From 61057e7c818ea08cf58e6bb69eab1f3a2e138bd4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Davidsaver <mdavidsaver@bnl.gov>
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 20:28:01 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Record.rtype

---
 devsupApp/src/dbrec.c     | 8 ++++++++
 python/devsup/_nullapi.py | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/devsupApp/src/dbrec.c b/devsupApp/src/dbrec.c
index f7821b5..ec84f05 100644
--- a/devsupApp/src/dbrec.c
+++ b/devsupApp/src/dbrec.c
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ static PyObject* pyRecord_name(pyRecord *self)
     return PyString_FromString(prec->name);
 }
 
+static PyObject* pyRecord_rtype(pyRecord *self)
+{
+    dbCommon *prec=self->entry.precnode->precord;
+    return PyString_FromString(prec->rdes->name);
+}
+
 static PyObject* pyRecord_info(pyRecord *self, PyObject *args)
 {
     const char *name;
@@ -233,6 +239,8 @@ static PyObject *pyRecord_asyncFinish(pyRecord *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *
 static PyMethodDef pyRecord_methods[] = {
     {"name", (PyCFunction)pyRecord_name, METH_NOARGS,
      "Return record name string"},
+    {"rtype", (PyCFunction)pyRecord_rtype, METH_NOARGS,
+     "Return record type name string"},
     {"isPyRecord", (PyCFunction)pyRecord_ispyrec, METH_NOARGS,
      "Is this record using Python Device."},
     {"info", (PyCFunction)pyRecord_info, METH_VARARGS,
diff --git a/python/devsup/_nullapi.py b/python/devsup/_nullapi.py
index 49ef52e..052d451 100644
--- a/python/devsup/_nullapi.py
+++ b/python/devsup/_nullapi.py
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ class Record(object):
     def name(self):
         """Record name
         """
+    def rtype(self):
+        """Record type
+        """
     def isPyRecord(self):
         """Is this record using Python Device.
         """