Re: [cdt-dev] How to get definition of a declaration that is in a header

[Nathan Ridge <zeratul976@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I generally use Binding.getDefn() if the type of binding is CPPCLasstype 
>  
> But, if the definition is outside, then what I get  
> is org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.pdom.dom.cpp.PDOMCPPClassType and this  
> has no getDefn(). 
>  
> Basically , its a struct definition node and I want to get it 

CDT does not keep ASTs for files in the index. It creates an AST for a file during indexing, saves information from the AST into the index, and then discards the AST.

Therefore, you have two options:
  1) Get the information you want from the index.
  2) Re-parse the header file to get an AST for it.

Depending on what it is exactly you want to do, one or the other may be more appropriate.

Regards,
Nate