/**
 * AmbientTalk/2 Project
 * AGTabulation.java created on 26-jul-2006 at 16:19:54
 * (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.ATObject;
import edu.vub.at.objects.grammar.ATExpression;
import edu.vub.at.objects.grammar.ATTabulation;
import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATMethodInvocation;
import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATTable;
import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATText;

/**
 * @author tvc
 *
 * The native implementation of a tabulaton AG element.
 */
public final class AGTabulation extends AGExpression implements ATTabulation {

	private final ATExpression tblExp_;
	private final ATExpression idxExp_;
	
	public AGTabulation(ATExpression tbl, ATExpression idx) {
		tblExp_ = tbl;
		idxExp_ = idx;
	}
	
	public ATExpression base_tableExpression() { return tblExp_; }

	public ATExpression base_indexExpression() { return idxExp_; }

	/**
	 * To evaluate a tabulation, evaluate the tabulation expression to a table,
	 * evaluate the index expression into a valid index, and then access the table at the given index slot.
	 * 
	 * AGTBL(tbl,idx).eval(ctx) = tbl.eval(ctx).at(idx.eval(ctx))
	 * 
	 * @return the value of the indexed table slot.
	 */
	public ATObject meta_eval(ATContext ctx) throws InterpreterException {
		ATObject col = tblExp_.meta_eval(ctx);
		ATObject idx = idxExp_.meta_eval(ctx);

		return col.meta_invoke(col, 
				new NATMethodInvocation(
						AGSymbol.jAlloc("at"), 
						NATTable.of(idx),
						NATTable.EMPTY));
	}

	/**
	 * Quoting a tabulation results in a new quoted tabulation
	 * 
	 * AGTBL(tbl,idx).quote(ctx) = AGTBL(tbl.quote(ctx),idx.quote(ctx))
	 */
	public ATObject meta_quote(ATContext ctx) throws InterpreterException {
		return new AGTabulation(tblExp_.meta_quote(ctx).asExpression(),
				               idxExp_.meta_quote(ctx).asExpression());
	}
	
	public NATText meta_print() throws InterpreterException {
		return NATText.atValue(tblExp_.meta_print().javaValue + "[" +
				              idxExp_.meta_print().javaValue + "]");
	}
	
}