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.- Since:
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- 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 booleancycleRisk()Returns whether this property is vulnerable to cycles.ClassgetElementType()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.- Returns:
- 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
MethodDeclarationnode admits a body which might include statement that embeds anotherMethodDeclarationnode. On the other hand, the name property of a MethodDeclaration node admits only names, and thereby excludes another MethodDeclaration node.- Returns:
trueif cycles are possible, andfalseif cycles are impossible
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