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Spoon is a tool for meta-programming, analysis and transformation of Java programs.
/*
* SPDX-License-Identifier: (MIT OR CECILL-C)
*
* Copyright (C) 2006-2023 INRIA and contributors
*
* Spoon is available either under the terms of the MIT License (see LICENSE-MIT.txt) or the Cecill-C License (see LICENSE-CECILL-C.txt). You as the user are entitled to choose the terms under which to adopt Spoon.
*/
package spoon.reflect.eval;
import spoon.reflect.declaration.CtElement;
/**
* This interface defines a simple partial evaluator on the Spoon Java model. It
* recursively transforms a meta-model element by partially evaluating it and
* simplifies it when possible (i.e. when constant values are involved).
*/
public interface PartialEvaluator {
/**
* Partially evaluates an element and all its sub-elements.
*
* @param
* the partially evaluated element type
* @param element
* the element to be partially evaluated
* @return the result of the partial evaluation
*/
R evaluate(R element);
}