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package org.apache.jasper.compiler;
import org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext;
/**
* Defines the interface for the expression language interpreter. This allows users to provide custom EL interpreter
* implementations that can optimise EL processing for an application by , for example, performing code generation for
* simple expressions.
*/
public interface ELInterpreter {
/**
* Returns the string representing the code that will be inserted into the servlet generated for JSP. The default
* implementation creates a call to
* {@link org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl#proprietaryEvaluate( String, Class, jakarta.servlet.jsp.PageContext, org.apache.jasper.runtime.ProtectedFunctionMapper)}
* but other implementations may produce more optimised code.
*
* @param context The compilation context
* @param isTagFile <code>true</code> if in a tag file rather than a JSP
* @param expression a String containing zero or more "${}" expressions
* @param expectedType the expected type of the interpreted result
* @param fnmapvar Variable pointing to a function map.
*
* @return a String representing a call to the EL interpreter.
*/
String interpreterCall(JspCompilationContext context, boolean isTagFile, String expression, Class<?> expectedType,
String fnmapvar);
}