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org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr

public abstract Class Expression

extends AnnotatedNode
Class Inheritance
Known Direct Subclasses
org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.FieldExpression, org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.GStringExpression, org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.ListExpression, org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.MapEntryExpression, org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.MapExpression, org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.MethodCallExpression, org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.MethodPointerExpression, org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.PostfixExpression, org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.PrefixExpression, org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.PropertyExpression, org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.RangeExpression, org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.SpreadExpression, org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.SpreadMapExpression, org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.StaticMethodCallExpression, org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.TernaryExpression, org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.TupleExpression, org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.UnaryMinusExpression, org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.UnaryPlusExpression, org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.VariableExpression, org.codehaus.groovy.classgen.BytecodeExpression, org.codehaus.groovy.classgen.asm.sc.StaticInvocationWriter.CheckcastReceiverExpression, org.codehaus.groovy.transform.sc.ListOfExpressionsExpression, org.codehaus.groovy.transform.sc.TemporaryVariableExpression, org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.AntlrParserPlugin.AnonymousInnerClassCarrier, org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.EmptyExpression, org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.ArrayExpression, org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.BinaryExpression, org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.BitwiseNegationExpression, org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.BooleanExpression, org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.CastExpression, org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.ClassExpression, org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.ClosureExpression, org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.ConstantExpression, org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.ConstructorCallExpression
Imports
org.codehaus.groovy.GroovyBugError, org.codehaus.groovy.ast.AnnotatedNode, .ClassHelper, .ClassNode, java.util.ArrayList, .List
Represents a base class for expressions which evaluate as an object

Field Summary

Modifier and TypeField and Description
public static final Expression[]
EMPTY_ARRAY

private ClassNode
type

Constructor Summary

AccessConstructor and Description
public
Expression()

Method Summary

Modifier and TypeMethod and Description
public ClassNode
getType()

public void
setType(ClassNode t)

public abstract Expression
transformExpression(ExpressionTransformer transformer)

Return a copy of the expression calling the transformer on any nested expressions

protected List<Expression>

Returns:

a new list of transformed expressions
transformExpressions(List<? extends Expression> expressions, ExpressionTransformer transformer)

Transforms the list of expressions

protected <T extends Expression> List<T>

Returns:

a new list of transformed expressions
transformExpressions(List<? extends Expression> expressions, ExpressionTransformer transformer, Class<T> transformedType)

Transforms the list of expressions, and checks that all transformed expressions have the given type.

Inherited from org.codehaus.groovy.ast.AnnotatedNode:
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Field Detail

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public static final Expression[] EMPTY_ARRAY
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private ClassNode type

Constructor Detail

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public Expression()

Method Detail

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public ClassNode getType()
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public void setType(ClassNode t)
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public abstract Expression transformExpression(ExpressionTransformer transformer)

Return a copy of the expression calling the transformer on any nested expressions

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protected List<Expression> transformExpressions(List<? extends Expression> expressions, ExpressionTransformer transformer)

Transforms the list of expressions

Returns:List<Expression>

a new list of transformed expressions

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protected <T extends Expression> List<T> transformExpressions(List<? extends Expression> expressions, ExpressionTransformer transformer, Class<T> transformedType)

Transforms the list of expressions, and checks that all transformed expressions have the given type.

Returns:List<T>

a new list of transformed expressions