#ifndef __TYPE_HPP
#define __TYPE_HPP
#include <_null.h>

class istream;
class ostream;
class String;
class aType {
	String *name;
	String *fromLibrary;
public:
	//2 constructors - one with char* and one with String&
	aType(const char *name, const char *libname=NULL);
	aType(const String& name, const String& libname);
	//copy constructor
	aType(const aType& t);
	//stream constructor
	aType(istream& i);

	virtual ~aType();


	//get ptr to name of type
	const String* getName() const;
	//get full name of type (eg: "library:namespace:typename" )
	virtual String* getFullName() const;
	//change name of type
	void changeName(const String& s);

	virtual const String* getLibraryName() const;

	//RTTI
	virtual int isClass() const = 0 ;
	virtual int isSimple() const
		{ return !isClass(); }
	virtual int isFromLibrary() const =0;

	//stream stuff
	virtual const char *getstreamablename() const =0;
	friend ostream& operator<<(ostream& o, const aType& t);
	virtual ostream& write(ostream& o) const;
};

inline ostream& operator<<(ostream& o, const aType& t) {
	return t.write(o);
}

#endif