Module dev.civl.abc

Package dev.civl.abc.ast.entity.IF

Interface Typedef

All Superinterfaces:

Entity, OrdinaryEntity, ProgramEntity

public interface Typedef
extends OrdinaryEntity

An abstract representation of a typedef construct: binds a name to a type. The method Entity.getName() in Entity returns the name; the method ProgramEntity.getType() returns the type.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface dev.civl.abc.ast.entity.IF.Entity

Entity.EntityKind

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface dev.civl.abc.ast.entity.IF.ProgramEntity

ProgramEntity.LinkageKind

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
TypedefDeclarationNode	getDefinition()	Gets the definition, i.e., the defining declaration of this entity.

Methods inherited from interface dev.civl.abc.ast.entity.IF.Entity

getEntityKind, getName

Methods inherited from interface dev.civl.abc.ast.entity.IF.ProgramEntity

addDeclaration, getDeclaration, getDeclarations, getFirstDeclaration, getLinkage, getNumDeclarations, getType, isSystem, setDefinition, setIsSystem, setLinkage, setType

Method Details

getDefinition

TypedefDeclarationNode getDefinition()

Description copied from interface: ProgramEntity

Gets the definition, i.e., the defining declaration of this entity. Every entity has at most one definition. The definition is a declaration of a special kind. For example, for an object (variable), a definition is the declaration that allocates storage for that object. For a function, a definition is the declaration the contains the function body.

The definition is initially null, but can be set using method ProgramEntity.setDefinition(DeclarationNode).

Specified by:

getDefinition in interface ProgramEntity

Returns:

the definition of this entity or null