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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2009 Zmanda, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+ * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
+ * for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ *
+ * Contact information: Zmanda Inc., 465 S. Mathilda Ave., Suite 300
+ * Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA, or: http://www.zmanda.com
+ */
+
+/* Functions to wrap arbitrary C objects into perl, with a blessing. These
+ * functions are used when we totally skip SWIG's object-wrapping and build
+ * our own Perl methods to wrap a class -- currently only in AManda::Xfer.
+ */
+
+#include "amglue.h"
+
+SV *
+new_sv_for_c_obj(
+ gpointer c_obj,
+ const char *perl_class)
+{
+ SV *sv = newSV(0);
+
+ /* Make an SV that contains a pointer to the object, and bless it
+ * with the appropriate class. */
+ sv_setref_pv(sv, perl_class, c_obj);
+
+ return sv;
+}
+
+gpointer
+c_obj_from_sv(
+ SV *sv,
+ const char *derived_from)
+{
+ SV *referent;
+ IV tmp;
+
+ if (!sv) return NULL;
+ if (!SvOK(sv)) return NULL;
+
+ /* Peel back the layers. The sv should be a blessed reference to a PV,
+ * and we check the class against derived_from to ensure we have the right
+ * stuff. */
+ if (!sv_isobject(sv) || !sv_derived_from(sv, derived_from)) {
+ croak("Value is not an object of type %s", derived_from);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ referent = (SV *)SvRV(sv);
+ tmp = SvIV(referent);
+ return INT2PTR(gpointer, tmp);
+}
+