/interpreter/tags/at2dist090708/test/edu/vub/at/objects/base/BaseClosure.java

 1/**
 2 * 
 3 */
 4package edu.vub.at.objects.base;
 5
 6import edu.vub.at.exceptions.InterpreterException;
 7import edu.vub.at.objects.ATObject;
 8import edu.vub.at.objects.ATTable;
 9
10/**
11 * A minimal interface to which a closure can be coerced such that it can be applied from another Java thread.
12 * 
13 * @author smostinc
14 *
15 */
16public interface BaseClosure {
17	
18	/**
19	 * Applies the closure to the given arguments, which are wrapped in a table.
20	 * 
21	 * @param args the evaluated arguments.
22	 * @return the value of evaluating the method body in the context of the closure.
23	 */
24	public ATObject apply(ATTable args) throws InterpreterException;
25
26}