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package org.apache.activemq.filter;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Function call expression that evaluates to a boolean value.  Selector parsing requires BooleanExpression objects for
 * Boolean expressions, such as operands to AND, and as the final result of a selector.  This provides that interface
 * for function call expressions that resolve to Boolean values.
 * <p/>
 * If a function can return different types at evaluation-time, the function implementation needs to decide whether it
 * supports casting to Boolean at parse-time.
 *
 * @see    FunctionCallExpression#createFunctionCall
 */

public class BooleanFunctionCallExpr extends FunctionCallExpression implements BooleanExpression {
    /**
     * Constructs a function call expression with the named filter function and arguments, which returns a boolean
     * result.
     *
     * @param    func_name - Name of the filter function to be called when evaluated.
     * @param    args - List of argument expressions passed to the function.
     */

    public BooleanFunctionCallExpr(String func_name, List<Expression> args)
            throws invalidFunctionExpressionException {
        super(func_name, args);
    }


    /**
     * Evaluate the function call expression, in the given context, and return an indication of whether the
     * expression "matches" (i.e.&nbsp;evaluates to true).
     *
     * @param    message_ctx - message context against which the expression will be evaluated.
     * @return the boolean evaluation of the function call expression.
     */

    public boolean matches(MessageEvaluationContext message_ctx) throws jakarta.jms.JMSException {
        Boolean result;

        result = (Boolean) evaluate(message_ctx);

        if (result != null)
            return result;

        return false;
    }
}

