STypeInfoExt Struct Reference

#include <stype.h>

Data Fields
stype	type
	The stype this extends; always a valid, canonical stype.
uint32	flags
	See STypeInfoExtFlagsEnum.
strref	name
const void *	detail
const STypeInfoExt *	param [2]
	Element type, or key type + value type.

Detailed Description

Structural, declaration-level information about a type, layered on top of an stype. See the stype_ext group overview for how this differs from STypeInfo.

cxautogen generates one of these for every serializable struct member, and a canonical STypeInfoExt – reached through the stExt(name) macro – for every serializable struct, class, structset, or classset. Built-in types have one too, e.g. stExt(int32). Pass the matching descriptor alongside a value so a consumer such as the serializer can agree on what it is – including element types for arrays and hashtables, and the concrete type for a value that could be one of several (see STIE_TypeSet).

Definition at line 1454 of file stype.h.

Field Documentation

detail

const void* STypeInfoExt::detail

StructInfo*, ObjClassInfo*, StructSet*, or ClassSet*, depending on type and flags; NULL if not applicable.

Definition at line 1465 of file stype.h.

name

strref STypeInfoExt::name

Name used to identify this type on the wire, or NULL if it doesn't need one (e.g. a plain int32 is always written the same way, so it isn't named), or if the type can't be serialized at all.

Definition at line 1461 of file stype.h.

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The documentation for this struct was generated from the following file:

• cx/stype/stype.h