Ruby C++ API

Rice provides builtin wrappers for many builtin Ruby types, including:

• Object

• Module

• Class

• String

• Array

• Hash

• Struct

• Symbol

• Exception

Rice mimics the Ruby class hierarchy as closely as it can.

For example:

Object object_id = obj.call("object_id");
std::cout << object_id << std::endl;

Class rb_cTest = define_class<Test>("Test");
Object object_id = rb_cTest.call("object_id");
std::cout << object_id << std::endl;

The Array and Hash types can even be iterated over the same way one would iterate over an STL container:

Array a;
a.push(detail::To_Ruby<int>().convert(42));
a.push(detail::To_Ruby<int>().convert(43));
a.push(detail::To_Ruby<int>().convert(44));
Array::iterator it = a.begin();
Array::iterator end = a.end();
for(; it != end; ++it)
{
  std::cout << *it << std::endl;
}

STL algorithms should also work as expected on Array and Hash containers.