FieldExpression.java

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 * Copyright 2015 jmrozanec
 *
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package com.cronutils.model.field.expression;

import java.io.Serializable;

import com.cronutils.model.field.expression.visitor.FieldExpressionVisitor;

public abstract class FieldExpression implements Serializable {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = 5138279438874391617L;

	public And and(final FieldExpression exp) {
		return new And().and(this).and(exp);
	}

	/**
	 * Represents FieldExpression as string.
	 *
	 * @return String representation, never null.
	 */
	public abstract String asString();

	/**
	 * Accept a visitor to perform some action on the instance. Current instance is
	 * cloned, so that we ensure immutability. Clone of this instance is returned
	 * after visitor.visit(clone) was invoked.
	 *
	 * @param visitor - FieldExpressionVisitor instance, never null
	 * @return FieldExpression copied instance with visitor action performed.
	 */
	public abstract FieldExpression accept(final FieldExpressionVisitor visitor);
}