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1 // Copyright David Abrahams 2002.
2 // Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See
3 // accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
4 // http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
5 #ifndef CLASS_DWA200216_HPP
6 # define CLASS_DWA200216_HPP
8 # include <boost/python/detail/prefix.hpp>
10 # include <boost/noncopyable.hpp>
12 # include <boost/python/class_fwd.hpp>
13 # include <boost/python/object/class.hpp>
15 # include <boost/python/object.hpp>
16 # include <boost/python/type_id.hpp>
17 # include <boost/python/data_members.hpp>
18 # include <boost/python/make_function.hpp>
19 # include <boost/python/signature.hpp>
20 # include <boost/python/init.hpp>
21 # include <boost/python/args_fwd.hpp>
23 # include <boost/python/object/class_metadata.hpp>
24 # include <boost/python/object/pickle_support.hpp>
25 # include <boost/python/object/add_to_namespace.hpp>
27 # include <boost/python/detail/overloads_fwd.hpp>
28 # include <boost/python/detail/operator_id.hpp>
29 # include <boost/python/detail/def_helper.hpp>
30 # include <boost/python/detail/force_instantiate.hpp>
31 # include <boost/python/detail/unwrap_type_id.hpp>
32 # include <boost/python/detail/unwrap_wrapper.hpp>
34 # include <boost/type_traits/is_same.hpp>
35 # include <boost/type_traits/is_member_function_pointer.hpp>
36 # include <boost/type_traits/is_polymorphic.hpp>
38 # include <boost/mpl/size.hpp>
39 # include <boost/mpl/for_each.hpp>
40 # include <boost/mpl/bool.hpp>
41 # include <boost/mpl/not.hpp>
43 # include <boost/detail/workaround.hpp>
45 # if BOOST_WORKAROUND(__MWERKS__, <= 0x3004) \
46 /* pro9 reintroduced the bug */ \
47 || (BOOST_WORKAROUND(__MWERKS__, > 0x3100) \
48 && BOOST_WORKAROUND(__MWERKS__, BOOST_TESTED_AT(0x3201))) \
49 || BOOST_WORKAROUND(__GNUC__, < 3)
51 # define BOOST_PYTHON_NO_MEMBER_POINTER_ORDERING 1
53 # endif
55 # ifdef BOOST_PYTHON_NO_MEMBER_POINTER_ORDERING
56 # include <boost/mpl/and.hpp>
57 # include <boost/type_traits/is_member_pointer.hpp>
58 # endif
60 namespace boost { namespace python {
62 template <class DerivedVisitor> class def_visitor;
64 enum no_init_t { no_init };
66 namespace detail
68 // This function object is used with mpl::for_each to write the id
69 // of the type a pointer to which is passed as its 2nd compile-time
70 // argument. into the iterator pointed to by its runtime argument
71 struct write_type_id
73 write_type_id(type_info**p) : p(p) {}
75 // Here's the runtime behavior
76 template <class T>
77 void operator()(T*) const
79 *(*p)++ = type_id<T>();
82 type_info** p;
85 template <class T>
86 struct is_data_member_pointer
87 : mpl::and_<
88 is_member_pointer<T>
89 , mpl::not_<is_member_function_pointer<T> >
91 {};
93 # ifdef BOOST_PYTHON_NO_MEMBER_POINTER_ORDERING
94 # define BOOST_PYTHON_DATA_MEMBER_HELPER(D) , detail::is_data_member_pointer<D>()
95 # define BOOST_PYTHON_YES_DATA_MEMBER , mpl::true_
96 # define BOOST_PYTHON_NO_DATA_MEMBER , mpl::false_
97 # elif defined(BOOST_NO_FUNCTION_TEMPLATE_ORDERING)
98 # define BOOST_PYTHON_DATA_MEMBER_HELPER(D) , 0
99 # define BOOST_PYTHON_YES_DATA_MEMBER , int
100 # define BOOST_PYTHON_NO_DATA_MEMBER , ...
101 # else
102 # define BOOST_PYTHON_DATA_MEMBER_HELPER(D)
103 # define BOOST_PYTHON_YES_DATA_MEMBER
104 # define BOOST_PYTHON_NO_DATA_MEMBER
105 # endif
107 namespace error
110 // A meta-assertion mechanism which prints nice error messages and
111 // backtraces on lots of compilers. Usage:
113 // assertion<C>::failed
115 // where C is an MPL metafunction class
118 template <class C> struct assertion_failed { };
119 template <class C> struct assertion_ok { typedef C failed; };
121 template <class C>
122 struct assertion
123 : mpl::if_<C, assertion_ok<C>, assertion_failed<C> >::type
127 // Checks for validity of arguments used to define virtual
128 // functions with default implementations.
