Class TypeExpr

A type expression, that is, an AST node that is part of a TypeScript type annotation.

This class includes only explicit type annotations - types inferred by the TypeScript compiler are not type expressions.

Import path

import javascript

Direct supertypes

Indirect supertypes

Known direct subtypes

Predicates

getClass	Gets the class referenced by this type annotation, if any.
getEnclosingFunction
getEnclosingStmt
getTopLevel
getType	Gets the static type expressed by this type annotation.
toString	Gets a textual representation of this element.

Inherited predicates

getAChild	Gets a child node of this node.	from AstNode
getAChildExpr	Gets a child expression of this node.	from AstNode
getAChildStmt	Gets a child statement of this node.	from AstNode
getAPrimaryQlClass	Gets the primary QL class for the Locatable.	from Locatable
getAToken	Gets a token belonging to this element.	from AstNode
getAnUnderlyingType	Repeatedly unfolds unions, intersections, parentheses, and nullability/readonly modifiers and gets any of the underlying types, or this type itself if it cannot be unfolded.	from TypeAnnotation
getChild	Gets the `i`th child node of this node.	from AstNode
getChildExpr	Gets the `i`th child expression of this node.	from AstNode
getChildStmt	Gets the `i`th child statement of this node.	from AstNode
getChildTypeExpr	Gets the `i`th child type expression of this node.	from AstNode
getContainer	Gets the function or toplevel to which this node belongs.	from NodeInStmtContainer
getDocumentation	Gets the JSDoc comment associated with this expression or type or its parent statement, if any.	from ExprOrType
getEndLine	Gets the line on which this element ends.	from Locatable
getFile	Gets the file this program element comes from.	from AstNode
getFirstControlFlowNode	Gets the first control flow node belonging to this syntactic entity.	from AstNode
getFirstToken	Gets the first token belonging to this element.	from AstNode
getLastToken	Gets the last token belonging to this element.	from AstNode
getLocation	Gets this element’s location.	from Locatable
getNumChild	Gets the number of child nodes of this node.	from AstNode
getNumChildExpr	Gets the number of child expressions of this node.	from AstNode
getNumChildStmt	Gets the number of child statements of this node.	from AstNode
getNumLines	Gets the number of lines covered by this element.	from Locatable
getParent	Gets the parent node of this node, if any.	from AstNode
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
getUnderlyingReference	Gets the innermost reference that this expression evaluates to, if any.	from ExprOrType
getUnderlyingValue	Gets the innermost expression that this expression evaluates to.	from ExprOrType
hasQualifiedName	Holds if this is a reference to the type with qualified name `globalName` relative to the global scope.	from TypeAnnotation
hasQualifiedName	Holds if this is a reference to the type exported from `moduleName` under the name `exportedName`.	from TypeAnnotation
inExternsFile	Holds if this syntactic entity belongs to an externs file.	from AstNode
isAmbient	Holds if this is part of an ambient declaration or type annotation in a TypeScript file.	from AstNode
isAny	Holds if this is the `any` type.	from TypeAnnotation
isBigInt	Holds if this is the `bigint` type.	from TypeAnnotation
isBoolean	Holds if this is the `boolean` type. Does not hold for the (rarely used) `Boolean` type.	from TypeAnnotation
isBooleany	Holds if this is the `boolean` or `Boolean` type.	from TypeAnnotation
isConstKeyword	Holds if this is the `const` keyword, occurring in a type assertion such as `x as const`.	from TypeAnnotation
isNever	Holds if this is the `never` type, or an equivalent type representing the empty set of values.	from TypeAnnotation
isNull	Holds if this is the `null` type.	from TypeAnnotation
isNumber	Holds if this is the `number` type. Does not hold for the (rarely used) `Number` type.	from TypeAnnotation
isNumbery	Holds if this is the `number` or `Number`s type.	from TypeAnnotation
isObjectKeyword	Holds if this is the `object` type.	from TypeAnnotation
isRawFunction	Holds if this is the `Function` type.	from TypeAnnotation
isString	Holds if this is the `string` type. Does not hold for the (rarely used) `String` type.	from TypeAnnotation
isStringy	Holds if this is the `string` or `String` type.	from TypeAnnotation
isSymbol	Holds if this is the `symbol` type.	from TypeAnnotation
isThis	Holds if this is the `this` type.	from TypeAnnotation
isUndefined	Holds if this is the `undefined` type.	from TypeAnnotation
isUniqueSymbol	Holds if this is the `unique symbol` type.	from TypeAnnotation
isUnknownKeyword	Holds if this is the `unknown` type.	from TypeAnnotation
isVoid	Holds if this is the `void` type.	from TypeAnnotation
stripParens	Gets this expression or type, with any surrounding parentheses removed.	from ExprOrType