diff --git a/src/apps/debugger/source_language/CLanguage.cpp b/src/apps/debugger/source_language/CLanguage.cpp
index 0114bf4ae3..27f063ef89 100644
--- a/src/apps/debugger/source_language/CLanguage.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/debugger/source_language/CLanguage.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /*
+ * Copyright 2013, Rene Gollent, rene@gollent.com.
  * Copyright 2009, Ingo Weinhold, ingo_weinhold@gmx.de.
  * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
  */
@@ -22,3 +23,13 @@ CLanguage::Name() const
 {
 	return "C";
 }
+
+
+bool
+CLanguage::IsModifierValid(char modifier) const
+{
+	if (modifier == '*')
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
diff --git a/src/apps/debugger/source_language/CLanguage.h b/src/apps/debugger/source_language/CLanguage.h
index f0b27ed828..959cda91fe 100644
--- a/src/apps/debugger/source_language/CLanguage.h
+++ b/src/apps/debugger/source_language/CLanguage.h
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ public:
 	virtual						~CLanguage();
 
 	virtual	const char*			Name() const;
+
+protected:
+	virtual	bool				IsModifierValid(char modifier) const;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/apps/debugger/source_language/CLanguageFamily.cpp b/src/apps/debugger/source_language/CLanguageFamily.cpp
index 0eb45b2cb3..592cf53009 100644
--- a/src/apps/debugger/source_language/CLanguageFamily.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/debugger/source_language/CLanguageFamily.cpp
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
 /*
+ * Copyright 2013, Rene Gollent, rene@gollent.com.
  * Copyright 2009, Ingo Weinhold, ingo_weinhold@gmx.de.
  * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
  */
 
 #include "CLanguageFamily.h"
 
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "TeamTypeInformation.h"
+#include "Type.h"
+#include "TypeLookupConstraints.h"
+
+
 
 CLanguageFamily::CLanguageFamily()
 {
@@ -22,3 +30,131 @@ CLanguageFamily::GetSyntaxHighlighter() const
 	// TODO:...
 	return NULL;
 }
+
+
+status_t
+CLanguageFamily::ParseTypeExpression(const BString& expression,
+	TeamTypeInformation* info, Type*& _resultType) const
+{
+	status_t result = B_OK;
+	Type* baseType = NULL;
+
+	BString parsedName = expression;
+	BString baseTypeName;
+	BString arraySpecifier;
+	parsedName.RemoveAll(" ");
+
+	int32 modifierIndex = -1;
+	modifierIndex = parsedName.FindFirst('*');
+	if (modifierIndex == -1)
+		modifierIndex = parsedName.FindFirst('&');
+	if (modifierIndex == -1)
+		modifierIndex = parsedName.FindFirst('[');
+
+	if (modifierIndex >= 0)
+		parsedName.MoveInto(baseTypeName, 0, modifierIndex);
+	else
+		baseTypeName = parsedName;
+
+	modifierIndex = parsedName.FindFirst('[');
+	if (modifierIndex >= 0) {
+		parsedName.MoveInto(arraySpecifier, modifierIndex,
+			parsedName.Length() - modifierIndex);
+	}
+
+	result = info->LookupTypeByName(baseTypeName, TypeLookupConstraints(),
+		baseType);
+	if (result != B_OK)
+		return result;
+
+	BReference<Type> typeRef;
+	typeRef.SetTo(baseType, true);
+
+	if (!parsedName.IsEmpty()) {
+		AddressType* derivedType = NULL;
+		// walk the list of modifiers trying to add each.
+		for (int32 i = 0; i < parsedName.Length(); i++) {
+			if (!IsModifierValid(parsedName[i]))
+				return B_BAD_VALUE;
+
+			address_type_kind typeKind;
+			switch (parsedName[i]) {
+				case '*':
+				{
+					typeKind = DERIVED_TYPE_POINTER;
+					break;
+				}
+				case '&':
+				{
+					typeKind = DERIVED_TYPE_REFERENCE;
+					break;
+				}
+				default:
+				{
+					return B_BAD_VALUE;
+				}
+
+			}
+
+			if (derivedType == NULL) {
+				result = baseType->CreateDerivedAddressType(typeKind,
+					derivedType);
+			} else {
+				result = derivedType->CreateDerivedAddressType(typeKind,
+					derivedType);
+			}
+
+			if (result != B_OK)
+				return result;
+			typeRef.SetTo(derivedType, true);
+		}
+
+		_resultType = derivedType;
+	} else
+		_resultType = baseType;
+
+
+	if (!arraySpecifier.IsEmpty()) {
+		ArrayType* arrayType = NULL;
+
+		int32 startIndex = 1;
+		do {
+			int32 size = strtoul(arraySpecifier.String() + startIndex,
+				NULL, 10);
+			if (size < 0)
+				return B_ERROR;
+
+			if (arrayType == NULL) {
+				result = _resultType->CreateDerivedArrayType(0, size, true,
+					arrayType);
+			} else {
+				result = arrayType->CreateDerivedArrayType(0, size, true,
+					arrayType);
+			}
+
+			if (result != B_OK)
+				return result;
+
+			typeRef.SetTo(arrayType, true);
+
+			startIndex = arraySpecifier.FindFirst('[', startIndex + 1);
+
+		} while (startIndex >= 0);
+
+		// since a C/C++ array is essentially pointer math,
+		// the resulting array has to be wrapped in a pointer to
+		// ensure the element addresses wind up being against the
+		// correct address.
+		AddressType* addressType = NULL;
+		result = arrayType->CreateDerivedAddressType(DERIVED_TYPE_POINTER,
+			addressType);
+		if (result != B_OK)
+			return result;
+
+		_resultType = addressType;
+	}
+
+	typeRef.Detach();
+
+	return result;
+}
diff --git a/src/apps/debugger/source_language/CLanguageFamily.h b/src/apps/debugger/source_language/CLanguageFamily.h
index 6703a380ca..250639bec7 100644
--- a/src/apps/debugger/source_language/CLanguageFamily.h
+++ b/src/apps/debugger/source_language/CLanguageFamily.h
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ public:
 	virtual						~CLanguageFamily();
 