131 template <class Default>
132 void not_a_derived_class_member(Default) {}
134 template <class T, class Fn>
135 struct virtual_function_default
137 template <class Default>
138 static void
139 must_be_derived_class_member(Default const&)
141 typedef typename assertion<mpl::not_<is_same<Default,Fn> > >::failed test0;
142 # if !BOOST_WORKAROUND(__MWERKS__, <= 0x2407)
143 typedef typename assertion<is_polymorphic<T> >::failed test1;
144 # endif
145 typedef typename assertion<is_member_function_pointer<Fn> >::failed test2;
146 not_a_derived_class_member<Default>(Fn());
152 // This is the primary mechanism through which users will expose
153 // C++ classes to Python.
154 template <
155 class W // class being wrapped
156 , class X1 // = detail::not_specified
157 , class X2 // = detail::not_specified
158 , class X3 // = detail::not_specified
160 class class_ : public objects::class_base
162 public: // types
163 typedef objects::class_base base;
164 typedef class_<W,X1,X2,X3> self;
165 typedef typename objects::class_metadata<W,X1,X2,X3> metadata;
166 typedef W wrapped_type;
168 private: // types
170 // A helper class which will contain an array of id objects to be
171 // passed to the base class constructor
172 struct id_vector
174 typedef typename metadata::bases bases;
176 id_vector()
178 // Stick the derived class id into the first element of the array
179 ids[0] = detail::unwrap_type_id((W*)0, (W*)0);
181 // Write the rest of the elements into succeeding positions.
182 type_info* p = ids + 1;
183 mpl::for_each(detail::write_type_id(&p), (bases*)0, (add_pointer<mpl::_>*)0);
186 BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(
187 std::size_t, size = mpl::size<bases>::value + 1);
188 type_info ids[size];
190 friend struct id_vector;
192 public: // constructors
194 // Construct with the class name, with or without docstring, and default __init__() function
195 class_(char const* name, char const* doc = 0);
197 // Construct with class name, no docstring, and an uncallable __init__ function
198 class_(char const* name, no_init_t);
200 // Construct with class name, docstring, and an uncallable __init__ function
201 class_(char const* name, char const* doc, no_init_t);
203 // Construct with class name and init<> function
204 template <class DerivedT>
205 inline class_(char const* name, init_base<DerivedT> const& i)
206 : base(name, id_vector::size, id_vector().ids)
208 this->initialize(i);
211 // Construct with class name, docstring and init<> function
212 template <class DerivedT>
213 inline class_(char const* name, char const* doc, init_base<DerivedT> const& i)
214 : base(name, id_vector::size, id_vector().ids, doc)
216 this->initialize(i);
219 public: // member functions
221 // Generic visitation
222 template <class Derived>
223 self& def(def_visitor<Derived> const& visitor)
225 visitor.visit(*this);
226 return *this;
229 // Wrap a member function or a non-member function which can take
230 // a T, T cv&, or T cv* as its first parameter, a callable
231 // python object, or a generic visitor.
232 template <class F>
233 self& def(char const* name, F f)
235 this->def_impl(
236 detail::unwrap_wrapper((W*)0)
237 , name, f, detail::def_helper<char const*>(0), &f);
238 return *this;
241 template <class A1, class A2>
242 self& def(char const* name, A1 a1, A2 const& a2)
244 this->def_maybe_overloads(name, a1, a2, &a2);
245 return *this;
248 template <class Fn, class A1, class A2>
249 self& def(char const* name, Fn fn, A1 const& a1, A2 const& a2)
251 // The arguments are definitely:
252 // def(name, function, policy, doc_string)
253 // def(name, function, doc_string, policy)
255 this->def_impl(
256 detail::unwrap_wrapper((W*)0)
257 , name, fn
258 , detail::def_helper<A1,A2>(a1,a2)
259 , &fn);
261 return *this;
264 template <class Fn, class A1, class A2, class A3>
265 self& def(char const* name, Fn fn, A1 const& a1, A2 const& a2, A3 const& a3)
267 this->def_impl(
268 detail::unwrap_wrapper((W*)0)
269 , name, fn
270 , detail::def_helper<A1,A2,A3>(a1,a2,a3)
271 , &fn);
273 return *this;
277 // Data member access
279 template <class D>
280 self& def_readonly(char const* name, D const& d, char const* doc=0)
282 return this->def_readonly_impl(name, d, doc BOOST_PYTHON_DATA_MEMBER_HELPER(D));
285 template <class D>
286 self& def_readwrite(char const* name, D const& d, char const* doc=0)
288 return this->def_readwrite_impl(name, d, doc BOOST_PYTHON_DATA_MEMBER_HELPER(D));
291 template <class D>
292 self& def_readonly(char const* name, D& d, char const* doc=0)
294 return this->def_readonly_impl(name, d, doc BOOST_PYTHON_DATA_MEMBER_HELPER(D));
297 template <class D>
298 self& def_readwrite(char const* name, D& d, char const* doc=0)
300 return this->def_readwrite_impl(name, d, doc BOOST_PYTHON_DATA_MEMBER_HELPER(D));
303 // Property creation
304 # if !BOOST_WORKAROUND(BOOST_MSVC, <= 1300)
305 template <class Get>
306 self& add_property(char const* name, Get fget, char const* docstr = 0)
308 base::add_property(name, this->make_getter(fget), docstr);
309 return *this;
312 template <class Get, class Set>
313 self& add_property(char const* name, Get fget, Set fset, char const* docstr = 0)
315 base::add_property(
316 name, this->make_getter(fget), this->make_setter(fset), docstr);
317 return *this;
319 # else
320 private:
321 template <class Get>
322 self& add_property_impl(char const* name, Get fget, char const* docstr, int)
324 base::add_property(name, this->make_getter(fget), docstr);
325 return *this;
328 template <class Get, class Set>
329 self& add_property_impl(char const* name, Get fget, Set fset, ...)
