AST Matcher Reference

This document shows all currently implemented matchers. The matchers are grouped by category and node type they match. You can click on matcher names to show the matcher's source documentation.

There are three different basic categories of matchers:

Within each category the matchers are ordered by node type they match on. Note that if a matcher can match multiple node types, it will it will appear multiple times. This means that by searching for Matcher<Stmt> you can find all matchers that can be used to match on Stmt nodes.

The exception to that rule are matchers that can match on any node. Those are marked with a * and are listed in the beginning of each category.

Note that the categorization of matchers is a great help when you combine them into matcher expressions. You will usually want to form matcher expressions that read like english sentences by alternating between node matchers and narrowing or traversal matchers, like this:

recordDecl(hasDescendant(
    ifStmt(hasTrueExpression(
        expr(hasDescendant(
            ifStmt()))))))

Node Matchers

Node matchers are at the core of matcher expressions - they specify the type of node that is expected. Every match expression starts with a node matcher, which can then be further refined with a narrowing or traversal matcher. All traversal matchers take node matchers as their arguments.

For convenience, all node matchers take an arbitrary number of arguments and implicitly act as allOf matchers.

Node matchers are the only matchers that support the bind("id") call to bind the matched node to the given string, to be later retrieved from the match callback.

It is important to remember that the arguments to node matchers are predicates on the same node, just with additional information about the type. This is often useful to make matcher expression more readable by inlining bind calls into redundant node matchers inside another node matcher:

// This binds the CXXRecordDecl to "id", as the decl() matcher will stay on
// the same node.
recordDecl(decl().bind("id"), hasName("::MyClass"))

Return typeNameParameters
Matcher<CXXCtorInitializer>cxxCtorInitializerMatcher<CXXCtorInitializer>...
Matches constructor initializers.

Examples matches i(42).
  class C {
    C() : i(42) {}
    int i;
  };
Matcher<Decl>accessSpecDeclMatcher<AccessSpecDecl>...
Matches C++ access specifier declarations.

Given
  class C {
  public:
    int a;
  };
accessSpecDecl()
  matches 'public:'
Matcher<Decl>blockDeclMatcher<BlockDecl>...
Matches block declarations.

Example matches the declaration of the nameless block printing an input
integer.

  myFunc(^(int p) {
    printf("%d", p);
  })
Matcher<Decl>classTemplateDeclMatcher<ClassTemplateDecl>...
Matches C++ class template declarations.

Example matches Z
  template<class T> class Z {};
Matcher<Decl>classTemplatePartialSpecializationDeclMatcher<ClassTemplatePartialSpecializationDecl>...
Matches C++ class template partial specializations.

Given
  template<class T1, class T2, int I>
  class A {};

  template<class T, int I>
  class A<T, T*, I> {};

  template<>
  class A<int, int, 1> {};
classTemplatePartialSpecializationDecl()
  matches the specialization A<T,T*,I> but not A<int,int,1>
Matcher<Decl>classTemplateSpecializationDeclMatcher<ClassTemplateSpecializationDecl>...
Matches C++ class template specializations.

Given
  template<typename T> class A {};
  template<> class A<double> {};
  A<int> a;
classTemplateSpecializationDecl()
  matches the specializations A<int> and A<double>
Matcher<Decl>cxxConstructorDeclMatcher<CXXConstructorDecl>...
Matches C++ constructor declarations.

Example matches Foo::Foo() and Foo::Foo(int)
  class Foo {
   public:
    Foo();
    Foo(int);
    int DoSomething();
  };
Matcher<Decl>cxxConversionDeclMatcher<CXXConversionDecl>...
Matches conversion operator declarations.

Example matches the operator.
  class X { operator int() const; };
Matcher<Decl>cxxDestructorDeclMatcher<CXXDestructorDecl>...
Matches explicit C++ destructor declarations.

Example matches Foo::~Foo()
  class Foo {
   public:
    virtual ~Foo();
  };
Matcher<Decl>cxxMethodDeclMatcher<CXXMethodDecl>...
Matches method declarations.

Example matches y
  class X { void y(); };
Matcher<Decl>cxxRecordDeclMatcher<CXXRecordDecl>...
Matches C++ class declarations.

Example matches X, Z
  class X;
  template<class T> class Z {};
Matcher<Decl>declMatcher<Decl>...
Matches declarations.

Examples matches X, C, and the friend declaration inside C;
  void X();
  class C {
    friend X;
  };
Matcher<Decl>declaratorDeclMatcher<DeclaratorDecl>...
Matches declarator declarations (field, variable, function
and non-type template parameter declarations).

Given
  class X { int y; };
declaratorDecl()
  matches int y.
Matcher<Decl>enumConstantDeclMatcher<EnumConstantDecl>...
Matches enum constants.

Example matches A, B, C
  enum X {
    A, B, C
  };
Matcher<Decl>enumDeclMatcher<EnumDecl>...
Matches enum declarations.

Example matches X
  enum X {
    A, B, C
  };
Matcher<Decl>fieldDeclMatcher<FieldDecl>...
Matches field declarations.

Given
  class X { int m; };
fieldDecl()
  matches 'm'.
Matcher<Decl>friendDeclMatcher<FriendDecl>...
Matches friend declarations.

Given
  class X { friend void foo(); };
friendDecl()
  matches 'friend void foo()'.
Matcher<Decl>functionDeclMatcher<FunctionDecl>...
Matches function declarations.

Example matches f
  void f();
Matcher<Decl>functionTemplateDeclMatcher<FunctionTemplateDecl>...
Matches C++ function template declarations.

Example matches f
  template<class T> void f(T t) {}
Matcher<Decl>indirectFieldDeclMatcher<IndirectFieldDecl>...
Matches indirect field declarations.

Given
  struct X { struct { int a; }; };
indirectFieldDecl()
  matches 'a'.
Matcher<Decl>labelDeclMatcher<LabelDecl>...
Matches a declaration of label.

Given
  goto FOO;
  FOO: bar();
labelDecl()
  matches 'FOO:'
Matcher<Decl>linkageSpecDeclMatcher<LinkageSpecDecl>...
Matches a declaration of a linkage specification.

Given
  extern "C" {}
linkageSpecDecl()
  matches "extern "C" {}"
Matcher<Decl>namedDeclMatcher<NamedDecl>...
Matches a declaration of anything that could have a name.

Example matches X, S, the anonymous union type, i, and U;
  typedef int X;
  struct S {
    union {
      int i;
    } U;
  };
Matcher<Decl>namespaceAliasDeclMatcher<NamespaceAliasDecl>...
Matches a declaration of a namespace alias.

Given
  namespace test {}
  namespace alias = ::test;
namespaceAliasDecl()
  matches "namespace alias" but not "namespace test"
Matcher<Decl>namespaceDeclMatcher<NamespaceDecl>...
Matches a declaration of a namespace.

Given
  namespace {}
  namespace test {}
namespaceDecl()
  matches "namespace {}" and "namespace test {}"
Matcher<Decl>nonTypeTemplateParmDeclMatcher<NonTypeTemplateParmDecl>...
Matches non-type template parameter declarations.

Given
  template <typename T, int N> struct C {};
nonTypeTemplateParmDecl()
  matches 'N', but not 'T'.
Matcher<Decl>objcCategoryDeclMatcher<ObjCCategoryDecl>...
Matches Objective-C category declarations.

Example matches Foo (Additions)
  @interface Foo (Additions)
  @end
Matcher<Decl>objcCategoryImplDeclMatcher<ObjCCategoryImplDecl>...
Matches Objective-C category definitions.

Example matches Foo (Additions)
  @implementation Foo (Additions)
  @end
Matcher<Decl>objcImplementationDeclMatcher<ObjCImplementationDecl>...
Matches Objective-C implementation declarations.

Example matches Foo
  @implementation Foo
  @end
Matcher<Decl>objcInterfaceDeclMatcher<ObjCInterfaceDecl>...
Matches Objective-C interface declarations.

Example matches Foo
  @interface Foo
  @end
Matcher<Decl>objcIvarDeclMatcher<ObjCIvarDecl>...
Matches Objective-C instance variable declarations.

Example matches _enabled
  @implementation Foo {
    BOOL _enabled;
  }
  @end
Matcher<Decl>objcMethodDeclMatcher<ObjCMethodDecl>...
Matches Objective-C method declarations.

Example matches both declaration and definition of -[Foo method]
  @interface Foo
  - (void)method;
  @end

  @implementation Foo
  - (void)method {}
  @end
Matcher<Decl>objcPropertyDeclMatcher<ObjCPropertyDecl>...
Matches Objective-C property declarations.

Example matches enabled
  @interface Foo
  @property BOOL enabled;
  @end
Matcher<Decl>objcProtocolDeclMatcher<ObjCProtocolDecl>...
Matches Objective-C protocol declarations.

Example matches FooDelegate
  @protocol FooDelegate
  @end
Matcher<Decl>parmVarDeclMatcher<ParmVarDecl>...
Matches parameter variable declarations.

Given
  void f(int x);
parmVarDecl()
  matches int x.
Matcher<Decl>recordDeclMatcher<RecordDecl>...
Matches class, struct, and union declarations.

Example matches X, Z, U, and S
  class X;
  template<class T> class Z {};
  struct S {};
  union U {};
Matcher<Decl>staticAssertDeclMatcher<StaticAssertDecl>...
Matches a C++ static_assert declaration.

Example:
  staticAssertExpr()
matches
  static_assert(sizeof(S) == sizeof(int))
in
  struct S {
    int x;
  };
  static_assert(sizeof(S) == sizeof(int));
Matcher<Decl>templateTypeParmDeclMatcher<TemplateTypeParmDecl>...
Matches template type parameter declarations.

Given
  template <typename T, int N> struct C {};
templateTypeParmDecl()
  matches 'T', but not 'N'.
Matcher<Decl>translationUnitDeclMatcher<TranslationUnitDecl>...
Matches the top declaration context.

Given
  int X;
  namespace NS {
  int Y;
  }  // namespace NS
decl(hasDeclContext(translationUnitDecl()))
  matches "int X", but not "int Y".
Matcher<Decl>typeAliasDeclMatcher<TypeAliasDecl>...
Matches type alias declarations.

Given
  typedef int X;
  using Y = int;
typeAliasDecl()
  matches "using Y = int", but not "typedef int X"
Matcher<Decl>typeAliasTemplateDeclMatcher<TypeAliasTemplateDecl>...
Matches type alias template declarations.

typeAliasTemplateDecl() matches
  template <typename T>
  using Y = X<T>;
Matcher<Decl>typedefDeclMatcher<TypedefDecl>...
Matches typedef declarations.

Given
  typedef int X;
  using Y = int;
typedefDecl()
  matches "typedef int X", but not "using Y = int"
Matcher<Decl>typedefNameDeclMatcher<TypedefNameDecl>...
Matches typedef name declarations.

Given
  typedef int X;
  using Y = int;
typedefNameDecl()
  matches "typedef int X" and "using Y = int"
Matcher<Decl>unresolvedUsingTypenameDeclMatcher<UnresolvedUsingTypenameDecl>...
Matches unresolved using value declarations that involve the
typename.

Given
  template <typename T>
  struct Base { typedef T Foo; };

  template<typename T>
  struct S : private Base<T> {
    using typename Base<T>::Foo;
  };
unresolvedUsingTypenameDecl()
  matches using Base<T>::Foo 
Matcher<Decl>unresolvedUsingValueDeclMatcher<UnresolvedUsingValueDecl>...
Matches unresolved using value declarations.

Given
  template<typename X>
  class C : private X {
    using X::x;
  };
unresolvedUsingValueDecl()
  matches using X::x 
Matcher<Decl>usingDeclMatcher<UsingDecl>...
Matches using declarations.

Given
  namespace X { int x; }
  using X::x;
usingDecl()
  matches using X::x 
Matcher<Decl>usingDirectiveDeclMatcher<UsingDirectiveDecl>...
Matches using namespace declarations.

Given
  namespace X { int x; }
  using namespace X;
usingDirectiveDecl()
  matches using namespace X 
Matcher<Decl>valueDeclMatcher<ValueDecl>...
Matches any value declaration.

Example matches A, B, C and F
  enum X { A, B, C };
  void F();
Matcher<Decl>varDeclMatcher<VarDecl>...
Matches variable declarations.

Note: this does not match declarations of member variables, which are
"field" declarations in Clang parlance.

Example matches a
  int a;
Matcher<NestedNameSpecifierLoc>nestedNameSpecifierLocMatcher<NestedNameSpecifierLoc>...
Same as nestedNameSpecifier but matches NestedNameSpecifierLoc.
Matcher<NestedNameSpecifier>nestedNameSpecifierMatcher<NestedNameSpecifier>...
Matches nested name specifiers.

Given
  namespace ns {
    struct A { static void f(); };
    void A::f() {}
    void g() { A::f(); }
  }
  ns::A a;
nestedNameSpecifier()
  matches "ns::" and both "A::"
Matcher<QualType>qualTypeMatcher<QualType>...
Matches QualTypes in the clang AST.
Matcher<Stmt>addrLabelExprMatcher<AddrLabelExpr>...
Matches address of label statements (GNU extension).

Given
  FOO: bar();
  void *ptr = &&FOO;
  goto *bar;
addrLabelExpr()
  matches '&&FOO'
Matcher<Stmt>arraySubscriptExprMatcher<ArraySubscriptExpr>...
Matches array subscript expressions.

Given
  int i = a[1];
arraySubscriptExpr()
  matches "a[1]"
Matcher<Stmt>asmStmtMatcher<AsmStmt>...
Matches asm statements.

 int i = 100;
  __asm("mov al, 2");
asmStmt()
  matches '__asm("mov al, 2")'
Matcher<Stmt>atomicExprMatcher<AtomicExpr>...
Matches atomic builtins.
Example matches __atomic_load_n(ptr, 1)
  void foo() { int *ptr; __atomic_load_n(ptr, 1); }
Matcher<Stmt>autoreleasePoolStmtMatcher<ObjCAutoreleasePoolStmt>...
Matches an Objective-C autorelease pool statement.

Given
  @autoreleasepool {
    int x = 0;
  }
autoreleasePoolStmt(stmt()) matches the declaration of "x"
inside the autorelease pool.
Matcher<Stmt>binaryConditionalOperatorMatcher<BinaryConditionalOperator>...
Matches binary conditional operator expressions (GNU extension).

Example matches a ?: b
  (a ?: b) + 42;
Matcher<Stmt>binaryOperatorMatcher<BinaryOperator>...
Matches binary operator expressions.

Example matches a || b
  !(a || b)
Matcher<Stmt>blockExprMatcher<BlockExpr>...
Matches a reference to a block.

Example: matches "^{}":
  void f() { ^{}(); }
Matcher<Stmt>breakStmtMatcher<BreakStmt>...
Matches break statements.

Given
  while (true) { break; }
breakStmt()
  matches 'break'
Matcher<Stmt>cStyleCastExprMatcher<CStyleCastExpr>...
Matches a C-style cast expression.

Example: Matches (int) 2.2f in
  int i = (int) 2.2f;
Matcher<Stmt>callExprMatcher<CallExpr>...
Matches call expressions.

Example matches x.y() and y()
  X x;
  x.y();
  y();
Matcher<Stmt>caseStmtMatcher<CaseStmt>...
Matches case statements inside switch statements.

Given
  switch(a) { case 42: break; default: break; }
caseStmt()
  matches 'case 42:'.
Matcher<Stmt>castExprMatcher<CastExpr>...
Matches any cast nodes of Clang's AST.

Example: castExpr() matches each of the following:
  (int) 3;
  const_cast<Expr *>(SubExpr);
  char c = 0;
but does not match
  int i = (0);
  int k = 0;
Matcher<Stmt>characterLiteralMatcher<CharacterLiteral>...
Matches character literals (also matches wchar_t).

Not matching Hex-encoded chars (e.g. 0x1234, which is a IntegerLiteral),
though.

Example matches 'a', L'a'
  char ch = 'a';
  wchar_t chw = L'a';
Matcher<Stmt>compoundLiteralExprMatcher<CompoundLiteralExpr>...
Matches compound (i.e. non-scalar) literals

Example match: {1}, (1, 2)
  int array[4] = {1};
  vector int myvec = (vector int)(1, 2);
Matcher<Stmt>compoundStmtMatcher<CompoundStmt>...
Matches compound statements.

Example matches '{}' and '{{}}' in 'for (;;) {{}}'
  for (;;) {{}}
Matcher<Stmt>conditionalOperatorMatcher<ConditionalOperator>...
Matches conditional operator expressions.

Example matches a ? b : c
  (a ? b : c) + 42
Matcher<Stmt>constantExprMatcher<ConstantExpr>...
Matches a constant expression wrapper.

Example matches the constant in the case statement:
    (matcher = constantExpr())
  switch (a) {
  case 37: break;
  }
Matcher<Stmt>continueStmtMatcher<ContinueStmt>...
Matches continue statements.

Given
  while (true) { continue; }
continueStmt()
  matches 'continue'
Matcher<Stmt>cudaKernelCallExprMatcher<CUDAKernelCallExpr>...
Matches CUDA kernel call expression.

Example matches,
  kernel<<<i,j>>>();
Matcher<Stmt>cxxBindTemporaryExprMatcher<CXXBindTemporaryExpr>...
Matches nodes where temporaries are created.

Example matches FunctionTakesString(GetStringByValue())
    (matcher = cxxBindTemporaryExpr())
  FunctionTakesString(GetStringByValue());
  FunctionTakesStringByPointer(GetStringPointer());
Matcher<Stmt>cxxBoolLiteralMatcher<CXXBoolLiteralExpr>...
Matches bool literals.

Example matches true
  true
Matcher<Stmt>cxxCatchStmtMatcher<CXXCatchStmt>...
Matches catch statements.

  try {} catch(int i) {}
cxxCatchStmt()
  matches 'catch(int i)'
Matcher<Stmt>cxxConstCastExprMatcher<CXXConstCastExpr>...
Matches a const_cast expression.

Example: Matches const_cast<int*>(&r) in
  int n = 42;
  const int &r(n);
  int* p = const_cast<int*>(&r);
Matcher<Stmt>cxxConstructExprMatcher<CXXConstructExpr>...
Matches constructor call expressions (including implicit ones).

Example matches string(ptr, n) and ptr within arguments of f
    (matcher = cxxConstructExpr())
  void f(const string &a, const string &b);
  char *ptr;
  int n;
  f(string(ptr, n), ptr);
Matcher<Stmt>cxxDefaultArgExprMatcher<CXXDefaultArgExpr>...
Matches the value of a default argument at the call site.

Example matches the CXXDefaultArgExpr placeholder inserted for the
    default value of the second parameter in the call expression f(42)
    (matcher = cxxDefaultArgExpr())
  void f(int x, int y = 0);
  f(42);
Matcher<Stmt>cxxDeleteExprMatcher<CXXDeleteExpr>...
Matches delete expressions.

Given
  delete X;
cxxDeleteExpr()
  matches 'delete X'.
Matcher<Stmt>cxxDependentScopeMemberExprMatcher<CXXDependentScopeMemberExpr>...
Matches member expressions where the actual member referenced could not be
resolved because the base expression or the member name was dependent.

Given
  template <class T> void f() { T t; t.g(); }
cxxDependentScopeMemberExpr()
  matches t.g
Matcher<Stmt>cxxDynamicCastExprMatcher<CXXDynamicCastExpr>...
Matches a dynamic_cast expression.

Example:
  cxxDynamicCastExpr()
matches
  dynamic_cast<D*>(&b);
in
  struct B { virtual ~B() {} }; struct D : B {};
  B b;
  D* p = dynamic_cast<D*>(&b);
Matcher<Stmt>cxxForRangeStmtMatcher<CXXForRangeStmt>...
Matches range-based for statements.

cxxForRangeStmt() matches 'for (auto a : i)'
  int i[] =  {1, 2, 3}; for (auto a : i);
  for(int j = 0; j < 5; ++j);
Matcher<Stmt>cxxFunctionalCastExprMatcher<CXXFunctionalCastExpr>...
Matches functional cast expressions

Example: Matches Foo(bar);
  Foo f = bar;
  Foo g = (Foo) bar;
  Foo h = Foo(bar);
Matcher<Stmt>cxxMemberCallExprMatcher<CXXMemberCallExpr>...
Matches member call expressions.

Example matches x.y()
  X x;
  x.y();
Matcher<Stmt>cxxNewExprMatcher<CXXNewExpr>...
Matches new expressions.

Given
  new X;
cxxNewExpr()
  matches 'new X'.
Matcher<Stmt>cxxNullPtrLiteralExprMatcher<CXXNullPtrLiteralExpr>...
Matches nullptr literal.
Matcher<Stmt>cxxOperatorCallExprMatcher<CXXOperatorCallExpr>...
Matches overloaded operator calls.

Note that if an operator isn't overloaded, it won't match. Instead, use
binaryOperator matcher.
Currently it does not match operators such as new delete.
FIXME: figure out why these do not match?

Example matches both operator<<((o << b), c) and operator<<(o, b)
    (matcher = cxxOperatorCallExpr())
  ostream &operator<< (ostream &out, int i) { };
  ostream &o; int b = 1, c = 1;
  o << b << c;
Matcher<Stmt>cxxReinterpretCastExprMatcher<CXXReinterpretCastExpr>...
Matches a reinterpret_cast expression.

Either the source expression or the destination type can be matched
using has(), but hasDestinationType() is more specific and can be
more readable.

Example matches reinterpret_cast<char*>(&p) in
  void* p = reinterpret_cast<char*>(&p);
Matcher<Stmt>cxxStaticCastExprMatcher<CXXStaticCastExpr>...
Matches a C++ static_cast expression.

See also: hasDestinationType
See also: reinterpretCast

Example:
  cxxStaticCastExpr()
matches
  static_cast<long>(8)
in
  long eight(static_cast<long>(8));
Matcher<Stmt>cxxStdInitializerListExprMatcher<CXXStdInitializerListExpr>...
Matches C++ initializer list expressions.

Given
  std::vector<int> a({ 1, 2, 3 });
  std::vector<int> b = { 4, 5 };
  int c[] = { 6, 7 };
  std::pair<int, int> d = { 8, 9 };
cxxStdInitializerListExpr()
  matches "{ 1, 2, 3 }" and "{ 4, 5 }"
Matcher<Stmt>cxxTemporaryObjectExprMatcher<CXXTemporaryObjectExpr>...
Matches functional cast expressions having N != 1 arguments

Example: Matches Foo(bar, bar)
  Foo h = Foo(bar, bar);
Matcher<Stmt>cxxThisExprMatcher<CXXThisExpr>...
Matches implicit and explicit this expressions.

Example matches the implicit this expression in "return i".
    (matcher = cxxThisExpr())
struct foo {
  int i;
  int f() { return i; }
};
Matcher<Stmt>cxxThrowExprMatcher<CXXThrowExpr>...
Matches throw expressions.

  try { throw 5; } catch(int i) {}
cxxThrowExpr()
  matches 'throw 5'
Matcher<Stmt>cxxTryStmtMatcher<CXXTryStmt>...
Matches try statements.

  try {} catch(int i) {}
cxxTryStmt()
  matches 'try {}'
Matcher<Stmt>cxxUnresolvedConstructExprMatcher<CXXUnresolvedConstructExpr>...
Matches unresolved constructor call expressions.

