PatternBuilderHelper (Spoon Core 10.2.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- spoon.pattern.PatternBuilderHelper

```
public class PatternBuilderHelper
extends Object
```
Utility class to select parts of AST to be used as a model of a PatternBuilder. Main documentation at http://spoon.gforge.inria.fr/pattern.html.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

PatternBuilderHelper(CtType<?> templateTemplate)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`List<CtElement>`	`getPatternElements()`
`PatternBuilderHelper`	`keepTypeMembers(Filter<? super CtElement> filter)`
`PatternBuilderHelper`	`removeSuperClass()`	removes super class from the template
`PatternBuilderHelper`	`setBodyOfMethod(String methodName)`	Sets a template model from body of the method of template type
`PatternBuilderHelper`	`setReturnExpressionOfMethod(String methodName)`	Sets a template model from return expression of the method of template type selected by filter
`PatternBuilderHelper`	`setTypeMember(String typeMemberName)`	Sets a template model from `CtTypeMember` of a template type

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - PatternBuilderHelper
```
public PatternBuilderHelper(CtType<?> templateTemplate)
```
- Method Detail
  - setTypeMember
```
public PatternBuilderHelper setTypeMember(String typeMemberName)
```
    Sets a template model from CtTypeMember of a template type
    
    Parameters:
    
    typeMemberName - the name of the CtTypeMember of a template type
  - setBodyOfMethod
```
public PatternBuilderHelper setBodyOfMethod(String methodName)
```
    Sets a template model from body of the method of template type
    
    Parameters:
    
    methodName - the name of CtMethod
  - setReturnExpressionOfMethod
```
public PatternBuilderHelper setReturnExpressionOfMethod(String methodName)
```
    Sets a template model from return expression of the method of template type selected by filter
    
    Parameters:
    
    methodName - the name of CtMethod
  - keepTypeMembers
```
public PatternBuilderHelper keepTypeMembers(Filter<? super CtElement> filter)
```
    Parameters:
    
    filter - whose matches will be kept in the template. All others will be removed
  - removeSuperClass
```
public PatternBuilderHelper removeSuperClass()
```
    removes super class from the template
  - getPatternElements
```
public List<CtElement> getPatternElements()
```
    Returns:
    
    a List of CtElements, which has to be used as pattern model