@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  private Object walk(final Tree node, final DatatypeInfo parent) {
    // an optional node that is not present in the current context, is null
    if (node == null) {
      return null;
    }

    DatatypeInfo newParent = parent;
    CommonTree commonTreeNode = (CommonTree) node;
    Tree modifiers;

    switch (node.getType()) {
        // case CsRewriteRulesParser.ATTRIBUTE:
        // System.out.println("ATTRIBUTE");
        // break;
      case CSharp4AST.NAMESPACE:
        CommonTree qid =
            (CommonTree) commonTreeNode.getFirstChildWithType(CSharp4AST.QUALIFIED_IDENTIFIER);

        Collection<String> namespaces = TreeHelper.treeListToStringList(qid.getChildren());
        namespaceStack.addAll(namespaces);

        walk(
            commonTreeNode.getFirstChildWithType(CSharp4AST.NAMESPACE_MEMBER_DECLARATIONS), parent);

        for (int i = 0; i < qid.getChildren().size(); i++) namespaceStack.removeLast();
        return null;
      case CSharp4AST.QUALIFIED_IDENTIFIER:
      case CSharp4AST.EXTERN_ALIAS_DIRECTIVES:
      case CSharp4AST.USING_DIRECTIVES:
      case CSharp4AST.NAMESPACE_MEMBER_DECLARATIONS:
      case CSharp4AST.ATTRIBUTES:
      case CSharp4AST.CLASS_MEMBER_DECLARATIONS:
      case CSharp4AST.INTERFACE_MEMBER_DECLARATIONS:
      case CSharp4AST.ENUM_MEMBER_DECLARATIONS:
      case CSharp4AST.STRUCT_MEMBER_DECLARATIONS:
      case CSharp4AST.CONST:
        for (int i = 0; i < commonTreeNode.getChildCount(); i++) {
          walk(commonTreeNode.getChild(i), parent);
        }
        return null;
      case CSharp4AST.CLASS:
        newParent = new DatatypeInfo("class");
        newParent.setNamespace(namespaceStack);
        datatypeInfos.add(newParent);

        String className =
            walk(
                commonTreeNode.getFirstChildWithType(CSharp4AST.IDENTIFIER),
                newParent,
                String.class);
        newParent.setName(className);

        LOGGER.fine("class: " + className);

        // modifiers
        modifiers = commonTreeNode.getFirstChildWithType(CSharp4AST.MODIFIERS);
        if (modifiers != null) {
          List<String> modifierNames =
              TreeHelper.treeListToStringList(((CommonTree) modifiers).getChildren());
          if (modifierNames.contains(ABSTRACT)) {
            newParent.setIsAbstract(Boolean.TRUE);
          }
        }

        setFullPath(parent, newParent);

        // must be invoked after setFullPath
        walk(commonTreeNode.getFirstChildWithType(CSharp4AST.CLASS_MEMBER_DECLARATIONS), newParent);

        addToReferences(newParent);
        return newParent;
      case CSharp4AST.INTERFACE:
        newParent = new DatatypeInfo("interface");
        newParent.setNamespace(namespaceStack);
        datatypeInfos.add(newParent);

        String interfaceName =
            walk(
                commonTreeNode.getFirstChildWithType(CSharp4AST.IDENTIFIER),
                newParent,
                String.class);
        newParent.setName(interfaceName);

        LOGGER.fine("interface: " + interfaceName);

        // transform(commonTreeNode.getFirstChildWithType(CSharp4AST.IMPLEMENTS),
        // newParent,
        // false);

        // modifiers
        modifiers = commonTreeNode.getFirstChildWithType(CSharp4AST.MODIFIERS);
        if (modifiers != null) {
          List<String> modifierNames =
              TreeHelper.treeListToStringList(((CommonTree) modifiers).getChildren());
          if (modifierNames.contains(ABSTRACT)) {
            newParent.setIsAbstract(Boolean.TRUE);
          }
        }

        setFullPath(parent, newParent);

        // must be invoked after setFullPath
        walk(
            commonTreeNode.getFirstChildWithType(CSharp4AST.INTERFACE_MEMBER_DECLARATIONS),
            newParent);

        addToReferences(newParent);
        return newParent;
      case CSharp4AST.ENUM:
        newParent = new DatatypeInfo("enum");
        newParent.setNamespace(namespaceStack);
        datatypeInfos.add(newParent);

        String enumName =
            walk(
                commonTreeNode.getFirstChildWithType(CSharp4AST.IDENTIFIER),
                newParent,
                String.class);
        newParent.setName(enumName);

        LOGGER.fine("enum: " + enumName);

