IObjectLiteralValuePairNode.java

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package org.apache.flex.compiler.tree.as;

/**
 * An AST node representing a name/value pair in a <code>Object</code> literal.
 * <p>
 * The typical shape of this node is:
 * <pre>
 * IObjectLiteralValuePairNode 
 *   IExpressionNode <-- getNameNode()
 *   IExpressionNode <-- getValueNode()
 * </pre>
 * For example, <code>{ a: 1, b: 2 }</code> is represented as
 * <pre>
 * ILiteralNode "Object"
 *   IObjectLiteralValuePairNode
 *     IIdentifierNode "a"
 *     INumericaLiteralNode 1
 *   IObjectLiteralValuePairNode
 *     IIdentifierNode "b"
 *     INumericaLiteralNode 2
 * </pre>
 */
public interface IObjectLiteralValuePairNode
{
    /**
     * Represents the name part of a ObjectLiteralValuePair.
     * It will be either an ILiteralNode of type String or an IIdentifierNode.
     * 
     * @return an {@link IExpressionNode} or null
     */
    IExpressionNode getNameNode();

    /**
     * Represents the value part of a ObjectLiteralValuePair
     * 
     * @return an {@link IExpressionNode} or null
     */
    IExpressionNode getValueNode();
}