TypeAwareExpressionEvaluator (Plexus :: Default Container (deprecated) 2.2.0-SNAPSHOT API)

All Superinterfaces:

ExpressionEvaluator
```
public interface TypeAwareExpressionEvaluator
extends ExpressionEvaluator
```
Evaluate an expression.

Author:

Brett Porter

- Field Summary
  - Fields inherited from interface org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.expression.ExpressionEvaluator
    ROLE
- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  Object evaluate(String expression, Class<?> type)
  Evaluate an expression.
  - Methods inherited from interface org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.expression.ExpressionEvaluator
    alignToBaseDirectory, evaluate

- Method Detail
  - evaluate
```
Object evaluate(String expression,
                Class<?> type)
         throws ExpressionEvaluationException
```
    Evaluate an expression. The optional type provided to this method is a hint (not a requirement) for the evaluator to resolve the expression to a compatible value. The evaluator is not expected to perform any conversion but rather filter out incompatible values from its result.
    
    Parameters:
    
    expression - the expression
    
    type - The expected type of expression result, may be null.
    
    Returns:
    
    the value of the expression
    
    Throws:
    
    ExpressionEvaluationException - in case of an error.