reflector vol. 2

Main usages

Generating protocol [de]serialization code

• network protocol (special-purpose packets)
• inter-thread (more "natural" entities) e.g. between ZoneInstances

Example:

• Player1 in zone1 whispers player2 in zone2
• ZoneInstance sends CmdWhisper to Realm
• Realm finds player2, sends CmdWhisper to zone2
• zone2 processess CmdWhisper, player2 receives the message

Generating reflection for component configuration

class LoginServer {
    configure_this
    std::vector<RealmConnectionInfo> realms;

    configure_this
    void setServerName(std::string&& name);
}

Generating script bindings for native classes

TODO

Build a class-based semantic model in Python Allow type search etc.