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018package org.apache.commons.jexl3;
019
020import java.io.Reader;
021import java.io.StringReader;
022import java.io.Writer;
023import java.util.List;
024import java.util.Map;
025import java.util.Set;
026
027/**
028 * A simple "JeXL Template" engine.
029 *
030 * <p>At the base is an evaluator similar to the Unified EL evaluator used in JSP/JSF based on JEXL.
031 * At the top is a template engine inspired by Velocity that uses JEXL (instead of OGNL/VTL) as the scripting
032 * language.</p>
033 *
034 * <p>The evaluator is intended to be used in configuration modules, XML based frameworks or JSP taglibs
035 * and facilitate the implementation of expression evaluation.</p>
036 *
037 * <p>The template engine is intended to output any form of text; html, XML, CSV...</p>
038 *
039 * @since 3.0
040 */
041public abstract class JxltEngine {
042
043    /**
044     * The sole type of (runtime) exception the JxltEngine can throw.
045     */
046    public static class Exception extends JexlException {
047
048        /** Serial version UID. */
049        private static final long serialVersionUID = 201112030113L;
050
051        /**
052         * Creates an Exception.
053         *
054         * @param info the contextual information
055         * @param msg the exception message
056         * @param cause the exception cause
057         */
058        public Exception(final JexlInfo info, final String msg, final Throwable cause) {
059            super(info, msg, cause);
060        }
061    }
062
063    /**
064     * A unified expression that can mix immediate, deferred and nested sub-expressions as well as string constants;
065     * <ul>
066     *   <li>The "immediate" syntax is of the form <code>"...${jexl-expr}..."</code></li>
067     *   <li>The "deferred" syntax is of the form <code>"...#{jexl-expr}..."</code></li>
068     *   <li>The "nested" syntax is of the form <code>"...#{...${jexl-expr0}...}..."</code></li>
069     *   <li>The "composite" syntax is of the form <code>"...${jexl-expr0}... #{jexl-expr1}..."</code></li>
070     * </ul>
071     *
072     * <p>Deferred and immediate expression carry different intentions:</p>
073     *
074     * <ul>
075     *   <li>An immediate expression indicate that evaluation is intended to be performed close to
076     *       the definition/parsing point.</li>
077     *   <li>A deferred expression indicate that evaluation is intended to occur at a later stage.</li>
078     * </ul>
079     *
080     * <p>For instance: <code>"Hello ${name}, now is #{time}"</code> is a composite "deferred" expression since one
081     * of its subexpressions is deferred. Furthermore, this (composite) expression intent is
082     * to perform two evaluations; one close to its definition and another one in a later
083     * phase.</p>
084     *
085     * <p>The API reflects this feature in 2 methods, prepare and evaluate. The prepare method
086     * will evaluate the immediate subexpression and return an expression that contains only
087     * the deferred subexpressions (and constants), a prepared expression. Such a prepared expression
088     * is suitable for a later phase evaluation that may occur with a different JexlContext.
089     * Note that it is valid to call evaluate without prepare in which case the same JexlContext
090     * is used for the 2 evaluation phases.</p>
091     *
092     * <p>In the most common use-case where deferred expressions are to be kept around as properties of objects,
093     * one should createExpression and prepare an expression before storing it and evaluate it each time
094     * the property storing it is accessed.</p>
095     *
096     * <p>Note that nested expression use the JEXL syntax as in:</p>
097     *
098     * <blockquote><code>"#{${bar}+'.charAt(2)'}"</code></blockquote>
099     *
100     * <p>The most common mistake leading to an invalid expression being the following:</p>
101     *
102     * <blockquote><code>"#{${bar}charAt(2)}"</code></blockquote>
103     *
104     * <p>Also note that methods that createExpression evaluate expressions may throw <em>unchecked</em> exceptions;
105     * The {@link JxltEngine.Exception} are thrown when the engine instance is in "non-silent" mode
106     * but since these are RuntimeException, user-code <em>should</em> catch them where appropriate.</p>
107     *
108     * @since 2.0
109     */
110    public interface Expression {
111
112        /**
113         * Generates this expression's string representation.
114         *
115         * @return the string representation
116         */
117        String asString();
118
119        /**
120         * Adds this expression's string representation to a StringBuilder.
121         *
122         * @param strb the builder to fill
123         * @return the builder argument
124         */
125        StringBuilder asString(StringBuilder strb);
126
127        /**
128         * Evaluates this expression.
