org.antlr.symtab

Class PointerType

java.lang.Object

org.antlr.symtab.PointerType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Type

public class PointerType
extends Object
implements Type

An element in a type tree that represents a pointer to some type, such as we need for C. "int *" would need a PointerType(intType) object.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected Type	targetType

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PointerType(Type targetType)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getName()
int	getTypeIndex() It is useful during type computation and code gen to assign an int index to the primitive types and possibly user-defined types like structs and classes.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

targetType

protected Type targetType

Constructor Detail

PointerType

public PointerType(Type targetType)

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Specified by:

getName in interface Type

getTypeIndex

public int getTypeIndex()

Description copied from interface: Type

It is useful during type computation and code gen to assign an int index to the primitive types and possibly user-defined types like structs and classes.

Specified by:

getTypeIndex in interface Type

Returns:

Return 0-indexed type index else -1 if no index.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object