/// <summary>get or create the boxed value type(s) for a .NET arrayType</summary>
internal Type GetOrCreateBoxedTypeForArray(Type arrayType)
{
if (!arrayType.IsArray)
{
// an array-type is required for calling GetOrCreateBoxedTypeForArray
throw new INTERNAL(10050, CompletionStatus.Completed_MayBe);
}
lock (this) {
// for the .NET / .NET case, check if already a boxed type has been created by the idl to cls compiler
// the repository id, which will identify the boxed value type generated for clsArrayType
// will be used to check, if this boxed value type has already been created by the idl to cls mapping.
string repIdForType = (string)m_repIdsForBoxedArrays[arrayType];
if (repIdForType == null)
{
repIdForType = m_boxedValGen.GetRepositoryIDForBoxedArrayType(arrayType);
m_repIdsForBoxedArrays[arrayType] = repIdForType;
}
// repository knows all the types, ask for type for rep-id
Type result = Repository.GetTypeForId(repIdForType);
if (result == null)
{
// no type found,
// create the boxed value type(s) for the array
TypeBuilder resultBuild = m_boxedValGen.CreateBoxedTypeForArray(arrayType, m_modBuilder, this);
result = resultBuild.CreateType();
Repository.RegisterDynamicallyCreatedType(result);
}
return(result);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// create the type with name fullname, described by forTypeCode!
/// </summary>
/// <param name="fullname"></param>
/// <param name="forTypeCode"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
internal Type CreateOrGetType(string fullname, TypeCodeImpl forTypeCode)
{
lock (this) {
Type result = RetrieveType(fullname);
if (result == null)
{
result = forTypeCode.CreateType(m_modBuilder, fullname);
Repository.RegisterDynamicallyCreatedType(result);
}
return(result);
}
}