/*
 * ASTNode.h
 *
 *  Created on: Nov 4, 2012
 *      Author: attero
 */

#ifndef ASTNODE_H_
#define ASTNODE_H_
#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include "../Elements/SenchaObject.h"
#include "../Visitor.h"


/**
 * ASTNode is an ancestor of all former ASTNodes.
 * It implements Visitable, which is an abstraction of something, which
 * can be visited, by visitor.
 * It is very important in our tree relation and creating tree crawlers,
 * such as ASTInspector, which is very helpful for debugging.
 * ASTNode stores its children in vector of pointers to other ASTNodes,
 * It allows us to use features of polymorphism.
 */
class ASTNode : public Visitable
{
public:
	ASTNode();
	std::vector<ASTNode *> children;

	virtual void accept(Visitor * visitor){ visitor->visit(this); };

	virtual SenchaObject evaluate() = 0;
	virtual SenchaObject execute() = 0;
	virtual ~ASTNode();
};

#endif /* ASTNODE_H_ */