/**
 * AmbientTalk/2 Project
 * AGFieldSelectionCreation.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.exceptions.InterpreterException;
import edu.vub.at.objects.ATContext;
import edu.vub.at.objects.ATMessage;
import edu.vub.at.objects.ATObject;
import edu.vub.at.objects.ATTable;
import edu.vub.at.objects.grammar.ATExpression;
import edu.vub.at.objects.grammar.ATFieldSelectionCreation;
import edu.vub.at.objects.grammar.ATSymbol;
import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATFieldSelection;
import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATTable;
import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATText;
import edu.vub.util.TempFieldGenerator;

/**
 * @author tvcutsem
 *
 * The native implementation of a first-class field creation AG element.
 */
public final class AGFieldSelectionCreation extends AGMessageCreation
      										  implements ATFieldSelectionCreation {
	
	/** create a field selection based on a message creation AG element */
	public AGFieldSelectionCreation(ATSymbol sel, ATExpression annotations) {
		super(sel, NATTable.EMPTY, annotations);
	}

	/**
	 * To evaluate a first-class field selection creation AG element, transform the selector
	 * and evaluated arguments into a first-class FieldSelection.
	 * It is important to note that the arguments are all eagerly evaluated.
	 * 
	 * AGFSL(sel,ann).eval(ctx) = NATFS(sel, map eval(ctx) over ann)
	 * 
	 * @return a first-class field selection object
	 */
	public ATMessage createMessage(ATContext ctx, ATSymbol selector, ATTable evaluatedArgs, ATTable annotations) throws InterpreterException {
		return new NATFieldSelection(selector,
				                     annotations);
	}
	

	protected ATObject newQuoted(ATSymbol quotedSel, ATTable quotedArgs, ATExpression quotedAnnotations) {
		return new AGFieldSelectionCreation(quotedSel, quotedAnnotations);
	}
	
	protected String getMessageToken() { return "."; }
	
	public NATText meta_print() throws InterpreterException {
		if (base_annotations() == NATTable.EMPTY) {
			return NATText.atValue(this.getMessageToken() +
		               base_selector().meta_print().javaValue);
		} else {
			return NATText.atValue(this.getMessageToken() +
		               base_selector().meta_print().javaValue +
		               "@" + base_annotations().meta_print().javaValue);
		}
	}
	
	public NATText impl_asUnquotedCode(TempFieldGenerator objectMap) throws InterpreterException {
		if (base_annotations() == NATTable.EMPTY) {
			return NATText.atValue(this.getMessageToken() +
		               base_selector().impl_asUnquotedCode(objectMap).javaValue);
		} else {
			return NATText.atValue(this.getMessageToken() +
		               base_selector().impl_asUnquotedCode(objectMap).javaValue +
		               "@" + base_annotations().impl_asUnquotedCode(objectMap).javaValue);
		}
	}

}