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/* Interface for functions that dissect/make method calls Copyright (C) 1994, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Written by: Andrew Kachites McCallum <mccallum@gnu.ai.mit.edu> Created: Oct 1994 This file is part of the GNUstep Base Library. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */ #ifndef __mframe_h_GNUSTEP_BASE_INCLUDE #define __mframe_h_GNUSTEP_BASE_INCLUDE #include <gnustep/base/preface.h> /* These functions are used to pull apart method calls, and put them back together again. They are useful for things like distributed objects, and cross-language communication glue between Objective C and other languages. */ /* xxx Currently these function only work with the GNU Objective C runtime, not the NeXT runtime. */ /* Extract the arguments to a method call, as found in ARGFRAME, according to type string TYPES, and encode them by calling ENCODER. Return YES if and only if the method has some pass-by-reference arguments. */ BOOL mframe_dissect_call (arglist_t argframe, const char *types, void (*encoder)(int,void*,const char*,int)); /* Decode the arguments to a method call by calling DECODER, knowing what to decode by looking at type string ENCODED_TYPES. Build an argframe of type arglist_t, and invoke the method. Then encode the return value and the pass-by-reference values using ENCODER. */ void mframe_do_call (const char *encoded_types, void(*decoder)(int,void*,const char*), void(*encoder)(int,void*,const char*,int)); /* Decode the return value and pass-by-reference arguments using DECODER, knowning what to decode by looking at type string TYPES and OUT_PARAMETERS, and put then into ARGFRAME. Return the retval_t structure that can be passed to __builtin_return(). */ retval_t mframe_build_return (arglist_t argframe, const char *types, BOOL out_parameters, void(*decoder)(int,void*,const char*,int)); #endif /* __mframe_h_GNUSTEP_BASE_INCLUDE */
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