/**
 * AmbientTalk/2 Project
 * AGMessageSend.java created on 26-jul-2006 at 16:03:06
 * (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.eval.Evaluator;
import edu.vub.at.eval.InvocationStack;
import edu.vub.at.exceptions.InterpreterException;
import edu.vub.at.objects.ATContext;
import edu.vub.at.objects.ATMessage;
import edu.vub.at.objects.ATNil;
import edu.vub.at.objects.ATObject;
import edu.vub.at.objects.ATTable;
import edu.vub.at.objects.grammar.ATExpression;
import edu.vub.at.objects.grammar.ATMessageSend;
import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATText;

/**
 * @author tvc
 *
 * The native implementation of a synchronous message send AG element.
 */
public final class AGMessageSend extends AGExpression implements ATMessageSend {

	private ATExpression rcvExp_;
	private final ATExpression message_;
	
	public AGMessageSend(ATExpression rcv, ATExpression msg) {
		rcvExp_ = rcv;
		message_ = msg;
	}
	
	public ATExpression base_receiverExpression() { return rcvExp_; }
	
	public ATNil base_receiverExpression__opeql_(ATExpression rcv) { 
		rcvExp_ = rcv;
		return Evaluator.getNil();
	}

	public ATExpression base_messageExpression() { return message_; }

	/**
	 * To evaluate a message send, evaluate the receiver expression into an object.
	 * Next, evaluate the message expression into a first-class message (asynchronous message or method invocation).
	 * The evaluation of the message send is delegated to the first-class message itself.
	 * 
	 * AGMSGSEND(rcv,msg).eval(ctx) = msg.eval(ctx).meta_sendTo(rcv.eval(ctx), ctx.self)
	 * 
	 * @return the value of the invoked method or NIL in the case of an asynchronous message send.
	 */
	public ATObject meta_eval(ATContext ctx) throws InterpreterException {
		ATMessage msg = message_.meta_eval(ctx).asMessage();
		ATObject rcvr = rcvExp_.meta_eval(ctx);
		ATObject result = null;
		InvocationStack stack = InvocationStack.getInvocationStack();
		ATTable args = msg.base_arguments();
		try {
			stack.methodInvoked(this, rcvr, args);
			result = msg.base_sendTo(rcvr, ctx.base_receiver());
		} finally {
			stack.methodReturned(result);
		}
		return result;
	}

	/**
	 * Quoting a message send returns a new quoted message send.
	 * 
	 * AGMSGSEND(rcv,msg).quote(ctx) = AGMSGSEND(rcv.quote(ctx), msg.quote(ctx))
	 */
	public ATObject meta_quote(ATContext ctx) throws InterpreterException {
		return new AGMessageSend(rcvExp_.meta_quote(ctx).asExpression(),
				                message_.meta_quote(ctx).asExpression());
	}
	
	public NATText meta_print() throws InterpreterException {
		return NATText.atValue(rcvExp_.meta_print().javaValue +
				               ((message_.isMessageCreation()) ? "" : "<+") + message_.meta_print().javaValue);
	}

}