Module jdk.jshell
Package jdk.jshell

## Class ExpressionSnippet

- java.lang.Object
- - jdk.jshell.Snippet
  - - jdk.jshell.ExpressionSnippet

-     public class ExpressionSnippet
      extends Snippet

  Snippet for an assignment or variable-value expression. The Kind is `Snippet.Kind.EXPRESSION`.

  `ExpressionSnippet` is immutable: an access to any of its methods will always return the same result. and thus is thread-safe.

  Since:
    9
  See The Java™ Language Specification:
    15: Expression.

- - ### Nested Class Summary

    - ### Nested classes/interfaces declared in class jdk.jshell.Snippet

      `Snippet.Kind, Snippet.Status, Snippet.SubKind`

  - ### Method Summary

    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `String` | `name()` | Variable name which is the value of the expression.
    `String` | `typeName()` | Type of the expression

    - ### Methods declared in class jdk.jshell.Snippet

      `id, kind, source, subKind`

    - ### Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

      `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### name

          public String name()

      Variable name which is the value of the expression. Since the expression is either just a variable identifier or it is an assignment to a variable, there is always a variable which is the subject of the expression. All other forms of expression become temporary variables which are instead referenced by a `VarSnippet`.
      Returns:
        the name of the variable which is the subject of the expression.

    - #### typeName

          public String typeName()

      Type of the expression
      Returns:
        String representation of the type of the expression.