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CONTENTS

NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

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

METHODS

new

Requires xstype and ctype parameters.

Optionally takes prototype parameter. Note however that the method to get/set the value is called proto rather than <prototype>.

proto

Returns or sets the prototype.

xstype

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

ctype

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

tidy_ctype

Returns the canonicalized name of the C type.

SEE ALSO

ExtUtils::Typemaps

AUTHOR

Steffen Mueller <smueller@cpan.org>

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.