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* Copyright 2010 JBoss Inc
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package org.drools.base.evaluators;
/**
* An interface for Evaluator Parameters Parser.
*
* Evaluators may optionally have parameters. This parameters are passed into the
* EvaluatorDefinition as a String that needs to eventually be parsed. This interface
* defines the operations a parser implementation must expose.
*
* @author etirelli
*/
public interface EvaluatorParametersParser {
/**
* Parses the given paramText and return an array
* of objects where each position in the array corresponds
* to the appropriate parameter in the parameter string.
*
* @param paramText the string of parameters
*
* @return the array of objects corresponding to each parameter
*/
public Object[] parse( final String paramText );
}