sirius.tagliatelle.expression

Class NoodleOperation

java.lang.Object

sirius.tagliatelle.expression.NoodleOperation

All Implemented Interfaces:

Expression

public class NoodleOperation
extends Object
implements Expression

Represents the noodle operation.

A noodle operation looks like exprA | exprB. If the first expression evaluates to null or to "" the second expression is evaluated and its result returned. Otherwise the result of the first expression is returned.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected Expression	leftExpression
protected Expression	rightExpression

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
NoodleOperation(Expression leftExpression, Expression rightExpression) Creates a new operation for the given operands.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Expression	copy() Creates a deep copy of the expression which can be modified without affecting the original expression.
Object	eval(LocalRenderContext ctx) Evaluates the expression into an object using the given context.
Class<?>	getType() Returns the Java class of the objects yielded by this expression.
boolean	isConstant() Determines if the expression is constant.
Expression	propagateVisitor(ExpressionVisitor visitor) Visits all child nodes and then the node itself.
Expression	reduce() Reduces and optimizes the expression if possible.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

leftExpression

protected Expression leftExpression

rightExpression

protected Expression rightExpression

Constructor Detail

NoodleOperation

public NoodleOperation(Expression leftExpression,
                       Expression rightExpression)

Creates a new operation for the given operands.

Parameters:

leftExpression - the left operand

rightExpression - the right operand

Method Detail

eval

public Object eval(LocalRenderContext ctx)

Description copied from interface: Expression

Evaluates the expression into an object using the given context.

Specified by:

eval in interface Expression

Parameters:

ctx - the current rendering context

Returns:

the result of the evaluation

propagateVisitor

public Expression propagateVisitor(ExpressionVisitor visitor)

Description copied from interface: Expression

Visits all child nodes and then the node itself.

Specified by:

propagateVisitor in interface Expression

Parameters:

visitor - the visitor to invoke for all child nodes and on the node itself

Returns:

the result of the invocation of the given visitor on this node

reduce

public Expression reduce()

Description copied from interface: Expression

Reduces and optimizes the expression if possible.

Specified by:

reduce in interface Expression

Returns:

either the node itself or an optimized / reduced version if possible

isConstant

public boolean isConstant()

Description copied from interface: Expression

Determines if the expression is constant.

Specified by:

isConstant in interface Expression

Returns:

true if the expression is constant, false otherwise

copy

public Expression copy()

Description copied from interface: Expression

Creates a deep copy of the expression which can be modified without affecting the original expression.

Specified by:

copy in interface Expression

Returns:

a deep copy of the expression

getType

public Class<?> getType()

Description copied from interface: Expression

Returns the Java class of the objects yielded by this expression.

Specified by:

getType in interface Expression

Returns:

the type of objects created by this expression