hotspot/agent/src/share/classes/sun/jvm/hotspot/utilities/soql/ScriptObject.java

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package sun.jvm.hotspot.utilities.soql;

/**
 * Any Java object supporting this interface can be
 * accessed from scripts with "simpler" access pattern.
 * For example, a script engine may support natural
 * property/field access syntax for the properties exposed
 * via this interface. We use this interface so that we
 * can dynamically add/delete/modify fields exposed to
 * scripts. If we stick to JavaBean pattern, then property
 * set is fixed.
 */
public interface ScriptObject {
  // special sentinel to denote no-result -- so that
  // null could be used as proper value
  public static final Object UNDEFINED = new Object();
  // empty object array
  public static final Object[] EMPTY_ARRAY = new Object[0];

  /*
   * Returns all property names supported by this object.
   * Property "name" is either a String or an Integer".
   */
  public Object[] getIds();

  /**
   * Get the value of the named property.
   */
  public Object get(String name);

  /**
   * Get the value of the "indexed" property.
   * Returns UNDEFINED if the property does not exist.
   */
  public Object get(int index);

  /**
   * Set the value of the named property.
   */
  public void put(String name, Object value);

  /**
   * Set the value of the indexed property.
   */
  public void put(int index, Object value);

  /**
   * Returns whether the named property exists or not.
   */
  public boolean has(String name);

  /**
   * Returns whether the indexed property exists or not.
   */
  public boolean has(int index);

  /**
   * Deletes the named property. Returns true on success.
   */
  public boolean delete(String name);

  /**
   * Deletes the indexed property. Returns true on success.
   */
  public boolean delete(int index);
}