1 /*
2 * Copyright 2004-2009 the original author or authors.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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15 */
16
17 package org.springmodules.validation.util.cel;
18
19 import org.springmodules.validation.util.condition.Condition;
20
21 /**
22 * Represents a parser that can parse a condition expression and return the appropriate condition.
23 *
24 * @author Uri Boness
25 * @see Condition
26 */
27 public interface ConditionExpressionParser {
28
29 /**
30 * Parses the given condition expression and returns the parsed condition.
31 *
32 * @param expression The given condition expression.
33 * @return The parsed condition.
34 * @throws CelParseException thrown when the condition expression parsing fails.
35 */
36 Condition parse(String expression) throws CelParseException;
37
38 }