org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom
Class Comment

java.lang.Object
  org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTNode
      org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.Comment

Direct Known Subclasses:

BlockComment, Javadoc, LineComment

public abstract class Comment
extends ASTNode

Abstract base class for all AST nodes that represent comments. There are exactly three kinds of comment: line comments (LineComment), block comments (BlockComment), and doc comments (Javadoc).

 Comment:
     LineComment
     BlockComment
     Javadoc
 

Since:

3.0

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTNode

ANNOTATION_TYPE_DECLARATION, ANNOTATION_TYPE_MEMBER_DECLARATION, ANONYMOUS_CLASS_DECLARATION, ARRAY_ACCESS, ARRAY_CREATION, ARRAY_INITIALIZER, ARRAY_TYPE, ASSERT_STATEMENT, ASSIGNMENT, BLOCK, BLOCK_COMMENT, BOOLEAN_LITERAL, BREAK_STATEMENT, CAST_EXPRESSION, CATCH_CLAUSE, CHARACTER_LITERAL, CLASS_INSTANCE_CREATION, COMPILATION_UNIT, CONDITIONAL_EXPRESSION, CONSTRUCTOR_INVOCATION, CONTINUE_STATEMENT, DO_STATEMENT, EMPTY_STATEMENT, ENHANCED_FOR_STATEMENT, ENUM_CONSTANT_DECLARATION, ENUM_DECLARATION, EXPRESSION_STATEMENT, FIELD_ACCESS, FIELD_DECLARATION, FOR_STATEMENT, IF_STATEMENT, IMPORT_DECLARATION, INFIX_EXPRESSION, INITIALIZER, INSTANCEOF_EXPRESSION, JAVADOC, LABELED_STATEMENT, LINE_COMMENT, MALFORMED, MARKER_ANNOTATION, MEMBER_REF, MEMBER_VALUE_PAIR, METHOD_DECLARATION, METHOD_INVOCATION, METHOD_REF, METHOD_REF_PARAMETER, MODIFIER, NORMAL_ANNOTATION, NULL_LITERAL, NUMBER_LITERAL, ORIGINAL, PACKAGE_DECLARATION, PARAMETERIZED_TYPE, PARENTHESIZED_EXPRESSION, POSTFIX_EXPRESSION, PREFIX_EXPRESSION, PRIMITIVE_TYPE, PROTECT, QUALIFIED_NAME, QUALIFIED_TYPE, RECOVERED, RETURN_STATEMENT, SIMPLE_NAME, SIMPLE_TYPE, SINGLE_MEMBER_ANNOTATION, SINGLE_VARIABLE_DECLARATION, STRING_LITERAL, SUPER_CONSTRUCTOR_INVOCATION, SUPER_FIELD_ACCESS, SUPER_METHOD_INVOCATION, SWITCH_CASE, SWITCH_STATEMENT, SYNCHRONIZED_STATEMENT, TAG_ELEMENT, TEXT_ELEMENT, THIS_EXPRESSION, THROW_STATEMENT, TRY_STATEMENT, TYPE_DECLARATION, TYPE_DECLARATION_STATEMENT, TYPE_LITERAL, TYPE_PARAMETER, VARIABLE_DECLARATION_EXPRESSION, VARIABLE_DECLARATION_FRAGMENT, VARIABLE_DECLARATION_STATEMENT, WHILE_STATEMENT, WILDCARD_TYPE

Method Summary

ASTNode	getAlternateRoot() Returns the root AST node that this comment occurs within, or null if none (or not recorded).
boolean	isBlockComment() Returns whether this comment is a block comment (BlockComment).
boolean	isDocComment() Returns whether this comment is a doc comment (Javadoc).
boolean	isLineComment() Returns whether this comment is a line comment (LineComment).
void	setAlternateRoot(ASTNode root) Returns the root AST node that this comment occurs within, or null if none (or not recorded).

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTNode

accept, copySubtree, copySubtrees, delete, equals, getAST, getFlags, getLength, getLocationInParent, getNodeType, getParent, getProperty, getRoot, getStartPosition, getStructuralProperty, hashCode, nodeClassForType, properties, setFlags, setProperty, setSourceRange, setStructuralProperty, structuralPropertiesForType, subtreeBytes, subtreeMatch, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

isBlockComment

public final boolean isBlockComment()

Returns whether this comment is a block comment (BlockComment).

Returns:

true if this is a block comment, and false otherwise

isLineComment

public final boolean isLineComment()

Returns whether this comment is a line comment (LineComment).

Returns:

true if this is a line comment, and false otherwise

isDocComment

public final boolean isDocComment()

Returns whether this comment is a doc comment (Javadoc).

Returns:

true if this is a doc comment, and false otherwise

getAlternateRoot

public final ASTNode getAlternateRoot()

Returns the root AST node that this comment occurs within, or null if none (or not recorded).

Typically, the comment nodes created while parsing a compilation unit are not considered descendents of the normal AST root, namely an CompilationUnit. Instead, these comment nodes exist outside the normal AST and each is a root in its own right. This optional property provides a well-known way to navigate from the comment to the compilation unit in such cases. Note that the alternate root property is not one of the comment node's children. It is simply a reference to a node.

Returns:

the alternate root node, or null if none

See Also:

setAlternateRoot(ASTNode)

setAlternateRoot

public final void setAlternateRoot(ASTNode root)

Returns the root AST node that this comment occurs within, or null if none (or not recorded).

Parameters:

root - the alternate root node, or null if none

See Also:

getAlternateRoot()