Package org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.rewrite

Class TypeHelper

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.rewrite.TypeHelper

public class TypeHelper
extends Object

A collection of static methods related to types.

Since:

5.4

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static IType	createType(IASTDeclarator declarator)
static boolean	shouldBePassedByReference(IType type, IASTTranslationUnit ast)	Returns true if it is preferable to pass parameters of the given type to methods by reference, not by value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

shouldBePassedByReference

public static boolean shouldBePassedByReference(IType type,
 IASTTranslationUnit ast)

Returns true if it is preferable to pass parameters of the given type to methods by reference, not by value. A parameter should be passed by reference if it is a class, struct, or union, and either has a nontrivial copy constructor or nontrivial destructor, or is larger than pointer.

Parameters:

type - the type in question.

ast - the AST used as a context.

Returns:

true is passing by reverence is preferable.

createType

public static IType createType(IASTDeclarator declarator)