Create getType function on TypeResolver.

This function allow the programmer discovery if a type is Object or
Value type.

Reviewer: Hugo Parente Lima <hugo.lima@openbossa.org>,
          Marcelo Lira <marcelo.lira@openbossa.org>

2 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/libshiboken/typeresolver.cpp b/libshiboken/typeresolver.cpp
index a88634a17..d2e042ba4 100644
--- a/libshiboken/typeresolver.cpp
+++ b/libshiboken/typeresolver.cpp
@@ -126,3 +126,25 @@ PyTypeObject* TypeResolver::pythonType()
 {
     return m_d->pyType;
 }
+
+TypeResolver::Type TypeResolver::getType(const char* name)
+{
+    std::string typeName(name);
+    int len = typeName.size() - 1;
+    if (len > 1) {
+        if (typeName[len] == '*')
+            typeName.erase(len, 1);
+
+        TypeResolver *resolver = TypeResolver::get(typeName.c_str());
+        if (resolver)
+            return TypeResolver::ValueType;
+
+        typeName += '*';
+        resolver = TypeResolver::get(typeName.c_str());
+        if (resolver)
+            return TypeResolver::ObjectType;
+    }
+
+    return TypeResolver::UnknownType;
+}
+
diff --git a/libshiboken/typeresolver.h b/libshiboken/typeresolver.h
index 1f4c46424..a55c0e56f 100644
--- a/libshiboken/typeresolver.h
+++ b/libshiboken/typeresolver.h
@@ -77,6 +77,13 @@ void initTypeResolver();
 class LIBSHIBOKEN_API TypeResolver
 {
 public:
+    enum Type
+    {
+        ObjectType,
+        ValueType,
+        UnknownType
+    };
+
     typedef PyObject* (*CppToPythonFunc)(void*);
     typedef void* (*PythonToCppFunc)(PyObject*);
     typedef void (*DeleteObjectFunc)(void*);
@@ -96,6 +103,7 @@ public:
         return new TypeResolver(typeName, &objectTypeToPython<T>, &pythonToObjectType<T>, SbkType<T>());
     }
 
+    static Type getType(const char* name);
     static TypeResolver* get(const char* typeName);
 
     const char* typeName() const;