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.
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9 *
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15 */
16
17 package org.springmodules.validation.util.fel;
18
19 /**
20 * Represents a parser that can parse function expression and produce an appropriate function.
21 *
22 * @author Uri Boness
23 */
24 public interface FunctionExpressionParser {
25
26 /**
27 * Parses the given function expression and returns the parsed function.
28 *
29 * @param expression The function expression.
30 * @return The parsed function.
31 * @throws FelParseException thrown when the expression parsing fails.
32 */
33 Function parse(String expression) throws FelParseException;
34
35 }