Groovy example source code file (Expression.java)

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The Groovy Expression.java source code

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package org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassHelper;
import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassNode;
import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.AnnotatedNode;
import org.codehaus.groovy.GroovyBugError;

/**
 * Represents a base class for expressions which evaluate as an object
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:james@coredevelopers.net">James Strachan
 * @version $Revision: 17114 $
 */
public abstract class Expression extends AnnotatedNode {

    private ClassNode type=ClassHelper.DYNAMIC_TYPE;
    
    /**
     * Return a copy of the expression calling the transformer on any nested expressions 
     * @param transformer
     */
    public abstract Expression transformExpression(ExpressionTransformer transformer);

    /**
     * Transforms the list of expressions
     * @return a new list of transformed expressions
     */
    protected List<Expression> transformExpressions(List expressions, ExpressionTransformer transformer) {
        List<Expression> list = new ArrayList(expressions.size());
        for (Expression expr : expressions ) {
            list.add(transformer.transform(expr));
        }
        return list;
    }

    /**
     * Transforms the list of expressions, and checks that all transformed expressions have the given type.
     *
     * @return a new list of transformed expressions
     */
    protected <T extends Expression> List transformExpressions(List expressions,
            ExpressionTransformer transformer, Class<T> transformedType) {
        List<T> list = new ArrayList(expressions.size());
        for (Expression expr : expressions) {
            Expression transformed = transformer.transform(expr);
            if (!transformedType.isInstance(transformed))
                throw new GroovyBugError(String.format("Transformed expression should have type %s but has type %s",
                    transformedType, transformed.getClass()));
            list.add(transformedType.cast(transformed));
        }
        return list;
    }
    
    public ClassNode getType() {
        return type;
    }
    
    public void setType(ClassNode t) {
        type=t;
    }
}