Purpose: Parse C++ header files and generate a data structure representing the class
Author: Jashua Cloutier
Licence: BSD
External modules required: PLY
Quick start:
#include <vector>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
class SampleClass
{
public:
SampleClass();
/*!
* Method 1
*/
string meth1();
///
/// Method 2 description
///
/// @param v1 Variable 1
///
int meth2(int v1);
/**
* Method 3 description
*
* \param v1 Variable 1
* \param v2 Variable 2
*/
void meth3(const string & v1, vector<string> & v2);
/**********************************
* Method 4 description
*
* @return Return value
*********************************/
unsigned int meth4();
private:
void * meth5(){return NULL};
/// prop1 description
string prop1;
//! prop5 description
int prop5;
};
namespace Alpha
{
class AlphaClass
{
public:
AlphaClass();
void alphaMethod();
string alphaString;
};
namespace Omega
{
class OmegaClass
{
public:
OmegaClass();
string omegaString;
};
};
}
int sampleFreeFunction(int i)
{
return i + 1;
}
int anotherFreeFunction(void);
}
Python code:
#!/usr/bin/python
import sys
sys.path = ["../"] + sys.path
import CppHeaderParser
try:
cppHeader = CppHeaderParser.CppHeader("SampleClass.h")
except CppHeaderParser.CppParseError, e:
print e
sys.exit(1)
print "CppHeaderParser view of %s"%cppHeader
sampleClass = cppHeader.classes["SampleClass"]
print "Number of public methods %d"%(len(sampleClass["methods"]["public"]))
print "Number of private properties %d"%(len(sampleClass["properties"]["private"]))
meth3 = [m for m in sampleClass["methods"]["public"] if m["name"] == "meth3"][0] #get meth3
meth3ParamTypes = [t["type"] for t in meth3["parameters"]] #get meth3s parameters
print "Parameter Types for public method meth3 %s"%(meth3ParamTypes)
print "\nReturn type for meth1:"
print cppHeader.classes["SampleClass"]["methods"]["public"][1]["rtnType"]
print "\nDoxygen for meth2:"
print cppHeader.classes["SampleClass"]["methods"]["public"][2]["doxygen"]
print "\nParameters for meth3:"
print cppHeader.classes["SampleClass"]["methods"]["public"][3]["parameters"]
print "\nDoxygen for meth4:"
print cppHeader.classes["SampleClass"]["methods"]["public"][4]["doxygen"]
print "\nReturn type for meth5:"
print cppHeader.classes["SampleClass"]["methods"]["private"][0]["rtnType"]
print "\nDoxygen type for prop1:"
print cppHeader.classes["SampleClass"]["properties"]["private"][0]["doxygen"]
print "\nType for prop5:"
print cppHeader.classes["SampleClass"]["properties"]["private"][1]["type"]
print "\nNamespace for AlphaClass is:"
print cppHeader.classes["AlphaClass"]["namespace"]
print "\nReturn type for alphaMethod is:"
print cppHeader.classes["AlphaClass"]["methods"]["public"][0]["rtnType"]
print "\nNamespace for OmegaClass is:"
print cppHeader.classes["OmegaClass"]["namespace"]
print "\nType for omegaString is:"
print cppHeader.classes["AlphaClass"]["properties"]["public"][0]["type"]
print "\nFree functions are:"
for func in cppHeader.functions:
print " %s"%func["name"]
Output:
CppHeaderParser view of class SampleClass
{
public
// Methods
{'static': False, 'rtnType': 'void', 'const': False, 'parameters': [], 'namespace': '', 'virtual': False, 'destructor': False, 'returns': '', 'template': False, 'friend': False, 'returns_class': False, 'extern': False, 'path': 'SampleClass', 'returns_pointer': 0, 'class': None, 'name': 'SampleClass', 'pure_virtual': False, 'explicit': False, 'returns_fundamental': True, 'constructor': True, 'debug': 'SampleClass ( ) ;', 'inline': False}
