boost/python/data_members.hpp

make_getter() and make_setter() are the functions used internally by class_<>::def_readonly and class_<>::def_readwrite to produce Python callable objects which wrap C++ data members.

Functions

template <class C, class D>
object make_getter(D C::*pm);

template <class C, class D, class Policies>
object make_getter(D C::*pm, Policies const& policies);

Requires: Policies is a model of CallPolicies.
Effects: Creates a Python callable object which accepts a single argument that can be converted from_python to C*, and returns the corresponding member D member of the C object, converted to_python. If policies is supplied, it will be applied to the function as described here. Otherwise, the library attempts to determine whether D is a user-defined class type, and if so uses return_internal_reference<> for Policies. Note that this test may inappropriately choose return_internal_reference<> in some cases when D is a smart pointer type. This is a known defect.
Returns: An instance of object which holds the new Python callable object.

template <class D>
object make_getter(D const& d);
template <class D, class Policies>
object make_getter(D const& d, Policies const& policies);

template <class D>
object make_getter(D const* p);
template <class D, class Policies>
object make_getter(D const* p, Policies const& policies);

Requires: Policies is a model of CallPolicies.
Effects: Creates a Python callable object which accepts no arguments and returns d or *p, converted to_python on demand. If policies is supplied, it will be applied to the function as described here. Otherwise, the library attempts to determine whether D is a user-defined class type, and if so uses reference_existing_object for Policies.
Returns: An instance of object which holds the new Python callable object.

template <class C, class D>
object make_setter(D C::*pm);

template <class C, class D, class Policies>
object make_setter(D C::*pm, Policies const& policies);

Requires: Policies is a model of CallPolicies.
Effects: Creates a Python callable object which, when called from Python, expects two arguments which can be converted from_python to C* and D const&, respectively, and sets the corresponding D member of the C object. If policies is supplied, it will be applied to the function as described here.
Returns: An instance of object which holds the new Python callable object.

template <class D>
object make_setter(D& d);
template <class D, class Policies>
object make_setter(D& d, Policies const& policies);

template <class D>
object make_setter(D* p);
template <class D, class Policies>
object make_setter(D* p, Policies const& policies);

Requires: Policies is a model of CallPolicies.
Effects: Creates a Python callable object which accepts one argument, which is converted from Python to D const& and written into d or *p, respectively. If policies is supplied, it will be applied to the function as described here.
Returns: An instance of object which holds the new Python callable object.

Example

The code below uses make_getter and make_setter to expose a data member as functions:

#include <boost/python/data_members.hpp>
#include <boost/python/module.hpp>
#include <boost/python/class.hpp>

struct X
{
    X(int x) : y(x) {}
    int y;
};

using namespace boost::python;

BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(data_members_example)
{
    class_<X>("X", init<int>())
       .def("get", make_getter(&X::y))
       .def("set", make_setter(&X::y))
       ;
}

It can be used this way in Python:

>>> from data_members_example import *
>>> x = X(1)
>>> x.get()
1
>>> x.set(2)
>>> x.get()
2

boost/python/data_members.hpp

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