org.eclipse.jdt.core
Interface IParent

All Known Subinterfaces:

IClassFile, ICompilationUnit, IField, IImportContainer, IInitializer, IJavaModel, IJavaProject, IMember, IMethod, IPackageFragment, IPackageFragmentRoot, IType, ITypeRoot

All Known Implementing Classes:

AssistCompilationUnit, AssistImportContainer, AssistInitializer, AssistSourceField, AssistSourceMethod, AssistSourceType, BinaryMember, BinaryType, ClassFile, ClassFileWorkingCopy, CompilationUnit, ExternalJavaProject, ExternalPackageFragmentRoot, ImportContainer, Initializer, JarPackageFragmentRoot, JavaModel, JavaProject, Member, NamedMember, PackageFragment, PackageFragmentRoot, ResolvedBinaryField, ResolvedBinaryMethod, ResolvedBinaryType, ResolvedSourceField, ResolvedSourceMethod, ResolvedSourceType, SourceField, SourceMethod, SourceType

public interface IParent

Common protocol for Java elements that contain other Java elements.

Method Summary

IJavaElement[]	getChildren() Returns the immediate children of this element.
boolean	hasChildren() Returns whether this element has one or more immediate children.

Method Detail

getChildren

IJavaElement[] getChildren()
                           throws JavaModelException

Returns the immediate children of this element. Unless otherwise specified by the implementing element, the children are in no particular order.

Returns:

the immediate children of this element

Throws:

JavaModelException - if this element does not exist or if an exception occurs while accessing its corresponding resource

hasChildren

boolean hasChildren()
                    throws JavaModelException

Returns whether this element has one or more immediate children. This is a convenience method, and may be more efficient than testing whether getChildren is an empty array.

Returns:

true if the immediate children of this element, false otherwise

Throws:

JavaModelException - if this element does not exist or if an exception occurs while accessing its corresponding resource