Method MaybeAttribute

interpreter/attributes.go:203–222

MaybeAttribute collects variants of unchecked AbsoluteAttribute values which could either be direct variable accesses or some combination of variable access with qualification.

(id int64, name string)

// MaybeAttribute collects variants of unchecked AbsoluteAttribute values which could either be
// direct variable accesses or some combination of variable access with qualification.
func (r *attrFactory) MaybeAttribute(id int64, name string) Attribute {
	var names []string
	// When there's a single name with a dot prefix, it indicates that the 'maybe' attribute is a
	// globally namespaced identifier.
	if strings.HasPrefix(name, ".") {
		names = append(names, name)
	} else {
		// In all other cases, the candidate names should be inferred.
		names = r.container.ResolveCandidateNames(name)
	}
	return &maybeAttribute{
		id: id,
		attrs: []NamespacedAttribute{
			r.AbsoluteAttribute(id, names...),
		},
		adapter:  r.adapter,
		provider: r.provider,
		fac:      r,
	}
}

// RelativeAttribute refers to an expression and an optional qualifier path.
func (r *attrFactory) RelativeAttribute(id int64, operand Interpretable) Attribute {