1 /* 2 * Copyright 2002-2006 the original author or authors. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 package org.springframework.binding.expression; 17 18 /** 19 * An evaluator that is capable of setting a value on a target object at the 20 * path defined by this expression. 21 * @author Keith Donald 22 */ 23 public interface SettableExpression extends Expression { 24 25 /** 26 * Evaluate this expression against the target object to set its value to 27 * the value provided. 28 * @param target the target object 29 * @param value the new value to be set 30 * @param context the evaluation context 31 * @throws EvaluationException an exception occured during evaluation. 32 */ 33 public void evaluateToSet(Object target, Object value, EvaluationContext context) throws EvaluationException; 34 }