Package org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom

Class ThisExpression

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTNode

org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.Expression

org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ThisExpression

public class ThisExpression
extends Expression

Simple or qualified "this" AST node type.

 ThisExpression:
     [ ClassName . ] this
 

See FieldAccess for guidelines on handling other expressions that resemble qualified names.

Since:

2.0

See Also:

• FieldAccess

Restriction:

This class is not intended to be instantiated by clients.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final ChildPropertyDescriptor	QUALIFIER_PROPERTY	The "qualifier" structural property of this node type (child type: Name).

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, EMPTY_STATEMENT, ENHANCED_FOR_STATEMENT, ENHANCED_FOR_WITH_RECORD_PATTERN, 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_FRAGMENT, STRING_LITERAL, STRING_TEMPLATE_COMPONENT, STRING_TEMPLATE_EXPRESSION, 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, USES_DIRECTIVE, VARIABLE_DECLARATION_EXPRESSION, VARIABLE_DECLARATION_FRAGMENT, VARIABLE_DECLARATION_STATEMENT, WHILE_STATEMENT, WILDCARD_TYPE, YIELD_STATEMENT

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Name	getQualifier()	Returns the qualifier of this "this" expression, or null if there is none.
static List	propertyDescriptors(int apiLevel)	Returns a list of structural property descriptors for this node type.
void	setQualifier(Name name)	Sets or clears the qualifier of this "this" expression.

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

Field Details

QUALIFIER_PROPERTY

public static final ChildPropertyDescriptor QUALIFIER_PROPERTY

The "qualifier" structural property of this node type (child type: Name).

Since:

3.0

Method Details

propertyDescriptors

public static List propertyDescriptors(int apiLevel)

Returns a list of structural property descriptors for this node type. Clients must not modify the result.

Parameters:

apiLevel - the API level; one of the AST.JLS* constants

Returns:

a list of property descriptors (element type: StructuralPropertyDescriptor)

Since:

3.0

getQualifier

public Name getQualifier()

Returns the qualifier of this "this" expression, or null if there is none.

Returns:

the qualifier name node, or null if there is none

setQualifier

public void setQualifier(Name name)

Sets or clears the qualifier of this "this" expression.

Parameters:

name - the qualifier name node, or null if there is none

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if:

• the node belongs to a different AST
• the node already has a parent