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Registries

Rice::Registries

Rice::Registries is the entry point to the introspection API. It is a singleton class that provides access to Rice's internal registries for type and native method information.

Class Methods

instance → Registries

Returns the singleton instance of Rice::Registries.

Returns:

The singleton Registries instance.

registries = Rice::Registries.instance

Instance Methods

natives → NativeRegistry

Returns a reference to the native registry.

Returns:

A NativeRegistry instance containing all wrapped C++ functions, methods, and attributes.

native_registry = Rice::Registries.instance.natives
native_registry.native_methods(MyClass)

types → TypeRegistry

Returns a reference to the type registry.

Returns:

A TypeRegistry instance containing all wrapped C++ types.

type_registry = Rice::Registries.instance.types
type_registry.klasses.each { |klass| puts klass.name }

Example

# Get the registries singleton
registries = Rice::Registries.instance

# List all wrapped classes
puts "Wrapped classes:"
registries.types.klasses.each do |klass|
  puts "  #{klass.name}"
end

# Get native methods for a specific class
puts "\nMethods for MyClass:"
registries.natives.native_methods(MyClass).each do |native|
  params = native.parameters.map { |p| "#{p.arg.name}: #{p.klass}" }.join(", ")
  puts "  #{native.name}(#{params}) -> #{native.return_type}"
end

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