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package org.jruby.embed;

import org.jruby.RubyObjectAdapter;
import org.jruby.runtime.Block;

/**
 * Wrapper interface of RubyObjectAdapter for embedding. Methods' arguments can have
 * simple Java objects for easiness. Each methods converts returned object
 * to a Java type specified in the argument.
 *
 * @author Yoko Harada <yokolet@gmail.com>
 */
public interface EmbedRubyObjectAdapter extends RubyObjectAdapter {
    /**
     * Executes a method defined in Ruby script.
     *
     * @param receiver is an instance that will receive this method call
     * @param methodName is a method name to be called
     * @param args are method arguments.
     * @return an instance automatically converted from Ruby to Java
     */
    Object callMethod(Object receiver, String methodName, Object... args);

    /**
     * Executes a method defined in Ruby script. This method is used when a Ruby
     * method has a block in its arguments.
     *
     * @param receiver is an instance that will receive this method call
     * @param methodName is a method name to be called
     * @param args is an array of method arguments except a block
     * @param block is a block to be executed in this method
     * @return an instance of automatically converted Java type
     */
    Object callMethod(Object receiver, String methodName, Block block, Object... args);

    /**
     * Executes a method defined in Ruby script. This method is used when a Ruby
     * method does not have any argument.
     * 
     * @param receiver is an instance that will receive this method call
     * @param methodName is a method name to be called
     * @param returnType is the type we want it to convert to
     * @return an instance of requested Java type
     */
    <T> T callMethod(Object receiver, String methodName, Class<T> returnType);

    /**
     * Executes a method defined in Ruby script. This method is used when a Ruby
     * method have only one argument.
     * 
     * @param receiver is an instance that will receive this method call
     * @param methodName is a method name to be called
     * @param singleArg is an method argument
     * @param returnType returnType is the type we want it to convert to
     * @return an instance of requested Java type
     */
    <T> T callMethod(Object receiver, String methodName, Object singleArg, Class<T> returnType);

    /**
     * Executes a method defined in Ruby script. This method is used when a Ruby
     * method have multiple arguments.
     *
     * @param receiver is an instance that will receive this method call
     * @param methodName is a method name to be called
     * @param args is an array of method arguments
     * @param returnType is the type we want it to convert to
     * @return an instance of requested Java type
     */
    <T> T callMethod(Object receiver, String methodName, Object[] args, Class<T> returnType);

    /**
     * Executes a method defined in Ruby script. This method is used when a Ruby
     * method have multiple arguments, one of which is a block.
     * 
     * @param receiver is an instance that will receive this method call
     * @param methodName is a method name to be called
     * @param args is an array of method arguments except a block
     * @param block is a block to be executed in this method
     * @param returnType is the type we want it to convert to
     * @return an instance of requested Java type
     */
    <T> T callMethod(Object receiver, String methodName, Object[] args, Block block, Class<T> returnType);

    /**
     * Executes a method defined in Ruby script. This method is used when a Ruby
     * method does not have any argument, and users want to inject Ruby's local
     * variables' values from Java.
     * 
     * @param receiver is an instance that will receive this method call
     * @param methodName is a method name to be called
     * @param returnType is the type we want it to convert to
     * @param unit is parsed unit
     * @return an instance of requested Java type
     */
    <T> T callMethod(Object receiver, String methodName, Class<T> returnType, EmbedEvalUnit unit);

    /**
     * Executes a method defined in Ruby script. This method is used when a Ruby
     * method have multiple arguments, and users want to inject Ruby's local
     * variables' values from Java.
     * 
     * @param receiver is an instance that will receive this method call
     * @param methodName is a method name to be called
     * @param args is an array of method arguments
     * @param returnType is the type we want it to convert to
     * @param unit is parsed unit
     * @return an instance of requested Java type
     */
    <T> T callMethod(Object receiver, String methodName, Object[] args, Class<T> returnType, EmbedEvalUnit unit);

    /**
     * Executes a method defined in Ruby script. This method is used when a Ruby
     * method have multiple arguments, one of which is a block, and users want to
     * inject Ruby's local variables' values from Java.
     * 
     * @param receiver is an instance that will receive this method call
     * @param methodName is a method name to be called
     * @param args is an array of method arguments except a block
     * @param block is a block to be executed in this method
     * @param returnType is the type we want it to convert to
     * @param unit is parsed unit
     * @return is the type we want it to convert to
     */
    <T> T callMethod(Object receiver, String methodName, Object[] args, Block block, Class<T> returnType, EmbedEvalUnit unit);

    /**
     * 
     * @param receiver is an instance that will receive this method call
     * @param args is an array of method arguments
     * @param returnType is the type we want it to convert to
     * @return is the type we want it to convert to
     */
    <T> T callSuper(Object receiver, Object[] args, Class<T> returnType);

    /**
     * 
     * @param receiver is an instance that will receive this method call
     * @param args is an array of method arguments except a block
     * @param block is a block to be executed in this method
     * @param returnType is the type we want it to convert to
     * @return is the type we want it to convert to
     */
    <T> T callSuper(Object receiver, Object[] args, Block block, Class<T> returnType);
}
