Interface Value

All Known Subinterfaces:

Function

All Known Implementing Classes:

BoxedValue, Closure, FunctionBase, IntComparison, IntOperation, PrimitiveFunction, ValueBase

public interface Value

Represents a value processed by the interpreted program.

Author:

max

Method Summary

<T> T

as(java.lang.Class<T> type) Retrieves the underlying object represented by this Value.

Method Detail

as

<T> T as(java.lang.Class<T> type)

Retrieves the underlying object represented by this Value. For example, if the value represents an integer, this could be used to convert from the Value type to Integer.

Parameters:

type - is what this Value is expected to represent

Returns:

an instance of type that is represented by this Value

Throws:

java.lang.ClassCastException - if the expectation isn't met