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/* 
 * etch_field.h -- defines the etch_field object.
 * An etch_field is an etch_id_name representing a field of a struct or message 
 * (i.e. a key for a value).
 */

#ifndef ETCHFIELD_H
#define ETCHFIELD_H

#include "etch_id_name.h"

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/** 
 * etch_field
 * We're simply typef'ing this for now, but we've left it open to later define
 * an etch_field struct having an etch_id_name as a member.
 */
typedef etch_id_name etch_field;

etch_field* new_field(const wchar_t* name);
etch_field* new_static_field(const wchar_t* name);
int destroy_static_field(etch_field*);

#define clone_field      clone_id_name
#define destroy_field    destroy_id_name
#define is_good_field    is_good_id_name
#define is_equal_fields  is_equal_id_names
#define compute_field_id compute_id_name_id
#define compute_field_id_from_widename compute_id_name_id_from_widename

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif /* #ifndef ETCHFIELD_H */