Package org.protelis.lang.interpreter.impl

Class FunctionCall

java.lang.Object

org.protelis.lang.interpreter.impl.AbstractProtelisAST<java.lang.Object>

org.protelis.lang.interpreter.impl.FunctionCall

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, ProtelisAST<java.lang.Object>, WithBytecode

public final class FunctionCall
extends AbstractProtelisAST<java.lang.Object>

Call a Protelis function.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
FunctionCall(Metadata metadata, FunctionDefinition functionDefinition, java.util.List<ProtelisAST<?>> args)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
java.lang.Object	evaluate(ExecutionContext context)	Evaluates this AST node.
Bytecode	getBytecode()
FunctionDefinition	getFunctionDefinition()
java.lang.String	getName()

Methods inherited from class org.protelis.lang.interpreter.impl.AbstractProtelisAST

branchesToString, branchesToString, eval, forEach, forEachWithIndex, getBranch, getBranches, getBranchesNumber, getMetadata, isNullable, stringFor, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

FunctionCall

public FunctionCall(Metadata metadata,
                    FunctionDefinition functionDefinition,
                    java.util.List<ProtelisAST<?>> args)

Parameters:

metadata - A Metadata object containing information about the code that generated this AST node.

functionDefinition - the definition of the function

args - the arguments. Must be in the same number of the FunctionDefinition's expected arguments

Method Detail

evaluate

public java.lang.Object evaluate(ExecutionContext context)

Description copied from class: AbstractProtelisAST

Evaluates this AST node. This method can throw any exception, AbstractProtelisAST takes care of storing the necessary metadata.

Specified by:

evaluate in class AbstractProtelisAST<java.lang.Object>

Parameters:

context - the execution context

Returns:

the result of the evaluation

getBytecode

public Bytecode getBytecode()

Returns:

the element Bytecode

getFunctionDefinition

public FunctionDefinition getFunctionDefinition()

Returns:

the FunctionDefinition

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Description copied from class: AbstractProtelisAST

Specified by:

getName in interface ProtelisAST<java.lang.Object>

Overrides:

getName in class AbstractProtelisAST<java.lang.Object>

Returns:

The name of the operation