/interpreter/tags/at2dist090708/src/edu/vub/at/objects/natives/grammar/AGQuote.java

 1/**
 2 * AmbientTalk/2 Project
 3 * AGQuote.java created on 26-jul-2006 at 16:26:41
 4 * (c) Programming Technology Lab, 2006 - 2007
 5 * Authors: Tom Van Cutsem & Stijn Mostinckx
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28package edu.vub.at.objects.natives.grammar;
29
30import edu.vub.at.exceptions.InterpreterException;
31import edu.vub.at.objects.ATContext;
32import edu.vub.at.objects.ATObject;
33import edu.vub.at.objects.grammar.ATQuote;
34import edu.vub.at.objects.grammar.ATStatement;
35import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATText;
36
37/**
38 * @author tvc
39 *
40 * The native implementation of a quotation AG element.
41 */
42public final class AGQuote extends AGExpression implements ATQuote {
43
44	private final ATStatement stmt_;
45	
46	public AGQuote(ATStatement stmt) {
47		stmt_ = stmt;
48	}
49	
50	public ATStatement base_statement() { return stmt_; }
51
52	/**
53	 * To evaluate a quotation, start quoting its contained statement.
54	 * This recursive quoting is necessary in order to properly unquote nested unquotations.
55	 * 
56	 * AGQUO(stmt).eval(ctx) = stmt.quote(ctx)
57	 * 
58	 * @return the quoted statement
59	 */
60	public ATObject meta_eval(ATContext ctx) throws InterpreterException {
61		return stmt_.meta_quote(ctx);
62	}
63
64	/**
65	 * Quoting a quotation results in a bare quotation, where quotations and unquotations are left unexpanded.
66	 */
67	public ATObject meta_quote(ATContext ctx) throws InterpreterException {
68		return this;
69	}
70	
71	public NATText meta_print() throws InterpreterException {
72		return NATText.atValue("`("+ stmt_.meta_print().javaValue + ")");
73	}
74	
75	public ATQuote asQuote() throws InterpreterException {
76		return this;
77	}
78
79}