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 java.lang.Object

implements ExpressionEvaluator

Evaluate an expression.

Version:

$Id: DefaultExpressionEvaluator.java 1709 2005-04-15 05:28:27Z brett $

Author:

Brett Porter

Constructor Summary

DefaultExpressionEvaluator()

Method Summary

java.io.File	alignToBaseDirectory(java.io.File file) Align a given path to the base directory that can be evaluated by this expression evaluator, if known.
java.lang.Object	evaluate(java.lang.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 java.lang.Object evaluate(java.lang.String expression)

Evaluate an expression.

Specified by:

evaluate in interface ExpressionEvaluator

Parameters:

expression - the expression

Returns:

the value of the expression

alignToBaseDirectory

public java.io.File alignToBaseDirectory(java.io.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