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Description

OMG IDL file parser. This library just parse IDL files, and output intermidiate type objects.

Documentation

API reference and usage: https://idl-parser.readthedocs.io/

Example

"""
example for idl_parser package
"""

from idl_parser import parser
parser_ = parser.IDLParser()
idl_str = """
module my_module {
  struct Time {
    long sec;
    long usec;
  };

  typedef sequence<double> DoubleSeq;

  struct TimedDoubleSeq {
    Time tm;
    DoubleSeq data;
  };

  enum RETURN_VALUE {
    RETURN_OK,
    RETURN_FAILED,
  };

  interface DataGetter {
    RETURN_VALUE getData(out TimedDoubleSeq data);
  };

};
"""

global_module = parser_.load(idl_str)
my_module = global_module.module_by_name('my_module')
dataGetter = my_module.interface_by_name('DataGetter')
print('DataGetter interface')
for m in dataGetter.methods:
  print('- method:')
  print('  name:', m.name)
  print('  returns:', m.returns.name)
  print('  arguments:')
  for a in m.arguments:
    print('    name:', a.name)
    print('    type:', a.type)
    print('    direction:', a.direction)

doubleSeq = my_module.typedef_by_name('DoubleSeq')
print('typedef %s %s' % (doubleSeq.type.name, doubleSeq.name))

timedDoubleSeq = my_module.struct_by_name('TimedDoubleSeq')
print('TimedDoubleSeq')
for m in timedDoubleSeq.members:
  print('- member:')
  print('  name:', m.name)
  print('  type:', m.type.name)

More examples are in the examples folder of the repository:

  • example.py: the smallest example: a module and an interface

  • argument_direction_example.py: directions of method arguments (in, out and inout)

  • struct_example.py: structs and their member types

  • struct_inheritance_map_example.py: struct inheritance (struct B : A) and map<K, V> types

  • any_fixed_example.py: any, Object, ValueBase and fixed-point (fixed<d, s>) types

  • preprocessor_example.py: #define macros, #if / #elif / #else, and macros given from outside with IDLParser(defines=...)

  • conditional_include_example.py: #include in #if / #elif / #else branches: only the files of the kept branch are read

  • enum_example.py: enums and their values

  • enum_value_example.py: enumerator values set with @value(n) (literals or const names)

  • const_expr_example.py: constant expressions (N * 2, (1 << 3)) in const values, array sizes and bounds

  • typedef_template_module_example.py: types declared inside a typedef (typedef enum E { ... } EE;), and template modules, which are skipped with a warning

  • union_example.py: unions (discriminator kinds, case and default labels, member types)

  • annotation_example.py: IDL 4 annotations (@key, @range, …) and struct keys

  • repository_id_example.py: repository IDs (IDL:omg.org/CosNaming/NamingContext:1.0) from #pragma prefix / ID / version, typeid and typeprefix

  • scoped_name_example.py: same-named types in several modules (relative X, C::X and absolute ::B::X names)

https://github.com/sugarsweetrobotics/idl_parser/tree/main/examples

How to install

sudo pip install idl_parser

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