Package spoon.template

This package defines a framework for well-typed pure-Java templates.

A template is a regular Java class that implements the Template interface and that contains some template parameters.

Related Documentation

• Spoon Official Web Site

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
Template<T extends CtElement>	A template code is simply a piece of code that uses a TemplateParameter's instance.
TemplateParameter<T>	This interface defines a typed template parameter.

Class Summary

Class	Description
AbstractTemplate<T extends CtElement>	handles the well-formedness and helper methods of templates
BlockTemplate	This class represents a template parameter that defines a void block statement directly expressed in Java (no returns).
ExpressionTemplate<T>	This class represents an expression template parameter expressed in Java.
ExtensionTemplate	Inserts all the methods, fields, constructors, initialization blocks (if target is a class), inner types, and super interfaces (except Template) from a given template by substituting all the template parameters by their values.
StatementTemplate	This class represents a template parameter that defines a statement list directly expressed in Java (no returns).
Substitution	This class defines the substitution API for templates (see Template).
TemplateMatcher	This class defines an engine for matching a template to pieces of code.

Exception Summary

Exception	Description
TemplateException	This runtime exception can be throws when something wrong occurs in template operations such as loading, substitution, and matching.

Annotation Types Summary

Annotation Type	Description
Local	This annotation should be placed on templates' members to indicate that they are local elements of the template class.
Parameter	This annotation should be placed on templates' fields or methods to indicate that they represent template parameters.