Function Export
Unigine API supports export of:
- Pure functions
- Methods of specific objects as pure functions
See also
An example can be found in <UnigineSDK>/source/samples/Api/Scripts/Functions/ directory.
Function Export Example
Pure functions and object methods that are exported can take up to 9 arguments.
Below is an example of function and method export.
- Create a pointer to an external function via MakeExternFunction(). For object methods, use MakeExternObjectFunction().
- Register the function or a method via Unigine::Interpreter::addExternFunction().
- All functions are exported into a global namespace. To limit the scope of the exported function or a method, use library namespace.
#include <Unigine.h>
#include <UnigineString.h>
#include <UnigineInterpreter.h>
/*
*/
using namespace Unigine;
/******************************************************************************\
*
* User defined functions
*
\******************************************************************************/
/*
*/
Variable my_sum(const Variable &v0,const Variable &v1) {
if(v0.getType() == Variable::INT && v1.getType() == Variable::INT) {
Log::warning("my_sum(%d,%d): called\n",v0.getInt(),v1.getInt());
return Variable(v0.getInt() + v1.getInt());
}
if(v0.getType() == Variable::STRING && v1.getType() == Variable::STRING) {
Log::warning("my_sum(%s,%s): called\n",v0.getString(),v1.getString());
return Variable((String(v0.getString()) + "+" + String(v1.getString())).get());
}
Log::warning("my_sum(%s,%s): called\n",v0.getTypeName().get(),v1.getTypeName().get());
return Variable("unknown");
}
/*
*/
float my_mul(float a,float b) {
Log::warning("my_mul(%g,%g): called\n",a,b);
return a * b;
}
/*
*/
float my_dot(const vec3 &v0,const vec3 &v1) {
Log::warning("my_dot((%g,%g,%g),(%g,%g,%g)): called\n",v0.x,v0.y,v0.z,v1.x,v1.y,v1.z);
return dot(v0,v1);
}
/******************************************************************************\
*
* User defined class member functions
*
\******************************************************************************/
/*
*/
class MyApplication {
public:
MyApplication() : seed(1) {
}
void init(int s = 1) {
Log::warning("MyApplication::init(%d) called\n",s);
seed = s;
}
void shutdown() {
Log::warning("MyApplication::shutdown() called\n");
seed = 1;
}
int update() {
seed = (seed * 3877 + 29573) % 139968;
return seed;
}
int get() const {
return seed;
}
private:
int seed;
};
/******************************************************************************\
*
* Main
*
\******************************************************************************/
/*
*/
int main(int argc,char **argv) {
// singleton
MyApplication my_application;
// export functions
Interpreter::addExternFunction("my_sum",MakeExternFunction(&my_sum,",1"));
Interpreter::addExternFunction("my_mul",MakeExternFunction(&my_mul));
Interpreter::addExternFunction("my_dot",MakeExternFunction(&my_dot));
// export class member functions
Interpreter::addExternLibrary("my_application");
Interpreter::addExternFunction("my_application.init",MakeExternObjectFunction(&my_application,&MyApplication::init,"1"));
Interpreter::addExternFunction("my_application.shutdown",MakeExternObjectFunction(&my_application,&MyApplication::shutdown));
Interpreter::addExternFunction("my_application.update",MakeExternObjectFunction(&my_application,&MyApplication::update));
Interpreter::addExternFunction("my_application.get",MakeExternObjectFunction(&my_application,&MyApplication::get));
// init engine
Engine *engine = Engine::init(UNIGINE_VERSION,argc,argv);
// enter main loop
engine->main();
// shutdown engine
Engine::shutdown();
return 0;
}
Access from Scripts
After the registration, the exported functions and methods can be used in a script written in UnigineScript:
/*
*/
int init() {
/////////////////////////////////
log.message("\nFunctions:\n\n");
// my_sum(1) with default second argument
log.message("result is: %s\n\n",typeinfo(my_sum(1)));
// my_sum(1,2)
log.message("result is: %s\n\n",typeinfo(my_sum(1,2)));
// my_sum("begin","end")
log.message("result is: %s\n\n",typeinfo(my_sum("begin","end")));
// my_sum(1,"end")
log.message("result is: %s\n\n",typeinfo(my_sum(1,"end")));
// my_mul(16,64)
log.message("result is: %s\n\n",typeinfo(my_mul(16,64)));
// my_dot(vec3(1.0f,2.0f,3.0f),vec3(4.0f,5.0f,6.0f))
log.message("result is: %s\n\n",typeinfo(my_dot(vec3(1.0f,2.0f,3.0f),vec3(4.0f,5.0f,6.0f))));
