src/main/java/org/apache/commons/scxml2/Evaluator.java

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package org.apache.commons.scxml2;

/**
 * Interface for a component that may be used by the SCXML engines to
 * evaluate the expressions within the SCXML document.
 *
 */
public interface Evaluator {

    /** SCXML 1.0 Null Data Model name **/
    String NULL_DATA_MODEL = "null";

    /** SCXML 1.0 ECMAScript Data Model name **/
    String ECMASCRIPT_DATA_MODEL = "ecmascript";

    /** Default Data Model name **/
    String DEFAULT_DATA_MODEL = "";

    /**
     * The allowable types of <assign/> including and in particular when using XPath
     */
    enum AssignType {

        REPLACE_CHILDREN("replacechildren"),
        FIRST_CHILD("firstchild"),
        LAST_CHILD("lastchild"),
        PREVIOUS_SIBLING("previoussibling"),
        NEXT_SIBLING("nextsibling"),
        REPLACE("replace"),
        DELETE("delete"),
        ADD_ATTRIBUTE("addattribute");

        private final String value;

        private AssignType(String value) {
            this.value = value;
        }

        public String value() {
            return value;
        }

        public static AssignType fromValue(String value) {
            for (AssignType type : AssignType.values()) {
                if (type.value().equals(value)) {
                    return type;
                }
            }
            return null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Get the datamodel type supported by this Evaluator
     * @return The supported datamodel type
     */
    String getSupportedDatamodel();

    /**
     * @param data data to be cloned
     * @return A deep clone of the data
     */
    Object cloneData(Object data);

    /**
     * Evaluate an expression returning a data value
     *
     * @param ctx variable context
     * @param expr expression
     * @return the result of the evaluation
     * @throws SCXMLExpressionException A malformed expression exception
     */
    Object eval(Context ctx, String expr)
    throws SCXMLExpressionException;

    /**
     * Evaluate a condition.
     * Manifests as "cond" attributes of <transition>,
     * <if> and <elseif> elements.
     *
     * @param ctx variable context
     * @param expr expression
     * @return true/false
     * @throws SCXMLExpressionException A malformed expression exception
     */
    Boolean evalCond(Context ctx, String expr)
    throws SCXMLExpressionException;

    /**
     * Assigns data to a location
     *
     * @param ctx variable context
     * @param location location expression
     * @param data the data to assign.
     * @param type the type of assignment to perform, null assumes {@link AssignType#REPLACE_CHILDREN}
     * @param attr the name of the attribute to add when using type {@link AssignType#ADD_ATTRIBUTE}
     * @throws SCXMLExpressionException A malformed expression exception
     */
    void evalAssign(Context ctx, String location, Object data, AssignType type, String attr)
            throws SCXMLExpressionException;

    /**
     * Evaluate a script.
     * Manifests as <script> element.
     *
     * @param ctx variable context
     * @param script The script
     * @return The result of the script execution.
     * @throws SCXMLExpressionException A malformed script
     */
    Object evalScript(Context ctx, String script)
    throws SCXMLExpressionException;

    /**
     * Create a new child context.
     *
     * @param parent parent context
     * @return new child context
     */
    Context newContext(Context parent);

}