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[ifi-stolz-refaktor.git] / case-study / refaktor-before / src / no / uio / ifi / refaktor / analyze / collectors / PropertyCollector.java

package no.uio.ifi.refaktor.analyze.collectors;

import no.uio.ifi.refaktor.textselection.CompilationUnitTextSelection;

import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTNode;
import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTVisitor;

/**
 * A PropertyCollector is responsible for collecting
 * properties from an AST, and in particular, properties
 * from within a selection.
 * 
 * If the visitor shall be limited to visiting nodes inside
 * the selection, then subclasses that overrides a 
 * visit(ASTNode node) method must put this formulary 
 * as the first thing inside the method:
 * 
 * 		if (!nodeInSelection(node))
 * 			return false;
 */
public abstract class PropertyCollector extends ASTVisitor {

	protected final CompilationUnitTextSelection selection;

	public PropertyCollector(CompilationUnitTextSelection selection) {
		super();
		this.selection = selection;
	}

	protected boolean nodeInSelection(ASTNode node) {
		return selection.surroundsNode(node);
	}

	public abstract void clearData();
}