org.eclipse.jdt.core.search
Class ReferenceMatch

java.lang.Object
  org.eclipse.jdt.core.search.SearchMatch
      org.eclipse.jdt.core.search.ReferenceMatch

Direct Known Subclasses:

InternalReferenceMatch

public abstract class ReferenceMatch
extends SearchMatch

An abstract Java search match that represents a reference.

This class is not intended to be subclassed by clients.

Since:

3.4

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.jdt.core.search.SearchMatch

A_ACCURATE, A_INACCURATE

Constructor Summary

ReferenceMatch(IJavaElement enclosingElement, int accuracy, int offset, int length, boolean insideDocComment, SearchParticipant participant, IResource resource)
Creates a new reference match.

Method Summary

IJavaElement

getLocalElement() Returns the local element of this search match, or null if none.

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jdt.core.search.SearchMatch

getAccuracy, getElement, getLength, getOffset, getParticipant, getResource, getRule, isEquivalent, isErasure, isExact, isImplicit, isInsideDocComment, isRaw, setAccuracy, setElement, setImplicit, setInsideDocComment, setLength, setOffset, setParticipant, setRaw, setResource, setRule, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ReferenceMatch

public ReferenceMatch(IJavaElement enclosingElement,
                      int accuracy,
                      int offset,
                      int length,
                      boolean insideDocComment,
                      SearchParticipant participant,
                      IResource resource)

Creates a new reference match.

Parameters:

enclosingElement - the inner-most enclosing member that references this java element

accuracy - one of SearchMatch.A_ACCURATE or SearchMatch.A_INACCURATE

offset - the offset the match starts at, or -1 if unknown

length - the length of the match, or -1 if unknown

insideDocComment - true if this search match is inside a doc comment, and false otherwise

participant - the search participant that created the match

resource - the resource of the element

Method Detail

getLocalElement

public final IJavaElement getLocalElement()

Returns the local element of this search match, or null if none. A local element is the inner-most element that contains the reference and that is not reachable by navigating from the root of the IJavaModel using IParent.getChildren().

Known element types for local elements are IJavaElement.ANNOTATION, IJavaElement.LOCAL_VARIABLE and IJavaElement.TYPE_PARAMETER.
However clients should not assume that this set of element types is closed as other types of elements may be returned in the future, e.g. if new types of elements are added in the Java model. Clients can only assume that the parent chain of this local element eventually leads to the element from SearchMatch.getElement().

The local element being an IAnnotation is the most usual case. For example,

• searching for the references to the method Annot.clazz() in

               public class Test {
                   void method() {
                       @Annot(clazz=Test.class) int x;
                   }
               }

  will return one MethodReferenceMatch match whose local element is the IAnnotation 'Annot'.
  
  
• searching for the references to the type Deprecated in

               public class Test {
                  @Deprecated void method() {}
               }

  will return one TypeReferenceMatch match whose local element is the IAnnotation 'Deprecated'.
  
  
• searching for the references to the field CONST in

                @Num(number= Num.CONST)
                @interface Num {
                    public static final int CONST= 42;
                    int number();
                }

  will return one FieldReferenceMatch match whose local element is the IAnnotation 'Num'.
  
  

A local element may also be a ILocalVariable whose type is the referenced type. For example,

• searching for the references to the type Test in

           public class Test {
               void foo() {
                  Test local;
               }
           }

  will return one TypeReferenceMatch match whose local element is the ILocalVariable 'local'.
  
  

Or a local element may be an ITypeParameter that extends the referenced type. For example,

• searching for the references to the type Test in

           public class X< T extends Test> {
           }

  will return one TypeReferenceMatch match whose local element is the ITypeParameter 'T'.
  
  

Returns:

the local element of this search match, or null if none.

Since:

3.4