{'static': False, 'rtnType': 'string', 'returns_unknown': True, 'const': False, 'parameters': [], 'namespace': '', 'virtual': False, 'destructor': False, 'returns': 'string', 'template': False, 'friend': False, 'returns_class': False, 'inline': False, 'extern': False, 'path': 'SampleClass', 'class': None, 'doxygen': '/*!\n* Method 1\n*/', 'name': 'meth1', 'pure_virtual': False, 'explicit': False, 'returns_fundamental': False, 'constructor': False, 'debug': 'string meth1 ( ) ;', 'returns_pointer': 0}
{'static': False, 'rtnType': 'int', 'const': False, 'parameters': [{'constant': 0, 'name': 'v1', 'reference': 0, 'type': 'int', 'static': 0, 'pointer': 0, 'desc': 'Variable 1'}], 'namespace': '', 'virtual': False, 'destructor': False, 'returns': 'int', 'template': False, 'friend': False, 'returns_class': False, 'inline': False, 'extern': False, 'path': 'SampleClass', 'class': None, 'doxygen': '///\n/// Method 2 description\n///\n/// @param v1 Variable 1\n///', 'name': 'meth2', 'pure_virtual': False, 'explicit': False, 'returns_fundamental': True, 'constructor': False, 'debug': 'int meth2 ( int v1 ) ;', 'returns_pointer': 0}
{'static': False, 'rtnType': 'void', 'const': False, 'parameters': [{'constant': 1, 'name': 'v1', 'reference': 1, 'type': 'const string &', 'static': 0, 'pointer': 0, 'desc': 'Variable 1'}, {'constant': 0, 'name': 'v2', 'reference': 1, 'type': 'vector<string> &', 'static': 0, 'pointer': 0, 'desc': 'Variable 2'}], 'namespace': '', 'virtual': False, 'destructor': False, 'returns': 'void', 'template': False, 'friend': False, 'unresolved_parameters': True, 'returns_class': False, 'inline': False, 'extern': False, 'path': 'SampleClass', 'class': None, 'doxygen': '/**\n* Method 3 description\n*\n* \\param v1 Variable 1\n* \\param v2 Variable 2\n*/', 'name': 'meth3', 'pure_virtual': False, 'explicit': False, 'returns_fundamental': True, 'constructor': False, 'debug': 'void meth3 ( const string & v1 , vector <string> & v2 ) ;', 'returns_pointer': 0}
{'static': False, 'rtnType': 'unsigned int', 'const': False, 'parameters': [], 'namespace': '', 'virtual': False, 'destructor': False, 'returns': 'unsigned int', 'template': False, 'friend': False, 'returns_class': False, 'inline': False, 'extern': False, 'path': 'SampleClass', 'class': None, 'doxygen': '/**********************************\n* Method 4 description\n*\n* @return Return value\n*********************************/', 'name': 'meth4', 'pure_virtual': False, 'explicit': False, 'returns_fundamental': True, 'constructor': False, 'debug': 'unsigned int meth4 ( ) ;', 'returns_pointer': 0}
protected
private
// Properties
{'constant': 0, 'name': 'prop1', 'reference': 0, 'type': 'string', 'static': 0, 'pointer': 0}
{'constant': 0, 'name': 'prop5', 'reference': 0, 'type': 'int', 'static': 0, 'pointer': 0}
// Methods
{'static': False, 'rtnType': 'void *', 'const': False, 'parameters': [], 'namespace': '', 'virtual': False, 'destructor': False, 'returns': 'void', 'template': False, 'friend': False, 'returns_class': False, 'extern': False, 'path': 'SampleClass', 'returns_pointer': 1, 'class': None, 'name': 'meth5', 'pure_virtual': False, 'explicit': False, 'returns_fundamental': True, 'constructor': False, 'debug': 'void * meth5 ( ) {', 'inline': False}
}
class Alpha::AlphaClass
{
public
// Properties
{'constant': 0, 'name': 'alphaString', 'reference': 0, 'type': 'string', 'static': 0, 'pointer': 0}
// Methods
