Rob Stewart writes:
On March 17, 2015 4:04:39 PM EDT, Brian Wood <woodbrian77@gmail.com> wrote:
In 2007 there was some discussion here about on line code generation:
Online generation of what kinds of code from what kinds of inputs?
The output is C++ serialization/middleware code. One thing it does is automate (and maintain) the creation of serialization functions. There are three kinds of input: 1. C++ header files. It doesn't support template definitions, but it can handle a lot of container classes. Here's an example of a header it can handle: http://webEbenezer.net/misc/account_info.hh . 2. Something called "middle" files. These describe the messages that you want to send and receive. Here's some middle code from a file called remote.mdl: middle_messages_back @out (messageid_t, std::vector<cmw_account_info>) @out (messageid_t, cmw::marshalling_integer, cui_generator) @out (messageid_t) } ----------------------- end of middle code ----------------------------------- The name, "middle_messages_back," is used as the name of a namespace in the generated output. @out means you want code generated to send a message. 3. Something called a request file that ties the first two types of input together. Here's an example: Header account_info.hh Header cui_generator.hh Middle-File remote.mdl Type-Used-for-Constants int16_t ------------------------ end of request file ------------------------------------- Header files are optional. One middle file is required in a request file. And here's the output that's generated from those inputs: http://webEbenezer.net/misc/zz.middle_messages_back.hh
That jumps right into the middle of the topic and assumes prior knowledge of the context.
So now I would like to ask for further thoughts and feedback. How can it be improved? It has support for some Boost types and I'm open to adding support for more. Tia.
You might start by clarifying the purpose of the tool.
Ok, thanks for your comments. -- Brian Ebenezer Enterprises http://webEbenezer.net