Package org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr

## Class PropertyExpression

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

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    `GroovydocHolder<AnnotatedNode>`, `NodeMetaDataHandler`
  Direct Known Subclasses:
    `AttributeExpression`

      public class PropertyExpression
      extends Expression

  Represents a property access such as the expression "foo.bar".

- - ### Field Summary

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

      `EMPTY_ARRAY`

    - ### Fields inherited from interface groovy.lang.groovydoc.GroovydocHolder

      `DOC_COMMENT`

  - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor | Description
    --- | ---
    `PropertyExpression​(Expression objectExpression, String propertyName)` |
    `PropertyExpression​(Expression objectExpression, Expression property)` |
    `PropertyExpression​(Expression objectExpression, Expression property, boolean safe)` |

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `Expression` | `getObjectExpression()` |
    `Expression` | `getProperty()` |
    `String` | `getPropertyAsString()` |
    `String` | `getText()` |
    `boolean` | `isDynamic()` |
    `boolean` | `isImplicitThis()` |
    `boolean` | `isSafe()` |
    `boolean` | `isSpreadSafe()` |
    `boolean` | `isStatic()` |
    `void` | `setImplicitThis​(boolean implicitThis)` |
    `void` | `setObjectExpression​(Expression objectExpression)` |
    `void` | `setSpreadSafe​(boolean spreadSafe)` |
    `void` | `setStatic​(boolean isStatic)` |
    `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

      `getType, setType, transformExpressions, transformExpressions`

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

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

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

      `copyNodeMetaData, getColumnNumber, getLastColumnNumber, getLastLineNumber, getLineNumber, getMetaDataMap, hashCode, setColumnNumber, setLastColumnNumber, setLastLineNumber, setLineNumber, setMetaDataMap, setSourcePosition`

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

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

    - ### Methods inherited from interface org.codehaus.groovy.ast.NodeMetaDataHandler

      `copyNodeMetaData, getNodeMetaData, getNodeMetaData, getNodeMetaData, putNodeMetaData, removeNodeMetaData, setNodeMetaData`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### PropertyExpression

          public PropertyExpression​(Expression objectExpression,
                                    String propertyName)

    - #### PropertyExpression

          public PropertyExpression​(Expression objectExpression,
                                    Expression property)

    - #### PropertyExpression

          public PropertyExpression​(Expression objectExpression,
                                    Expression property,
                                    boolean safe)

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### 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`

    - #### getObjectExpression

          public Expression getObjectExpression()

    - #### setObjectExpression

          public void setObjectExpression​(Expression objectExpression)

    - #### getProperty

          public Expression getProperty()

    - #### getPropertyAsString

          public String getPropertyAsString()

    - #### getText

          public String getText()

      Overrides:
        `getText` in class `ASTNode`

    - #### isDynamic

          public boolean isDynamic()

    - #### isImplicitThis

          public boolean isImplicitThis()

    - #### setImplicitThis

          public void setImplicitThis​(boolean implicitThis)

    - #### isSafe

          public boolean isSafe()

      Returns:
        is this a safe navigation, i.e. if true then if the source object is null then this navigation will return null

    - #### isSpreadSafe

          public boolean isSpreadSafe()

    - #### setSpreadSafe

          public void setSpreadSafe​(boolean spreadSafe)

    - #### isStatic

          public boolean isStatic()

    - #### setStatic

          public void setStatic​(boolean isStatic)

    - #### toString

          public String toString()

      Overrides:
        `toString` in class `Object`