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+/*************************************************************************
+ *
+ *  $RCSfile: codemaker.cxx,v $
+ *
+ *  $Revision: 1.2 $
+ *
+ *  last change: $Author: kz $ $Date: 2005-03-01 11:57:01 $
+ *
+ *  The Contents of this file are made available subject to the terms of
+ *  either of the following licenses
+ *
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+ *         - Sun Industry Standards Source License Version 1.1
+ *
+ *  Sun Microsystems Inc., October, 2000
+ *
+ *  GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1
+ *  =============================================
+ *  Copyright 2000 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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+ *
+ *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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+ *
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+ *  Sun Industry Standards Source License Version 1.1
+ *  =================================================
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+ *  The Initial Developer of the Original Code is: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+ *
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+ *
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+ *  Contributor(s): _______________________________________
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+ *
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+#include "sal/config.h"
+
+#include "codemaker/codemaker.hxx"
+
+#include "codemaker/options.hxx"
+#include "codemaker/typemanager.hxx"
+#include "codemaker/unotype.hxx"
+
+#include "osl/diagnose.h"
+#include "registry/reader.hxx"
+#include "registry/types.h"
+#include "rtl/strbuf.h"
+#include "rtl/string.h"
+#include "rtl/string.hxx"
+#include "rtl/ustring.hxx"
+#include "sal/types.h"
+
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace {
+
+void checkNoTypeArguments(std::vector< rtl::OString > const & arguments) {
+    if (!arguments.empty()) {
+        throw CannotDumpException(
+            rtl::OString(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("Bad type information")));
+            //TODO
+    }
+}
+
+}
+
+namespace codemaker {
+
+rtl::OString convertString(rtl::OUString const & string) {
+    rtl::OString s;
+    if (!string.convertToString(
+            &s, RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8,
+            (RTL_UNICODETOTEXT_FLAGS_UNDEFINED_ERROR
+             | RTL_UNICODETOTEXT_FLAGS_INVALID_ERROR)))
+    {
+        throw CannotDumpException(
+            rtl::OString(
+                RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(
+                    "Failure converting string from UTF-16 to UTF-8")));
+    }
+    return s;
+}
+
+codemaker::UnoType::Sort decomposeAndResolve(
+    TypeManager const & manager, rtl::OString const & type,
+    bool resolveTypedefs, bool allowVoid, bool allowExtraEntities,
+    RTTypeClass * typeClass, rtl::OString * name, sal_Int32 * rank,
+    std::vector< rtl::OString > * arguments)
+{
+    OSL_ASSERT(typeClass != 0 && name != 0 && rank != 0 && arguments != 0);
+    *rank = 0;
+    for (rtl::OString t(type);;) {
+        sal_Int32 n = 0;
+        *name = codemaker::UnoType::decompose(t, &n, arguments);
+        if (n > SAL_MAX_INT32 - *rank) {
+            throw CannotDumpException(
+                rtl::OString(
+                    RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("Bad type information"))); //TODO
+        }
+        *rank += n;
+        if (n > 0) {
+            allowVoid = false;
+            allowExtraEntities = false;
+        }
+        codemaker::UnoType::Sort sort = codemaker::UnoType::getSort(*name);
+        switch (sort) {
+        case codemaker::UnoType::SORT_VOID:
+            if (!allowVoid) {
+                throw CannotDumpException(
+                    rtl::OString(
+                        RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("Bad type information")));
+                    //TODO
+            }
+        default:
+            checkNoTypeArguments(*arguments);
+            *typeClass = RT_TYPE_INVALID;
+            return sort;
+
+        case codemaker::UnoType::SORT_COMPLEX:
+            typereg::Reader reader(manager.getTypeReader(*name));
+            *typeClass = reader.getTypeClass();
+            switch (*typeClass) {
+            case RT_TYPE_ENUM:
+            case RT_TYPE_INTERFACE:
+                checkNoTypeArguments(*arguments);
+                return sort;
+
+            case RT_TYPE_STRUCT:
+                if (!(allowExtraEntities && arguments->empty())
+                    && (arguments->size() > SAL_MAX_UINT16
+                        || (static_cast< sal_uInt16 >(arguments->size())
+                            != reader.getReferenceCount())))
+                {
+                    throw CannotDumpException(
+                        rtl::OString(
+                            RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(
+                                "Bad type information"))); //TODO
+                }
+                return sort;
+
+            case RT_TYPE_MODULE:
+            case RT_TYPE_EXCEPTION:
+            case RT_TYPE_SERVICE:
+            case RT_TYPE_SINGLETON:
+            case RT_TYPE_CONSTANTS:
+                if (!allowExtraEntities) {
+                    throw CannotDumpException(
+                        rtl::OString(
+                            RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(
+                                "Bad type information"))); //TODO
+                }
+                checkNoTypeArguments(*arguments);
+                //TODO: check reader for consistency
+                return sort;
+
+            case RT_TYPE_TYPEDEF:
+                checkNoTypeArguments(*arguments);
+                if (reader.getSuperTypeCount() == 1
+                    && reader.getFieldCount() == 0
+                    && reader.getMethodCount() == 0
+                    && reader.getReferenceCount() == 0)
+                {
+                    if (resolveTypedefs) {
+                        t = convertString(reader.getSuperTypeName(0));
+                        continue;
+                    } else {
+                        return sort;
+                    }
+                }
+            default:
+                throw CannotDumpException(
+                    rtl::OString(
+                        RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("Bad type information")));
+                    //TODO
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+}