/**
* Create an AST type node with a type string (possibly partitioned with "." and "[]").
*
* @param ast The {@link org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.AST} object.
* @param type The type.
* @return The AST type node.
*/
public static org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.Type createType(AST ast, String type) {
String elementName = Type.getElementType(type);
org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.Type elementType;
if (Type.isPrimitive(elementName)) {
elementType = ast.newPrimitiveType(PrimitiveType.toCode(elementName));
} else {
Name element = createName(ast, elementName);
elementType = ast.newSimpleType(element);
}
org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.Type returnType = elementType;
for (int i = 0; i < Type.dimensions(type); i++) {
returnType = ast.newArrayType(returnType);
}
return returnType;
}
/**
* Get the shortest possible name of the a class. If there is no conflict, the class is first
* imported, and only the simple class is returned; otherwise, the its full name is returned.
*
* @param name The full class name.
* @param state The state of the type analyzer.
* @param root The root of the AST. If there is no conflict and the class has not been imported
* yet, a new {@link org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ImportDeclaration} is added to it.
* @return The shortest possible class name.
*/
public static String getClassName(String name, TypeAnalyzerState state, CompilationUnit root) {
int dimensions = Type.dimensions(name);
if (dimensions > 0) {
name = Type.getElementType(name);
}
name = _getNonarrayClassName(name, state, root);
if (dimensions > 0) {
Type type = Type.createType(name);
for (int i = 0; i < dimensions; i++) {
type = type.addOneDimension();
}
name = type.getName();
}
return name;
}