com.github.javaparser.ast.comments

Class Comment

java.lang.Object

com.github.javaparser.ast.Node

com.github.javaparser.ast.comments.Comment

All Implemented Interfaces:

NodeWithRange<Node>, NodeWithTokenRange<Node>, Observable, Visitable, HasParentNode<Node>, Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

BlockComment, JavadocComment, LineComment

public abstract class Comment
extends Node

Abstract class for all AST nodes that represent comments.

Author:

Julio Vilmar Gesser

See Also:

BlockComment, LineComment, JavadocComment

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.github.javaparser.ast.Node

Node.ObserverRegistrationMode, Node.Parsedness

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.github.javaparser.ast.Node

ABSOLUTE_BEGIN_LINE, ABSOLUTE_END_LINE, NODE_BY_BEGIN_POSITION, prettyPrinterNoCommentsConfiguration

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Comment(String content)
Comment(TokenRange tokenRange, String content) This constructor is used by the parser and is considered private.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
LineComment	asLineComment()
Comment	clone()
Optional<Node>	getCommentedNode()
String	getContent() Return the text of the comment.
CommentMetaModel	getMetaModel()
boolean	isLineComment()
boolean	isOrphan()
boolean	remove() Try to remove this node from the parent
boolean	remove(Node node)
boolean	replace(Node node, Node replacementNode)
Comment	setCommentedNode(Node commentedNode) Sets the commentedNode
Comment	setContent(String content) Sets the text of the comment.

Methods inherited from class com.github.javaparser.ast.Node

addOrphanComment, customInitialization, equals, getAllContainedComments, getChildNodes, getChildNodesByType, getComment, getData, getNodeLists, getNodesByType, getOrphanComments, getParentNode, getParentNodeForChildren, getParsed, getRange, getTokenRange, hasComment, hashCode, isRegistered, notifyPropertyChange, register, register, registerForSubtree, removeComment, removeForced, removeOrphanComment, replace, setAsParentNodeOf, setAsParentNodeOf, setBlockComment, setComment, setData, setLineComment, setParentNode, setParsed, setRange, setTokenRange, toString, toString, tryAddImportToParentCompilationUnit, unregister

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface com.github.javaparser.HasParentNode

getAncestorOfType

Methods inherited from interface com.github.javaparser.ast.visitor.Visitable

accept, accept

Methods inherited from interface com.github.javaparser.ast.nodeTypes.NodeWithRange

containsWithin, getBegin, getEnd, isPositionedAfter, isPositionedBefore

Constructor Detail

Comment

public Comment(String content)

Comment

@Generated(value="com.github.javaparser.generator.core.node.MainConstructorGenerator")
public Comment(TokenRange tokenRange,
                                                                                                      String content)

This constructor is used by the parser and is considered private.

Method Detail

getContent

@Generated(value="com.github.javaparser.generator.core.node.PropertyGenerator")
public String getContent()

Return the text of the comment.

Returns:

text of the comment

setContent

@Generated(value="com.github.javaparser.generator.core.node.PropertyGenerator")
public Comment setContent(String content)

Sets the text of the comment.

Parameters:

content - the text of the comment to set

isLineComment

public boolean isLineComment()

asLineComment

public LineComment asLineComment()

getCommentedNode

public Optional<Node> getCommentedNode()

setCommentedNode

public Comment setCommentedNode(Node commentedNode)

Sets the commentedNode

Parameters:

commentedNode - the commentedNode, can be null

Returns:

this, the Comment

isOrphan

public boolean isOrphan()

remove

public boolean remove()

Description copied from class: Node

Try to remove this node from the parent

Overrides:

remove in class Node

Returns:

true if removed, false if it is a required property of the parent, or if the parent isn't set.

remove

@Generated(value="com.github.javaparser.generator.core.node.RemoveMethodGenerator")
public boolean remove(Node node)

Overrides:

remove in class Node

clone

@Generated(value="com.github.javaparser.generator.core.node.CloneGenerator")
public Comment clone()

Overrides:

clone in class Node

getMetaModel

@Generated(value="com.github.javaparser.generator.core.node.GetMetaModelGenerator")
public CommentMetaModel getMetaModel()

Overrides:

getMetaModel in class Node

Returns:

get JavaParser specific node introspection information.

replace

@Generated(value="com.github.javaparser.generator.core.node.ReplaceMethodGenerator")
public boolean replace(Node node,
                                                                                                            Node replacementNode)

Overrides:

replace in class Node