Java: how to use JavaParser to get number of identifiers of a Java class

Question

I want to use JavaParser to get the number of identifiers that a java class has.

I downloaded JavaParser jar file and added it to my project, then, I followed some of these instructions and now I am able to programatically parse some Java classes and use methods from ClassOrInterfaceDeclaration like .getMethods(), .getMembers(), etc...

Now, I am wondering how can I get the number of identifiers in each class. There is no .getIdentifiers() method, so what approach should I take?

Answer 1

If you read the javadoc of javaparser-core, you will find that JavaParser.parse(...) returns a CompilationUnit, which is a Node in the AST (Abstract Syntax Tree).

The AST can be traversed, e.g. using walk(Consumer<Node> consumer).

Here is a program that will walk the AST of the source previously posted in a comment, and print all the nodes. It will print the identifier of the node, if is has one:

import com.github.javaparser.JavaParser;
import com.github.javaparser.ast.nodeTypes.NodeWithIdentifier;

public class Test {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String javaSource = "class MyClass {" +
                            "  void main(String[] args) {" +
                            "    int a = 5, b = 6;" +
                            "    int c = a * b;" +
                            "    System.out.println(c);" +
                            "  }" +
                            "}";

        System.out.printf("%-28s %-12s %s%n", "Node.class.simpleName", "Identifier", "Node.toString()");
        System.out.printf("%-28s %-12s %s%n", "=====================", "==========", "===============");
        JavaParser.parse(javaSource).walk(node -> {
            String identifier = "";
            if (node instanceof NodeWithIdentifier)
                identifier = ((NodeWithIdentifier<?>) node).getIdentifier();
            System.out.printf("%-28s %-12s %s%n",
                              node.getClass().getSimpleName(),
                              identifier,
                              node.toString().replaceFirst("(?s)\\R.*", "..."));
        });
    }
}

Output

Node.class.simpleName        Identifier   Node.toString()
=====================        ==========   ===============
CompilationUnit                           class MyClass {...
ClassOrInterfaceDeclaration               class MyClass {...
SimpleName                   MyClass      MyClass
MethodDeclaration                         void main(String[] args) {...
SimpleName                   main         main
Parameter                                 String[] args
ArrayType                                 String[]
ClassOrInterfaceType                      String
SimpleName                   String       String
SimpleName                   args         args
VoidType                                  void
BlockStmt                                 {...
ExpressionStmt                            int a = 5, b = 6;
VariableDeclarationExpr                   int a = 5, b = 6
VariableDeclarator                        a = 5
PrimitiveType                             int
SimpleName                   a            a
IntegerLiteralExpr                        5
VariableDeclarator                        b = 6
PrimitiveType                             int
SimpleName                   b            b
IntegerLiteralExpr                        6
ExpressionStmt                            int c = a * b;
VariableDeclarationExpr                   int c = a * b
VariableDeclarator                        c = a * b
PrimitiveType                             int
SimpleName                   c            c
BinaryExpr                                a * b
NameExpr                                  a
SimpleName                   a            a
NameExpr                                  b
SimpleName                   b            b
ExpressionStmt                            System.out.println(c);
MethodCallExpr                            System.out.println(c)
FieldAccessExpr                           System.out
NameExpr                                  System
SimpleName                   System       System
SimpleName                   out          out
SimpleName                   println      println
NameExpr                                  c
SimpleName                   c            c