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+/* valapointer.vala
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2007  Jürg Billeter
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301  USA
+ *
+ * Author:
+ * 	Jürg Billeter <j@bitron.ch>
+ */
+
+using GLib;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a pointer-type.
+ */
+public class Vala.Pointer : DataType {
+	/**
+	 * The type to which this pointer type points.
+	 */
+	public DataType! referent_type { get; set construct; }
+	
+	private string cname;
+	
+	public Pointer (construct DataType! referent_type, construct SourceReference source_reference = null) {
+	}
+
+	construct {
+		name = referent_type.name + "*";
+	}
+
+	public override string get_cname (bool const_type = false) {
+		if (cname == null) {
+			if (referent_type.is_reference_type ()) {
+				cname = "%s**".printf (referent_type.get_cname ());
+			} else {
+				cname = "%s*".printf (referent_type.get_cname ());
+			}
+		}
+
+		return cname;
+	}
+
+	public override bool is_reference_type () {
+		return false;
+	}
+	
+	public override ref string get_upper_case_cname (string infix) {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	public override ref string get_lower_case_cname (string infix) {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	public override string get_free_function () {
+		return null;
+	}
+	
+	public override ref List<string> get_cheader_filenames () {
+		return referent_type.get_cheader_filenames ();
+	}
+
+	public override string get_type_id () {
+		return "G_TYPE_POINTER";
+	}
+
+	public override string get_marshaller_type_name () {
+		return "POINTER";
+	}
+
+	public override string get_get_value_function () {
+		return "g_value_get_pointer";
+	}
+	
+	public override string get_set_value_function () {
+		return "g_value_set_pointer";
+	}
+}