331 base::add_property(
332 name, this->make_getter(fget), this->make_setter(fset), 0);
333 return *this;
336 public:
337 template <class Get>
338 self& add_property(char const* name, Get fget)
340 base::add_property(name, this->make_getter(fget), 0);
341 return *this;
344 template <class Get, class DocStrOrSet>
345 self& add_property(char const* name, Get fget, DocStrOrSet docstr_or_set)
347 this->add_property_impl(name, this->make_getter(fget), docstr_or_set, 0);
348 return *this;
351 template <class Get, class Set>
352 self&
353 add_property(char const* name, Get fget, Set fset, char const* docstr)
355 base::add_property(
356 name, this->make_getter(fget), this->make_setter(fset), docstr);
357 return *this;
359 # endif
361 template <class Get>
362 self& add_static_property(char const* name, Get fget)
364 base::add_static_property(name, object(fget));
365 return *this;
368 template <class Get, class Set>
369 self& add_static_property(char const* name, Get fget, Set fset)
371 base::add_static_property(name, object(fget), object(fset));
372 return *this;
375 template <class U>
376 self& setattr(char const* name, U const& x)
378 this->base::setattr(name, object(x));
379 return *this;
382 // Pickle support
383 template <typename PickleSuiteType>
384 self& def_pickle(PickleSuiteType const& x)
386 error_messages::must_be_derived_from_pickle_suite(x);
387 detail::pickle_suite_finalize<PickleSuiteType>::register_(
388 *this,
389 &PickleSuiteType::getinitargs,
390 &PickleSuiteType::getstate,
391 &PickleSuiteType::setstate,
392 PickleSuiteType::getstate_manages_dict());
393 return *this;
396 self& enable_pickling()
398 this->base::enable_pickling_(false);
399 return *this;
402 self& staticmethod(char const* name)
404 this->make_method_static(name);
405 return *this;
407 private: // helper functions
409 // Builds a method for this class around the given [member]
410 // function pointer or object, appropriately adjusting the type of
411 // the first signature argument so that if f is a member of a
412 // (possibly not wrapped) base class of T, an lvalue argument of
413 // type T will be required.
415 // @group PropertyHelpers {
416 template <class F>
417 object make_getter(F f)
419 typedef typename api::is_object_operators<F>::type is_obj_or_proxy;
421 return this->make_fn_impl(
422 detail::unwrap_wrapper((W*)0)
423 , f, is_obj_or_proxy(), (char*)0, detail::is_data_member_pointer<F>()
427 template <class F>
428 object make_setter(F f)
430 typedef typename api::is_object_operators<F>::type is_obj_or_proxy;
432 return this->make_fn_impl(
433 detail::unwrap_wrapper((W*)0)
434 , f, is_obj_or_proxy(), (int*)0, detail::is_data_member_pointer<F>()
438 template <class T, class F>
439 object make_fn_impl(T*, F const& f, mpl::false_, void*, mpl::false_)
441 return python::make_function(f, default_call_policies(), detail::get_signature(f, (T*)0));
444 template <class T, class D, class B>
445 object make_fn_impl(T*, D B::*pm_, mpl::false_, char*, mpl::true_)
447 D T::*pm = pm_;
448 return python::make_getter(pm);
451 template <class T, class D, class B>
452 object make_fn_impl(T*, D B::*pm_, mpl::false_, int*, mpl::true_)
454 D T::*pm = pm_;
455 return python::make_setter(pm);
458 template <class T, class F>
459 object make_fn_impl(T*, F const& x, mpl::true_, void*, mpl::false_)
461 return x;
463 // }
465 template <class D, class B>
466 self& def_readonly_impl(
467 char const* name, D B::*pm_, char const* doc BOOST_PYTHON_YES_DATA_MEMBER)
469 return this->add_property(name, pm_, doc);
472 template <class D, class B>
473 self& def_readwrite_impl(
474 char const* name, D B::*pm_, char const* doc BOOST_PYTHON_YES_DATA_MEMBER)
476 return this->add_property(name, pm_, pm_, doc);
479 template <class D>
480 self& def_readonly_impl(
481 char const* name, D& d, char const* BOOST_PYTHON_NO_DATA_MEMBER)
483 return this->add_static_property(name, python::make_getter(d));
486 template <class D>
487 self& def_readwrite_impl(
488 char const* name, D& d, char const* BOOST_PYTHON_NO_DATA_MEMBER)
490 return this->add_static_property(name, python::make_getter(d), python::make_setter(d));
493 template <class DefVisitor>
494 inline void initialize(DefVisitor const& i)
496 metadata::register_(); // set up runtime metadata/conversions
498 typedef typename metadata::holder holder;
499 this->set_instance_size( objects::additional_instance_size<holder>::value );
501 this->def(i);
504 inline void initialize(no_init_t)
506 metadata::register_(); // set up runtime metadata/conversions
507 this->def_no_init();
511 // These two overloads discriminate between def() as applied to a
512 // generic visitor and everything else.
