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

org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr

## Class BinaryExpression

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

- Direct Known Subclasses:
    CompareIdentityExpression, CompareToNullExpression, DeclarationExpression

      public class BinaryExpression
      extends Expression

  Represents two expressions and an operation
  Version:
    $Revision$
  Author:
    James Strachan

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `BinaryExpression(Expression leftExpression, Token operation, Expression rightExpression)`

  - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `Expression` | `getLeftExpression()`
    `Token` | `getOperation()`
    `Expression` | `getRightExpression()`
    `String` | `getText()`
    `static BinaryExpression` | `newAssignmentExpression(Variable variable, Expression rhs)` Creates an assignment expression in which the specified expression is written into the specified variable name.
    `static BinaryExpression` | `newInitializationExpression(String variable, ClassNode type, Expression rhs)` Creates variable initialization expression in which the specified expression is written into the specified variable name.
    `void` | `setLeftExpression(Expression leftExpression)`
    `void` | `setRightExpression(Expression rightExpression)`
    `String` | `toString()`
    `Expression` | `transformExpression(ExpressionTransformer transformer)` Return a copy of the expression calling the transformer on any nested expressions
    `void` | `visit(GroovyCodeVisitor visitor)`

    - ### 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, putNodeMetaData, removeNodeMetaData, setColumnNumber, setLastColumnNumber, setLastLineNumber, setLineNumber, setNodeMetaData, setSourcePosition`

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

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

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### BinaryExpression

          public BinaryExpression(Expression leftExpression,
                          Token operation,
                          Expression rightExpression)

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### toString

          public String toString()

      Overrides:
        `toString` in class `Object`

    - #### visit

          public void visit(GroovyCodeVisitor visitor)

      Overrides:
        `visit` in class `ASTNode`

    - #### 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`

    - #### getLeftExpression

          public Expression getLeftExpression()

    - #### setLeftExpression

          public void setLeftExpression(Expression leftExpression)

    - #### setRightExpression

          public void setRightExpression(Expression rightExpression)

    - #### getOperation

          public Token getOperation()

    - #### getRightExpression

          public Expression getRightExpression()

    - #### getText

          public String getText()

      Overrides:
        `getText` in class `ASTNode`

    - #### newAssignmentExpression

          public static BinaryExpression newAssignmentExpression(Variable variable,
                                                 Expression rhs)

      Creates an assignment expression in which the specified expression is written into the specified variable name.

    - #### newInitializationExpression

          public static BinaryExpression newInitializationExpression(String variable,
                                                     ClassNode type,
                                                     Expression rhs)

      Creates variable initialization expression in which the specified expression is written into the specified variable name.