org.eclipse.jdt.core.eval
Interface IGlobalVariable

public interface IGlobalVariable

A global variable declared in an evaluation context.

IEvaluationContext.newVariable can be used to obtain an instance.

See Also:

IEvaluationContext.newVariable(String, String, String)

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getInitializer() Returns the initializer of this global variable.
java.lang.String	getName() Returns the name of this global variable.
java.lang.String	getTypeName() Returns the fully qualified name of the type of this global variable, or its simple representation if it is a primitive type (int, boolean, etc.).

Method Detail

getInitializer

java.lang.String getInitializer()

Returns the initializer of this global variable. The syntax for an initializer corresponds to VariableInitializer (JLS2 8.3).

Returns:

the initializer expression, or null if this global does not have an initializer

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Returns the name of this global variable.

Returns:

the name of the global variable

getTypeName

java.lang.String getTypeName()

Returns the fully qualified name of the type of this global variable, or its simple representation if it is a primitive type (int, boolean, etc.).

The syntax for a type name corresponds to Type in Field Declaration (JLS2 8.3).

Returns:

the type name