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package org.codehaus.plexus.interpolation;

import java.util.List;

/*
 * Copyright 2001-2008 Codehaus Foundation.
 *
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/**
 * Logs expressions before resolution is attempted, and clears them
 * after resolution is complete (or, fails all strategies). In between,
 * if the value of an expression contains more expressions, RecursionInterceptor
 * implementations ensure that those expressions don't reference an expression
 * which is in the process of being resolved. If that happens, the expression
 * references are cyclical, and would othewise result in an infinite loop.
 * @version $Id$
 */
public interface RecursionInterceptor
{

    /**
     * Log the intention to start resolving the given expression. This signals
     * the interceptor to start tracking that expression to make sure it doesn't
     * come up again until after it has been resolved (or, fails to resolve).
     *
     * @param expression The expression to be resolved.
     */
    void expressionResolutionStarted( String expression );

    /**
     * Signal to the interceptor that the all efforts to resolve the given
     * expression have completed - whether successfully or not is irrelevant -
     * and that the expression should not be tracked for recursion any longer.
     *
     * @param expression The expression to stop tracking.
     */
    void expressionResolutionFinished( String expression );

    /**
     * Check whether the given value contains an expression that is currently
     * being tracked by this interceptor. If so, that expression is still in
     * the process of being resolved, and this constitutes an expression cycle.
     *
     * @param value The value to check for expression cycles.
     * @return True if the value contains tracked expressions; false otherwise.
     */
    boolean hasRecursiveExpression( String value );

    /**
     * @return The list of expressions that participate in the cycle caused by
     * the given expression.
     */
    List getExpressionCycle( String expression );

}