Add a way to look up a type by it's name in a module.

git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@97379 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8

3 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm.ml b/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm.ml
index a8ecb3d8cf..c317a80458 100644
--- a/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm.ml
+++ b/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm.ml
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ external define_type_name : string -> lltype -> llmodule -> bool
                           = "llvm_add_type_name"
 external delete_type_name : string -> llmodule -> unit
                           = "llvm_delete_type_name"
+external type_by_name : llmodule -> string -> lltype option
+                      = "llvm_type_by_name"
 external dump_module : llmodule -> unit = "llvm_dump_module"
 
 (*===-- Types -------------------------------------------------------------===*)
diff --git a/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm.mli b/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm.mli
index 06ffed52cf..7025f85b54 100644
--- a/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm.mli
+++ b/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm.mli
@@ -274,6 +274,11 @@ external define_type_name : string -> lltype -> llmodule -> bool
 external delete_type_name : string -> llmodule -> unit
                           = "llvm_delete_type_name"
 
+(** [type_by_name m n] returns the type in the module [m] named [n], or [None]
+    if it does not exist. See the method [llvm::Module::getTypeByName]. *)
+external type_by_name : llmodule -> string -> lltype option
+                      = "llvm_type_by_name"
+
 (** [dump_module m] prints the .ll representation of the module [m] to standard
     error. See the method [llvm::Module::dump]. *)
 external dump_module : llmodule -> unit = "llvm_dump_module"
diff --git a/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm_ocaml.c b/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm_ocaml.c
index d97523d60c..b06f688904 100644
--- a/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm_ocaml.c
+++ b/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm_ocaml.c
@@ -164,6 +164,18 @@ CAMLprim value llvm_delete_type_name(value Name, LLVMModuleRef M) {
   return Val_unit;
 }
 
+/* llmodule -> string -> lltype option */
+CAMLprim value llvm_type_by_name(LLVMModuleRef M, value Name) {
+  CAMLparam1(Name);
+  LLVMTypeRef T;
+  if ((T = LLVMGetTypeByName(M, String_val(Name)))) {
+    value Option = alloc(1, 0);
+    Field(Option, 0) = (value) T;
+    CAMLreturn(Option);
+  }
+  CAMLreturn(Val_int(0));
+}
+
 /* llmodule -> unit */
 CAMLprim value llvm_dump_module(LLVMModuleRef M) {
   LLVMDumpModule(M);