Module jdk.compiler
Package com.sun.source.tree

## Interface VariableTree

- All Superinterfaces:
    `StatementTree`, `Tree`

      public interface VariableTree
      extends StatementTree

  A tree node for a variable declaration. For example:

         modifiers type name initializer ;
         modifiers type qualified-name.this

  Since:
    1.6
  See The Java™ Language Specification:
    sections 8.3 and 14.4

- - ### Nested Class Summary

    - ### Nested classes/interfaces declared in interface com.sun.source.tree.Tree

      `Tree.Kind`

  - ### Method Summary

    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `ExpressionTree` | `getInitializer()` | Returns the initializer for the variable, or `null` if none.
    `ModifiersTree` | `getModifiers()` | Returns the modifiers, including any annotations, on the declaration.
    `Name` | `getName()` | Returns the name of the variable being declared.
    `ExpressionTree` | `getNameExpression()` | Returns the qualified identifier for the name being "declared".
    `Tree` | `getType()` | Returns the type of the variable being declared.

    - ### Methods declared in interface com.sun.source.tree.Tree

      `accept, getKind`

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### getModifiers

          ModifiersTree getModifiers()

      Returns the modifiers, including any annotations, on the declaration.
      Returns:
        the modifiers

    - #### getName

          Name getName()

      Returns the name of the variable being declared.
      Returns:
        the name

    - #### getNameExpression

          ExpressionTree getNameExpression()

      Returns the qualified identifier for the name being "declared". This is only used in certain cases for the receiver of a method declaration. Returns `null` in all other cases.
      Returns:
        the qualified identifier of a receiver declaration

    - #### getType

          Tree getType()

      Returns the type of the variable being declared.
      Returns:
        the type

    - #### getInitializer

          ExpressionTree getInitializer()

      Returns the initializer for the variable, or `null` if none.
      Returns:
        the initializer