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package com.sun.source.tree;

import java.util.List;

A tree node to declare a new instance of a class.
For example:
  new identifier ( )
  new identifier ( arguments )
  new typeArguments identifier ( arguments )
      classBody
  enclosingExpression.new identifier ( arguments )

Author:
Peter von der Ahé, Jonathan Gibbons
@jls
section 15.9
Since:
1.6/**
 * A tree node to declare a new instance of a class.
 *
 * For example:
 * <pre>
 *   new <em>identifier</em> ( )
 *
 *   new <em>identifier</em> ( <em>arguments</em> )
 *
 *   new <em>typeArguments</em> <em>identifier</em> ( <em>arguments</em> )
 *       <em>classBody</em>
 *
 *   <em>enclosingExpression</em>.new <em>identifier</em> ( <em>arguments</em> )
 * </pre>
 *
 * @jls section 15.9
 *
 * @author Peter von der Ah&eacute;
 * @author Jonathan Gibbons
 * @since 1.6
 */
public interface NewClassTree extends ExpressionTree {
    
Returns the enclosing expression, or null if none. 
Returns:
the enclosing expression/**
     * Returns the enclosing expression, or {@code null} if none.
     * @return the enclosing expression
     */
    ExpressionTree getEnclosingExpression();

    
Returns the type arguments for the object being created.
Returns:
the type arguments/**
     * Returns the type arguments for the object being created.
     * @return the type arguments
     */
    List<? extends Tree> getTypeArguments();

    
Returns the name of the class being instantiated.
Returns:
the name/**
     * Returns the name of the class being instantiated.
     * @return the name
     */
    ExpressionTree getIdentifier();

    
Returns the arguments for the constructor to be invoked.
Returns:
the arguments/**
     * Returns the arguments for the constructor to be invoked.
     * @return the arguments
     */
    List<? extends ExpressionTree> getArguments();

    
Returns the class body if an anonymous class is being instantiated, and null otherwise. 
Returns:
the class body/**
     * Returns the class body if an anonymous class is being
     * instantiated, and {@code null} otherwise.
     * @return the class body
     */
    ClassTree getClassBody();
}