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+// Copyright (C) 2022 The Qt Company Ltd.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GPL-3.0-only WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0
+
+#ifndef GENERATORARGUMENT_H
+#define GENERATORARGUMENT_H
+
+#include <QtCore/QFlags>
+#include <QtCore/qobjectdefs.h>
+
+QT_FORWARD_DECLARE_CLASS(QDebug)
+
+class AbstractMetaType;
+
+/// A struct containing information on how the generator processes a function argument.
+struct GeneratorArgument
+{
+    Q_GADGET
+
+public:
+    enum class Type {
+        Other,
+        Primitive,
+        Enum,
+        Flags,
+        Container,
+        CppPrimitiveArray
+    };
+    Q_ENUM(Type)
+
+    enum class Conversion {
+        Default,
+        CppPrimitiveArray, // Similar to Default except default values
+        Pointer,
+        ValueOrPointer
+    };
+    Q_ENUM(Conversion)
+
+    enum class Flag {
+        TreatAsPointer = 0x1,
+        PointerOrObjectType = 0x2,
+        MayHaveImplicitConversion = 0x4,
+        ValueOrPointer = 0x8,
+    };
+    Q_ENUM(Flag)
+    Q_DECLARE_FLAGS(Flags, Flag)
+
+    static GeneratorArgument fromMetaType(const AbstractMetaType &type);
+
+    Flags flags;
+    /// Indirections from generated "cppArg<n>" variable to function argument.
+    qsizetype indirections = 0;
+    Type type = Type::Other;
+    Conversion conversion = Conversion::Default;
+};
+
+Q_DECLARE_OPERATORS_FOR_FLAGS(GeneratorArgument::Flags)
+
+QDebug operator<<(QDebug debug, const GeneratorArgument &a);
+
+#endif // GENERATORARGUMENT_H