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diff --git a/sources/shiboken2/ApiExtractor/doc/typesystem.rst b/sources/shiboken2/ApiExtractor/doc/typesystem.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..69dda43a0 --- /dev/null +++ b/sources/shiboken2/ApiExtractor/doc/typesystem.rst @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +The API Extractor Type System +***************************** + +The typesystem is used by a binding generator or any other software using the APIExtractor library +to map a C++ library API onto a higher level language. + +The typesystem specification is a handwritten XML document listing the types +that will be available in the generated target language API; types that are not +declared in the specification will be ignored along with everything depending on +them. In addition, it is possible to manipulate and modify types and functions. +It is even possible to use the typesystem specification to inject arbitrary +code into the source files, such as an extra member function. + +Below there is a complete reference guide to the various nodes (XML tags) of the typesystem. +For usage examples, take a look at the typesystem files used to generate PySide. These files +can be found in the PySide/<QT_MODULE_NAME> directory of the PySide package. + +.. toctree:: + + typesystem_specifying_types + typesystem_manipulating_objects + typesystem_modify_function + typesystem_arguments + typesystem_solving_compilation + typesystem_templates + typesystem_conversionrule + typesystem_documentation + + |