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authorWouter van Oortmerssen <wvo@google.com>2015-05-21 16:33:29 -0700
committerWouter van Oortmerssen <wvo@google.com>2015-06-15 15:53:10 -0700
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Initial reflection and resizing functionality.
Tested: on Linux. Change-Id: I8f7bccf9b1ad87fea788f85e23fa69435758feca
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+// This schema defines objects that represent a parsed schema, like
+// the binary version of a .fbs file.
+// This could be used to operate on unknown FlatBuffers at runtime.
+// It can even ... represent itself (!)
+
+namespace reflection;
+
+// These must correspond to the enum in idl.h.
+enum BaseType : byte {
+ None,
+ UType,
+ Bool,
+ Byte,
+ UByte,
+ Short,
+ UShort,
+ Int,
+ UInt,
+ Long,
+ ULong,
+ Float,
+ Double,
+ String,
+ Vector,
+ Obj, // Used for tables & structs.
+ Union //
+}
+
+table Type {
+ base_type:BaseType;
+ element:BaseType = None; // Only if base_type == Vector.
+ index:int = -1; // If base_type == Object, index into "objects" below.
+ // If base_type == Union, UnionType, or integral derived
+ // from an enum, index into "enums" below.
+}
+
+table EnumVal {
+ name:string (required);
+ value:long (key);
+ object:Object; // Only if part of a union.
+}
+
+table Enum {
+ name:string (required, key);
+ values:[EnumVal] (required); // In order of their values.
+ is_union:bool = false;
+ underlying_type:Type (required);
+}
+
+table Field {
+ name:string (required, key);
+ type:Type (required);
+ id:ushort;
+ offset:ushort; // Offset into the vtable for tables, or into the struct.
+ default_integer:long = 0;
+ default_real:double = 0.0;
+ deprecated:bool = false;
+ required:bool = false;
+ key:bool = false;
+}
+
+table Object { // Used for both tables and structs.
+ name:string (required, key);
+ fields:[Field] (required); // Sorted.
+ is_struct:bool = false;
+}
+
+table Schema {
+ objects:[Object] (required); // Sorted.
+ enums:[Enum] (required); // Sorted.
+ file_ident:string;
+ file_ext:string;
+ root_table:Object;
+}
+
+root_type Schema;
+
+file_identifier "BFBS";
+file_extension "bfbs";