/*******************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2004, 2011 IBM Corporation and others.
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
*
* Contributors:
* Doug Schaefer (IBM) - Initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast;
/**
* Base interface for a declarator.
*
* @noextend This interface is not intended to be extended by clients.
* @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
*/
public interface IASTDeclarator extends IASTNode, IASTNameOwner {
/**
* Constant - empty declarator array
*/
public static final IASTDeclarator[] EMPTY_DECLARATOR_ARRAY = new IASTDeclarator[0];
/**
* <code>POINTER_OPERATOR</code> represents the relationship between an
* <code>IASTDeclarator</code> and an <code>IASTPointerOperator</code>.
*/
public static final ASTNodeProperty POINTER_OPERATOR = new ASTNodeProperty(
"IASTDeclarator.POINTER_OPERATOR - IASTPointerOperator for IASTDeclarator"); //$NON-NLS-1$
/**
* <code>INITIALIZER</code> represents the relationship between an
* <code>IASTDeclarator</code> and an <code>IASTInitializer</code>.
*/
public static final ASTNodeProperty INITIALIZER = new ASTNodeProperty(
"IASTDeclarator.INITIALIZER - IASTInitializer for IASTDeclarator"); //$NON-NLS-1$
/**
* <code>NESTED_DECLARATOR</code> represents the relationship between an
* <code>IASTDeclarator</code> and a nested <code>IASTDeclarator</code>.
*/
public static final ASTNodeProperty NESTED_DECLARATOR = new ASTNodeProperty(
"IASTDeclarator.NESTED_DECLARATOR - Nested IASTDeclarator"); //$NON-NLS-1$
/**
* <code>DECLARATOR_NAME</code> represents the relationship between an
* <code>IASTDeclarator</code> and an <code>IASTName</code>.
*/
public static final ASTNodeProperty DECLARATOR_NAME = new ASTNodeProperty(
"IASTDeclarator.DECLARATOR_NAME - IASTName for IASTDeclarator"); //$NON-NLS-1$
/**
* This is the list of pointer operators applied to the type for the
* declarator.
*
* @return array of IASTPointerOperator
*/
public IASTPointerOperator[] getPointerOperators();
/**
* Adds a pointer operator to the declarator.
*
* @param operator
* <code>IASTPointerOperator</code> to be added.
*/
public void addPointerOperator(IASTPointerOperator operator);
/**
* If the declarator is nested in parentheses, this returns the declarator
* as found in those parentheses.
*
* @return the nested declarator or null
*/
public IASTDeclarator getNestedDeclarator();
public void setNestedDeclarator(IASTDeclarator nested);
/**
* This returns the name of the declarator. If this is an abstract
* declarator, this will return an empty name.
*
* @return the name of the declarator
*/
public IASTName getName();
/**
* Set the name of he declarator.
*
* @param name
* <code>IASTName</code>
*/
public void setName(IASTName name);
/**
* This is the optional initializer for this declarator.
*
* @return the initializer expression or null
*/
public IASTInitializer getInitializer();
/**
* Set the optional initializer.
*
* @param initializer
* <code>IASTInitializer</code>
*/
public void setInitializer(IASTInitializer initializer);
/**
* @since 5.1
*/
public IASTDeclarator copy();
/**
* @since 5.3
*/
public IASTDeclarator copy(CopyStyle style);
}