# Package org.codehaus.groovy.ast.builder

package org.codehaus.groovy.ast.builder
DSL builders for programmatic AST construction. Allows building Abstract Syntax Trees without parsing source code. Includes both Java and Groovy implementations.

- Related Packages
  Package
  Description
  org.codehaus.groovy.ast
  Groovy AST nodes for the syntax of the language
  org.codehaus.groovy.ast.decompiled
  Tools for converting decompiled Java bytecode back into AST representation.
  org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr
  AST nodes for Groovy expressions
  org.codehaus.groovy.ast.query
  A small, read-only fluent query API over the Groovy AST, intended as a declarative alternative to hand-written `ClassCodeVisitorSupport` subclasses for the common "find / collect / detect" cases that arise in AST transformations and compiler checks.
  org.codehaus.groovy.ast.stmt
  AST nodes for Groovy statements
  org.codehaus.groovy.ast.tools
  AST manipulation and analysis utilities.
- Classes
  Class
  Description
  AstStringCompiler
  This class handles converting Strings to ASTNode lists.