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diff --git a/libjava/classpath/java/beans/Expression.java b/libjava/classpath/java/beans/Expression.java deleted file mode 100644 index d07c28b..0000000 --- a/libjava/classpath/java/beans/Expression.java +++ /dev/null @@ -1,138 +0,0 @@ -/* java.beans.Expression - Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. - -This file is part of GNU Classpath. - -GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify -it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by -the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) -any later version. - -GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but -WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of -MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU -General Public License for more details. - -You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License -along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the -Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA -02110-1301 USA. - -Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is -making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and -conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole -combination. - -As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you -permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an -executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent -modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under -terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked -independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that -module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from -or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend -this exception to your version of the library, but you are not -obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this -exception statement from your version. */ - -package java.beans; - -/** - * <p>An Expression captures the execution of an object method - * that returns a value.</p> - * - * <p>It stores an object, the method to call, and the arguments to pass to - * the method.</p> - * - * <p>While this class can generally be used to describe method calls it is - * part of the XML serialization API.</p> - * - * @author Robert Schuster (robertschuster@fsfe.org) - * @since 1.4 - */ -public class Expression extends Statement -{ - // This is a placeholder to indicate that value hasn't been set - // yet; - private static final Object UNSET = new Object(); - - // The value to return. This is equal to unset until getValue is called. - private Object value; - - /** - * Constructor Constructs an Expression representing the invocation of - * object.methodName(arg[0], arg[1], ...); However, it will never be executed. - * Instead, value will always be returned. - * - * @param value - * The value to return. - * @param target - * The object to invoke the method on. - * @param methodName - * The object method to invoke. - * @param arguments - * An array of arguments to pass to the method. - */ - public Expression(Object value, Object target, String methodName, - Object[] arguments) - { - super(target, methodName, arguments); - this.value = value; - } - - /** - * Constructor Constructs an Expression representing the invocation of - * object.methodName(arg[0], arg[1], ...); - * - * @param target - * The object to invoke the method on. - * @param methodName - * The object method to invoke. - * @param arguments - * An array of arguments to pass to the method. - */ - public Expression(Object target, String methodName, Object[] arguments) - { - super(target, methodName, arguments); - this.value = UNSET; - } - - /** - * Return the result of executing the method. If the cached value has not yet - * been set, the method is executed in the same way as Statement.execute(), - * except that the value is cached, and then returned. If the value has been - * set, it is returned without executing the method again. - * - * @return the result of executing the method. - * @exception Exception - * if an error occurs - */ - public Object getValue() throws Exception - { - if (value == UNSET) - value = doExecute(); - return value; - } - - /** - * Set the cached value to be returned by getValue() - * - * @param value - * the value to cache and return. - */ - public void setValue(Object value) - { - this.value = value; - } - - /** - * Return a string representation of this expression. - */ - public String toString() - { - String result = super.toString(); - if (value != UNSET) - return value.getClass().getName() + "=" + result; - return result; - } -} |
