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package org.jboss.weld.module;

import jakarta.el.ELResolver;
import jakarta.el.ExpressionFactory;

import org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.api.Service;
import org.jboss.weld.manager.BeanManagerImpl;

/**
 * Abstraction over common EL operations.
 *
 * @author Jozef Hartinger
 *
 */
public interface ExpressionLanguageSupport extends Service {

    /**
     * Returns a wrapper {@link jakarta.el.ExpressionFactory} that delegates
     * {@link jakarta.el.MethodExpression} and {@link jakarta.el.ValueExpression}
     * creation to the given {@link jakarta.el.ExpressionFactory}. When a Unified
     * EL expression is evaluated using a {@link jakarta.el.MethodExpression} or
     * {@link jakarta.el.ValueExpression} returned by the wrapper
     * {@link jakarta.el.ExpressionFactory}, the container handles destruction of
     * objects with scope {@linkjakarta.enterprise.context.Dependent}.
     *
     *
     * @param expressionFactory the {@link jakarta.el.ExpressionFactory} to wrap
     * @return the wrapped {@link jakarta.el.ExpressionFactory}
     */
    ExpressionFactory wrapExpressionFactory(ExpressionFactory expressionFactory);

    /**
     * Creates an {@link ELResolver} for given {@link BeanManagerImpl}
     *
     * @param manager the given manager
     * @return
     */
    ELResolver createElResolver(BeanManagerImpl manager);
}