129         *
130         * <p>If the underlying JEXL engine is silent, errors will be logged through its logger as warning.</p>
131         *
132         * @param context the variable context
133         * @return the result of this expression evaluation or null if an error occurs and the {@link JexlEngine} is
134         * running in silent mode
135         * @throws Exception if an error occurs and the {@link JexlEngine}
136         * is not silent
137         */
138        Object evaluate(JexlContext context);
139
140        /**
141         * Retrieves this expression's source expression.
142         * <p>
143         * If this expression was prepared, this allows to retrieve the
144         * original expression that lead to it.</p>
145         * <p>Other expressions return themselves.</p>
146         *
147         * @return the source expression
148         */
149        Expression getSource();
150
151        /**
152         * Gets the list of variables accessed by this expression.
153         * <p>This method will visit all nodes of the sub-expressions and extract all variables whether they
154         * are written in 'dot' or 'bracketed' notation. (a.b is equivalent to a['b']).</p>
155         *
156         * @return the set of variables, each as a list of strings (ant-ish variables use more than 1 string)
157         * or the empty set if no variables are used
158         */
159        Set<List<String>> getVariables();
160
161        /**
162         * Checks whether this expression is deferred.
163         *
164         * @return true if deferred, false otherwise
165         */
166        boolean isDeferred();
167
168        /**
169         * Checks whether this expression is immediate.
170         *
171         * @return true if immediate, false otherwise
172         */
173        boolean isImmediate();
174
175        /**
176         * Evaluates the immediate sub-expressions.
177         *
178         * <p>When the expression is dependant upon immediate and deferred sub-expressions,
179         * evaluates the immediate sub-expressions with the context passed as parameter
180         * and returns this expression deferred form.</p>
181         *
182         * <p>In effect, this binds the result of the immediate sub-expressions evaluation in the
183         * context, allowing to differ evaluation of the remaining (deferred) expression within another context.
184         * This only has an effect to nested and composite expressions that contain differed and
185         * immediate sub-expressions.</p>
186         *
187         * <p>If the underlying JEXL engine is silent, errors will be logged through its logger as warning.* </p>
188         *
189         * @param context the context to use for immediate expression evaluations
190         * @return an {@link Expression} or null if an error occurs and the {@link JexlEngine} is running
191         * in silent mode
192         * @throws Exception if an error occurs and the {@link JexlEngine} is not in silent mode
193         */
194        Expression prepare(JexlContext context);
195
196        /**
197         * Formats this expression, adding its source string representation in
198         * comments if available: 'expression /*= source *\/'' .
199         *
200         * @return the formatted expression string
201         */
202        @Override
203        String toString();
204    }
205
206    /**
207     * Creates a {@link Expression} from an expression string.
208     * Uses and fills up the expression cache if any.
209     *
210     * <p>If the underlying JEXL engine is silent, errors will be logged through its logger as warnings.</p>
211     *
212     * @param expression the {@link Template} string expression
213     * @return the {@link Expression}, null if silent and an error occurred
214     * @throws Exception if an error occurs and the {@link JexlEngine} is not silent
215     */
216    public Expression createExpression(final String expression) {
217        return createExpression(null, expression);
218    }
219
220    /**
221     * Creates a {@link Expression} from an expression string.
222     * Uses and fills up the expression cache if any.
223     *
224     * <p>If the underlying JEXL engine is silent, errors will be logged through its logger as warnings.</p>
225     *
226     * @param info the {@link JexlInfo} source information
227     * @param expression the {@link Template} string expression
228     * @return the {@link Expression}, null if silent and an error occurred
229     * @throws Exception if an error occurs and the {@link JexlEngine} is not silent
230     */
231    public abstract Expression createExpression(JexlInfo info, String expression);
232
233    /**
234     * A template is a JEXL script that evaluates by writing its content through a Writer.
235     * <p>
236     * The source text is parsed considering each line beginning with '$$' (as default pattern) as JEXL script code
237     * and all others as Unified JEXL expressions; those expressions will be invoked from the script during
238     * evaluation and their output gathered through a writer.
239     * It is thus possible to use looping or conditional construct "around" expressions generating output.
240     * </p>
241     * For instance:
242     * <blockquote><pre>
243     * $$ for(var x : [1, 3, 5, 42, 169]) {
244     * $$   if (x == 42) {
245     * Life, the universe, and everything
246     * $$   } else if (x &gt; 42) {
247     * The value $(x} is over forty-two
248     * $$   } else {
249     * The value ${x} is under forty-two
250     * $$   }
251     * $$ }
252     * </pre></blockquote>
253     *
254     * <p>Will evaluate as:</p>
255     *
256     * <blockquote><pre>
257     * The value 1 is under forty-two
258     * The value 3 is under forty-two
259     * The value 5 is under forty-two
260     * Life, the universe, and everything
261     * The value 169 is over forty-two
262     * </pre></blockquote>
263     *
264     * <p>During evaluation, the template context exposes its writer as '$jexl' which is safe to use in this case.
