Parsing Class Definition (class methods etc)

[shokkul]

Hello All,

I want to parse class definition to get methods and variables. On top of it I want to parse methods further like which inputs are used, what are the type of these inputs. I checked helped section but I could not find suitable function for my objective. Also I checked HighSpeedProgramming and doxygen classes, since technically these functionalities should parse the class/methods to achieve their goal, whether I can use some function from there but I could not detect it.

So is there any function that can help me? I really don't want write my own parser if there is a function that is already doing what I want to achieve.

e.g For class definition parser, I imagine a function that gives all the information about class methods, variables in a mapping

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class Pump
{
  public string pumpName;

  public bool startPump(int action, bool withFeature)
  {
    .....
  }
}


mapping mClassFeatures = parseClass("Pump")

mClassFeatures:

name -> "Pump"

variables->pumpName->type->"string"
                                        ->AM-> "public"

methods->startPump->returnType->bool
                                     ->inputs-> 1 -> name -> action
                                                           -> type   -> int
                                                        2 -> name -> withFeature
                                                           -> type   -> bool
 

[kilianvp]

You can write a parser or use the C++ API to create an CTRL Extension that use getCtrlFuncs() which outputs all functions as well. I did both in the past

CTRL Extension & getCtrlFuncs() is the fast and easiest way. There is no ready to use ctrl function.

[shokkul]

Hello

Sorry for late reply, we started our feature that needs parsing again. I am using Controller class to get CtrlScript so I can use getCtrlFuncs() as you suggested. However I could not achive to do it. Do you have any example how to use these classes and get script/class functions and its properties with ctrlExtension?

Thanks

[shokkul]

Hello Again,

I made some progress, now I can parse scripts with free functions, however when I parse classes, getCtrlFuncs() returns null value. How can I parse the class?

[amichon]

you should use a meta attribute that describes the functionality of your class.

I think it's more efficient and less complex to do