Example matches T(t) in return statement of f
    (matcher = cxxUnresolvedConstructExpr())
  template <typename T>
  void f(const T& t) { return T(t); }
Matcher<Stmt>declRefExprMatcher<DeclRefExpr>...
Matches expressions that refer to declarations.

Example matches x in if (x)
  bool x;
  if (x) {}
Matcher<Stmt>declStmtMatcher<DeclStmt>...
Matches declaration statements.

Given
  int a;
declStmt()
  matches 'int a'.
Matcher<Stmt>defaultStmtMatcher<DefaultStmt>...
Matches default statements inside switch statements.

Given
  switch(a) { case 42: break; default: break; }
defaultStmt()
  matches 'default:'.
Matcher<Stmt>designatedInitExprMatcher<DesignatedInitExpr>...
Matches C99 designated initializer expressions [C99 6.7.8].

Example: Matches { [2].y = 1.0, [0].x = 1.0 }
  point ptarray[10] = { [2].y = 1.0, [0].x = 1.0 };
Matcher<Stmt>doStmtMatcher<DoStmt>...
Matches do statements.

Given
  do {} while (true);
doStmt()
  matches 'do {} while(true)'
Matcher<Stmt>explicitCastExprMatcher<ExplicitCastExpr>...
Matches explicit cast expressions.

Matches any cast expression written in user code, whether it be a
C-style cast, a functional-style cast, or a keyword cast.

Does not match implicit conversions.

Note: the name "explicitCast" is chosen to match Clang's terminology, as
Clang uses the term "cast" to apply to implicit conversions as well as to
actual cast expressions.

See also: hasDestinationType.

Example: matches all five of the casts in
  int((int)(reinterpret_cast<int>(static_cast<int>(const_cast<int>(42)))))
but does not match the implicit conversion in
  long ell = 42;
Matcher<Stmt>exprMatcher<Expr>...
Matches expressions.

Example matches x()
  void f() { x(); }
Matcher<Stmt>exprWithCleanupsMatcher<ExprWithCleanups>...
Matches expressions that introduce cleanups to be run at the end
of the sub-expression's evaluation.

Example matches std::string()
  const std::string str = std::string();
Matcher<Stmt>floatLiteralMatcher<FloatingLiteral>...
Matches float literals of all sizes / encodings, e.g.
1.0, 1.0f, 1.0L and 1e10.

Does not match implicit conversions such as
  float a = 10;
Matcher<Stmt>forStmtMatcher<ForStmt>...
Matches for statements.

Example matches 'for (;;) {}'
  for (;;) {}
  int i[] =  {1, 2, 3}; for (auto a : i);
Matcher<Stmt>gnuNullExprMatcher<GNUNullExpr>...
Matches GNU __null expression.
Matcher<Stmt>gotoStmtMatcher<GotoStmt>...
Matches goto statements.

Given
  goto FOO;
  FOO: bar();
gotoStmt()
  matches 'goto FOO'
Matcher<Stmt>ifStmtMatcher<IfStmt>...
Matches if statements.

Example matches 'if (x) {}'
  if (x) {}
Matcher<Stmt>imaginaryLiteralMatcher<ImaginaryLiteral>...
Matches imaginary literals, which are based on integer and floating
point literals e.g.: 1i, 1.0i
Matcher<Stmt>implicitCastExprMatcher<ImplicitCastExpr>...
Matches the implicit cast nodes of Clang's AST.

This matches many different places, including function call return value
eliding, as well as any type conversions.
Matcher<Stmt>implicitValueInitExprMatcher<ImplicitValueInitExpr>...
Matches implicit initializers of init list expressions.

Given
  point ptarray[10] = { [2].y = 1.0, [2].x = 2.0, [0].x = 1.0 };
implicitValueInitExpr()
  matches "[0].y" (implicitly)
Matcher<Stmt>initListExprMatcher<InitListExpr>...
Matches init list expressions.

Given
  int a[] = { 1, 2 };
  struct B { int x, y; };
  B b = { 5, 6 };
initListExpr()
  matches "{ 1, 2 }" and "{ 5, 6 }"
Matcher<Stmt>integerLiteralMatcher<IntegerLiteral>...
Matches integer literals of all sizes / encodings, e.g.
1, 1L, 0x1 and 1U.

Does not match character-encoded integers such as L'a'.
Matcher<Stmt>labelStmtMatcher<LabelStmt>...
Matches label statements.

Given
  goto FOO;
  FOO: bar();
labelStmt()
  matches 'FOO:'
Matcher<Stmt>lambdaExprMatcher<LambdaExpr>...
Matches lambda expressions.

Example matches [&](){return 5;}
  [&](){return 5;}
Matcher<Stmt>materializeTemporaryExprMatcher<MaterializeTemporaryExpr>...
Matches nodes where temporaries are materialized.

Example: Given
  struct T {void func();};
  T f();
  void g(T);
materializeTemporaryExpr() matches 'f()' in these statements
  T u(f());
  g(f());
  f().func();
but does not match
  f();
Matcher<Stmt>memberExprMatcher<MemberExpr>...
Matches member expressions.

Given
  class Y {
    void x() { this->x(); x(); Y y; y.x(); a; this->b; Y::b; }
    int a; static int b;
  };
memberExpr()
  matches this->x, x, y.x, a, this->b
Matcher<Stmt>nullStmtMatcher<NullStmt>...
Matches null statements.

  foo();;
nullStmt()
  matches the second ';'
Matcher<Stmt>objcCatchStmtMatcher<ObjCAtCatchStmt>...
Matches Objective-C @catch statements.

Example matches @catch
  @try {}
  @catch (...) {}
Matcher<Stmt>objcFinallyStmtMatcher<ObjCAtFinallyStmt>...
Matches Objective-C @finally statements.

Example matches @finally
  @try {}
  @finally {}
Matcher<Stmt>objcIvarRefExprMatcher<ObjCIvarRefExpr>...
Matches a reference to an ObjCIvar.

Example: matches "a" in "init" method:
@implementation A {
  NSString *a;
}
- (void) init {
  a = @"hello";
}
Matcher<Stmt>objcMessageExprMatcher<ObjCMessageExpr>...
Matches ObjectiveC Message invocation expressions.

The innermost message send invokes the "alloc" class method on the
NSString class, while the outermost message send invokes the
"initWithString" instance method on the object returned from
NSString's "alloc". This matcher should match both message sends.
  [[NSString alloc] initWithString:@"Hello"]
Matcher<Stmt>objcThrowStmtMatcher<ObjCAtThrowStmt>...
Matches Objective-C statements.

Example matches @throw obj;
Matcher<Stmt>objcTryStmtMatcher<ObjCAtTryStmt>...
Matches Objective-C @try statements.

Example matches @try
  @try {}
  @catch (...) {}
Matcher<Stmt>opaqueValueExprMatcher<OpaqueValueExpr>...
Matches opaque value expressions. They are used as helpers
to reference another expressions and can be met
in BinaryConditionalOperators, for example.

Example matches 'a'
  (a ?: c) + 42;
Matcher<Stmt>parenExprMatcher<ParenExpr>...
Matches parentheses used in expressions.

Example matches (foo() + 1)
  int foo() { return 1; }
  int a = (foo() + 1);
Matcher<Stmt>parenListExprMatcher<ParenListExpr>...
Matches paren list expressions.
ParenListExprs don't have a predefined type and are used for late parsing.
In the final AST, they can be met in template declarations.

Given
  template<typename T> class X {
    void f() {
      X x(*this);
      int a = 0, b = 1; int i = (a, b);
    }
  };
parenListExpr() matches "*this" but NOT matches (a, b) because (a, b)
has a predefined type and is a ParenExpr, not a ParenListExpr.
Matcher<Stmt>predefinedExprMatcher<PredefinedExpr>...
Matches predefined identifier expressions [C99 6.4.2.2].

Example: Matches __func__
  printf("%s", __func__);
Matcher<Stmt>returnStmtMatcher<ReturnStmt>...
Matches return statements.

Given
  return 1;
returnStmt()
  matches 'return 1'
Matcher<Stmt>stmtMatcher<Stmt>...
Matches statements.

Given
  { ++a; }
stmt()
  matches both the compound statement '{ ++a; }' and '++a'.
Matcher<Stmt>stmtExprMatcher<StmtExpr>...
Matches statement expression (GNU extension).

Example match: ({ int X = 4; X; })
  int C = ({ int X = 4; X; });
Matcher<Stmt>stringLiteralMatcher<StringLiteral>...
Matches string literals (also matches wide string literals).

Example matches "abcd", L"abcd"
  char *s = "abcd";
  wchar_t *ws = L"abcd";
Matcher<Stmt>substNonTypeTemplateParmExprMatcher<SubstNonTypeTemplateParmExpr>...
Matches substitutions of non-type template parameters.

Given
  template <int N>
  struct A { static const int n = N; };
  struct B : public A<42> {};
substNonTypeTemplateParmExpr()
  matches "N" in the right-hand side of "static const int n = N;"
Matcher<Stmt>switchCaseMatcher<SwitchCase>...
Matches case and default statements inside switch statements.

Given
  switch(a) { case 42: break; default: break; }
switchCase()
  matches 'case 42:' and 'default:'.
Matcher<Stmt>switchStmtMatcher<SwitchStmt>...
Matches switch statements.

Given
  switch(a) { case 42: break; default: break; }
switchStmt()
  matches 'switch(a)'.
Matcher<Stmt>unaryExprOrTypeTraitExprMatcher<UnaryExprOrTypeTraitExpr>...
Matches sizeof (C99), alignof (C++11) and vec_step (OpenCL)

Given
  Foo x = bar;
  int y = sizeof(x) + alignof(x);
unaryExprOrTypeTraitExpr()
  matches sizeof(x) and alignof(x)
Matcher<Stmt>unaryOperatorMatcher<UnaryOperator>...
Matches unary operator expressions.

Example matches !a
  !a || b
Matcher<Stmt>unresolvedLookupExprMatcher<UnresolvedLookupExpr>...
Matches reference to a name that can be looked up during parsing
but could not be resolved to a specific declaration.

Given
  template<typename T>
  T foo() { T a; return a; }
  template<typename T>
  void bar() {
    foo<T>();
  }
unresolvedLookupExpr()
  matches foo<T>() 
Matcher<Stmt>unresolvedMemberExprMatcher<UnresolvedMemberExpr>...
Matches unresolved member expressions.

Given
  struct X {
    template <class T> void f();
    void g();
  };
  template <class T> void h() { X x; x.f<T>(); x.g(); }
unresolvedMemberExpr()
  matches x.f<T>
Matcher<Stmt>userDefinedLiteralMatcher<UserDefinedLiteral>...
Matches user defined literal operator call.

Example match: "foo"_suffix
Matcher<Stmt>whileStmtMatcher<WhileStmt>...
Matches while statements.

Given
  while (true) {}
whileStmt()
  matches 'while (true) {}'.
Matcher<TemplateArgument>templateArgumentMatcher<TemplateArgument>...
Matches template arguments.

Given
  template <typename T> struct C {};
  C<int> c;
templateArgument()
  matches 'int' in C<int>.
Matcher<TemplateName>templateNameMatcher<TemplateName>...
Matches template name.

Given
  template <typename T> class X { };
  X<int> xi;
templateName()
  matches 'X' in X<int>.
Matcher<TypeLoc>typeLocMatcher<TypeLoc>...
Matches TypeLocs in the clang AST.
Matcher<Type>arrayTypeMatcher<ArrayType>...
Matches all kinds of arrays.

Given
  int a[] = { 2, 3 };
  int b[4];
  void f() { int c[a[0]]; }
arrayType()
  matches "int a[]", "int b[4]" and "int c[a[0]]";
Matcher<Type>atomicTypeMatcher<AtomicType>...
Matches atomic types.

Given
  _Atomic(int) i;
atomicType()
  matches "_Atomic(int) i"
Matcher<Type>autoTypeMatcher<AutoType>...
Matches types nodes representing C++11 auto types.

Given:
  auto n = 4;
  int v[] = { 2, 3 }
  for (auto i : v) { }
autoType()
  matches "auto n" and "auto i"
Matcher<Type>blockPointerTypeMatcher<BlockPointerType>...
Matches block pointer types, i.e. types syntactically represented as
"void (^)(int)".

The pointee is always required to be a FunctionType.
Matcher<Type>builtinTypeMatcher<BuiltinType>...
Matches builtin Types.

Given
  struct A {};
  A a;
  int b;
  float c;
  bool d;
builtinType()
  matches "int b", "float c" and "bool d"
Matcher<Type>complexTypeMatcher<ComplexType>...
Matches C99 complex types.

Given
  _Complex float f;
complexType()
  matches "_Complex float f"
Matcher<Type>constantArrayTypeMatcher<ConstantArrayType>...
Matches C arrays with a specified constant size.

Given
  void() {
    int a[2];
    int b[] = { 2, 3 };
    int c[b[0]];
  }
constantArrayType()
  matches "int a[2]"
Matcher<Type>decayedTypeMatcher<DecayedType>...
Matches decayed type
Example matches i[] in declaration of f.
    (matcher = valueDecl(hasType(decayedType(hasDecayedType(pointerType())))))
Example matches i[1].
    (matcher = expr(hasType(decayedType(hasDecayedType(pointerType())))))
  void f(int i[]) {
    i[1] = 0;
  }
Matcher<Type>decltypeTypeMatcher<DecltypeType>...
Matches types nodes representing C++11 decltype(<expr>) types.

Given:
  short i = 1;
  int j = 42;
  decltype(i + j) result = i + j;
decltypeType()
  matches "decltype(i + j)"
Matcher<Type>dependentSizedArrayTypeMatcher<DependentSizedArrayType>...
Matches C++ arrays whose size is a value-dependent expression.

Given
  template<typename T, int Size>
  class array {
    T data[Size];
  };
dependentSizedArrayType
  matches "T data[Size]"
Matcher<Type>elaboratedTypeMatcher<ElaboratedType>...
Matches types specified with an elaborated type keyword or with a
qualified name.

Given
  namespace N {
    namespace M {
      class D {};
    }
  }
  class C {};

  class C c;
  N::M::D d;

elaboratedType() matches the type of the variable declarations of both
c and d.
Matcher<Type>enumTypeMatcher<EnumType>...
Matches enum types.

Given
  enum C { Green };
  enum class S { Red };

  C c;
  S s;

enumType() matches the type of the variable declarations of both c and
s.
Matcher<Type>functionProtoTypeMatcher<FunctionProtoType>...
Matches FunctionProtoType nodes.

Given
  int (*f)(int);
  void g();
functionProtoType()
  matches "int (*f)(int)" and the type of "g" in C++ mode.
  In C mode, "g" is not matched because it does not contain a prototype.
Matcher<Type>functionTypeMatcher<FunctionType>...
Matches FunctionType nodes.

Given
  int (*f)(int);
  void g();
functionType()
  matches "int (*f)(int)" and the type of "g".
Matcher<Type>incompleteArrayTypeMatcher<IncompleteArrayType>...
Matches C arrays with unspecified size.

Given
  int a[] = { 2, 3 };
  int b[42];
  void f(int c[]) { int d[a[0]]; };
incompleteArrayType()
  matches "int a[]" and "int c[]"
Matcher<Type>injectedClassNameTypeMatcher<InjectedClassNameType>...
Matches injected class name types.

Example matches S s, but not S<T> s.
    (matcher = parmVarDecl(hasType(injectedClassNameType())))
  template <typename T> struct S {
    void f(S s);
    void g(S<T> s);
  };
Matcher<Type>lValueReferenceTypeMatcher<LValueReferenceType>...
Matches lvalue reference types.

Given:
  int *a;
  int &b = *a;
  int &&c = 1;
  auto &d = b;
  auto &&e = c;
  auto &&f = 2;
  int g = 5;

lValueReferenceType() matches the types of b, d, and e. e is
matched since the type is deduced as int& by reference collapsing rules.
Matcher<Type>memberPointerTypeMatcher<MemberPointerType>...
Matches member pointer types.
Given
  struct A { int i; }
  A::* ptr = A::i;
memberPointerType()
  matches "A::* ptr"
Matcher<Type>objcObjectPointerTypeMatcher<ObjCObjectPointerType>...
Matches an Objective-C object pointer type, which is different from
a pointer type, despite being syntactically similar.

Given
  int *a;

  @interface Foo
  @end
  Foo *f;
pointerType()
  matches "Foo *f", but does not match "int *a".
Matcher<Type>parenTypeMatcher<ParenType>...
Matches ParenType nodes.

Given
  int (*ptr_to_array)[4];
  int *array_of_ptrs[4];

varDecl(hasType(pointsTo(parenType()))) matches ptr_to_array but not
array_of_ptrs.
Matcher<Type>pointerTypeMatcher<PointerType>...
Matches pointer types, but does not match Objective-C object pointer
types.

Given
  int *a;
  int &b = *a;
  int c = 5;

  @interface Foo
  @end
  Foo *f;
pointerType()
  matches "int *a", but does not match "Foo *f".
Matcher<Type>rValueReferenceTypeMatcher<RValueReferenceType>...
Matches rvalue reference types.

Given:
  int *a;
  int &b = *a;
  int &&c = 1;
  auto &d = b;
  auto &&e = c;
  auto &&f = 2;
  int g = 5;

rValueReferenceType() matches the types of c and f. e is not
matched as it is deduced to int& by reference collapsing rules.
Matcher<Type>recordTypeMatcher<RecordType>...
Matches record types (e.g. structs, classes).

Given
  class C {};
  struct S {};

  C c;
  S s;

recordType() matches the type of the variable declarations of both c
and s.
Matcher<Type>referenceTypeMatcher<ReferenceType>...
Matches both lvalue and rvalue reference types.

Given
  int *a;
  int &b = *a;
  int &&c = 1;
  auto &d = b;
  auto &&e = c;
  auto &&f = 2;
  int g = 5;

referenceType() matches the types of b, c, d, e, and f.
Matcher<Type>substTemplateTypeParmTypeMatcher<SubstTemplateTypeParmType>...
Matches types that represent the result of substituting a type for a
template type parameter.

Given
  template <typename T>
  void F(T t) {
    int i = 1 + t;
  }

substTemplateTypeParmType() matches the type of 't' but not '1'
Matcher<Type>tagTypeMatcher<TagType>...
Matches tag types (record and enum types).

Given
  enum E {};
  class C {};

  E e;
  C c;

tagType() matches the type of the variable declarations of both e
and c.
Matcher<Type>templateSpecializationTypeMatcher<TemplateSpecializationType>...
Matches template specialization types.

Given
  template <typename T>
  class C { };

  template class C<int>;  // A
  C<char> var;            // B

templateSpecializationType() matches the type of the explicit
instantiation in A and the type of the variable declaration in B.
Matcher<Type>templateTypeParmTypeMatcher<TemplateTypeParmType>...
Matches template type parameter types.

Example matches T, but not int.
    (matcher = templateTypeParmType())
  template <typename T> void f(int i);
Matcher<Type>typeMatcher<Type>...
Matches Types in the clang AST.
Matcher<Type>typedefTypeMatcher<TypedefType>...
Matches typedef types.

Given
  typedef int X;
typedefType()
  matches "typedef int X"
Matcher<Type>unaryTransformTypeMatcher<UnaryTransformType>...
Matches types nodes representing unary type transformations.

Given:
  typedef __underlying_type(T) type;
unaryTransformType()
  matches "__underlying_type(T)"
Matcher<Type>variableArrayTypeMatcher<VariableArrayType>...
Matches C arrays with a specified size that is not an
integer-constant-expression.

Given
  void f() {
    int a[] = { 2, 3 }
    int b[42];
    int c[a[0]];
  }
variableArrayType()
  matches "int c[a[0]]"

Narrowing Matchers

Narrowing matchers match certain attributes on the current node, thus narrowing down the set of nodes of the current type to match on.

There are special logical narrowing matchers (allOf, anyOf, anything and unless) which allow users to create more powerful match expressions.

Return typeNameParameters
Matcher<*>allOfMatcher<*>, ..., Matcher<*>
Matches if all given matchers match.

Usable as: Any Matcher
Matcher<*>anyOfMatcher<*>, ..., Matcher<*>
Matches if any of the given matchers matches.

Usable as: Any Matcher
Matcher<*>anything
Matches any node.

Useful when another matcher requires a child matcher, but there's no
additional constraint. This will often be used with an explicit conversion
to an internal::Matcher<> type such as TypeMatcher.

Example: DeclarationMatcher(anything()) matches all declarations, e.g.,
"int* p" and "void f()" in
  int* p;
  void f();

Usable as: Any Matcher
Matcher<*>unlessMatcher<*>
Matches if the provided matcher does not match.

Example matches Y (matcher = cxxRecordDecl(unless(hasName("X"))))
  class X {};
  class Y {};

Usable as: Any Matcher
Matcher<BinaryOperator>hasOperatorNamestd::string Name
Matches the operator Name of operator expressions (binary or
unary).

Example matches a || b (matcher = binaryOperator(hasOperatorName("||")))
  !(a || b)
Matcher<BinaryOperator>isAssignmentOperator
Matches all kinds of assignment operators.

Example 1: matches a += b (matcher = binaryOperator(isAssignmentOperator()))
  if (a == b)
    a += b;

Example 2: matches s1 = s2
           (matcher = cxxOperatorCallExpr(isAssignmentOperator()))
  struct S { S& operator=(const S&); };
  void x() { S s1, s2; s1 = s2; })
Matcher<CXXBoolLiteralExpr>equalsbool Value
Matcher<CXXBoolLiteralExpr>equalsconst ValueT Value
Matches literals that are equal to the given value of type ValueT.

Given
  f('false, 3.14, 42);
characterLiteral(equals(0))
  matches 'cxxBoolLiteral(equals(false)) and cxxBoolLiteral(equals(0))
  match false
floatLiteral(equals(3.14)) and floatLiteral(equals(314e-2))
  match 3.14
integerLiteral(equals(42))
  matches 42

Note that you cannot directly match a negative numeric literal because the
minus sign is not part of the literal: It is a unary operator whose operand
is the positive numeric literal. Instead, you must use a unaryOperator()
matcher to match the minus sign:

unaryOperator(hasOperatorName("-"),
              hasUnaryOperand(integerLiteral(equals(13))))

Usable as: Matcher<CharacterLiteral>, Matcher<CXXBoolLiteralExpr>,
           Matcher<FloatingLiteral>, Matcher<IntegerLiteral>
Matcher<CXXBoolLiteralExpr>equalsdouble Value
Matcher<CXXBoolLiteralExpr>equalsunsigned Value
Matcher<CXXCatchStmt>isCatchAll
Matches a C++ catch statement that has a catch-all handler.

Given
  try {
    // ...
  } catch (int) {
    // ...
  } catch (...) {
    // ...
  }
cxxCatchStmt(isCatchAll()) matches catch(...) but not catch(int).
Matcher<CXXConstructExpr>argumentCountIsunsigned N
Checks that a call expression or a constructor call expression has
a specific number of arguments (including absent default arguments).

