module FFI

This module embbed type constants from {FFI::NativeType}.

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NOTE: all method definitions in this file are conditional on whether they are not already defined. This is needed because some Ruby implementations (e.g., TruffleRuby) might already provide these methods due to using FFI internally, and we should not override them to avoid warnings.

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see {file:README}

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Constants

CURRENT_PROCESS
VERSION

Public Class Methods

add_typedef(old, add) click to toggle source

(see FFI.typedef)

# File lib/ffi/types.rb, line 57
def self.add_typedef(old, add)
  typedef old, add
end
errno() click to toggle source

@return (see FFI::LastError.error) @see FFI::LastError.error

# File lib/ffi/errno.rb, line 34
def self.errno
  FFI::LastError.error
end
errno=(error) click to toggle source

@param error (see FFI::LastError.error=) @return (see FFI::LastError.error=) @see FFI::LastError.error=

# File lib/ffi/errno.rb, line 40
def self.errno=(error)
  FFI::LastError.error = error
end
find_type(name, type_map = nil) click to toggle source

@param [Type, DataConverter, Symbol] name @param [Hash] type_map if nil, {FFI::TypeDefs} is used @return [Type] Find a type in type_map ({FFI::TypeDefs}, by default) from a type objet, a type name (symbol). If name is a {DataConverter}, a new {Type::Mapped} is created.

# File lib/ffi/types.rb, line 76
def self.find_type(name, type_map = nil)
  if name.is_a?(Type)
    name

  elsif type_map&.has_key?(name)
    type_map[name]

  elsif (tm=custom_typedefs).has_key?(name)
    tm[name]

  elsif TypeDefs.has_key?(name)
    TypeDefs[name]

  elsif name.is_a?(DataConverter)
    tm = (type_map || custom_typedefs)
    tm[name] = Type::Mapped.new(name)
  else
    raise TypeError, "unable to resolve type '#{name}'"
  end
end
make_shareable(obj) click to toggle source

This is for FFI internal use only.

# File lib/ffi/compat.rb, line 35
def self.make_shareable(obj)
  Ractor.make_shareable(obj)
end
map_library_name(lib) click to toggle source

@param [String, FFI::LibraryPath] lib library name or LibraryPath object @return [String] library name formatted for current platform Transform a generic library name to a platform library name @example

# Linux
FFI.map_library_name 'c'     # -> "libc.so.6"
FFI.map_library_name 'jpeg'  # -> "libjpeg.so"
# Windows
FFI.map_library_name 'c'     # -> "msvcrt.dll"
FFI.map_library_name 'jpeg'  # -> "jpeg.dll"
# File lib/ffi/library.rb, line 46
def self.map_library_name(lib)
  # Mangle the library name to reflect the native library naming conventions
  LibraryPath.wrap(lib).to_s
end
type_size(type) click to toggle source

@param type type is an instance of class accepted by {FFI.find_type} @return [Numeric] Get type size, in bytes.

# File lib/ffi/types.rb, line 200
def self.type_size(type)
  find_type(type).size
end
typedef(old, add) click to toggle source

@param [Type, DataConverter, Symbol] old type definition used by {FFI.find_type} @param [Symbol] add new type definition’s name to add @return [Type] Add a definition type to type definitions.

The type definition is local per Ractor.

# File lib/ffi/types.rb, line 51
def self.typedef(old, add)
  tm = custom_typedefs
  tm[add] = self.find_type(old)
end

Private Class Methods

__typedef(old, add) click to toggle source
# File lib/ffi/types.rb, line 62
        def __typedef(old, add)
  TypeDefs[add] = self.find_type(old)
end
custom_typedefs() click to toggle source

Truffleruby and JRuby don’t support Ractor so far. So they don’t need separation between builtin and custom types.

# File lib/ffi/types.rb, line 39
def self.custom_typedefs
  TypeDefs
end