514 // @group def_impl {
515 template <class T, class Helper, class LeafVisitor, class Visitor>
516 inline void def_impl(
518 , char const* name
519 , LeafVisitor
520 , Helper const& helper
521 , def_visitor<Visitor> const* v
524 v->visit(*this, name, helper);
527 template <class T, class Fn, class Helper>
528 inline void def_impl(
530 , char const* name
531 , Fn fn
532 , Helper const& helper
533 , ...
536 objects::add_to_namespace(
537 *this
538 , name
539 , make_function(
541 , helper.policies()
542 , helper.keywords()
543 , detail::get_signature(fn, (T*)0)
545 , helper.doc()
548 this->def_default(name, fn, helper, mpl::bool_<Helper::has_default_implementation>());
550 // }
553 // These two overloads handle the definition of default
554 // implementation overloads for virtual functions. The second one
555 // handles the case where no default implementation was specified.
557 // @group def_default {
558 template <class Fn, class Helper>
559 inline void def_default(
560 char const* name
561 , Fn
562 , Helper const& helper
563 , mpl::bool_<true>)
565 detail::error::virtual_function_default<W,Fn>::must_be_derived_class_member(
566 helper.default_implementation());
568 objects::add_to_namespace(
569 *this, name,
570 make_function(
571 helper.default_implementation(), helper.policies(), helper.keywords())
575 template <class Fn, class Helper>
576 inline void def_default(char const*, Fn, Helper const&, mpl::bool_<false>)
578 // }
581 // These two overloads discriminate between def() as applied to
582 // regular functions and def() as applied to the result of
583 // BOOST_PYTHON_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS(). The final argument is used to
584 // discriminate.
586 // @group def_maybe_overloads {
587 template <class OverloadsT, class SigT>
588 void def_maybe_overloads(
589 char const* name
590 , SigT sig
591 , OverloadsT const& overloads
592 , detail::overloads_base const*)
595 // convert sig to a type_list (see detail::get_signature in signature.hpp)
596 // before calling detail::define_with_defaults.
597 detail::define_with_defaults(
598 name, overloads, *this, detail::get_signature(sig));
601 template <class Fn, class A1>
602 void def_maybe_overloads(
603 char const* name
604 , Fn fn
605 , A1 const& a1
606 , ...)
608 this->def_impl(
609 detail::unwrap_wrapper((W*)0)
610 , name
611 , fn
612 , detail::def_helper<A1>(a1)
613 , &fn
617 // }
622 // implementations
625 template <class W, class X1, class X2, class X3>
626 inline class_<W,X1,X2,X3>::class_(char const* name, char const* doc)
627 : base(name, id_vector::size, id_vector().ids, doc)
629 this->initialize(init<>());
630 // select_holder::assert_default_constructible();
633 template <class W, class X1, class X2, class X3>
634 inline class_<W,X1,X2,X3>::class_(char const* name, no_init_t)
635 : base(name, id_vector::size, id_vector().ids)
637 this->initialize(no_init);
640 template <class W, class X1, class X2, class X3>
641 inline class_<W,X1,X2,X3>::class_(char const* name, char const* doc, no_init_t)
642 : base(name, id_vector::size, id_vector().ids, doc)
644 this->initialize(no_init);
647 }} // namespace boost::python
649 # undef BOOST_PYTHON_DATA_MEMBER_HELPER
650 # undef BOOST_PYTHON_YES_DATA_MEMBER
651 # undef BOOST_PYTHON_NO_DATA_MEMBER
652 # undef BOOST_PYTHON_NO_MEMBER_POINTER_ORDERING
654 #endif // CLASS_DWA200216_HPP