/**
 * AmbientTalk/2 Project
 * NativeMethod.java created on Jul 27, 2006 at 1:35:19 AM
 * (c) Programming Technology Lab, 2006 - 2007
 * Authors: Tom Van Cutsem & Stijn Mostinckx
 * 
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package edu.vub.at.objects.mirrors;

import edu.vub.at.eval.Evaluator;
import edu.vub.at.exceptions.InterpreterException;
import edu.vub.at.exceptions.XTypeMismatch;
import edu.vub.at.objects.ATContext;
import edu.vub.at.objects.ATMethod;
import edu.vub.at.objects.ATObject;
import edu.vub.at.objects.ATTable;
import edu.vub.at.objects.coercion.NativeTypeTags;
import edu.vub.at.objects.grammar.ATBegin;
import edu.vub.at.objects.grammar.ATSymbol;
import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATByRef;
import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATTable;
import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATText;
import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.grammar.AGBegin;
import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.grammar.AGSymbol;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;

/**
 * A NativeMethod is a wrapper around a Java method allowing it to be selected 
 * from native base-level objects and passed around as an ordinary object.
 * 
 * @author tvcutsem
 * @author smostinc
 */
public final class NativeMethod extends NATByRef implements ATMethod {

	private final Method javaMethod_;
	private final ATSymbol name_;
	
	/**
	 * Construct a new wrapper object from a Java method.
	 * @param javaMethod the java method to be wrapped.
	 * @param isMeta signifies whether or not the wrapped method signifies an AmbientTalk meta-level method
	 */
	public NativeMethod(Method javaMethod, ATSymbol name) {
		javaMethod_ = javaMethod;
		name_ = name;
	}

	/**
	 * The name of a wrapped Java method is the name of the Java method, converted to an
	 * AmbientTalk selector name.
	 */
	public ATSymbol base_getName() throws InterpreterException {
		return name_;
	}
	
	/**
	 * The parameters of a wrapped method are represented as symbols
	 * representing the class name of the parameter type.
	 */
	public ATTable base_getParameters() throws InterpreterException {
		Class[] paramTypes = javaMethod_.getParameterTypes();
		AGSymbol[] paramNames = new AGSymbol[paramTypes.length];
		for (int i = 0; i < paramTypes.length; i++) {
			paramNames[i] = AGSymbol.jAlloc(Evaluator.valueNameOf(paramTypes[i]));
		}
		return NATTable.atValue(paramNames);
	}

	public ATBegin base_getBodyExpression() {
		return new AGBegin(NATTable.atValue(new ATObject[] {
				NATText.atValue("Native implementation of " + javaMethod_.toString())}));
	}
	
	public ATObject base_apply(ATTable arguments, ATContext ctx) throws InterpreterException {
		return JavaInterfaceAdaptor.invokeNativeATMethod(javaMethod_, ctx.base_getLexicalScope(),
						                                arguments.asNativeTable().elements_);
	}
	
	public ATObject base_applyInScope(ATTable arguments, ATContext ctx) throws InterpreterException {
		return base_apply(arguments, ctx);
	}

	public ATMethod asMethod() throws XTypeMismatch {
		return this;
	}
	
	public NATText meta_print() throws InterpreterException {
		return NATText.atValue("<native method:"+name_+">");
	}
	
    public ATTable meta_getTypeTags() throws InterpreterException {
    	return NATTable.of(NativeTypeTags._METHOD_);
    }
	
}