src/main/java/org/apache/commons/jexl2/Script.java

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package org.apache.commons.jexl2;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.concurrent.Callable;

/**
 * <p>A JEXL Script.</p>
 * <p>A script is some valid JEXL syntax to be executed with
 * a given set of {@link JexlContext} variables.</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);

    /**
     * Executes the script with the variables contained in the
     * supplied {@link JexlContext} and a set of arguments corresponding to the
     * parameters used during parsing.
     * 
     * @param context A JexlContext containing variables.
     * @param args the arguments
     * @return The result of this script, usually the result of 
     *      the last statement.
     * @since 2.1
     */
    Object execute(JexlContext context, Object... args);

    /**
     * Returns the text of this Script.
     * @return The script to be executed.
     */
    String getText();

    /**
     * Gets this script parameters.
     * @return the parameters or null
     * @since 2.1
     */
    String[] getParameters();

    /**
     * Gets this script local variables.
     * @return the local variables or null
     * @since 2.1
     */
    String[] getLocalVariables();

    /**
     * Gets this script variables.
     * <p>Note that since variables can be in an ant-ish form (ie foo.bar.quux), each variable is returned as 
     * a list of strings where each entry is a fragment of the variable ({"foo", "bar", "quux"} in the example.</p>
     * @return the variables or null
     * @since 2.1
     */
    Set<List<String>> getVariables();

    /**
     * Creates a Callable from this script.
     * <p>This allows to submit it to an executor pool and provides support for asynchronous calls.</p>
     * <p>The interpreter will handle interruption/cancellation gracefully if needed.</p>
     * @param context the context
     * @return the callable
     * @since 2.1
     */
    Callable<Object> callable(JexlContext context);

    /**
     * Creates a Callable from this script.
     * <p>This allows to submit it to an executor pool and provides support for asynchronous calls.</p>
     * <p>The interpreter will handle interruption/cancellation gracefully if needed.</p>
     * @param context the context
     * @param args the script arguments
     * @return the callable
     * @since 2.1
     */
    Callable<Object> callable(JexlContext context, Object... args);
}