Example matches f(0, 0) (matcher = callExpr(argumentCountIs(2)))
  void f(int x, int y);
  f(0, 0);
Matcher<CXXConstructExpr>isListInitialization
Matches a constructor call expression which uses list initialization.
Matcher<CXXConstructExpr>requiresZeroInitialization
Matches a constructor call expression which requires
zero initialization.

Given
void foo() {
  struct point { double x; double y; };
  point pt[2] = { { 1.0, 2.0 } };
}
initListExpr(has(cxxConstructExpr(requiresZeroInitialization()))
will match the implicit array filler for pt[1].
Matcher<CXXConstructorDecl>isCopyConstructor
Matches constructor declarations that are copy constructors.

Given
  struct S {
    S(); // #1
    S(const S &); // #2
    S(S &&); // #3
  };
cxxConstructorDecl(isCopyConstructor()) will match #2, but not #1 or #3.
Matcher<CXXConstructorDecl>isDefaultConstructor
Matches constructor declarations that are default constructors.

Given
  struct S {
    S(); // #1
    S(const S &); // #2
    S(S &&); // #3
  };
cxxConstructorDecl(isDefaultConstructor()) will match #1, but not #2 or #3.
Matcher<CXXConstructorDecl>isDelegatingConstructor
Matches constructors that delegate to another constructor.

Given
  struct S {
    S(); // #1
    S(int) {} // #2
    S(S &&) : S() {} // #3
  };
  S::S() : S(0) {} // #4
cxxConstructorDecl(isDelegatingConstructor()) will match #3 and #4, but not
#1 or #2.
Matcher<CXXConstructorDecl>isExplicit
Matches constructor and conversion declarations that are marked with
the explicit keyword.

Given
  struct S {
    S(int); // #1
    explicit S(double); // #2
    operator int(); // #3
    explicit operator bool(); // #4
  };
cxxConstructorDecl(isExplicit()) will match #2, but not #1.
cxxConversionDecl(isExplicit()) will match #4, but not #3.
Matcher<CXXConstructorDecl>isMoveConstructor
Matches constructor declarations that are move constructors.

Given
  struct S {
    S(); // #1
    S(const S &); // #2
    S(S &&); // #3
  };
cxxConstructorDecl(isMoveConstructor()) will match #3, but not #1 or #2.
Matcher<CXXConversionDecl>isExplicit
Matches constructor and conversion declarations that are marked with
the explicit keyword.

Given
  struct S {
    S(int); // #1
    explicit S(double); // #2
    operator int(); // #3
    explicit operator bool(); // #4
  };
cxxConstructorDecl(isExplicit()) will match #2, but not #1.
cxxConversionDecl(isExplicit()) will match #4, but not #3.
Matcher<CXXCtorInitializer>isBaseInitializer
Matches a constructor initializer if it is initializing a base, as
opposed to a member.

Given
  struct B {};
  struct D : B {
    int I;
    D(int i) : I(i) {}
  };
  struct E : B {
    E() : B() {}
  };
cxxConstructorDecl(hasAnyConstructorInitializer(isBaseInitializer()))
  will match E(), but not match D(int).
Matcher<CXXCtorInitializer>isMemberInitializer
Matches a constructor initializer if it is initializing a member, as
opposed to a base.

Given
  struct B {};
  struct D : B {
    int I;
    D(int i) : I(i) {}
  };
  struct E : B {
    E() : B() {}
  };
cxxConstructorDecl(hasAnyConstructorInitializer(isMemberInitializer()))
  will match D(int), but not match E().
Matcher<CXXCtorInitializer>isWritten
Matches a constructor initializer if it is explicitly written in
code (as opposed to implicitly added by the compiler).

Given
  struct Foo {
    Foo() { }
    Foo(int) : foo_("A") { }
    string foo_;
  };
cxxConstructorDecl(hasAnyConstructorInitializer(isWritten()))
  will match Foo(int), but not Foo()
Matcher<CXXDependentScopeMemberExpr>isArrow
Matches member expressions that are called with '->' as opposed
to '.'.

Member calls on the implicit this pointer match as called with '->'.

Given
  class Y {
    void x() { this->x(); x(); Y y; y.x(); a; this->b; Y::b; }
    template <class T> void f() { this->f<T>(); f<T>(); }
    int a;
    static int b;
  };
  template <class T>
  class Z {
    void x() { this->m; }
  };
memberExpr(isArrow())
  matches this->x, x, y.x, a, this->b
cxxDependentScopeMemberExpr(isArrow())
  matches this->m
unresolvedMemberExpr(isArrow())
  matches this->f<T>, f<T>
Matcher<CXXMethodDecl>isConst
Matches if the given method declaration is const.

Given
struct A {
  void foo() const;
  void bar();
};

cxxMethodDecl(isConst()) matches A::foo() but not A::bar()
Matcher<CXXMethodDecl>isCopyAssignmentOperator
Matches if the given method declaration declares a copy assignment
operator.

Given
struct A {
  A &operator=(const A &);
  A &operator=(A &&);
};

cxxMethodDecl(isCopyAssignmentOperator()) matches the first method but not
the second one.
Matcher<CXXMethodDecl>isFinal
Matches if the given method or class declaration is final.

Given:
  class A final {};

  struct B {
    virtual void f();
  };

  struct C : B {
    void f() final;
  };
matches A and C::f, but not B, C, or B::f
Matcher<CXXMethodDecl>isMoveAssignmentOperator
Matches if the given method declaration declares a move assignment
operator.

Given
struct A {
  A &operator=(const A &);
  A &operator=(A &&);
};

cxxMethodDecl(isMoveAssignmentOperator()) matches the second method but not
the first one.
Matcher<CXXMethodDecl>isOverride
Matches if the given method declaration overrides another method.

Given
  class A {
   public:
    virtual void x();
  };
  class B : public A {
   public:
    virtual void x();
  };
  matches B::x
Matcher<CXXMethodDecl>isPure
Matches if the given method declaration is pure.

Given
  class A {
   public:
    virtual void x() = 0;
  };
  matches A::x
Matcher<CXXMethodDecl>isUserProvided
Matches method declarations that are user-provided.

Given
  struct S {
    S(); // #1
    S(const S &) = default; // #2
    S(S &&) = delete; // #3
  };
cxxConstructorDecl(isUserProvided()) will match #1, but not #2 or #3.
Matcher<CXXMethodDecl>isVirtual
Matches if the given method declaration is virtual.

Given
  class A {
   public:
    virtual void x();
  };
  matches A::x
Matcher<CXXMethodDecl>isVirtualAsWritten
Matches if the given method declaration has an explicit "virtual".

Given
  class A {
   public:
    virtual void x();
  };
  class B : public A {
   public:
    void x();
  };
  matches A::x but not B::x
Matcher<CXXNewExpr>isArray
Matches array new expressions.

Given:
  MyClass *p1 = new MyClass[10];
cxxNewExpr(isArray())
  matches the expression 'new MyClass[10]'.
Matcher<CXXOperatorCallExpr>hasOverloadedOperatorNameStringRef Name
Matches overloaded operator names.

Matches overloaded operator names specified in strings without the
"operator" prefix: e.g. "<<".

Given:
  class A { int operator*(); };
  const A &operator<<(const A &a, const A &b);
  A a;
  a << a;   // <-- This matches

cxxOperatorCallExpr(hasOverloadedOperatorName("<<"))) matches the
specified line and
cxxRecordDecl(hasMethod(hasOverloadedOperatorName("*")))
matches the declaration of A.

Usable as: Matcher<CXXOperatorCallExpr>, Matcher<FunctionDecl>
Matcher<CXXOperatorCallExpr>isAssignmentOperator
Matches all kinds of assignment operators.

Example 1: matches a += b (matcher = binaryOperator(isAssignmentOperator()))
  if (a == b)
    a += b;

Example 2: matches s1 = s2
           (matcher = cxxOperatorCallExpr(isAssignmentOperator()))
  struct S { S& operator=(const S&); };
  void x() { S s1, s2; s1 = s2; })
Matcher<CXXRecordDecl>hasDefinition
Matches a class declaration that is defined.

Example matches x (matcher = cxxRecordDecl(hasDefinition()))
class x {};
class y;
Matcher<CXXRecordDecl>isDerivedFromstd::string BaseName
Overloaded method as shortcut for isDerivedFrom(hasName(...)).
Matcher<CXXRecordDecl>isExplicitTemplateSpecialization
Matches explicit template specializations of function, class, or
static member variable template instantiations.

Given
  template<typename T> void A(T t) { }
  template<> void A(int N) { }
functionDecl(isExplicitTemplateSpecialization())
  matches the specialization A<int>().

Usable as: Matcher<FunctionDecl>, Matcher<VarDecl>, Matcher<CXXRecordDecl>
Matcher<CXXRecordDecl>isFinal
Matches if the given method or class declaration is final.

Given:
  class A final {};

  struct B {
    virtual void f();
  };

  struct C : B {
    void f() final;
  };
matches A and C::f, but not B, C, or B::f
Matcher<CXXRecordDecl>isLambda
Matches the generated class of lambda expressions.

Given:
  auto x = []{};

cxxRecordDecl(isLambda()) matches the implicit class declaration of
decltype(x)
Matcher<CXXRecordDecl>isSameOrDerivedFromstd::string BaseName
Overloaded method as shortcut for
isSameOrDerivedFrom(hasName(...)).
Matcher<CXXRecordDecl>isTemplateInstantiation
Matches template instantiations of function, class, or static
member variable template instantiations.

Given
  template <typename T> class X {}; class A {}; X<A> x;
or
  template <typename T> class X {}; class A {}; template class X<A>;
or
  template <typename T> class X {}; class A {}; extern template class X<A>;
cxxRecordDecl(hasName("::X"), isTemplateInstantiation())
  matches the template instantiation of X<A>.

But given
  template <typename T>  class X {}; class A {};
  template <> class X<A> {}; X<A> x;
cxxRecordDecl(hasName("::X"), isTemplateInstantiation())
  does not match, as X<A> is an explicit template specialization.

Usable as: Matcher<FunctionDecl>, Matcher<VarDecl>, Matcher<CXXRecordDecl>
Matcher<CallExpr>argumentCountIsunsigned N
Checks that a call expression or a constructor call expression has
a specific number of arguments (including absent default arguments).

Example matches f(0, 0) (matcher = callExpr(argumentCountIs(2)))
  void f(int x, int y);
  f(0, 0);
Matcher<CallExpr>usesADL
Matches call expressions which were resolved using ADL.

Example matches y(x) but not y(42) or NS::y(x).
  namespace NS {
    struct X {};
    void y(X);
  }

  void y(...);

  void test() {
    NS::X x;
    y(x); // Matches
    NS::y(x); // Doesn't match
    y(42); // Doesn't match
    using NS::y;
    y(x); // Found by both unqualified lookup and ADL, doesn't match
   }
Matcher<CastExpr>hasCastKindCastKind Kind
Matches casts that has a given cast kind.

Example: matches the implicit cast around 0
(matcher = castExpr(hasCastKind(CK_NullToPointer)))
  int *p = 0;
Matcher<CharacterLiteral>equalsbool Value
Matcher<CharacterLiteral>equalsconst ValueT Value
Matches literals that are equal to the given value of type ValueT.

Given
  f('false, 3.14, 42);
characterLiteral(equals(0))
  matches 'cxxBoolLiteral(equals(false)) and cxxBoolLiteral(equals(0))
  match false
floatLiteral(equals(3.14)) and floatLiteral(equals(314e-2))
  match 3.14
integerLiteral(equals(42))
  matches 42

Note that you cannot directly match a negative numeric literal because the
minus sign is not part of the literal: It is a unary operator whose operand
is the positive numeric literal. Instead, you must use a unaryOperator()
matcher to match the minus sign:

unaryOperator(hasOperatorName("-"),
              hasUnaryOperand(integerLiteral(equals(13))))

Usable as: Matcher<CharacterLiteral>, Matcher<CXXBoolLiteralExpr>,
           Matcher<FloatingLiteral>, Matcher<IntegerLiteral>
Matcher<CharacterLiteral>equalsdouble Value
Matcher<CharacterLiteral>equalsunsigned Value
Matcher<ClassTemplateSpecializationDecl>templateArgumentCountIsunsigned N
Matches if the number of template arguments equals N.

Given
  template<typename T> struct C {};
  C<int> c;
classTemplateSpecializationDecl(templateArgumentCountIs(1))
  matches C<int>.
Matcher<CompoundStmt>statementCountIsunsigned N
Checks that a compound statement contains a specific number of
child statements.

Example: Given
  { for (;;) {} }
compoundStmt(statementCountIs(0)))
  matches '{}'
  but does not match the outer compound statement.
Matcher<ConstantArrayType>hasSizeunsigned N
Matches nodes that have the specified size.

Given
  int a[42];
  int b[2 * 21];
  int c[41], d[43];
  char *s = "abcd";
  wchar_t *ws = L"abcd";
  char *w = "a";
constantArrayType(hasSize(42))
  matches "int a[42]" and "int b[2 * 21]"
stringLiteral(hasSize(4))
  matches "abcd", L"abcd"
Matcher<DeclStmt>declCountIsunsigned N
Matches declaration statements that contain a specific number of
declarations.

Example: Given
  int a, b;
  int c;
  int d = 2, e;
declCountIs(2)
  matches 'int a, b;' and 'int d = 2, e;', but not 'int c;'.
Matcher<Decl>equalsBoundNodestd::string ID
Matches if a node equals a previously bound node.

Matches a node if it equals the node previously bound to ID.

Given
  class X { int a; int b; };
cxxRecordDecl(
    has(fieldDecl(hasName("a"), hasType(type().bind("t")))),
    has(fieldDecl(hasName("b"), hasType(type(equalsBoundNode("t"))))))
  matches the class X, as a and b have the same type.

Note that when multiple matches are involved via forEach* matchers,
equalsBoundNodes acts as a filter.
For example:
compoundStmt(
    forEachDescendant(varDecl().bind("d")),
    forEachDescendant(declRefExpr(to(decl(equalsBoundNode("d"))))))
will trigger a match for each combination of variable declaration
and reference to that variable declaration within a compound statement.
Matcher<Decl>equalsNodeconst Decl* Other
Matches if a node equals another node.

Decl has pointer identity in the AST.
Matcher<Decl>hasAttrattr::Kind AttrKind
Matches declaration that has a given attribute.

Given
  __attribute__((device)) void f() { ... }
decl(hasAttr(clang::attr::CUDADevice)) matches the function declaration of
f. If the matcher is use from clang-query, attr::Kind parameter should be
passed as a quoted string. e.g., hasAttr("attr::CUDADevice").
Matcher<Decl>isExpansionInFileMatchingstd::string RegExp
Matches AST nodes that were expanded within files whose name is
partially matching a given regex.

Example matches Y but not X
    (matcher = cxxRecordDecl(isExpansionInFileMatching("AST.*"))
  #include "ASTMatcher.h"
  class X {};
ASTMatcher.h:
  class Y {};

Usable as: Matcher<Decl>, Matcher<Stmt>, Matcher<TypeLoc>
Matcher<Decl>isExpansionInMainFile
Matches AST nodes that were expanded within the main-file.

Example matches X but not Y
  (matcher = cxxRecordDecl(isExpansionInMainFile())
  #include <Y.h>
  class X {};
Y.h:
  class Y {};

Usable as: Matcher<Decl>, Matcher<Stmt>, Matcher<TypeLoc>
Matcher<Decl>isExpansionInSystemHeader
Matches AST nodes that were expanded within system-header-files.

Example matches Y but not X
    (matcher = cxxRecordDecl(isExpansionInSystemHeader())
  #include <SystemHeader.h>
  class X {};
SystemHeader.h:
  class Y {};

Usable as: Matcher<Decl>, Matcher<Stmt>, Matcher<TypeLoc>
Matcher<Decl>isImplicit
Matches a declaration that has been implicitly added
by the compiler (eg. implicit default/copy constructors).
Matcher<Decl>isPrivate
Matches private C++ declarations.

Given
  class C {
  public:    int a;
  protected: int b;
  private:   int c;
  };
fieldDecl(isPrivate())
  matches 'int c;'
Matcher<Decl>isProtected
Matches protected C++ declarations.

Given
  class C {
  public:    int a;
  protected: int b;
  private:   int c;
  };
fieldDecl(isProtected())
  matches 'int b;'
Matcher<Decl>isPublic
Matches public C++ declarations.

Given
  class C {
  public:    int a;
  protected: int b;
  private:   int c;
  };
fieldDecl(isPublic())
  matches 'int a;'
Matcher<DesignatedInitExpr>designatorCountIsunsigned N
Matches designated initializer expressions that contain
a specific number of designators.

Example: Given
  point ptarray[10] = { [2].y = 1.0, [0].x = 1.0 };
  point ptarray2[10] = { [2].y = 1.0, [2].x = 0.0, [0].x = 1.0 };
designatorCountIs(2)
  matches '{ [2].y = 1.0, [0].x = 1.0 }',
  but not '{ [2].y = 1.0, [2].x = 0.0, [0].x = 1.0 }'.
Matcher<EnumDecl>isScoped
Matches C++11 scoped enum declaration.

Example matches Y (matcher = enumDecl(isScoped()))
enum X {};
enum class Y {};
Matcher<Expr>isInstantiationDependent
Matches expressions that are instantiation-dependent even if it is
neither type- nor value-dependent.

In the following example, the expression sizeof(sizeof(T() + T()))
is instantiation-dependent (since it involves a template parameter T),
but is neither type- nor value-dependent, since the type of the inner
sizeof is known (std::size_t) and therefore the size of the outer
sizeof is known.
  template<typename T>
  void f(T x, T y) { sizeof(sizeof(T() + T()); }
expr(isInstantiationDependent()) matches sizeof(sizeof(T() + T())
Matcher<Expr>isTypeDependent
Matches expressions that are type-dependent because the template type
is not yet instantiated.

For example, the expressions "x" and "x + y" are type-dependent in
the following code, but "y" is not type-dependent:
  template<typename T>
  void add(T x, int y) {
    x + y;
  }
expr(isTypeDependent()) matches x + y
Matcher<Expr>isValueDependent
Matches expression that are value-dependent because they contain a
non-type template parameter.

For example, the array bound of "Chars" in the following example is
value-dependent.
  template<int Size> int f() { return Size; }
expr(isValueDependent()) matches return Size
Matcher<FieldDecl>hasBitWidthunsigned Width
Matches non-static data members that are bit-fields of the specified
bit width.

Given
  class C {
    int a : 2;
    int b : 4;
    int c : 2;
  };
fieldDecl(hasBitWidth(2))
  matches 'int a;' and 'int c;' but not 'int b;'.
Matcher<FieldDecl>isBitField
Matches non-static data members that are bit-fields.

Given
  class C {
    int a : 2;
    int b;
  };
fieldDecl(isBitField())
  matches 'int a;' but not 'int b;'.
Matcher<FloatingLiteral>equalsconst ValueT Value
Matches literals that are equal to the given value of type ValueT.

Given
  f('false, 3.14, 42);
characterLiteral(equals(0))
  matches 'cxxBoolLiteral(equals(false)) and cxxBoolLiteral(equals(0))
  match false
floatLiteral(equals(3.14)) and floatLiteral(equals(314e-2))
  match 3.14
integerLiteral(equals(42))
  matches 42

Note that you cannot directly match a negative numeric literal because the
minus sign is not part of the literal: It is a unary operator whose operand
is the positive numeric literal. Instead, you must use a unaryOperator()
matcher to match the minus sign:

unaryOperator(hasOperatorName("-"),
              hasUnaryOperand(integerLiteral(equals(13))))

Usable as: Matcher<CharacterLiteral>, Matcher<CXXBoolLiteralExpr>,
           Matcher<FloatingLiteral>, Matcher<IntegerLiteral>
Matcher<FloatingLiteral>equalsdouble Value
Matcher<FunctionDecl>hasDynamicExceptionSpec
Matches functions that have a dynamic exception specification.

Given:
  void f();
  void g() noexcept;
  void h() noexcept(true);
  void i() noexcept(false);
  void j() throw();
  void k() throw(int);
  void l() throw(...);
functionDecl(hasDynamicExceptionSpec()) and
  functionProtoType(hasDynamicExceptionSpec())
  match the declarations of j, k, and l, but not f, g, h, or i.
Matcher<FunctionDecl>hasOverloadedOperatorNameStringRef Name
Matches overloaded operator names.

Matches overloaded operator names specified in strings without the
"operator" prefix: e.g. "<<".

Given:
  class A { int operator*(); };
  const A &operator<<(const A &a, const A &b);
  A a;
  a << a;   // <-- This matches

cxxOperatorCallExpr(hasOverloadedOperatorName("<<"))) matches the
specified line and
cxxRecordDecl(hasMethod(hasOverloadedOperatorName("*")))
matches the declaration of A.

Usable as: Matcher<CXXOperatorCallExpr>, Matcher<FunctionDecl>
Matcher<FunctionDecl>hasTrailingReturn
Matches a function declared with a trailing return type.

Example matches Y (matcher = functionDecl(hasTrailingReturn()))
int X() {}
auto Y() -> int {}
Matcher<FunctionDecl>isConstexpr
Matches constexpr variable and function declarations,
       and if constexpr.

Given:
  constexpr int foo = 42;
  constexpr int bar();
  void baz() { if constexpr(1 > 0) {} }
varDecl(isConstexpr())
  matches the declaration of foo.
functionDecl(isConstexpr())
  matches the declaration of bar.
ifStmt(isConstexpr())
  matches the if statement in baz.
Matcher<FunctionDecl>isDefaulted
Matches defaulted function declarations.

Given:
  class A { ~A(); };
  class B { ~B() = default; };
functionDecl(isDefaulted())
  matches the declaration of ~B, but not ~A.
Matcher<FunctionDecl>isDefinition
Matches if a declaration has a body attached.

Example matches A, va, fa
  class A {};
  class B;  // Doesn't match, as it has no body.
  int va;
  extern int vb;  // Doesn't match, as it doesn't define the variable.
  void fa() {}
  void fb();  // Doesn't match, as it has no body.
  @interface X
  - (void)ma; // Doesn't match, interface is declaration.
  @end
  @implementation X
  - (void)ma {}
  @end

Usable as: Matcher<TagDecl>, Matcher<VarDecl>, Matcher<FunctionDecl>,
  Matcher<ObjCMethodDecl>
Matcher<FunctionDecl>isDeleted
Matches deleted function declarations.

Given:
  void Func();
  void DeletedFunc() = delete;
functionDecl(isDeleted())
  matches the declaration of DeletedFunc, but not Func.
Matcher<FunctionDecl>isExplicitTemplateSpecialization
Matches explicit template specializations of function, class, or
static member variable template instantiations.

Given
  template<typename T> void A(T t) { }
  template<> void A(int N) { }
functionDecl(isExplicitTemplateSpecialization())
  matches the specialization A<int>().

