de.intarsys.tools.functor

Interface IDeclarationElement

All Superinterfaces:

IDeclaration

All Known Subinterfaces:

IArgumentDeclaration

All Known Implementing Classes:

ArgumentDeclaration, DeclarationElement

public interface IDeclarationElement
extends IDeclaration

A concrete named declaration. An IDeclarationElement may have optional modifiers, supporting fine tuning of its behavior.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	MOD_TRANSIENT

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getModifierString() The string representation of all modifiers set.
String	getName() An optional name for the declaration element.
boolean	hasModifier(String modifier) true if the declaration has the requested modifier.

Methods inherited from interface de.intarsys.tools.functor.IDeclaration

copy, getDeclarationContext, isBlock

Field Detail

MOD_TRANSIENT

static final String MOD_TRANSIENT

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getModifierString

String getModifierString()

The string representation of all modifiers set.

Returns:

getName

String getName()

An optional name for the declaration element.

Returns:

An optional name for the declaration element.

hasModifier

boolean hasModifier(String modifier)

true if the declaration has the requested modifier.

An implementation is free to support modifiers and define their respective semantics.

An example for a modifier may be "persistent" to indicate the implementation should store argument values to be able to present them again in a later call (in a wizard for example).

Parameters:

modifier - The modifier name.

Returns:

true if the declaration has the requested modifier.