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+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2022 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+package org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.cexport
+
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.builtins.UnsignedType
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.builtins.konan.KonanBuiltIns
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.ClassDescriptor
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.descriptorUtil.classId
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.descriptorUtil.fqNameSafe
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.KotlinType
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.typeUtil.isNothing
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.typeUtil.isUnit
+
+internal class CAdapterTypeTranslator(
+        val prefix: String,
+        val builtIns: KonanBuiltIns,
+) {
+    private fun translateTypeFull(type: KotlinType): Pair<String, String> =
+            if (isMappedToVoid(type)) {
+                "void" to "void"
+            } else {
+                translateNonVoidTypeFull(type)
+            }
+
+    internal fun isMappedToReference(type: KotlinType) =
+            !isMappedToVoid(type) && !isMappedToString(type) &&
+                    type.binaryTypeIsReference()
+
+    fun isMappedToString(binaryType: BinaryType<ClassDescriptor>): Boolean =
+            when (binaryType) {
+                is BinaryType.Primitive -> false
+                is BinaryType.Reference -> binaryType.types.first() == builtIns.string
+            }
+
+    fun isMappedToString(type: KotlinType): Boolean =
+            isMappedToString(type.computeBinaryType())
+
+    internal fun isMappedToVoid(type: KotlinType): Boolean {
+        return type.isUnit() || type.isNothing()
+    }
+
+    fun translateType(element: SignatureElement): String =
+            translateTypeFull(element.type).first
+
+    fun translateType(type: KotlinType): String
+            = translateTypeFull(type).first
+
+    fun translateTypeBridge(type: KotlinType): String = translateTypeFull(type).second
+
+    fun translateTypeFqName(name: String): String {
+        return name.replace('.', '_')
+    }
+
+    private fun translateNonVoidTypeFull(type: KotlinType): Pair<String, String> = type.unwrapToPrimitiveOrReference(
+            eachInlinedClass = { inlinedClass, _ ->
+                unsignedTypeMapping[inlinedClass.classId]?.let {
+                    return it to it
+                }
+            },
+            ifPrimitive = { primitiveType, _ ->
+                primitiveTypeMapping[primitiveType]!!.let { it to it }
+            },
+            ifReference = {
+                val clazz = (it.computeBinaryType() as BinaryType.Reference).types.first()
+                if (clazz == builtIns.string) {
+                    "const char*" to "KObjHeader*"
+                } else {
+                    "${prefix}_kref_${translateTypeFqName(clazz.fqNameSafe.asString())}" to "KObjHeader*"
+                }
+            }
+    )
+
+    private val primitiveTypeMapping = KonanPrimitiveType.values().associate {
+        it to when (it) {
+            KonanPrimitiveType.BOOLEAN -> "${prefix}_KBoolean"
+            KonanPrimitiveType.CHAR -> "${prefix}_KChar"
+            KonanPrimitiveType.BYTE -> "${prefix}_KByte"
+            KonanPrimitiveType.SHORT -> "${prefix}_KShort"
+            KonanPrimitiveType.INT -> "${prefix}_KInt"
+            KonanPrimitiveType.LONG -> "${prefix}_KLong"
+            KonanPrimitiveType.FLOAT -> "${prefix}_KFloat"
+            KonanPrimitiveType.DOUBLE -> "${prefix}_KDouble"
+            KonanPrimitiveType.NON_NULL_NATIVE_PTR -> "void*"
+            KonanPrimitiveType.VECTOR128 -> "${prefix}_KVector128"
+        }
+    }
+
+    private val unsignedTypeMapping = UnsignedType.values().associate {
+        it.classId to when (it) {
+            UnsignedType.UBYTE -> "${prefix}_KUByte"
+            UnsignedType.USHORT -> "${prefix}_KUShort"
+            UnsignedType.UINT -> "${prefix}_KUInt"
+            UnsignedType.ULONG -> "${prefix}_KULong"
+        }
+    }
+}
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