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package org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr;

import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassNode;
import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.GroovyCodeVisitor;

/**
 * Represents a spread expression *x in the list expression [1, *x, 2].
 * 
 * @version $Revision$
 */
public class SpreadExpression extends Expression {

    private final Expression expression;
	
    public SpreadExpression(Expression expression) {
        this.expression = expression;
    }

    public Expression getExpression() {
        return expression;
    }

    public void visit(GroovyCodeVisitor visitor) {
        visitor.visitSpreadExpression(this);
    }

    public Expression transformExpression(ExpressionTransformer transformer) {
        Expression ret = new SpreadExpression(transformer.transform(expression)); 
        ret.setSourcePosition(this);
        return ret;
    }

    public String getText() {
		return "*" + expression.getText();
	}

    public ClassNode getType() {
        return expression.getType();
    }
}