2 files changed, 104 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source4/build/pidl/pidl.pl b/source4/build/pidl/pidl.pl
index 73d2378612..b4710e5756 100755
--- a/source4/build/pidl/pidl.pl
+++ b/source4/build/pidl/pidl.pl
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ use header;
 use parser;
 use eparser;
 use client;
+use validator;
 use util;
 
 my($opt_help) = 0;
@@ -111,6 +112,8 @@ if ($opt_parse) {
     my($idl) = IdlParse($idl_file);
     defined $idl || die "Failed to parse $idl_file";
     util::SaveStructure($pidl_file, $idl) || die "Failed to save $pidl_file";
+
+    IdlValidator::Validate($idl);
 }
 
 if ($opt_dump) {
diff --git a/source4/build/pidl/validator.pm b/source4/build/pidl/validator.pm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..10863872fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source4/build/pidl/validator.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+###################################################
+# check that a parsed IDL file is valid
+# Copyright tridge@samba.org 2003
+# released under the GNU GPL
+
+package IdlValidator;
+
+use strict;
+use Data::Dumper;
+
+
+#####################################################################
+# signal a fatal validation error
+sub fatal($)
+{
+	my $s = shift;
+	print "$s\n";
+	die "IDL is not valid\n";
+}
+
+#####################################################################
+# parse a struct
+sub ValidStruct($)
+{
+	my($struct) = shift;
+
+	foreach my $e (@{$struct->{ELEMENTS}}) {
+
+	}
+}
+
+
+#####################################################################
+# parse a union
+sub ValidUnion($)
+{
+	my($union) = shift;
+	foreach my $e (@{$union->{DATA}}) {
+	}
+}
+
+#####################################################################
+# parse a typedef
+sub ValidTypedef($)
+{
+	my($typedef) = shift;
+	my $data = $typedef->{DATA};
+
+	if (ref($data) eq "HASH") {
+		if ($data->{TYPE} eq "STRUCT") {
+			ValidStruct($data);
+		}
+
+		if ($data->{TYPE} eq "UNION") {
+			ValidUnion($data);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+#####################################################################
+# parse a function
+sub ValidFunction($)
+{
+	my($fn) = shift;
+
+	foreach my $e (@{$fn->{DATA}}) {
+		if (util::has_property($e, "ref") && !$e->{POINTERS}) {
+			fatal "[ref] variables must be pointers ($fn->{NAME}/$e->{NAME})\n";
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+#####################################################################
+# parse the interface definitions
+sub ValidInterface($)
+{
+	my($interface) = shift;
+	my($data) = $interface->{DATA};
+
+	foreach my $d (@{$data}) {
+		($d->{TYPE} eq "TYPEDEF") &&
+		    ValidTypedef($d);
+		($d->{TYPE} eq "FUNCTION") && 
+		    ValidFunction($d);
+	}
+
+}
+
+#####################################################################
+# parse a parsed IDL into a C header
+sub Validate($)
+{
+	my($idl) = shift;
+
+	foreach my $x (@{$idl}) {
+		($x->{TYPE} eq "INTERFACE") && 
+		    ValidInterface($x);
+	}
+}
+
+1;