| /* java.beans.Expression |
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| package java.beans; |
| |
| /** |
| * <p>An Expression captures the execution of an object method |
| * that returns a value.</p> |
| * |
| * <p>It stores an object, the method to call, and the arguments to pass to |
| * the method.</p> |
| * |
| * <p>While this class can generally be used to describe method calls it is |
| * part of the XML serialization API.</p> |
| * |
| * @author Robert Schuster (robertschuster@fsfe.org) |
| * @since 1.4 |
| */ |
| public class Expression extends Statement |
| { |
| // This is a placeholder to indicate that value hasn't been set |
| // yet; |
| private static final Object UNSET = new Object(); |
| |
| // The value to return. This is equal to unset until getValue is called. |
| private Object value; |
| |
| /** |
| * Constructor Constructs an Expression representing the invocation of |
| * object.methodName(arg[0], arg[1], ...); However, it will never be executed. |
| * Instead, value will always be returned. |
| * |
| * @param value |
| * The value to return. |
| * @param target |
| * The object to invoke the method on. |
| * @param methodName |
| * The object method to invoke. |
| * @param arguments |
| * An array of arguments to pass to the method. |
| */ |
| public Expression(Object value, Object target, String methodName, |
| Object[] arguments) |
| { |
| super(target, methodName, arguments); |
| this.value = value; |
| } |
| |
| /** |
| * Constructor Constructs an Expression representing the invocation of |
| * object.methodName(arg[0], arg[1], ...); |
| * |
| * @param target |
| * The object to invoke the method on. |
| * @param methodName |
| * The object method to invoke. |
| * @param arguments |
| * An array of arguments to pass to the method. |
| */ |
| public Expression(Object target, String methodName, Object[] arguments) |
| { |
| super(target, methodName, arguments); |
| this.value = UNSET; |
| } |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the result of executing the method. If the cached value has not yet |
| * been set, the method is executed in the same way as Statement.execute(), |
| * except that the value is cached, and then returned. If the value has been |
| * set, it is returned without executing the method again. |
| * |
| * @return the result of executing the method. |
| * @exception Exception |
| * if an error occurs |
| */ |
| public Object getValue() throws Exception |
| { |
| if (value == UNSET) |
| value = doExecute(); |
| return value; |
| } |
| |
| /** |
| * Set the cached value to be returned by getValue() |
| * |
| * @param value |
| * the value to cache and return. |
| */ |
| public void setValue(Object value) |
| { |
| this.value = value; |
| } |
| |
| /** |
| * Return a string representation of this expression. |
| */ |
| public String toString() |
| { |
| String result = super.toString(); |
| if (value != UNSET) |
| return value.getClass().getName() + "=" + result; |
| return result; |
| } |
| } |