Interface ASTLiteral

All Superinterfaces:
ASTExpression, ASTMemberValue, ASTPrimaryExpression, ASTSwitchArrowRHS, net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.impl.GenericNode<JavaNode>, JavaNode, net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.impl.javacc.JjtreeNode<JavaNode>, net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.Node, net.sourceforge.pmd.reporting.Reportable, net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.TextAvailableNode, TypeNode
All Known Implementing Classes:
ASTBooleanLiteral, ASTCharLiteral, ASTNullLiteral, ASTNumericLiteral, ASTStringLiteral

public interface ASTLiteral extends ASTPrimaryExpression
A lexical literal. This is an expression that is represented by exactly one token. This interface is implemented by several nodes.

 Literal ::= NumericLiteral
           | StringLiteral
           | CharLiteral
           | BooleanLiteral
           | NullLiteral

 
  • Nested Class Summary

    Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.ast.ASTExpression

    ASTExpression.ConstResult
  • Field Summary

    Fields inherited from interface net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.Node

    COORDS_COMPARATOR
  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.document.Chars
    Return the text of the literal in the source file.

    Methods inherited from interface net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.impl.GenericNode

    ancestors, ancestorsOrSelf, asStream, children, descendants, descendantsOrSelf, getChild, getFirstChild, getLastChild, getNextSibling, getParent, getPreviousSibling

    Methods inherited from interface net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.ast.JavaNode

    getEnclosingType, getRoot, getSymbolTable, getTypeSystem

    Methods inherited from interface net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.impl.javacc.JjtreeNode

    getFirstToken, getLastToken, tokens

    Methods inherited from interface net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.Node

    acceptVisitor, ancestors, children, compareLocation, descendants, firstChild, getAstInfo, getBeginColumn, getBeginLine, getEndColumn, getEndLine, getImage, getIndexInParent, getLanguageVersion, getNumChildren, getReportLocation, getTextDocument, getUserMap, getXPathAttributesIterator, getXPathNodeName, hasImageEqualTo, isFindBoundary

    Methods inherited from interface net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.TextAvailableNode

    getOriginalText, getText, getTextRegion

    Methods inherited from interface net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.ast.TypeNode

    getTypeMirror, getTypeMirror
  • Method Details

    • getLiteralText

      net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.document.Chars getLiteralText()
      Return the text of the literal in the source file. Note that TextAvailableNode.getText() may include parentheses.