/**
 * AmbientTalk/2 Project
 * AGDefinition.java created on 29 jul 2008 at 14:42:21
 * (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.grammar.ATDefinition;
import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATText;
import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NativeATObject;

import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Common superclass for all definitional statements in the abstract grammar tree.
 * 
 * @author tvcutsem
 */
public abstract class AGDefinition extends NATAbstractGrammar implements ATDefinition {

	public boolean isDefinition() { return true; }
	public ATDefinition asDefinition() { return this; }

	/**
	 * My subclasses have to provide their own implementation for this, they cannot
	 * reuse the default implementation of {@link NativeATObject}
	 */
	public abstract Set impl_introducedVariables() throws InterpreterException;
	
}