Eclipse JDT
Release 3.1

org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom
Class SimplePropertyDescriptor

java.lang.Object
  extended byorg.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.StructuralPropertyDescriptor
      extended byorg.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.SimplePropertyDescriptor

public final class SimplePropertyDescriptor
extends StructuralPropertyDescriptor

Descriptor for a simple property of an AST node. A simple property is one whose value is a primitive type (such as int or boolean) or some simple value type (such as String or InfixExpression.Operator).

Since:
3.0
See Also:
ASTNode.getStructuralProperty(StructuralPropertyDescriptor), ASTNode.setStructuralProperty(StructuralPropertyDescriptor, Object)

Method Summary
 Class getValueType()
          Returns the value type of this property.
 boolean isMandatory()
          Returns whether this property is mandatory.
 
Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.StructuralPropertyDescriptor
getId, getNodeClass, isChildListProperty, isChildProperty, isSimpleProperty, toString
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Method Detail

getValueType

public Class getValueType()
Returns the value type of this property.

For example, for a node type like SingleVariableDeclaration, the "modifiers" property returns int.class.

Returns:
the value type of the property

isMandatory

public boolean isMandatory()
Returns whether this property is mandatory. A property value is not allowed to be null if it is mandatory.

Returns:
true if the property is mandatory, and false if it is may be null

Eclipse JDT
Release 3.1

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