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[nit.git] / src / metamodel / type_formal.nit
1 # This file is part of NIT ( http://www.nitlanguage.org ).
2 #
3 # Copyright 2004-2008 Jean Privat <jean@pryen.org>
4 # Copyright 2006-2008 Floréal Morandat <morandat@lirmm.fr>
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17
18 # Formal types
19 package type_formal
20
21 import inheritance
22
23 redef class MMType
24 # The type a indirect type refers to
25 fun direct_type: MMType do return self
26
27 fun has_formal: Bool do return false
28 end
29
30 # Formal types are named indirect types
31 abstract class MMTypeFormal
32 super MMType
33 redef fun is_valid do return _bound != null and _bound.is_valid
34
35 # The name of the type
36 readable var _name: Symbol
37
38 # The type refered
39 fun bound: MMType do return _bound.as(not null)
40 var _bound: nullable MMType
41
42 redef fun <(t) do return t == self or t.is_supertype(bound)
43 redef fun is_supertype(t) do return _bound.is_supertype(t)
44 redef fun is_nullable do return _bound.is_nullable
45 redef fun direct_type do return _bound.direct_type
46 redef fun local_class do return _bound.local_class
47 redef fun has_formal do return true
48
49 redef fun to_s do return _name.to_s
50
51 protected init(name: Symbol, bound: nullable MMType)
52 do
53 _name = name
54 _bound = bound
55 end
56 end
57
58 redef class MMNullableType
59 redef fun has_formal do return self.base_type.has_formal
60 end