de.intarsys.nativec.type
Class NativeType

java.lang.Object
  de.intarsys.nativec.type.NativeType

All Implemented Interfaces:

INativeType

Direct Known Subclasses:

NativeAbstractStringType, NativeArrayType, NativeBufferType, NativeReferenceType, NativeSimpleType, NativeStructType

public abstract class NativeType
extends java.lang.Object
implements INativeType

A common superclass for INativeType implementations

Constructor Summary

protected	NativeType()
protected	NativeType(java.lang.Class<?> instanceClass)

Method Summary

INativeType	Array(int size) Create a Declaration that represents an array of this.
INativeObject	createNative(INativeHandle handle) Create a new INativeObject from a INativeHandle.
INativeObject	createNative(java.lang.Object value) Create an INativeObject for this type from the Java object.
int	getByteCount() The size of the type in c memory.
static INativeType	lookup(java.lang.Class<?> clazz)
INativeType	Ref() Create a Declaration that represents a reference to this.
static void	register(java.lang.Class<?> clazz, INativeType type)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface de.intarsys.nativec.type.INativeType

getPreferredBoundary

Constructor Detail

NativeType

protected NativeType()

NativeType

protected NativeType(java.lang.Class<?> instanceClass)

Method Detail

lookup

public static INativeType lookup(java.lang.Class<?> clazz)

register

public static void register(java.lang.Class<?> clazz,
                            INativeType type)

Array

public INativeType Array(int size)

Create a Declaration that represents an array of this.

Specified by:

Array in interface INativeType

Parameters:

size - The predefined size for the array.

Returns:

Create a Declaration that represents an array of this.

createNative

public INativeObject createNative(INativeHandle handle)

Description copied from interface: INativeType

Create a new INativeObject from a INativeHandle.

Specified by:

createNative in interface INativeType

Parameters:

handle - The handle to memory.

Returns:

The new INativeObject

createNative

public INativeObject createNative(java.lang.Object value)

Description copied from interface: INativeType

Create an INativeObject for this type from the Java object.

Specified by:

createNative in interface INativeType

Returns:

The new INativeObject

getByteCount

public int getByteCount()

Description copied from interface: INativeType

The size of the type in c memory.

Specified by:

getByteCount in interface INativeType

Returns:

The size of the type in c memory.

Ref

public INativeType Ref()

Create a Declaration that represents a reference to this.

Specified by:

Ref in interface INativeType

Returns:

Create a Declaration that represents a reference to this.