Python package "CppHeaderParser"

Purpose: Parse C++ header files and generate a data structure representing the class

Author: Jashua Cloutier (jashuac@bellsouth.net)

Licence: BSD

External modules required: PLY

Quick start:

#include <vector>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
class SampleClass
{
public:
    SampleClass();
    /*!
     * Method 1
     */
    string meth1();

    ///
    /// Method 2 description
    ///
    /// @param v1 Variable 1
    ///
    int meth2(int v1);

    /**
     * Method 3 description
     *
     * \param v1 Variable 1
     * \param v2 Variable 2
     */
    void meth3(const string & v1, vector<string> & v2);

    /**********************************
     * Method 4 description
     *
     * @return Return value
     *********************************/
    unsigned int meth4();
private:
    void * meth5(){return NULL};

    /// prop1 description
    string prop1;
    //! prop5 description
    int prop5;
};

Python code

#!/usr/bin/python
import sys
import CppHeaderParser
try:
    cppHeader = CppHeaderParser.CppHeader("SampleClass.h")
except CppHeaderParser.CppParseError,  e:
    print e
    sys.exit(1)
print "CppHeaderParser view of %s"%cppHeader
sampleClass = cppHeader.classes["SampleClass"]
print "Number of public methods %d"%(len(sampleClass["methods"]["public"]))
print "Number of private properties %d"%(len(sampleClass["properties"]["private"]))
meth3 = [m for m in sampleClass["methods"]["public"] if m["name"] == "meth3"][0] #get meth3
meth3ParamTypes = [t["type"] for t in meth3["parameters"]] #get meth3s parameters
print "Parameter Types for public method meth3 %s"%(meth3ParamTypes)

print "\nReturn type for meth1:"
print cppHeader.classes["SampleClass"]["methods"]["public"][1]["rtnType"]

print "\nDoxygen for meth2:"
print cppHeader.classes["SampleClass"]["methods"]["public"][2]["doxygen"]

print "\nParameters for meth3:"
print cppHeader.classes["SampleClass"]["methods"]["public"][3]["parameters"]

print "\nDoxygen for meth4:"
print cppHeader.classes["SampleClass"]["methods"]["public"][4]["doxygen"]

print "\nReturn type for meth5:"
print cppHeader.classes["SampleClass"]["methods"]["private"][0]["rtnType"]

print "\nDoxygen type for prop1:"
print cppHeader.classes["SampleClass"]["properties"]["private"][0]["doxygen"]

print "\nType for prop5:"
print cppHeader.classes["SampleClass"]["properties"]["private"][1]["type"]

Output

CppHeaderParser view of class SampleClass
Inherits: 
{
public
    // Method
    {'name': 'SampleClass', 'parameters': [], 'rtnType': 'void'}
    {'doxygen': '/*!\n* Method 1\n*/', 'name': 'meth1', 'parameters': [], 'rtnType': 'string'}
    {'doxygen': '///\n/// Method 2 description\n///\n/// @param v1 Variable 1\n///', 'name': 'meth2', 'parameters': [{'type': 'int', 'name': 'v1', 'desc': 'Variable 1 Variable 1'}], 'rtnType': 'int'}
    {'doxygen': '/**\n* Method 3 description\n*\n* \\param v1 Variable 1\n* \\param v2 Variable 2\n*/', 'name': 'meth3', 'parameters': [{'type': 'const string &', 'name': 'v1', 'desc': 'Variable 1 Variable 1'}, {'type': 'vector<string> &', 'name': 'v2', 'desc': 'Variable 2 Variable 2'}], 'rtnType': 'void'}
    {'doxygen': '/**********************************\n* Method 4 description\n*\n* @return Return value\n*********************************/', 'name': 'meth4', 'parameters': [], 'rtnType': 'unsigned int'}
protected
private
    // Properties
    {'doxygen': '/// prop1 description', 'type': 'string', 'name': 'prop1'}
    {'doxygen': '//! prop5 description', 'type': 'int', 'name': 'prop5'}
    // Method
    {'name': 'meth5', 'parameters': [], 'rtnType': 'void *'}
}

Number of public methods 5
Number of private properties 2
Parameter Types for public method meth3 ['const string &', 'vector<string> &']

Return type for meth1:
string

Doxygen for meth2:
///
/// Method 2 description
///
/// @param v1 Variable 1
///

Parameters for meth3:
[{'type': 'const string &', 'name': 'v1', 'desc': 'Variable 1 Variable 1'}, {'type': 'vector<string> &', 'name': 'v2', 'desc': 'Variable 2 Variable 2'}]

Doxygen for meth4:
/**********************************
* Method 4 description
*
* @return Return value
*********************************/

Return type for meth5:
void *

Doxygen type for prop1:
/// prop1 description

Type for prop5:
int

Installation:

• Any OS: Unzip the .zip file into a suitable directory, chdir to that directory, then do "python setup.py install".
• If os.sep != "/": make the appropriate adjustments.

Documentation:

Documentation can be found in the 'doc' directory of the CppHeaderParser package. If these aren't sufficient, please consult the code in the examples directory and the source code itself.