Eclipse JDT
Release 3.1

org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom
Class ArrayType

java.lang.Object
  extended byorg.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTNode
      extended byorg.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.Type
          extended byorg.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ArrayType

public class ArrayType
extends Type

Type node for an array type.

Array types are expressed in a recursive manner, one dimension at a time.

 ArrayType:
    Type [ ]
 

Since:
2.0

Field Summary
static ChildPropertyDescriptor COMPONENT_TYPE_PROPERTY
          The "componentType" structural property of this node type.
 
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, CAST_EXPRESSION, CATCH_CLAUSE, CHARACTER_LITERAL, CLASS_INSTANCE_CREATION, COMPILATION_UNIT, CONDITIONAL_EXPRESSION, CONSTRUCTOR_INVOCATION, CONTINUE_STATEMENT, DO_STATEMENT, EMPTY_STATEMENT, ENHANCED_FOR_STATEMENT, ENUM_CONSTANT_DECLARATION, ENUM_DECLARATION, EXPRESSION_STATEMENT, FIELD_ACCESS, FIELD_DECLARATION, FOR_STATEMENT, IF_STATEMENT, IMPORT_DECLARATION, INFIX_EXPRESSION, INITIALIZER, INSTANCEOF_EXPRESSION, JAVADOC, LABELED_STATEMENT, LINE_COMMENT, MALFORMED, MARKER_ANNOTATION, MEMBER_REF, MEMBER_VALUE_PAIR, METHOD_DECLARATION, METHOD_INVOCATION, METHOD_REF, METHOD_REF_PARAMETER, MODIFIER, NORMAL_ANNOTATION, NULL_LITERAL, NUMBER_LITERAL, ORIGINAL, PACKAGE_DECLARATION, PARAMETERIZED_TYPE, PARENTHESIZED_EXPRESSION, POSTFIX_EXPRESSION, PREFIX_EXPRESSION, PRIMITIVE_TYPE, PROTECT, QUALIFIED_NAME, QUALIFIED_TYPE, RETURN_STATEMENT, SIMPLE_NAME, SIMPLE_TYPE, SINGLE_MEMBER_ANNOTATION, SINGLE_VARIABLE_DECLARATION, STRING_LITERAL, SUPER_CONSTRUCTOR_INVOCATION, SUPER_FIELD_ACCESS, SUPER_METHOD_INVOCATION, SWITCH_CASE, SWITCH_STATEMENT, SYNCHRONIZED_STATEMENT, TAG_ELEMENT, TEXT_ELEMENT, THIS_EXPRESSION, THROW_STATEMENT, TRY_STATEMENT, TYPE_DECLARATION, TYPE_DECLARATION_STATEMENT, TYPE_LITERAL, TYPE_PARAMETER, VARIABLE_DECLARATION_EXPRESSION, VARIABLE_DECLARATION_FRAGMENT, VARIABLE_DECLARATION_STATEMENT, WHILE_STATEMENT, WILDCARD_TYPE
 
Method Summary
 Type getComponentType()
          Returns the component type of this array type.
 int getDimensions()
          Returns the number of dimensions in this array type.
 Type getElementType()
          Returns the element type of this array type.
static List propertyDescriptors(int apiLevel)
          Returns a list of structural property descriptors for this node type.
 void setComponentType(Type componentType)
          Sets the component type of this array type.
 
Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.Type
isArrayType, isParameterizedType, isPrimitiveType, isQualifiedType, isSimpleType, isWildcardType, resolveBinding
 
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, nodeClassForType, properties, setFlags, setProperty, setSourceRange, setStructuralProperty, structuralPropertiesForType, subtreeBytes, subtreeMatch, toString
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

COMPONENT_TYPE_PROPERTY

public static final ChildPropertyDescriptor COMPONENT_TYPE_PROPERTY
The "componentType" structural property of this node type.

Since:
3.0
Method Detail

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

getComponentType

public Type getComponentType()
Returns the component type of this array type. The component type may be another array type.

Returns:
the component type node

setComponentType

public void setComponentType(Type componentType)
Sets the component type of this array type. The component type may be another array type.

Parameters:
componentType - the component type
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if:
  • the node belongs to a different AST
  • the node already has a parent
  • a cycle in would be created

getElementType

public Type getElementType()
Returns the element type of this array type. The element type is never an array type.

This is a convenience method that descends a chain of nested array types until it reaches a non-array type.

Returns:
the component type node

getDimensions

public int getDimensions()
Returns the number of dimensions in this array type.

This is a convenience method that descends a chain of nested array types until it reaches a non-array type.

Returns:
the number of dimensions (always positive)

Eclipse JDT
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