org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.expression

Class DefaultExpressionEvaluator

java.lang.Object

org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.expression.DefaultExpressionEvaluator

All Implemented Interfaces:

ExpressionEvaluator

public class DefaultExpressionEvaluator
extends Object
implements ExpressionEvaluator

Evaluate an expression.

Author:

Brett Porter

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.expression.ExpressionEvaluator

ROLE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DefaultExpressionEvaluator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
File	alignToBaseDirectory(File file) Align a given path to the base directory that can be evaluated by this expression evaluator, if known.
Object	evaluate(String expression) Evaluate an expression.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DefaultExpressionEvaluator

public DefaultExpressionEvaluator()

Method Detail

evaluate

public Object evaluate(String expression)

Evaluate an expression.

Specified by:

evaluate in interface ExpressionEvaluator

Parameters:

expression - the expression

Returns:

the value of the expression

alignToBaseDirectory

public File alignToBaseDirectory(File file)

Description copied from interface: ExpressionEvaluator

Align a given path to the base directory that can be evaluated by this expression evaluator, if known.

Specified by:

alignToBaseDirectory in interface ExpressionEvaluator

Parameters:

file - the file

Returns:

the aligned file