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diff --git a/pidl/README b/pidl/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d678387282 --- /dev/null +++ b/pidl/README @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +Introduction: +============= +This directory contains the source code of the pidl (Perl IDL) +compiler for Samba 4. + +The main sources for pidl are available by Subversion on +svn://svnanon.samba.org/samba/branches/SAMBA_4_0/source/pidl + +Pidl works by building a parse tree from a .pidl file (a simple +dump of it's internal parse tree) or a .idl file +(a file format mostly like the IDL file format midl uses). +The IDL file parser is in idl.yp (a yacc file converted to +perl code by yapp) + +After a parse tree is present, pidl will call one of it's backends +(which one depends on the options given on the command-line). Here is +a list of current backends: + +Standalone installation: +======================== +Run Makefile.PL to generate the Makefile. + +Then run "make install" (as root) to install. + +Internals overview: +=================== + +-- Generic -- +Parse::Pidl::Dump - Converts the parse tree back to an IDL file +Parse::Pidl::Samba4::Header - Generates header file with data structures defined in IDL file +Parse::Pidl::NDR - Generates intermediate datastructures for use by NDR parses/generators +Parse::Pidl::ODL - Generates IDL structures from ODL structures for use in the NDR parser generator +Parse::Pidl::Test - Utility functions for use in pidl's testsuite + +-- Samba NDR -- +Parse::Pidl::Samba4::NDR::Client - Generates client call functions in C using the NDR parser +Parse::Pidl::Samba4::SWIG - Generates SWIG interface files (.i) +Parse::Pidl::Samba4::NDR::Parser - Generates pull/push functions for parsing NDR +Parse::Pidl::Samba4::NDR::Server - Generates server side implementation in C +Parse::Pidl::Samba4::TDR - Parser generator for the "Trivial Data Representation" +Parse::Pidl::Samba4::Template - Generates stubs in C for server implementation +Parse::Pidl::Samba4::EJS - Generates bindings for Embedded JavaScript (EJS) +Parse::Pidl::Samba4::Python - Generates bindings for Python + +-- Samba COM / DCOM -- +Parse::Pidl::Samba4::COM::Proxy - Generates proxy object for DCOM (client-side) +Parse::Pidl::Samba4::COM::Stub - Generates stub call handler for DCOM (server-side) +Parse::Pidl::Samba4::COM::Header - Generates headers for COM + +-- Wireshark -- +Parse::Pidl::Wireshark::NDR - Generates a parser for the Wireshark network sniffer +Parse::Pidl::Wireshark::Conformance - Reads conformance files containing additional data for generating Wireshark parsers + +-- Utility modules -- +Parse::Pidl::Util - Misc utility functions used by *.pm and pidl.pl +Parse::Pidl::Typelist - Utility functions for keeping track of known types and their representation in C + +Tips for hacking on pidl: + - Look at the pidl's parse tree by using the --keep option and looking + at the generated .pidl file. + - The various backends have a lot in common, if you don't understand how one + implements something, look at the others + - See pidl(1) and the documentation on midl + - See 'info bison' and yapp(1) for information on the file format of idl.yp |