1 #ifndef AUXILIAR_H
2 #define AUXILIAR_H
3 /*=========================================================================*\
4 * Auxiliar routines for class hierarchy manipulation
5 * LuaSocket toolkit (but completely independent of other LuaSocket modules)
6 *
7 * A LuaSocket class is a name associated with Lua metatables. A LuaSocket
8 * group is a name associated with a class. A class can belong to any number
9 * of groups. This module provides the functionality to:
10 *
11 *   - create new classes
12 *   - add classes to groups
13 *   - set the class of objects
14 *   - check if an object belongs to a given class or group
15 *   - get the userdata associated to objects
16 *   - print objects in a pretty way
17 *
18 * LuaSocket class names follow the convention <module>{<class>}. Modules
19 * can define any number of classes and groups. The module tcp.c, for
20 * example, defines the classes tcp{master}, tcp{client} and tcp{server} and
21 * the groups tcp{client,server} and tcp{any}. Module functions can then
22 * perform type-checking on their arguments by either class or group.
23 *
24 * LuaSocket metatables define the __index metamethod as being a table. This
25 * table has one field for each method supported by the class, and a field
26 * "class" with the class name.
27 *
28 * The mapping from class name to the corresponding metatable and the
29 * reverse mapping are done using lauxlib.
30 *
31 * RCS ID: $Id: auxiliar.h,v 1.9 2005/10/07 04:40:59 diego Exp $
32 \*=========================================================================*/
33 
34 #include "lua.h"
35 #include "lauxlib.h"
36 
37 int auxiliar_open(lua_State *L);
38 void auxiliar_newclass(lua_State *L, const char *classname, luaL_reg *func);
39 void auxiliar_add2group(lua_State *L, const char *classname, const char *group);
40 void auxiliar_setclass(lua_State *L, const char *classname, int objidx);
41 void *auxiliar_checkclass(lua_State *L, const char *classname, int objidx);
42 void *auxiliar_checkgroup(lua_State *L, const char *groupname, int objidx);
43 void *auxiliar_getclassudata(lua_State *L, const char *groupname, int objidx);
44 void *auxiliar_getgroupudata(lua_State *L, const char *groupname, int objidx);
45 int auxiliar_checkboolean(lua_State *L, int objidx);
46 int auxiliar_tostring(lua_State *L);
47 
48 #endif /* AUXILIAR_H */
49