FunctionDefinition (Smithy API 1.47.0)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AwsPartition.Definition, BooleanEquals.Definition, GetAttr.Definition, IsSet.Definition, IsValidHostLabel.Definition, IsVirtualHostableS3Bucket.Definition, Not.Definition, ParseArn.Definition, ParseUrl.Definition, StringEquals.Definition, Substring.Definition, UriEncode.Definition
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public interface FunctionDefinition
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An abstract definition of a rule-engine function.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`LibraryFunction`	`createFunction(FunctionNode functionNode)`	Creates a `LibraryFunction` implementation from the given `FunctionNode`.
`Value`	`evaluate(java.util.List<Value> arguments)`	Evaluate the arguments to a given function to compute a result.
`java.util.List<Type>`	`getArguments()`	The arguments to this function.
`java.lang.String`	`getId()`	The ID of this function.
`Type`	`getReturnType()`	The return type of this function definition.

- Method Detail
  - getId
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java.lang.String getId()
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    The ID of this function.
    
    Returns:
    
    The ID string
  - getArguments
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java.util.List<Type> getArguments()
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    The arguments to this function.
    
    Returns:
    
    The function arguments
  - getReturnType
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Type getReturnType()
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    The return type of this function definition.
    
    Returns:
    
    The function return type
  - evaluate
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Value evaluate(java.util.List<Value> arguments)
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    Evaluate the arguments to a given function to compute a result.
    
    Returns:
    
    The resulting value
  - createFunction
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LibraryFunction createFunction(FunctionNode functionNode)
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    Creates a LibraryFunction implementation from the given FunctionNode.
    
    Parameters:
    
    functionNode - the function node to deserialize.
    
    Returns:
    
    the created LibraryFunction implementation.