xtc.type
Class IndirectReference

java.lang.Object
  xtc.type.Reference
      xtc.type.RelativeReference
          xtc.type.IndirectReference

public class IndirectReference
extends RelativeReference

Representation of an indirect reference.

Version:

$Revision: 1.5 $

Author:

Robert Grimm

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class xtc.type.RelativeReference

base

Fields inherited from class xtc.type.Reference

type

Constructor Summary

IndirectReference(Reference base)
Create a new indirect reference.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o)
int	hashCode()
boolean	isIndirect() Determine whether this reference is an indirect reference.
boolean	isPrefix() Determine whether this reference represents a prefix operator in C syntax.
void	write(java.lang.Appendable out) Write a human readable representation to the specified appendable.

Methods inherited from class xtc.type.RelativeReference

getBase, hasBase, isConstant

Methods inherited from class xtc.type.Reference

add, add, difference, getField, getIndex, getLocation, getType, hasField, hasIndex, hasLocation, indirect, isCast, isDynamic, isNull, isStatic, isString, isVariable, subtract, subtract, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

IndirectReference

public IndirectReference(Reference base)

Create a new indirect reference. The specified base reference must have a pointer type. The type of the newly created indirect reference is the pointed-to type, unless that type is an array, in which case the type is the array's element type.

Parameters:

base - The base reference.

Throws:

java.lang.ClassCastException - Signals that the base reference does not have a pointer type.

Method Detail

isPrefix

public boolean isPrefix()

Description copied from class: Reference

Determine whether this reference represents a prefix operator in C syntax.

Overrides:

isPrefix in class Reference

Returns:

true if this reference represents a prefix operator.

isIndirect

public boolean isIndirect()

Description copied from class: Reference

Determine whether this reference is an indirect reference.

Overrides:

isIndirect in class Reference

Returns:

true if this reference is an indirect reference.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

write

public void write(java.lang.Appendable out)
           throws java.io.IOException

Description copied from class: Reference

Write a human readable representation to the specified appendable.

Specified by:

write in class Reference

Parameters:

out - The appendable.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - Signals an I/O error.