package ExtUtils::Typemaps::Type;
use 5.006001;
use strict;
use warnings;
require ExtUtils::Typemaps;

our $VERSION = '3.18';

=head1 NAME

ExtUtils::Typemaps::Type - Entry in the TYPEMAP section of a typemap

=head1 SYNOPSIS

use ExtUtils::Typemaps;
...
my $type = $typemap->get_type_map('char*');
my $input = $typemap->get_input_map($type->xstype);

=head1 DESCRIPTION

Refer to L<ExtUtils::Typemaps> for details.
Object associates C<ctype> with C<xstype>, which is the index
into the in- and output mapping tables.

=head1 METHODS

=cut

=head2 new

Requires C<xstype> and C<ctype> parameters.

Optionally takes C<prototype> parameter.

=cut

sub new {
my $prot = shift;
my $class = ref($prot)||$prot;
my %args = @_;

if (!ref($prot)) {
if (not defined $args{xstype} or not defined $args{ctype}) {
die("Need xstype and ctype parameters");
}
}

my $self = bless(
(ref($prot) ? {%$prot} : {proto => ''})
=> $class
);

$self->{xstype} = $args{xstype} if defined $args{xstype};
$self->{ctype} = $args{ctype} if defined $args{ctype};
$self->{tidy_ctype} = ExtUtils::Typemaps::_tidy_type($self->{ctype});
$self->{proto} = $args{'prototype'} if defined $args{'prototype'};

return $self;
}

=head2 proto

Returns or sets the prototype.

=cut

sub proto {
$_[0]->{proto} = $_[1] if @_ > 1;
return $_[0]->{proto};
}

=head2 xstype

Returns the name of the XS type that this C type is associated to.

=cut

sub xstype {
return $_[0]->{xstype};
}

=head2 ctype

Returns the name of the C type as it was set on construction.

=cut

sub ctype {
return defined($_[0]->{ctype}) ? $_[0]->{ctype} : $_[0]->{tidy_ctype};
}

=head2 tidy_ctype

Returns the canonicalized name of the C type.

=cut

sub tidy_ctype {
return $_[0]->{tidy_ctype};
}

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<ExtUtils::Typemaps>

=head1 AUTHOR

Steffen Mueller C<<[email protected]>>

=head1 COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Steffen Mueller

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

=cut

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