package FFI::Platypus::Record; use strict; use warnings; use 5.008004; use Carp qw( croak ); use FFI::Platypus; use Exporter qw( import ); use constant 1.32 (); our @EXPORT = qw( record_layout record_layout_1 ); # ABSTRACT: FFI support for structured records data our $VERSION = '2.08'; # VERSION sub record_layout_1 { if(@_ % 2 == 0) { my $ffi = FFI::Platypus->new( api => 2); unshift @_, $ffi; goto &record_layout; } elsif(defined $_[0] && ref($_[0]) eq 'ARRAY') { my @args = @{ shift @_ }; unshift @args, api => 2; unshift @_, \@args; goto &record_layout; } elsif(defined $_[0] && eval { $_[0]->isa('FFI::Platypus') }) { goto &record_layout; } else { croak "odd number of arguments, but first argument is not either an array reference or Platypus instance"; } } sub record_layout { my $ffi; if(defined $_[0]) { if(ref($_[0]) eq 'ARRAY') { my @args = @{ shift() }; $ffi = FFI::Platypus->new(@args); } elsif(eval { $_[0]->isa('FFI::Platypus') }) { $ffi = shift; } } $ffi ||= FFI::Platypus->new; my $offset = 0; my $record_align = 0; croak "uneven number of arguments!" if scalar(@_) % 2; my($caller, $filename, $line) = caller; if($caller->can("_ffi_record_size") || $caller->can("ffi_record_size")) { croak "record already defined for the class $caller"; } my @destroy; my @ffi_types; my $has_string; while(@_) { my $spec = shift; my $name = shift; my $type = $ffi->{tp}->parse( $spec, { member => 1 } ); croak "illegal name $name" unless $name =~ /^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9]*$/ || $name eq ':'; croak "accessor/method $name already exists" if $caller->can($name); my $size = $type->sizeof; my $align = $type->alignof; $record_align = $align if $align > $record_align; my $meta = $type->meta; $offset++ while $offset % $align; { my $count; my $ffi_type; if($meta->{type} eq 'record') # this means fixed string atm { $ffi_type = 'sint8'; $count = $size; } else { $ffi_type = $meta->{ffi_type}; $count = $meta->{element_count}; $count = 1 unless defined $count; $has_string = 1 if $meta->{type} eq 'string'; } push @ffi_types, $ffi_type for 1..$count; } if($name ne ':') { if($meta->{type} eq 'string' && $meta->{access} eq 'rw') { push @destroy, eval '# line '. __LINE__ . ' "' . __FILE__ . qq("\n) .qq{ sub { shift->$name(undef); }; }; die $@ if $@; } my $full_name = join '::', $caller, $name; my $error_str = _accessor $full_name, "$filename:$line", $type, $offset; croak("$error_str ($spec $name)") if $error_str; }; $offset += $size; } my $size = $offset; no strict 'refs'; constant->import("${caller}::_ffi_record_size", $size); constant->import("${caller}::_ffi_record_align", $record_align); *{join '::', $caller, '_ffi_record_ro'} = \&_ffi_record_ro; *{join '::', $caller, 'new'} = sub { my $class = shift; my $args = ref($_[0]) ? [%{$_[0]}] : \@_; croak "uneven number of arguments to record constructor" if @$args % 2; my $record = "\0" x $class->_ffi_record_size; my $self = bless \$record, $class; while(@$args) { my $key = shift @$args; my $value = shift @$args; $self->$key($value); } $self; }; { require FFI::Platypus::Record::Meta; my $ffi_meta = FFI::Platypus::Record::Meta->new( \@ffi_types, !$has_string, ); *{join '::', $caller, '_ffi_meta'} = sub { $ffi_meta }; } my $destroy_sub = sub {}; if(@destroy) { $destroy_sub = sub { return if _ffi_record_ro($_[0]); $_->($_[0]) for @destroy; }; } do { no strict 'refs'; *{"${caller}::DESTROY"} = $destroy_sub; }; (); } 1; __END__ =pod =encoding UTF-8 =head1 NAME FFI::Platypus::Record - FFI support for structured records data =head1 VERSION version 2.08 =head1 SYNOPSIS C: struct my_person { int age; const char title[3]; const char *name }; void process_person(struct my_person *person) { /* ... */ } Perl: package MyPerson; use FFI::Platypus::Record; record_layout_1( 'int' => 'age', 'string(3)' => 'title', 'string rw' => 'name', ); package main; use FFI::Platypus 2.00; my $ffi = FFI::Platypus->new( api => 2 ); $ffi->lib("myperson.so"); $ffi->type("record(MyPerson)" => 'MyPerson'); my $person = MyPerson->new( age => 40, title => "Mr.", name => "John Smith", ); $ffi->attach( process_person => [ 'MyPerson*' ] => 'void' ); process_person($person); $person->age($person->age + 1); # another year older process_person($person); =head1 DESCRIPTION [version 0.21] This module provides a mechanism for building classes that can be used to mange structured data records (known as C as "structs" and in some languages as "records"). A structured record is a series of bytes that have structure understood by the C or other foreign language library that you are interfacing with. It is designed for use with FFI and L, though it may have other applications. Before you get to deep into using this class you should also consider the L, which provides some overlapping functionality. Briefly, it comes down to this: (The tl;dr is: use this class when you need to pass by value (since L does not support pass by value) and use L in all other circumstances). =over 4 =item L Supports: =over 4 =item C pointers to C types =item Passing C Cs by-value. =back Does not support: =over 4 =item C C types. =item C arrays of C and C types. =back =item L Supports: =over 4 =item C C andC types =item C arrays of C and C types. =back Does not support: =over 4 =item Passing