python/doc/reference/def_visitor.qbk
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[section boost/python/def_visitor.hpp]
[section Introduction]
<boost/python/def_visitor.hpp> provides a generic visitation interface through which the [link high_level_components.boost_python_class_hpp.class_template_class_t_bases_hel class_] def member functionality can be extended non-intrusively to avoid cluttering the [link high_level_components.boost_python_class_hpp.class_template_class_t_bases_hel class_] interface. It declares the `def_visitor<T>` class template, which is parameterized on the derived type `DerivedVisitor`, which provides the actual `def` functionality through its `visit` member functions.
[endsect]
[section Class `def_visitor`]
The class `def_visitor` is a base class paramaterized by its derived class. The `def_visitor` class is a protocol class. Its derived class, DerivedVisitor, is expected to have a member function `visit`. The `def_visitor` class is never instantiated directly. Instead, an instance of its subclass, DerivedVisitor, is passed on as an argument to the [link high_level_components.boost_python_class_hpp.class_template_class_t_bases_hel class_] `def` member function.
``
namespace boost { namespace python {
template <class DerivedVisitor>
class def_visitor {};
}
``
[variablelist
[[Requires][The client supplied class DerivedVisitor template parameter is expected to:
* be privately derived from def_visitor
* grant friend access to class def_visitor_access
* define either or both visit member functions listed in the table below:
[table
[[Expression][Return Type][Requirements][Effects]]
[[`visitor.visit(cls)`][`void`]
[`cls` is an instance of a [link high_level_components.boost_python_class_hpp.class_template_class_t_bases_hel class_] being wrapped to Python. `visitor` is a `def_visitor` derived class.]
[A call to `cls.def(visitor)` forwards to this member function.]]
[[`visitor.visit(cls, name, options)`][`void`]
[`cls` is a [link high_level_components.boost_python_class_hpp.class_template_class_t_bases_hel class_] instance, name is a C string. `visitor` is a `def_visitor` derived class. options is a context specific optional argument.]
[A call to `cls.def(name, visitor)` or `cls.def(name, visitor, options)` forwards to this member function. ]]]
]]
]
[endsect]
[section Example]
``
class X {/*...*/};
class my_def_visitor : boost::python::def_visitor<my_def_visitor>
{
friend class def_visitor_access;
template <class classT>
void visit(classT& c) const
{
c.def("foo", &my_def_visitor::foo);
c.def("bar", &my_def_visitor::bar);
}
static void foo(X& self);
static void bar(X& self);
};
BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(my_ext)
{
class_<X>("X")
.def(my_def_visitor());
}
``
[endsect]
[endsect]