StructuralPropertyDescriptor (Eclipse JDT API Specification)

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

Direct Known Subclasses:

ChildListPropertyDescriptor, ChildPropertyDescriptor, SimplePropertyDescriptor
```
public abstract class StructuralPropertyDescriptor
extends Object
```
Abstract base class for property descriptors of AST nodes. There are three kinds of properties:
- simple properties (SimplePropertyDescriptor) - properties where the value is a primitive (int, boolean) or simple (String, InfixExprsssion.Operator) type other than an AST node; for example, the identifier of a SimpleName
- child properties (ChildPropertyDescriptor) - properties whose value is another AST node; for example, the name of a MethodDeclaration
- child list properties (ChildListPropertyDescriptor) - properties where the value is a list of AST nodes; for example, the statements of a Block
Since:

3.0

Restriction:

This class is not intended to be subclassed by clients.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getId()`	Returns the id of this property.
`Class`	`getNodeClass()`	Returns the AST node type that owns this property.
`boolean`	`isChildListProperty()`	Returns whether this property is a child list property (instance of `ChildListPropertyDescriptor`.
`boolean`	`isChildProperty()`	Returns whether this property is a child property (instance of `ChildPropertyDescriptor`.
`boolean`	`isSimpleProperty()`	Returns whether this property is a simple property (instance of `SimplePropertyDescriptor`.
`String`	`toString()`	Returns a string suitable for debug purposes.

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

- Method Detail
  - getId
```
public final String getId()
```
    Returns the id of this property.
    
    Returns:
    
    the property id
  - getNodeClass
```
public final Class getNodeClass()
```
    Returns the AST node type that owns this property.
    For example, for all properties of the node type TypeDeclaration, this method returns TypeDeclaration.class.
    
    Returns:
    
    the node type that owns this property
  - isSimpleProperty
```
public final boolean isSimpleProperty()
```
    Returns whether this property is a simple property (instance of SimplePropertyDescriptor.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this is a simple property, and false otherwise
  - isChildProperty
```
public final boolean isChildProperty()
```
    Returns whether this property is a child property (instance of ChildPropertyDescriptor.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this is a child property, and false otherwise
  - isChildListProperty
```
public final boolean isChildListProperty()
```
    Returns whether this property is a child list property (instance of ChildListPropertyDescriptor.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this is a child list property, and false otherwise
  - toString
```
public String toString()
```
    Returns a string suitable for debug purposes.
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object
    
    Returns: