edu.vub.at.objects.natives.grammar
Class AGUnquoteSplice

java.lang.Object
  extended byedu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATNil
      extended byedu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATByCopy
          extended byedu.vub.at.objects.natives.grammar.NATAbstractGrammar
              extended byedu.vub.at.objects.natives.grammar.AGExpression
                  extended byedu.vub.at.objects.natives.grammar.AGUnquoteSplice
All Implemented Interfaces:
ATAbstractGrammar, ATConversions, ATExpression, ATNil, ATObject, ATStatement, ATUnquoteSplice, java.io.Serializable

public class AGUnquoteSplice
extends AGExpression
implements ATUnquoteSplice

Author:
tvc The native implementation of an unquote-splice AG element.
See Also:
Serialized Form

Field Summary
private  ATExpression uqsExp_
           
 
Fields inherited from class edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATNil
_INSTANCE_
 
Constructor Summary
AGUnquoteSplice(ATExpression exp)
           
 
Method Summary
 ATUnquoteSplice base_asUnquoteSplice()
           
 ATExpression base_getExpression()
           
 boolean base_isUnquoteSplice()
           
 ATObject meta_eval(ATContext ctx)
          An unquotation cannot be evaluated, but rather gives rise to an XIllegalUnquote exception.
 NATText meta_print()
          Prints out the object in a human-readable way.
 ATObject meta_quote(ATContext ctx)
          Quoting a spliced unquotation means evaluating its contained expression, and returning its value as the result of the quote.
 
Methods inherited from class edu.vub.at.objects.natives.grammar.AGExpression
base_asExpression, meta_getStripes
 
Methods inherited from class edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATByCopy
meta_pass, meta_resolve
 
Methods inherited from class edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATNil
asAmbientTalkObject, asJavaClassUnderSymbiosis, asJavaObjectUnderSymbiosis, asNativeBoolean, asNativeException, asNativeFarReference, asNativeFraction, asNativeNumber, asNativeNumeric, asNativeTable, asNativeText, base__opeql__opeql_, base_asActorMirror, base_asAsyncMessage, base_asBegin, base_asBoolean, base_asClosure, base_asDefinition, base_asFarReference, base_asField, base_asHandler, base_asMessage, base_asMessageCreation, base_asMethod, base_asMirror, base_asNumber, base_asSplice, base_asStatement, base_asStripe, base_asSymbol, base_asTable, base_asVariableAssignment, base_init, base_isBoolean, base_isCallFrame, base_isClosure, base_isFarReference, base_isMessageCreation, base_isMethod, base_isMirror, base_isSplice, base_isStripe, base_isSymbol, base_isTable, base_isVariableAssignment, base_new, createChild, equals, isAmbientTalkObject, isJavaObjectUnderSymbiosis, isNativeBoolean, isNativeField, isNativeText, meta_addField, meta_addMethod, meta_assignField, meta_assignVariable, meta_clone, meta_defineField, meta_doesNotUnderstand, meta_extend, meta_getDynamicParent, meta_getLexicalParent, meta_grabField, meta_grabMethod, meta_invoke, meta_isCloneOf, meta_isRelatedTo, meta_isStripedWith, meta_listFields, meta_listMethods, meta_lookup, meta_newInstance, meta_receive, meta_respondsTo, meta_select, meta_send, meta_share, readResolve, toString, writeReplace
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 
Methods inherited from interface edu.vub.at.objects.ATObject
base__opeql__opeql_, base_init, base_new, meta_addField, meta_addMethod, meta_assignField, meta_assignVariable, meta_clone, meta_defineField, meta_doesNotUnderstand, meta_extend, meta_getDynamicParent, meta_getLexicalParent, meta_getStripes, meta_grabField, meta_grabMethod, meta_invoke, meta_isCloneOf, meta_isRelatedTo, meta_isStripedWith, meta_listFields, meta_listMethods, meta_lookup, meta_newInstance, meta_pass, meta_receive, meta_resolve, meta_respondsTo, meta_select, meta_send, meta_share
 
Methods inherited from interface edu.vub.at.objects.coercion.ATConversions
asAmbientTalkObject, asJavaClassUnderSymbiosis, asJavaObjectUnderSymbiosis, asNativeBoolean, asNativeException, asNativeFarReference, asNativeFraction, asNativeNumber, asNativeNumeric, asNativeTable, asNativeText, base_asActorMirror, base_asAsyncMessage, base_asBegin, base_asBoolean, base_asClosure, base_asDefinition, base_asExpression, base_asFarReference, base_asField, base_asHandler, base_asMessage, base_asMessageCreation, base_asMethod, base_asMirror, base_asNumber, base_asSplice, base_asStatement, base_asStripe, base_asSymbol, base_asTable, base_asVariableAssignment, base_isBoolean, base_isCallFrame, base_isClosure, base_isFarReference, base_isMessageCreation, base_isMethod, base_isMirror, base_isSplice, base_isStripe, base_isSymbol, base_isTable, base_isVariableAssignment, isAmbientTalkObject, isJavaObjectUnderSymbiosis, isNativeBoolean, isNativeField, isNativeText
 

Field Detail

uqsExp_

private final ATExpression uqsExp_
Constructor Detail

AGUnquoteSplice

public AGUnquoteSplice(ATExpression exp)
Method Detail

base_getExpression

public ATExpression base_getExpression()
Specified by:
base_getExpression in interface ATUnquoteSplice

meta_eval

public ATObject meta_eval(ATContext ctx)
                   throws InterpreterException
An unquotation cannot be evaluated, but rather gives rise to an XIllegalUnquote exception. This is because an unquotation should always be nested within a quotation. AGUQS(exp).eval(ctx) = ERROR

Specified by:
meta_eval in interface ATObject
Overrides:
meta_eval in class NATNil
Throws:
InterpreterException

meta_quote

public ATObject meta_quote(ATContext ctx)
                    throws InterpreterException
Quoting a spliced unquotation means evaluating its contained expression, and returning its value as the result of the quote. A spliced unquotation can normally only be invoked where a table or begin is expected. The resulting table is replaced by the result of evaluating the unquote-splice's encapsulated expression. It is the table's responsibility to query an AGUnquoteSplice element for its expression and deal with the inlining appropriately.

Specified by:
meta_quote in interface ATObject
Overrides:
meta_quote in class NATNil
Throws:
InterpreterException

meta_print

public NATText meta_print()
                   throws InterpreterException
Description copied from interface: ATObject
Prints out the object in a human-readable way.

Specified by:
meta_print in interface ATObject
Overrides:
meta_print in class NATNil
Throws:
InterpreterException

base_isUnquoteSplice

public boolean base_isUnquoteSplice()
Specified by:
base_isUnquoteSplice in interface ATConversions
Overrides:
base_isUnquoteSplice in class NATNil

base_asUnquoteSplice

public ATUnquoteSplice base_asUnquoteSplice()
Specified by:
base_asUnquoteSplice in interface ATConversions
Overrides:
base_asUnquoteSplice in class NATNil