/interpreter/tags/reactive-pattern-matching/src/edu/vub/at/objects/grammar/ATApplication.java
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1/** 2 * AmbientTalk/2 Project 3 * ATApplication.java created on 26-jul-2006 at 15:00:53 4 * (c) Programming Technology Lab, 2006 - 2007 5 * Authors: Tom Van Cutsem & Stijn Mostinckx 6 * 7 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person 8 * obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation 9 * files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without 10 * restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, 11 * copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or 12 * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the 13 * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following 14 * conditions: 15 * 16 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be 17 * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. 18 * 19 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, 20 * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES 21 * OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND 22 * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT 23 * HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, 24 * WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING 25 * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR 26 * OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. 27 */ 28package edu.vub.at.objects.grammar; 29 30import edu.vub.at.objects.ATTable; 31 32/** 33 * The public interface to an application AG element. 34 * 35 * <p> 36 * Example: <code>f(a, b, c)</code> where <code>f</code> is an expression that 37 * has to evaluate to a closure. 38 * </p><p> 39 * It is allowed to use splicing in the argument list, for example <code>f(a, @[b, c])</code> 40 * or <code>f(a, @t)</code>. 41 * </p><p> 42 * Note that <code>o.f(a, b, c)</code> is not represented with this interface, 43 * but rather with the combination of an {@link ATMessageSend} and an {@link ATMethodInvocationCreation}. 44 * </p> 45 * 46 * @author tvc 47 */ 48public interface ATApplication extends ATExpression { 49 50 /** 51 * The function may be any AmbientTalk expression that evaluates to a closure. 52 * Example: <code>`(f(1)(2)).function == `f(1)</code> 53 * 54 * @return the function expression of the application 55 */ 56 public ATExpression base_function(); 57 58 /** 59 * Zero, one or more arguments may be passed. It is allowed to use splicing 60 * in the argument list, for example <code>f(a, @[b, c])</code> or <code>f(a, @t)</code>. 61 * Example: <code>`(f(1, 2, @[3, 4])).arguments == `[1, 2, @[3, 4]]</code> 62 * @return the argument list of the application 63 */ 64 public ATTable base_arguments(); 65 66}