Package net.aifusion.asn

Class Symbol

java.lang.Object

net.aifusion.asn.Symbol

public class Symbol
extends Object

Class to manage a symbol

Author:

Sharad Singhal

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Symbol(String name, AsnProduction type, Symbol parent, String definingType)	Create a symbol

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getDefiningType()	Get the name of the defining type, if any
AsnNode	getDefinition()	Get the definition for this symbol
String	getFullName()	Get the fully qualified name of this symbol
String	getName()	Get the name of this symbol
Symbol	getParent()	Get the parent of this symbol, if any
AsnProduction	getProduction()	Get the production associated with this symbol
void	setDefinition(AsnNode definition)	Set the definition for this symbol
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

Symbol

public Symbol(String name,
 AsnProduction type,
 Symbol parent,
 String definingType)

Create a symbol

Parameters:

name - - name of the symbol (must not be null)

type - - type of this symbol

parent - - enclosing symbol, if any

definingType - - name of the defining type, if not a built-in type

Method Details

getName

public String getName()

Get the name of this symbol

Returns:

- name of this symbol

getFullName

public String getFullName()

Get the fully qualified name of this symbol

Returns:

- fully qualified name in the form "@" moduleName ( "." symbol)*

getProduction

public AsnProduction getProduction()

Get the production associated with this symbol

Returns:

- AST Production associated with the symbol

getParent

public Symbol getParent()

Get the parent of this symbol, if any

Returns:

- parent of this symbol. Null if none defined

getDefiningType

public String getDefiningType()

Get the name of the defining type, if any

Returns:

- name of the defining type. Null if none exists

setDefinition

public void setDefinition(AsnNode definition)

Set the definition for this symbol

Parameters:

definition - - AST node defining this symbol

getDefinition

public AsnNode getDefinition()

Get the definition for this symbol

Returns:

- definition. Null if the symbol is not yet defined

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object