compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/royale/compiler/tree/as/IThrowNode.java

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package org.apache.royale.compiler.tree.as;

/**
 * An AST node representing a <code>throw</code> statement.
 * <p>
 * The shape of this node is:
 * <pre>
 * IThrowNode 
 *   IExpressionNode <-- getThrownExpressionNode()
 * </pre>
 * For example, <pre>throw new ValueError();</pre> is represented as
 * <pre>
 * IThrowNode
 *   IFunctionCallNode
 *     ...
 * </pre>
 */
public interface IThrowNode extends IExpressionNode
{
    /**
     * Represents the condition that is being thrown by the throw statement
     * 
     * @return an {@link IExpressionNode} or null
     */
    IExpressionNode getThrownExpressionNode();
}