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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT // OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, // SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT // LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, // DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY // THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT // (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE // OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. // This file can be included by other C++ libraries, typically extension modules // which want to interact with the Python Messages coming from the "cpp" // implementation of protocol buffers. // // Usage: // Declare a (probably static) variable to hold the API: // const PyProto_API* py_proto_api; // In some initialization function, write: // py_proto_api = static_cast(PyCapsule_Import( // PyProtoAPICapsuleName(), 0)); // if (!py_proto_api) { ...handle ImportError... } // Then use the methods of the returned class: // py_proto_api->GetMessagePointer(...); #ifndef GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_PYTHON_PROTO_API_H__ #define GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_PYTHON_PROTO_API_H__ #include #include #include namespace google { namespace protobuf { namespace python { // Note on the implementation: // This API is designed after // https://docs.python.org/3/extending/extending.html#providing-a-c-api-for-an-extension-module // The class below contains no mutable state, and all methods are "const"; // we use a C++ class instead of a C struct with functions pointers just because // the code looks more readable. struct PyProto_API { // The API object is created at initialization time and never freed. // This destructor is never called. virtual ~PyProto_API() {} // Operations on Messages. // If the passed object is a Python Message, returns its internal pointer. // Otherwise, returns NULL with an exception set. virtual const Message* GetMessagePointer(PyObject* msg) const = 0; // If the passed object is a Python Message, returns a mutable pointer. // Otherwise, returns NULL with an exception set. // This function will succeed only if there are no other Python objects // pointing to the message, like submessages or repeated containers. // With the current implementation, only empty messages are in this case. virtual Message* GetMutableMessagePointer(PyObject* msg) const = 0; // If the passed object is a Python Message Descriptor, returns its internal // pointer. // Otherwise, returns NULL with an exception set. virtual const Descriptor* MessageDescriptor_AsDescriptor( PyObject* desc) const = 0; // If the passed object is a Python Enum Descriptor, returns its internal // pointer. // Otherwise, returns NULL with an exception set. virtual const EnumDescriptor* EnumDescriptor_AsDescriptor( PyObject* enum_desc) const = 0; // Expose the underlying DescriptorPool and MessageFactory to enable C++ code // to create Python-compatible message. virtual const DescriptorPool* GetDefaultDescriptorPool() const = 0; virtual MessageFactory* GetDefaultMessageFactory() const = 0; // Allocate a new protocol buffer as a python object for the provided // descriptor. This function works even if no Python module has been imported // for the corresponding protocol buffer class. // The factory is usually null; when provided, it is the MessageFactory which // owns the Python class, and will be used to find and create Extensions for // this message. // When null is returned, a python error has already been set. virtual PyObject* NewMessage(const Descriptor* descriptor, PyObject* py_message_factory) const = 0; // Allocate a new protocol buffer where the underlying object is owned by C++. // The factory must currently be null. This function works even if no Python // module has been imported for the corresponding protocol buffer class. // When null is returned, a python error has already been set. // // Since this call returns a python object owned by C++, some operations // are risky, and it must be used carefully. In particular: // * Avoid modifying the returned object from the C++ side while there are // existing python references to it or it's subobjects. // * Avoid using python references to this object or any subobjects after the // C++ object has been freed. // * Calling this with the same C++ pointer will result in multiple distinct // python objects referencing the same C++ object. virtual PyObject* NewMessageOwnedExternally( Message* msg, PyObject* py_message_factory) const = 0; // Returns a new reference for the given DescriptorPool. // The returned object does not manage the C++ DescriptorPool: it is the // responsibility of the caller to keep it alive. // As long as the returned Python DescriptorPool object is kept alive, // functions that process C++ descriptors or messages created from this pool // can work and return their Python counterparts. virtual PyObject* DescriptorPool_FromPool( const google::protobuf::DescriptorPool* pool) const = 0; }; inline const char* PyProtoAPICapsuleName() { static const char kCapsuleName[] = "google.protobuf.pyext._message.proto_API"; return kCapsuleName; } } // namespace python } // namespace protobuf } // namespace google #endif // GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_PYTHON_PROTO_API_H__