org.eclipse.xtext.parser

Interface IAstFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

CardinalityAwareEcoreFactory, DefaultEcoreElementFactory

public interface IAstFactory

Responsible for instantiating and initializing the semantic model according to call backs from clients. Main (and only default) client is the parser.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	add(org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject _this, java.lang.String feature, java.lang.Object value, java.lang.String lexerRule, INode node) Adds a given value to a list described by the given feature.
org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject	create(org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EClassifier clazz) Creates an instance of the given type which has to be an EClass.
void	set(org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject _this, java.lang.String feature, java.lang.Object value, java.lang.String lexerRule, INode node) Assigns a given value to a feature of the element _this.

Method Detail

create

org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject create(org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EClassifier clazz)

Creates an instance of the given type which has to be an EClass.

Parameters:

clazz - the EClass to be instantiated.

Returns:

the instantiated EObject which must conform the given class.

set

void set(org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject _this,
         java.lang.String feature,
         java.lang.Object value,
         java.lang.String lexerRule,
         INode node)
  throws ValueConverterException

Assigns a given value to a feature of the element _this. The value may be converted according to the optional lexer rule. The feature must be resolvable to a single value feature.

Throws:

ValueConverterException - if the value cannot be converted.

add

void add(org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject _this,
         java.lang.String feature,
         java.lang.Object value,
         java.lang.String lexerRule,
         INode node)
  throws ValueConverterException

Adds a given value to a list described by the given feature. The list is owned by the element _this. The given value may be converted according to the optional lexer rule. The feature must be resolvable to a multi value feature.

Throws:

ValueConverterException - if the value cannot be converted.