question: public synchronized BaseType createPointerType ( final BaseType baseType ) throws CouldntSaveDataException { Preconditions . checkNotNull ( baseType , "IE02781: Base type can not be null." ) ; if ( baseType . pointedToBy ( ) != null ) { return baseType . pointedToBy ( ) ; } else { final String newTypeName = BaseType . getPointerTypeName ( baseType , baseType . getPointerLevel ( ) + 1 ) ; final BaseType newType = instantiateType ( newTypeName , getDefaultPointerSize ( ) , false , baseType , BaseTypeCategory . POINTER ) ; notifyTypeAdded ( newType ) ; return newType ; } }
target:  Creates a new pointer type relative to the given base type and inserts it into the pointer hierarchy. A new pointer type is only created if the given base type does not already have a parent pointer type.