Package org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom
Class ChildListPropertyDescriptor
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public final class ChildListPropertyDescriptor extends StructuralPropertyDescriptor
Descriptor for a child list property of an AST node. A child list property is one whose value is a list ofASTNode
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- 3.0
- See Also:
ASTNode.getStructuralProperty(StructuralPropertyDescriptor)
- Restriction:
- This class is not intended to be instantiated by clients.
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Method Summary
All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods Modifier and Type Method Description boolean
cycleRisk()
Returns whether this property is vulnerable to cycles.Class
getElementType()
Returns the element type of this list property.-
Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.StructuralPropertyDescriptor
getId, getNodeClass, isChildListProperty, isChildProperty, isSimpleProperty, toString
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Method Detail
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getElementType
public final Class getElementType()
Returns the element type of this list property.For example, for a node type like CompilationUnit, the "imports" property returns
ImportDeclaration.class
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- the element type of the property
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cycleRisk
public final boolean cycleRisk()
Returns whether this property is vulnerable to cycles.A property is vulnerable to cycles if a node of the owning type (that is, the type that owns this property) could legally appear in the AST subtree below this property. For example, the body property of a
MethodDeclaration
node admits a body which might include statement that embeds anotherMethodDeclaration
node. On the other hand, the name property of a MethodDeclaration node admits only names, and thereby excludes another MethodDeclaration node.- Returns:
true
if cycles are possible, andfalse
if cycles are impossible
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