resurrects manifests in their pre-2.10 glory

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/ast/TreeGen.scala b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/ast/TreeGen.scala
index d3e64811d3..978d83616b 100644
--- a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/ast/TreeGen.scala
+++ b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/ast/TreeGen.scala
@@ -177,6 +177,22 @@ abstract class TreeGen extends reflect.internal.TreeGen with TreeDSL {
   def mkSysErrorCall(message: String): Tree =
     mkMethodCall(Sys_error, List(Literal(Constant(message))))
 
+  /** A creator for a call to a scala.reflect.Manifest or ClassManifest factory method.
+   *
+   *  @param    full          full or partial manifest (target will be Manifest or ClassManifest)
+   *  @param    constructor   name of the factory method (e.g. "classType")
+   *  @param    tparg         the type argument
+   *  @param    args          value arguments
+   *  @return   the tree
+   */
+  def mkManifestFactoryCall(full: Boolean, constructor: String, tparg: Type, args: List[Tree]): Tree =
+    mkMethodCall(
+      if (full) FullManifestModule else PartialManifestModule,
+      newTermName(constructor),
+      List(tparg),
+      args
+    )
+
   /** Make a synchronized block on 'monitor'. */
   def mkSynchronized(monitor: Tree, body: Tree): Tree =
     Apply(Select(monitor, Object_synchronized), List(body))