Script.java

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// API class

package org.mozilla.javascript;

/**
 * All compiled scripts implement this interface.
 *
 * <p>This class encapsulates script execution relative to an object scope.
 *
 * @since 1.3
 * @author Norris Boyd
 */
public interface Script {

    /**
     * @deprecated Use {@link #exec(Context, Scriptable, Scriptable)}
     */
    // Maintained for backward compatibility of already-compiled classes
    @Deprecated(since = "1.8.1")
    default Object exec(Context cx, Scriptable scope) {
        return exec(cx, scope, scope);
    }

    /**
     * Execute the script.
     *
     * <p>The script is executed in a particular runtime Context, which must be associated with the
     * current thread. The script is executed relative to a scope--definitions and uses of global
     * top-level variables and functions will access properties of the scope object. For compliant
     * ECMA programs, the scope must be an object that has been initialized as a global object using
     * <code>Context.initStandardObjects</code>.
     *
     * @param cx the Context associated with the current thread
     * @param scope the scope to execute relative to
     * @param thisObj the value "this" should be set to
     * @return the result of executing the script
     * @see org.mozilla.javascript.Context#initStandardObjects()
     */
    Object exec(Context cx, Scriptable scope, Scriptable thisObj);
}