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