Interface IASTTranslationUnit

  • All Superinterfaces:
    org.eclipse.core.runtime.IAdaptable, IASTDeclarationListOwner, IASTNode, IFileNomination
    All Known Subinterfaces:
    ICPPASTTranslationUnit

    public interface IASTTranslationUnit
    extends IASTDeclarationListOwner, IFileNomination, org.eclipse.core.runtime.IAdaptable
    The translation unit represents a compilable unit of source. All existing implementations of IASTTranslationUnit are not thread safe. Even 'get' methods may cause changes to the underlying object.
    Restriction:
    This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
    Restriction:
    This interface is not intended to be extended by clients.
    • Field Detail

      • OWNED_DECLARATION

        static final ASTNodeProperty OWNED_DECLARATION
        OWNED_DECLARATION represents the relationship between an IASTTranslationUnit and its nested IASTDeclaration's.
      • SCANNER_PROBLEM

        static final ASTNodeProperty SCANNER_PROBLEM
        SCANNER_PROBLEM represents the relationship between an IASTTranslationUnit and its nested IASTProblem.
      • PREPROCESSOR_STATEMENT

        static final ASTNodeProperty PREPROCESSOR_STATEMENT
        PREPROCESSOR_STATEMENT represents the relationship between an IASTTranslationUnit and its nested IASTPreprocessorStatement.
    • Method Detail

      • getDeclarations

        IASTDeclaration[] getDeclarations()
        A translation unit contains an ordered sequence of declarations.
        Returns:
        List of IASTDeclaration
      • getScope

        IScope getScope()
        This returns the global scope for the translation unit.
        Returns:
        the global scope
      • getDeclarations

        IName[] getDeclarations​(IBinding binding)
        Returns the list of declarations in this translation unit for the given binding. The list contains the IName nodes that declare the binding. These may be part of the AST or are pulled in from the index.
        Parameters:
        binding -
        Returns:
        Array of IName nodes for the binding's declaration
      • getDeclarationsInAST

        IASTName[] getDeclarationsInAST​(IBinding binding)
        Returns the list of declarations in this translation unit for the given binding. The list contains the IASTName nodes that declare the binding. These are part of the AST no declarations are pulled in from the index.
        Parameters:
        binding -
        Returns:
        Array of IASTName nodes for the binding's declaration
      • getDefinitions

        IName[] getDefinitions​(IBinding binding)
        Returns the array of definitions in this translation unit for the given binding. The array contains the IName nodes that define the binding. These may be part of the AST or are pulled in from the index.
        Parameters:
        binding -
        Returns:
        the definition of the IBinding
      • getDefinitionsInAST

        IASTName[] getDefinitionsInAST​(IBinding binding)
        Equivalent to getDefinitionsInAst(binding, false).
      • getDefinitionsInAST

        IASTName[] getDefinitionsInAST​(IBinding binding,
                                       boolean permissive)
        Returns the array of definitions in this translation unit for the given binding. The array contains the IASTName nodes that define the binding. These are part of the AST, no definitions are pulled in from the index. If 'permissive' is true, definitions that are not exact matches (for example, a method definition with a non-matching signature) are also returned.
        Parameters:
        binding -
        permissive -
        Returns:
        Array of IASTName nodes for the binding's declaration
        Since:
        6.5
      • getReferences

        IASTName[] getReferences​(IBinding binding)
        Returns the list of references in this translation unit to the given binding. This list contains the IASTName nodes that represent a use of the binding. These are part of the AST, no definitions are pulled in from the index.
        Parameters:
        binding -
        Returns:
        List of IASTName nodes representing uses of the binding
      • getNodeSelector

        IASTNodeSelector getNodeSelector​(String filePath)
        Returns an IASTNodeSelector object for finding nodes by file offsets. The object is suitable for working in one of the files that is part of the translation unit.
        Parameters:
        filePath - file of interest, as returned by IASTFileLocation.getFileName(), or null to specify the root source of the translation-unit.
        Returns:
        an IASTNodeSelector.
        Since:
        5.0
      • getMacroDefinitions

        IASTPreprocessorMacroDefinition[] getMacroDefinitions()
        Returns the macro definitions encountered in parsing this translation unit. The result will not contain definitions for built-in macros.

        In case the information for a header-file is pulled in from the index, macro definitions contained therein are not returned.

      • getBuiltinMacroDefinitions

        IASTPreprocessorMacroDefinition[] getBuiltinMacroDefinitions()
        Returns built-in macro definitions used when parsing this translation unit. This includes macros obtained from the index.
      • getIncludeDirectives

        IASTPreprocessorIncludeStatement[] getIncludeDirectives()
        Returns the include directives encountered in parsing this translation unit. This will also contain directives used for handling the gcc-options -imacros and -include.