C Cs by-value. =back String members are as of this writing a TODO for L, but should be coming soon! =back =head1 FUNCTIONS =head2 record_layout_1 record_layout_1($ffi, $type => $name, ... ); record_layout_1(\@ffi_args, $type => $name, ... ); record_layout_1($type => $name, ... ); Define the layout of the record. You may optionally provide an instance of L as the first argument in order to use its type aliases. Alternatively you may provide constructor arguments that will be passed to the internal platypus instance. Thus this is the same: my $ffi = FFI::Platypus->new( lang => 'Rust', api => 2 ); record_layout_1( $ffi, ... ); # same as: record_layout_1( [ lang => 'Rust' ], ... ); and this is the same: my $ffi = FFI::Platypus->new( api => 2 ); record_layout_1( $ffi, ... ); # same as: record_layout_1( ... ); Then you provide members as type/name pairs. For each member you declare, C will create an accessor which can be used to read and write its value. For example imagine a class C: package Foo; use FFI::Platypus::Record; record_layout_1( int => 'bar', # int bar; 'string(10)' => 'baz', # char baz[10]; ); You can get and set its fields with like named C and C accessors: my $foo = Foo->new; $foo->bar(22); my $value = $foo->bar; $foo->baz("grimlock\0\0"); # should be 10 characters long my $string_value = $foo->baz; # includes the trailing \0\0 You can also pass initial values in to the constructor, either passing as a list of key value pairs or by passing a hash reference: $foo = Foo->new( bar => 22, baz => "grimlock\0\0", ); # same as: $foo = Foo->new( { bar => 22, baz => "grimlock\0\0", } ); If there are members of a record that you need to account for in terms of size and alignment, but do not want to have an accessor for, you can use C<:> as a place holder for its name: record_layout_1( 'int' => ':', 'string(10)' => 'baz', ); =head3 strings So far I've shown fixed length strings. These are declared with the word C followed by the length of the string in parentheticals. Fixed length strings are included inside the record itself and do not need to be allocated or deallocated separately from the record. Variable length strings must be allocated on the heap, and thus require a sense of "ownership", that is whomever allocates variable length strings should be responsible for also free'ing them. To handle this, you can add a C or C trait to a string field. The default is C, means that you can get, but not set its value: package Foo; record_layout_1( 'string ro' => 'bar', # same type as 'string' and 'string_ro' ); package main; my $foo = Foo->new; my $string = $foo->bar; # GOOD $foo->bar("starscream"); # BAD If you specify a field is C, then you can set its value: package Foo; record_layout_1( 'string rw' => 'bar', # same type as 'string_rw' ); package main; my $foo = Foo->new; my $string = $foo->bar; # GOOD $foo->bar("starscream"); # GOOD Any string value that is pointed to by the record will be free'd when it falls out of scope, so you must be very careful that any C fields are not set or modified by C code. You should also take care not to copy any record that has a C string in it because its values will be free'd twice! use Clone qw( clone ); my $foo2 = clone $foo; # BAD bar will be free'd twice =head3 arrays Arrays of integer, floating points and opaque pointers are supported. package Foo; record_layout_1( 'int[10]' => 'bar', ); my $foo = Foo->new; $foo->bar([1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]); # sets the values for the array my $list = $foo->bar; # returns a list reference $foo->bar(5, -6); # sets the 5th element in the array to -6 my $item = $foo->bar(5); gets the 5th element in the array =head2 record_layout record_layout($ffi, $type => $name, ... ); record_layout(\@ffi_args, $type => $name, ... ); record_layout($type => $name, ... ); This function works like C except that C 0> is used instead of C 1>. All new code should use C instead. =head1 CAVEATS These useful features (and probably more) are missing, and unlikely to be added. =over 4 =item Unions =item Nested records =back If you need these features, consider using L instead. =head1 SEE ALSO =over 4 =item L The main platypus documentation. =item L Another interface for constructing structured data. It includes support for C and array types (which this module does not), but lacks support for passing records by-value. =item L Tied array interface for record array members. =item L Another method for constructing and dissecting structured data records. =item L Built-in Perl functions for constructing and dissecting structured data records. =back =head1 AUTHOR Author: Graham Ollis Eplicease@cpan.orgE Contributors: Bakkiaraj Murugesan (bakkiaraj) Dylan Cali (calid) pipcet Zaki Mughal (zmughal) Fitz Elliott (felliott) Vickenty Fesunov (vyf) Gregor Herrmann (gregoa) Shlomi Fish (shlomif) Damyan Ivanov Ilya Pavlov (Ilya33) Petr Písař (ppisar) Mohammad S Anwar (MANWAR) Håkon Hægland (hakonhagland, HAKONH) Meredith (merrilymeredith, MHOWARD) Diab Jerius (DJERIUS) Eric Brine (IKEGAMI) szTheory José Joaquín Atria (JJATRIA) Pete Houston (openstrike, HOUSTON) =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2015-2022 by Graham Ollis. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. =cut