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/* * Copyright 2002-2015 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. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package org.springframework.scripting; import java.util.Map; import org.springframework.lang.Nullable; /** * Spring's strategy interface for evaluating a script. * * <p>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 */ @Nullable 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 */ @Nullable Object evaluate(ScriptSource script, @Nullable Map<String, Object> arguments) throws ScriptCompilationException; }