girparser: Add common parse_symbol_from_string method
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1 /* valacodenode.vala
3 * Copyright (C) 2006-2010 Jürg Billeter
5 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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19 * Author:
20 * Jürg Billeter <j@bitron.ch>
23 using GLib;
25 /**
26 * Represents a part of the parsed source code.
28 * Code nodes get created by the parser and are used throughout the whole
29 * compilation process.
31 public abstract class Vala.CodeNode {
32 /**
33 * Parent of this code node.
35 public weak CodeNode? parent_node { get; set; }
37 /**
38 * References the location in the source file where this code node has
39 * been written.
41 public SourceReference? source_reference { get; set; }
43 public bool unreachable { get; set; }
45 /**
46 * Contains all attributes that have been specified for this code node.
48 public GLib.List<Attribute> attributes;
50 public string type_name {
51 get { return Type.from_instance (this).name (); }
54 public bool checked { get; set; }
56 /**
57 * Specifies whether a fatal error has been detected in this code node.
59 public bool error { get; set; }
61 /**
62 * Specifies that this node or a child node may throw an exception.
64 public bool tree_can_fail {
65 get { return _error_types != null && _error_types.size > 0; }
68 private List<DataType> _error_types;
69 private static List<DataType> _empty_type_list;
71 static int last_temp_nr = 0;
73 /**
74 * Specifies the exceptions that can be thrown by this node or a child node
76 public List<DataType> get_error_types () {
77 if (_error_types != null) {
78 return _error_types;
80 if (_empty_type_list == null) {
81 _empty_type_list = new ArrayList<DataType> ();
83 return _empty_type_list;
86 /**
87 * Adds an error type to the exceptions that can be thrown by this node
88 * or a child node
90 public void add_error_type (DataType error_type) {
91 if (_error_types == null) {
92 _error_types = new ArrayList<DataType> ();
94 _error_types.add (error_type);
95 error_type.parent_node = this;
98 /**
99 * Adds a collection of error types to the exceptions that can be thrown by this node
100 * or a child node
102 public void add_error_types (List<DataType> error_types) {
103 foreach (DataType error_type in error_types) {
104 add_error_type (error_type);
109 * Visits this code node with the specified CodeVisitor.
111 * @param visitor the visitor to be called while traversing
113 public virtual void accept (CodeVisitor visitor) {
117 * Visits all children of this code node with the specified CodeVisitor.
119 * @param visitor the visitor to be called while traversing
121 public virtual void accept_children (CodeVisitor visitor) {
124 public virtual bool check (CodeContext context) {
125 return true;
128 public virtual void emit (CodeGenerator codegen) {
131 public virtual void replace_type (DataType old_type, DataType new_type) {
134 public virtual void replace_expression (Expression old_node, Expression new_node) {
138 * Returns the specified attribute.
140 * @param name attribute name
141 * @return attribute
143 public Attribute? get_attribute (string name) {
144 // FIXME: use hash table
145 foreach (Attribute a in attributes) {
146 if (a.name == name) {
147 return a;
151 return null;
155 * Returns a string that represents this code node.
157 * @return a string representation
159 public virtual string to_string () {
160 var str = new StringBuilder ();
162 str.append ("/* ");
164 if (source_reference != null) {
165 str.append ("@").append (source_reference.to_string ());
168 return str.append (" */").str;
171 public virtual void get_defined_variables (Collection<LocalVariable> collection) {
174 public virtual void get_used_variables (Collection<LocalVariable> collection) {
177 public static string get_temp_name () {
178 return "." + (++last_temp_nr).to_string ();