{'static': False, 'rtnType': 'void', 'const': False, 'parameters': [], 'namespace': 'Alpha::', 'virtual': False, 'destructor': False, 'returns': '', 'template': False, 'friend': False, 'returns_class': False, 'extern': False, 'path': 'Alpha::AlphaClass', 'returns_pointer': 0, 'class': None, 'name': 'AlphaClass', 'pure_virtual': False, 'explicit': False, 'returns_fundamental': True, 'constructor': True, 'debug': 'AlphaClass ( ) ;', 'inline': False}
{'static': False, 'rtnType': 'void', 'const': False, 'parameters': [], 'namespace': 'Alpha::', 'virtual': False, 'destructor': False, 'returns': 'void', 'template': False, 'friend': False, 'returns_class': False, 'extern': False, 'path': 'Alpha::AlphaClass', 'returns_pointer': 0, 'class': None, 'name': 'alphaMethod', 'pure_virtual': False, 'explicit': False, 'returns_fundamental': True, 'constructor': False, 'debug': 'void alphaMethod ( ) ;', 'inline': False}
protected
private
}
class Alpha::Omega::OmegaClass
{
public
// Properties
{'constant': 0, 'name': 'omegaString', 'reference': 0, 'type': 'string', 'static': 0, 'pointer': 0}
// Methods
{'static': False, 'rtnType': 'void', 'const': False, 'parameters': [], 'namespace': 'Alpha::Omega::', 'virtual': False, 'destructor': False, 'returns': '', 'template': False, 'friend': False, 'returns_class': False, 'extern': False, 'path': 'Alpha::Omega::OmegaClass', 'returns_pointer': 0, 'class': None, 'name': 'OmegaClass', 'pure_virtual': False, 'explicit': False, 'returns_fundamental': True, 'constructor': True, 'debug': 'OmegaClass ( ) ;', 'inline': False}
protected
private
}
// functions
{'inline': False, 'const': False, 'name': 'sampleFreeFunction', 'parameters': [{'constant': 0, 'name': 'i', 'reference': 0, 'type': 'int', 'static': 0, 'pointer': 0}], 'explicit': False, 'constructor': False, 'namespace': '', 'returns_fundamental': True, 'destructor': False, 'pure_virtual': False, 'returns': 'int', 'static': False, 'virtual': False, 'template': False, 'rtnType': 'int', 'extern': False, 'returns_pointer': 0, 'friend': False, 'class': None, 'debug': 'int sampleFreeFunction ( int i ) {', 'returns_class': False}
{'inline': False, 'const': False, 'name': 'anotherFreeFunction', 'parameters': [{'constant': 0, 'name': '', 'reference': 0, 'type': 'void', 'static': 0, 'pointer': 0}], 'explicit': False, 'constructor': False, 'namespace': '', 'returns_fundamental': True, 'destructor': False, 'pure_virtual': False, 'returns': 'int', 'static': False, 'virtual': False, 'template': False, 'rtnType': 'int', 'extern': False, 'returns_pointer': 0, 'friend': False, 'class': None, 'debug': 'int anotherFreeFunction ( void ) ;', 'returns_class': False}
Number of public methods 5
Number of private properties 2
Parameter Types for public method meth3 ['const string &', 'vector<string> &']
Return type for meth1:
string
Doxygen for meth2:
///
/// Method 2 description
///
/// @param v1 Variable 1
///
Parameters for meth3:
[{'constant': 1, 'name': 'v1', 'reference': 1, 'type': 'const string &', 'static': 0, 'pointer': 0, 'desc': 'Variable 1'}, {'constant': 0, 'name': 'v2', 'reference': 1, 'type': 'vector<string> &', 'static': 0, 'pointer': 0, 'desc': 'Variable 2'}]
Doxygen for meth4:
/**********************************
* Method 4 description
*
* @return Return value
*********************************/
Return type for meth5:
void *
Doxygen type for prop1:
/// prop1 description
Type for prop5:
int
Namespace for AlphaClass is:
Alpha
Return type for alphaMethod is:
void
Namespace for OmegaClass is:
Alpha::Omega
Type for omegaString is:
string
Free functions are:
sampleFreeFunction
anotherFreeFunction