plugins/org.eclipse.ocl.pivot/src/org/eclipse/ocl/pivot/utilities/ParserContext.java

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package org.eclipse.ocl.pivot.utilities;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;
import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNull;
import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
import org.eclipse.ocl.pivot.Element;
import org.eclipse.ocl.pivot.ExpressionInOCL;
import org.eclipse.ocl.pivot.Type;
import org.eclipse.ocl.pivot.internal.context.Base2ASConversion;
import org.eclipse.ocl.pivot.internal.scoping.Attribution;
import org.eclipse.ocl.pivot.resource.CSResource;

/**
 * A ParserContext captures the context in which source text is parsed. It may be used without knowledge of the CS classes.
 *
 * A derived context is constructed with the relevant context, then createBaseResource
 * creates a Concrete Syntax resource for a Concrete Syntax expression string. Then parse creates
 * a corresponding Abstract Syntax ExpressionInOCL. initialize is invoked during the parse to
 * install the derived context into the ExpressionInOCL.
 *
 * The derived ExtendedParserContext provides a richer API that exploits knwoledge of the CS classes.
 *
 * @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
 */
public interface ParserContext // extends Adapter
{
	/**
	 * Create a Concrete Syntax resource containing the parsed expression.
	 *
	 * Semantic errors may be found at the Resource.errors
	 * and may be converted to ParseExceptions by invoking
	 * PivitUtil.checkResourceErrors.
	 *
	 * @throws IOException if resource loading fails
	 * @throws ParserException
	 */
	@NonNull CSResource createBaseResource(@NonNull String expression) throws IOException, ParserException;

	/**
	 * @since 1.3
	 */
	@NonNull Attribution getAttribution(@NonNull EObject eObject);

	/**
	 * Return the type of the self variable.
	 */
	@Nullable Type getClassContext();

	/**
	 * Return the EnvironmentFactory in use.
	 *
	 * @since 1.3
	 */
	@NonNull EnvironmentFactory getEnvironmentFactory();

	/**
	 * Extract an Abstract Syntax ExpressionInOCL fronm a Concrete Syntax resource.
	 *
	 * @throws ParserException if parsing fails
	 */
	@Nullable ExpressionInOCL getExpression(@NonNull CSResource resource) throws ParserException;

	/**
	 * Return the MetamodelManager in use.
	 */
	@NonNull MetamodelManager getMetamodelManager();

	/**
	 * Optional pre-existing AS root element to be updated by the parse.
	 */
	@Nullable Element getRootElement();

	/**
	 * Callback to initialize the ExpressionInOCL with the derived context such as
	 * a contextvariable for the self type, parameter and result variables.
	 */
	void initialize(@NonNull Base2ASConversion conversion, @NonNull ExpressionInOCL expression);

	/**
	 * Create an Abstract Syntax ExpressionInOCL containing the parsed expression on behalf of a potential owner.
	 * <p>
	 * This an invariant/precondition may specify its constraint as the owner
	 * <br>
	 * an operation body may specify the operation as the owner
	 * <p>
	 * The owner should be non-null but a null value is tolerated for deprecated compatibility.
	 *
	 * @throws ParserException if parsing fails
	 */
	@NonNull ExpressionInOCL parse(@Nullable EObject owner, @NonNull String expression) throws ParserException;

	void setRootElement(@Nullable Element rootElement);
}