265     * This allows writing directly through the writer without adding new-lines as in:</p>
266     *
267     * <blockquote><pre>
268     * $$ for(var cell : cells) { $jexl.print(cell); $jexl.print(';') }
269     * </pre></blockquote>
270     *
271     * <p>A template is expanded as one JEXL script and a list of template expressions; each template expression is
272     * being replaced in the script by a call to jexl:print(expr) (the expr is in fact the expr number in the template).
273     * This integration uses a specialized JexlContext (TemplateContext) that serves as a namespace (for jexl:)
274     * and stores the template expression array and the writer (java.io.Writer) that the 'jexl:print(...)'
275     * delegates the output generation to.</p>
276     *
277     * @since 3.0
278     */
279    public interface Template {
280
281        /**
282         * Recreate the template source from its inner components.
283         *
284         * @return the template source rewritten
285         */
286        String asString();
287
288        /**
289         * Evaluates this template.
290         *
291         * @param context the context to use during evaluation
292         * @param writer the writer to use for output
293         */
294        void evaluate(JexlContext context, Writer writer);
295
296        /**
297         * Evaluates this template.
298         *
299         * @param context the context to use during evaluation
300         * @param writer the writer to use for output
301         * @param args the arguments
302         */
303        void evaluate(JexlContext context, Writer writer, Object... args);
304
305        /**
306         * Prepares this template by expanding any contained deferred TemplateExpression.
307         *
308         * @param context the context to prepare against
309         * @return the prepared version of the template
310         */
311        Template prepare(JexlContext context);
312
313        /**
314         * Gets the list of variables accessed by this template.
315         * <p>This method will visit all nodes of the sub-expressions and extract all variables whether they
316         * are written in 'dot' or 'bracketed' notation. (a.b is equivalent to a['b']).</p>
317         *
318         * @return the set of variables, each as a list of strings (ant-ish variables use more than 1 string)
319         * or the empty set if no variables are used
320         */
321        Set<List<String>> getVariables();
322
323        /**
324         * Gets the list of parameters expected by this template.
325         *
326         * @return the parameter names array
327         */
328        String[] getParameters();
329
330        /**
331         * Gets this script pragmas.
332         *
333         * @return the (non null, may be empty) pragmas map
334         * @since 3.1
335         */
336        Map<String, Object> getPragmas();
337    }
338
339    /**
340     * Creates a new template.
341     *
342     * @param info the jexl info (file, line, column)
343     * @param prefix the directive prefix
344     * @param source the source
345     * @param parms the parameter names
346     * @return the template
347     */
348    public abstract Template createTemplate(JexlInfo info, String prefix, Reader source, String... parms);
349
350    /**
351     * Creates a new template.
352     *
353     * @param info the source info
354     * @param parms the parameter names
355     * @param source the source
356     * @return the template
357     */
358    public Template createTemplate(final JexlInfo info, final String source, final String... parms) {
359        return createTemplate(info, "$$", new StringReader(source), parms);
360    }
361
362    /**
363     * Creates a new template.
364     *
365     * @param info the source info
366     * @param source the source
367     * @return the template
368     */
369    public Template createTemplate(final JexlInfo info, final String source) {
370        return createTemplate(info, "$$", new StringReader(source), (String[]) null);
371    }
372
373    /**
374     * Creates a new template.
375     *
376     * @param prefix the directive prefix
377     * @param source the source
378     * @param parms the parameter names
379     * @return the template
380     */
381    public Template createTemplate(final String prefix, final Reader source, final String... parms) {
382        return createTemplate(null, prefix, source, parms);
383    }
384
385    /**
386     * Creates a new template.
387     *
388     * @param source the source
389     * @param parms the parameter names
390     * @return the template
391     */
392    public Template createTemplate(final String source, final String... parms) {
393        return createTemplate(null, source, parms);
394    }
395
396    /**
397     * Creates a new template.
398     *
399     * @param source the source
400     * @return the template
401     */
402    public Template createTemplate(final String source) {
403        return createTemplate(null, source);
404    }
405
406    /**
407     * Gets the {@link JexlEngine} underlying this template engine.
408     *
409     * @return the JexlEngine
410     */
411    public abstract JexlEngine getEngine();
412
413    /**
414     * Clears the cache.
415     */
416    public abstract void clearCache();
417}