/interpreter/tags/at_build150307/src/edu/vub/at/objects/natives/grammar/AGMethodInvocationCreation.java

 1/**
 2 * AmbientTalk/2 Project
 3 * AGMethodInvocationCreation.java created on 26-jul-2006 at 16:18:10
 4 * (c) Programming Technology Lab, 2006 - 2007
 5 * Authors: Tom Van Cutsem & Stijn Mostinckx
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28package edu.vub.at.objects.natives.grammar;
29
30import edu.vub.at.eval.Evaluator;
31import edu.vub.at.exceptions.InterpreterException;
32import edu.vub.at.objects.ATContext;
33import edu.vub.at.objects.ATObject;
34import edu.vub.at.objects.ATTable;
35import edu.vub.at.objects.grammar.ATSymbol;
36import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATMethodInvocation;
37
38/**
39 * @author tvcutsem
40 *
41 * The native implementation of a first-class message creation AG element.
42 */
43public final class AGMethodInvocationCreation extends AGMessageCreation {
44	
45	public AGMethodInvocationCreation(ATSymbol sel, ATTable args) {
46		super(sel, args);
47	}
48
49	/**
50	 * To evaluate a first-class synchronous message creation AG element, transform the selector
51	 * and evaluated arguments into a first-class MethodInvocation.
52	 * It is important to note that the arguments are all eagerly evaluated.
53	 * 
54	 * AGMSG(sel,arg).eval(ctx) = NATMSG(sel, map eval(ctx) over arg )
55	 * 
56	 * @return a first-class method invocation
57	 */
58	public ATObject meta_eval(ATContext ctx) throws InterpreterException {
59		return new NATMethodInvocation(this.base_getSelector(),
60				                      Evaluator.evaluateArguments(this.base_getArguments().asNativeTable(), ctx));
61	}
62
63	protected ATObject newQuoted(ATSymbol quotedSel, ATTable quotedArgs) {
64		return new AGMethodInvocationCreation(quotedSel, quotedArgs);
65	}
66	
67	protected String getMessageToken() { return "."; }
68
69}