net.astesana.javaluator

Class AbstractEvaluator<T>

java.lang.Object

net.astesana.javaluator.AbstractEvaluator<T>

Type Parameters:

T - The type of values handled by the evaluator

Direct Known Subclasses:

DoubleEvaluator

public abstract class AbstractEvaluator<T>
extends java.lang.Object

An abstract evaluator, able to evaluate infix expressions.
Some standard evaluators are included in the library, you can define your own by subclassing this class.

Author:

Jean-Marc Astesana

See Also:

License information

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	AbstractEvaluator(Parameters parameters) Constructor.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected T	evaluate(Constant constant, java.lang.Object evaluationContext) Evaluates a constant.
protected T	evaluate(Function function, java.util.Iterator<T> arguments, java.lang.Object evaluationContext) Evaluates a function.
protected T	evaluate(Operator operator, java.util.Iterator<T> operands, java.lang.Object evaluationContext) Evaluates an operation.
T	evaluate(java.lang.String expression) Evaluates an expression.
T	evaluate(java.lang.String expression, java.lang.Object evaluationContext) Evaluates an expression that contains variables.
java.util.Collection<Constant>	getConstants() Gets the constants supported by this evaluator.
java.util.Collection<Function>	getFunctions() Gets the functions supported by this evaluator.
java.util.Collection<Operator>	getOperators() Gets the operators supported by this evaluator.
protected Operator	guessOperator(Token previous, java.util.List<Operator> candidates) When a token can be more than one operator (homonym operators), this method guesses the right operator.
protected abstract T	toValue(java.lang.String literal, java.lang.Object evaluationContext) Evaluates a literal (Converts it to a value).
protected void	validateHomonyms(java.util.List<Operator> operators) Validates that homonym operators are valid.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractEvaluator

protected AbstractEvaluator(Parameters parameters)

Constructor.

Parameters:

parameters - The evaluator parameters.
Please note that there's no side effect between the evaluator and the parameters. So, changes made to the parameters after the call to this constructor are ignored by the instance.

Method Detail

validateHomonyms

protected void validateHomonyms(java.util.List<Operator> operators)

Validates that homonym operators are valid.
Homonym operators are operators with the same name (like the unary - and the binary - operators)
This method is called when homonyms are passed to the constructor.
This default implementation only allows the case where there's two operators, one binary and one unary. Subclasses can override this method in order to accept others configurations.

Parameters:

operators - The operators to validate.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the homonyms are not compatibles.

See Also:

guessOperator(Token, List)

guessOperator

protected Operator guessOperator(Token previous,
                     java.util.List<Operator> candidates)

When a token can be more than one operator (homonym operators), this method guesses the right operator.
A very common case is the - sign in arithmetic computation which can be an unary or a binary operator, depending on what was the previous token.
Warning: maybe the arguments of this function are not enough to deal with all the cases. So, this part of the evaluation is in alpha state (method may change in the future).

Parameters:

previous - The last parsed tokens (the previous token in the infix expression we are evaluating).

candidates - The candidate tokens.

Returns:

A token

See Also:

validateHomonyms(List)

evaluate

protected T evaluate(Constant constant,
         java.lang.Object evaluationContext)

Evaluates a constant.
Subclasses that support constants must override this method. The default implementation throws a RuntimeException meaning that implementor forget to implement this method while creating a subclass that accepts constants.

Parameters:

constant - The constant

evaluationContext - The context of the evaluation

Returns:

The constant's value

evaluate

protected T evaluate(Operator operator,
         java.util.Iterator<T> operands,
         java.lang.Object evaluationContext)

Evaluates an operation.
Subclasses that support operators must override this method. The default implementation throws a RuntimeException meaning that implementor forget to implement this method while creating a subclass that accepts operators.

Parameters:

operator - The operator

operands - The operands

evaluationContext - The context of the evaluation

Returns:

The result of the operation

evaluate

protected T evaluate(Function function,
         java.util.Iterator<T> arguments,
         java.lang.Object evaluationContext)

Evaluates a function.
Subclasses that support functions must override this method. The default implementation throws a RuntimeException meaning that implementor forget to implement this method while creating a subclass that accepts functions.

Parameters:

function - The function

arguments - The function's arguments

evaluationContext - The context of the evaluation

Returns:

The result of the function

toValue

protected abstract T toValue(java.lang.String literal,
        java.lang.Object evaluationContext)

Evaluates a literal (Converts it to a value).

Parameters:

literal - The literal to evaluate.

evaluationContext - The context of the evaluation

Returns:

an instance of T.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the literal can't be converted to a value.

evaluate

public T evaluate(java.lang.String expression)

Evaluates an expression.

Parameters:

expression - The expression to evaluate.

Returns:

the result of the evaluation.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the expression is not correct.

evaluate

public T evaluate(java.lang.String expression,
         java.lang.Object evaluationContext)

Evaluates an expression that contains variables.

Parameters:

expression - The expression to evaluate.

evaluationContext - The context of the evaluation.
This context is an object that can contain useful dynamic data, for example the values of the variables used in the expression (Use an AbstractVariableSet to do that).
The context is not limited to variable values but can be used for any dynamic information. A good example is the BooleanSetEvaluator one.

Returns:

the result of the evaluation.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the expression is not correct.

See Also:

AbstractVariableSet

getOperators

public java.util.Collection<Operator> getOperators()

Gets the operators supported by this evaluator.

Returns:

a collection of operators.

getFunctions

public java.util.Collection<Function> getFunctions()

Gets the functions supported by this evaluator.

Returns:

a collection of functions.

getConstants

public java.util.Collection<Constant> getConstants()

Gets the constants supported by this evaluator.

Returns:

a collection of constants.