// Copyright 2011 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

package types

// A Chan represents a channel type.
type Chan struct {
	dir  ChanDir
	elem Type
}

// A ChanDir value indicates a channel direction.
type ChanDir int

// The direction of a channel is indicated by one of these constants.
const (
	SendRecv ChanDir = iota
	SendOnly
	RecvOnly
)

// NewChan returns a new channel type for the given direction and element type.
func NewChan(dir ChanDir, elem Type) *Chan {
	return &Chan{dir: dir, elem: elem}
}

// Dir returns the direction of channel c.
func (c *Chan) Dir() ChanDir { return c.dir }

// Elem returns the element type of channel c.
func (c *Chan) Elem() Type { return c.elem }

func (t *Chan) Underlying() Type { return t }
func (t *Chan) String() string   { return TypeString(t, nil) }