Package org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom

Class MethodReference

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTNode

org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.Expression

org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.MethodReference

Direct Known Subclasses:

CreationReference, ExpressionMethodReference, SuperMethodReference, TypeMethodReference

public abstract class MethodReference
extends Expression

Abstract base class of all AST node types that represent a method reference expression (added in JLS8 API).

 MethodReference:
    CreationReference
    ExpressionMethodReference
    SuperMethodReference
    TypeMethodReference
 

A method reference that is represented by a simple or qualified name, followed by ::, followed by a simple name can be represented as ExpressionMethodReference or as TypeMethodReference. The ASTParser currently prefers the first form.

Since:

3.10

See Also:

• CreationReference
• ExpressionMethodReference
• SuperMethodReference
• TypeMethodReference

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTNode

ANNOTATION_TYPE_DECLARATION, ANNOTATION_TYPE_MEMBER_DECLARATION, ANONYMOUS_CLASS_DECLARATION, ARRAY_ACCESS, ARRAY_CREATION, ARRAY_INITIALIZER, ARRAY_TYPE, ASSERT_STATEMENT, ASSIGNMENT, BLOCK, BLOCK_COMMENT, BOOLEAN_LITERAL, BREAK_STATEMENT, CASE_DEFAULT_EXPRESSION, CAST_EXPRESSION, CATCH_CLAUSE, CHARACTER_LITERAL, CLASS_INSTANCE_CREATION, COMPILATION_UNIT, CONDITIONAL_EXPRESSION, CONSTRUCTOR_INVOCATION, CONTINUE_STATEMENT, CREATION_REFERENCE, DIMENSION, DO_STATEMENT, EitherOr_MultiPattern, EMPTY_STATEMENT, ENHANCED_FOR_STATEMENT, ENUM_CONSTANT_DECLARATION, ENUM_DECLARATION, EXPORTS_DIRECTIVE, EXPRESSION_METHOD_REFERENCE, EXPRESSION_STATEMENT, FIELD_ACCESS, FIELD_DECLARATION, FOR_STATEMENT, GUARDED_PATTERN, IF_STATEMENT, IMPORT_DECLARATION, INFIX_EXPRESSION, INITIALIZER, INSTANCEOF_EXPRESSION, INTERSECTION_TYPE, JAVADOC, JAVADOC_REGION, JAVADOC_TEXT_ELEMENT, LABELED_STATEMENT, LAMBDA_EXPRESSION, LINE_COMMENT, MALFORMED, MARKER_ANNOTATION, MEMBER_REF, MEMBER_VALUE_PAIR, METHOD_DECLARATION, METHOD_INVOCATION, METHOD_REF, METHOD_REF_PARAMETER, MODIFIER, MODULE_DECLARATION, MODULE_MODIFIER, MODULE_QUALIFIED_NAME, NAME_QUALIFIED_TYPE, NORMAL_ANNOTATION, NULL_LITERAL, NULL_PATTERN, NUMBER_LITERAL, OPENS_DIRECTIVE, ORIGINAL, PACKAGE_DECLARATION, PARAMETERIZED_TYPE, PARENTHESIZED_EXPRESSION, PATTERN_INSTANCEOF_EXPRESSION, POSTFIX_EXPRESSION, PREFIX_EXPRESSION, PRIMITIVE_TYPE, PROTECT, PROVIDES_DIRECTIVE, QUALIFIED_NAME, QUALIFIED_TYPE, RECORD_DECLARATION, RECORD_PATTERN, RECOVERED, REQUIRES_DIRECTIVE, RETURN_STATEMENT, SIMPLE_NAME, SIMPLE_TYPE, SINGLE_MEMBER_ANNOTATION, SINGLE_VARIABLE_DECLARATION, STRING_LITERAL, SUPER_CONSTRUCTOR_INVOCATION, SUPER_FIELD_ACCESS, SUPER_METHOD_INVOCATION, SUPER_METHOD_REFERENCE, SWITCH_CASE, SWITCH_EXPRESSION, SWITCH_STATEMENT, SYNCHRONIZED_STATEMENT, TAG_ELEMENT, TAG_PROPERTY, TEXT_BLOCK, TEXT_ELEMENT, THIS_EXPRESSION, THROW_STATEMENT, TRY_STATEMENT, TYPE_DECLARATION, TYPE_DECLARATION_STATEMENT, TYPE_LITERAL, TYPE_METHOD_REFERENCE, TYPE_PARAMETER, TYPE_PATTERN, UNION_TYPE, UNNAMED_CLASS, USES_DIRECTIVE, VARIABLE_DECLARATION_EXPRESSION, VARIABLE_DECLARATION_FRAGMENT, VARIABLE_DECLARATION_STATEMENT, WHILE_STATEMENT, WILDCARD_TYPE, YIELD_STATEMENT

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
final ChildListPropertyDescriptor	getTypeArgumentsProperty()	Returns the structural property descriptor for the "typeArguments" property of this node (element type: Type).
IMethodBinding	resolveMethodBinding()	Resolves and returns the binding for the method referenced by this method reference expression.
List	typeArguments()	Returns the live ordered list of type arguments of this method reference.

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.Expression

resolveBoxing, resolveConstantExpressionValue, resolveTypeBinding, resolveUnboxing

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTNode

accept, copySubtree, copySubtrees, delete, equals, getAST, getFlags, getLength, getLocationInParent, getNodeType, getParent, getProperty, getRoot, getStartPosition, getStructuralProperty, hashCode, nodeClassForType, properties, setFlags, setProperty, setSourceRange, setStructuralProperty, structuralPropertiesForType, subtreeBytes, subtreeMatch, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

getTypeArgumentsProperty

public final ChildListPropertyDescriptor getTypeArgumentsProperty()

Returns the structural property descriptor for the "typeArguments" property of this node (element type: Type).

Returns:

the property descriptor

typeArguments

public List typeArguments()

Returns the live ordered list of type arguments of this method reference.

Returns:

the live list of type arguments (element type: Type)

resolveMethodBinding

public IMethodBinding resolveMethodBinding()

Resolves and returns the binding for the method referenced by this method reference expression.

Note that bindings are generally unavailable unless requested when the AST is being built.

Returns:

the method binding, or null if the binding cannot be resolved