posix.vapi: signal is allowed to be null (restoring the original handler)
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1 /* valapointertype.vala
3 * Copyright (C) 2007-2009 Jürg Billeter
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.
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.
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
19 * Author:
20 * Jürg Billeter <j@bitron.ch>
23 using GLib;
24 using Gee;
26 /**
27 * A pointer type.
29 public class Vala.PointerType : DataType {
30 /**
31 * The base type the pointer is referring to.
33 public DataType base_type {
34 get { return _base_type; }
35 set {
36 _base_type = value;
37 _base_type.parent_node = this;
41 private DataType _base_type;
43 public PointerType (DataType base_type, SourceReference? source_reference = null) {
44 this.base_type = base_type;
45 nullable = true;
46 this.source_reference = source_reference;
49 public override string to_qualified_string (Scope? scope) {
50 return base_type.to_qualified_string (scope) + "*";
53 public override string? get_cname () {
54 if (base_type.data_type != null && base_type.data_type.is_reference_type ()) {
55 return base_type.get_cname ();
56 } else {
57 return base_type.get_cname () + "*";
61 public override DataType copy () {
62 return new PointerType (base_type.copy ());
65 public override bool compatible (DataType target_type) {
66 if (target_type is PointerType || (target_type.data_type != null && target_type.data_type.get_attribute ("PointerType") != null)) {
67 return true;
70 /* temporarily ignore type parameters */
71 if (target_type.type_parameter != null) {
72 return true;
75 if (base_type.is_reference_type_or_type_parameter ()) {
76 // Object* is compatible with Object if Object is a reference type
77 return base_type.compatible (target_type);
80 return false;
83 public override Symbol? get_pointer_member (string member_name) {
84 Symbol base_symbol = base_type.data_type;
86 if (base_symbol == null) {
87 return null;
90 return SemanticAnalyzer.symbol_lookup_inherited (base_symbol, member_name);
93 public override Gee.List<Symbol> get_symbols () {
94 return base_type.get_symbols ();
97 public override string? get_type_id () {
98 return "G_TYPE_POINTER";
101 public override void accept_children (CodeVisitor visitor) {
102 base_type.accept (visitor);
105 public override void replace_type (DataType old_type, DataType new_type) {
106 if (base_type == old_type) {
107 base_type = new_type;
111 public override bool is_disposable () {
112 return false;
115 public override bool check (SemanticAnalyzer analyzer) {
116 error = !base_type.check (analyzer);
117 return !error;