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using System;

namespace Python.Runtime {

    /// 
    /// Represents a Python tuple object. See the documentation at
    /// http://www.python.org/doc/current/api/tupleObjects.html for details.
    /// 

    public class PyTuple : PySequence {

        /// 
        /// PyTuple Constructor
        /// 
        ///
        /// 
        /// Creates a new PyTuple from an existing object reference. Note 
        /// that the instance assumes ownership of the object reference. 
        /// The object reference is not checked for type-correctness. 
        /// 

        public PyTuple(IntPtr ptr) : base(ptr) {}


        /// 
        /// PyTuple Constructor
        /// 
        ///
        /// 
        /// Copy constructor - obtain a PyTuple from a generic PyObject. An 
        /// ArgumentException will be thrown if the given object is not a
        /// Python tuple object.
        /// 

        public PyTuple(PyObject o) : base() {
            if (!IsTupleType(o)) {
                throw new ArgumentException("object is not a tuple");
            }
            Runtime.Incref(o.obj);
            obj = o.obj;
        }


        /// 
        /// PyTuple Constructor
        /// 
        ///
        /// 
        /// Creates a new empty PyTuple.
        /// 

        public PyTuple() : base() {
            obj = Runtime.PyTuple_New(0);
            if (obj == IntPtr.Zero) {
                throw new PythonException();
            }
        }
        

        /// 
        /// PyTuple Constructor
        /// 
        ///
        /// 
        /// Creates a new PyTuple from an array of PyObject instances.
        /// 

        public PyTuple(PyObject[] items) : base() {
            int count = items.Length;
            obj = Runtime.PyTuple_New(count);
            for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
                IntPtr ptr = items[i].obj;
                Runtime.Incref(ptr);
                int r = Runtime.PyTuple_SetItem(obj, i, ptr);
                if (r < 0) {
                    throw new PythonException();
                }
            }
        }


        /// 
        /// IsTupleType Method
        /// 
        ///
        /// 
        /// Returns true if the given object is a Python tuple.
        /// 

        public static bool IsTupleType(PyObject value) {
            return Runtime.PyTuple_Check(value.obj);
        }


        /// 
        /// AsTuple Method
        /// 
        ///
        /// 
        /// Convert a Python object to a Python tuple if possible, raising  
        /// a PythonException if the conversion is not possible. This is
        /// equivalent to the Python expression "tuple(object)".
        /// 

        public static PyTuple AsTuple(PyObject value) {
            IntPtr op = Runtime.PySequence_Tuple(value.obj);
            if (op == IntPtr.Zero) {
                throw new PythonException();
            }
            return new PyTuple(op);
        }


    }


}