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 * Copyright 2003-2008 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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package groovy.lang;

import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Represents the variable bindings of a script which can be altered
 * from outside the script object or created outside of a script and passed
 * into it.
 *
 * @author James Strachan
 * @version $Revision: 14401 $
 */
public class Binding extends GroovyObjectSupport {
    private Map variables;

    public Binding() {
    }

    public Binding(Map variables) {
        this.variables = variables;
    }

    /**
     * A helper constructor used in main(String[]) method calls
     *
     * @param args are the command line arguments from a main()
     */
    public Binding(String[] args) {
        this();
        setVariable("args", args);
    }

    /**
     * @param name the name of the variable to lookup
     * @return the variable value
     */
    public Object getVariable(String name) {
        if (variables == null)
            throw new MissingPropertyException(name, this.getClass());

        Object result = variables.get(name);

        if (result == null && !variables.containsKey(name)) {
            throw new MissingPropertyException(name, this.getClass());
        }

        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the value of the given variable
     *
     * @param name  the name of the variable to set
     * @param value the new value for the given variable
     */
    public void setVariable(String name, Object value) {
        if (variables == null)
            variables = new LinkedHashMap();
        variables.put(name, value);
    }

    public Map getVariables() {
        if (variables == null)
            variables = new LinkedHashMap();
        return variables;
    }

    /**
     * Overloaded to make variables appear as bean properties or via the subscript operator
     */
    public Object getProperty(String property) {
        /** @todo we should check if we have the property with the metaClass instead of try/catch  */
        try {
            return super.getProperty(property);
        }
        catch (MissingPropertyException e) {
            return getVariable(property);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Overloaded to make variables appear as bean properties or via the subscript operator
     */
    public void setProperty(String property, Object newValue) {
        /** @todo we should check if we have the property with the metaClass instead of try/catch  */
        try {
            super.setProperty(property, newValue);
        }
        catch (MissingPropertyException e) {
            setVariable(property, newValue);
        }
    }

}