// GLib.TypeConverter.cs : Convert between fundamental and .NET types 
//
// Author: Rachel Hestilow <hestilow@ximian.com>
//
// Copyright (c) 2002 Rachel Hestilow
//
// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
// modify it under the terms of version 2 of the Lesser GNU General 
// Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
//
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// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
// Lesser General Public License for more details.
//
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// License along with this program; if not, write to the
// Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
// Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.


namespace GLib {
	using System;
	using System.Collections;
	using System.Reflection;

	public class TypeConverter {

		private TypeConverter () {}
		
		public static GType LookupType (System.Type type)
		{
			if (type.Equals (typeof (char)))
				return GType.Char;
			if (type.Equals (typeof (bool)))
				return GType.Boolean;
			if (type.Equals (typeof (int)))
				return GType.Int;
			if (type.Equals (typeof (uint)))
				return GType.UInt;
			if (type.Equals (typeof (long)))
				return GType.Int64;
			if (type.Equals (typeof (ulong)))
				return GType.UInt64;
			if (type.Equals (typeof (float)))
				return GType.Float;
			if (type.Equals (typeof (double)))
				return GType.Double;
			if (type.Equals (typeof (string)))
				return GType.String;
			if (type.IsSubclassOf (typeof (GLib.Object)))
				return GType.Object;
			PropertyInfo pi = type.GetProperty ("GType", BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.FlattenHierarchy);
			if (pi != null)
				return (GType) pi.GetValue (null, null); 
			if (type.IsSubclassOf (typeof (GLib.Opaque)))
				return GType.Pointer;

			return ManagedValue.GType;
		}
	}
}