Contents

• Object Reflection
  • Using Classdesc: Method 1, inlining
  • Using Classdesc: Method 2, building a library
  • Using Classdesc: Method 3, inlining with CMake
  • Synopsis of classdesc
  • Limitations to classdesc
  • supported #pragmas
  • CLASSDESC_ACCESS
  • Excluding particular members from the descriptor
  • STL containers
  
  
• pack/unpack
  • Pointers
  • Graph serialisation
  • Ref
  • Converting code using traditional pointers to using ref
  • Roll your own
  • Synopsis of pack_t
  • Polymorphism
  • Packing to a file
  • BinStream — binary streaming to a pack_t
  
  
• isa
• Other serialisation descriptors
  • xml_pack/unpack, xsd_generate
  • json_pack/unpack
  • dump
  
  
• Symbolic enums
• typeName
• Functional reflection
• Reflecting C++ objects to a scripting environment: RESTProcess
  • Buffer concept
  • Special path string commands
  • An example REST Server
  • Python bindings
  • Javascript bindings
  • Typescript bindings
  
  
• classdescMP
  • MPIbuf
  • MPIbuf_array
  • MPIslave
  • MPISPMD
  
  
• Workarounds
• Objective-C $\leftrightarrow$ C++ interface
  • Introduction
  • C++ model $\leftrightarrow$ Objective-C design strategies
  
  
• Note on namespaces
  • Preprocessor macros
  
  
• References
• Index