123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_

Class: FFI::Generator::Task

Relationships & Source Files
Super Chains via Extension / Inclusion / Inheritance
Class Chain:
self, Rake::TaskLib
Instance Chain:
self, Rake::TaskLib
Inherits: Rake::TaskLib
  • ::Object
Defined in: lib/ffi/tools/generator_task.rb

Overview

Add Rake tasks that generate files with C structs for ::FFI::Struct and C constants.

The generated files are also added to the ‘clear’ task.

Examples:

a simple example for your Rakefile

require "ffi/tools/generator_task"
# Add a task to generate my_object.rb out of my_object.rb.ffi
FFI::Generator::Task.new ["my_object.rb"], cflags: "-I/usr/local/mylibrary"

See Also:

Class Method Summary

Constructor Details

.new(rb_names, options = {}) ⇒ Task

[ GitHub ]

  
# File 'lib/ffi/tools/generator_task.rb', line 18

def initialize(rb_names, options={})
  task :clean do rm_f rb_names end

  rb_names.each do |rb_name|
    ffi_name = "#{rb_name}.ffi"

    file rb_name => ffi_name do |t|
      puts "Generating #{rb_name}..." if Rake.application.options.trace

      FFI::Generator.new ffi_name, rb_name, options
    end
  end
end