/*
 * Copyright (c) 1998-2012 Caucho Technology -- all rights reserved
 *
 * This file is part of Resin(R) Open Source
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 *
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 * @author Scott Ferguson
 */

package com.caucho.xpath.expr;

import com.caucho.util.CharBuffer;
import com.caucho.xpath.Expr;
import com.caucho.xpath.ExprEnvironment;
import com.caucho.xpath.XPathException;
import com.caucho.xpath.pattern.NodeArrayListIterator;
import com.caucho.xpath.pattern.NodeIterator;
import com.caucho.xpath.pattern.NodeListIterator;
import com.caucho.xpath.pattern.SingleNodeIterator;

import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

import java.util.ArrayList;

public abstract class Var {
  /**
   * Returns the value as a boolean.
   */
  boolean getBoolean()
    throws XPathException
  {
    return Expr.toBoolean(getObject());
  }
  
  /**
   * Returns the value as a double.
   */
  double getDouble()
    throws XPathException
  {
    Object o = getObject();
    return Expr.toDouble(getObject());
  }
  
  /**
   * Returns the value as a string.
   */
  String getString()
    throws XPathException
  {
    return Expr.toString(getObject());
  }
  
  /**
   * Returns the value as a string.
   */
  void getString(CharBuffer cb)
    throws XPathException
  {
    cb.append(getString());
  }

  /**
   * Returns the value as a node set.
   */
  NodeIterator getNodeSet(ExprEnvironment env)
    throws XPathException
  {
    Object obj = getObject();

    if (obj instanceof Node)
      return new SingleNodeIterator(env, (Node) obj);
    else if (obj instanceof NodeList)
      return new NodeListIterator(env, (NodeList) obj);
    else if (obj instanceof ArrayList)
      return new NodeArrayListIterator(env, (ArrayList) obj);
    else
      return new SingleNodeIterator(env, null);
  }
  
  /**
   * Returns the value as an object.
   */
  abstract Object getObject();
  
  /**
   * Frees the var.
   */
  public void free()
  {
  }
}
