/**
 * AmbientTalk/2 Project
 * AGMethodInvocationCreation.java created on 26-jul-2006 at 16:18:10
 * (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.objects.ATContext;
import edu.vub.at.objects.ATObject;
import edu.vub.at.objects.ATTable;
import edu.vub.at.objects.grammar.ATSymbol;
import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATMethodInvocation;

/**
 * @author tvcutsem
 *
 * The native implementation of a first-class message creation AG element.
 */
public final class AGMethodInvocationCreation extends AGMessageCreation {
	
	public AGMethodInvocationCreation(ATSymbol sel, ATTable args) {
		super(sel, args);
	}

	/**
	 * To evaluate a first-class synchronous message creation AG element, transform the selector
	 * and evaluated arguments into a first-class MethodInvocation.
	 * It is important to note that the arguments are all eagerly evaluated.
	 * 
	 * AGMSG(sel,arg).eval(ctx) = NATMSG(sel, map eval(ctx) over arg )
	 * 
	 * @return a first-class method invocation
	 */
	public ATObject meta_eval(ATContext ctx) throws InterpreterException {
		return new NATMethodInvocation(this.base_getSelector(),
				                      Evaluator.evaluateArguments(this.base_getArguments().asNativeTable(), ctx));
	}

	protected ATObject newQuoted(ATSymbol quotedSel, ATTable quotedArgs) {
		return new AGMethodInvocationCreation(quotedSel, quotedArgs);
	}
	
	protected String getMessageToken() { return "."; }

}