camundafeel.javax.el.FunctionMapper Maven / Gradle / Ivy
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package javax.el;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
/**
* The interface to a map between EL function names and methods. A FunctionMapper maps
* ${prefix:name()} style functions to a static method that can execute that function.
*/
public abstract class FunctionMapper {
/**
* Resolves the specified prefix and local name into a java.lang.Method. Returns null if no
* function could be found that matches the given prefix and local name.
*
* @param prefix
* the prefix of the function, or "" if no prefix. For example, "fn" in
* ${fn:method()}, or "" in ${method()}.
* @param localName
* the short name of the function. For example, "method" in ${fn:method()}.
* @return the static method to invoke, or null if no match was found.
*/
public abstract Method resolveFunction(String prefix, String localName);
}