh.This type references.  The capabilities
		of ".this" references in bsh are version dependent up until jdk1.3.
		The version dependence was to support different default interface
		implementations.  i.e. different sets of listener interfaces which
		scripted objects were capable of implementing.  In jdk1.3 the 
		reflection proxy mechanism was introduced which allowed us to 
		implement arbitrary interfaces.  This is fantastic.

		A This object is a thin layer over a namespace, comprising a bsh object
		context.  We create it here only if needed for the namespace.

		Note: this method could be considered slow because of the way it 
		dynamically factories objects.  However I've also done tests where 
		I hard-code the factory to return JThis and see no change in the 
		rough test suite time.  This references are also cached in NameSpace.  
	*/
    static This getThis( 
		NameSpace namespace, Interpreter declaringInterpreter ) 
	{
		try {
			if ( Capabilities.canGenerateInterfaces() )
				return (This)Reflect.constructObject( "bsh.XThis",
					new Object [] { namespace, declaringInterpreter } );
			else if ( Capabilities.haveSwing() )
				return (This)Reflect.constructObject( "bsh.JThis",
					new Object [] { namespace, declaringInterpreter } );
			else
				return new This( namespace, declaringInterpreter );

		} catch ( Exception e ) {
			throw new InterpreterError("internal error 1 in This: "+e);
		} 
    }

	/**
		Get a version of the interface.
		If this type of This implements it directly return this,
		else try complain that we don't have the proxy mechanism.
	*/
	public Object getInterface( Class clas ) 
		throws EvalError
	{
		if ( clas.isInstance( this ) )
			return this;
		else
			throw new EvalError( "Dynamic proxy mechanism not available. "
			+ "Cannot construct interface type: "+clas );
	}

	/*
		I wish protected access were limited to children and not also 
		package scope... I want this to be a singleton implemented by various
		children.  
	*/
	protected This( NameSpace namespace, Interpreter declaringInterpreter ) { 
		this.namespace = namespace; 
		this.declaringInterpreter = declaringInterpreter;
		//initCallStack( namespace );
	}

	public NameSpace getNameSpace() {
		return namespace;
	}

	public String toString() {
		return "'this' reference to Bsh object: " + namespace.name;
	}

	public void run() {
		try {
			invokeMethod( "run", new Object[0] );
		} catch( EvalError e ) {
			declaringInterpreter.error(
				"Exception in runnable:" + e );
		}
	}

	/**
		Invoke specified method from outside java code, using the declaring 
		interpreter and current namespace.

		The call stack will appear as if the method is being invoked from
		outside of bsh in native java code.
	*/
	public Object invokeMethod( String name, Object [] args ) 
		throws EvalError
	{
		// null callstack, one will be created for us in namespace.invokMethod
		// null callerInfo is legal
		return invokeMethod( name, args, declaringInterpreter, null, null );
	}

	/**
		Invoke specified method with specified interpreter.
		This is simply a convenience method.
	*/
	public Object invokeMethod( 
		String name, Object [] args, Interpreter interpreter, 
			CallStack callstack, SimpleNode callerInfo  ) 
		throws EvalError
	{
		return namespace.invokeMethod( 
			name, args, interpreter, callstack, callerInfo );
	}


	/**
		Bind a This reference to a parent's namespace with the specified
		declaring interpreter.  Also re-init the callstack.  It's necessary 
		to bind a This reference before it can be used after deserialization.
		This is used by the bsh load() command.
		<p>

		This is a static utility method because it's used by a bsh command
		bind() and the interpreter doesn't currently allow access to direct 
		methods of This objects (small hack)
	*/
	public static void bind( 
		This ths, NameSpace namespace, Interpreter declaringInterpreter ) 
	{ 
		ths.namespace.setParent( namespace ); 
		ths.declaringInterpreter = declaringInterpreter;
		//ths.initCallStack( namespace );
	}

	/**
		Remove a This reference from a parent's namespace.
		It's necessary to unbind a This reference before serialization if
		you don't want serialization to save the entire interpreter and all
		enclosing namespaces.  This is used by the bsh save() command.
		<p>

		This is a static utility method because it's used by a bsh command
		bind() and the interpreter doesn't currently allow access to direct 
		methods of This objects (small hack)
	public static void unbind( This ths ) {
	}
*/

/*
	private final void initCallStack( NameSpace namespace ) {
		callstack = new CallStack();
		callstack.push( namespace );
	}
*/
	CallStack newCallStack() {
		CallStack callstack = new CallStack();
		callstack.push( namespace );
		return callstack;
	}
}