oracle.jdeveloper.jot
Interface JotPrimaryExpression

All Superinterfaces:

JotElement, JotExpression

public interface JotPrimaryExpression

extends JotExpression

A JotPrimaryExpression represents a primary expression. Primary expressions are the most basic types of expressions; all expressions can be resolved to primary expressions and operators.

Since:

5.0

See Also:

"Section 15.8 of the Java Language Specification Second Edition"

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface oracle.jdeveloper.jot.JotExpression

ANONYMOUS_CLASS_ALLOCATION_EXPRESSION, ARRAY_ALLOCATION_EXPRESSION, ARRAY_DEREFERENCE_EXPRESSION, ARRAY_INITIALIZER_EXPRESSION, ASSIGNMENT_EXPRESSION, CLASS_ALLOCATION_EXPRESSION, INFIX_EXPRESSION, METHOD_CALL_EXPRESSION, NESTED_EXPRESSION, POST_INC_OR_DEC_EXPRESSION, PRE_INC_OR_DEC_EXPRESSION, PRIMARY_EXPRESSION, QUESTION_EXPRESSION, TYPECAST_EXPRESSION, UNARY_EXPRESSION, UNCATEGORIZED_EXPRESSION

Method Summary

boolean	isLiteral() Whether this primary expression represents a literal.
void	setExpressionString(java.lang.String exp) Sets the new expression String of this expression.

Methods inherited from interface oracle.jdeveloper.jot.JotExpression

getAsAnonymousClass, getAsArrayAllocation, getAsArrayDereference, getAsArrayInitializer, getAsAssignment, getAsClassAllocation, getAsInfixExpression, getAsMethodCall, getAsNestedExpression, getAsPostIncrementOrDecrement, getAsPreIncrementOrDecrement, getAsPrimaryExpression, getAsQuestionExpression, getAsTypecast, getAsUnaryExpression, getExpressionString, getExpressionType, getMinimumReferenceName, isParenthesized, renameObjectReference, resolveTypeReference, setParenthesized

Methods inherited from interface oracle.jdeveloper.jot.JotElement

getElementName, getElementType, getEndOffset, getID, getJotWorkArea, getParent, getStartOffset, isExistent, isReadOnly, isStructureKnown, setParent

Method Detail

setExpressionString

public void setExpressionString(java.lang.String exp)

Sets the new expression String of this expression. The type of the expression string must be a primary expression.

Parameters:

exp - the new expression string

isLiteral

public boolean isLiteral()

Whether this primary expression represents a literal. A literal can denote an integer (5), a floating-point number (5.0), a boolean (false), a character ('x'), a String ("abc"), or null.

Returns:

true if this expression represents a literal.