cb.petal

Class Literal

java.lang.Object

cb.petal.Literal

All Implemented Interfaces:

PetalNode, Serializable, Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

BooleanLiteral, FloatLiteral, IntegerLiteral, Location, StringLiteral, Tag, Tuple, Value

public abstract class Literal
extends Object
implements PetalNode

Super class for literals like int, String, value, etc.

Version:

$Id: Literal.java,v 1.7 2001/07/09 07:48:52 dahm Exp $

Author:

M. Dahm

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	Literal(String kind)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	clone()
int	getChildCount() get the number of child nodes
String	getKind() get the kind of this PetalNode
abstract Object	getLiteralValue()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface cb.petal.PetalNode

accept

Constructor Detail

Literal

protected Literal(String kind)

Method Detail

getKind

public String getKind()

Description copied from interface: PetalNode

get the kind of this PetalNode

Specified by:

getKind in interface PetalNode

Returns:

- the PetaNode kind

getChildCount

public int getChildCount()

Description copied from interface: PetalNode

get the number of child nodes

Specified by:

getChildCount in interface PetalNode

Returns:

the number of child nodes

getLiteralValue

public abstract Object getLiteralValue()

Returns:

object corresponding to the usual Java hierarchy, e.g., an Integer for an IntegerLiteral.

clone

public Object clone()

Overrides:

clone in class Object