freemarker.template.instruction
Class FunctionInstruction

java.lang.Object
  freemarker.template.instruction.GenericStartInstruction
      freemarker.template.instruction.FunctionInstruction

All Implemented Interfaces:

ContainerInstruction, Instruction, TemplateProcessor, java.io.Serializable

public final class FunctionInstruction
extends GenericStartInstruction
implements java.io.Serializable

An instruction representing a function definition. Function calls are represented by the CallInstruction class.

Unlike other instructions, FunctionInstruction is not added directly to the TemplateProcessor chain. Instead, instances are added directly to the template using the FunctionTemplateProcessor.addFunction(freemarker.template.instruction.FunctionInstruction) method. At run time, these functions can be added to the data model for speedy lookup.

At compile time, instances of FunctionInstruction are replaced by NOOPInstruction, so that the TemplateProcessor tree doesn't have to deal with null values.

Version:

$Id: FunctionInstruction.java,v 1.1.1.1 2004/10/16 14:55:04 run2000 Exp $

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface freemarker.template.instruction.Instruction

Instruction.EndType

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface freemarker.template.TemplateProcessor

TemplateProcessor.ExitStatus

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class freemarker.template.instruction.GenericStartInstruction

body

Constructor Summary

FunctionInstruction(Identifier name, java.util.List<Identifier> arguments)
Constructor for a function definition.

Method Summary

TemplateProcessor	callBuilder(TemplateBuilder builder) Call the TemplateBuilder with this function instruction.
java.util.List<Identifier>	getArgumentNames() Retrieve a list of argument names.
java.lang.String	getName() Retrieve the function name.
TemplateProcessor.ExitStatus	process(TemplateModelRoot modelRoot, java.io.Writer out, TemplateRuntimeHandler eventHandler) Processes the contents of this <function ...
boolean	testEndInstruction(Instruction endInstruction) Is this the right kind of instruction for the given EndInstruction?
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a string representation of the object.

Methods inherited from class freemarker.template.instruction.GenericStartInstruction

getEndType, isEndInstruction, setBody

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FunctionInstruction

public FunctionInstruction(Identifier name,
                           java.util.List<Identifier> arguments)

Constructor for a function definition.

Parameters:

name - the name of the function

arguments - a List of Identifiers containing the names of each of the arguments

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - the name or argument list is null

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Retrieve the function name.

Returns:

the name of the function as a String

getArgumentNames

public java.util.List<Identifier> getArgumentNames()

Retrieve a list of argument names.

Returns:

a List of Identifiers representing the argument names

testEndInstruction

public boolean testEndInstruction(Instruction endInstruction)

Is this the right kind of instruction for the given EndInstruction?

Specified by:

testEndInstruction in interface ContainerInstruction

Parameters:

endInstruction - the end instruction we're testing

Returns:

true if the EndInstruction is a function end instruction, otherwise false

callBuilder

public TemplateProcessor callBuilder(TemplateBuilder builder)
                              throws ParseException

Call the TemplateBuilder with this function instruction.

Specified by:

callBuilder in interface Instruction

Overrides:

callBuilder in class GenericStartInstruction

Parameters:

builder - the TemplateBuilder to be called back

Throws:

ParseException

process

public TemplateProcessor.ExitStatus process(TemplateModelRoot modelRoot,
                                            java.io.Writer out,
                                            TemplateRuntimeHandler eventHandler)
                                     throws java.io.IOException

Processes the contents of this <function ... > and outputs the resulting text to a Writer.

Specified by:

process in interface TemplateProcessor

Parameters:

modelRoot - the root node of the data model.

out - a Writer to send the output to.

eventHandler - a TemplateEventAdapter for handling any events that occur during processing.

Returns:

an exit code indicating how the process terminated, typically used for short-circuiting template processing

Throws:

java.io.IOException - an IO error occurred during processing

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a string representation of the object.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a String representing this instruction subtree