/**
 * AmbientTalk/2 Project
 * AGSelf.java created on 27-jul-2006 at 12:57:41
 * (c) Programming Technology Lab, 2006 - 2007
 * Authors: Tom Van Cutsem & Stijn Mostinckx
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package edu.vub.at.objects.natives.grammar;

import edu.vub.at.exceptions.InterpreterException;
import edu.vub.at.objects.ATContext;
import edu.vub.at.objects.ATObject;

/**
 * @author tvc
 *
 * The abstract grammar element denoting the symbol 'self'
 */
public final class AGSelf extends AGSymbol {

	private static final String SELF_NAM = "self";
	
	public static final AGSelf _INSTANCE_ = new AGSelf();
	
	private AGSelf() { super(SELF_NAM); }
	
	/**
	 * To evaluate a self reference, simply select the current self from the current evaluation context.
	 * 
	 * AGSelf().eval(ctx) = ctx.self
	 */
	public ATObject meta_eval(ATContext ctx) throws InterpreterException {
		return ctx.base_receiver();
	}

	/**
	 * Quoting a self reference results in the same self reference.
	 */
	public ATObject meta_quote(ATContext ctx) {
		return this;
	}
	
	/**
	 * After deserialization, ensure that the self pseudovariable remains unique.
	 */
	public ATObject meta_resolve() throws InterpreterException {
		return _INSTANCE_;
	}
	
}