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ExtUtils::Typemaps::Type(3perl) Perl Programmers Reference Guide ExtUtils::Typemaps::Type(3perl)

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.

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.

2020-07-21 perl v5.28.1