com.togethersoft.sca.ast
Interface AstVariable

All Superinterfaces:

AstDeclaration, AstElement, AstObject

All Known Subinterfaces:

AstField

public interface AstVariable

extends AstDeclaration

Represents a local variable, method, constructor or catch clause parameter.

The parent of a method or constructor parameter is the declaring method. The parent of a catch clause parameter is the catch caluse. The parent of a local variable is the compound statement in which the variable is declared.

Fields inherited from interface com.togethersoft.sca.ast.AstObject

ARRAY_CREATION, ARRAY_INITIALIZER, ARRAY_REFERENCE, ASSERT_STATEMENT, ASSIGNMENT_EXPRESSION, BINARY_EXPRESSION, BREAK_STATEMENT, CASE_LABEL, CAST_EXPRESSION, CATCH_CLAUSE, CLASS_FILE, COMMENT, COMPILATION_UNIT, COMPOUND_STATEMENT, CONDITIONAL_EXPRESSION, CONSTRUCTOR_INVOCATION, CONTINUE_STATEMENT, DBC_RESULT, DECLARATION_STATEMENT, DO_STATEMENT, EMPTY_STATEMENT, EXPRESSION_STATEMENT, FIELD_REFERENCE, FINALLY_CLAUSE, FOR_STATEMENT, IF_STATEMENT, IMPORT, INITIALIZER, JAVADOC_TAG, LITERAL, METHOD, METHOD_CALL_EXPRESSION, N_A, OBJECT_CREATION_EXPRESSION, PACKAGE, PARENTHESIZED_EXPRESSION, RETURN_STATEMENT, SIMPLE_REFERENCE, SUPER_EXPRESSION, SWITCH_GROUP, SWITCH_STATEMENT, SYNCHRONIZED_STATEMENT, THIS_EXPRESSION, THROW_SPECIFIER, THROW_STATEMENT, TRY_STATEMENT, TYPE, TYPE_EXPRESSION, UNARY_EXPRESSION, VARIABLE, VARIABLE_DECLARATION, WHILE_STATEMENT

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getElementName() Returns the simple name of this variable.
AstExpression	getInitializer() Returns the initializer for this variable, or null if it has no initializer.
java.lang.String	getSignature() Returns the type signature of this variable.
AstTypeReference	getType() Returns a reference to the type of this variable.

Methods inherited from interface com.togethersoft.sca.ast.AstDeclaration

getDeclaredModifiers, getModifiers, getModifiersList, getReferences, isAbstract, isFinal, isNative, isPackage, isPrivate, isProtected, isPublic, isStatic, isStrictfp, isSynchronized, isTransient, isVolatile, setDeclaredModifiers, swapWith

Methods inherited from interface com.togethersoft.sca.ast.AstObject

addComment, getChildren, getComments, getCompilationUnit, getDeclaringMethod, getDeclaringType, getObjectKind, getPackage, getParent, getPosition, isDeleted, remove, replaceWith, replaceWith, setPosition, setPositionAfter, visitExpressions, visitStatements

Method Detail

getElementName

public java.lang.String getElementName()

Returns the simple name of this variable.

Specified by:

getElementName in interface AstElement

Returns:

the simple name of this variable.

getInitializer

public AstExpression getInitializer()

Returns the initializer for this variable, or null if it has no initializer.

Returns:

the initializer of this variable.

getSignature

public java.lang.String getSignature()

Returns the type signature of this variable.

Returns:

the variable's type signature.

See Also:

AstTypeReference

getType

public AstTypeReference getType()

Returns a reference to the type of this variable.

Returns:

a reference to the type of this variable.