/**
 * AmbientTalk/2 Project
 * AGSplice.java created on 1-aug-2006 at 21:12:15
 * (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.exceptions.XIllegalSplice;
import edu.vub.at.exceptions.XTypeMismatch;
import edu.vub.at.objects.ATContext;
import edu.vub.at.objects.ATObject;
import edu.vub.at.objects.grammar.ATExpression;
import edu.vub.at.objects.grammar.ATSplice;
import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATText;
import edu.vub.util.TempFieldGenerator;

import java.util.Set;

/**
 * @author tvc
 *
 * The native implementation of an AGSplice AG element.
 */
public class AGSplice extends AGExpression implements ATSplice {

	private final ATExpression splExp_;
	
	public AGSplice(ATExpression exp) {
		splExp_ = exp;
	}
	
	public ATExpression base_expression() { return splExp_; }

	/**
	 * A spliced element cannot be evaluated, but rather gives rise to an XIllegalSplice exception.
	 * This is because a splice should always be nested within either a formal parameter list or a table.
	 * 
	 * AGSPL(exp).eval(ctx) = ERROR
	 */
	public ATObject meta_eval(ATContext ctx) throws InterpreterException {
		throw new XIllegalSplice(splExp_);
	}

	/**
	 * Quoting a splice means quoting its contained expression, and returning a new splice.
	 */
	public ATObject meta_quote(ATContext ctx) throws InterpreterException {
		return new AGSplice(splExp_.meta_quote(ctx).asExpression());
	}

	public NATText meta_print() throws InterpreterException {
		return NATText.atValue("@"+ splExp_.meta_print().javaValue);
	}
	
	public NATText impl_asCode(TempFieldGenerator objectMap) throws InterpreterException {
		return this.impl_asUnquotedCode(objectMap);
	}
	
	public NATText impl_asUnquotedCode(TempFieldGenerator objectMap) throws InterpreterException {
		return NATText.atValue("@"+ splExp_.impl_asUnquotedCode(objectMap).javaValue);
	}

	public boolean isSplice() { return true; }
	
	public ATSplice asSplice() throws XTypeMismatch {
		return this;
	}
	
	/**
	 * FV(@exp) = FV(exp)
	 */
	public Set impl_freeVariables() throws InterpreterException {
		return splExp_.impl_freeVariables();
	}
	
	
	public Set impl_quotedFreeVariables() throws InterpreterException {
		return splExp_.impl_quotedFreeVariables();
	}

}