org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.MethodReference Maven / Gradle / Ivy
The newest version!
/*******************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2013, 2014 IBM Corporation and others.
*
* This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
*
* SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
*
* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom;
import java.util.List;
/**
* Abstract base class of all AST node types that represent a method reference
* expression (added in JLS8 API).
*
*
* MethodReference:
* CreationReference
* ExpressionMethodReference
* SuperMethodReference
* TypeMethodReference
*
*
* A method reference that is represented by a simple or qualified name,
* followed by ::
, followed by a simple name can be represented
* as {@link ExpressionMethodReference} or as {@link TypeMethodReference}.
* The ASTParser currently prefers the first form.
*
*
* @see CreationReference
* @see ExpressionMethodReference
* @see SuperMethodReference
* @see TypeMethodReference
* @since 3.10
*/
@SuppressWarnings({"rawtypes"})
public abstract class MethodReference extends Expression {
/**
* The type arguments (element type: {@link Type}).
* Defaults to an empty list (see constructor).
*/
ASTNode.NodeList typeArguments;
/**
* Creates and returns a structural property descriptor for the "typeArguments"
* property declared on the given concrete node type (element type: {@link Type}).
*
* @return the property descriptor
*/
static final ChildListPropertyDescriptor internalTypeArgumentsFactory(Class nodeClass) {
return new ChildListPropertyDescriptor(nodeClass, "typeArguments", Type.class, NO_CYCLE_RISK); //$NON-NLS-1$
}
/**
* Returns the structural property descriptor for the "typeArguments" property
* of this node (element type: {@link Type}).
*
* @return the property descriptor
*/
abstract ChildListPropertyDescriptor internalTypeArgumentsProperty();
/**
* Returns the structural property descriptor for the "typeArguments" property
* of this node (element type: {@link Type}).
*
* @return the property descriptor
*/
public final ChildListPropertyDescriptor getTypeArgumentsProperty() {
return internalTypeArgumentsProperty();
}
/**
* Creates a new AST node for a method reference owned by the given AST.
*
* N.B. This constructor is package-private.
*
*
* @param ast the AST that is to own this node
*/
MethodReference(AST ast) {
super(ast);
this.typeArguments = new ASTNode.NodeList(getTypeArgumentsProperty());
}
/**
* Returns the live ordered list of type arguments of this method reference.
*
* @return the live list of type arguments
* (element type: {@link Type})
*/
public List typeArguments() {
return this.typeArguments;
}
/**
* Resolves and returns the binding for the method referenced by this
* method reference expression.
*
* Note that bindings are generally unavailable unless requested when the
* AST is being built.
*
*
* @return the method binding, or null
if the binding cannot
* be resolved
*/
public IMethodBinding resolveMethodBinding() {
return this.ast.getBindingResolver().resolveMethod(this);
}
}