Qore::Reflection::Constant Class Reference

This class provides information about Qore constants defined in Qore namespaces. More...

Inheritance diagram for Qore::Reflection::Constant:

Public Member Methods
	constructor (string path)
	Creates the object from the constant name or namespace-justified path as a string. More...
Namespace	getNamespace ()
	Returns the namespace for the constant. More...
Public Member Methods inherited from Qore::Reflection::AbstractConstant
	constructor ()
	Throws an exception; this class cannot be created directly or used in a user class hierarchy. More...
list< string >	getModifierList ()
	returns a list of strings of modifiers describing the constant More...
int	getModifiers ()
	returns a bitfield of modifiers describing the constant More...
string	getName ()
	returns the constant's name More...
hash< SourceLocationInfo >	getSourceLocation ()
	Returns the source location of the contant declaration. More...
Type	getType ()
	Returns the type object for this constant. More...
auto	getValue ()
	Returns the value of the constant. More...
bool	isBuiltin ()
	returns True if the constant is builtin More...
bool	isClassConstant ()
	returns True if the constant is a class constant More...
bool	isEqual (AbstractConstant con)
	Returns True if the AbstractConstant object passed as an argument is equal to the current object; False if not. More...
bool	isUser ()
	returns True if the constant is a user constant More...

Static Public Member Methods
static list< Constant >	findAllRegex (string pattern, *int re_opts)
	Returns a list of constants matching the regular expression pattern argument or an empty list if no namespace constants match. More...
static list< Constant >	findAllRegex (Program pgm, string pattern, *int re_opts)
	Returns a list of constants matching the regular expression pattern argument or an empty list if no namespace constants match. More...
static Constant	forName (string path)
	Returns a Constant object from the constant name or namespace-justified path as a string. More...
static Constant	forName (Program pgm, string path)
	Returns a Constant object from the constant name or namespace-justified path as a string. More...

Detailed Description

This class provides information about Qore constants defined in Qore namespaces.

Restrictions:

Qore::PO_NO_REFLECTION

See also

ClassConstant

Since

Qore 0.9.0

Member Function Documentation

constructor()

Qore::Reflection::Constant::constructor

(

string

path

)

Creates the object from the constant name or namespace-justified path as a string.

Example:

Constant con("::ARGV");

Parameters

path	the constant name or namespace-justified path as a string

Exceptions

UNKNOWN-CONSTANT	cannot find a constant with the given name or path
ENCODING-CONVERSION-ERROR	this exception could be thrown if the string argument is not in the default character encoding and an error occurs during encoding conversion

Note

searches namespace constants only; does not search class constants

See also

forName()

findAllRegex() [1/2]

static list<Constant> Qore::Reflection::Constant::findAllRegex ( string  pattern, *int  re_opts  )

static

Returns a list of constants matching the regular expression pattern argument or an empty list if no namespace constants match.

Code Flags:

RET_VALUE_ONLY

Example:

# return all accessible constants that start with the letter "T"
list<Constant> l = Constant::findAllRegex("^T");

Parameters

pattern	the regular expression pattern to match
re_opts	see Regular Expression Constants for possible values

Returns

a list of constants matching the regular expression pattern argument or an empty list if no constants match

Note

searches namespace constants only; does not search class constants

findAllRegex() [2/2]

static list<Constant> Qore::Reflection::Constant::findAllRegex ( Program  pgm, string  pattern, *int  re_opts  )

static

Returns a list of constants matching the regular expression pattern argument or an empty list if no namespace constants match.

Code Flags:

RET_VALUE_ONLY

Example:

# return all accessible constants that start with the letter "T"
list<Constant> l = Constant::findAllRegex(pgm, "^T");

Parameters

pgm	the Program object to search
pattern	the regular expression pattern to match
re_opts	see Regular Expression Constants for possible values

Returns

a list of constants matching the regular expression pattern argument or an empty list if no constants match

Note

searches namespace constants only; does not search class constants

forName() [1/2]

static Constant Qore::Reflection::Constant::forName ( string  path )

static

Returns a Constant object from the constant name or namespace-justified path as a string.

Code Flags:

RET_VALUE_ONLY

Example:

Constant con = Constant::forName("Option::HAVE_FORK");

Parameters

path	the constant name or namespace-justified path as a string

Returns

a constant object corresponding to the name or namespace-justified path provided as an argument

Exceptions

UNKNOWN-CONSTANT	cannot find a constant with the given name or path
ENCODING-CONVERSION-ERROR	this exception could be thrown if the string argument is not in the default character encoding and an error occurs during encoding conversion

Note

searches namespace constants only; does not search class constants

forName() [2/2]

static Constant Qore::Reflection::Constant::forName ( Program  pgm, string  path  )

static

Returns a Constant object from the constant name or namespace-justified path as a string.

Code Flags:

RET_VALUE_ONLY

Example:

Constant con = Constant::forName(pgm, "Option::HAVE_FORK");

Parameters

pgm	the Program object to search
path	the constant name or namespace-justified path as a string

Returns

a constant object corresponding to the name or namespace-justified path provided as an argument

Exceptions

UNKNOWN-CONSTANT	cannot find a constant with the given name or path
ENCODING-CONVERSION-ERROR	this exception could be thrown if the string argument is not in the default character encoding and an error occurs during encoding conversion

Note

searches namespace constants only; does not search class constants

getNamespace()

Namespace Qore::Reflection::Constant::getNamespace

(

)

Returns the namespace for the constant.

Code Flags:

CONSTANT

Example:

Namespace ns = con.getNamespace();

Returns

the namespace for the constant

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