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17  
18  package org.apache.commons.jexl3;
19  
20  import java.util.List;
21  import java.util.Map;
22  import java.util.Set;
23  import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
24  
25  /**
26   * A JEXL Script.
27   *
28   * <p>A script is some valid JEXL syntax to be executed with a given set of {@link JexlContext} variables.</p>
29   *
30   * <p>A script is a group of statements, separated by semicolons.</p>
31   *
32   * <p>The statements can be <code>blocks</code> (curly braces containing code),
33   * Control statements such as <code>if</code> and <code>while</code>
34   * as well as expressions and assignment statements.</p>
35   *
36   * <p>Do <em>not</em> create classes that implement this interface; delegate or compose instead.</p>
37   *
38   * @since 1.1
39   */
40  public interface JexlScript {
41  
42       /**
43       * Creates a Callable from this script.
44       *
45       * <p>This allows to submit it to an executor pool and provides support for asynchronous calls.</p>
46       * <p>The interpreter will handle interruption/cancellation gracefully if needed.</p>
47       *
48       * @param context the context
49       * @return the callable
50       * @since 2.1
51       */
52      Callable<Object> callable(JexlContext context);
53  
54      /**
55       * Creates a Callable from this script.
56       *
57       * <p>This allows to submit it to an executor pool and provides support for asynchronous calls.</p>
58       * <p>The interpreter will handle interruption/cancellation gracefully if needed.</p>
59       *
60       * @param context the context
61       * @param args the script arguments
62       * @return the callable
63       * @since 2.1
64       */
65      Callable<Object> callable(JexlContext context, Object... args);
66  
67      /**
68       * Curries this script, returning a script with bound arguments.
69       *
70       * <p>If this script does not declare parameters or if all of them are already bound,
71       * no error is generated and this script is returned.</p>
72       *
73       * @param args the arguments to bind
74       * @return the curried script or this script if no binding can occur
75       */
76      JexlScript curry(Object... args);
77  
78      /**
79       * Executes the script with the variables contained in the
80       * supplied {@link JexlContext}.
81       *
82       * @param context A JexlContext containing variables.
83       * @return The result of this script, usually the result of
84       *         the last statement.
85       */
86      Object execute(JexlContext context);
87  
88      /**
89       * Executes the script with the variables contained in the
90       * supplied {@link JexlContext} and a set of arguments corresponding to the
91       * parameters used during parsing.
92       *
93       * @param context A JexlContext containing variables.
94       * @param args the arguments
95       * @return The result of this script, usually the result of
96       *         the last statement.
97       * @since 2.1
98       */
99      Object execute(JexlContext context, Object... args);
100 
101     /**
102      * Gets this script local variables.
103      *
104      * @return the local variables or null
105      * @since 2.1
106      */
107     String[] getLocalVariables();
108 
109     /**
110      * Gets this script parameters.
111      *
112      * @return the parameters or null
113      * @since 2.1
114      */
115     String[] getParameters();
116 
117     /**
118      * Recreates the source text of this expression from the internal syntactic tree.
119      *
120      * @return the source text
121      */
122     String getParsedText();
123 
124     /**
125      * Recreates the source text of this expression from the internal syntactic tree.
126      *
127      * @param indent the number of spaces for indentation, 0 meaning no indentation
128      * @return the source text
129      */
130     String getParsedText(int indent);
131 
132     /**
133      * Gets this script pragmas.
134      *
135      * @return the (non null, may be empty) pragmas map
136      */
137     Map<String, Object> getPragmas();
138 
139     /**
140      * Returns the source text of this expression.
141       *
142      * @return the source text
143      */
144     String getSourceText();
145 
146     /**
147      * Gets this script unbound parameters.
148      * <p>Parameters that haven't been bound by a previous call to curry().</p>
149      * @return the parameters or null
150      * @since 3.2
151      */
152     String[] getUnboundParameters();
153 
154     /**
155      * Gets this script variables.
156      * <p>Note that since variables can be in an ant-ish form (ie foo.bar.quux), each variable is returned as
157      * a list of strings where each entry is a fragment of the variable ({"foo", "bar", "quux"} in the example.</p>
158      *
159      * @return the variables or null
160      * @since 2.1
161      */
162     Set<List<String>> getVariables();
163 }