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package de.intarsys.tools.functor;
/**
* A declaration allows to modify the state and or behavior of an
* {@link IFunctorCall}. The {@link IDeclaration} is attached to an object
* owning an {@link IFunctor} and should be executed against the
* {@link IFunctorCall} prior to performing the call.
*
* An example for a declaration is {@link IArgumentDeclaration}, allowing for
* argument naming and ordering and to provide default values when an argument
* is missing.
*
* Syntax, semantics and application to the {@link IFunctorCall} of declarations
* are up to the client.
*
*/
public interface IDeclaration {
/**
* Create a copy of this.
*
* @return A copy of this.
*/
public IDeclaration copy();
/**
* An optional declaration context. This may be for example the object that
* will launch the {@link IFunctorCall} later and has parsed some
* declarations on startup.
*
* @return An optional declaration context.
*/
public Object getDeclarationContext();
/**
* true if this declaration has child elements itself.
*
* A {@link IDeclarationElement} may be a {@link IDeclarationBlock},
* supporting nested declarations. You should not use "instanceof
* IDeclarationBlock" to check this behavior but this method.
*
* @return true if this declaration has child elements itself.
*/
public boolean isBlock();
}