Usable as: Matcher<FunctionDecl>, Matcher<VarDecl>, Matcher<CXXRecordDecl>
Matcher<FunctionDecl>isExternC
Matches extern "C" function or variable declarations.

Given:
  extern "C" void f() {}
  extern "C" { void g() {} }
  void h() {}
  extern "C" int x = 1;
  extern "C" int y = 2;
  int z = 3;
functionDecl(isExternC())
  matches the declaration of f and g, but not the declaration of h.
varDecl(isExternC())
  matches the declaration of x and y, but not the declaration of z.
Matcher<FunctionDecl>isInline
Matches function and namespace declarations that are marked with
the inline keyword.

Given
  inline void f();
  void g();
  namespace n {
  inline namespace m {}
  }
functionDecl(isInline()) will match ::f().
namespaceDecl(isInline()) will match n::m.
Matcher<FunctionDecl>isMain
Determines whether the function is "main", which is the entry point
into an executable program.
Matcher<FunctionDecl>isNoReturn
Matches FunctionDecls that have a noreturn attribute.

Given
  void nope();
  [[noreturn]] void a();
  __attribute__((noreturn)) void b();
  struct c { [[noreturn]] c(); };
functionDecl(isNoReturn())
  matches all of those except
  void nope();
Matcher<FunctionDecl>isNoThrow
Matches functions that have a non-throwing exception specification.

Given:
  void f();
  void g() noexcept;
  void h() throw();
  void i() throw(int);
  void j() noexcept(false);
functionDecl(isNoThrow()) and functionProtoType(isNoThrow())
  match the declarations of g, and h, but not f, i or j.
Matcher<FunctionDecl>isStaticStorageClass
Matches variable/function declarations that have "static" storage
class specifier ("static" keyword) written in the source.

Given:
  static void f() {}
  static int i = 0;
  extern int j;
  int k;
functionDecl(isStaticStorageClass())
  matches the function declaration f.
varDecl(isStaticStorageClass())
  matches the variable declaration i.
Matcher<FunctionDecl>isTemplateInstantiation
Matches template instantiations of function, class, or static
member variable template instantiations.

Given
  template <typename T> class X {}; class A {}; X<A> x;
or
  template <typename T> class X {}; class A {}; template class X<A>;
or
  template <typename T> class X {}; class A {}; extern template class X<A>;
cxxRecordDecl(hasName("::X"), isTemplateInstantiation())
  matches the template instantiation of X<A>.

But given
  template <typename T>  class X {}; class A {};
  template <> class X<A> {}; X<A> x;
cxxRecordDecl(hasName("::X"), isTemplateInstantiation())
  does not match, as X<A> is an explicit template specialization.

Usable as: Matcher<FunctionDecl>, Matcher<VarDecl>, Matcher<CXXRecordDecl>
Matcher<FunctionDecl>isVariadic
Matches if a function declaration is variadic.

Example matches f, but not g or h. The function i will not match, even when
compiled in C mode.
  void f(...);
  void g(int);
  template <typename... Ts> void h(Ts...);
  void i();
Matcher<FunctionDecl>parameterCountIsunsigned N
Matches FunctionDecls and FunctionProtoTypes that have a
specific parameter count.

Given
  void f(int i) {}
  void g(int i, int j) {}
  void h(int i, int j);
  void j(int i);
  void k(int x, int y, int z, ...);
functionDecl(parameterCountIs(2))
  matches g and h
functionProtoType(parameterCountIs(2))
  matches g and h
functionProtoType(parameterCountIs(3))
  matches k
Matcher<FunctionProtoType>hasDynamicExceptionSpec
Matches functions that have a dynamic exception specification.

Given:
  void f();
  void g() noexcept;
  void h() noexcept(true);
  void i() noexcept(false);
  void j() throw();
  void k() throw(int);
  void l() throw(...);
functionDecl(hasDynamicExceptionSpec()) and
  functionProtoType(hasDynamicExceptionSpec())
  match the declarations of j, k, and l, but not f, g, h, or i.
Matcher<FunctionProtoType>isNoThrow
Matches functions that have a non-throwing exception specification.

Given:
  void f();
  void g() noexcept;
  void h() throw();
  void i() throw(int);
  void j() noexcept(false);
functionDecl(isNoThrow()) and functionProtoType(isNoThrow())
  match the declarations of g, and h, but not f, i or j.
Matcher<FunctionProtoType>parameterCountIsunsigned N
Matches FunctionDecls and FunctionProtoTypes that have a
specific parameter count.

Given
  void f(int i) {}
  void g(int i, int j) {}
  void h(int i, int j);
  void j(int i);
  void k(int x, int y, int z, ...);
functionDecl(parameterCountIs(2))
  matches g and h
functionProtoType(parameterCountIs(2))
  matches g and h
functionProtoType(parameterCountIs(3))
  matches k
Matcher<IfStmt>isConstexpr
Matches constexpr variable and function declarations,
       and if constexpr.

Given:
  constexpr int foo = 42;
  constexpr int bar();
  void baz() { if constexpr(1 > 0) {} }
varDecl(isConstexpr())
  matches the declaration of foo.
functionDecl(isConstexpr())
  matches the declaration of bar.
ifStmt(isConstexpr())
  matches the if statement in baz.
Matcher<IntegerLiteral>equalsbool Value
Matcher<IntegerLiteral>equalsconst ValueT Value
Matches literals that are equal to the given value of type ValueT.

Given
  f('false, 3.14, 42);
characterLiteral(equals(0))
  matches 'cxxBoolLiteral(equals(false)) and cxxBoolLiteral(equals(0))
  match false
floatLiteral(equals(3.14)) and floatLiteral(equals(314e-2))
  match 3.14
integerLiteral(equals(42))
  matches 42

Note that you cannot directly match a negative numeric literal because the
minus sign is not part of the literal: It is a unary operator whose operand
is the positive numeric literal. Instead, you must use a unaryOperator()
matcher to match the minus sign:

unaryOperator(hasOperatorName("-"),
              hasUnaryOperand(integerLiteral(equals(13))))

Usable as: Matcher<CharacterLiteral>, Matcher<CXXBoolLiteralExpr>,
           Matcher<FloatingLiteral>, Matcher<IntegerLiteral>
Matcher<IntegerLiteral>equalsdouble Value
Matcher<IntegerLiteral>equalsunsigned Value
Matcher<MemberExpr>isArrow
Matches member expressions that are called with '->' as opposed
to '.'.

Member calls on the implicit this pointer match as called with '->'.

Given
  class Y {
    void x() { this->x(); x(); Y y; y.x(); a; this->b; Y::b; }
    template <class T> void f() { this->f<T>(); f<T>(); }
    int a;
    static int b;
  };
  template <class T>
  class Z {
    void x() { this->m; }
  };
memberExpr(isArrow())
  matches this->x, x, y.x, a, this->b
cxxDependentScopeMemberExpr(isArrow())
  matches this->m
unresolvedMemberExpr(isArrow())
  matches this->f<T>, f<T>
Matcher<NamedDecl>hasExternalFormalLinkage
Matches a declaration that has external formal linkage.

Example matches only z (matcher = varDecl(hasExternalFormalLinkage()))
void f() {
  int x;
  static int y;
}
int z;

Example matches f() because it has external formal linkage despite being
unique to the translation unit as though it has internal likage
(matcher = functionDecl(hasExternalFormalLinkage()))

namespace {
void f() {}
}
Matcher<NamedDecl>hasNameconst std::string Name
Matches NamedDecl nodes that have the specified name.

Supports specifying enclosing namespaces or classes by prefixing the name
with '<enclosing>::'.
Does not match typedefs of an underlying type with the given name.

Example matches X (Name == "X")
  class X;

Example matches X (Name is one of "::a::b::X", "a::b::X", "b::X", "X")
  namespace a { namespace b { class X; } }
Matcher<NamedDecl>matchesNamestd::string RegExp
Matches NamedDecl nodes whose fully qualified names contain
a substring matched by the given RegExp.

Supports specifying enclosing namespaces or classes by
prefixing the name with '<enclosing>::'.  Does not match typedefs
of an underlying type with the given name.

Example matches X (regexp == "::X")
  class X;

Example matches X (regexp is one of "::X", "^foo::.*X", among others)
  namespace foo { namespace bar { class X; } }
Matcher<NamespaceDecl>isAnonymous
Matches anonymous namespace declarations.

Given
  namespace n {
  namespace {} // #1
  }
namespaceDecl(isAnonymous()) will match #1 but not ::n.
Matcher<NamespaceDecl>isInline
Matches function and namespace declarations that are marked with
the inline keyword.

Given
  inline void f();
  void g();
  namespace n {
  inline namespace m {}
  }
functionDecl(isInline()) will match ::f().
namespaceDecl(isInline()) will match n::m.
Matcher<ObjCMessageExpr>argumentCountIsunsigned N
Checks that a call expression or a constructor call expression has
a specific number of arguments (including absent default arguments).

Example matches f(0, 0) (matcher = callExpr(argumentCountIs(2)))
  void f(int x, int y);
  f(0, 0);
Matcher<ObjCMessageExpr>hasKeywordSelector
Matches when the selector is a keyword selector

objCMessageExpr(hasKeywordSelector()) matches the generated setFrame
message expression in

  UIWebView *webView = ...;
  CGRect bodyFrame = webView.frame;
  bodyFrame.size.height = self.bodyContentHeight;
  webView.frame = bodyFrame;
  //     ^---- matches here
Matcher<ObjCMessageExpr>hasNullSelector
Matches when the selector is the empty selector

Matches only when the selector of the objCMessageExpr is NULL. This may
represent an error condition in the tree!
Matcher<ObjCMessageExpr>hasSelectorstd::string BaseName
Matches when BaseName == Selector.getAsString()

 matcher = objCMessageExpr(hasSelector("loadHTMLString:baseURL:"));
 matches the outer message expr in the code below, but NOT the message
 invocation for self.bodyView.
    [self.bodyView loadHTMLString:html baseURL:NULL];
Matcher<ObjCMessageExpr>hasUnarySelector
Matches when the selector is a Unary Selector

 matcher = objCMessageExpr(matchesSelector(hasUnarySelector());
 matches self.bodyView in the code below, but NOT the outer message
 invocation of "loadHTMLString:baseURL:".
    [self.bodyView loadHTMLString:html baseURL:NULL];
Matcher<ObjCMessageExpr>isInstanceMessage
Returns true when the Objective-C message is sent to an instance.

Example
matcher = objcMessagaeExpr(isInstanceMessage())
matches
  NSString *x = @"hello";
  [x containsString:@"h"];
but not
  [NSString stringWithFormat:@"format"];
Matcher<ObjCMessageExpr>matchesSelectorstd::string RegExp
Matches ObjC selectors whose name contains
a substring matched by the given RegExp.
 matcher = objCMessageExpr(matchesSelector("loadHTMLStringmatches the outer message expr in the code below, but NOT the message
 invocation for self.bodyView.
    [self.bodyView loadHTMLString:html baseURL:NULL];
Matcher<ObjCMessageExpr>numSelectorArgsunsigned N
Matches when the selector has the specified number of arguments

 matcher = objCMessageExpr(numSelectorArgs(0));
 matches self.bodyView in the code below

 matcher = objCMessageExpr(numSelectorArgs(2));
 matches the invocation of "loadHTMLString:baseURL:" but not that
 of self.bodyView
    [self.bodyView loadHTMLString:html baseURL:NULL];
Matcher<ObjCMethodDecl>isDefinition
Matches if a declaration has a body attached.

Example matches A, va, fa
  class A {};
  class B;  // Doesn't match, as it has no body.
  int va;
  extern int vb;  // Doesn't match, as it doesn't define the variable.
  void fa() {}
  void fb();  // Doesn't match, as it has no body.
  @interface X
  - (void)ma; // Doesn't match, interface is declaration.
  @end
  @implementation X
  - (void)ma {}
  @end

Usable as: Matcher<TagDecl>, Matcher<VarDecl>, Matcher<FunctionDecl>,
  Matcher<ObjCMethodDecl>
Matcher<ParmVarDecl>hasDefaultArgument
Matches a declaration that has default arguments.

Example matches y (matcher = parmVarDecl(hasDefaultArgument()))
void x(int val) {}
void y(int val = 0) {}
Matcher<QualType>asStringstd::string Name
Matches if the matched type is represented by the given string.

Given
  class Y { public: void x(); };
  void z() { Y* y; y->x(); }
cxxMemberCallExpr(on(hasType(asString("class Y *"))))
  matches y->x()
Matcher<QualType>equalsBoundNodestd::string ID
Matches if a node equals a previously bound node.

Matches a node if it equals the node previously bound to ID.

Given
  class X { int a; int b; };
cxxRecordDecl(
    has(fieldDecl(hasName("a"), hasType(type().bind("t")))),
    has(fieldDecl(hasName("b"), hasType(type(equalsBoundNode("t"))))))
  matches the class X, as a and b have the same type.

Note that when multiple matches are involved via forEach* matchers,
equalsBoundNodes acts as a filter.
For example:
compoundStmt(
    forEachDescendant(varDecl().bind("d")),
    forEachDescendant(declRefExpr(to(decl(equalsBoundNode("d"))))))
will trigger a match for each combination of variable declaration
and reference to that variable declaration within a compound statement.
Matcher<QualType>hasLocalQualifiers
Matches QualType nodes that have local CV-qualifiers attached to
the node, not hidden within a typedef.

Given
  typedef const int const_int;
  const_int i;
  int *const j;
  int *volatile k;
  int m;
varDecl(hasType(hasLocalQualifiers())) matches only j and k.
i is const-qualified but the qualifier is not local.
Matcher<QualType>isAnyCharacter
Matches QualType nodes that are of character type.

Given
  void a(char);
  void b(wchar_t);
  void c(double);
functionDecl(hasAnyParameter(hasType(isAnyCharacter())))
matches "a(char)", "b(wchar_t)", but not "c(double)".
Matcher<QualType>isAnyPointer
Matches QualType nodes that are of any pointer type; this includes
the Objective-C object pointer type, which is different despite being
syntactically similar.

Given
  int *i = nullptr;

  @interface Foo
  @end
  Foo *f;

  int j;
varDecl(hasType(isAnyPointer()))
  matches "int *i" and "Foo *f", but not "int j".
Matcher<QualType>isConstQualified
Matches QualType nodes that are const-qualified, i.e., that
include "top-level" const.

Given
  void a(int);
  void b(int const);
  void c(const int);
  void d(const int*);
  void e(int const) {};
functionDecl(hasAnyParameter(hasType(isConstQualified())))
  matches "void b(int const)", "void c(const int)" and
  "void e(int const) {}". It does not match d as there
  is no top-level const on the parameter type "const int *".
Matcher<QualType>isInteger
Matches QualType nodes that are of integer type.

Given
  void a(int);
  void b(long);
  void c(double);
functionDecl(hasAnyParameter(hasType(isInteger())))
matches "a(int)", "b(long)", but not "c(double)".
Matcher<QualType>isSignedInteger
Matches QualType nodes that are of signed integer type.

Given
  void a(int);
  void b(unsigned long);
  void c(double);
functionDecl(hasAnyParameter(hasType(isSignedInteger())))
matches "a(int)", but not "b(unsigned long)" and "c(double)".
Matcher<QualType>isUnsignedInteger
Matches QualType nodes that are of unsigned integer type.

Given
  void a(int);
  void b(unsigned long);
  void c(double);
functionDecl(hasAnyParameter(hasType(isUnsignedInteger())))
matches "b(unsigned long)", but not "a(int)" and "c(double)".
Matcher<QualType>isVolatileQualified
Matches QualType nodes that are volatile-qualified, i.e., that
include "top-level" volatile.

Given
  void a(int);
  void b(int volatile);
  void c(volatile int);
  void d(volatile int*);
  void e(int volatile) {};
functionDecl(hasAnyParameter(hasType(isVolatileQualified())))
  matches "void b(int volatile)", "void c(volatile int)" and
  "void e(int volatile) {}". It does not match d as there
  is no top-level volatile on the parameter type "volatile int *".
Matcher<RecordDecl>isClass
Matches RecordDecl object that are spelled with "class."

Example matches C, but not S or U.
  struct S {};
  class C {};
  union U {};
Matcher<RecordDecl>isStruct
Matches RecordDecl object that are spelled with "struct."

Example matches S, but not C or U.
  struct S {};
  class C {};
  union U {};
Matcher<RecordDecl>isUnion
Matches RecordDecl object that are spelled with "union."

Example matches U, but not C or S.
  struct S {};
  class C {};
  union U {};
Matcher<Stmt>equalsBoundNodestd::string ID
Matches if a node equals a previously bound node.

Matches a node if it equals the node previously bound to ID.

Given
  class X { int a; int b; };
cxxRecordDecl(
    has(fieldDecl(hasName("a"), hasType(type().bind("t")))),
    has(fieldDecl(hasName("b"), hasType(type(equalsBoundNode("t"))))))
  matches the class X, as a and b have the same type.

Note that when multiple matches are involved via forEach* matchers,
equalsBoundNodes acts as a filter.
For example:
compoundStmt(
    forEachDescendant(varDecl().bind("d")),
    forEachDescendant(declRefExpr(to(decl(equalsBoundNode("d"))))))
will trigger a match for each combination of variable declaration
and reference to that variable declaration within a compound statement.
Matcher<Stmt>equalsNodeconst Stmt* Other
Matches if a node equals another node.

Stmt has pointer identity in the AST.
Matcher<Stmt>isExpansionInFileMatchingstd::string RegExp
Matches AST nodes that were expanded within files whose name is
partially matching a given regex.

Example matches Y but not X
    (matcher = cxxRecordDecl(isExpansionInFileMatching("AST.*"))
  #include "ASTMatcher.h"
  class X {};
ASTMatcher.h:
  class Y {};

Usable as: Matcher<Decl>, Matcher<Stmt>, Matcher<TypeLoc>
Matcher<Stmt>isExpansionInMainFile
Matches AST nodes that were expanded within the main-file.

Example matches X but not Y
  (matcher = cxxRecordDecl(isExpansionInMainFile())
  #include <Y.h>
  class X {};
Y.h:
  class Y {};

Usable as: Matcher<Decl>, Matcher<Stmt>, Matcher<TypeLoc>
Matcher<Stmt>isExpansionInSystemHeader
Matches AST nodes that were expanded within system-header-files.

Example matches Y but not X
    (matcher = cxxRecordDecl(isExpansionInSystemHeader())
  #include <SystemHeader.h>
  class X {};
SystemHeader.h:
  class Y {};

Usable as: Matcher<Decl>, Matcher<Stmt>, Matcher<TypeLoc>
Matcher<StringLiteral>hasSizeunsigned N
Matches nodes that have the specified size.

Given
  int a[42];
  int b[2 * 21];
  int c[41], d[43];
  char *s = "abcd";
  wchar_t *ws = L"abcd";
  char *w = "a";
constantArrayType(hasSize(42))
  matches "int a[42]" and "int b[2 * 21]"
stringLiteral(hasSize(4))
  matches "abcd", L"abcd"
Matcher<TagDecl>isDefinition
Matches if a declaration has a body attached.

Example matches A, va, fa
  class A {};
  class B;  // Doesn't match, as it has no body.
  int va;
  extern int vb;  // Doesn't match, as it doesn't define the variable.
  void fa() {}
  void fb();  // Doesn't match, as it has no body.
  @interface X
  - (void)ma; // Doesn't match, interface is declaration.
  @end
  @implementation X
  - (void)ma {}
  @end

Usable as: Matcher<TagDecl>, Matcher<VarDecl>, Matcher<FunctionDecl>,
  Matcher<ObjCMethodDecl>
Matcher<TemplateArgument>equalsIntegralValuestd::string Value
Matches a TemplateArgument of integral type with a given value.

Note that 'Value' is a string as the template argument's value is
an arbitrary precision integer. 'Value' must be euqal to the canonical
representation of that integral value in base 10.

Given
  template<int T> struct C {};
  C<42> c;
classTemplateSpecializationDecl(
  hasAnyTemplateArgument(equalsIntegralValue("42")))
  matches the implicit instantiation of C in C<42>.
Matcher<TemplateArgument>isIntegral
Matches a TemplateArgument that is an integral value.

Given
  template<int T> struct C {};
  C<42> c;
classTemplateSpecializationDecl(
  hasAnyTemplateArgument(isIntegral()))
  matches the implicit instantiation of C in C<42>
  with isIntegral() matching 42.
Matcher<TemplateSpecializationType>templateArgumentCountIsunsigned N
Matches if the number of template arguments equals N.

Given
  template<typename T> struct C {};
  C<int> c;
classTemplateSpecializationDecl(templateArgumentCountIs(1))
  matches C<int>.
Matcher<TypeLoc>isExpansionInFileMatchingstd::string RegExp
Matches AST nodes that were expanded within files whose name is
partially matching a given regex.

Example matches Y but not X
    (matcher = cxxRecordDecl(isExpansionInFileMatching("AST.*"))
  #include "ASTMatcher.h"
  class X {};
ASTMatcher.h:
  class Y {};

Usable as: Matcher<Decl>, Matcher<Stmt>, Matcher<TypeLoc>
Matcher<TypeLoc>isExpansionInMainFile
Matches AST nodes that were expanded within the main-file.

Example matches X but not Y
  (matcher = cxxRecordDecl(isExpansionInMainFile())
  #include <Y.h>
  class X {};
Y.h:
  class Y {};

Usable as: Matcher<Decl>, Matcher<Stmt>, Matcher<TypeLoc>
Matcher<TypeLoc>isExpansionInSystemHeader
Matches AST nodes that were expanded within system-header-files.

Example matches Y but not X
    (matcher = cxxRecordDecl(isExpansionInSystemHeader())
  #include <SystemHeader.h>
  class X {};
SystemHeader.h:
  class Y {};

Usable as: Matcher<Decl>, Matcher<Stmt>, Matcher<TypeLoc>
Matcher<Type>booleanType
Matches type bool.

Given
 struct S { bool func(); };
functionDecl(returns(booleanType()))
  matches "bool func();"
Matcher<Type>equalsBoundNodestd::string ID
Matches if a node equals a previously bound node.

Matches a node if it equals the node previously bound to ID.

Given
  class X { int a; int b; };
cxxRecordDecl(
    has(fieldDecl(hasName("a"), hasType(type().bind("t")))),
    has(fieldDecl(hasName("b"), hasType(type(equalsBoundNode("t"))))))
  matches the class X, as a and b have the same type.

Note that when multiple matches are involved via forEach* matchers,
equalsBoundNodes acts as a filter.
For example:
compoundStmt(
    forEachDescendant(varDecl().bind("d")),
    forEachDescendant(declRefExpr(to(decl(equalsBoundNode("d"))))))
will trigger a match for each combination of variable declaration
and reference to that variable declaration within a compound statement.
Matcher<Type>equalsNodeconst Type* Other
Matches if a node equals another node.

Type has pointer identity in the AST.
Matcher<Type>realFloatingPointType
Matches any real floating-point type (float, double, long double).

Given
  int i;
  float f;
realFloatingPointType()
  matches "float f" but not "int i"
Matcher<Type>voidType
Matches type void.

