public static string gencode_gettypes_fromnames(string name, List <string> names)
{
// build the type list
CodeGen tl = new CodeGen();
const string ts = "types";
const string ns = "names";
tl.stmt("var " + ts + " = new List<Type>()");
tl.stmt("var " + ns + " = new string[] { \"" + string.Join("\",\"", names.ToArray()) + "\"}");
tl.line("foreach (var n in " + ns + ")");
tl.block_start();
tl.com("get type");
tl.stmt("var t = Type.GetType(\"GleanCommon.\"+n)");
tl.com("save it");
tl.stmt("if (t!=null) " + ts + ".Add(t)");
tl.block_end();
tl.stmt("return " + ts);
tl.line();
// wrap function around it
var code = TargetMap.GetMethod(GETTYPEFUNCTION + "_" + name, "static List<Type>", string.Empty, false, tl);
code = h.retab(code);
return(code);
}