org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr

## Class PrefixExpression

- java.lang.Object
- - org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ASTNode
  - - org.codehaus.groovy.ast.AnnotatedNode
    - - org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.Expression
      - - org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.PrefixExpression

-     public class PrefixExpression
      extends Expression

  Represents a prefix expression like ++foo or --bar

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `PrefixExpression(Token operation, Expression expression)`

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `Expression` | `getExpression()`
    `Token` | `getOperation()`
    `java.lang.String` | `getText()`
    `ClassNode` | `getType()`
    `void` | `setExpression(Expression expression)`
    `java.lang.String` | `toString()`
    `Expression` | `transformExpression(ExpressionTransformer transformer)` Return a copy of the expression calling the transformer on any nested expressions
    `void` | `visit(GroovyCodeVisitor visitor)`

    - ### Methods inherited from class org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.Expression

      `setType, transformExpressions, transformExpressions`

    - ### Methods inherited from class org.codehaus.groovy.ast.AnnotatedNode

      `addAnnotation, addAnnotations, getAnnotations, getAnnotations, getDeclaringClass, hasNoRealSourcePosition, isSynthetic, setDeclaringClass, setHasNoRealSourcePosition, setSynthetic`

    - ### Methods inherited from class org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ASTNode

      `copyNodeMetaData, equals, getColumnNumber, getLastColumnNumber, getLastLineNumber, getLineNumber, getMetaDataMap, getNodeMetaData, getNodeMetaData, hashCode, putNodeMetaData, removeNodeMetaData, setColumnNumber, setLastColumnNumber, setLastLineNumber, setLineNumber, setNodeMetaData, setSourcePosition`

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### PrefixExpression

          public PrefixExpression(Token operation,
                                  Expression expression)

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### toString

          public java.lang.String toString()

      Overrides:
        `toString` in class `java.lang.Object`

    - #### visit

          public void visit(GroovyCodeVisitor visitor)

      Overrides:
        `visit` in class `ASTNode`

    - #### transformExpression

          public Expression transformExpression(ExpressionTransformer transformer)

      Description copied from class: `Expression`
      Return a copy of the expression calling the transformer on any nested expressions
      Specified by:
        `transformExpression` in class `Expression`

    - #### setExpression

          public void setExpression(Expression expression)

    - #### getOperation

          public Token getOperation()

    - #### getExpression

          public Expression getExpression()

    - #### getText

          public java.lang.String getText()

      Overrides:
        `getText` in class `ASTNode`

    - #### getType

          public ClassNode getType()

      Overrides:
        `getType` in class `Expression`