 	virtual	SyntaxHighlighter*	GetSyntaxHighlighter() const;
+
+	virtual status_t 			ParseTypeExpression(const BString& expression,
+									TeamTypeInformation* lookup,
+									Type*& _resultType) const;
+
+protected:
+	virtual	bool				IsModifierValid(char modifier) const = 0;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/apps/debugger/source_language/CppLanguage.cpp b/src/apps/debugger/source_language/CppLanguage.cpp
index edecb08e5f..201107f989 100644
--- a/src/apps/debugger/source_language/CppLanguage.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/debugger/source_language/CppLanguage.cpp
@@ -7,12 +7,6 @@
 
 #include "CppLanguage.h"
 
-#include <stdlib.h>
-
-#include "TeamTypeInformation.h"
-#include "Type.h"
-#include "TypeLookupConstraints.h"
-
 
 CppLanguage::CppLanguage()
 {
@@ -31,127 +25,11 @@ CppLanguage::Name() const
 }
 
 
-status_t
-CppLanguage::ParseTypeExpression(const BString &expression,
-									TeamTypeInformation* info,
-									Type*& _resultType) const
+bool
+CppLanguage::IsModifierValid(char modifier) const
 {
-	status_t result = B_OK;
-	Type* baseType = NULL;
+	if (modifier == '*' || modifier == '&')
+		return true;
 
-	BString parsedName = expression;
-	BString baseTypeName;
-	BString arraySpecifier;
-	parsedName.RemoveAll(" ");
-
-	int32 modifierIndex = -1;
-	modifierIndex = parsedName.FindFirst('*');
-	if (modifierIndex == -1)
-		modifierIndex = parsedName.FindFirst('&');
-	if (modifierIndex == -1)
-		modifierIndex = parsedName.FindFirst('[');
-
-	if (modifierIndex >= 0)
-		parsedName.MoveInto(baseTypeName, 0, modifierIndex);
-	else
-		baseTypeName = parsedName;
-
-	modifierIndex = parsedName.FindFirst('[');
-	if (modifierIndex >= 0) {
-		parsedName.MoveInto(arraySpecifier, modifierIndex,
-			parsedName.Length() - modifierIndex);
-	}
-
-	result = info->LookupTypeByName(baseTypeName, TypeLookupConstraints(),
-		baseType);
-	if (result != B_OK)
-		return result;
-
-	BReference<Type> typeRef;
-	typeRef.SetTo(baseType, true);
-
-	if (!parsedName.IsEmpty()) {
-		AddressType* derivedType = NULL;
-		// walk the list of modifiers trying to add each.
-		for (int32 i = 0; i < parsedName.Length(); i++) {
-			address_type_kind typeKind;
-			switch (parsedName[i]) {
-				case '*':
-				{
-					typeKind = DERIVED_TYPE_POINTER;
-					break;
-				}
-				case '&':
-				{
-					typeKind = DERIVED_TYPE_REFERENCE;
-					break;
-				}
-				default:
-				{
-					return B_BAD_VALUE;
-				}
-
-			}
-
-			if (derivedType == NULL) {
-				result = baseType->CreateDerivedAddressType(typeKind,
-					derivedType);
-			} else {
-				result = derivedType->CreateDerivedAddressType(typeKind,
-					derivedType);
-			}
-
-			if (result != B_OK)
-				return result;
-			typeRef.SetTo(derivedType, true);
-		}
-
-		_resultType = derivedType;
-	} else
-		_resultType = baseType;
-
-
-	if (!arraySpecifier.IsEmpty()) {
-		ArrayType* arrayType = NULL;
-
-		int32 startIndex = 1;
-		do {
-			int32 size = strtoul(arraySpecifier.String() + startIndex,
-				NULL, 10);
-			if (size < 0)
-				return B_ERROR;
-
-			if (arrayType == NULL) {
-				result = _resultType->CreateDerivedArrayType(0, size, true,
-					arrayType);
-			} else {
-				result = arrayType->CreateDerivedArrayType(0, size, true,
-					arrayType);
-			}
-
-			if (result != B_OK)
-				return result;
-
-			typeRef.SetTo(arrayType, true);
-
-			startIndex = arraySpecifier.FindFirst('[', startIndex + 1);
-
-		} while (startIndex >= 0);
-
-		// since a C/C++ array is essentially pointer math,
-		// the resulting array has to be wrapped in a pointer to
-		// ensure the element addresses wind up being against the
-		// correct address.
-		AddressType* addressType = NULL;
-		result = arrayType->CreateDerivedAddressType(DERIVED_TYPE_POINTER,
-			addressType);
-		if (result != B_OK)
-			return result;
-
-		_resultType = addressType;
-	}
-
-	typeRef.Detach();
-
-	return result;
+	return false;
 }
diff --git a/src/apps/debugger/source_language/CppLanguage.h b/src/apps/debugger/source_language/CppLanguage.h
index 41211d9bbd..9f303781c7 100644
--- a/src/apps/debugger/source_language/CppLanguage.h
+++ b/src/apps/debugger/source_language/CppLanguage.h
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ public:
 
 	virtual	const char*			Name() const;
 
-	virtual status_t ParseTypeExpression(const BString &expression,
-									TeamTypeInformation* lookup,
-									Type*& _resultType) const;
+protected:
+	virtual	bool				IsModifierValid(char modifier) const;
 };