/* example/example-opaque-types.cpp -- opaque types, passing void pointers Copyright (c) 2016 Wenzel Jakob All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file. */ #include "example.h" #include #include typedef std::vector StringList; class ClassWithSTLVecProperty { public: StringList stringList; }; /* IMPORTANT: Disable internal pybind11 translation mechanisms for STL data structures */ PYBIND11_MAKE_OPAQUE(StringList); void init_ex_opaque_types(py::module &m) { py::class_(m, "StringList") .def(py::init<>()) .def("pop_back", &StringList::pop_back) /* There are multiple versions of push_back(), etc. Select the right ones. */ .def("push_back", (void (StringList::*)(const std::string &)) &StringList::push_back) .def("back", (std::string &(StringList::*)()) &StringList::back) .def("__len__", [](const StringList &v) { return v.size(); }) .def("__iter__", [](StringList &v) { return py::make_iterator(v.begin(), v.end()); }, py::keep_alive<0, 1>()); py::class_(m, "ClassWithSTLVecProperty") .def(py::init<>()) .def_readwrite("stringList", &ClassWithSTLVecProperty::stringList); m.def("print_opaque_list", [](const StringList &l) { std::cout << "Opaque list: ["; bool first = true; for (auto entry : l) { if (!first) std::cout << ", "; std::cout << entry; first = false; } std::cout << "]" << std::endl; }); m.def("return_void_ptr", []() { return (void *) 0x1234; }); m.def("print_void_ptr", [](void *ptr) { std::cout << "Got void ptr : 0x" << std::hex << (uint64_t) ptr << std::endl; }); m.def("return_null_str", []() { return (char *) nullptr; }); m.def("print_null_str", [](char *ptr) { std::cout << "Got null str : 0x" << std::hex << (uint64_t) ptr << std::endl; }); m.def("return_unique_ptr", []() -> std::unique_ptr { StringList *result = new StringList(); result->push_back("some value"); return std::unique_ptr(result); }); }