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org.apache.batik.script
Interface Interpreter  

All Superinterfaces:

org.apache.batik.i18n.Localizable

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public interface Interpreter

extends org.apache.batik.i18n.Localizable

An hight level interface that represents an interpreter engine of a particular scripting language.

Version:

$Id: Interpreter.java,v 1.9 2004/08/18 07:14:53 vhardy Exp $

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Method Summary
void	bindObject(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object object)           This method should register a particular Java Object in the environment of the interpreter.
void	dispose()           This method can dispose resources used by the interpreter when it is no longer used.
java.lang.Object	evaluate(java.io.Reader scriptreader)           This method should evaluate a piece of script.
java.lang.Object	evaluate(java.io.Reader scriptreader, java.lang.String description)           This method should evaluate a piece of script associated to a given description.
java.lang.Object	evaluate(java.lang.String script)           This method should evaluate a piece of script using a String instead of a Reader.
void	setOut(java.io.Writer output)           This method should change the output Writer that will be used when output function of the scripting langage is used.

 

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.batik.i18n.Localizable

formatMessage, getLocale, setLocale

 

Method Detail

evaluate

public java.lang.Object evaluate(java.io.Reader scriptreader,
                                 java.lang.String description)
                          throws InterpreterException,
                                 java.io.IOException

This method should evaluate a piece of script associated to a given description.

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evaluate

public java.lang.Object evaluate(java.io.Reader scriptreader)
                          throws InterpreterException,
                                 java.io.IOException

This method should evaluate a piece of script.

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evaluate

public java.lang.Object evaluate(java.lang.String script)
                          throws InterpreterException

This method should evaluate a piece of script using a String instead of a Reader. This usually allows do easily do some caching.

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bindObject

public void bindObject(java.lang.String name,
                       java.lang.Object object)

This method should register a particular Java Object in the environment of the interpreter.

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setOut

public void setOut(java.io.Writer output)

This method should change the output Writer that will be used when output function of the scripting langage is used.

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dispose

public void dispose()

This method can dispose resources used by the interpreter when it is no longer used. Be careful, you SHOULD NOT use this interpreter instance after calling this method.

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