vala/valatypeparameter.vala

   1 /* valatypeparameter.vala
   2  *
   3  * Copyright (C) 2006-2008  Jürg Billeter
   4  *
   5  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
   6  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
   7  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
   8  * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
   9
  10  * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  11  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  12  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  13  * Lesser General Public License for more details.
  14
  15  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
  16  * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
  17  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301  USA
  18  *
  19  * Author:
  20  *      Jürg Billeter <j@bitron.ch>
  21  */
  22
  23 using GLib;
  24 using Gee;
  25
  26 /**
  27  * Represents a generic type parameter in the source code.
  28  */
  29 public class Vala.TypeParameter : Symbol {
  30         /**
  31          * The generic type declaring this parameter.
  32          */
  33         public weak TypeSymbol type;
  34
  35         /**
  36          * Creates a new generic type parameter.
  37          *
  38          * @param name   parameter name
  39          * @param source reference to source code
  40          * @return       newly created generic type parameter
  41          */
  42         public TypeParameter (string name, SourceReference source_reference) {
  43                 base (name, source_reference);
  44         }
  45
  46         public override void accept (CodeVisitor visitor) {
  47                 visitor.visit_type_parameter (this);
  48         }
  49
  50         /**
  51          * Checks two type parameters for equality.
  52          *
  53          * @param param2 a type parameter
  54          * @return      true if this type parameter is equal to param2, false
  55          *              otherwise
  56          */
  57         public bool equals (TypeParameter param2) {
  58                 // FIXME check whether the corresponding data type of one of the
  59                 //       parameters is a base type of the corresponding data
  60                 //       type of the other parameter and check along the path
  61                 //       whether one parameter maps to the other
  62                 return true;
  63         }
  64 }