Given
 struct S { void func(); };
functionDecl(returns(voidType()))
  matches "void func();"
Matcher<UnaryExprOrTypeTraitExpr>ofKindUnaryExprOrTypeTrait Kind
Matches unary expressions of a certain kind.

Given
  int x;
  int s = sizeof(x) + alignof(x)
unaryExprOrTypeTraitExpr(ofKind(UETT_SizeOf))
  matches sizeof(x)
Matcher<UnaryOperator>hasOperatorNamestd::string Name
Matches the operator Name of operator expressions (binary or
unary).

Example matches a || b (matcher = binaryOperator(hasOperatorName("||")))
  !(a || b)
Matcher<UnresolvedMemberExpr>isArrow
Matches member expressions that are called with '->' as opposed
to '.'.

Member calls on the implicit this pointer match as called with '->'.

Given
  class Y {
    void x() { this->x(); x(); Y y; y.x(); a; this->b; Y::b; }
    template <class T> void f() { this->f<T>(); f<T>(); }
    int a;
    static int b;
  };
  template <class T>
  class Z {
    void x() { this->m; }
  };
memberExpr(isArrow())
  matches this->x, x, y.x, a, this->b
cxxDependentScopeMemberExpr(isArrow())
  matches this->m
unresolvedMemberExpr(isArrow())
  matches this->f<T>, f<T>
Matcher<VarDecl>hasAutomaticStorageDuration
Matches a variable declaration that has automatic storage duration.

Example matches x, but not y, z, or a.
(matcher = varDecl(hasAutomaticStorageDuration())
void f() {
  int x;
  static int y;
  thread_local int z;
}
int a;
Matcher<VarDecl>hasGlobalStorage
Matches a variable declaration that does not have local storage.

Example matches y and z (matcher = varDecl(hasGlobalStorage())
void f() {
  int x;
  static int y;
}
int z;
Matcher<VarDecl>hasLocalStorage
Matches a variable declaration that has function scope and is a
non-static local variable.

Example matches x (matcher = varDecl(hasLocalStorage())
void f() {
  int x;
  static int y;
}
int z;
Matcher<VarDecl>hasStaticStorageDuration
Matches a variable declaration that has static storage duration.
It includes the variable declared at namespace scope and those declared
with "static" and "extern" storage class specifiers.

void f() {
  int x;
  static int y;
  thread_local int z;
}
int a;
static int b;
extern int c;
varDecl(hasStaticStorageDuration())
  matches the function declaration y, a, b and c.
Matcher<VarDecl>hasThreadStorageDuration
Matches a variable declaration that has thread storage duration.

Example matches z, but not x, z, or a.
(matcher = varDecl(hasThreadStorageDuration())
void f() {
  int x;
  static int y;
  thread_local int z;
}
int a;
Matcher<VarDecl>isConstexpr
Matches constexpr variable and function declarations,
       and if constexpr.

Given:
  constexpr int foo = 42;
  constexpr int bar();
  void baz() { if constexpr(1 > 0) {} }
varDecl(isConstexpr())
  matches the declaration of foo.
functionDecl(isConstexpr())
  matches the declaration of bar.
ifStmt(isConstexpr())
  matches the if statement in baz.
Matcher<VarDecl>isDefinition
Matches if a declaration has a body attached.

Example matches A, va, fa
  class A {};
  class B;  // Doesn't match, as it has no body.
  int va;
  extern int vb;  // Doesn't match, as it doesn't define the variable.
  void fa() {}
  void fb();  // Doesn't match, as it has no body.
  @interface X
  - (void)ma; // Doesn't match, interface is declaration.
  @end
  @implementation X
  - (void)ma {}
  @end

Usable as: Matcher<TagDecl>, Matcher<VarDecl>, Matcher<FunctionDecl>,
  Matcher<ObjCMethodDecl>
Matcher<VarDecl>isExceptionVariable
Matches a variable declaration that is an exception variable from
a C++ catch block, or an Objective-C statement.

Example matches x (matcher = varDecl(isExceptionVariable())
void f(int y) {
  try {
  } catch (int x) {
  }
}
Matcher<VarDecl>isExplicitTemplateSpecialization
Matches explicit template specializations of function, class, or
static member variable template instantiations.

Given
  template<typename T> void A(T t) { }
  template<> void A(int N) { }
functionDecl(isExplicitTemplateSpecialization())
  matches the specialization A<int>().

Usable as: Matcher<FunctionDecl>, Matcher<VarDecl>, Matcher<CXXRecordDecl>
Matcher<VarDecl>isExternC
Matches extern "C" function or variable declarations.

Given:
  extern "C" void f() {}
  extern "C" { void g() {} }
  void h() {}
  extern "C" int x = 1;
  extern "C" int y = 2;
  int z = 3;
functionDecl(isExternC())
  matches the declaration of f and g, but not the declaration of h.
varDecl(isExternC())
  matches the declaration of x and y, but not the declaration of z.
Matcher<VarDecl>isStaticLocal
Matches a static variable with local scope.

Example matches y (matcher = varDecl(isStaticLocal()))
void f() {
  int x;
  static int y;
}
static int z;
Matcher<VarDecl>isStaticStorageClass
Matches variable/function declarations that have "static" storage
class specifier ("static" keyword) written in the source.

Given:
  static void f() {}
  static int i = 0;
  extern int j;
  int k;
functionDecl(isStaticStorageClass())
  matches the function declaration f.
varDecl(isStaticStorageClass())
  matches the variable declaration i.
Matcher<VarDecl>isTemplateInstantiation
Matches template instantiations of function, class, or static
member variable template instantiations.

Given
  template <typename T> class X {}; class A {}; X<A> x;
or
  template <typename T> class X {}; class A {}; template class X<A>;
or
  template <typename T> class X {}; class A {}; extern template class X<A>;
cxxRecordDecl(hasName("::X"), isTemplateInstantiation())
  matches the template instantiation of X<A>.

But given
  template <typename T>  class X {}; class A {};
  template <> class X<A> {}; X<A> x;
cxxRecordDecl(hasName("::X"), isTemplateInstantiation())
  does not match, as X<A> is an explicit template specialization.

Usable as: Matcher<FunctionDecl>, Matcher<VarDecl>, Matcher<CXXRecordDecl>
Matcher<internal::Matcher<Decl>>isInstantiated
Matches declarations that are template instantiations or are inside
template instantiations.

Given
  template<typename T> void A(T t) { T i; }
  A(0);
  A(0U);
functionDecl(isInstantiated())
  matches 'A(int) {...};' and 'A(unsigned) {...}'.
Matcher<internal::Matcher<Expr>>nullPointerConstant
Matches expressions that resolve to a null pointer constant, such as
GNU's __null, C++11's nullptr, or C's NULL macro.

Given:
  void *v1 = NULL;
  void *v2 = nullptr;
  void *v3 = __null; // GNU extension
  char *cp = (char *)0;
  int *ip = 0;
  int i = 0;
expr(nullPointerConstant())
  matches the initializer for v1, v2, v3, cp, and ip. Does not match the
  initializer for i.
Matcher<internal::Matcher<NamedDecl>>hasAnyNameStringRef, ..., StringRef
Matches NamedDecl nodes that have any of the specified names.

This matcher is only provided as a performance optimization of hasName.
    hasAnyName(a, b, c)
 is equivalent to, but faster than
    anyOf(hasName(a), hasName(b), hasName(c))
Matcher<internal::Matcher<ObjCMessageExpr>>hasAnySelectorStringRef, ..., StringRef
Matches when at least one of the supplied string equals to the
Selector.getAsString()

 matcher = objCMessageExpr(hasSelector("methodA:", "methodB:"));
 matches both of the expressions below:
    [myObj methodA:argA];
    [myObj methodB:argB];
Matcher<internal::Matcher<Stmt>>isInTemplateInstantiation
Matches statements inside of a template instantiation.

Given
  int j;
  template<typename T> void A(T t) { T i; j += 42;}
  A(0);
  A(0U);
declStmt(isInTemplateInstantiation())
  matches 'int i;' and 'unsigned i'.
unless(stmt(isInTemplateInstantiation()))
  will NOT match j += 42; as it's shared between the template definition and
  instantiation.

AST Traversal Matchers

Traversal matchers specify the relationship to other nodes that are reachable from the current node.

Note that there are special traversal matchers (has, hasDescendant, forEach and forEachDescendant) which work on all nodes and allow users to write more generic match expressions.

Return typeNameParameters
Matcher<*>eachOfMatcher<*>, ..., Matcher<*>
Matches if any of the given matchers matches.

Unlike anyOf, eachOf will generate a match result for each
matching submatcher.

For example, in:
  class A { int a; int b; };
The matcher:
  cxxRecordDecl(eachOf(has(fieldDecl(hasName("a")).bind("v")),
                       has(fieldDecl(hasName("b")).bind("v"))))
will generate two results binding "v", the first of which binds
the field declaration of a, the second the field declaration of
b.

Usable as: Any Matcher
Matcher<*>forEachDescendantMatcher<*>
Matches AST nodes that have descendant AST nodes that match the
provided matcher.

Example matches X, A, A::X, B, B::C, B::C::X
  (matcher = cxxRecordDecl(forEachDescendant(cxxRecordDecl(hasName("X")))))
  class X {};
  class A { class X {}; };  // Matches A, because A::X is a class of name
                            // X inside A.
  class B { class C { class X {}; }; };

DescendantT must be an AST base type.

As opposed to 'hasDescendant', 'forEachDescendant' will cause a match for
each result that matches instead of only on the first one.

Note: Recursively combined ForEachDescendant can cause many matches:
  cxxRecordDecl(forEachDescendant(cxxRecordDecl(
    forEachDescendant(cxxRecordDecl())
  )))
will match 10 times (plus injected class name matches) on:
  class A { class B { class C { class D { class E {}; }; }; }; };

Usable as: Any Matcher
Matcher<*>forEachMatcher<*>
Matches AST nodes that have child AST nodes that match the
provided matcher.

Example matches X, Y, Y::X, Z::Y, Z::Y::X
  (matcher = cxxRecordDecl(forEach(cxxRecordDecl(hasName("X")))
  class X {};
  class Y { class X {}; };  // Matches Y, because Y::X is a class of name X
                            // inside Y.
  class Z { class Y { class X {}; }; };  // Does not match Z.

ChildT must be an AST base type.

As opposed to 'has', 'forEach' will cause a match for each result that
matches instead of only on the first one.

Usable as: Any Matcher
Matcher<*>hasAncestorMatcher<*>
Matches AST nodes that have an ancestor that matches the provided
matcher.

Given
void f() { if (true) { int x = 42; } }
void g() { for (;;) { int x = 43; } }
expr(integerLiteral(hasAncestor(ifStmt()))) matches 42, but not 43.

Usable as: Any Matcher
Matcher<*>hasDescendantMatcher<*>
Matches AST nodes that have descendant AST nodes that match the
provided matcher.

Example matches X, Y, Z
    (matcher = cxxRecordDecl(hasDescendant(cxxRecordDecl(hasName("X")))))
  class X {};  // Matches X, because X::X is a class of name X inside X.
  class Y { class X {}; };
  class Z { class Y { class X {}; }; };

DescendantT must be an AST base type.

Usable as: Any Matcher
Matcher<*>hasMatcher<*>
Matches AST nodes that have child AST nodes that match the
provided matcher.

Example matches X, Y
  (matcher = cxxRecordDecl(has(cxxRecordDecl(hasName("X")))
  class X {};  // Matches X, because X::X is a class of name X inside X.
  class Y { class X {}; };
  class Z { class Y { class X {}; }; };  // Does not match Z.

ChildT must be an AST base type.

Usable as: Any Matcher
Note that has is direct matcher, so it also matches things like implicit
casts and paren casts. If you are matching with expr then you should
probably consider using ignoringParenImpCasts like:
has(ignoringParenImpCasts(expr())).
Matcher<*>hasParentMatcher<*>
Matches AST nodes that have a parent that matches the provided
matcher.

Given
void f() { for (;;) { int x = 42; if (true) { int x = 43; } } }
compoundStmt(hasParent(ifStmt())) matches "{ int x = 43; }".

Usable as: Any Matcher
Matcher<AbstractConditionalOperator>hasConditionMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches the condition expression of an if statement, for loop,
switch statement or conditional operator.

Example matches true (matcher = hasCondition(cxxBoolLiteral(equals(true))))
  if (true) {}
Matcher<AbstractConditionalOperator>hasFalseExpressionMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches the false branch expression of a conditional operator
(binary or ternary).

Example matches b
  condition ? a : b
  condition ?: b
Matcher<AbstractConditionalOperator>hasTrueExpressionMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches the true branch expression of a conditional operator.

Example 1 (conditional ternary operator): matches a
  condition ? a : b

Example 2 (conditional binary operator): matches opaqueValueExpr(condition)
  condition ?: b
Matcher<AddrLabelExpr>hasDeclarationconst Matcher<Decl> InnerMatcher
Matches a node if the declaration associated with that node
matches the given matcher.

The associated declaration is:
- for type nodes, the declaration of the underlying type
- for CallExpr, the declaration of the callee
- for MemberExpr, the declaration of the referenced member
- for CXXConstructExpr, the declaration of the constructor
- for CXXNewExpr, the declaration of the operator new
- for ObjCIvarExpr, the declaration of the ivar

For type nodes, hasDeclaration will generally match the declaration of the
sugared type. Given
  class X {};
  typedef X Y;
  Y y;
in varDecl(hasType(hasDeclaration(decl()))) the decl will match the
typedefDecl. A common use case is to match the underlying, desugared type.
This can be achieved by using the hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType matcher:
  varDecl(hasType(hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType(
      recordType(hasDeclaration(decl())))))
In this matcher, the decl will match the CXXRecordDecl of class X.

Usable as: Matcher<AddrLabelExpr>, Matcher<CallExpr>,
  Matcher<CXXConstructExpr>, Matcher<CXXNewExpr>, Matcher<DeclRefExpr>,
  Matcher<EnumType>, Matcher<InjectedClassNameType>, Matcher<LabelStmt>,
  Matcher<MemberExpr>, Matcher<QualType>, Matcher<RecordType>,
  Matcher<TagType>, Matcher<TemplateSpecializationType>,
  Matcher<TemplateTypeParmType>, Matcher<TypedefType>,
  Matcher<UnresolvedUsingType>
Matcher<ArraySubscriptExpr>hasBaseMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches the base expression of an array subscript expression.

Given
  int i[5];
  void f() { i[1] = 42; }
arraySubscriptExpression(hasBase(implicitCastExpr(
    hasSourceExpression(declRefExpr()))))
  matches i[1] with the declRefExpr() matching i
Matcher<ArraySubscriptExpr>hasIndexMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches the index expression of an array subscript expression.

Given
  int i[5];
  void f() { i[1] = 42; }
arraySubscriptExpression(hasIndex(integerLiteral()))
  matches i[1] with the integerLiteral() matching 1
Matcher<ArraySubscriptExpr>hasLHSMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches the left hand side of binary operator expressions.

Example matches a (matcher = binaryOperator(hasLHS()))
  a || b
Matcher<ArraySubscriptExpr>hasRHSMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches the right hand side of binary operator expressions.

Example matches b (matcher = binaryOperator(hasRHS()))
  a || b
Matcher<ArrayType>hasElementTypeMatcher<Type>
Matches arrays and C99 complex types that have a specific element
type.

Given
  struct A {};
  A a[7];
  int b[7];
arrayType(hasElementType(builtinType()))
  matches "int b[7]"

Usable as: Matcher<ArrayType>, Matcher<ComplexType>
Matcher<AtomicType>hasValueTypeMatcher<Type>
Matches atomic types with a specific value type.

Given
  _Atomic(int) i;
  _Atomic(float) f;
atomicType(hasValueType(isInteger()))
 matches "_Atomic(int) i"

Usable as: Matcher<AtomicType>
Matcher<AutoType>hasDeducedTypeMatcher<Type>
Matches AutoType nodes where the deduced type is a specific type.

Note: There is no TypeLoc for the deduced type and thus no
getDeducedLoc() matcher.

Given
  auto a = 1;
  auto b = 2.0;
autoType(hasDeducedType(isInteger()))
  matches "auto a"

Usable as: Matcher<AutoType>
Matcher<BinaryOperator>hasEitherOperandconst Matcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches if either the left hand side or the right hand side of a
binary operator matches.
Matcher<BinaryOperator>hasLHSMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches the left hand side of binary operator expressions.

Example matches a (matcher = binaryOperator(hasLHS()))
  a || b
Matcher<BinaryOperator>hasRHSMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches the right hand side of binary operator expressions.

Example matches b (matcher = binaryOperator(hasRHS()))
  a || b
Matcher<BlockDecl>hasAnyParameterMatcher<ParmVarDecl> InnerMatcher
Matches any parameter of a function or an ObjC method declaration or a
block.

Does not match the 'this' parameter of a method.

Given
  class X { void f(int x, int y, int z) {} };
cxxMethodDecl(hasAnyParameter(hasName("y")))
  matches f(int x, int y, int z) {}
with hasAnyParameter(...)
  matching int y

For ObjectiveC, given
  @interface I - (void) f:(int) y; @end

the matcher objcMethodDecl(hasAnyParameter(hasName("y")))
matches the declaration of method f with hasParameter
matching y.

For blocks, given
  b = ^(int y) { printf("%d", y) };

the matcher blockDecl(hasAnyParameter(hasName("y")))
matches the declaration of the block b with hasParameter
matching y.
Matcher<BlockDecl>hasParameterunsigned N, Matcher<ParmVarDecl> InnerMatcher
Matches the n'th parameter of a function or an ObjC method
declaration or a block.

Given
  class X { void f(int x) {} };
cxxMethodDecl(hasParameter(0, hasType(varDecl())))
  matches f(int x) {}
with hasParameter(...)
  matching int x

For ObjectiveC, given
  @interface I - (void) f:(int) y; @end

the matcher objcMethodDecl(hasParameter(0, hasName("y")))
matches the declaration of method f with hasParameter
matching y.
Matcher<BlockPointerType>pointeeMatcher<Type>
Narrows PointerType (and similar) matchers to those where the
pointee matches a given matcher.

Given
  int *a;
  int const *b;
  float const *f;
pointerType(pointee(isConstQualified(), isInteger()))
  matches "int const *b"

Usable as: Matcher<BlockPointerType>, Matcher<MemberPointerType>,
  Matcher<PointerType>, Matcher<ReferenceType>
Matcher<CXXConstructExpr>forEachArgumentWithParamMatcher<Expr> ArgMatcher, Matcher<ParmVarDecl> ParamMatcher
Matches all arguments and their respective ParmVarDecl.

Given
  void f(int i);
  int y;
  f(y);
callExpr(
  forEachArgumentWithParam(
    declRefExpr(to(varDecl(hasName("y")))),
    parmVarDecl(hasType(isInteger()))
))
  matches f(y);
with declRefExpr(...)
  matching int y
and parmVarDecl(...)
  matching int i
Matcher<CXXConstructExpr>hasAnyArgumentMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches any argument of a call expression or a constructor call
expression, or an ObjC-message-send expression.

Given
  void x(int, int, int) { int y; x(1, y, 42); }
callExpr(hasAnyArgument(declRefExpr()))
  matches x(1, y, 42)
with hasAnyArgument(...)
  matching y

For ObjectiveC, given
  @interface I - (void) f:(int) y; @end
  void foo(I *i) { [i f:12]; }
objcMessageExpr(hasAnyArgument(integerLiteral(equals(12))))
  matches [i f:12]
Matcher<CXXConstructExpr>hasArgumentunsigned N, Matcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches the n'th argument of a call expression or a constructor
call expression.

Example matches y in x(y)
    (matcher = callExpr(hasArgument(0, declRefExpr())))
  void x(int) { int y; x(y); }
Matcher<CXXConstructExpr>hasDeclarationconst Matcher<Decl> InnerMatcher
Matches a node if the declaration associated with that node
matches the given matcher.

The associated declaration is:
- for type nodes, the declaration of the underlying type
- for CallExpr, the declaration of the callee
- for MemberExpr, the declaration of the referenced member
- for CXXConstructExpr, the declaration of the constructor
- for CXXNewExpr, the declaration of the operator new
- for ObjCIvarExpr, the declaration of the ivar

For type nodes, hasDeclaration will generally match the declaration of the
sugared type. Given
  class X {};
  typedef X Y;
  Y y;
in varDecl(hasType(hasDeclaration(decl()))) the decl will match the
typedefDecl. A common use case is to match the underlying, desugared type.
This can be achieved by using the hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType matcher:
  varDecl(hasType(hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType(
      recordType(hasDeclaration(decl())))))
In this matcher, the decl will match the CXXRecordDecl of class X.

Usable as: Matcher<AddrLabelExpr>, Matcher<CallExpr>,
  Matcher<CXXConstructExpr>, Matcher<CXXNewExpr>, Matcher<DeclRefExpr>,
  Matcher<EnumType>, Matcher<InjectedClassNameType>, Matcher<LabelStmt>,
  Matcher<MemberExpr>, Matcher<QualType>, Matcher<RecordType>,
  Matcher<TagType>, Matcher<TemplateSpecializationType>,
  Matcher<TemplateTypeParmType>, Matcher<TypedefType>,
  Matcher<UnresolvedUsingType>
Matcher<CXXConstructorDecl>forEachConstructorInitializerMatcher<CXXCtorInitializer> InnerMatcher
Matches each constructor initializer in a constructor definition.

Given
  class A { A() : i(42), j(42) {} int i; int j; };
cxxConstructorDecl(forEachConstructorInitializer(
  forField(decl().bind("x"))
))
  will trigger two matches, binding for 'i' and 'j' respectively.
Matcher<CXXConstructorDecl>hasAnyConstructorInitializerMatcher<CXXCtorInitializer> InnerMatcher
Matches a constructor initializer.

Given
  struct Foo {
    Foo() : foo_(1) { }
    int foo_;
  };
cxxRecordDecl(has(cxxConstructorDecl(
  hasAnyConstructorInitializer(anything())
)))
  record matches Foo, hasAnyConstructorInitializer matches foo_(1)
Matcher<CXXCtorInitializer>forFieldMatcher<FieldDecl> InnerMatcher
Matches the field declaration of a constructor initializer.

Given
  struct Foo {
    Foo() : foo_(1) { }
    int foo_;
  };
cxxRecordDecl(has(cxxConstructorDecl(hasAnyConstructorInitializer(
    forField(hasName("foo_"))))))
  matches Foo
with forField matching foo_
Matcher<CXXCtorInitializer>withInitializerMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches the initializer expression of a constructor initializer.

Given
  struct Foo {
    Foo() : foo_(1) { }
    int foo_;
  };
cxxRecordDecl(has(cxxConstructorDecl(hasAnyConstructorInitializer(
    withInitializer(integerLiteral(equals(1)))))))
  matches Foo
with withInitializer matching (1)
Matcher<CXXDependentScopeMemberExpr>hasObjectExpressionMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches a member expression where the object expression is
matched by a given matcher.

