VariableReference.java

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package org.apache.commons.jxpath.ri.compiler;

import org.apache.commons.jxpath.ri.EvalContext;
import org.apache.commons.jxpath.ri.QName;

/**
 * An element of the compile tree holding a variable reference.
 */
public class VariableReference extends Expression {

    private final QName varName;

    /**
     * Create a new VariableReference.
     * @param varName variable name
     */
    public VariableReference(final QName varName) {
        this.varName = varName;
    }

    /**
     * Get the variable name.
     * @return QName
     */
    public QName getVariableName() {
        return varName;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "$" + varName;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isContextDependent() {
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean computeContextDependent() {
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public Object compute(final EvalContext context) {
        return computeValue(context);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the value of the variable.
     * @param context EvalContext against which to compute the variable's value.
     * @return Object
     */
    @Override
    public Object computeValue(final EvalContext context) {
        return context.getRootContext().getVariableContext(varName);
    }
}