SDLCXX(SDL)

Shore Programmer's Manual - 2 August 96

NAME

SDLCXX \- SDL C++ Language Binding Generation

SYNOPSIS

sdl -b module-name
sdl -b modulename -o outputfile
sdl -s ...  -B  -o outputfile

DESCRIPTION

The sdl program is now used, with appropriate flags, to generate the SDL C++ language binding. see sdl(sdl) for details on use of sdl to create a language binding.

The code generated (called "the language binding" ) comprises several things:

REF(T): or
Ref<T>: A set of classes embodied in the template REF<T>. REF(T)is a macro that expands to REF<T>. The declaration and implementation of REF(T) and REF<T> are in #include <sdl_templates.h> See ref(cxxlb) for information about using the templates.
Class declarations: for each SDL interface in your module.
Class declarations and implementations: for the types of certain attributes: sets and bags, strings, and indexes.
Method implementations: of all class methods except those explicitly defined in the class's SDL interface description. You must provide C++ implementation for each method that is given in an SDL Interface. The implementation of the methods must be given in a C++ source file; it cannot be given in the SDL interface description; SDL does not cope with inline method definitions in class declarations.

IMPORTANT NOTE

The Shore Server process, shore, must already be running when sdl is invoked.

VERSION

This manual page applies to Version 1.0 of theShore software.

SPONSORSHIP

The Shore project is sponsored by the Advanced Research Project Agency, ARPA order number 018 (formerly 8230), monitored by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory under contract DAAB07-92-C-Q508.