Given
  struct X { int m; };
  void f(X x) { x.m; m; }
memberExpr(hasObjectExpression(hasType(cxxRecordDecl(hasName("X")))))))
  matches "x.m" and "m"
with hasObjectExpression(...)
  matching "x" and the implicit object expression of "m" which has type X*.
Matcher<CXXForRangeStmt>hasBodyMatcher<Stmt> InnerMatcher
Matches a 'for', 'while', 'do while' statement or a function
definition that has a given body.

Given
  for (;;) {}
hasBody(compoundStmt())
  matches 'for (;;) {}'
with compoundStmt()
  matching '{}'
Matcher<CXXForRangeStmt>hasLoopVariableMatcher<VarDecl> InnerMatcher
Matches the initialization statement of a for loop.

Example:
    forStmt(hasLoopVariable(anything()))
matches 'int x' in
    for (int x : a) { }
Matcher<CXXForRangeStmt>hasRangeInitMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches the range initialization statement of a for loop.

Example:
    forStmt(hasRangeInit(anything()))
matches 'a' in
    for (int x : a) { }
Matcher<CXXMemberCallExpr>onImplicitObjectArgumentMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matcher<CXXMemberCallExpr>onMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches on the implicit object argument of a member call expression.

Example matches y.x()
  (matcher = cxxMemberCallExpr(on(hasType(cxxRecordDecl(hasName("Y"))))))
  class Y { public: void x(); };
  void z() { Y y; y.x(); }

FIXME: Overload to allow directly matching types?
Matcher<CXXMemberCallExpr>thisPointerTypeMatcher<Decl> InnerMatcher
Overloaded to match the type's declaration.
Matcher<CXXMemberCallExpr>thisPointerTypeMatcher<QualType> InnerMatcher
Matches if the expression's type either matches the specified
matcher, or is a pointer to a type that matches the InnerMatcher.
Matcher<CXXMethodDecl>forEachOverriddenMatcher<CXXMethodDecl> InnerMatcher
Matches each method overridden by the given method. This matcher may
produce multiple matches.

Given
  class A { virtual void f(); };
  class B : public A { void f(); };
  class C : public B { void f(); };
cxxMethodDecl(ofClass(hasName("C")),
              forEachOverridden(cxxMethodDecl().bind("b"))).bind("d")
  matches once, with "b" binding "A::f" and "d" binding "C::f" (Note
  that B::f is not overridden by C::f).

The check can produce multiple matches in case of multiple inheritance, e.g.
  class A1 { virtual void f(); };
  class A2 { virtual void f(); };
  class C : public A1, public A2 { void f(); };
cxxMethodDecl(ofClass(hasName("C")),
              forEachOverridden(cxxMethodDecl().bind("b"))).bind("d")
  matches twice, once with "b" binding "A1::f" and "d" binding "C::f", and
  once with "b" binding "A2::f" and "d" binding "C::f".
Matcher<CXXMethodDecl>ofClassMatcher<CXXRecordDecl> InnerMatcher
Matches the class declaration that the given method declaration
belongs to.

FIXME: Generalize this for other kinds of declarations.
FIXME: What other kind of declarations would we need to generalize
this to?

Example matches A() in the last line
    (matcher = cxxConstructExpr(hasDeclaration(cxxMethodDecl(
        ofClass(hasName("A"))))))
  class A {
   public:
    A();
  };
  A a = A();
Matcher<CXXNewExpr>hasArraySizeMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches array new expressions with a given array size.

Given:
  MyClass *p1 = new MyClass[10];
cxxNewExpr(hasArraySize(intgerLiteral(equals(10))))
  matches the expression 'new MyClass[10]'.
Matcher<CXXNewExpr>hasDeclarationconst Matcher<Decl> InnerMatcher
Matches a node if the declaration associated with that node
matches the given matcher.

The associated declaration is:
- for type nodes, the declaration of the underlying type
- for CallExpr, the declaration of the callee
- for MemberExpr, the declaration of the referenced member
- for CXXConstructExpr, the declaration of the constructor
- for CXXNewExpr, the declaration of the operator new
- for ObjCIvarExpr, the declaration of the ivar

For type nodes, hasDeclaration will generally match the declaration of the
sugared type. Given
  class X {};
  typedef X Y;
  Y y;
in varDecl(hasType(hasDeclaration(decl()))) the decl will match the
typedefDecl. A common use case is to match the underlying, desugared type.
This can be achieved by using the hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType matcher:
  varDecl(hasType(hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType(
      recordType(hasDeclaration(decl())))))
In this matcher, the decl will match the CXXRecordDecl of class X.

Usable as: Matcher<AddrLabelExpr>, Matcher<CallExpr>,
  Matcher<CXXConstructExpr>, Matcher<CXXNewExpr>, Matcher<DeclRefExpr>,
  Matcher<EnumType>, Matcher<InjectedClassNameType>, Matcher<LabelStmt>,
  Matcher<MemberExpr>, Matcher<QualType>, Matcher<RecordType>,
  Matcher<TagType>, Matcher<TemplateSpecializationType>,
  Matcher<TemplateTypeParmType>, Matcher<TypedefType>,
  Matcher<UnresolvedUsingType>
Matcher<CXXRecordDecl>hasMethodMatcher<CXXMethodDecl> InnerMatcher
Matches the first method of a class or struct that satisfies InnerMatcher.

Given:
  class A { void func(); };
  class B { void member(); };

cxxRecordDecl(hasMethod(hasName("func"))) matches the declaration of
A but not B.
Matcher<CXXRecordDecl>isDerivedFromMatcher<NamedDecl> Base
Matches C++ classes that are directly or indirectly derived from
a class matching Base.

Note that a class is not considered to be derived from itself.

Example matches Y, Z, C (Base == hasName("X"))
  class X;
  class Y : public X {};  // directly derived
  class Z : public Y {};  // indirectly derived
  typedef X A;
  typedef A B;
  class C : public B {};  // derived from a typedef of X

In the following example, Bar matches isDerivedFrom(hasName("X")):
  class Foo;
  typedef Foo X;
  class Bar : public Foo {};  // derived from a type that X is a typedef of
Matcher<CXXRecordDecl>isSameOrDerivedFromMatcher<NamedDecl> Base
Similar to isDerivedFrom(), but also matches classes that directly
match Base.
Matcher<CXXUnresolvedConstructExpr>hasAnyArgumentMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches any argument of a call expression or a constructor call
expression, or an ObjC-message-send expression.

Given
  void x(int, int, int) { int y; x(1, y, 42); }
callExpr(hasAnyArgument(declRefExpr()))
  matches x(1, y, 42)
with hasAnyArgument(...)
  matching y

For ObjectiveC, given
  @interface I - (void) f:(int) y; @end
  void foo(I *i) { [i f:12]; }
objcMessageExpr(hasAnyArgument(integerLiteral(equals(12))))
  matches [i f:12]
Matcher<CallExpr>calleeMatcher<Decl> InnerMatcher
Matches if the call expression's callee's declaration matches the
given matcher.

Example matches y.x() (matcher = callExpr(callee(
                                   cxxMethodDecl(hasName("x")))))
  class Y { public: void x(); };
  void z() { Y y; y.x(); }
Matcher<CallExpr>calleeMatcher<Stmt> InnerMatcher
Matches if the call expression's callee expression matches.

Given
  class Y { void x() { this->x(); x(); Y y; y.x(); } };
  void f() { f(); }
callExpr(callee(expr()))
  matches this->x(), x(), y.x(), f()
with callee(...)
  matching this->x, x, y.x, f respectively

Note: Callee cannot take the more general internal::Matcher<Expr>
because this introduces ambiguous overloads with calls to Callee taking a
internal::Matcher<Decl>, as the matcher hierarchy is purely
implemented in terms of implicit casts.
Matcher<CallExpr>forEachArgumentWithParamMatcher<Expr> ArgMatcher, Matcher<ParmVarDecl> ParamMatcher
Matches all arguments and their respective ParmVarDecl.

Given
  void f(int i);
  int y;
  f(y);
callExpr(
  forEachArgumentWithParam(
    declRefExpr(to(varDecl(hasName("y")))),
    parmVarDecl(hasType(isInteger()))
))
  matches f(y);
with declRefExpr(...)
  matching int y
and parmVarDecl(...)
  matching int i
Matcher<CallExpr>hasAnyArgumentMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches any argument of a call expression or a constructor call
expression, or an ObjC-message-send expression.

Given
  void x(int, int, int) { int y; x(1, y, 42); }
callExpr(hasAnyArgument(declRefExpr()))
  matches x(1, y, 42)
with hasAnyArgument(...)
  matching y

For ObjectiveC, given
  @interface I - (void) f:(int) y; @end
  void foo(I *i) { [i f:12]; }
objcMessageExpr(hasAnyArgument(integerLiteral(equals(12))))
  matches [i f:12]
Matcher<CallExpr>hasArgumentunsigned N, Matcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches the n'th argument of a call expression or a constructor
call expression.

Example matches y in x(y)
    (matcher = callExpr(hasArgument(0, declRefExpr())))
  void x(int) { int y; x(y); }
Matcher<CallExpr>hasDeclarationconst Matcher<Decl> InnerMatcher
Matches a node if the declaration associated with that node
matches the given matcher.

The associated declaration is:
- for type nodes, the declaration of the underlying type
- for CallExpr, the declaration of the callee
- for MemberExpr, the declaration of the referenced member
- for CXXConstructExpr, the declaration of the constructor
- for CXXNewExpr, the declaration of the operator new
- for ObjCIvarExpr, the declaration of the ivar

For type nodes, hasDeclaration will generally match the declaration of the
sugared type. Given
  class X {};
  typedef X Y;
  Y y;
in varDecl(hasType(hasDeclaration(decl()))) the decl will match the
typedefDecl. A common use case is to match the underlying, desugared type.
This can be achieved by using the hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType matcher:
  varDecl(hasType(hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType(
      recordType(hasDeclaration(decl())))))
In this matcher, the decl will match the CXXRecordDecl of class X.

Usable as: Matcher<AddrLabelExpr>, Matcher<CallExpr>,
  Matcher<CXXConstructExpr>, Matcher<CXXNewExpr>, Matcher<DeclRefExpr>,
  Matcher<EnumType>, Matcher<InjectedClassNameType>, Matcher<LabelStmt>,
  Matcher<MemberExpr>, Matcher<QualType>, Matcher<RecordType>,
  Matcher<TagType>, Matcher<TemplateSpecializationType>,
  Matcher<TemplateTypeParmType>, Matcher<TypedefType>,
  Matcher<UnresolvedUsingType>
Matcher<CaseStmt>hasCaseConstantMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
If the given case statement does not use the GNU case range
extension, matches the constant given in the statement.

Given
  switch (1) { case 1: case 1+1: case 3 ... 4: ; }
caseStmt(hasCaseConstant(integerLiteral()))
  matches "case 1:"
Matcher<CastExpr>hasSourceExpressionMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches if the cast's source expression
or opaque value's source expression matches the given matcher.

Example 1: matches "a string"
(matcher = castExpr(hasSourceExpression(cxxConstructExpr())))
class URL { URL(string); };
URL url = "a string";

Example 2: matches 'b' (matcher =
opaqueValueExpr(hasSourceExpression(implicitCastExpr(declRefExpr())))
int a = b ?: 1;
Matcher<ClassTemplateSpecializationDecl>hasAnyTemplateArgumentMatcher<TemplateArgument> InnerMatcher
Matches classTemplateSpecializations, templateSpecializationType and
functionDecl that have at least one TemplateArgument matching the given
InnerMatcher.

Given
  template<typename T> class A {};
  template<> class A<double> {};
  A<int> a;

  template<typename T> f() {};
  void func() { f<int>(); };

classTemplateSpecializationDecl(hasAnyTemplateArgument(
    refersToType(asString("int"))))
  matches the specialization A<int>

functionDecl(hasAnyTemplateArgument(refersToType(asString("int"))))
  matches the specialization f<int>
Matcher<ClassTemplateSpecializationDecl>hasSpecializedTemplateMatcher<ClassTemplateDecl> InnerMatcher
Matches the specialized template of a specialization declaration.

Given
  template<typename T> class A {}; #1
  template<> class A<int> {}; #2
classTemplateSpecializationDecl(hasSpecializedTemplate(classTemplateDecl()))
  matches '#2' with classTemplateDecl() matching the class template
  declaration of 'A' at #1.
Matcher<ClassTemplateSpecializationDecl>hasTemplateArgumentunsigned N, Matcher<TemplateArgument> InnerMatcher
Matches classTemplateSpecializations, templateSpecializationType and
functionDecl where the n'th TemplateArgument matches the given InnerMatcher.

Given
  template<typename T, typename U> class A {};
  A<bool, int> b;
  A<int, bool> c;

  template<typename T> void f() {}
  void func() { f<int>(); };
classTemplateSpecializationDecl(hasTemplateArgument(
    1, refersToType(asString("int"))))
  matches the specialization A<bool, int>

functionDecl(hasTemplateArgument(0, refersToType(asString("int"))))
  matches the specialization f<int>
Matcher<ComplexType>hasElementTypeMatcher<Type>
Matches arrays and C99 complex types that have a specific element
type.

Given
  struct A {};
  A a[7];
  int b[7];
arrayType(hasElementType(builtinType()))
  matches "int b[7]"

Usable as: Matcher<ArrayType>, Matcher<ComplexType>
Matcher<CompoundStmt>hasAnySubstatementMatcher<Stmt> InnerMatcher
Matches compound statements where at least one substatement matches
a given matcher. Also matches StmtExprs that have CompoundStmt as children.

Given
  { {}; 1+2; }
hasAnySubstatement(compoundStmt())
  matches '{ {}; 1+2; }'
with compoundStmt()
  matching '{}'
Matcher<DecayedType>hasDecayedTypeMatcher<QualType> InnerType
Matches the decayed type, whos decayed type matches InnerMatcher
Matcher<DeclRefExpr>hasDeclarationconst Matcher<Decl> InnerMatcher
Matches a node if the declaration associated with that node
matches the given matcher.

The associated declaration is:
- for type nodes, the declaration of the underlying type
- for CallExpr, the declaration of the callee
- for MemberExpr, the declaration of the referenced member
- for CXXConstructExpr, the declaration of the constructor
- for CXXNewExpr, the declaration of the operator new
- for ObjCIvarExpr, the declaration of the ivar

For type nodes, hasDeclaration will generally match the declaration of the
sugared type. Given
  class X {};
  typedef X Y;
  Y y;
in varDecl(hasType(hasDeclaration(decl()))) the decl will match the
typedefDecl. A common use case is to match the underlying, desugared type.
This can be achieved by using the hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType matcher:
  varDecl(hasType(hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType(
      recordType(hasDeclaration(decl())))))
In this matcher, the decl will match the CXXRecordDecl of class X.

Usable as: Matcher<AddrLabelExpr>, Matcher<CallExpr>,
  Matcher<CXXConstructExpr>, Matcher<CXXNewExpr>, Matcher<DeclRefExpr>,
  Matcher<EnumType>, Matcher<InjectedClassNameType>, Matcher<LabelStmt>,
  Matcher<MemberExpr>, Matcher<QualType>, Matcher<RecordType>,
  Matcher<TagType>, Matcher<TemplateSpecializationType>,
  Matcher<TemplateTypeParmType>, Matcher<TypedefType>,
  Matcher<UnresolvedUsingType>
Matcher<DeclRefExpr>throughUsingDeclMatcher<UsingShadowDecl> InnerMatcher
Matches a DeclRefExpr that refers to a declaration through a
specific using shadow declaration.

Given
  namespace a { void f() {} }
  using a::f;
  void g() {
    f();     // Matches this ..
    a::f();  // .. but not this.
  }
declRefExpr(throughUsingDecl(anything()))
  matches f()
Matcher<DeclRefExpr>toMatcher<Decl> InnerMatcher
Matches a DeclRefExpr that refers to a declaration that matches the
specified matcher.

Example matches x in if(x)
    (matcher = declRefExpr(to(varDecl(hasName("x")))))
  bool x;
  if (x) {}
Matcher<DeclStmt>containsDeclarationunsigned N, Matcher<Decl> InnerMatcher
Matches the n'th declaration of a declaration statement.

Note that this does not work for global declarations because the AST
breaks up multiple-declaration DeclStmt's into multiple single-declaration
DeclStmt's.
Example: Given non-global declarations
  int a, b = 0;
  int c;
  int d = 2, e;
declStmt(containsDeclaration(
      0, varDecl(hasInitializer(anything()))))
  matches only 'int d = 2, e;', and
declStmt(containsDeclaration(1, varDecl()))
  matches 'int a, b = 0' as well as 'int d = 2, e;'
  but 'int c;' is not matched.
Matcher<DeclStmt>hasSingleDeclMatcher<Decl> InnerMatcher
Matches the Decl of a DeclStmt which has a single declaration.

Given
  int a, b;
  int c;
declStmt(hasSingleDecl(anything()))
  matches 'int c;' but not 'int a, b;'.
Matcher<DeclaratorDecl>hasTypeLocMatcher<TypeLoc> Inner
Matches if the type location of the declarator decl's type matches
the inner matcher.

Given
  int x;
declaratorDecl(hasTypeLoc(loc(asString("int"))))
  matches int x
Matcher<Decl>hasDeclContextMatcher<Decl> InnerMatcher
Matches declarations whose declaration context, interpreted as a
Decl, matches InnerMatcher.

Given
  namespace N {
    namespace M {
      class D {};
    }
  }

cxxRcordDecl(hasDeclContext(namedDecl(hasName("M")))) matches the
declaration of class D.
Matcher<DecltypeType>hasUnderlyingTypeMatcher<Type>
Matches DecltypeType nodes to find out the underlying type.

Given
  decltype(1) a = 1;
  decltype(2.0) b = 2.0;
decltypeType(hasUnderlyingType(isInteger()))
  matches the type of "a"

Usable as: Matcher<DecltypeType>
Matcher<DoStmt>hasBodyMatcher<Stmt> InnerMatcher
Matches a 'for', 'while', 'do while' statement or a function
definition that has a given body.

Given
  for (;;) {}
hasBody(compoundStmt())
  matches 'for (;;) {}'
with compoundStmt()
  matching '{}'
Matcher<DoStmt>hasConditionMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches the condition expression of an if statement, for loop,
switch statement or conditional operator.

Example matches true (matcher = hasCondition(cxxBoolLiteral(equals(true))))
  if (true) {}
Matcher<ElaboratedType>hasQualifierMatcher<NestedNameSpecifier> InnerMatcher
Matches ElaboratedTypes whose qualifier, a NestedNameSpecifier,
matches InnerMatcher if the qualifier exists.

Given
  namespace N {
    namespace M {
      class D {};
    }
  }
  N::M::D d;

elaboratedType(hasQualifier(hasPrefix(specifiesNamespace(hasName("N"))))
matches the type of the variable declaration of d.
Matcher<ElaboratedType>namesTypeMatcher<QualType> InnerMatcher
Matches ElaboratedTypes whose named type matches InnerMatcher.

Given
  namespace N {
    namespace M {
      class D {};
    }
  }
  N::M::D d;

elaboratedType(namesType(recordType(
hasDeclaration(namedDecl(hasName("D")))))) matches the type of the variable
declaration of d.
Matcher<EnumType>hasDeclarationconst Matcher<Decl> InnerMatcher
Matches a node if the declaration associated with that node
matches the given matcher.

The associated declaration is:
- for type nodes, the declaration of the underlying type
- for CallExpr, the declaration of the callee
- for MemberExpr, the declaration of the referenced member
- for CXXConstructExpr, the declaration of the constructor
- for CXXNewExpr, the declaration of the operator new
- for ObjCIvarExpr, the declaration of the ivar

For type nodes, hasDeclaration will generally match the declaration of the
sugared type. Given
  class X {};
  typedef X Y;
  Y y;
in varDecl(hasType(hasDeclaration(decl()))) the decl will match the
typedefDecl. A common use case is to match the underlying, desugared type.
This can be achieved by using the hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType matcher:
  varDecl(hasType(hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType(
      recordType(hasDeclaration(decl())))))
In this matcher, the decl will match the CXXRecordDecl of class X.

Usable as: Matcher<AddrLabelExpr>, Matcher<CallExpr>,
  Matcher<CXXConstructExpr>, Matcher<CXXNewExpr>, Matcher<DeclRefExpr>,
  Matcher<EnumType>, Matcher<InjectedClassNameType>, Matcher<LabelStmt>,
  Matcher<MemberExpr>, Matcher<QualType>, Matcher<RecordType>,
  Matcher<TagType>, Matcher<TemplateSpecializationType>,
  Matcher<TemplateTypeParmType>, Matcher<TypedefType>,
  Matcher<UnresolvedUsingType>
Matcher<ExplicitCastExpr>hasDestinationTypeMatcher<QualType> InnerMatcher
Matches casts whose destination type matches a given matcher.

(Note: Clang's AST refers to other conversions as "casts" too, and calls
actual casts "explicit" casts.)
Matcher<Expr>hasTypeMatcher<Decl> InnerMatcher
Overloaded to match the declaration of the expression's or value
declaration's type.

In case of a value declaration (for example a variable declaration),
this resolves one layer of indirection. For example, in the value
declaration "X x;", cxxRecordDecl(hasName("X")) matches the declaration of
X, while varDecl(hasType(cxxRecordDecl(hasName("X")))) matches the
declaration of x.

Example matches x (matcher = expr(hasType(cxxRecordDecl(hasName("X")))))
            and z (matcher = varDecl(hasType(cxxRecordDecl(hasName("X")))))
            and friend class X (matcher = friendDecl(hasType("X"))
 class X {};
 void y(X &x) { x; X z; }
 class Y { friend class X; };

Usable as: Matcher<Expr>, Matcher<ValueDecl>
Matcher<Expr>hasTypeMatcher<QualType> InnerMatcher
Matches if the expression's or declaration's type matches a type
matcher.

Example matches x (matcher = expr(hasType(cxxRecordDecl(hasName("X")))))
            and z (matcher = varDecl(hasType(cxxRecordDecl(hasName("X")))))
            and U (matcher = typedefDecl(hasType(asString("int")))
            and friend class X (matcher = friendDecl(hasType("X"))
 class X {};
 void y(X &x) { x; X z; }
 typedef int U;
 class Y { friend class X; };
Matcher<Expr>ignoringImpCastsMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches expressions that match InnerMatcher after any implicit casts
are stripped off.

Parentheses and explicit casts are not discarded.
Given
  int arr[5];
  int a = 0;
  char b = 0;
  const int c = a;
  int *d = arr;
  long e = (long) 0l;
The matchers
   varDecl(hasInitializer(ignoringImpCasts(integerLiteral())))
   varDecl(hasInitializer(ignoringImpCasts(declRefExpr())))
would match the declarations for a, b, c, and d, but not e.
While
   varDecl(hasInitializer(integerLiteral()))
   varDecl(hasInitializer(declRefExpr()))
only match the declarations for b, c, and d.
Matcher<Expr>ignoringImplicitMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches expressions that match InnerMatcher after any implicit AST
nodes are stripped off.

