/**
 * AmbientTalk/2 Project
 * AGExpression.java created on 31-jul-2006 at 15:28:56
 * (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.XSerializationError;
import edu.vub.at.objects.ATTable;
import edu.vub.at.objects.coercion.NativeTypeTags;
import edu.vub.at.objects.grammar.ATExpression;
import edu.vub.at.objects.grammar.ATStatement;
import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATTable;
import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATText;
import edu.vub.util.TempFieldGenerator;

/**
 * The common interface of all AGExpression abstract grammar elements.
 * 
 * @author tvcutsem
 */
public abstract class AGExpression extends NATAbstractGrammar implements ATExpression {
	
	public ATExpression asExpression() { return this; }

    public ATTable meta_typeTags() throws InterpreterException {
    	return NATTable.of(NativeTypeTags._EXPRESSION_, NativeTypeTags._ISOLATE_);
    }

    public NATText impl_asCode(TempFieldGenerator objectMap) throws InterpreterException {
    	NATText code = this.impl_asUnquotedCode(objectMap);
    	return NATText.atValue("`(" + code.javaValue + ")");
    }
    
    public NATText impl_asUnquotedCode(TempFieldGenerator objectMap) throws InterpreterException {
    	return this.impl_asCode(objectMap);
    }
	
}