org.codehaus.groovy.ast

## Class ASTNode

- java.lang.Object
- - org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ASTNode

- Direct Known Subclasses:
    AnnotatedNode, AnnotationNode, GenericsType, ModuleNode, Statement

      public class ASTNode
      extends Object

  Base class for any AST node. This class supports basic information used in all nodes of the AST:
  - line and column number information. Usually a node represents a certain area in a text file determined by a starting position and an ending position. For nodes that do not represent this, this information will be -1. A node can also be configured in its line/col information using another node through setSourcePosition(otherNode).
  - every node can store meta data. A phase operation or transform can use this to transport arbitrary information to another phase operation or transform. The only requirement is that the other phase operation or transform runs after the part storing the information. If the information transport is done it is strongly recommended to remove that meta data.
  - a text representation of this node trough getText(). This was in the past used for assertion messages. Since the usage of power asserts this method will not be called for this purpose anymore and might be removed in future versions of Groovy
  Author:
    James Strachan, Jochen "blackdrag" Theodorou

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `ASTNode()`

  - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `void` | `copyNodeMetaData(ASTNode other)` Copies all node meta data from the other node to this one
    `int` | `getColumnNumber()`
    `int` | `getLastColumnNumber()`
    `int` | `getLastLineNumber()`
    `int` | `getLineNumber()`
    `<T> T` | `getNodeMetaData(Object key)` Gets the node meta data.
    `String` | `getText()`
    `Object` | `putNodeMetaData(Object key, Object value)` Sets the node meta data but allows overwriting values.
    `void` | `removeNodeMetaData(Object key)` Removes a node meta data entry.
    `void` | `setColumnNumber(int columnNumber)`
    `void` | `setLastColumnNumber(int lastColumnNumber)`
    `void` | `setLastLineNumber(int lastLineNumber)`
    `void` | `setLineNumber(int lineNumber)`
    `void` | `setNodeMetaData(Object key, Object value)` Sets the node meta data.
    `void` | `setSourcePosition(ASTNode node)` Sets the source position using another ASTNode.
    `void` | `visit(GroovyCodeVisitor visitor)`

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### ASTNode

          public ASTNode()

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### visit

          public void visit(GroovyCodeVisitor visitor)

    - #### getText

          public String getText()

    - #### getLineNumber

          public int getLineNumber()

    - #### setLineNumber

          public void setLineNumber(int lineNumber)

    - #### getColumnNumber

          public int getColumnNumber()

    - #### setColumnNumber

          public void setColumnNumber(int columnNumber)

    - #### getLastLineNumber

          public int getLastLineNumber()

    - #### setLastLineNumber

          public void setLastLineNumber(int lastLineNumber)

    - #### getLastColumnNumber

          public int getLastColumnNumber()

    - #### setLastColumnNumber

          public void setLastColumnNumber(int lastColumnNumber)

    - #### setSourcePosition

          public void setSourcePosition(ASTNode node)

      Sets the source position using another ASTNode. The sourcePosition consists of a line/column pair for the start and a line/column pair for the end of the expression or statement
      Parameters:
        `node` - - the node used to configure the position information

    - #### getNodeMetaData

          public <T> T getNodeMetaData(Object key)

      Gets the node meta data.
      Parameters:
        `key` - - the meta data key
      Returns:
        the node meta data value for this key

    - #### copyNodeMetaData

          public void copyNodeMetaData(ASTNode other)

      Copies all node meta data from the other node to this one
      Parameters:
        `other` - - the other node

    - #### setNodeMetaData

          public void setNodeMetaData(Object key,
                             Object value)

      Sets the node meta data.
      Parameters:
        `key` - - the meta data key
        `value` - - the meta data value
      Throws:
        `GroovyBugError` - if key is null or there is already meta data under that key

    - #### putNodeMetaData

          public Object putNodeMetaData(Object key,
                               Object value)

      Sets the node meta data but allows overwriting values.
      Parameters:
        `key` - - the meta data key
        `value` - - the meta data value
      Returns:
        the old node meta data value for this key
      Throws:
        `GroovyBugError` - if key is null

    - #### removeNodeMetaData

          public void removeNodeMetaData(Object key)

      Removes a node meta data entry.
      Parameters:
        `key` - - the meta data key
      Throws:
        `GroovyBugError` - if the key is null