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package net.sourceforge.phpdt.core.dom;
/**
* Abstract base class for all AST nodes that represent names.
* There are exactly two kinds of name: simple ones
* (SimpleName
) and qualified ones (QualifiedName
).
*
*
* Name: * SimpleName * QualifiedName ** * * @since 2.0 * @noextend This class is not intended to be subclassed by clients. */ public abstract class Name extends Expression implements IDocElement { /** * Approximate base size of an expression node instance in bytes, * including object header and instance fields. */ static final int BASE_NAME_NODE_SIZE = BASE_NODE_SIZE + 1 * 4; /** * This index represents the position inside a qualified name. */ int index; /** * Creates a new AST node for a name owned by the given AST. *
* N.B. This constructor is package-private. *
* * @param ast the AST that is to own this node */ Name(AST ast) { super(ast); } /** * Returns whether this name is a simple name * (SimpleName
).
*
* @return true
if this is a simple name, and
* false
otherwise
*/
public final boolean isSimpleName() {
return (this instanceof SimpleName);
}
/**
* Returns whether this name is a qualified name
* (QualifiedName
).
*
* @return true
if this is a qualified name, and
* false
otherwise
*/
public final boolean isQualifiedName() {
return (this instanceof QualifiedName);
}
/**
* Resolves and returns the binding for the entity referred to by this name.
* * Note that bindings are generally unavailable unless requested when the * AST is being built. *
* * @return the binding, ornull
if the binding cannot be
* resolved
*/
public final IBinding resolveBinding() {
return this.ast.getBindingResolver().resolveName(this);
}
/**
* Returns the standard dot-separated representation of this name.
* If the name is a simple name, the result is the name's identifier.
* If the name is a qualified name, the result is the name of the qualifier
* (as computed by this method) followed by "." followed by the name's
* identifier.
*
* @return the fully qualified name
* @since 3.0
*/
public final String getFullyQualifiedName() {
if (isSimpleName()) {
// avoid creating garbage for common case
return ((SimpleName) this).getIdentifier();
} else {
StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(50);
appendName(buffer);
return new String(buffer);
}
}
/**
* Appends the standard representation of this name to the given string
* buffer.
*
* @param buffer the buffer
* @since 3.0
*/
abstract void appendName(StringBuffer buffer);
}