orc.ast.extended.declaration
Class Declaration

java.lang.Object
  orc.ast.extended.declaration.Declaration

All Implemented Interfaces:

Locatable, Located

Direct Known Subclasses:

ClassDeclaration, DatatypeDeclaration, DefsDeclaration, SiteDeclaration, TypeDeclaration, ValDeclaration

public abstract class Declaration
extends java.lang.Object
implements Locatable

A unit of syntax that encapsulates some declaration. Declarations affect the environment, for example by adding new bindings, but do not typically do computation on their own. A declaration is scoped in the abstract syntax tree by a Declare object.

Author:

dkitchin

Field Summary

protected SourceLocation

location

Constructor Summary

Declaration()

Method Summary

abstract Expression	bindto(Expression target)
SourceLocation	getSourceLocation()
void	setSourceLocation(SourceLocation location)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

location

protected SourceLocation location

Constructor Detail

Declaration

public Declaration()

Method Detail

bindto

public abstract Expression bindto(Expression target)
                           throws CompilationException

Throws:

CompilationException

setSourceLocation

public void setSourceLocation(SourceLocation location)

Specified by:

setSourceLocation in interface Locatable

getSourceLocation

public SourceLocation getSourceLocation()

Specified by:

getSourceLocation in interface Located