edu.vub.at.objects.grammar
Interface MessageSend

 MessageSend

The public interface to a synchronous or asynchronous message send AG element. Message sends of the form o.m() are transformed into > Message sends of the form o<-m() are transformed into > Message sends of the form o^m() are transformed into > Message sends of the form o<+exp are transformed into >

Author:

tvcutsem

Method Summary

Expression	messageExpression() The message to be sent must be an AmbientTalk expression that evaluates to a message.
Expression	receiverExpression() The receiver may be any valid AmbientTalk expression Example: `(f().m()).getReceiverExpression() == `(f())

Methods inherited from interface edu.vub.at.objects.AbstractGrammar

freeVariables

Methods inherited from interface edu.vub.at.objects.Object

super

Method Detail

receiverExpression

Expression receiverExpression()

The receiver may be any valid AmbientTalk expression Example: `(f().m()).getReceiverExpression() == `(f())

Returns:

the receiver of the message

messageExpression

Expression messageExpression()

The message to be sent must be an AmbientTalk expression that evaluates to a message. Example: `(f().m()).getMessageExpression() == `(.m())

Returns:

the message expression