001/**
002 *
003 * Copyright (c) 2014, the Railo Company Ltd. All rights reserved.
004 *
005 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
006 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
007 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 
008 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
009 * 
010 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
011 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
012 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
013 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
014 * 
015 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 
016 * License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
017 * 
018 **/
019package lucee.runtime.type;
020
021import java.io.Serializable;
022
023import lucee.runtime.dump.Dumpable;
024import lucee.runtime.op.Castable;
025
026/**
027 * represent a named function value for a functions
028 */
029public interface FunctionValue extends Castable,Serializable,Dumpable {
030
031    /**
032     * @return Returns the name.
033     * @deprecated use instead <code>getNameAsString();</code>
034     */
035    public abstract String getName();
036    
037    /**
038     * @return Returns the name as string
039     */
040    public String getNameAsString();
041    
042    /**
043     * @return Returns the name as key
044     */
045    public Collection.Key getNameAsKey();
046
047    /**
048     * @return Returns the value.
049     */
050    public abstract Object getValue();
051
052}