@Override
	public <T extends SyntacticItem> T getAncestor(SyntacticItem child, Class<T> kind) {
		// FIXME: this could be optimised a *lot*
		if (kind.isInstance(child)) {
			return (T) child;
		} else {
			for (int i = 0; i != syntacticItems.size(); ++i) {
				SyntacticItem parent = syntacticItems.get(i);
				for (int j = 0; j != parent.size(); ++j) {
					// Don't follow cross-references
					if (parent.get(j) == child && !(parent instanceof AbstractCompilationUnit.Ref)) {
						// FIXME: this is not specifically efficient. It would
						// be helpful if SyntacticItems actually contained
						// references to their parent items.
						T tmp = getAncestor(parent, kind);
						if (tmp != null) {
							return tmp;
						}
					}
				}
			}
			// no match
			return null;
		}
	}
@Override
	public <T extends SyntacticItem> T getAncestor(SyntacticItem child, Class<T> kind) {
		
		if (kind.isInstance(child)) {
			return (T) child;
		} else {
			for (int i = 0; i != syntacticItems.size(); ++i) {
				SyntacticItem parent = syntacticItems.get(i);
				for (int j = 0; j != parent.size(); ++j) {
					
					if (parent.get(j) == child && !(parent instanceof AbstractCompilationUnit.Ref)) {
						
						
						
						T tmp = getAncestor(parent, kind);
						if (tmp != null) {
							return tmp;
						}
					}
				}
			}
			
			return null;
		}
	}
@ Override public < T extends SyntacticItem > T getAncestor ( SyntacticItem child , Class < T > kind ) { // FIXME: this could be optimised a *lot* if ( kind . isInstance ( child ) ) { return ( T ) child ; } else { for ( int i = 0 ; i != syntacticItems . size ( ) ; ++ i ) { SyntacticItem parent = syntacticItems . get ( i ) ; for ( int j = 0 ; j != parent . size ( ) ; ++ j ) { // Don't follow cross-references if ( parent . get ( j ) == child && ! ( parent instanceof AbstractCompilationUnit . Ref ) ) { // FIXME: this is not specifically efficient. It would // be helpful if SyntacticItems actually contained // references to their parent items. T tmp = getAncestor ( parent , kind ) ; if ( tmp != null ) { return tmp ; } } } } // no match return null ; } }
Get first ancestor of a syntactic item matching the given kind. If no item
was found, then null is returned.

@param child
@param kind
@return
Get first ancestor of a syntactic item matching the given kind . If no item was found then null is returned .