Index: typemap
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RCS file: /cvsroot/gtk2-perl/gtk2-perl-xs/Glib/typemap,v
retrieving revision 1.9
diff -u -r1.9 typemap
--- typemap	5 Jul 2003 09:53:28 -0000	1.9
+++ typemap	14 Jul 2003 03:17:28 -0000
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@
 gfloat		T_FLOAT
 gdouble		T_DOUBLE
 
+GType		T_G_TYPE
+
 GObject*	T_G_TYPE_OBJECT
 GObject_ornull*	T_G_TYPE_OBJECT_ORNULL
 GObject_noinc*	T_G_TYPE_OBJECT_NOINC
@@ -71,6 +73,16 @@
 	$var = ($type)SvPV ($arg, STRLEN_length_of_$var);
         XSauto_length_of_$var = STRLEN_length_of_$var;
 
+T_G_TYPE
+        {
+          GType type = gperl_object_type_from_package((gchar *)SvPV_nolen($arg));
+
+          if (type == 0)
+            croak(\"The package %s has not been register with Glib\", SvPV_nolen($arg));
+          else
+            $var = type;
+        }
+
 T_G_TYPE_OBJECT
 	$var = SvGObject ($arg);
 
@@ -109,6 +121,23 @@
 	sv_setpv ((SV*)$arg, $var);
 	SvUTF8_on ($arg);
         g_free ($var);
+
+T_G_TYPE
+        {
+          gchar *tmp = gperl_object_package_from_type($var);
+
+          if (tmp != NULL)
+            {
+              sv_setpv((SV *)$arg, tmp);
+              SvUTF8_on($arg);
+            }
+          else
+	    {
+	      warn(\"Function tried to return an unregistered type\");
+
+              $arg = newSVsv(&PL_sv_undef);
+	    }
+        }                  
 
 T_G_TYPE_OBJECT
 	$arg = newSVGObject ($var);