ExtUtils::XSpp::Node::Function - Node representing a function

An ExtUtils::XSpp::Node subclass representing a single function declaration such as

  int foo();

More importantly, ExtUtils::XSpp::Node::Method inherits from this class, so all in here equally applies to method nodes.

Creates a new ExtUtils::XSpp::Node::Function.

Named parameters: cpp_name indicating the C++ name of the function, perl_name indicating the Perl name of the function (defaults to the same as cpp_name), arguments can be a reference to an array of ExtUtils::XSpp::Node::Argument objects and finally ret_type indicates the (C++) return type of the function.

Additionally, there are several optional decorators for a function declaration (see ExtUtils::XSpp for a list). These can be passed to the constructor as code, cleanup, postcall, and catch. catch is special in that it must be a reference to an array of class names.

Fetches the ExtUtils::XSpp::Typemap object for the return type and the arguments from the typemap registry and stores a reference to those objects.

Fetches the ExtUtils::XSpp::Exception object for the %catch directives associated with this function.

Adds a list of exception names to the list of exception handlers. This is mainly called by a class' add_methods method. If the function is hard-wired to have no exception handlers, any extra handlers from the class are ignored.

Returns a string with a C++ method declaration for the node.

Returns the name of the Perl function to generate.

Returns whether the object at hand is a method. Hard-wired to be false for ExtUtils::XSpp::Node::Function object, but overridden in the ExtUtils::XSpp::Node::Method sub-class.

Returns true if the function has any argument that uses the XS length feature.

Returns the C++ name of the function.

Returns the Perl name of the function (defaults to same as C++).

Sets the Perl name of the function.

Returns the internal array reference of ExtUtils::XSpp::Node::Argument objects that represent the function arguments.

Returns the C++ return type.

Returns the %code decorator if any.

Sets the implementation for the method call (equivalent to using %code); takes the code as an array reference containing the lines.

Returns the %cleanup decorator if any.

Returns the %postcall decorator if any.

Returns the set of exception types that were associated with the function via %catch. (array reference)

Sets the static-ness attribute of the function. Can be either undef (i.e. not static), "package_static", or "class_static".

Returns whether the function is package static. A package static function can be invoked as:

    My::Package::Function( ... );

Returns whether the function is class static. A class static function can be invoked as:

    My::Package->Function( ... );