ITemplateElement (EASy-Producer Documentation API)

All Superinterfaces:

ILanguageElement, ITemplateLangElement

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractTemplateElement, AlternativeStatement, ContentStatement, Def, ExpressionStatement, FlushStatement, ImplicitVariableDeclaration, LoopStatement, SwitchStatement, TemplateBlock, VariableDeclaration, WhileStatement
```
public interface ITemplateElement
extends ITemplateLangElement
```
Marks a language element which may occur in a (sub-)template.

Author:

Holger Eichelberger

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`endsWithContentStatement()`	Returns whether this element ends with a content statement.
`TypeDescriptor<?>`	`inferType()`	Infers the type of this language element.
`boolean`	`isBlock()`	Returns whether this element is a block (opposite is a single statement).
`boolean`	`isLoop()`	Returns whether this element is a loop.

Methods inherited from interface net.ssehub.easy.instantiation.core.model.common.ILanguageElement
getParent

Methods inherited from interface net.ssehub.easy.instantiation.core.model.templateModel.ITemplateLangElement
accept

- Method Detail
  - isBlock
```
boolean isBlock()
```
    Returns whether this element is a block (opposite is a single statement).
    
    Returns:
    
    true if it is a block, false else
  - isLoop
```
boolean isLoop()
```
    Returns whether this element is a loop.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if it is a loop, false else
  - inferType
```
TypeDescriptor<?> inferType()
                     throws VilException
```
    Infers the type of this language element.
    
    Returns:
    
    the type of this language element
    
    Throws:
    
    VilException - in case that type errors occur
  - endsWithContentStatement
```
boolean endsWithContentStatement()
```
    Returns whether this element ends with a content statement.
    
    Returns:
    
    true for end with content statement, false else