Architecture
BUILD TIME:
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| foo.c |
| foo.h |
| |
| Library sources, with type annotations |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| |
gcc g-ir-scanner
| |
| V
| +------------------------+
| | Foo.gir |
| | |
| | <GI-name>.gir |
| | |
| | XML file |
| | |
| | Invocation information |
| | Required .gir files |
| | API docs |
| | |
| +------------------------+
| |
| g-ir-compiler
| |
DEPLOYMENT TIME: |
| |
V V
+-----------------------------+ +---------------------------+
| libfoo.so | | Foo.typelib |
| | | |
| | | Binary version of the |
| ELF file | | invocation info and |
| | | required .typelib files |
| Machine code, plus | +---------------------------+
| dynamic linkage information | A
| (DWARF debug data, etc) | |
+-----------------------------+ |
A |
| +---------------------------+
| | libgirepository.so |
+-----------+ | |
| libffi.so | | Can read typelibs and |
| |<-------+------>| present them in a |
+-----------+ | | libffi-based way |
| | |
| +---------------------------+
|
|
+----------------------------+
| Specific language bindings |
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