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valabind — vala to swig interface conversor

valabind [-h] [-x] [-v] [-V vapidir] [-o ofile] [-m modname] [-p profile] [-N namespace] [-D SYMBOL] [--swig] [--node-ffi] [--ctypes] [--gir] [--cxx] vapifile

Valabind is a program written in Vala that aims to generate nodejs, c++ or SWIG interfaces (.i) from a vala-generated or hand-made vapi files.

SWIG opens the door to create bindings for Python, Perl, ruby, lua, and many other scripting languages.

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OUTPUT
specify output file name
NAME
specify module name
NS
include given namespace for processing
SYMBOL
define a preprocessor symbol inside Vala code
PROFILE
select Vala profile (posix, gobject, dova)
generate c++ code for SWIG bindings
show version information
PATH
specify an alternative vapidir path

Valabind processes a single module at a time: the module named with -m is the only one whose classes, structs, enums and methods are emitted in the output. Any additional vapifile arguments passed on the command line are not processed as independent modules — only the first class of the first file ends up being walked.

To resolve types that come from other modules (e.g. a r_core.vapi that references symbols declared in r_asm.vapi), drop the extra vapis and their sibling .deps files under the directory passed to -V VAPIDIR and invoke valabind with just the single positional vapi you want emitted. Reproducing the pipeline by hand with every .vapi on the command line is a common mistake and will silently produce a nearly empty binding.

XDG_DATA_DIRS
Standard freedesktop environment variable to point to the share prefix directory where vala looks for vapi files.

Vala
http://live.gnome.org/Vala
SWIG
http://www.swig.org

valabind-cc(1)

pancake <pancake@nopcode.org>

Eduard Burtescu <edy.burt@gmail.com>

November 15, 2012 radare