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     Z S E R I O  C + +  R E F L E C T I O N

About

Zsr provides a c++ runtime reflection layer for zserio generated c++ modules.

Building

mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DZSERIO_RT_DIR=<path/to/zserio/compiler/extensions/cpp/runtime/src> ..
cmake --build .

ctest .

Usage

CMake

In your project CMakeLists.txt, call the add_zserio_module function to generate and build a zserio c++ module with reflection metadata. Assuming zswag is a Git submodule of your project, consider the following sample CMakeLists.txt:

project(myapp)

# This is how C++ will know about the zswag lib
# and its dependencies, such as zserio.
add_subdirectory(zswag)

add_zserio_module(<module-name>
    ROOT <zserio module source root>
    ENTRY <entrypoint zserio source. e.G. "main.zs">
    TOP_LEVEL_PKG <optional: top level package name>)

This will create two CMake targets <module-name> and <module-name>-reflection, the latter linking to the former. To link against the generated zserio module, just link against <module-name>-reflection.

Reflection

Zsr stores its top-level reflection metadata in a global list that can be accessed by calling zsr::packages(). Reflection metadata types and their hierarchy can be found in runtime/zsr/types.hpp.

There are various other utility functions available. Check the respective source files for more information:

• runtime/zsr/find.hpp – Functions for finding and resolving types
  • zsr::find: Find a reflection metadata object (Compound/Service Method/Field etc.) for a particular identifier.
• runtime/zsr/getset.hpp – Functions for getting and setting nested fields, and instantiating compounds.
  • zsr::get: Read a compound (nested) field value by name.
  • zsr::set: Set a compound (nested) field value by name.
  • zsr::make: Conveniently instantiate a compound with inline (nested) field value assignments. Note: Use zsr::Compound::initialize if your compound requires initialization parameters.
• runtime/zsr/introspectable-json.hpp – JSON export
  • zsr::serialize: Returns a JSON stream object from which a JSON string can be retrieved. Note: For standard binary serialization, use zsr::Compound::write.

Usage example:

#include "zsr/reflection-main.hpp"     /* Metadata root */
#include "zsr/find.hpp"                /* Find utilities */
#include "zsr/getset.hpp"              /* Get/set utilities */
#include "zsr/introspectable-json.hpp" /* JSON export */

...

/* Finding a compound named "Test" */
auto compound = zsr::find<zsr::Compound>(zsr::packages(), "Test");

/* Finding field "a" of compound "A" */
auto field = zsr::find<zsr::Field>(zsr::packages(), "A.a");

/* Instantiate compound "Test" */
auto instance = compound->alloc();

/* Set some field */
zsr::set(instance, "field_a", "My Value");

/* Convert to JSON */
auto json = zsr::serialize(instance).str();

Examples

For more examples, have a look at the unit-tests under: runtime/test/zserio.