/////////////////////////////////
log.message("Member functions:\n\n");
// default argument
my_application.init();
// manual argument
my_application.init(100);
// update application
for(int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
log.message("%d: %d\n",i,my_application.update());
}
// shutdown
my_application.shutdown();
/////////////////////////////////
// show console
engine.console.setActivity(1);
return 1;
}
Output
The following result will be printed into the console:
Functions:
my_sum(1,1): called
result is: int: 2
my_sum(1,2): called
result is: int: 3
my_sum(begin,end): called
result is: string: "begin+end"
my_sum(int,string): called
result is: string: "unknown"
my_mul(16,64): called
result is: float: 1024
my_dot((1,2,3),(4,5,6)): called
result is: float: 32
Member functions:
MyApplication::init(1) called
MyApplication::init(100) called
0: 137337
1: 46850
2: 128527
3: 42672
MyApplication::shutdown() called
Default Argument Values
If you want to export functions with default values for their arguments, you can specify them as the last argument of MakeExternFunction(). The order of values should be the same as the order of arguments in the function decalration, and the values should be comma-separated. For example:
void foo(const char *a,float b) { }
// To specify default values:
Interpreter::addExternFunction("foo",MakeExternFunction(&foo,"\"Unigine\",0.4"));
If you want to specify default values not for all arguments, simply omit those that do not have defaults, but don't forget commas:
// To specify only required default value:
Interpreter::addExternFunction("foo",MakeExternFunction(&foo,",0.4"));
Expression as a Default Argument
Besides constants, you can also specify expressions as default values.
- Expressions are evaluated before the function is registered.
- An expression provided as a default argument should return a value of the same type as the corresponding argument. Type conversions are not supported, the only exception being a two-way conversion between float and int.
Overloading Caveats
Unlike C++, UnigineScript is not a strongly typed language. In C++ code you can have two or more functions with the same name that return a value of the same type, but accept different types of arguments (or the number of arguments differs). If you attempt to export them into scripts simply by registering function names, MakeExternFunction() will fail.
To make registration work, you need to explicitly specify:
- Return value type
- Arguments types
void foo(int a) { }
void foo(float a) { }
/* Interpreter::addExternFunction("foo",MakeExternFunction(&foo));
* This expression will not work since Interpreter cannot choose between functions.
*/
// To register void foo(int a), use:
Interpreter::addExternFunction("foo",MakeExternFunction<void,int>(&foo));
// To register void foo(float a), use:
Interpreter::addExternFunction("foo",MakeExternFunction<void,float>(&foo));
Let's say we have got a more difficult situation: the first arguments of functions are of the same type. In such case, following syntax is used for registration:
void foo(int a) { }
void foo(int a,int b) { }
/* Interpreter::addExternFunction("foo",MakeExternFunction<void,int>(&foo));
* This expression will not work since both functions take an integer as a first argument.
*/
// To register void foo(int a), use:
Interpreter::addExternFunction("foo",MakeExternFunction((void (*)(int))&foo));
// To register void foo(int a,int b), use:
Interpreter::addExternFunction("foo",MakeExternFunction((void (*)(int,int))&foo));
/* Interpreter::addExternFunction("foo",MakeExternFunction<void,int,int>(&foo));
* This expression will also allow to register void foo(int a,int b).
*/
Overloading Exported Methods
If ambiguity exists for class static methods names, it is resolved in a similar way as for functions.
class Class {
public:
static int foo(float a) { return 1; }
static int foo(int a) { return 1; }
static void foo(int a,int b) { return 1; }
};
/*
*/
// To register foo(float a):
Interpreter::addExternFunction("foo",MakeExternFunction((int (*)(float))&Class::foo));
// To register foo(int a):
Interpreter::addExternFunction("foo",MakeExternFunction((int (*)(int))&Class::foo));
// To register foo(int a,int b):
Interpreter::addExternFunction("foo",MakeExternFunction((void (*)(int,int))&Class::foo));