BytecodeExpression (Groovy 2.4.3)
Date: 2015-03-23

org.codehaus.groovy.classgen

## Class BytecodeExpression

- java.lang.Object
- - org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ASTNode
  - - org.codehaus.groovy.ast.AnnotatedNode
    - - org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.Expression
      - - org.codehaus.groovy.classgen.BytecodeExpression

- Direct Known Subclasses:
    ExpressionAsVariableSlot, VariableSlotLoader

      public abstract class BytecodeExpression
      extends Expression

  Represents some custom bytecode generation by the compiler
  Version:
    $Revision$
  Author:
    James Strachan

- - ### Field Summary

    Fields
    Modifier and Type | Field and Description
    --- | ---
    `static BytecodeExpression` | `NOP`

  - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `BytecodeExpression()`
    `BytecodeExpression(ClassNode type)`

  - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `Expression` | `transformExpression(ExpressionTransformer transformer)` Return a copy of the expression calling the transformer on any nested expressions
    `void` | `visit(GroovyCodeVisitor visitor)`
    `abstract void` | `visit(org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor mv)`

    - ### Methods inherited from class org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.Expression

      `getType, setType, transformExpressions, transformExpressions`

    - ### Methods inherited from class org.codehaus.groovy.ast.AnnotatedNode

      `addAnnotation, addAnnotations, getAnnotations, getAnnotations, getDeclaringClass, hasNoRealSourcePosition, isSynthetic, setDeclaringClass, setHasNoRealSourcePosition, setSynthetic`

    - ### Methods inherited from class org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ASTNode

      `copyNodeMetaData, getColumnNumber, getLastColumnNumber, getLastLineNumber, getLineNumber, getNodeMetaData, getNodeMetaData, getText, putNodeMetaData, removeNodeMetaData, setColumnNumber, setLastColumnNumber, setLastLineNumber, setLineNumber, setNodeMetaData, setSourcePosition`

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

- - ### Field Detail

    - #### NOP

          public static final BytecodeExpression NOP

  - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### BytecodeExpression

          public BytecodeExpression()

    - #### BytecodeExpression

          public BytecodeExpression(ClassNode type)

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### visit

          public void visit(GroovyCodeVisitor visitor)

      Overrides:
        `visit` in class `ASTNode`

    - #### visit

          public abstract void visit(org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor mv)

    - #### transformExpression

          public Expression transformExpression(ExpressionTransformer transformer)

      Description copied from class: `Expression`
      Return a copy of the expression calling the transformer on any nested expressions
      Specified by:
        `transformExpression` in class `Expression`