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diff --git a/doc/overview.rst b/doc/overview.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..471e2439b --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/overview.rst @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +.. _gen-overview: + +********************** +API Extractor Overview +********************** + +The **API Extractor** library is used by the binding generator to parse headers +of a given library and merge this data with information provided by +typesystem (XML) files, resulting in a representation of how the API should be +exported to the chosen target language. The generation of source code for the +bindings is performed by specific generators using the API Extractor library. + +The API Extractor is based on QtScriptGenerator_ codebase. + +.. _QtScriptGenerator: http://labs.trolltech.com/page/Projects/QtScript/Generator |