org.apache.jdo.impl.jdoql.tree
Class MethodCallExpr

java.lang.Object
  antlr.BaseAST
      antlr.CommonAST
          org.apache.jdo.impl.jdoql.jdoqlc.JDOQLAST
              org.apache.jdo.impl.jdoql.tree.NodeImpl
                  org.apache.jdo.impl.jdoql.tree.Expr
                      org.apache.jdo.impl.jdoql.tree.MethodCallExpr

All Implemented Interfaces:

antlr.collections.AST, java.lang.Cloneable, Expression, MethodCallExpression, Node, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ContainsCallExpr, EndsWithCallExpr, IsEmptyCallExpr, StartsWithCallExpr

public abstract class MethodCallExpr

extends Expr

implements MethodCallExpression

This node represents a method call expression. Examples of method call expressions are ContainsCallExpression, IsEmptyCallExpression, EndsWithCallExpression and StartsWithCallExpression.

Author:

Michael Watzek

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.jdo.impl.jdoql.jdoqlc.JDOQLAST

column, line, typeInfo

Fields inherited from class antlr.BaseAST

down, right

Constructor Summary

MethodCallExpr()
The noarg constructor is needed for ANTLR support and deserialization.

Method Summary

protected java.lang.Object	clone() Creates and returns a copy of this object.
Expression[]	getArguments() Returns the argument array of this method call.
java.lang.String	getMethodName() Returns the method name.
Expression	getTarget() Returns the target expression of this method call.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.jdo.impl.jdoql.tree.NodeImpl

arrive, getChildren, getJavaClass, getObject, getParent, getTokenType, leave, setObject, setParent, toString, walkNextChild

Methods inherited from class org.apache.jdo.impl.jdoql.jdoqlc.JDOQLAST

getColumn, getLine, getTypeInfo, initialize, initialize, initialize, setColumn, setLine, setTypeInfo, treeToString

Methods inherited from class antlr.CommonAST

getText, getType, initialize, setText, setType

Methods inherited from class antlr.BaseAST

addChild, decode, encode, equals, equalsList, equalsListPartial, equalsTree, equalsTreePartial, findAll, findAllPartial, getFirstChild, getNextSibling, getNumberOfChildren, getTokenNames, removeChildren, setFirstChild, setNextSibling, setVerboseStringConversion, toStringList, toStringTree, xmlSerialize, xmlSerializeNode, xmlSerializeRootClose, xmlSerializeRootOpen

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.jdo.jdoql.tree.Node

arrive, getChildren, getJavaClass, getObject, getParent, getTokenType, leave, setObject, setParent, walkNextChild

Constructor Detail

MethodCallExpr

public MethodCallExpr()

The noarg constructor is needed for ANTLR support and deserialization. The caller must make sure to set the ANTLR tree structure himself or, call setChildren optionally.

Method Detail

clone

protected java.lang.Object clone()
                          throws java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException

Creates and returns a copy of this object.

Overrides:

clone in class NodeImpl

Returns:

the copy

Throws:

java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException - thrown by super.clone()

getTarget

public Expression getTarget()

Returns the target expression of this method call. The target expression can be an instance of ThisExpression or an instance of an arbitrary other Expression, e.g. FieldAccessExpression.

Specified by:

getTarget in interface MethodCallExpression

Returns:

the target expression

getMethodName

public java.lang.String getMethodName()

Returns the method name.

Specified by:

getMethodName in interface MethodCallExpression

Returns:

the method name

getArguments

public Expression[] getArguments()

Returns the argument array of this method call.

Specified by:

getArguments in interface MethodCallExpression

Returns:

the argument array