/**
 * AmbientTalk/2 Project
 * XIllegalSplice.java created on 1-aug-2006 at 21:20:36
 * (c) Programming Technology Lab, 2006 - 2007
 * Authors: Tom Van Cutsem & Stijn Mostinckx
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package edu.vub.at.exceptions;

import edu.vub.at.objects.ATTypeTag;
import edu.vub.at.objects.coercion.NativeTypeTags;
import edu.vub.at.objects.grammar.ATExpression;

/**
 * XIllegalSplice is thrown when an <code>@</code> token was not encountered in one of its legal
 * positions namely when unquoting a table or in the argument-list of an application. 
 * The incorrect position is detected due to the fact that the splice is evaluated directly,
 * rather than being expanded.
 * 
 * @author tvc
 */
public final class XIllegalSplice extends InterpreterException {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = -1363939697987417869L;

	private static final String _MESSAGE_ = "Spliced expression in illegal expression";
	
	private final ATExpression spliceExpression_;
	
	/**
	 * Constructor reporting that a splice expression was encountered in an invalid position
	 * @param spliceExp the splice expression
	 * 
	 * @see edu.vub.at.objects.natives.grammar.AGSplice#meta_eval(ATContext)
	 */
	public XIllegalSplice(ATExpression spliceExp) {
		super(_MESSAGE_);
		spliceExpression_ = spliceExp;
	}
	
	/**
	 * @return the invalid splice expression.
	 */
	public ATExpression getSpliceExpression() { return spliceExpression_; }

	public ATTypeTag getType() {
		return NativeTypeTags._ILLSPLICE_;
	}
}