| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2000, 2004 IBM Corporation and others. |
| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Common Public License v1.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/cpl-v10.html |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.core.expressions; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException; |
| |
| /** |
| * A variable resolver can be used to add additional variable resolving |
| * stategies to a {@link EvaluationContext}. |
| * |
| * @since 3.0 |
| * |
| * @see org.eclipse.core.expressions.EvaluationContext#resolveVariable(String, Object[]) |
| */ |
| public interface IVariableResolver { |
| |
| /** |
| * Resolves a variable for the given name and arguments. The |
| * handler is allowed to return <code>null</code> to indicate |
| * that it is not able to resolve the requested variable. |
| * |
| * @param name the variable to resolve |
| * @param args an object array of arguments used to resolve the |
| * variable |
| * @return the variable's value or <code>null</code> if no variable |
| * could be resolved |
| * @exception CoreException if an errors occurs while resolving |
| * the variable |
| */ |
| public Object resolve(String name, Object[] args) throws CoreException; |
| } |
