Package org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom

Class StructuralPropertyDescriptor

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

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
final String	getId()	Returns the id of this property.
final Class	getNodeClass()	Returns the AST node type that owns this property.
final boolean	isChildListProperty()	Returns whether this property is a child list property (instance of ChildListPropertyDescriptor.
final boolean	isChildProperty()	Returns whether this property is a child property (instance of ChildPropertyDescriptor.
final 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 Details

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: