/jboss-as-7.1.1.Final/controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/controller/ExpressionResolver.java

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package org.jboss.as.controller;

import org.jboss.dmr.ModelNode;
import org.jboss.dmr.ModelType;

/**
 * Resolves {@link ModelType#EXPRESSION} expressions in a {@link ModelNode}.
 *
 * @author <a href="kabir.khan@jboss.com">Kabir Khan</a>
 */
public interface ExpressionResolver {

    /**
     * Resolves any expressions in the passed in ModelNode.
     * Expressions may either represent system properties or vaulted date. For vaulted data the format is
     * ${VAULT::vault_block::attribute_name::sharedKey}
     *
     * @param node the ModelNode containing expressions.
     * @return a copy of the node with expressions resolved
     *
     * @throws OperationFailedException if there is a value of type {@link ModelType#EXPRESSION} in the node tree and
     *            there is no system property or environment variable that matches the expression, or if a security
     *            manager exists and its {@link SecurityManager#checkPermission checkPermission} method doesn't allow
     *            access to the relevant system property or environment variable
     */
    ModelNode resolveExpressions(ModelNode node) throws OperationFailedException;

    /** Default {@code ExpressionResolver} that simply calls {@link ModelNode#resolve()}. */
    ExpressionResolver DEFAULT = new ExpressionResolverImpl();
}