        // modifiers
        modifiers = commonTreeNode.getFirstChildWithType(CSharp4AST.MODIFIERS);
        if (modifiers != null) {
          for (int i = 0; i < modifiers.getChildCount(); i++) {
            Tree modTree = modifiers.getChild(i);
            String modName = modTree.getText();

            if (ABSTRACT.equals(modName)) {
              newParent.setIsAbstract(Boolean.TRUE);
            }
          }
        }

        setFullPath(parent, newParent);

        // must be invoked after setFullPath
        walk(commonTreeNode.getFirstChildWithType(CSharp4AST.ENUM_MEMBER_DECLARATIONS), newParent);

        addToReferences(newParent);
        return newParent;
      case CSharp4AST.STRUCT:
        newParent = new DatatypeInfo("struct");
        newParent.setNamespace(namespaceStack);
        datatypeInfos.add(newParent);

        String structName =
            walk(
                commonTreeNode.getFirstChildWithType(CSharp4AST.IDENTIFIER),
                newParent,
                String.class);
        newParent.setName(structName);

        // IMPLEMENTS

        setFullPath(parent, newParent);

        walk(
            commonTreeNode.getFirstChildWithType(CSharp4AST.STRUCT_MEMBER_DECLARATIONS), newParent);

        addToReferences(newParent);

        LOGGER.fine("struct: " + newParent);
        return newParent;
      case CSharp4AST.DELEGATE:
        // see http://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/library/900fyy8e%28v=vs.80%29.aspx
        newParent = new DatatypeInfo("delegate");
        newParent.setNamespace(namespaceStack);

        String delegateName =
            walk(
                commonTreeNode.getFirstChildWithType(CSharp4AST.IDENTIFIER),
                newParent,
                String.class);
        newParent.setName(delegateName);

        // TODO handle signature and generics

        setFullPath(parent, newParent);

        addToReferences(newParent);

        LOGGER.fine("delegate: " + newParent);
        break;
      case CSharp4AST.METHOD_DECL:
        MethodInfo methodInfo = new MethodInfo(parent);

        String returnType =
            walk(commonTreeNode.getFirstChildWithType(CSharp4AST.TYPE), parent, String.class);
        String methodName =
            walk(
                commonTreeNode.getFirstChildWithType(CSharp4AST.MEMBER_NAME), parent, String.class);
        List<ParameterInfo> formalParameters =
            walk(
                commonTreeNode.getFirstChildWithType(CSharp4AST.FORMAL_PARAMETER_LIST),
                parent,
                List.class);

        LOGGER.fine("method: " + methodName);

        methodInfo.setName(methodName);
        methodInfo.setReturnType(returnType);
        if (formalParameters != null) methodInfo.getParameters().addAll(formalParameters);
        parent.addMethodInfo(methodInfo);

        addToReferences(methodInfo);
        return methodInfo;
      case CSharp4AST.MEMBER_NAME:
        String typeName =
            walk(
                commonTreeNode.getFirstChildWithType(CSharp4AST.NAMESPACE_OR_TYPE_NAME),
                parent,
                String.class);
        return typeName;
      case CSharp4AST.FORMAL_PARAMETER_LIST:
        List<ParameterInfo> parameters = new LinkedList<ParameterInfo>();
        for (int i = 0; i < commonTreeNode.getChildCount(); i++) {
          Tree child = commonTreeNode.getChild(i);
          ParameterInfo parameter = walk(child, parent, ParameterInfo.class);
          parameters.add(parameter);
        }
        return parameters;
      case CSharp4AST.FIXED_PARAMETER:
        String fixedParamName =
            walk(commonTreeNode.getFirstChildWithType(CSharp4AST.IDENTIFIER), parent, String.class);

        String fixedParamType =
            walk(commonTreeNode.getFirstChildWithType(CSharp4AST.TYPE), parent, String.class);
        if (fixedParamType != null) { // if not __arglist
          fixedParamType = KeyStringHelper.normalize(fixedParamType);
        } else {
          fixedParamType = fixedParamName;
        }

        return new ParameterInfo(fixedParamType, fixedParamName);
      case CSharp4AST.PARAMETER_ARRAY:
        String paramArrayName =
            walk(commonTreeNode.getFirstChildWithType(CSharp4AST.IDENTIFIER), parent, String.class);