Parentheses and explicit casts are not discarded.
Given
  class C {};
  C a = C();
  C b;
  C c = b;
The matchers
   varDecl(hasInitializer(ignoringImplicit(cxxConstructExpr())))
would match the declarations for a, b, and c.
While
   varDecl(hasInitializer(cxxConstructExpr()))
only match the declarations for b and c.
Matcher<Expr>ignoringParenCastsMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches expressions that match InnerMatcher after parentheses and
casts are stripped off.

Implicit and non-C Style casts are also discarded.
Given
  int a = 0;
  char b = (0);
  void* c = reinterpret_cast<char*>(0);
  char d = char(0);
The matcher
   varDecl(hasInitializer(ignoringParenCasts(integerLiteral())))
would match the declarations for a, b, c, and d.
while
   varDecl(hasInitializer(integerLiteral()))
only match the declaration for a.
Matcher<Expr>ignoringParenImpCastsMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches expressions that match InnerMatcher after implicit casts and
parentheses are stripped off.

Explicit casts are not discarded.
Given
  int arr[5];
  int a = 0;
  char b = (0);
  const int c = a;
  int *d = (arr);
  long e = ((long) 0l);
The matchers
   varDecl(hasInitializer(ignoringParenImpCasts(integerLiteral())))
   varDecl(hasInitializer(ignoringParenImpCasts(declRefExpr())))
would match the declarations for a, b, c, and d, but not e.
while
   varDecl(hasInitializer(integerLiteral()))
   varDecl(hasInitializer(declRefExpr()))
would only match the declaration for a.
Matcher<Expr>ignoringParensMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Overload ignoringParens for Expr.

Given
  const char* str = ("my-string");
The matcher
  implicitCastExpr(hasSourceExpression(ignoringParens(stringLiteral())))
would match the implicit cast resulting from the assignment.
Matcher<FieldDecl>hasInClassInitializerMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches non-static data members that have an in-class initializer.

Given
  class C {
    int a = 2;
    int b = 3;
    int c;
  };
fieldDecl(hasInClassInitializer(integerLiteral(equals(2))))
  matches 'int a;' but not 'int b;'.
fieldDecl(hasInClassInitializer(anything()))
  matches 'int a;' and 'int b;' but not 'int c;'.
Matcher<ForStmt>hasBodyMatcher<Stmt> InnerMatcher
Matches a 'for', 'while', 'do while' statement or a function
definition that has a given body.

Given
  for (;;) {}
hasBody(compoundStmt())
  matches 'for (;;) {}'
with compoundStmt()
  matching '{}'
Matcher<ForStmt>hasConditionMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches the condition expression of an if statement, for loop,
switch statement or conditional operator.

Example matches true (matcher = hasCondition(cxxBoolLiteral(equals(true))))
  if (true) {}
Matcher<ForStmt>hasIncrementMatcher<Stmt> InnerMatcher
Matches the increment statement of a for loop.

Example:
    forStmt(hasIncrement(unaryOperator(hasOperatorName("++"))))
matches '++x' in
    for (x; x < N; ++x) { }
Matcher<ForStmt>hasLoopInitMatcher<Stmt> InnerMatcher
Matches the initialization statement of a for loop.

Example:
    forStmt(hasLoopInit(declStmt()))
matches 'int x = 0' in
    for (int x = 0; x < N; ++x) { }
Matcher<FriendDecl>hasTypeMatcher<Decl> InnerMatcher
Overloaded to match the declaration of the expression's or value
declaration's type.

In case of a value declaration (for example a variable declaration),
this resolves one layer of indirection. For example, in the value
declaration "X x;", cxxRecordDecl(hasName("X")) matches the declaration of
X, while varDecl(hasType(cxxRecordDecl(hasName("X")))) matches the
declaration of x.

Example matches x (matcher = expr(hasType(cxxRecordDecl(hasName("X")))))
            and z (matcher = varDecl(hasType(cxxRecordDecl(hasName("X")))))
            and friend class X (matcher = friendDecl(hasType("X"))
 class X {};
 void y(X &x) { x; X z; }
 class Y { friend class X; };

Usable as: Matcher<Expr>, Matcher<ValueDecl>
Matcher<FriendDecl>hasTypeMatcher<QualType> InnerMatcher
Matches if the expression's or declaration's type matches a type
matcher.

Example matches x (matcher = expr(hasType(cxxRecordDecl(hasName("X")))))
            and z (matcher = varDecl(hasType(cxxRecordDecl(hasName("X")))))
            and U (matcher = typedefDecl(hasType(asString("int")))
            and friend class X (matcher = friendDecl(hasType("X"))
 class X {};
 void y(X &x) { x; X z; }
 typedef int U;
 class Y { friend class X; };
Matcher<FunctionDecl>hasAnyParameterMatcher<ParmVarDecl> InnerMatcher
Matches any parameter of a function or an ObjC method declaration or a
block.

Does not match the 'this' parameter of a method.

Given
  class X { void f(int x, int y, int z) {} };
cxxMethodDecl(hasAnyParameter(hasName("y")))
  matches f(int x, int y, int z) {}
with hasAnyParameter(...)
  matching int y

For ObjectiveC, given
  @interface I - (void) f:(int) y; @end

the matcher objcMethodDecl(hasAnyParameter(hasName("y")))
matches the declaration of method f with hasParameter
matching y.

For blocks, given
  b = ^(int y) { printf("%d", y) };

the matcher blockDecl(hasAnyParameter(hasName("y")))
matches the declaration of the block b with hasParameter
matching y.
Matcher<FunctionDecl>hasAnyTemplateArgumentMatcher<TemplateArgument> InnerMatcher
Matches classTemplateSpecializations, templateSpecializationType and
functionDecl that have at least one TemplateArgument matching the given
InnerMatcher.

Given
  template<typename T> class A {};
  template<> class A<double> {};
  A<int> a;

  template<typename T> f() {};
  void func() { f<int>(); };

classTemplateSpecializationDecl(hasAnyTemplateArgument(
    refersToType(asString("int"))))
  matches the specialization A<int>

functionDecl(hasAnyTemplateArgument(refersToType(asString("int"))))
  matches the specialization f<int>
Matcher<FunctionDecl>hasBodyMatcher<Stmt> InnerMatcher
Matches a 'for', 'while', 'do while' statement or a function
definition that has a given body.

Given
  for (;;) {}
hasBody(compoundStmt())
  matches 'for (;;) {}'
with compoundStmt()
  matching '{}'
Matcher<FunctionDecl>hasParameterunsigned N, Matcher<ParmVarDecl> InnerMatcher
Matches the n'th parameter of a function or an ObjC method
declaration or a block.

Given
  class X { void f(int x) {} };
cxxMethodDecl(hasParameter(0, hasType(varDecl())))
  matches f(int x) {}
with hasParameter(...)
  matching int x

For ObjectiveC, given
  @interface I - (void) f:(int) y; @end

the matcher objcMethodDecl(hasParameter(0, hasName("y")))
matches the declaration of method f with hasParameter
matching y.
Matcher<FunctionDecl>hasTemplateArgumentunsigned N, Matcher<TemplateArgument> InnerMatcher
Matches classTemplateSpecializations, templateSpecializationType and
functionDecl where the n'th TemplateArgument matches the given InnerMatcher.

Given
  template<typename T, typename U> class A {};
  A<bool, int> b;
  A<int, bool> c;

  template<typename T> void f() {}
  void func() { f<int>(); };
classTemplateSpecializationDecl(hasTemplateArgument(
    1, refersToType(asString("int"))))
  matches the specialization A<bool, int>

functionDecl(hasTemplateArgument(0, refersToType(asString("int"))))
  matches the specialization f<int>
Matcher<FunctionDecl>returnsMatcher<QualType> InnerMatcher
Matches the return type of a function declaration.

Given:
  class X { int f() { return 1; } };
cxxMethodDecl(returns(asString("int")))
  matches int f() { return 1; }
Matcher<IfStmt>hasConditionMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches the condition expression of an if statement, for loop,
switch statement or conditional operator.

Example matches true (matcher = hasCondition(cxxBoolLiteral(equals(true))))
  if (true) {}
Matcher<IfStmt>hasConditionVariableStatementMatcher<DeclStmt> InnerMatcher
Matches the condition variable statement in an if statement.

Given
  if (A* a = GetAPointer()) {}
hasConditionVariableStatement(...)
  matches 'A* a = GetAPointer()'.
Matcher<IfStmt>hasElseMatcher<Stmt> InnerMatcher
Matches the else-statement of an if statement.

Examples matches the if statement
  (matcher = ifStmt(hasElse(cxxBoolLiteral(equals(true)))))
  if (false) false; else true;
Matcher<IfStmt>hasThenMatcher<Stmt> InnerMatcher
Matches the then-statement of an if statement.

Examples matches the if statement
  (matcher = ifStmt(hasThen(cxxBoolLiteral(equals(true)))))
  if (false) true; else false;
Matcher<ImplicitCastExpr>hasImplicitDestinationTypeMatcher<QualType> InnerMatcher
Matches implicit casts whose destination type matches a given
matcher.

FIXME: Unit test this matcher
Matcher<InitListExpr>hasInitunsigned N, ast_matchers::Matcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches the n'th item of an initializer list expression.

Example matches y.
    (matcher = initListExpr(hasInit(0, expr())))
  int x{y}.
Matcher<InitListExpr>hasSyntacticFormMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches the syntactic form of init list expressions
(if expression have it).
Matcher<InjectedClassNameType>hasDeclarationconst Matcher<Decl> InnerMatcher
Matches a node if the declaration associated with that node
matches the given matcher.

The associated declaration is:
- for type nodes, the declaration of the underlying type
- for CallExpr, the declaration of the callee
- for MemberExpr, the declaration of the referenced member
- for CXXConstructExpr, the declaration of the constructor
- for CXXNewExpr, the declaration of the operator new
- for ObjCIvarExpr, the declaration of the ivar

For type nodes, hasDeclaration will generally match the declaration of the
sugared type. Given
  class X {};
  typedef X Y;
  Y y;
in varDecl(hasType(hasDeclaration(decl()))) the decl will match the
typedefDecl. A common use case is to match the underlying, desugared type.
This can be achieved by using the hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType matcher:
  varDecl(hasType(hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType(
      recordType(hasDeclaration(decl())))))
In this matcher, the decl will match the CXXRecordDecl of class X.

Usable as: Matcher<AddrLabelExpr>, Matcher<CallExpr>,
  Matcher<CXXConstructExpr>, Matcher<CXXNewExpr>, Matcher<DeclRefExpr>,
  Matcher<EnumType>, Matcher<InjectedClassNameType>, Matcher<LabelStmt>,
  Matcher<MemberExpr>, Matcher<QualType>, Matcher<RecordType>,
  Matcher<TagType>, Matcher<TemplateSpecializationType>,
  Matcher<TemplateTypeParmType>, Matcher<TypedefType>,
  Matcher<UnresolvedUsingType>
Matcher<LabelStmt>hasDeclarationconst Matcher<Decl> InnerMatcher
Matches a node if the declaration associated with that node
matches the given matcher.

The associated declaration is:
- for type nodes, the declaration of the underlying type
- for CallExpr, the declaration of the callee
- for MemberExpr, the declaration of the referenced member
- for CXXConstructExpr, the declaration of the constructor
- for CXXNewExpr, the declaration of the operator new
- for ObjCIvarExpr, the declaration of the ivar

For type nodes, hasDeclaration will generally match the declaration of the
sugared type. Given
  class X {};
  typedef X Y;
  Y y;
in varDecl(hasType(hasDeclaration(decl()))) the decl will match the
typedefDecl. A common use case is to match the underlying, desugared type.
This can be achieved by using the hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType matcher:
  varDecl(hasType(hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType(
      recordType(hasDeclaration(decl())))))
In this matcher, the decl will match the CXXRecordDecl of class X.

Usable as: Matcher<AddrLabelExpr>, Matcher<CallExpr>,
  Matcher<CXXConstructExpr>, Matcher<CXXNewExpr>, Matcher<DeclRefExpr>,
  Matcher<EnumType>, Matcher<InjectedClassNameType>, Matcher<LabelStmt>,
  Matcher<MemberExpr>, Matcher<QualType>, Matcher<RecordType>,
  Matcher<TagType>, Matcher<TemplateSpecializationType>,
  Matcher<TemplateTypeParmType>, Matcher<TypedefType>,
  Matcher<UnresolvedUsingType>
Matcher<MemberExpr>hasDeclarationconst Matcher<Decl> InnerMatcher
Matches a node if the declaration associated with that node
matches the given matcher.

The associated declaration is:
- for type nodes, the declaration of the underlying type
- for CallExpr, the declaration of the callee
- for MemberExpr, the declaration of the referenced member
- for CXXConstructExpr, the declaration of the constructor
- for CXXNewExpr, the declaration of the operator new
- for ObjCIvarExpr, the declaration of the ivar

For type nodes, hasDeclaration will generally match the declaration of the
sugared type. Given
  class X {};
  typedef X Y;
  Y y;
in varDecl(hasType(hasDeclaration(decl()))) the decl will match the
typedefDecl. A common use case is to match the underlying, desugared type.
This can be achieved by using the hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType matcher:
  varDecl(hasType(hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType(
      recordType(hasDeclaration(decl())))))
In this matcher, the decl will match the CXXRecordDecl of class X.

Usable as: Matcher<AddrLabelExpr>, Matcher<CallExpr>,
  Matcher<CXXConstructExpr>, Matcher<CXXNewExpr>, Matcher<DeclRefExpr>,
  Matcher<EnumType>, Matcher<InjectedClassNameType>, Matcher<LabelStmt>,
  Matcher<MemberExpr>, Matcher<QualType>, Matcher<RecordType>,
  Matcher<TagType>, Matcher<TemplateSpecializationType>,
  Matcher<TemplateTypeParmType>, Matcher<TypedefType>,
  Matcher<UnresolvedUsingType>
Matcher<MemberExpr>hasObjectExpressionMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches a member expression where the object expression is
matched by a given matcher.

Given
  struct X { int m; };
  void f(X x) { x.m; m; }
memberExpr(hasObjectExpression(hasType(cxxRecordDecl(hasName("X")))))))
  matches "x.m" and "m"
with hasObjectExpression(...)
  matching "x" and the implicit object expression of "m" which has type X*.
Matcher<MemberExpr>memberMatcher<ValueDecl> InnerMatcher
Matches a member expression where the member is matched by a
given matcher.

Given
  struct { int first, second; } first, second;
  int i(second.first);
  int j(first.second);
memberExpr(member(hasName("first")))
  matches second.first
  but not first.second (because the member name there is "second").
Matcher<MemberPointerType>pointeeMatcher<Type>
Narrows PointerType (and similar) matchers to those where the
pointee matches a given matcher.

Given
  int *a;
  int const *b;
  float const *f;
pointerType(pointee(isConstQualified(), isInteger()))
  matches "int const *b"

Usable as: Matcher<BlockPointerType>, Matcher<MemberPointerType>,
  Matcher<PointerType>, Matcher<ReferenceType>
Matcher<NamedDecl>hasUnderlyingDeclMatcher<NamedDecl> InnerMatcher
Matches a NamedDecl whose underlying declaration matches the given
matcher.

Given
  namespace N { template<class T> void f(T t); }
  template <class T> void g() { using N::f; f(T()); }
unresolvedLookupExpr(hasAnyDeclaration(
    namedDecl(hasUnderlyingDecl(hasName("::N::f")))))
  matches the use of f in g() .
Matcher<NestedNameSpecifierLoc>hasPrefixMatcher<NestedNameSpecifierLoc> InnerMatcher
Matches on the prefix of a NestedNameSpecifierLoc.

Given
  struct A { struct B { struct C {}; }; };
  A::B::C c;
nestedNameSpecifierLoc(hasPrefix(loc(specifiesType(asString("struct A")))))
  matches "A::"
Matcher<NestedNameSpecifierLoc>specifiesTypeLocMatcher<TypeLoc> InnerMatcher
Matches nested name specifier locs that specify a type matching the
given TypeLoc.

Given
  struct A { struct B { struct C {}; }; };
  A::B::C c;
nestedNameSpecifierLoc(specifiesTypeLoc(loc(type(
  hasDeclaration(cxxRecordDecl(hasName("A")))))))
  matches "A::"
Matcher<NestedNameSpecifier>hasPrefixMatcher<NestedNameSpecifier> InnerMatcher
Matches on the prefix of a NestedNameSpecifier.

Given
  struct A { struct B { struct C {}; }; };
  A::B::C c;
nestedNameSpecifier(hasPrefix(specifiesType(asString("struct A")))) and
  matches "A::"
Matcher<NestedNameSpecifier>specifiesNamespaceMatcher<NamespaceDecl> InnerMatcher
Matches nested name specifiers that specify a namespace matching the
given namespace matcher.

Given
  namespace ns { struct A {}; }
  ns::A a;
nestedNameSpecifier(specifiesNamespace(hasName("ns")))
  matches "ns::"
Matcher<NestedNameSpecifier>specifiesTypeMatcher<QualType> InnerMatcher
Matches nested name specifiers that specify a type matching the
given QualType matcher without qualifiers.

Given
  struct A { struct B { struct C {}; }; };
  A::B::C c;
nestedNameSpecifier(specifiesType(
  hasDeclaration(cxxRecordDecl(hasName("A")))
))
  matches "A::"
Matcher<ObjCMessageExpr>hasAnyArgumentMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches any argument of a call expression or a constructor call
expression, or an ObjC-message-send expression.

Given
  void x(int, int, int) { int y; x(1, y, 42); }
callExpr(hasAnyArgument(declRefExpr()))
  matches x(1, y, 42)
with hasAnyArgument(...)
  matching y

For ObjectiveC, given
  @interface I - (void) f:(int) y; @end
  void foo(I *i) { [i f:12]; }
objcMessageExpr(hasAnyArgument(integerLiteral(equals(12))))
  matches [i f:12]
Matcher<ObjCMessageExpr>hasArgumentunsigned N, Matcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches the n'th argument of a call expression or a constructor
call expression.

Example matches y in x(y)
    (matcher = callExpr(hasArgument(0, declRefExpr())))
  void x(int) { int y; x(y); }
Matcher<ObjCMessageExpr>hasReceiverMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches if the Objective-C message is sent to an instance,
and the inner matcher matches on that instance.

For example the method call in
  NSString *x = @"hello";
  [x containsString:@"h"];
is matched by
objcMessageExpr(hasReceiver(declRefExpr(to(varDecl(hasName("x"))))))
Matcher<ObjCMessageExpr>hasReceiverTypeMatcher<QualType> InnerMatcher
Matches on the receiver of an ObjectiveC Message expression.

Example
matcher = objCMessageExpr(hasReceiverType(asString("UIWebView *")));
matches the [webView ...] message invocation.
  NSString *webViewJavaScript = ...
  UIWebView *webView = ...
  [webView stringByEvaluatingJavaScriptFromString:webViewJavascript];
Matcher<ObjCMethodDecl>hasAnyParameterMatcher<ParmVarDecl> InnerMatcher
Matches any parameter of a function or an ObjC method declaration or a
block.

Does not match the 'this' parameter of a method.

Given
  class X { void f(int x, int y, int z) {} };
cxxMethodDecl(hasAnyParameter(hasName("y")))
  matches f(int x, int y, int z) {}
with hasAnyParameter(...)
  matching int y

For ObjectiveC, given
  @interface I - (void) f:(int) y; @end

the matcher objcMethodDecl(hasAnyParameter(hasName("y")))
matches the declaration of method f with hasParameter
matching y.

For blocks, given
  b = ^(int y) { printf("%d", y) };

the matcher blockDecl(hasAnyParameter(hasName("y")))
matches the declaration of the block b with hasParameter
matching y.
Matcher<ObjCMethodDecl>hasParameterunsigned N, Matcher<ParmVarDecl> InnerMatcher
Matches the n'th parameter of a function or an ObjC method
declaration or a block.

Given
  class X { void f(int x) {} };
cxxMethodDecl(hasParameter(0, hasType(varDecl())))
  matches f(int x) {}
with hasParameter(...)
  matching int x

For ObjectiveC, given
  @interface I - (void) f:(int) y; @end

the matcher objcMethodDecl(hasParameter(0, hasName("y")))
matches the declaration of method f with hasParameter
matching y.
Matcher<OpaqueValueExpr>hasSourceExpressionMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches if the cast's source expression
or opaque value's source expression matches the given matcher.

Example 1: matches "a string"
(matcher = castExpr(hasSourceExpression(cxxConstructExpr())))
class URL { URL(string); };
URL url = "a string";

Example 2: matches 'b' (matcher =
opaqueValueExpr(hasSourceExpression(implicitCastExpr(declRefExpr())))
int a = b ?: 1;
Matcher<OverloadExpr>hasAnyDeclarationMatcher<Decl> InnerMatcher
Matches an OverloadExpr if any of the declarations in the set of
overloads matches the given matcher.

Given
  template <typename T> void foo(T);
  template <typename T> void bar(T);
  template <typename T> void baz(T t) {
    foo(t);
    bar(t);
  }
unresolvedLookupExpr(hasAnyDeclaration(
    functionTemplateDecl(hasName("foo"))))
  matches foo in foo(t); but not bar in bar(t);
Matcher<ParenType>innerTypeMatcher<Type>
Matches ParenType nodes where the inner type is a specific type.

Given
  int (*ptr_to_array)[4];
  int (*ptr_to_func)(int);

varDecl(hasType(pointsTo(parenType(innerType(functionType()))))) matches
ptr_to_func but not ptr_to_array.

Usable as: Matcher<ParenType>
Matcher<PointerType>pointeeMatcher<Type>
Narrows PointerType (and similar) matchers to those where the
pointee matches a given matcher.

Given
  int *a;
  int const *b;
  float const *f;
pointerType(pointee(isConstQualified(), isInteger()))
  matches "int const *b"

Usable as: Matcher<BlockPointerType>, Matcher<MemberPointerType>,
  Matcher<PointerType>, Matcher<ReferenceType>
Matcher<QualType>hasCanonicalTypeMatcher<QualType> InnerMatcher
Matches QualTypes whose canonical type matches InnerMatcher.

Given:
  typedef int &int_ref;
  int a;
  int_ref b = a;

varDecl(hasType(qualType(referenceType()))))) will not match the
declaration of b but varDecl(hasType(qualType(hasCanonicalType(referenceType())))))) does.
Matcher<QualType>hasDeclarationconst Matcher<Decl> InnerMatcher
Matches a node if the declaration associated with that node
matches the given matcher.

The associated declaration is:
- for type nodes, the declaration of the underlying type
- for CallExpr, the declaration of the callee
- for MemberExpr, the declaration of the referenced member
- for CXXConstructExpr, the declaration of the constructor
- for CXXNewExpr, the declaration of the operator new
- for ObjCIvarExpr, the declaration of the ivar

For type nodes, hasDeclaration will generally match the declaration of the
sugared type. Given
  class X {};
  typedef X Y;
  Y y;
in varDecl(hasType(hasDeclaration(decl()))) the decl will match the
typedefDecl. A common use case is to match the underlying, desugared type.
This can be achieved by using the hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType matcher:
  varDecl(hasType(hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType(
      recordType(hasDeclaration(decl())))))
In this matcher, the decl will match the CXXRecordDecl of class X.

