# debugDescribeChildren method

1. @protected

List<DiagnosticsNode> debugDescribeChildren ()

Returns a list of `DiagnosticsNode` objects describing this node's children.

Children that are offstage should be added with `style` set to `DiagnosticsTreeStyle.offstage` to indicate that they are offstage.

The list must not contain any null entries. If there are explicit null children to report, consider `new DiagnosticsNode.message` or `DiagnosticsProperty<Object>` as possible `DiagnosticsNode` objects to provide.

See also:

- `RenderTable.debugDescribeChildren`, which provides high quality custom descriptions for its child nodes.

Used by toStringDeep, toDiagnosticsNode and toStringShallow.

## Implementation

    @protected
    List<DiagnosticsNode> debugDescribeChildren() => const <DiagnosticsNode>[];