package nl.tudelft.simulation.dsol.interpreter.operations;

import nl.tudelft.simulation.dsol.interpreter.Frame;
import nl.tudelft.simulation.dsol.interpreter.Operation;

/**
 * A Operation.
 * <p>
 * Copyright (c) 2002-2020 Delft University of Technology, Jaffalaan 5, 2628 BX Delft, the Netherlands. All rights reserved. See
 * for project information <a href="https://simulation.tudelft.nl/" target="_blank"> https://simulation.tudelft.nl</a>. The DSOL
 * project is distributed under a three-clause BSD-style license, which can be found at
 * <a href="https://simulation.tudelft.nl/dsol/3.0/license.html" target="_blank">
 * https://simulation.tudelft.nl/dsol/3.0/license.html</a>.
 * </p>
 * @author <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterhmjacobs">Peter Jacobs </a>
 */
public abstract class InvokeOperation extends Operation
{
    /**
     * executes the operation.
     * @param frame Frame; The current frame
     * @return Frame the newly created frame or null when the invocation already took place
     */
    public abstract Frame execute(final Frame frame);
}