CastExpression (Groovy 2.4.12)
Date: 2017-06-21

org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr

## Class CastExpression

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

-     public class CastExpression
      extends Expression

  Represents a type cast expression
  Author:
    James Strachan

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `CastExpression(ClassNode type, Expression expression)`
    `CastExpression(ClassNode type, Expression expression, boolean ignoreAutoboxing)`

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `static CastExpression` | `asExpression(ClassNode type, Expression expression)`
    `Expression` | `getExpression()`
    `String` | `getText()`
    `boolean` | `isCoerce()`
    `boolean` | `isIgnoringAutoboxing()`
    `boolean` | `isStrict()` If strict mode is true, then when the compiler generates a cast, it will disable Groovy casts and rely on a strict cast (CHECKCAST)
    `void` | `setCoerce(boolean coerce)`
    `void` | `setStrict(boolean strict)` If strict mode is true, then when the compiler generates a cast, it will disable Groovy casts and rely on a strict cast (CHECKCAST)
    `void` | `setType(ClassNode t)`
    `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, 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

    - #### CastExpression

          public CastExpression(ClassNode type,
                                Expression expression)

    - #### CastExpression

          public CastExpression(ClassNode type,
                                Expression expression,
                                boolean ignoreAutoboxing)

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### asExpression

          public static CastExpression asExpression(ClassNode type,
                                                    Expression expression)

    - #### isIgnoringAutoboxing

          public boolean isIgnoringAutoboxing()

    - #### isCoerce

          public boolean isCoerce()

    - #### setCoerce

          public void setCoerce(boolean coerce)

    - #### isStrict

          public boolean isStrict()

      If strict mode is true, then when the compiler generates a cast, it will disable Groovy casts and rely on a strict cast (CHECKCAST)
      Returns:
        true if strict mode is enable

    - #### setStrict

          public void setStrict(boolean strict)

      If strict mode is true, then when the compiler generates a cast, it will disable Groovy casts and rely on a strict cast (CHECKCAST)
      Parameters:
        `strict` - strict mode

    - #### 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`

    - #### getText

          public String getText()

      Overrides:
        `getText` in class `ASTNode`

    - #### getExpression

          public Expression getExpression()

    - #### setType

          public void setType(ClassNode t)

      Overrides:
        `setType` in class `Expression`