org.aspectj.org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom
Class ArrayType

java.lang.Object
  org.aspectj.org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTNode
      org.aspectj.org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.Type
          org.aspectj.org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ArrayType

public class ArrayType
extends Type

Type node for an array type.

In JLS8 and later, array types are represented by a base element type (which cannot be an array type) and a list of dimensions, each of which may have a list of annotations.

 ArrayType: 
    Type Dimension { Dimension }
 

In JLS4 and before, array types were expressed in a recursive manner, one dimension at a time:

 ArrayType:
    Type [ ]

This structure became untenable with the advent of type-use annotations, because in the language model, the base type binds with array dimensions from right to left, whereas a recursive structure binds from left to right (inside out).

Example:
int @A[] @B[] @C[] is an @A-array of
int @B[] @C[], but such a component type is not representable by nested ArrayTypes with contiguous source ranges.

Since:

2.0

Field Summary

static ChildPropertyDescriptor	COMPONENT_TYPE_PROPERTY Deprecated. In the JLS8 API, this property is replaced by ELEMENT_TYPE_PROPERTY and DIMENSIONS_PROPERTY.
static ChildListPropertyDescriptor	DIMENSIONS_PROPERTY The "dimensions" structural property of this node type (element type: Dimension) (added in JLS8 API).
static ChildPropertyDescriptor	ELEMENT_TYPE_PROPERTY The "elementType" structural property of this node type (child type: Type) (added in JLS8 API).

Fields inherited from class org.aspectj.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, CREATION_REFERENCE, DIMENSION, DO_STATEMENT, EMPTY_STATEMENT, ENHANCED_FOR_STATEMENT, ENUM_CONSTANT_DECLARATION, ENUM_DECLARATION, EXPRESSION_METHOD_REFERENCE, EXPRESSION_STATEMENT, FIELD_ACCESS, FIELD_DECLARATION, FOR_STATEMENT, IF_STATEMENT, IMPORT_DECLARATION, INFIX_EXPRESSION, INITIALIZER, INSTANCEOF_EXPRESSION, INTERSECTION_TYPE, JAVADOC, LABELED_STATEMENT, LAMBDA_EXPRESSION, LINE_COMMENT, MALFORMED, MARKER_ANNOTATION, MEMBER_REF, MEMBER_VALUE_PAIR, METHOD_DECLARATION, METHOD_INVOCATION, METHOD_REF, METHOD_REF_PARAMETER, MODIFIER, NAME_QUALIFIED_TYPE, 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, SUPER_METHOD_REFERENCE, SWITCH_CASE, SWITCH_STATEMENT, SYNCHRONIZED_STATEMENT, TAG_ELEMENT, TEXT_ELEMENT, THIS_EXPRESSION, THROW_STATEMENT, TRY_STATEMENT, TYPE_DECLARATION, TYPE_DECLARATION_STATEMENT, TYPE_LITERAL, TYPE_METHOD_REFERENCE, TYPE_PARAMETER, UNION_TYPE, VARIABLE_DECLARATION_EXPRESSION, VARIABLE_DECLARATION_FRAGMENT, VARIABLE_DECLARATION_STATEMENT, WHILE_STATEMENT, WILDCARD_TYPE

Method Summary

java.util.List	dimensions() Returns the live ordered list of dimensions with optional annotations (added in JLS8 API).
Type	getComponentType() Deprecated. In the JLS8 API, the recursive structure is not valid.
int	getDimensions() Returns the number of dimensions in this array type.
Type	getElementType() Returns the element type of this array type.
static java.util.List	propertyDescriptors(int apiLevel) Returns a list of structural property descriptors for this node type.
void	setComponentType(Type componentType) Deprecated. In the JLS8 API, the recursive structure is not valid.
void	setElementType(Type type) Sets the element type of the array.

Methods inherited from class org.aspectj.org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.Type

isAnnotatable, isArrayType, isIntersectionType, isNameQualifiedType, isParameterizedType, isPrimitiveType, isQualifiedType, isSimpleType, isUnionType, isWildcardType, resolveBinding

Methods inherited from class org.aspectj.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

COMPONENT_TYPE_PROPERTY

public static final ChildPropertyDescriptor COMPONENT_TYPE_PROPERTY

Deprecated. In the JLS8 API, this property is replaced by ELEMENT_TYPE_PROPERTY and DIMENSIONS_PROPERTY.

The "componentType" structural property of this node type (child type: Type).

Since:

3.0

ELEMENT_TYPE_PROPERTY

public static final ChildPropertyDescriptor ELEMENT_TYPE_PROPERTY

The "elementType" structural property of this node type (child type: Type) (added in JLS8 API). Cannot be an array type.

Since:

3.10

DIMENSIONS_PROPERTY

public static final ChildListPropertyDescriptor DIMENSIONS_PROPERTY

The "dimensions" structural property of this node type (element type: Dimension) (added in JLS8 API).

Since:

3.10

Method Detail

propertyDescriptors

public static java.util.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()

Deprecated. In the JLS8 API, the recursive structure is not valid.

Returns the component type of this array type. The component type may be another array type.

Returns:

the component type node

Throws:

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException - if this operation is used in an AST later than JLS4

See Also:

dimensions()

setComponentType

public void setComponentType(Type componentType)

Deprecated. In the JLS8 API, the recursive structure is not valid.

Sets the component type of this array type. The component type may be another array type.

Parameters:

componentType - the component type

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if:

• the node belongs to a different AST
• the node already has a parent
• a cycle in would be created

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException - if this operation is used in an AST later than JLS4

getElementType

public Type getElementType()

Returns the element type of this array type. The element type is never an array type.

In JLS4 and earlier, this is a convenience method that descends a chain of nested array types until it reaches a non-array type.

Returns:

the element type node

setElementType

public void setElementType(Type type)

Sets the element type of the array.

Parameters:

type - the new type

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if:

• the node belongs to a different AST
• the node already has a parent
• the node is an array type

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException - if this operation is used below JLS8

Since:

3.10

getDimensions

public int getDimensions()

Returns the number of dimensions in this array type.

In JLS8 and later, this is a convenience method that returns dimensions().size().

In JLS4 and earlier, 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)

dimensions

public java.util.List dimensions()

Returns the live ordered list of dimensions with optional annotations (added in JLS8 API).

For the array type to be plausible, the list should contain at least one element.

Returns:

the live list of dimensions with optional annotations (element type: Dimension)

Throws:

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException - if this operation is used below JLS8

Since:

3.10