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package io.github.microcks.util.el.function;

import io.github.microcks.util.el.EvaluationContext;

/**
 * This is a Expression Language function definition. It just can be evaluted.
 * @author laurent
 */
public interface ELFunction {

   /**
    * Evaluate the function represented by the EL notation.
    * @param evaluationContext The context of evaluation (contextualized info, cached one, ...)
    * @param args              The arguments of the function evaluation
    * @return The result as a String fo this function evaluation.
    */
   String evaluate(EvaluationContext evaluationContext, String... args);
}