## org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr
Class MethodCallExpression

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

    public class MethodCallExpression

extends Expression

A method call on an object or class

Version:
  $Revision: 13712 $
Author:
  James Strachan

Field Summary
`static Expression` `NO_ARGUMENTS`

Constructor Summary
`MethodCallExpression(Expression objectExpression, Expression method, Expression arguments)`
`MethodCallExpression(Expression objectExpression, String method, Expression arguments)`

Method Summary
`Expression` `getArguments()`
`MetaMethod` `getMetaMethod()` Deprecated.
`Expression` `getMethod()`
`String` `getMethodAsString()` This method returns the method name as String if it is no dynamic calculated method name, but a constant.
`Expression` `getObjectExpression()`
`String` `getText()`
`boolean` `isImplicitThis()`
`boolean` `isSafe()`
`boolean` `isSpreadSafe()`
`void` `setArguments(Expression arguments)`
`void` `setImplicitThis(boolean implicitThis)`
`void` `setMetaMethod(MetaMethod mmeth)` Deprecated.
`void` `setMethod(Expression method)`
`void` `setObjectExpression(Expression objectExpression)`
`void` `setSafe(boolean safe)`
`void` `setSpreadSafe(boolean value)`
`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, isSynthetic, setDeclaringClass, setSynthetic`

Methods inherited from class org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ASTNode
`getColumnNumber, getLastColumnNumber, getLastLineNumber, getLineNumber, setColumnNumber, setLastColumnNumber, setLastLineNumber, setLineNumber, setSourcePosition`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Field Detail

### NO_ARGUMENTS

    public static final Expression NO_ARGUMENTS

Constructor Detail

### MethodCallExpression

    public MethodCallExpression(Expression objectExpression,
                                String method,
                                Expression arguments)

### MethodCallExpression

    public MethodCallExpression(Expression objectExpression,
                                Expression method,
                                Expression arguments)

Method Detail

### getMetaMethod

    public MetaMethod getMetaMethod()

  Deprecated.

### 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`

### getArguments

    public Expression getArguments()

### setArguments

    public void setArguments(Expression arguments)

### getMethod

    public Expression getMethod()

### setMethod

    public void setMethod(Expression method)

### getMethodAsString

    public String getMethodAsString()

  This method returns the method name as String if it is no dynamic calculated method name, but a constant.

### setObjectExpression

    public void setObjectExpression(Expression objectExpression)

### getObjectExpression

    public Expression getObjectExpression()

### getText

    public String getText()

  Overrides:
    `getText` in class `ASTNode`

### isSafe

    public boolean isSafe()

  Returns:
    is this a safe method call, i.e. if true then if the source object is null then this method call will return null rather than throwing a null pointer exception

### setSafe

    public void setSafe(boolean safe)

### isSpreadSafe

    public boolean isSpreadSafe()

### setSpreadSafe

    public void setSpreadSafe(boolean value)

### isImplicitThis

    public boolean isImplicitThis()

  Returns:
    true if no object expression was specified otherwise if some expression was specified for the object on which to evaluate the method then return false

### setImplicitThis

    public void setImplicitThis(boolean implicitThis)

### toString

    public String toString()

  Overrides:
    `toString` in class `Object`

### setMetaMethod

    public void setMetaMethod(MetaMethod mmeth)

  Deprecated.

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