ExtUtils::Typemaps::Type(3perl) Perl Programmers Reference Guide ExtUtils::Typemaps::Type(3perl)

ExtUtils::Typemaps::Type - Entry in the TYPEMAP section of a typemap

use ExtUtils::Typemaps;
...
my $type = $typemap->get_type_map('char*');
my $input = $typemap->get_input_map($type->xstype);

Refer to ExtUtils::Typemaps for details. Object associates "ctype" with "xstype", which is the index into the in- and output mapping tables.

Requires "xstype" and "ctype" parameters.

Optionally takes "prototype" parameter. Note however that the method to get/set the value is called "proto" rather than <prototype>.

Returns or sets the prototype.

Returns the name of the XS type that this C type is associated to.

Returns the name of the C type as it was set on construction.

Returns the canonicalized name of the C type.

ExtUtils::Typemaps

Steffen Mueller "<smueller@cpan.org">

Copyright 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Steffen Mueller

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

2026-08-11 perl v5.42.2