pimpl cpp generator

generate pimpl idiom code   

Install

This command uses libclang. You need to install libclang.

On Ubuntu 15.04: sudo apt-get install libclang1-3.6

Option

option	long option	description
-t	--target-class	[class name] to change to pimpl holder class
-i	--impl-class	[class name] implementation class (default: IMPL)
-o	--output-class	[class name] output class (default: the same name as --target-class)
-v	--dammy-var-prefix	[var name] if a function declaration has no argument variable name, put dummy variable there (default: 'pimplvar')
	--pimpl-name	[var name] name of pimpl pointer (default: 'pimpl')
	--decl-with-def	define output class's delegate functions in class declaration (in common case, no need this option)
-h	--help	show this help message and exit

Usage

for example : sample.cpp

class Sample {
public:
    Sample();
    int do_public(int x);
private:
    void do_private();
};

run

$ ./pimplgen.py sample.cpp -t Sample -i Sample_Impl > gencode.cpp

gencode.cpp

class Sample {
public:
    Sample();

    int do_public(int x);

private:
    class Sample_Impl;
    Sample_Impl* pimpl;
};

Sample::Sample() : pimpl(new Sample()) {}

Sample::~Sample() { delete pimpl; }

int Sample::do_public(int x) {
    return pimpl->do_public(x);
}