SimplePropertyDescriptor (Eclipse JDT API Specification)

java.lang.Object
- org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.StructuralPropertyDescriptor
- - org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.SimplePropertyDescriptor

```
public final class SimplePropertyDescriptor
extends StructuralPropertyDescriptor
```
Descriptor for a simple property of an AST node. A simple property is one whose value is a primitive type (such as int or boolean) or some simple value type (such as String or InfixExpression.Operator).

Since:

3.0

See Also:

ASTNode.getStructuralProperty(StructuralPropertyDescriptor), ASTNode.setStructuralProperty(StructuralPropertyDescriptor, Object)

Restriction:

This class is not intended to be instantiated by clients.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Class`	`getValueType()`	Returns the value type of this property.
`boolean`	`isMandatory()`	Returns whether this property is mandatory.

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.StructuralPropertyDescriptor
getId, getNodeClass, isChildListProperty, isChildProperty, isSimpleProperty, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - getValueType
```
public Class getValueType()
```
    Returns the value type of this property.
    For example, for a node type like SingleVariableDeclaration, the "modifiers" property returns int.class.
    
    Returns:
    
    the value type of the property
  - isMandatory
```
public boolean isMandatory()
```
    Returns whether this property is mandatory. A property value is not allowed to be null if it is mandatory.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the property is mandatory, and false if it is may be null