Interface IParent

All Known Subinterfaces:

IClassFile, ICompilationUnit, IField, IImportContainer, IInitializer, IJavaModel, IJavaProject, IMember, IMethod, IModularClassFile, IModuleDescription, IOrdinaryClassFile, IPackageFragment, IPackageFragmentRoot, IType, ITypeRoot

public interface IParent

Common protocol for Java elements that contain other Java elements.

Restriction:

This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
IJavaElement[]	getChildren()	Returns the immediate children of this element.
boolean	hasChildren()	Returns whether this element has one or more immediate children.

Method Details

getChildren

IJavaElement[] getChildren()
                    throws JavaModelException

Returns the immediate children of this element. Unless otherwise specified by the implementing element, the children are in no particular order.

Returns:

the immediate children of this element

Throws:

JavaModelException - if this element does not exist or if an exception occurs while accessing its corresponding resource

hasChildren

boolean hasChildren()
             throws JavaModelException

Returns whether this element has one or more immediate children. This is a convenience method, and may be more efficient than testing whether getChildren is an empty array.

Returns:

true if the immediate children of this element, false otherwise

Throws:

JavaModelException - if this element does not exist or if an exception occurs while accessing its corresponding resource