/**
* Copyright (C) 2009 STMicroelectronics
*
* This file is part of "Mind Compiler" is free software: you can redistribute
* it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
* License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
* ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
* FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
* details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*
* Contact: mind@ow2.org
*
* Authors: Matthieu Leclercq
* Contributors:
*/
package org.ow2.mind.adl;
import java.util.Map;
import org.objectweb.fractal.adl.ADLException;
import org.objectweb.fractal.adl.Definition;
import org.ow2.mind.adl.ast.DefinitionReference;
import org.ow2.mind.inject.InjectDelegate;
/**
* Interface used to retrieve the {@link Definition} corresponding to a
* {@link DefinitionReference}.
*/
public interface DefinitionReferenceResolver {
/**
* Checks the given {@link DefinitionReference} and return the designated
* {@link Definition}.
*
* @param reference the {@link DefinitionReference} to resolve.
* @param encapsulatingDefinition the {@link Definition} into which the given
* <code>reference</code> is declared. May be <code>null</code> if
* the given <code>reference</code> is "context-free".
* @param context additional parameters.
* @return the {@link Definition} designated by the given
* <code>reference</code>
* @throws ADLException if the given <code>reference</code> is invalid.
*/
Definition resolve(DefinitionReference reference,
Definition encapsulatingDefinition, Map<Object, Object> context)
throws ADLException;
/**
* An abstract delegating {@link DefinitionReferenceResolver} component.
*/
public abstract class AbstractDelegatingDefinitionReferenceResolver
implements
DefinitionReferenceResolver {
/**
* The client {@link DefinitionReferenceResolver} used by this component.
*/
@InjectDelegate
protected DefinitionReferenceResolver clientResolverItf;
}
}