/**
 * AmbientTalk/2 Project
 * AGDefExternalField.java created on 16-nov-2006 at 8:31:45
 * (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.XIllegalOperation;
import edu.vub.at.objects.ATContext;
import edu.vub.at.objects.ATObject;
import edu.vub.at.objects.grammar.ATDefExternalField;
import edu.vub.at.objects.grammar.ATExpression;
import edu.vub.at.objects.grammar.ATSymbol;
import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATText;

/**
 * Represents the abstract grammar for defining external fields.
 *   
 *  @author tvcutsem
 */
public class AGDefExternalField extends NATAbstractGrammar implements ATDefExternalField {

	private final ATSymbol rcvNam_;
	private final ATSymbol name_;
	private final ATExpression valueExp_;
	
	public AGDefExternalField(ATSymbol rcv, ATSymbol name, ATExpression value) {
		rcvNam_ = rcv;
		name_ = name;
		valueExp_ = value;
	}
	
	public ATSymbol base_receiver() { return rcvNam_; }
	public ATSymbol base_name() { return name_; }
	public ATExpression base_valueExpression() { return valueExp_; }
	
	/**
	 * Defines a new field in the object denoted by the receiver symbol.
	 * The return value is the value of the field.
	 * 
	 * AGDEFEXTFLD(rcv,nam,val).eval(ctx) =
	 *   rcv.eval(ctx).addField(nam, val.eval(ctx))
	 *   
	 * @throws XIllegalOperation if the receiver is an instance of a native type (whose field maps are sealed).
	 */
	public ATObject meta_eval(ATContext ctx) throws InterpreterException {
		ATObject receiver = rcvNam_.meta_eval(ctx);
		ATObject val = valueExp_.meta_eval(ctx);
		receiver.meta_defineField(name_, val);
		return val;
	}

	/**
	 * Quoting an external field definition results in a new quoted external field definition.
	 * 
	 * AGDEFEXTFLD(rcv,nam,val).quote(ctx) = AGDEFEXTFLD(rcv.quote(ctx), nam.quote(ctx), val.quote(ctx))
	 */
	public ATObject meta_quote(ATContext ctx) throws InterpreterException {
		return new AGDefExternalField(rcvNam_.meta_quote(ctx).asSymbol(),
									name_.meta_quote(ctx).asSymbol(),
									valueExp_.meta_quote(ctx).asExpression());
	}
	
	public NATText meta_print() throws InterpreterException {
		return NATText.atValue("def " + rcvNam_.meta_print().javaValue
				+ "." + name_.meta_print().javaValue
				+ " := " + valueExp_.meta_print().javaValue);
	}
	
}