| /* |
| * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more |
| * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with |
| * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. |
| * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 |
| * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with |
| * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
| * limitations under the License. |
| */ |
| package org.apache.commons.jexl2; |
| |
| /** |
| * <p>A JEXL Script.</p> |
| * <p>A script is some valid JEXL syntax to be executed with |
| * a given set of {@link JexlContext} variabless.</p> |
| * <p>A script is a group of statements, separated by semicolons.</p> |
| * <p>The statements can be <code>blocks</code> (curly braces containing code), |
| * Control statements such as <code>if</code> and <code>while</code> |
| * as well as expressions and assignment statements.</p> |
| * |
| * @since 1.1 |
| */ |
| public interface Script { |
| /** |
| * Executes the script with the variables contained in the |
| * supplied {@link JexlContext}. |
| * |
| * @param context A JexlContext containing variables. |
| * @return The result of this script, usually the result of |
| * the last statement. |
| */ |
| Object execute(JexlContext context); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the text of this Script. |
| * @return The script to be executed. |
| */ |
| String getText(); |
| |
| } |