CodeQL library for C/C++

Class Element

A C/C++ element. This class is the base class for all C/C++ elements, such as functions, classes, expressions, and so on.

Import path

import cpp

Direct supertypes

ElementBase

Indirect supertypes

Known direct subtypes

Predicates

findRootCause	Gets the source of this element: either itself or a macro that expanded to this element.
fromLibrary	Holds if this element may be from a library.
fromSource	Holds if this element may be from source. This predicate holds for all elements, except for those in the dummy file, whose name is the empty string. The dummy file contains declarations that are built directly into the compiler.
getEnclosingElement	Gets the closest `Element` enclosing this one.
getFile	Gets the primary file where this element occurs.
getLocation	Gets the primary location of this element.
getParentScope	Gets the parent scope of this `Element`, if any. A scope is a `Type` (`Class` / `Enum`), a `Namespace`, a `BlockStmt`, a `Function`, or certain kinds of `Statement`.
isAffectedByMacro	Holds if this element is affected in any way by a macro. All elements that are totally or partially generated by a macro are included, so this is a super-set of `isInMacroExpansion`.
isFromTemplateInstantiation	Holds if this `Element` is a part of a template instantiation (but not the template itself).
isFromUninstantiatedTemplate	Holds if this `Element` is part of a template `template` (not if it is part of an instantiation of `template`). This means it is represented in the database purely as syntax and without guarantees on the presence or correctness of type-based operations such as implicit conversions.
isInMacroExpansion	Holds if this element comes from a macro expansion. Only elements that are entirely generated by a macro are included - for elements that partially come from a macro, see `isAffectedByMacro`.

Inherited predicates

getAPrimaryQlClass	Gets the name of a primary CodeQL class to which this element belongs.	from ElementBase
getCanonicalQLClass	DEPRECATED: use `getAPrimaryQlClass` instead.	from ElementBase
toString	Gets a textual representation of this element.	from ElementBase