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Register method as global function

Started by dutt Aug 7, 2011 at 8:05 PM 3 replies 2.7k views

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Aug 7, 2011 at 8:05 PM

I'm writing a ScriptManager c++ class that has a registerType(string& name) method that I would like to register as a global function in the script.

I've got RegisterGlobalFunction working for global methods and I could use a proxy function or make it static but I'm wondering if there's a proper way to do this.

registerEntitypType looks like this:


 
 void ScriptManager::registerEntityType(string& name) {
 cout <<"Registering type \"" <<name <<"\"" <<endl;
 }

I've tried both of these:

r = mEngine->RegisterGlobalFunction("void registerType(string& in)", asFUNCTION(&ScriptManager::registerEntityType), asCALL_CDECL);

r = mEngine->RegisterGlobalFunction("void registerType(string& in)", asMETHOD(ScriptManager, registerEntityType), asCALL_THISCALL);

After a little bit of searching I found this, is that still the state?

jacmoe

Aug 7, 2011 at 9:13 PM

This is what I'm using:

 int r;
 r = mEngine->RegisterObjectType("ScriptManager", 0, asOBJ_REF | asOBJ_NOHANDLE); assert( r >= 0);
 r = mEngine->RegisterObjectMethod("ScriptManager", "void registerEntityType(string)", asMETHOD(ScriptManager, registerEntityType, asCALL_THISCALL); assert( r >= 0);
 // Register the singleton's address that the script will use to access it
 r = mEngine->RegisterGlobalProperty("ScriptManager scriptmanager", this); assert( r >= 0);

You could of course change the way you register the type of the class, but the RegisterGlobalProperty is the function you need.

D'oh - didn't read the other topic in depth - my post doesn't really apply, does it?

WitchLord

Aug 7, 2011 at 10:20 PM

After a little bit of searching I found this, is that still the state?

Yes. Unfortunately, this is still the case.

If you want the method to look like a global function in the script you need to use a proxy function.

dutt

Aug 8, 2011 at 6:27 AM

[quote name='dutt' timestamp='1312747518' post='4845879']
After a little bit of searching I found this, is that still the state?

Yes. Unfortunately, this is still the case.

If you want the method to look like a global function in the script you need to use a proxy function.
[/quote]

Ok, I might register a system object and put all my globals in that instead then. "system.registerType" is almost as good as just "registerType".

Do you have a rough idea when you might find the time to include support for registering methods as global functions?

WitchLord

Aug 8, 2011 at 2:10 PM

I tend to focus on the features that cannot easily be accomplished from the application side, so this addition is quite low on my to-do list.

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