MethodPointerExpression (Groovy 2.5.6)

java.lang.Object
- org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ASTNode
- - org.codehaus.groovy.ast.AnnotatedNode
  - - org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.Expression
    - - org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.MethodPointerExpression

```
public class MethodPointerExpression
extends Expression
```
Represents a method pointer on an object such as foo.&bar which means find the method pointer on foo for the method called "bar" which is equivalent to foo.metaClass.getMethodPointer(foo, "bar")

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

MethodPointerExpression(Expression expression, Expression methodName)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Expression`	`getExpression()`
`Expression`	`getMethodName()`
`java.lang.String`	`getText()`
`ClassNode`	`getType()`
`java.lang.Class`	`getTypeClass()`
`boolean`	`isDynamic()`
`Expression`	`transformExpression(ExpressionTransformer transformer)`	Return a copy of the expression calling the transformer on any nested expressions
`void`	`visit(GroovyCodeVisitor visitor)`

Methods inherited from class org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.Expression
setType, transformExpressions, transformExpressions

Methods inherited from class org.codehaus.groovy.ast.AnnotatedNode
addAnnotation, addAnnotations, getAnnotations, getAnnotations, getDeclaringClass, hasNoRealSourcePosition, isSynthetic, setDeclaringClass, setHasNoRealSourcePosition, setSynthetic

Methods inherited from class org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ASTNode
copyNodeMetaData, equals, getColumnNumber, getLastColumnNumber, getLastLineNumber, getLineNumber, getMetaDataMap, getNodeMetaData, getNodeMetaData, hashCode, putNodeMetaData, removeNodeMetaData, setColumnNumber, setLastColumnNumber, setLastLineNumber, setLineNumber, setNodeMetaData, setSourcePosition

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MethodPointerExpression

public MethodPointerExpression(Expression expression,
                               Expression methodName)

Method Detail
- getExpression
```
public Expression getExpression()
```
- getMethodName
```
public Expression getMethodName()
```
- visit
```
public void visit(GroovyCodeVisitor visitor)
```
  Overrides:
  
  visit in class ASTNode
- transformExpression
```
public Expression transformExpression(ExpressionTransformer transformer)
```
  Description copied from class: Expression
  
  Return a copy of the expression calling the transformer on any nested expressions
  
  Specified by:
  
  transformExpression in class Expression
- getText
```
public java.lang.String getText()
```
  Overrides:
  
  getText in class ASTNode
- getType
```
public ClassNode getType()
```
  Overrides:
  
  getType in class Expression
- isDynamic
```
public boolean isDynamic()
```
- getTypeClass
```
public java.lang.Class getTypeClass()
```