geneseo.cs.miniml
Class TailCallNode

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

ParseNode

public class TailCallNode

extends MinimLParseNode

Represents syntax tree nodes for tail calls (function calls that are the last thing the caller does) in the MinimL compiler.

Constructor Summary

TailCallNode(java.lang.String function, MinimLParseNode actuals)
Initialize a tail call node from the name of the function it calls and the actual parameter list.

Method Summary

void	acceptVisit(MinimLParseVisitor visitor) Allow a visitor object to process a tail call.
MinimLParseNode	getActuals() Retrieve a tail call's actual parameter list.
java.lang.String	getIdentifier() Retrieve the name of the function that a tail call calls.
void	setActuals(MinimLParseNode newActuals) Change a tail call's actual parameter list.
java.lang.String	toString() Generate a string representing a tail call.

Methods inherited from class geneseo.cs.miniml.MinimLParseNode

getAttribute, setAttribute

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

TailCallNode

public TailCallNode(java.lang.String function,
                    MinimLParseNode actuals)

Initialize a tail call node from the name of the function it calls and the actual parameter list.

Parameters:

function - The name of the function to call.

actuals - The head of the actual parameter list.

Method Detail

getIdentifier

public java.lang.String getIdentifier()

Retrieve the name of the function that a tail call calls.

Returns:

The function's name.

getActuals

public MinimLParseNode getActuals()

Retrieve a tail call's actual parameter list.

Returns:

The syntax tree node for head of the actual parameter list (from which the rest of the list is accessible).

setActuals

public void setActuals(MinimLParseNode newActuals)

Change a tail call's actual parameter list.

Parameters:

newActuals - The head of the new list of actual parameters.

acceptVisit

public void acceptVisit(MinimLParseVisitor visitor)
                 throws CompilerException

Allow a visitor object to process a tail call. Exactly what the visitor does to the call is up to the visitor.

Overrides:

acceptVisit in class MinimLParseNode

Parameters:

visitor - The visitor object that wishes to process the call.

Throws:

CompilerException - If thrown by the visitor.

See Also:

MinimLParseVisitor

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Generate a string representing a tail call.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

A string that indicates that a syntax tree node is a tail call, and the name of the function.