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org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom
Class ThisExpression


java.lang.Object
  

org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTNode
      

org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.Expression
          
org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ThisExpression

public class ThisExpression
extends Expression
extends Expression

Simple or qualified "this" AST node type.

 ThisExpression:
     [ ClassName . ] this

See FieldAccess for guidelines on handling other expressions that resemble qualified names.

Since:: 2.0
See Also:: FieldAccess
Restriction:: This class is not intended to be instantiated by clients.

Field Summary

static ChildPropertyDescriptor QUALIFIER_PROPERTY
          The "qualifier" 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, RECOVERED, 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

Name getQualifier ()
          Returns the qualifier of this "this" expression, or null if there is none.

static List propertyDescriptors (int apiLevel)
          Returns a list of structural property descriptors for this node type.

void setQualifier ( Name name)
          Sets or clears the qualifier of this "this" expression.

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom. Expression

resolveBoxing, resolveConstantExpressionValue, resolveTypeBinding, resolveUnboxing

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, hashCode, nodeClassForType, properties, setFlags, setProperty, setSourceRange, setStructuralProperty, structuralPropertiesForType, subtreeBytes, subtreeMatch, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang. Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

QUALIFIER_PROPERTY

public static final 
ChildPropertyDescriptor QUALIFIER_PROPERTY

The "qualifier" 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

getQualifier

public 
Name getQualifier()

Returns the qualifier of this "this" expression, or null if there is none.

Returns:: the qualifier name node, or null if there is none

setQualifier

public void setQualifier(
Name name)

Sets or clears the qualifier of this "this" expression.

Parameters:

name - the qualifier name node, or null if there is none

Throws:


IllegalArgumentException

- if:

the node belongs to a different AST
the node already has a parent