ICast.java

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package org.lightjason.agentspeak.action.builtin.generic.type;

import org.lightjason.agentspeak.action.builtin.IBuiltinAction;
import org.lightjason.agentspeak.language.CCommon;
import org.lightjason.agentspeak.language.ITerm;
import org.lightjason.agentspeak.language.execution.IContext;
import org.lightjason.agentspeak.language.fuzzy.CFuzzyValue;
import org.lightjason.agentspeak.language.fuzzy.IFuzzyValue;

import javax.annotation.Nonnegative;
import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
import java.util.List;


/**
 * abstract class to cast / translate a value.
 * The action converts each input argument into
 * the string represenation and returns the string,
 * the action never fails
 *
 * {@code [A|B|C] = generic/type/tostring( X, Y Z );}
 */
public abstract class ICast extends IBuiltinAction
{
    /**
     * serial id
     */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 5568282370454217665L;

    /**
     * ctor
     */
    protected ICast()
    {
        super( 3 );
    }

    @Nonnegative
    @Override
    public final int minimalArgumentNumber()
    {
        return 1;
    }

    @Nonnull
    @Override
    public final IFuzzyValue<Boolean> execute( final boolean p_parallel, @Nonnull final IContext p_context,
                                               @Nonnull final List<ITerm> p_argument, @Nonnull final List<ITerm> p_return
    )
    {
        return CFuzzyValue.from(
            CCommon.flatten( p_argument )
               .allMatch( i -> this.cast( i, p_return ) )
        );
    }


    /**
     * cast / translates value
     *
     * @param p_value term value
     * @param p_return return arguments
     * @return successful boolean
     */
    protected abstract boolean cast( @Nonnull final ITerm p_value, @Nonnull final List<ITerm> p_return );
}