#ifndef __TYPEREF_HPP
#define __TYPEREF_HPP

class String;
class istream;
class ostream;

class aTypeReference {
public:
	enum reftype {
		refValue,
		refReference,
		refPointer
	};
private:
	String *theTypeName;
	reftype ref;
	int isconst;
public:
	aTypeReference(const char *name, reftype r, int c);
	aTypeReference(const String& name, reftype r, int c);
	aTypeReference(const aTypeReference& tr);
	aTypeReference(istream& is);
	virtual ~aTypeReference();

	aTypeReference& operator=(const aTypeReference& tr);

	const String *getTypeName() const { return theTypeName; }
	reftype getReferenceType() const { return ref; }
	int isConst() const { return isconst; }

	//stream stuff
	friend ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const aTypeReference& tr);
	virtual ostream& write(ostream& os) const;
};

inline ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const aTypeReference& tr) {
	return tr.write(os);
}

#endif