Module jdk.jshell
Package jdk.jshell

Class ExpressionSnippet

java.lang.Object
jdk.jshell.Snippet
jdk.jshell.ExpressionSnippet
public class ExpressionSnippet extends Snippet
Snippet for an assignment or variable-value expression. The Kind is Snippet.Kind.EXPRESSION.

ExpressionSnippet is immutable: an access to any of its methods will always return the same result. and thus is thread-safe.

See Java Language Specification:
15 Expressions
Since:
9

  • Method Details

    • name

      public String name()
      Variable name which is the value of the expression. Since the expression is either just a variable identifier or it is an assignment to a variable, there is always a variable which is the subject of the expression. All other forms of expression become temporary variables which are instead referenced by a VarSnippet.
      Returns:
      the name of the variable which is the subject of the expression.

    • typeName

      public String typeName()
      Type of the expression
      Returns:
      String representation of the type of the expression.