# -*- mode: qore; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
#! Qore QoreHashDataType class definition

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# assume local scope for variables, do not use "$" signs
%new-style
# require type definitions everywhere
%require-types
#! strict argument handling
%strict-args
# enable all warnings
%enable-all-warnings

%requires reflection

#! contains all public definitions in the DataProvider module
public namespace DataProvider {
#! describes a data type
public class QoreHashDataType inherits QoreDataType {
    #! creates the type
    /** @throw TYPE-ERROR invalid type; must be a hash type but not a hashdecl
    */
    constructor(Type type = HashType, *hash<auto> options, *hash<auto> tags) : QoreDataType(type, options, tags) {
        if (type.getBaseTypeCode() != NT_HASH || type.isTypedHash()) {
            throw "TYPE-ERROR", sprintf("cannot create a %s object from type %y", self.className(), type.getName());
        }
    }

    #! get the given field type if it exists, otherwise return @ref nothing
    *AbstractDataProviderType getFieldType(string field_name) {
        return getElementType();
    }
}
}
