• NAME
• DESCRIPTION
• FUNCTIONS
  • from_perl
  • to_perl
• CLASS METHODS
  • write_xs_typemap
• COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

NAME

Clownfish::Binding::Perl::TypeMap - Convert between Clownfish and Perl via XS.

DESCRIPTION

TypeMap serves up C code fragments for translating between Perl data structures and Clownfish data structures. The functions to_perl() and from_perl() achieve this for individual types; write_xs_typemap() exports all types using the XS "typemap" format documented in perlxs.

FUNCTIONS

from_perl

    my $c_code = from_perl( $type, $cf_var, $xs_var );

Return C code which converts from a Perl scalar to a variable of type $type.

Variable declarations must precede the returned code, as from_perl() won't make any declarations itself.

• type - A Clownfish::Type, which will be used to select the mapping code.

• cf_var - The name of the variable being assigned to.

• xs_var - The C name of the Perl scalar from which we are extracting a value.

to_perl

    my $c_code = to_perl( $type, $xs_var, $cf_var );

Return C code which converts from a variable of type $type to a Perl scalar.

Variable declarations must precede the returned code, as to_perl() won't make any declarations itself.

• type - A Clownfish::Type, which will be used to select the mapping code.

• xs_var - The C name of the Perl scalar being assigned to.

• cf_var - The name of the variable from which we are extracting a value.

CLASS METHODS

write_xs_typemap

    Clownfish::Binding::Perl::Typemap->write_xs_typemap(
        hierarchy => $hierarchy,
    );

• hierarchy - A Clownfish::Hierarchy.

Auto-generate a "typemap" file that adheres to the conventions documented in perlxs.

We generate this file on the fly rather than maintain a static copy because we want an entry for each Clownfish type so that we can differentiate between them when checking arguments. Keeping the entries up-to-date manually as classes come and go would be a pain.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2008-2011 Marvin Humphrey

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.