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/** Clownfish::CFC::Binding::Core::Method - Generate core C code for a method.
 *
 * Clownfish::CFC::Method is an abstract specification; this class generates C code
 * which implements the specification.
 */

#ifndef H_CFCBINDMETHOD
#define H_CFCBINDMETHOD

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

struct CFCMethod;
struct CFCClass;

/** Return C code for the static inline vtable method invocation function.
 * @param method A L<Clownfish::CFC::Method>.
 * @param class The L<Clownfish::CFC::Class> which will be invoking the method.
 * (LobsterClaw needs its own method invocation function even if the method
 * was defined in Claw.)
 */
char*
CFCBindMeth_method_def(struct CFCMethod *method, struct CFCClass *klass);

/** Return C code expressing a typedef declaration for the method.
 */
char*
CFCBindMeth_typdef_dec(struct CFCMethod *method);

/** Return C code declaring the Callback object for this method.
 */
char*
CFCBindMeth_callback_dec(struct CFCMethod *method);

/** Return C code defining the Callback object for this method, which stores
 * introspection data and a pointer to the callback function.
 */
char*
CFCBindMeth_callback_obj_def(struct CFCMethod *method, const char* offset);

/** Return C code implementing a version of the method which throws an
 * "abstract method" error at runtime, for methods which are declared as
 * "abstract" in a Clownfish header file.
 */
char*
CFCBindMeth_abstract_method_def(struct CFCMethod *method);

/** Return C code implementing a callback to the Host for this method.  This
 * code is used when a Host method has overridden a method in a Clownfish
 * class.
 */
char*
CFCBindMeth_callback_def(struct CFCMethod *method);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif /* H_CFCBINDMETHOD */