        String paramArrayType =
            walk(commonTreeNode.getFirstChildWithType(CSharp4AST.TYPE), parent, String.class);
        paramArrayType = KeyStringHelper.normalize(paramArrayType);

        return new ParameterInfo(paramArrayType, paramArrayName);
      case CSharp4AST.FIELD_DECL:
        // do not process children of type TYPE
        for (int i = 0; i < commonTreeNode.getChildCount(); i++) {
          Tree child = commonTreeNode.getChild(i);
          if (child.getType() == CSharp4AST.VARIABLE_DECLARATOR) {
            walk(child, parent);
          }
        }
        break;
      case CSharp4AST.PROPERTY_DECL:
        FieldInfo propertyInfo = new FieldInfo(parent);

        String propertyName =
            walk(
                commonTreeNode.getFirstChildWithType(CSharp4AST.MEMBER_NAME), parent, String.class);
        if (propertyName != null) propertyInfo.setName(propertyName);

        String propertyType =
            walk(commonTreeNode.getFirstChildWithType(CSharp4AST.TYPE), parent, String.class);
        propertyInfo.setType(propertyType);

        parent.addFieldInfo(propertyInfo);

        addToReferences(propertyInfo);
        LOGGER.fine("LOAD PROPERTY: " + propertyInfo.getName());
        return propertyInfo;
      case CSharp4AST.VARIABLE_DECLARATOR:
        FieldInfo fieldInfo = new FieldInfo(parent);

        String fieldName =
            walk(commonTreeNode.getFirstChildWithType(CSharp4AST.IDENTIFIER), parent, String.class);
        if (fieldName != null) fieldInfo.setName(fieldName);

        String variableType =
            walk(commonTreeNode.getFirstChildWithType(CSharp4AST.TYPE), parent, String.class);
        fieldInfo.setType(variableType);

        parent.addFieldInfo(fieldInfo);

        addToReferences(fieldInfo);
        return fieldInfo;
      case CSharp4AST.ENUM_MEMBER_DECLARATION:
        LOGGER.warning("UNSUPPORTED: enum member declarations are not yet supported.");
        break;
      case CSharp4AST.TYPE:
        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
        Tree baseTypeNode = commonTreeNode.getChild(0);

        switch (baseTypeNode.getType()) {
          case CSharp4AST.NAMESPACE_OR_TYPE_NAME:
            String qualifiedBaseType = walk(baseTypeNode, parent, String.class);
            builder.append(qualifiedBaseType);
            break;
          default: // OBJECT, STRING, VOID, IDENTIFIER(dynamic), and primitive
            // types
            builder.append(baseTypeNode.getText());
            break;
        }

        for (int i = 1; i < commonTreeNode.getChildCount(); i++) {
          Tree typeExtension = commonTreeNode.getChild(i);
          // INTERR, rank_specifier, STAR
          switch (typeExtension.getType()) {
            case CSharp4AST.INTERR:
              LOGGER.warning("UNSUPPORTED: INTERR is not yet supported");
              break;
            case CSharp4AST.RANK_SPECIFIER:
              builder.append("[");
              int numCommas = typeExtension.getChildCount();
              do {
                builder.append(",");
              } while (numCommas-- > 0);
              builder.append("]");
              break;
            case CSharp4AST.STAR:
              builder.append("*");
              break;
            default:
              break;
          }
        }

        return builder.toString();
      case CSharp4AST.NAMESPACE_OR_TYPE_NAME:
        builder = new StringBuilder();

        String nsIdentifier =
            walk(commonTreeNode.getFirstChildWithType(CSharp4AST.IDENTIFIER), parent, String.class);
        if (nsIdentifier != null) builder.append(nsIdentifier);

        List<String> qualified_alias_member =
            walk(
                commonTreeNode.getFirstChildWithType(CSharp4AST.QUALIFIED_ALIAS_MEMBER),
                parent,
                List.class);
        if (qualified_alias_member != null) {
          for (String qam : qualified_alias_member) {
            builder.append(".");
            builder.append(qam);
          }
        }

        for (int i = 1; i < node.getChildCount(); i++) {
          CommonTree child = (CommonTree) node.getChild(i);
          if (child.getType() == CSharp4AST.NAMESPACE_OR_TYPE_PART) {
            String nsPart =
                walk(child.getFirstChildWithType(CSharp4AST.IDENTIFIER), parent, String.class);
            builder.append(".");
            builder.append(nsPart);
          }
        }
        return builder.toString();
      case CSharp4AST.IDENTIFIER:
        return node.getText();
      default:
        return null;
    }
    return null;
  }
 /**
  * key=x.y.z
  *
  * @param datatypeInfo
  */
 private void addToReferences(final FieldInfo fieldInfo) {
   String key =
       ListUtil.combine(fieldInfo.getOwner().getFullPath(), ".") + "." + fieldInfo.getName();
   references.put(key, fieldInfo);
 }