wrappers.h File Reference

Native data object wrapper interface. More...

#include "gate/gate_core_api.h"
#include "gate/objects.h"
#include "gate/memalloc.h"

Data Structures
struct	gate_wrapper_type_info_class
	Carries data about a wrapped data type. More...

Macros
#define	gate_wrapper_get_type(obj)
	See gate_wrapper_t::get_type.
#define	gate_wrapper_is_type(obj, cmp_with)
	See gate_wrapper_t::is_type.

Typedefs
typedef struct gate_wrapper_type_info_class	gate_wrapper_type_info_t
	Carries data about a wrapped data type.

Functions
GATE_CORE_API gate_wrapper_t *	gate_wrapper_create_new (gate_size_t obj_size, void const *type, gate_mem_dtor_t dtor)
	creates a wrapper for a new allocated raw memory block
GATE_CORE_API gate_wrapper_t *	gate_wrapper_create (void *obj, gate_size_t obj_size, void const *type, gate_mem_dtor_t dtor_obj, gate_mem_dtor_t dtor_mem)
	creates a wrapper to a native pointer and type information
GATE_CORE_API gate_wrapper_t *	gate_wrapper_create_type (gate_wrapper_type_info_t const *type_info, void const *src)
	creates a wrapper for a new allocated copy of a given data type instance
GATE_CORE_API gate_variant_t *	gate_variant_create (gate_wrapper_type_info_t const *ptr_types, gate_size_t types_count)
	creates a variant of different defined types

Detailed Description

Native data object wrapper interface.

Puts native data in a gate-object interface including native type information. Can be used to pack and unpack C and C++ constructs to move them between GATE components without directly touching the content or raw pointers.

Function Documentation

gate_wrapper_create_new()

GATE_CORE_API gate_wrapper_t * gate_wrapper_create_new	(	gate_size_t	obj_size,
		void const *	type,
		gate_mem_dtor_t	dtor )

creates a wrapper for a new allocated raw memory block

Parameters

[in]	obj_size	size of data block for object type in bytes
[in]	type	pointer to native type information (e.g. C++ std::type_info)
[in]	dtor	pointer to destructor function

Returns

pointer to reference counted wrapper object interface (count==1)

gate_wrapper_create()

GATE_CORE_API gate_wrapper_t * gate_wrapper_create	(	void *	obj,
		gate_size_t	obj_size,
		void const *	type,
		gate_mem_dtor_t	dtor_obj,
		gate_mem_dtor_t	dtor_mem )

creates a wrapper to a native pointer and type information

Parameters

[in]	obj	pointer to object to be embedded
[in]	obj_size	size of object type in bytes
[in]	type	pointer to native type information (e.g. C++ std::type_info)
[in]	dtor_obj	pointer to object data destructor function (e.g. C++ destructor)
[in]	dtor_mem	pointer to object memory release function (e.g. free() )

Returns

pointer to reference counted wrapper object interface (count==1)

gate_wrapper_create_type()

GATE_CORE_API gate_wrapper_t * gate_wrapper_create_type	(	gate_wrapper_type_info_t const *	type_info,
		void const *	src )

creates a wrapper for a new allocated copy of a given data type instance

Parameters

[in]	type_info	pointer to type info descriptor
[in]	src	pointer to source instance to be copied into the new wrapped content

Returns

pointer to reference counted wrapper object interface (count==1)

gate_variant_create()

GATE_CORE_API gate_variant_t * gate_variant_create	(	gate_wrapper_type_info_t const *	ptr_types,
		gate_size_t	types_count )

creates a variant of different defined types

A "variant" can store on instance of a set of defined types

Parameters

[in]	ptr_types	pointer to first item in array of type-infos
[in]	types_count	amount of type-info items in array

Returns

pointer variant object interface (ref-count==1)