Bug 13084

Summary:	DCR: ASTNode.getElementType
Product:	[Eclipse Project] JDT	Reporter:	Martin Aeschlimann <martinae>
Component:	Core	Assignee:	Jim des Rivieres <jeem>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	dirk_baeumer
Version:	2.0
Target Milestone:	2.0 M5
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 2000
Whiteboard:

Description Martin Aeschlimann

2002-04-09 12:33:16 EDT

It would be nice if the AST Nodes could be distiguished by an int 'type'-id
like IJavaElement.getElementType / IResource.getType
- instanceof checks can be reduced.
- needed to implement a switch statement over many node types
- nice to find a parent of a certain kind

Comment 1 Olivier Thomann

2002-04-09 12:36:59 EDT

Jim, could you please have a look at this PR?

Comment 2 Jim des Rivieres

2002-04-11 19:14:27 EDT

Added ASTNode.getNodeType() and constants on ASTNode.
Constants are small, unique, positive numbers, suitable for use in switch
statements.

Test suites updated.