BaseTypeCategory.java

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package com.google.security.zynamics.binnavi.disassembly.types;

import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;

/**
 * Specifies the category of a given BaseType instance. The categories carry the same semantics as
 * their corresponding types in a C type system. The string values correspond to the enum
 * representation in the database.
 */
public enum BaseTypeCategory {
  /**
   * An atomic, i.e. built-in non-compound.
   */
  ATOMIC("atomic"),
  /**
   * An array type, i.e. a composition of the same type with a fixed number of elements.
   */
  ARRAY("array"),
  /**
   * A pointer type.
   */
  POINTER("pointer"),
  /**
   * A structure, i.e. user defined compound type.
   */
  STRUCT("struct"),
  /**
   * A union type in the sense of a C type system union.
   */
  UNION("union"),
  /**
   * A function prototype.
   */
  FUNCTION_PROTOTYPE("function_pointer");

  private final String value;
  private static final ImmutableMap<String, BaseTypeCategory> lookup = createLookup();

  private BaseTypeCategory(final String value) {
    this.value = value;
  }

  private static ImmutableMap<String, BaseTypeCategory> createLookup() {
    final ImmutableMap.Builder<String, BaseTypeCategory> builder = ImmutableMap.builder();
    for (final BaseTypeCategory category : BaseTypeCategory.values()) {
      builder.put(category.value, category);
    }
    return builder.build();
  }

  /**
   * Returns the enum value corresponding to the given string or null if no such value exists.
   *
   * @param value The string value to translate.
   * @return The corresponding enum value or null.
   */
  public static BaseTypeCategory fromString(final String value) {
    return lookup.get(value);
  }

  public static boolean isOffsetCategory(final BaseTypeCategory category) {
    return category == BaseTypeCategory.STRUCT || category == BaseTypeCategory.UNION;
  }

  @Override
  public String toString() {
    return value;
  }
}