package org.matheclipse.core.eval.interfaces;

import org.matheclipse.core.interfaces.IAST;
import org.matheclipse.core.interfaces.IExpr;
import org.matheclipse.core.interfaces.ISymbol;
import org.matheclipse.parser.client.SyntaxError;

/**
 * Abstract interface for built-in Symja functions. The numericEval() method delegates to the evaluate()
 * 
 */
public abstract class AbstractCoreFunctionEvaluator implements ICoreFunctionEvaluator {

	/** {@inheritDoc} */
	@Override
	public IExpr numericEval(final IAST ast) {
		return evaluate(ast);
	}

	/**
	 * Evaluate built-in rules and define Attributes for a function.
	 * 
	 */
	@Override
	public void setUp(final ISymbol symbol) throws SyntaxError {
		//
	}

	/** {@inheritDoc} */
	@Override
	abstract public IExpr evaluate(final IAST ast);

}