        In case the information for a header-file is pulled in from the index, include directives contained therein are not returned.

      • getAllPreprocessorStatements

        IASTPreprocessorStatement[] getAllPreprocessorStatements()
        Returns all preprocessor statements. In case the information for a header-file is pulled in from the index, preprocessing statements contained therein are not returned.
      • getPreprocessorProblems

        IASTProblem[] getPreprocessorProblems()
        Returns all preprocessor and scanner problems.
        Returns:
        IASTProblem[]
      • getPreprocessorProblemsCount

        int getPreprocessorProblemsCount()
        Fast access to the count of preprocessor problems to support statistics.
      • getFilePath

        String getFilePath()
        Returns the location of the root file of this translation unit. This will be the same value as returned by getFileLocation().getFileName()
        See Also:
        IASTFileLocation.getFileName()
      • flattenLocationsToFile

        IASTFileLocation flattenLocationsToFile​(IASTNodeLocation[] nodeLocations)
        Flattens the node locations provided into a single file location.
        Parameters:
        nodeLocations - IASTNodeLocations to flatten
        Returns:
        null if not possible, otherwise, a file location representing where the macros are.
      • getDependencyTree

        IASTTranslationUnit.IDependencyTree getDependencyTree()
        Returns the dependency tree for the translation unit.

        In case the information for a header-file is pulled in from the index, dependencies contained therein are not part of the dependency tree.

      • getContainingFilename

        String getContainingFilename​(int offset)
        Parameters:
        offset -
      • getIndex

        IIndex getIndex()
        Returns the Index associated with this translation unit.
        Returns:
        the Index for this translation unit.
      • getIndexFileSet

        IIndexFileSet getIndexFileSet()
        Returns the set of files that have been skipped because they have been part of the index prior to creating this AST, or null if not available. Applies only, if AST was created with an index and the option to skip headers found in the index.
        Since:
        5.1
      • getASTFileSet

        IIndexFileSet getASTFileSet()
        Returns the set of files in the index that are superseded by this AST, or null if not available. Applies only, if AST was created with an index.
        Since:
        5.3
      • getComments

        IASTComment[] getComments()
        In case the AST was created in a way that supports comment parsing, all comments of the translation unit are returned. Otherwise an empty array will be supplied.
        Returns:
        IASTComment[]
        Since:
        4.0
      • getLinkage

        ILinkage getLinkage()
        Returns the linkage this AST was parsed in.
      • isHeaderUnit

        boolean isHeaderUnit()
        Returns whether this AST represents a header file.
      • getASTNodeFactory

        INodeFactory getASTNodeFactory()
        Returns the node factory that was used to build the AST.
        Since:
        5.2
      • setIndex

        void setIndex​(IIndex index)
        Sets the Index to be used for this translation unit.
        Restriction:
        This method is not intended to be referenced by clients.
      • setIsHeaderUnit

        void setIsHeaderUnit​(boolean headerUnit)
        Sets whether this AST represents a header file.
        Restriction:
        This method is not intended to be referenced by clients.
      • freeze

        void freeze()
        Causes this node and all the nodes rooted at this node to become immutable. Once the AST is frozen any calls to set or add methods on any of the nodes in the AST will result in an IllegalStateException.
        Since:
        5.1
        Restriction:
        This method is not intended to be referenced by clients.
      • copy

        IASTTranslationUnit copy()
        Returns a copy of the AST, however the ILocationResolver and the preprocessor nodes are not copied.
        Specified by:
        copy in interface IASTNode
        Since:
        5.1
        See Also:
        IASTNode.copy()
        Restriction:
        This method is not intended to be referenced by clients.
      • getOriginatingTranslationUnit

        ITranslationUnit getOriginatingTranslationUnit()
        Returns the ITranslationUnit this AST originated from, or null if the AST does not correspond to an ITranslationUnit.
        Since:
        5.3
      • isBasedOnIncompleteIndex

        boolean isBasedOnIncompleteIndex()
        Returns true if the index was not fully initialized when the code of the translation unit was parsed.
        Since:
        5.4
      • setSignificantMacros

        void setSignificantMacros​(ISignificantMacros sigMacros)
        Since:
        5.4
        Restriction:
        This method is not intended to be referenced by clients.
      • setPragmaOnceSemantics

        void setPragmaOnceSemantics​(boolean value)
        Since:
        5.4
        Restriction:
        This method is not intended to be referenced by clients.
      • hasNodesOmitted

        boolean hasNodesOmitted()
        Returns true if the parser has skipped any nodes while creating the AST.
        Since:
        5.6
      • setHasNodesOmitted

        void setHasNodesOmitted​(boolean nodesOmitted)
        Sets whether the parser has skipped any nodes while creating the AST for the translation unit.
        Since:
        5.6