object-introspection/types/README.md
Alastair Robertson 68290655b1 TypeGraph: Update container TOML files to new format
This change is fully backwards compatible with the old ContainerInfo
parser, as it is just adding new fields.

The old fields will continue to be used by legacy OICodeGen until that
is removed.

Also add a README to document the format.
2023-05-26 18:21:59 +01:00

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Container Type Definition Format

This document describes the format of the container definition files contained in this directory.

info

  • type_name

    The fully-qualified name of the container type. This is used to match against the names of types contained in an executable's debug information.

  • ctype

    A reference to the enum ContainerTypeEnum in OI's source code.

  • header

    The name of the C++ header file in which this container is defined.

  • stub_template_params

    The indexes of template parameters which do not represent types stored within this container. These parameters will not be recursed into and measured by OI.

  • underlying_container_index

    Only used for container adapters. Points OI to the template parameter representing the underlying container to be measured.

codegen

  • decl

    C++ code for the declaration of a getSizeType function for this container.

  • func

    C++ code for the definition of a getSizeType function for this container.

Changes introduced with TypeGraph

  • typeName and matcher fields have been merged into the single field type_name.
  • ns namespace definition is no longer required.
  • underlyingContainerIndex renamed to underlying_container_index
  • The options for measuring / stubbing / removing template parameters have been reworked:
    • By default all parameters are now measured. This includes the tail parameters in a variadic template.
    • There is one option to specify template parameters which should not be measured: stub_template_params. The type graph code will automatically determine what type of stubbing to apply to each parameter in this list.

Deprecated Options

  • numTemplateParams

    The first numTemplateParams template parameters for this container represent the types for the data we want to process. If this is not set, use all a container's template parameters. All of a container's parameters will still be enumerated and output in CodeGen, regardless of this setting.

  • allocatorIndex

    Index of a template parameter representing an allocator. It will be not be used when CodeGenning this container.

  • replaceTemplateParamIndex

    Indexes of template parameters to be stubbed out, i.e. replaced with dummy structs of a given size. Used for custom hashers and comparers.