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#ifndef _GLIBMM_WRAP_H
#define _GLIBMM_WRAP_H

/* Copyright (C) 1998-2002 The gtkmm Development Team
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * 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.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

#include <glib-object.h>
#include <glibmm/refptr.h>
#include <glibmm/objectbase.h>

namespace Glib
{

#ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS

class ObjectBase;
class Object;

// Type of the per-class wrap_new() functions.
using WrapNewFunction = Glib::ObjectBase*(*)(GObject*);

// Setup and free the structures used by wrap_register().
// Both functions might be called more than once.
void wrap_register_init();
void wrap_register_cleanup();

// Register a new type for auto allocation.
void wrap_register(GType type, WrapNewFunction func);

// Return the current C++ wrapper instance of the GObject,
// or automatically generate a new wrapper if there's none.
Glib::ObjectBase* wrap_auto(GObject* object, bool take_copy = false);

/** Create a C++ instance of a known C++ type that is mostly closely associated with the GType of
 * the C object.
 * @param object The C object which should be placed in a new C++ instance.
 * @param interface_gtype The returned instance will implement this interface. Otherwise it will be
 * NULL.
 */
Glib::ObjectBase* wrap_create_new_wrapper_for_interface(GObject* object, GType interface_gtype);

// Return the current C++ wrapper instance of the GObject,
// or automatically generate a new wrapper if there's none.
template <class TInterface>
TInterface*
wrap_auto_interface(GObject* object, bool take_copy = false)
{
  if (!object)
    return nullptr;

  // Look up current C++ wrapper instance:
  ObjectBase* pCppObject = ObjectBase::_get_current_wrapper(object);

  if (!pCppObject)
  {
    // There's not already a wrapper: generate a new C++ instance.
    // We use exact_type_only=true avoid creating Glib::Object for interfaces of unknown
    // implementation,
    // because we do not want a C++ object that does not dynamic_cast to the expected interface
    // type.
    pCppObject = wrap_create_new_wrapper_for_interface(object, TInterface::get_base_type());
  }

  // If no exact wrapper was created,
  // create an instance of the interface,
  // so we at least get the expected type:
  TInterface* result = nullptr;
  if (pCppObject)
  {
    result = dynamic_cast<TInterface*>(pCppObject);
    if (!result)
    {
      g_warning("Glib::wrap_auto_interface(): The C++ instance (%s) does not dynamic_cast to the "
                "interface.\n",
        typeid(*pCppObject).name());
    }
  }
  else
    result = new TInterface((typename TInterface::BaseObjectType*)object);

  // take_copy=true is used where the GTK+ function doesn't do
  // an extra ref for us, and always for plain struct members.
  if (take_copy && result)
    result->reference();

  return result;
}

#endif // DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS

// Get a C++ instance that wraps the C instance.
// This always returns the same C++ instance for the same C instance.
// Each wrapper has it's own override of Glib::wrap().
// use take_copy = true when wrapping a struct member.
// TODO: move to object.h ?
/** @relates Glib::Object */
Glib::RefPtr<Glib::Object> wrap(GObject* object, bool take_copy = false);

/** Get the underlying C instance from the C++ instance.  This is just
 * like calling gobj(), but it does its own check for a NULL pointer.
 */
template <class T>
inline typename T::BaseObjectType*
unwrap(T* ptr)
{
  return (ptr) ? ptr->gobj() : nullptr;
}

/** Get the underlying C instance from the C++ instance.  This is just
 * like calling gobj(), but it does its own check for a NULL pointer.
 */
template <class T>
inline const typename T::BaseObjectType*
unwrap(const T* ptr)
{
  return (ptr) ? ptr->gobj() : nullptr;
}

/** Get the underlying C instance from the C++ instance.  This is just
 * like calling gobj(), but it does its own check for a NULL pointer.
 */
template <class T>
inline typename T::BaseObjectType*
unwrap(const Glib::RefPtr<T>& ptr)
{
  return (ptr) ? ptr->gobj() : nullptr;
}

/** Get the underlying C instance from the C++ instance.  This is just
 * like calling gobj(), but it does its own check for a NULL pointer.
 */
template <class T>
inline const typename T::BaseObjectType*
unwrap(const Glib::RefPtr<const T>& ptr)
{
  return (ptr) ? ptr->gobj() : nullptr;
}

// This unwrap_copy() overload is intended primarily for classes wrapped as
// _CLASS_BOXEDTYPE, _CLASS_OPAQUE_COPYABLE or _CLASS_OPAQUE_REFCOUNTED,
// where the C++ objects are not stored in Glib::RefPtr<>s. They have a const
// gobj_copy() member that returns a non-const pointer to the underlying C instance.
/** Get the underlying C instance from the C++ instance and acquire a
 * reference or copy. This is just like calling gobj_copy(), but it does its own
 * check for a NULL pointer to the underlying C instance.
 */
template <class T>
inline typename T::BaseObjectType*
unwrap_copy(const T& obj)
{
  return obj.gobj() ? obj.gobj_copy() : nullptr;
}

/** Get the underlying C instance from the C++ instance and acquire a
 * reference.  This is just like calling gobj_copy(), but it does its own
 * check for a NULL pointer.
 */
template <class T>
inline typename T::BaseObjectType*
unwrap_copy(const Glib::RefPtr<T>& ptr)
{
  return (ptr) ? ptr->gobj_copy() : nullptr;
}

/** Get the underlying C instance from the C++ instance and acquire a
 * reference.  This is just like calling gobj_copy(), but it does its own
 * check for a NULL pointer.
 */
template <class T>
inline const typename T::BaseObjectType*
unwrap_copy(const Glib::RefPtr<const T>& ptr)
{
  return (ptr) ? ptr->gobj_copy() : nullptr;
}

} // namespace Glib

#endif /* _GLIBMM_WRAP_H */