/interpreter/tags/at2dist030708/src/edu/vub/at/objects/natives/grammar/AGTabulation.java

 1/**
 2 * AmbientTalk/2 Project
 3 * AGTabulation.java created on 26-jul-2006 at 16:19:54
 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.exceptions.InterpreterException;
31import edu.vub.at.objects.ATContext;
32import edu.vub.at.objects.ATObject;
33import edu.vub.at.objects.grammar.ATExpression;
34import edu.vub.at.objects.grammar.ATTabulation;
35import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATMethodInvocation;
36import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATTable;
37import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATText;
38
39/**
40 * @author tvc
41 *
42 * The native implementation of a tabulaton AG element.
43 */
44public final class AGTabulation extends AGExpression implements ATTabulation {
45
46	private final ATExpression tblExp_;
47	private final ATExpression idxExp_;
48	
49	public AGTabulation(ATExpression tbl, ATExpression idx) {
50		tblExp_ = tbl;
51		idxExp_ = idx;
52	}
53	
54	public ATExpression base_tableExpression() { return tblExp_; }
55
56	public ATExpression base_indexExpression() { return idxExp_; }
57
58	/**
59	 * To evaluate a tabulation, evaluate the tabulation expression to a table,
60	 * evaluate the index expression into a valid index, and then access the table at the given index slot.
61	 * 
62	 * AGTBL(tbl,idx).eval(ctx) = tbl.eval(ctx).at(idx.eval(ctx))
63	 * 
64	 * @return the value of the indexed table slot.
65	 */
66	public ATObject meta_eval(ATContext ctx) throws InterpreterException {
67		ATObject col = tblExp_.meta_eval(ctx);
68		ATObject idx = idxExp_.meta_eval(ctx);
69
70		return col.meta_invoke(col, 
71				new NATMethodInvocation(
72						AGSymbol.jAlloc("at"), 
73						NATTable.of(idx),
74						NATTable.EMPTY));
75	}
76
77	/**
78	 * Quoting a tabulation results in a new quoted tabulation
79	 * 
80	 * AGTBL(tbl,idx).quote(ctx) = AGTBL(tbl.quote(ctx),idx.quote(ctx))
81	 */
82	public ATObject meta_quote(ATContext ctx) throws InterpreterException {
83		return new AGTabulation(tblExp_.meta_quote(ctx).asExpression(),
84				               idxExp_.meta_quote(ctx).asExpression());
85	}
86	
87	public NATText meta_print() throws InterpreterException {
88		return NATText.atValue(tblExp_.meta_print().javaValue + "[" +
89				              idxExp_.meta_print().javaValue + "]");
90	}
91	
92}