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package org.springframework.scripting;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* Spring's strategy interface for evaluating a script.
*
* Aside from language-specific implementations, Spring also ships
* a version based on the standard {@code javax.script} package (JSR-223):
* {@link org.springframework.scripting.support.StandardScriptEvaluator}.
*
* @author Juergen Hoeller
* @author Costin Leau
* @since 4.0
*/
public interface ScriptEvaluator {
/**
* Evaluate the given script.
* @param script the ScriptSource for the script to evaluate
* @return the return value of the script, if any
* @throws ScriptCompilationException if the evaluator failed to read,
* compile or evaluate the script
*/
Object evaluate(ScriptSource script) throws ScriptCompilationException;
/**
* Evaluate the given script with the given arguments.
* @param script the ScriptSource for the script to evaluate
* @param arguments the key-value pairs to expose to the script,
* typically as script variables (may be {@code null} or empty)
* @return the return value of the script, if any
* @throws ScriptCompilationException if the evaluator failed to read,
* compile or evaluate the script
*/
Object evaluate(ScriptSource script, Map arguments) throws ScriptCompilationException;
}