WebIDL binder: Added 'BindTo' extended attribute

This attribute can be used to change the C++ function that will be called. It can be used expose functions that have multiple overloads with the same number of parameters:

Example C++ code:

class BindToTest {
public:
  int test(const char*) { return 1; }
  int test(int) { return 2; }
};

IDL:

interface BindToTest {
  void BindToTest();
  [BindTo="test"] long testString([Const] DOMString arg);
  [BindTo="test"] long testInt(long arg);
};

Now the two overloaded functions can be called from JavaScript.

Author: jrouwe

site/source/docs/porting/connecting_cpp_and_javascript/WebIDL-Binder.rst

@@ -416,6 +416,55 @@ When C++ code has a pointer to a ``Base`` instance and calls ``virtualFunc()``,
   - You *must* implement all the methods you mentioned in the IDL of the ``JSImplementation`` class (``ImplJS``) or compilation will fail with an error.
   - You will also need to provide an interface definition for the ``Base`` class in the IDL file.
 
+Function overloads
+==================
+
+C++ allows function overloads, where multiple member functions have the same name but different arguments. *WebIDL Binder* allows you to bind overloaded functions only if they differ in the number of arguments:
+
+.. code-block:: cpp
+
+  // C++
+  class OverloadTest {
+  public:
+    void test(int arg1, int arg2) { ... }
+    void test(int arg) { ... }
+  };
+
+.. code-block:: idl
+
+  // WebIDL
+  interface OverloadTest {
+    void OverloadTest();
+    void test(long arg1, long arg2);
+    void test(long arg);
+  };
+
+If your functions don't differ in number of arguments, you can use the ``[BindTo]`` attribute:
+
+.. code-block:: cpp
+
+  // C++
+  class BindToTest {
+  public:
+    void test(const char* arg) { ... }
+    void test(int arg) { ... }
+  };
+
+.. code-block:: idl
+
+  // WebIDL
+  interface BindToTest {
+    void BindToTest();
+    [BindTo="test"] void testString([Const] DOMString arg);
+    [BindTo="test"] void testInt(long arg);
+  };
+
+In this case the C++ function ``test(const char*)`` will be named ``testString`` in JavaScript and ``test(int)`` will be named ``testInt``.
+
+.. note::
+
+  You can also use ``[BindTo]`` to just rename a function, e.g. if you want to rename ``MyFunctionName`` to ``myFunctionName``.
+
 Pointers and comparisons
 =========================
 

test/webidl/post.js

@@ -147,6 +147,10 @@ new TheModule.Inner().incInPlace(new TheModule.Inner());
 console.log('add: ' + new TheModule.Inner(1).add(new TheModule.Inner(2)).get_value());
 console.log('mul2: ' + new TheModule.Inner(10).mul2(5));
 
+let bindTo = new TheModule.BindToTest();
+console.log('testString: ' + bindTo.testString('hello'));
+console.log('testInt: ' + bindTo.testInt(10));
+
 console.log(TheModule.enum_value1);
 console.log(TheModule.enum_value2);
 

test/webidl/test.h

@@ -242,3 +242,9 @@ class ArrayArgumentTest {
 private:
   const char* m_array;
 };
+
+class BindToTest {
+public:
+  int test(const char*) { return 1; }
+  int test(int) { return 2; }
+};

test/webidl/test.idl

@@ -212,3 +212,9 @@ interface JSArrayArgumentTest {
   boolean byteArrayTest([Const] byte[] arg);
   boolean domStringTest([Const] DOMString arg);
 };
+
+interface BindToTest {
+  void BindToTest();
+  [BindTo="test"] long testString([Const] DOMString arg);
+  [BindTo="test"] long testInt(long arg);
+};

test/webidl/test_ALL.out

@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ getAsArray: 24
 Inner::+= => 2
 add: 3
 mul2: 50
+testString: 1
+testInt: 2
 0
 1
 34,34

test/webidl/test_DEFAULT.out

@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ getAsArray: 24
 Inner::+= => 2
 add: 3
 mul2: 50
+testString: 1
+testInt: 2
 0
 1
 34,34

test/webidl/test_FAST.out

@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ getAsArray: 24
 Inner::+= => 2
 add: 3
 mul2: 50
+testString: 1
+testInt: 2
 0
 1
 34,34

third_party/WebIDL.py

@@ -3443,7 +3443,8 @@ def handleExtendedAttribute(self, attr):
               identifier == "Value" or
               identifier == "Operator" or
               identifier == "Const" or
-              identifier == "WebGLHandlesContextLoss"):
+              identifier == "WebGLHandlesContextLoss" or
+              identifier == "BindTo"):
             # Known attributes that we don't need to do anything with here
             pass
         else:

tools/webidl_binder.py

@@ -388,7 +388,8 @@ def type_to_cdec(raw):
 
 def render_function(class_name, func_name, sigs, return_type, non_pointer,
                     copy, operator, constructor, is_static, func_scope,
-                    call_content=None, const=False, array_attribute=False):
+                    call_content=None, const=False, array_attribute=False,
+                    bind_to=None):
   legacy_mode = CHECKS not in ['ALL', 'FAST']
   all_checks = CHECKS == 'ALL'
 
@@ -601,9 +602,10 @@ def make_call_args(i):
     elif call_content is not None:
       call = call_content
     else:
-      call = func_name + '(' + call_args + ')'
+      if not bind_to:
+        bind_to = func_name
+      call = bind_to + '(' + call_args + ')'
       if is_static:
-
         call = c_class_name + '::' + call
       else:
         call = 'self->' + call
@@ -771,7 +773,8 @@ def add_bounds_check_impl():
                     constructor,
                     is_static=m.isStatic(),
                     func_scope=m.parentScope.identifier.name,
-                    const=m.getExtendedAttribute('Const'))
+                    const=m.getExtendedAttribute('Const'),
+                    bind_to=(m.getExtendedAttribute('BindTo') or [None])[0])
     mid_js += ['\n']
     if constructor:
       mid_js += build_constructor(name)