ExpressionSnippet (Java SE 13 & JDK 13 )
Description: declaration: module: jdk.jshell, package: jdk.jshell, class: ExpressionSnippet
Keywords: jdk.jshell.ExpressionSnippet class

Module jdk.jshell
Package jdk.jshell

# Class ExpressionSnippet

java.lang.Object
jdk.jshell.Snippet
jdk.jshell.ExpressionSnippet

    public class ExpressionSnippet
    extends Snippet

Snippet for an assignment or variable-value expression. The Kind is `Snippet.Kind.EXPRESSION`.

`ExpressionSnippet` is immutable: an access to any of its methods will always return the same result. and thus is thread-safe.

See Java Language Specification:
  15 Expressions
Since:
  9

- ## Nested Class Summary

  ## Nested classes/interfaces declared in class jdk.jshell.Snippet

  `Snippet.Kind, Snippet.Status, Snippet.SubKind`

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type | Method | Description
  --- | --- | ---
  `String` | `name()` | Variable name which is the value of the expression.
  `String` | `typeName()` | Type of the expression

  ### Methods declared in class jdk.jshell.Snippet

  `id, kind, source, subKind`

  ### Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

  `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- ## Method Details

  - ### name

    public String name()
    Variable name which is the value of the expression. Since the expression is either just a variable identifier or it is an assignment to a variable, there is always a variable which is the subject of the expression. All other forms of expression become temporary variables which are instead referenced by a `VarSnippet`.
    Returns:
      the name of the variable which is the subject of the expression.

  - ### typeName

    public String typeName()
    Type of the expression
    Returns:
      String representation of the type of the expression.