From cb1c7730cf5065c708eaea3d151fb9c8682cfce5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Turner <jason@emptycrate.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 09:05:29 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add the ability to look up user defined typenames

Closes #124
---
 CMakeLists.txt                                |  4 ++++
 .../chaiscript/language/chaiscript_engine.hpp | 12 ++++++++++
 unittests/type_name_test.cpp                  | 22 +++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 38 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 unittests/type_name_test.cpp

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fbc5925..f6183c1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -275,6 +275,10 @@ if(BUILD_TESTING)
     target_link_libraries(type_info_test ${LIBS})
     add_test(NAME Type_Info_Test COMMAND type_info_test)
 
+    add_executable(type_name_test unittests/type_name_test.cpp)
+    target_link_libraries(type_name_test ${LIBS})
+    add_test(NAME Type_Name_Test COMMAND type_name_test)
+
     add_executable(eval_catch_exception_test unittests/eval_catch_exception_test.cpp)
     target_link_libraries(eval_catch_exception_test ${LIBS})
     add_test(NAME Eval_Catch_Exception_Test COMMAND eval_catch_exception_test)
diff --git a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_engine.hpp b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_engine.hpp
index 336e03a..81b6cb8 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_engine.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_engine.hpp
@@ -503,6 +503,18 @@ namespace chaiscript
       return ss.str();
     }
 
+    std::string get_type_name(const Type_Info &ti) const
+    {
+      return m_engine.get_type_name(ti);
+    }
+
+    template<typename T>
+    std::string get_type_name() const
+    {
+      return get_type_name(user_type<T>());
+    }
+
+
     /// \brief Loads and parses a file. If the file is already, it is not reloaded
     /// The use paths specified at ChaiScript construction time are searched for the 
     /// requested file.
diff --git a/unittests/type_name_test.cpp b/unittests/type_name_test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e837303
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unittests/type_name_test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Tests to make sure that the order in which function dispatches occur is correct
+
+#include <chaiscript/chaiscript.hpp>
+#include <cstdlib>
+
+class MyClass
+{
+};
+
+int main()
+{
+  chaiscript::ChaiScript chai;
+  auto type = chaiscript::user_type<MyClass>();
+  chai.add(type, "MyClass");
+
+  if (chai.get_type_name(type) == "MyClass" && chai.get_type_name<MyClass>() == "MyClass")
+  {
+    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+  } else {
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;
+  }
+}