TypeParser

Class responsible for parsing the type definition and create the same Type as described by the type string, but complying to the CPG TypeSystem

Functions

Infers corresponding qualifier information for the type depending on the keywords.

Infers the corresponding storage type depending on the present storage keyword.

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open fun createFrom(@NotNull name: @NotNull CharSequence, language: Language<out LanguageFrontend>): @NotNull Type

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open fun createFrom(@NotNull name: @NotNull CharSequence, resolveAlias: Boolean, language: Language<out LanguageFrontend>): @NotNull Type

Parses the type from a char sequence and the supplied language.

open fun createFrom(@NotNull type: @NotNull String, resolveAlias: Boolean, lang: LanguageFrontend): Type

A specialized version of the type parsing function that needs a language frontend and does magic with generics and typedefs.

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open fun createFrom(@NotNull type: @NotNull String, language: Language<out LanguageFrontend>, resolveAlias: Boolean, scopeManager: ScopeManager): @NotNull Type

Use this function for parsing new types and obtaining a new Type the TypeParser creates from the typeString.

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open fun createIgnoringAlias(@NotNull string: @NotNull String, @NotNull language: @NotNull Language<out LanguageFrontend>): @NotNull Type

Does the same as createIgnoringAlias but explicitly does not use type alias resolution.

Returns whether the specifier is part of an elaborated type specifier.

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open fun reWrapType(@NotNull oldChain: @NotNull Type, @NotNull newRoot: @NotNull Type): @NotNull Type

Reconstructs the type chain when the root node is modified e.g.

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open fun separate(@NotNull type: @NotNull String): @NotNull List<String>

Separates typeString into the different Parts that make up the type information