/**
 * AmbientTalk/2 Project
 * AGBegin.java created on 26-jul-2006 at 12:26:48
 * (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.exceptions.InterpreterException;
import edu.vub.at.exceptions.XTypeMismatch;
import edu.vub.at.objects.ATContext;
import edu.vub.at.objects.ATObject;
import edu.vub.at.objects.ATTable;
import edu.vub.at.objects.grammar.ATBegin;
import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATNumber;
import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATText;
import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.OBJNil;

/**
 * AGBegin represents the abstract grammar element of a list of statements.
 * Examples:
 *  <tt>a ; b ; c</tt>
 *  
 * @author tvcutsem
 */
public final class AGBegin extends NATAbstractGrammar implements ATBegin {
	
	private final ATTable statements_;
	
	public AGBegin(ATTable statements) {
	  statements_ = statements;
	}
	
	/**
	 * AGBEGIN encapsulates a sequence of statements and evaluates each of these statements in turn.
	 * The return value is the value of the last statement.
	 * 
	 * AGBEGIN([statement | statements]).eval(ctx) = statement.eval(ctx) ; BEGIN(statements).eval(ctx)
	 * AGBEGIN([statement]).eval(ctx) = statement.eval(ctx)
	 * 
	 * Note that this implementation of begin is *not* tail-recursive.
	 * Tail-recursion is made impossible because Java will not allow a return
	 * to the caller until the last expression is also evaluated. Tail-recursion optimalisation
	 * requires a minimal form of explicit continuations.
	 */
	public ATObject meta_eval(ATContext ctx) throws InterpreterException {
		NATNumber siz = statements_.base_length().asNativeNumber();
		int lastIdx = siz.javaValue;
		if (lastIdx == 0) {
			return OBJNil._INSTANCE_;
		}
		for (int i = 1; i < lastIdx; i++) {
			statements_.base_at(NATNumber.atValue(i)).meta_eval(ctx);
		}
		return statements_.base_at(NATNumber.atValue(lastIdx)).meta_eval(ctx);
	}

	/**
	 * AGBEGIN(statements*).quote(ctx) = AGBEGIN((statements*).quote(ctx))
	 */
	public ATObject meta_quote(ATContext ctx) throws InterpreterException {
		return new AGBegin(statements_.meta_quote(ctx).asTable());
	}
	
	public ATTable base_statements() { return statements_; }
	
	public NATText meta_print() throws InterpreterException {
		return Evaluator.printAsStatements(statements_);
	}
	
	public ATBegin asBegin() throws XTypeMismatch {
		return this;
	}

}