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

 1/**
 2 * AmbientTalk/2 Project
 3 * AGMultiDefinition.java created on 18-aug-2006 at 10:13:58
 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.PartialBinder;
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.ATExpression;
36import edu.vub.at.objects.grammar.ATMultiDefinition;
37import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATText;
38
39/**
40 * @author tvc
41 *
42 * The native implementation of a multiple definition AG element.
43 */
44public class AGMultiDefinition extends NATAbstractGrammar implements ATMultiDefinition {
45
46	private final ATTable parameters_;
47	private final ATExpression valueExp_;
48	
49	private final PartialBinder binderPartialFunction_;
50	
51	public AGMultiDefinition(ATTable par, ATExpression val) throws InterpreterException {
52		parameters_ = par;
53		valueExp_ = val;
54		binderPartialFunction_ = PartialBinder.calculateResidual("multi-definition", par);
55	}
56
57	public ATTable base_parameters() { return parameters_; }
58	
59	public ATExpression base_valueExpression() { return valueExp_; }
60	
61	/**
62	 * To evaluate a multiple definition, evaluate the right hand side to a table
63	 * and bind the parameters on the left hand side to the 'arguments' of the right hand side,
64	 * exactly as if they were bound during a function call.
65	 * 
66	 * AGMULTIDEF(par,val).eval(ctx) = bind(ctx.scope, par, val.eval(ctx))
67	 * 
68	 * @return the evaluated arguments table
69	 */
70	public ATObject meta_eval(ATContext ctx) throws InterpreterException {
71		ATTable args = valueExp_.meta_eval(ctx).asTable();
72		PartialBinder.defineParamsForArgs(binderPartialFunction_, ctx, args);
73		return args;
74	}
75
76	/**
77	 * AGMULTIDEF(par,val).quote(ctx) = AGMULTIDEF(par.quote(ctx), val.quote(ctx))
78	 */
79	public ATObject meta_quote(ATContext ctx) throws InterpreterException {
80		return new AGMultiDefinition(parameters_.meta_quote(ctx).asTable(), valueExp_.meta_quote(ctx).asExpression());
81	}
82	
83	public NATText meta_print() throws InterpreterException {
84		return NATText.atValue("def " + parameters_.meta_print().javaValue + " := " + valueExp_.meta_print().javaValue);
85	}
86
87}