IParent (Eclipse CDT API Specification)

All Known Subinterfaces:

IArchive, IArchiveContainer, IBinary, IBinaryContainer, IBinaryModule, ICContainer, ICModel, ICProject, IEnumeration, IIncludeReference, ILibraryReference, INamespace, ISourceRoot, IStructure, IStructureTemplate, ITranslationUnit, IWorkingCopy
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public interface IParent
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Common protocol for C elements that contain other C elements.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ICElement[]`	`getChildren()`	Returns the immediate children of this element.
`List<ICElement>`	`getChildrenOfType(int type)`	returns the children of a certain type
`boolean`	`hasChildren()`	Returns whether this element has one or more immediate children.

- Method Detail
  - getChildren
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ICElement[] getChildren()
                 throws CModelException
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    Returns the immediate children of this element. The children are in no particular order.
    
    Throws:
    
    CModelException - if this element does not exist or if an exception occurs while accessing its corresponding resource
  - getChildrenOfType
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List<ICElement> getChildrenOfType(int type)
                           throws CModelException
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    returns the children of a certain type
    
    Throws:
    
    CModelException
  - hasChildren
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boolean hasChildren()
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    Returns whether this element has one or more immediate children. This is a convenience method, and may be more efficient than testing whether getChildren() returns an empty array.