Reflang - Modern C++ reflection using libclang

In short

Reflang is a reflection library & tool for C++. For example, if your source looks like this:

	enum class MyEnum
	{
		Value1 = 4,
		Value2,
		Value3,
		Value4 = Value3,
		Value5 = 0,
		Value6 = 12
	};

Using Reflang you could do:

	for (auto it : reflang::Enum<MyEnum>::Iterate())
	{
		// do something with MyEnum values
	}

	std::string string_value = reflang::Enum<MyEnum>::Translate(MyEnum::Value2);
	// string_value == "Value2"

	MyEnum e
	if (reflang::Enum<MyEnum>::TryTranslate(string_value, e))
	{
		// e == MyEnum::Value2
	}

Reflang will soon support classes, functions and other forms of fun.

How it works

Reflang is made of 2 components:

• Code generator, which uses libclang to parse your C++ code and generate reflection information;
• Support library, which allows generic and abstract coding ("find class by name", "invoke method by name", etc).

Reflang understands your code exactly like clang does, so by integrating Reflang in your build process you can get always updated reflection information with no effort.

Examples

Check out the tests/ directory, which shows pretty much all features supported by Reflang.

Each test is made of 3 files:

• X.src.hpp -- this is the source code which will be used for reflection;
• X.gen.hpp -- this is the generated reflection code (try reading it!);
• X.test.cpp -- this is the test code which uses the 2 above.

Using

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Building

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Limitations

• reflang::Object, the type used for function arguments, return values, etc only supports types which are copy-cosntructible.
• No template classes / functions support.

Bugs, pull requests, feedback

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Donations

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