Package org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr

Class EmptyExpression

java.lang.Object

org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ASTNode

org.codehaus.groovy.ast.AnnotatedNode

org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.Expression

org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.EmptyExpression

All Implemented Interfaces:

GroovydocHolder<AnnotatedNode>, NodeMetaDataHandler

public class EmptyExpression
extends Expression

Placeholder for an empty expression. Empty expressions are used in closures lists like (;). During class generation empty expressions should be ignored or replaced with a null value.

See Also:

• EmptyStatement

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final EmptyExpression	INSTANCE	Immutable singleton that is recommended for use when source range or any other occurrence-specific metadata is not needed.

Fields inherited from class org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.Expression

EMPTY_ARRAY

Fields inherited from interface groovy.lang.groovydoc.GroovydocHolder

DOC_COMMENT

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
EmptyExpression()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
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

getType, setType, transformExpressions, transformExpressions

Methods inherited from class org.codehaus.groovy.ast.AnnotatedNode

addAnnotation, addAnnotations, getAnnotations, getAnnotations, getDeclaringClass, getGroovydoc, getInstance, hasNoRealSourcePosition, isSynthetic, setDeclaringClass, setHasNoRealSourcePosition, setSynthetic

Methods inherited from class org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ASTNode

copyNodeMetaData, getColumnNumber, getLastColumnNumber, getLastLineNumber, getLineNumber, getMetaDataMap, getText, setColumnNumber, setLastColumnNumber, setLastLineNumber, setLineNumber, setMetaDataMap, setSourcePosition

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.codehaus.groovy.ast.NodeMetaDataHandler

copyNodeMetaData, getNodeMetaData, getNodeMetaData, getNodeMetaData, putNodeMetaData, removeNodeMetaData, setNodeMetaData

Field Details

INSTANCE

public static final EmptyExpression INSTANCE

Immutable singleton that is recommended for use when source range or any other occurrence-specific metadata is not needed.

Constructor Details

EmptyExpression

public EmptyExpression()

See Also:

• INSTANCE

Method Details

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

visit

public void visit(GroovyCodeVisitor visitor)

Overrides:

visit in class ASTNode