lang tools : how to get "TypeElement" for a local variable

[Jonathan Gibbons]

I would guess the most likely cause is that you are asking for the info
before it has been evaluated.  The TypeElements for the members
and methods are determined fairly early; the TypeElements for the
local variables is determined much later, when the containing
method is being analyzed prior to being code generated.

-- Jon


On Nov 9, 2008, at 9:29 AM, Mayuresh wrote:

> Hi
>
> I was exploring the syntax tree exposed by Compiler API using  
> TreePathScanner
> based visitor.
>
> I am trying to get the "TypeElement" for a variable declaration to  
> extract
> qualified type of the variable etc.
>
> I am using Trees.getElement() to get the TypeElement to which I pass  
> current
> path at a VariableTree node.
>
> I can get the Element for member or method parameter declaration  
> though for
> local variables Element returned is null.
>
> Is this a bug? Is there some other way to get TypeElement?
>
> Mayuresh.