PDLCondition.java example

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/*
    Protocol Definition Language
    Copyright (C) 2003-2006 Marcus Andersson

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

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*/
package net.sf.nmedit.jpdl2.dom;

import java.util.Collection;

import net.sf.nmedit.jpdl2.PDLParseContext;

/**
 * A boolean condition used by the {@link PDLConditional} item.
 */
public interface PDLCondition
{

    /**
     * Evaluates the condition for the specified context.
     * @param context the current context
     * @return the condition result
     */
    boolean isConditionTrue(PDLParseContext context);

    /**
     * The source of this condition.
     * @return the source
     */
    String getSource();

    /**
     * Returns the names of variables and labels on which this condition
     * depends. Label names have an @ (at)-sign as prefix.
     * 
     * @return the names of variables and labels on which this condition depends 
     */
    Collection<String> getDependencies();
    
}