Usable as: Matcher<AddrLabelExpr>, Matcher<CallExpr>,
  Matcher<CXXConstructExpr>, Matcher<CXXNewExpr>, Matcher<DeclRefExpr>,
  Matcher<EnumType>, Matcher<InjectedClassNameType>, Matcher<LabelStmt>,
  Matcher<MemberExpr>, Matcher<QualType>, Matcher<RecordType>,
  Matcher<TagType>, Matcher<TemplateSpecializationType>,
  Matcher<TemplateTypeParmType>, Matcher<TypedefType>,
  Matcher<UnresolvedUsingType>
Matcher<QualType>ignoringParensMatcher<QualType> InnerMatcher
Matches types that match InnerMatcher after any parens are stripped.

Given
  void (*fp)(void);
The matcher
  varDecl(hasType(pointerType(pointee(ignoringParens(functionType())))))
would match the declaration for fp.
Matcher<QualType>pointsToMatcher<Decl> InnerMatcher
Overloaded to match the pointee type's declaration.
Matcher<QualType>pointsToMatcher<QualType> InnerMatcher
Matches if the matched type is a pointer type and the pointee type
matches the specified matcher.

Example matches y->x()
  (matcher = cxxMemberCallExpr(on(hasType(pointsTo
     cxxRecordDecl(hasName("Y")))))))
  class Y { public: void x(); };
  void z() { Y *y; y->x(); }
Matcher<QualType>referencesMatcher<Decl> InnerMatcher
Overloaded to match the referenced type's declaration.
Matcher<QualType>referencesMatcher<QualType> InnerMatcher
Matches if the matched type is a reference type and the referenced
type matches the specified matcher.

Example matches X &x and const X &y
    (matcher = varDecl(hasType(references(cxxRecordDecl(hasName("X"))))))
  class X {
    void a(X b) {
      X &x = b;
      const X &y = b;
    }
  };
Matcher<RecordType>hasDeclarationconst Matcher<Decl> InnerMatcher
Matches a node if the declaration associated with that node
matches the given matcher.

The associated declaration is:
- for type nodes, the declaration of the underlying type
- for CallExpr, the declaration of the callee
- for MemberExpr, the declaration of the referenced member
- for CXXConstructExpr, the declaration of the constructor
- for CXXNewExpr, the declaration of the operator new
- for ObjCIvarExpr, the declaration of the ivar

For type nodes, hasDeclaration will generally match the declaration of the
sugared type. Given
  class X {};
  typedef X Y;
  Y y;
in varDecl(hasType(hasDeclaration(decl()))) the decl will match the
typedefDecl. A common use case is to match the underlying, desugared type.
This can be achieved by using the hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType matcher:
  varDecl(hasType(hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType(
      recordType(hasDeclaration(decl())))))
In this matcher, the decl will match the CXXRecordDecl of class X.

Usable as: Matcher<AddrLabelExpr>, Matcher<CallExpr>,
  Matcher<CXXConstructExpr>, Matcher<CXXNewExpr>, Matcher<DeclRefExpr>,
  Matcher<EnumType>, Matcher<InjectedClassNameType>, Matcher<LabelStmt>,
  Matcher<MemberExpr>, Matcher<QualType>, Matcher<RecordType>,
  Matcher<TagType>, Matcher<TemplateSpecializationType>,
  Matcher<TemplateTypeParmType>, Matcher<TypedefType>,
  Matcher<UnresolvedUsingType>
Matcher<ReferenceType>pointeeMatcher<Type>
Narrows PointerType (and similar) matchers to those where the
pointee matches a given matcher.

Given
  int *a;
  int const *b;
  float const *f;
pointerType(pointee(isConstQualified(), isInteger()))
  matches "int const *b"

Usable as: Matcher<BlockPointerType>, Matcher<MemberPointerType>,
  Matcher<PointerType>, Matcher<ReferenceType>
Matcher<ReturnStmt>hasReturnValueMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches the return value expression of a return statement

Given
  return a + b;
hasReturnValue(binaryOperator())
  matches 'return a + b'
with binaryOperator()
  matching 'a + b'
Matcher<StmtExpr>hasAnySubstatementMatcher<Stmt> InnerMatcher
Matches compound statements where at least one substatement matches
a given matcher. Also matches StmtExprs that have CompoundStmt as children.

Given
  { {}; 1+2; }
hasAnySubstatement(compoundStmt())
  matches '{ {}; 1+2; }'
with compoundStmt()
  matching '{}'
Matcher<Stmt>alignOfExprconst Matcher<UnaryExprOrTypeTraitExpr> InnerMatcher
Same as unaryExprOrTypeTraitExpr, but only matching
alignof.
Matcher<Stmt>forFunctionMatcher<FunctionDecl> InnerMatcher
Matches declaration of the function the statement belongs to

Given:
F& operator=(const F& o) {
  std::copy_if(o.begin(), o.end(), begin(), [](V v) { return v > 0; });
  return *this;
}
returnStmt(forFunction(hasName("operator=")))
  matches 'return *this'
  but does match 'return > 0'
Matcher<Stmt>sizeOfExprconst Matcher<UnaryExprOrTypeTraitExpr> InnerMatcher
Same as unaryExprOrTypeTraitExpr, but only matching
sizeof.
Matcher<SubstTemplateTypeParmType>hasReplacementTypeMatcher<Type>
Matches template type parameter substitutions that have a replacement
type that matches the provided matcher.

Given
  template <typename T>
  double F(T t);
  int i;
  double j = F(i);

substTemplateTypeParmType(hasReplacementType(type())) matches int
Matcher<SwitchStmt>forEachSwitchCaseMatcher<SwitchCase> InnerMatcher
Matches each case or default statement belonging to the given switch
statement. This matcher may produce multiple matches.

Given
  switch (1) { case 1: case 2: default: switch (2) { case 3: case 4: ; } }
switchStmt(forEachSwitchCase(caseStmt().bind("c"))).bind("s")
  matches four times, with "c" binding each of "case 1:", "case 2:",
"case 3:" and "case 4:", and "s" respectively binding "switch (1)",
"switch (1)", "switch (2)" and "switch (2)".
Matcher<SwitchStmt>hasConditionMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches the condition expression of an if statement, for loop,
switch statement or conditional operator.

Example matches true (matcher = hasCondition(cxxBoolLiteral(equals(true))))
  if (true) {}
Matcher<TagType>hasDeclarationconst Matcher<Decl> InnerMatcher
Matches a node if the declaration associated with that node
matches the given matcher.

The associated declaration is:
- for type nodes, the declaration of the underlying type
- for CallExpr, the declaration of the callee
- for MemberExpr, the declaration of the referenced member
- for CXXConstructExpr, the declaration of the constructor
- for CXXNewExpr, the declaration of the operator new
- for ObjCIvarExpr, the declaration of the ivar

For type nodes, hasDeclaration will generally match the declaration of the
sugared type. Given
  class X {};
  typedef X Y;
  Y y;
in varDecl(hasType(hasDeclaration(decl()))) the decl will match the
typedefDecl. A common use case is to match the underlying, desugared type.
This can be achieved by using the hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType matcher:
  varDecl(hasType(hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType(
      recordType(hasDeclaration(decl())))))
In this matcher, the decl will match the CXXRecordDecl of class X.

Usable as: Matcher<AddrLabelExpr>, Matcher<CallExpr>,
  Matcher<CXXConstructExpr>, Matcher<CXXNewExpr>, Matcher<DeclRefExpr>,
  Matcher<EnumType>, Matcher<InjectedClassNameType>, Matcher<LabelStmt>,
  Matcher<MemberExpr>, Matcher<QualType>, Matcher<RecordType>,
  Matcher<TagType>, Matcher<TemplateSpecializationType>,
  Matcher<TemplateTypeParmType>, Matcher<TypedefType>,
  Matcher<UnresolvedUsingType>
Matcher<TemplateArgument>isExprMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches a sugar TemplateArgument that refers to a certain expression.

Given
  struct B { int next; };
  template<int(B::*next_ptr)> struct A {};
  A<&B::next> a;
templateSpecializationType(hasAnyTemplateArgument(
  isExpr(hasDescendant(declRefExpr(to(fieldDecl(hasName("next"))))))))
  matches the specialization A<&B::next> with fieldDecl(...) matching
    B::next
Matcher<TemplateArgument>refersToDeclarationMatcher<Decl> InnerMatcher
Matches a canonical TemplateArgument that refers to a certain
declaration.

Given
  struct B { int next; };
  template<int(B::*next_ptr)> struct A {};
  A<&B::next> a;
classTemplateSpecializationDecl(hasAnyTemplateArgument(
    refersToDeclaration(fieldDecl(hasName("next")))))
  matches the specialization A<&B::next> with fieldDecl(...) matching
    B::next
Matcher<TemplateArgument>refersToIntegralTypeMatcher<QualType> InnerMatcher
Matches a TemplateArgument that referes to an integral type.

Given
  template<int T> struct C {};
  C<42> c;
classTemplateSpecializationDecl(
  hasAnyTemplateArgument(refersToIntegralType(asString("int"))))
  matches the implicit instantiation of C in C<42>.
Matcher<TemplateArgument>refersToTemplateMatcher<TemplateName> InnerMatcher
Matches a TemplateArgument that refers to a certain template.

Given
  template<template <typename> class S> class X {};
  template<typename T> class Y {};
  X<Y> xi;
classTemplateSpecializationDecl(hasAnyTemplateArgument(
    refersToTemplate(templateName())))
  matches the specialization X<Y>
Matcher<TemplateArgument>refersToTypeMatcher<QualType> InnerMatcher
Matches a TemplateArgument that refers to a certain type.

Given
  struct X {};
  template<typename T> struct A {};
  A<X> a;
classTemplateSpecializationDecl(hasAnyTemplateArgument(
    refersToType(class(hasName("X")))))
  matches the specialization A<X>
Matcher<TemplateSpecializationType>hasAnyTemplateArgumentMatcher<TemplateArgument> InnerMatcher
Matches classTemplateSpecializations, templateSpecializationType and
functionDecl that have at least one TemplateArgument matching the given
InnerMatcher.

Given
  template<typename T> class A {};
  template<> class A<double> {};
  A<int> a;

  template<typename T> f() {};
  void func() { f<int>(); };

classTemplateSpecializationDecl(hasAnyTemplateArgument(
    refersToType(asString("int"))))
  matches the specialization A<int>

functionDecl(hasAnyTemplateArgument(refersToType(asString("int"))))
  matches the specialization f<int>
Matcher<TemplateSpecializationType>hasDeclarationconst Matcher<Decl> InnerMatcher
Matches a node if the declaration associated with that node
matches the given matcher.

The associated declaration is:
- for type nodes, the declaration of the underlying type
- for CallExpr, the declaration of the callee
- for MemberExpr, the declaration of the referenced member
- for CXXConstructExpr, the declaration of the constructor
- for CXXNewExpr, the declaration of the operator new
- for ObjCIvarExpr, the declaration of the ivar

For type nodes, hasDeclaration will generally match the declaration of the
sugared type. Given
  class X {};
  typedef X Y;
  Y y;
in varDecl(hasType(hasDeclaration(decl()))) the decl will match the
typedefDecl. A common use case is to match the underlying, desugared type.
This can be achieved by using the hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType matcher:
  varDecl(hasType(hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType(
      recordType(hasDeclaration(decl())))))
In this matcher, the decl will match the CXXRecordDecl of class X.

Usable as: Matcher<AddrLabelExpr>, Matcher<CallExpr>,
  Matcher<CXXConstructExpr>, Matcher<CXXNewExpr>, Matcher<DeclRefExpr>,
  Matcher<EnumType>, Matcher<InjectedClassNameType>, Matcher<LabelStmt>,
  Matcher<MemberExpr>, Matcher<QualType>, Matcher<RecordType>,
  Matcher<TagType>, Matcher<TemplateSpecializationType>,
  Matcher<TemplateTypeParmType>, Matcher<TypedefType>,
  Matcher<UnresolvedUsingType>
Matcher<TemplateSpecializationType>hasTemplateArgumentunsigned N, Matcher<TemplateArgument> InnerMatcher
Matches classTemplateSpecializations, templateSpecializationType and
functionDecl where the n'th TemplateArgument matches the given InnerMatcher.

Given
  template<typename T, typename U> class A {};
  A<bool, int> b;
  A<int, bool> c;

  template<typename T> void f() {}
  void func() { f<int>(); };
classTemplateSpecializationDecl(hasTemplateArgument(
    1, refersToType(asString("int"))))
  matches the specialization A<bool, int>

functionDecl(hasTemplateArgument(0, refersToType(asString("int"))))
  matches the specialization f<int>
Matcher<TemplateTypeParmType>hasDeclarationconst Matcher<Decl> InnerMatcher
Matches a node if the declaration associated with that node
matches the given matcher.

The associated declaration is:
- for type nodes, the declaration of the underlying type
- for CallExpr, the declaration of the callee
- for MemberExpr, the declaration of the referenced member
- for CXXConstructExpr, the declaration of the constructor
- for CXXNewExpr, the declaration of the operator new
- for ObjCIvarExpr, the declaration of the ivar

For type nodes, hasDeclaration will generally match the declaration of the
sugared type. Given
  class X {};
  typedef X Y;
  Y y;
in varDecl(hasType(hasDeclaration(decl()))) the decl will match the
typedefDecl. A common use case is to match the underlying, desugared type.
This can be achieved by using the hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType matcher:
  varDecl(hasType(hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType(
      recordType(hasDeclaration(decl())))))
In this matcher, the decl will match the CXXRecordDecl of class X.

Usable as: Matcher<AddrLabelExpr>, Matcher<CallExpr>,
  Matcher<CXXConstructExpr>, Matcher<CXXNewExpr>, Matcher<DeclRefExpr>,
  Matcher<EnumType>, Matcher<InjectedClassNameType>, Matcher<LabelStmt>,
  Matcher<MemberExpr>, Matcher<QualType>, Matcher<RecordType>,
  Matcher<TagType>, Matcher<TemplateSpecializationType>,
  Matcher<TemplateTypeParmType>, Matcher<TypedefType>,
  Matcher<UnresolvedUsingType>
Matcher<T>findAllconst Matcher<T> Matcher
Matches if the node or any descendant matches.

Generates results for each match.

For example, in:
  class A { class B {}; class C {}; };
The matcher:
  cxxRecordDecl(hasName("::A"),
                findAll(cxxRecordDecl(isDefinition()).bind("m")))
will generate results for A, B and C.

Usable as: Any Matcher
Matcher<TypedefNameDecl>hasTypeMatcher<QualType> InnerMatcher
Matches if the expression's or declaration's type matches a type
matcher.

Example matches x (matcher = expr(hasType(cxxRecordDecl(hasName("X")))))
            and z (matcher = varDecl(hasType(cxxRecordDecl(hasName("X")))))
            and U (matcher = typedefDecl(hasType(asString("int")))
            and friend class X (matcher = friendDecl(hasType("X"))
 class X {};
 void y(X &x) { x; X z; }
 typedef int U;
 class Y { friend class X; };
Matcher<TypedefType>hasDeclarationconst Matcher<Decl> InnerMatcher
Matches a node if the declaration associated with that node
matches the given matcher.

The associated declaration is:
- for type nodes, the declaration of the underlying type
- for CallExpr, the declaration of the callee
- for MemberExpr, the declaration of the referenced member
- for CXXConstructExpr, the declaration of the constructor
- for CXXNewExpr, the declaration of the operator new
- for ObjCIvarExpr, the declaration of the ivar

For type nodes, hasDeclaration will generally match the declaration of the
sugared type. Given
  class X {};
  typedef X Y;
  Y y;
in varDecl(hasType(hasDeclaration(decl()))) the decl will match the
typedefDecl. A common use case is to match the underlying, desugared type.
This can be achieved by using the hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType matcher:
  varDecl(hasType(hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType(
      recordType(hasDeclaration(decl())))))
In this matcher, the decl will match the CXXRecordDecl of class X.

Usable as: Matcher<AddrLabelExpr>, Matcher<CallExpr>,
  Matcher<CXXConstructExpr>, Matcher<CXXNewExpr>, Matcher<DeclRefExpr>,
  Matcher<EnumType>, Matcher<InjectedClassNameType>, Matcher<LabelStmt>,
  Matcher<MemberExpr>, Matcher<QualType>, Matcher<RecordType>,
  Matcher<TagType>, Matcher<TemplateSpecializationType>,
  Matcher<TemplateTypeParmType>, Matcher<TypedefType>,
  Matcher<UnresolvedUsingType>
Matcher<Type>hasUnqualifiedDesugaredTypeMatcher<Type> InnerMatcher
Matches if the matched type matches the unqualified desugared
type of the matched node.

For example, in:
  class A {};
  using B = A;
The matcher type(hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType(recordType())) matches
both B and A.
Matcher<UnaryExprOrTypeTraitExpr>hasArgumentOfTypeMatcher<QualType> InnerMatcher
Matches unary expressions that have a specific type of argument.

Given
  int a, c; float b; int s = sizeof(a) + sizeof(b) + alignof(c);
unaryExprOrTypeTraitExpr(hasArgumentOfType(asString("int"))
  matches sizeof(a) and alignof(c)
Matcher<UnaryOperator>hasUnaryOperandMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches if the operand of a unary operator matches.

Example matches true (matcher = hasUnaryOperand(
                                  cxxBoolLiteral(equals(true))))
  !true
Matcher<UnresolvedMemberExpr>hasObjectExpressionMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches a member expression where the object expression is
matched by a given matcher.

Given
  struct X { int m; };
  void f(X x) { x.m; m; }
memberExpr(hasObjectExpression(hasType(cxxRecordDecl(hasName("X")))))))
  matches "x.m" and "m"
with hasObjectExpression(...)
  matching "x" and the implicit object expression of "m" which has type X*.
Matcher<UnresolvedUsingType>hasDeclarationconst Matcher<Decl> InnerMatcher
Matches a node if the declaration associated with that node
matches the given matcher.

The associated declaration is:
- for type nodes, the declaration of the underlying type
- for CallExpr, the declaration of the callee
- for MemberExpr, the declaration of the referenced member
- for CXXConstructExpr, the declaration of the constructor
- for CXXNewExpr, the declaration of the operator new
- for ObjCIvarExpr, the declaration of the ivar

For type nodes, hasDeclaration will generally match the declaration of the
sugared type. Given
  class X {};
  typedef X Y;
  Y y;
in varDecl(hasType(hasDeclaration(decl()))) the decl will match the
typedefDecl. A common use case is to match the underlying, desugared type.
This can be achieved by using the hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType matcher:
  varDecl(hasType(hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType(
      recordType(hasDeclaration(decl())))))
In this matcher, the decl will match the CXXRecordDecl of class X.

Usable as: Matcher<AddrLabelExpr>, Matcher<CallExpr>,
  Matcher<CXXConstructExpr>, Matcher<CXXNewExpr>, Matcher<DeclRefExpr>,
  Matcher<EnumType>, Matcher<InjectedClassNameType>, Matcher<LabelStmt>,
  Matcher<MemberExpr>, Matcher<QualType>, Matcher<RecordType>,
  Matcher<TagType>, Matcher<TemplateSpecializationType>,
  Matcher<TemplateTypeParmType>, Matcher<TypedefType>,
  Matcher<UnresolvedUsingType>
Matcher<UsingDecl>hasAnyUsingShadowDeclMatcher<UsingShadowDecl> InnerMatcher
Matches any using shadow declaration.

Given
  namespace X { void b(); }
  using X::b;
usingDecl(hasAnyUsingShadowDecl(hasName("b"))))
  matches using X::b 
Matcher<UsingShadowDecl>hasTargetDeclMatcher<NamedDecl> InnerMatcher
Matches a using shadow declaration where the target declaration is
matched by the given matcher.

Given
  namespace X { int a; void b(); }
  using X::a;
  using X::b;
usingDecl(hasAnyUsingShadowDecl(hasTargetDecl(functionDecl())))
  matches using X::b but not using X::a 
Matcher<ValueDecl>hasTypeMatcher<Decl> InnerMatcher
Overloaded to match the declaration of the expression's or value
declaration's type.

In case of a value declaration (for example a variable declaration),
this resolves one layer of indirection. For example, in the value
declaration "X x;", cxxRecordDecl(hasName("X")) matches the declaration of
X, while varDecl(hasType(cxxRecordDecl(hasName("X")))) matches the
declaration of x.

Example matches x (matcher = expr(hasType(cxxRecordDecl(hasName("X")))))
            and z (matcher = varDecl(hasType(cxxRecordDecl(hasName("X")))))
            and friend class X (matcher = friendDecl(hasType("X"))
 class X {};
 void y(X &x) { x; X z; }
 class Y { friend class X; };

Usable as: Matcher<Expr>, Matcher<ValueDecl>
Matcher<ValueDecl>hasTypeMatcher<QualType> InnerMatcher
Matches if the expression's or declaration's type matches a type
matcher.

Example matches x (matcher = expr(hasType(cxxRecordDecl(hasName("X")))))
            and z (matcher = varDecl(hasType(cxxRecordDecl(hasName("X")))))
            and U (matcher = typedefDecl(hasType(asString("int")))
            and friend class X (matcher = friendDecl(hasType("X"))
 class X {};
 void y(X &x) { x; X z; }
 typedef int U;
 class Y { friend class X; };
Matcher<VarDecl>hasInitializerMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches a variable declaration that has an initializer expression
that matches the given matcher.

Example matches x (matcher = varDecl(hasInitializer(callExpr())))
  bool y() { return true; }
  bool x = y();
Matcher<VariableArrayType>hasSizeExprMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches VariableArrayType nodes that have a specific size
expression.

Given
  void f(int b) {
    int a[b];
  }
variableArrayType(hasSizeExpr(ignoringImpCasts(declRefExpr(to(
  varDecl(hasName("b")))))))
  matches "int a[b]"
Matcher<WhileStmt>hasBodyMatcher<Stmt> InnerMatcher
Matches a 'for', 'while', 'do while' statement or a function
definition that has a given body.

Given
  for (;;) {}
hasBody(compoundStmt())
  matches 'for (;;) {}'
with compoundStmt()
  matching '{}'
Matcher<WhileStmt>hasConditionMatcher<Expr> InnerMatcher
Matches the condition expression of an if statement, for loop,
switch statement or conditional operator.

Example matches true (matcher = hasCondition(cxxBoolLiteral(equals(true))))
  if (true) {}
Matcher<internal::BindableMatcher<NestedNameSpecifierLoc>>locMatcher<NestedNameSpecifier> InnerMatcher
Matches NestedNameSpecifierLocs for which the given inner
NestedNameSpecifier-matcher matches.
Matcher<internal::BindableMatcher<TypeLoc>>locMatcher<QualType> InnerMatcher
Matches TypeLocs for which the given inner
QualType-matcher matches.