org.eclipse.jdt.core
Interface ILocalVariable

All Superinterfaces:

org.eclipse.core.runtime.IAdaptable, IAnnotatable, IJavaElement, ISourceReference

All Known Implementing Classes:

LocalVariable

public interface ILocalVariable
extends IJavaElement, ISourceReference, IAnnotatable

Represents a local variable declared in a method or an initializer. ILocalVariable are pseudo-elements created as the result of a ICodeAssist.codeSelect(...) operation. They are not part of the Java model (exists() returns whether the parent exists rather than whether the local variable exists in the parent) and they are not included in the children of an IMethod or an IInitializer.

In particular such a pseudo-element should not be used as a handle. For example its name range won't be updated if the underlying source changes.

Since:

3.0

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.eclipse.jdt.core.IJavaElement

ANNOTATION, CLASS_FILE, COMPILATION_UNIT, FIELD, IMPORT_CONTAINER, IMPORT_DECLARATION, INITIALIZER, JAVA_MODEL, JAVA_PROJECT, LOCAL_VARIABLE, METHOD, PACKAGE_DECLARATION, PACKAGE_FRAGMENT, PACKAGE_FRAGMENT_ROOT, TYPE, TYPE_PARAMETER

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getElementName() Returns the name of this local variable.
ISourceRange	getNameRange() Returns the source range of this local variable's name.
java.lang.String	getTypeSignature() Returns the type signature of this local variable.

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.jdt.core.IJavaElement

exists, getAncestor, getAttachedJavadoc, getCorrespondingResource, getElementType, getHandleIdentifier, getJavaModel, getJavaProject, getOpenable, getParent, getPath, getPrimaryElement, getResource, getSchedulingRule, getUnderlyingResource, isReadOnly, isStructureKnown

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.core.runtime.IAdaptable

getAdapter

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.jdt.core.ISourceReference

exists, getSource, getSourceRange

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.jdt.core.IAnnotatable

getAnnotation, getAnnotations

Method Detail

getElementName

java.lang.String getElementName()

Returns the name of this local variable.

Specified by:

getElementName in interface IJavaElement

Returns:

the name of this local variable.

getNameRange

ISourceRange getNameRange()

Returns the source range of this local variable's name.

Returns:

the source range of this local variable's name

getTypeSignature

java.lang.String getTypeSignature()

Returns the type signature of this local variable.

The type signature may be either unresolved (for source types) or resolved (for binary types), and either basic (for basic types) or rich (for parameterized types). See Signature for details.

Returns:

the type signature of this local variable.

See Also:

Signature