Package org.eclipse.cdt.core.model

Interface IParent

All Known Subinterfaces:

IArchive, IArchiveContainer, IBinary, IBinaryContainer, IBinaryModule, ICContainer, ICModel, ICProject, IEnumeration, IIncludeReference, ILibraryReference, INamespace, ISourceRoot, IStructure, IStructureTemplate, ITranslationUnit, IWorkingCopy

public interface IParent

Common protocol for C elements that contain other C elements.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ICElement[]	getChildren()	Returns the immediate children of this element.
List<ICElement>	getChildrenOfType(int type)	returns the children of a certain type
boolean	hasChildren()	Returns whether this element has one or more immediate children.

Method Details

getChildren

ICElement[] getChildren()
                 throws CModelException

Returns the immediate children of this element. The children are in no particular order.

Throws:

CModelException - if this element does not exist or if an exception occurs while accessing its corresponding resource

getChildrenOfType

List<ICElement> getChildrenOfType(int type)
                           throws CModelException

returns the children of a certain type

Throws:

CModelException

hasChildren

boolean hasChildren()

Returns whether this element has one or more immediate children. This is a convenience method, and may be more efficient than testing whether getChildren() returns an empty array.