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Interface Evaluator<PreprocessedInfo>

public interface Evaluator<PreprocessedInfo>

Evaluator service for a language that compiles into bytecode. Implementation class should register using the annotation Evaluator.Registration for the desired language.

Since:

2.21

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static class	Evaluator.Context Context of the evaluation.
static class	Evaluator.Expression<PreprocessedInfo> Representation of an expression that is a subject of evaluation.
static interface	Evaluator.Registration Declarative registration of Evaluator implementation.
static class	Evaluator.Result Evaluation result.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Evaluator.Result	evaluate(Evaluator.Expression<PreprocessedInfo> expression, Evaluator.Context context) Evaluates given expression and provide the result.

Method Detail

evaluate

Evaluator.Result evaluate(Evaluator.Expression<PreprocessedInfo> expression,
                          Evaluator.Context context)
                   throws InvalidExpressionException

Evaluates given expression and provide the result.

Parameters:

expression - the expression to be evaluated

context - the context in which the expression is evaluated

Returns:

value of evaluated expression

Throws:

InvalidExpressionException - when the expression is invalid or other error occurs during the evaluation process.