+//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Forward declarations and %renames for some classes, so the autodoc strings
+// will be able to use the right types even when the real class declaration is
+// not in the module being processed.
+
+#ifdef BUILDING_RENAMERS
+ #define FORWARD_DECLARE(wxName, Name)
+#else
+ %define FORWARD_DECLARE(wxName, Name)
+ %rename(Name) wxName;
+ class wxName;
+ %enddef
+#endif
+
+FORWARD_DECLARE(wxString, String);
+FORWARD_DECLARE(wxBitmap, Bitmap);
+FORWARD_DECLARE(wxDateTime, DateTime);
+FORWARD_DECLARE(wxInputStream, InputStream);
+FORWARD_DECLARE(wxDC, DC);
+FORWARD_DECLARE(wxCursor, Cursor);
+FORWARD_DECLARE(wxRegion, Region);
+FORWARD_DECLARE(wxColour, Colour);
+FORWARD_DECLARE(wxFont, Font);
+FORWARD_DECLARE(wxCaret, Caret);
+FORWARD_DECLARE(wxToolTip, ToolTip);
+FORWARD_DECLARE(wxPyDropTarget, PyDropTarget);
+FORWARD_DECLARE(wxImageList, ImageList);
+FORWARD_DECLARE(wxMemoryDC, MemoryDC);
+FORWARD_DECLARE(wxHtmlTagHandler, HtmlTagHandler);
+FORWARD_DECLARE(wxConfigBase, ConfigBase);
+FORWARD_DECLARE(wxIcon, Icon);
+
+