Class AstNode

A program element corresponding to JavaScript code, such as an expression or a statement.

This class provides generic traversal methods applicable to all AST nodes, such as obtaining the children of an AST node.

Examples:

function abs(x) {
  return x < 0 ? -x : x;
}
abs(-42);

Import path


                                import javascript

getAChild	Gets a child node of this node.
getAChildExpr	Gets a child expression of this node.
getAChildStmt	Gets a child statement of this node.
getAToken	Gets a token belonging to this element.
getChild	Gets the `i`th child node of this node.
getChildExpr	Gets the `i`th child expression of this node.
getChildStmt	Gets the `i`th child statement of this node.
getChildTypeExpr	Gets the `i`th child type expression of this node.
getFile	Gets the file this program element comes from.
getFirstControlFlowNode	Gets the first control flow node belonging to this syntactic entity.
getFirstToken	Gets the first token belonging to this element.
getLastToken	Gets the last token belonging to this element.
getLocation	Gets this element’s location.
getNumChild	Gets the number of child nodes of this node.
getNumChildExpr	Gets the number of child expressions of this node.
getNumChildStmt	Gets the number of child statements of this node.
getParent	Gets the parent node of this node, if any.
getTopLevel	Gets the toplevel syntactic unit to which this element belongs.
inExternsFile	Holds if this syntactic entity belongs to an externs file.
isAmbient	Holds if this is part of an ambient declaration or type annotation in a TypeScript file.

getAPrimaryQlClass	Gets the primary QL class for the Locatable.	from Locatable
getContainer	Gets the function or toplevel to which this node belongs.	from NodeInStmtContainer
getEndLine	Gets the line on which this element ends.	from Locatable
getNumLines	Gets the number of lines covered by this element.	from Locatable
getPrimaryQlClasses	Gets a comma-separated list of the names of the primary CodeQL classes to which this element belongs.	from Locatable
getStartLine	Gets the line on which this element starts.	from Locatable
toString	Gets a textual representation of this element.	from Locatable