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| package org.apache.olingo.server.api.uri.queryoption.expression; |
| |
| import org.apache.olingo.server.api.ODataApplicationException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Marks an expression node a visitable by an expression visitor |
| */ |
| public interface VisitableExpression { |
| |
| /** |
| * Method {@link #accept(ExpressionVisitor)} is called when traversing the expression tree. This method is invoked on |
| * each expression used as node in an expression tree. The implementations should |
| * behave as follows: |
| * <li>Call accept on all sub nodes and store the returned Objects which are of the generic type T |
| * <li>Call the appropriate method on the {@link ExpressionVisitor} instance and provide the stored return objects |
| * to that instance |
| * <li>Return the object which should be passed to the processing algorithm of the parent expression node |
| * <br> |
| * <br> |
| * @param visitor |
| * Visitor object (implementing {@link ExpressionVisitor}) whose methods are called during traversing a |
| * expression node of the expression tree. |
| * @return |
| * Object of type T which should be passed to the processing algorithm of the parent expression node |
| * @throws ExpressionVisitException |
| * Exception occurred in the OData library while traversing the tree |
| * @throws ODataApplicationException |
| * Exception thrown by the application who implemented the visitor |
| */ |
| <T> T accept(ExpressionVisitor<T> visitor) throws ExpressionVisitException, ODataApplicationException; |
| |
| } |