bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata/src/org/eclipse/equinox/p2/metadata/expression/IExpression.java

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 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
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 * Contributors:
 *     Cloudsmith Inc. - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata.expression;

/**
 * A node in the expression tree
 * @since 2.0
 * @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented directly by clients.
 * @noextend This interface is not intended to be extended directly by clients.
 */
public interface IExpression {
	int TYPE_ALL = 1;
	int TYPE_AND = 2;
	int TYPE_AT = 3;
	int TYPE_EQUALS = 4;
	int TYPE_EXISTS = 5;
	int TYPE_GREATER = 6;
	int TYPE_GREATER_EQUAL = 7;
	int TYPE_LAMBDA = 8;
	int TYPE_LESS = 9;
	int TYPE_LESS_EQUAL = 10;
	int TYPE_LITERAL = 11;
	int TYPE_MATCHES = 12;
	int TYPE_MEMBER = 13;
	int TYPE_NOT = 14;
	int TYPE_NOT_EQUALS = 15;
	int TYPE_OR = 16;
	int TYPE_PARAMETER = 17;
	int TYPE_VARIABLE = 18;
	int TYPE_ARRAY = 20;
	int TYPE_ASSIGNMENT = 21;
	int TYPE_COLLECT = 22;
	int TYPE_CONDITION = 23;
	int TYPE_FIRST = 24;
	int TYPE_FLATTEN = 25;
	int TYPE_FUNCTION = 26;
	int TYPE_INTERSECT = 27;
	int TYPE_LATEST = 28;
	int TYPE_LIMIT = 29;
	int TYPE_PIPE = 30;
	int TYPE_SELECT = 31;
	int TYPE_TRAVERSE = 32;
	int TYPE_UNION = 33;
	int TYPE_UNIQUE = 34;

	/**
	 * Let the visitor visit this instance and all expressions that this
	 * instance contains.
	 * @param visitor The visiting visitor.
	 * @return <code>true</code> if the visitor should continue visiting, <code>false</code> otherwise.
	 */
	boolean accept(IExpressionVisitor visitor);

	/**
	 * Evaluate this expression with given context and variables.
	 * @param context The evaluation context
	 * @return The result of the evaluation.
	 */
	Object evaluate(IEvaluationContext context);

	/**
	 * Returns the expression type (see TYPE_xxx constants).
	 */
	int getExpressionType();

	/**
	 * Appends the string representation of this expression to the collector <code>collector</code>.
	 */
	void toString(StringBuffer collector);

	/**
	 * Appends the an LDAP filter representation of this expression to the <code>collector</code>.
	 * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the expression contains nodes
	 * that cannot be represented in an LDAP filter
	 */
	void toLDAPString(StringBuffer collector);
}