com.bc.jexp
Interface Namespace

All Known Subinterfaces:

WritableNamespace

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultNamespace, NamespaceImpl

public interface Namespace

Namespaces are used by a Parser in order to resolve to symbol references and function calls.

Version:

$Revision$ $Date$

Author:

Norman Fomferra (norman.fomferra@brockmann-consult.de)

Method Summary

Function	resolveFunction(String name, Term[] args) Resolves the given name and argument list in order to find a matching function.
Symbol	resolveSymbol(String name) Resolves the given name in order to find a matching symbol.

Method Detail

resolveSymbol

Symbol resolveSymbol(String name)

Resolves the given name in order to find a matching symbol.

Parameters:

name - a symbol name

Returns:

the symbol or null if this namespace does not contain a corresponding symbol

resolveFunction

Function resolveFunction(String name,
                         Term[] args)

Resolves the given name and argument list in order to find a matching function.

Parameters:

name - a function name

args - the argument list

Returns:

the function or null if this namespace does not contain a corresponding function