Hooks execution

If a given component supports pre- and post-method invocation instrumentation, also known as ``hooks'', their execution can be enabled or disabled at runtime through the built-in _set_hooks method. For example, given the following SIDL specification$:$


package hooks version 1.0
{
  class Basics {
    /**
     * Basic illustration of hooks for static methods.
     */
    static int aStaticMeth(in int i, out int o, inout int io);

    /**
     * Basic illustration of hooks for static methods.
     */
    int aNonStaticMeth(in int i, out int o, inout int io);
  }
}

which has a single static function and a member function for the Basics class, the processes for enabling and disabling execution of the implementation-specific hooks are$:$


  obj = hooks.Basics.Basics()
  
#
# Enable hooks execution (enabled by default)
# ...for non-static methods
#
    hooks.Basics._set_hooks_static(1)
#
# ...for static methods
#
    obj._set_hooks(1)

#
# ...do something important...
#
  
#
# Disable hooks execution
# ...for non-static methods
#
    hooks.Basics._set_hooks_static(0)
#
# ...for static methods
#
    obj._set_hooks(0)

#
# ...do something important...
#

It is important to keep in mind that the _set_hooks_static method must be used to enable/disable invocation of hooks for static methods and the _set_hooks method must be used for those of non-static methods. Also, Babel does not provide client access to the _pre and _post methods; therefore, they cannot be invoked directly. More information on the instrumentation process is provided in Subsection 6.4.5.





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