File: VariableResolver.java

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/*
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
 * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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package javax.servlet.jsp.el;

/**
 * <p>
 * This class is used to customize the way an ExpressionEvaluator resolves variable references at evaluation time. For
 * example, instances of this class can implement their own variable lookup mechanisms, or introduce the notion of
 * "implicit variables" which override any other variables. An instance of this class should be passed when evaluating
 * an expression.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * An instance of this class includes the context against which resolution will happen
 * </p>
 *
 * @since JSP 2.0
 *
 * @deprecated As of JSP 2.1, replaced by javax.el.ELResolver
 */
@SuppressWarnings("dep-ann")
// TCK signature test fails with annotation
public interface VariableResolver {

    /**
     * Resolves the specified variable. Returns null if the variable is not found.
     *
     * @param pName the name of the variable to resolve
     *
     * @return the result of the variable resolution
     *
     * @throws ELException if a failure occurred while trying to resolve the given variable
     */
    Object resolveVariable(String pName) throws ELException;
}