/**
*
* Copyright (c) 2014, the Railo Company Ltd. All rights reserved.
*
* This library 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 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library 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 library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*
**/
package lucee.runtime.interpreter.ref;
import lucee.runtime.PageContext;
import lucee.runtime.exp.PageException;
/**
* Define a Reference to a Object
*/
public interface Ref {
/**
* return the value for that the reference is for
* @return value to reference
* @throws PageException
*/
public Object touchValue(PageContext pc) throws PageException;
/**
* return the value for that the reference is for
* @return value to reference
* @throws PageException
*/
public Object getValue(PageContext pc) throws PageException;
/**
* return the value for that the reference is for
* @return value to reference
* @throws PageException
*/
public Object getCollection(PageContext pc) throws PageException;
/**
* return the name name of a reference
* @return type as string
*/
public String getTypeName();
public boolean eeq(PageContext pc,Ref other) throws PageException;
}