flatbuffers/reflection/reflection.fbs

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// This schema defines objects that represent a parsed schema, like
// the binary version of a .fbs file.
// This could be used to operate on unknown FlatBuffers at runtime.
// It can even ... represent itself (!)
namespace reflection;
// These must correspond to the enum in idl.h.
enum BaseType : byte {
None,
UType,
Bool,
Byte,
UByte,
Short,
UShort,
Int,
UInt,
Long,
ULong,
Float,
Double,
String,
Vector,
Obj, // Used for tables & structs.
Union,
Array,
// Add any new type above this value.
MaxBaseType
}
table Type {
base_type:BaseType;
element:BaseType = None; // Only if base_type == Vector
// or base_type == Array.
index:int = -1; // If base_type == Object, index into "objects" below.
// If base_type == Union, UnionType, or integral derived
// from an enum, index into "enums" below.
fixed_length:uint16 = 0; // Only if base_type == Array.
}
table KeyValue {
key:string (required, key);
value:string;
}
table EnumVal {
name:string (required);
value:long (key);
object:Object (deprecated);
union_type:Type;
documentation:[string];
}
table Enum {
name:string (required, key);
values:[EnumVal] (required); // In order of their values.
is_union:bool = false;
underlying_type:Type (required);
attributes:[KeyValue];
documentation:[string];
/// File that this Enum is declared in.
declaration_file: string;
}
table Field {
name:string (required, key);
type:Type (required);
id:ushort;
offset:ushort; // Offset into the vtable for tables, or into the struct.
default_integer:long = 0;
default_real:double = 0.0;
deprecated:bool = false;
required:bool = false;
key:bool = false;
attributes:[KeyValue];
documentation:[string];
optional:bool = false;
}
table Object { // Used for both tables and structs.
name:string (required, key);
fields:[Field] (required); // Sorted.
is_struct:bool = false;
minalign:int;
bytesize:int; // For structs.
attributes:[KeyValue];
documentation:[string];
/// File that this Object is declared in.
declaration_file: string;
}
table RPCCall {
name:string (required, key);
request:Object (required); // must be a table (not a struct)
response:Object (required); // must be a table (not a struct)
attributes:[KeyValue];
documentation:[string];
}
table Service {
name:string (required, key);
calls:[RPCCall];
attributes:[KeyValue];
documentation:[string];
/// File that this Service is declared in.
declaration_file: string;
}
/// New schema language features that are not supported by old code generators.
enum AdvancedFeatures : ulong (bit_flags) {
AdvancedArrayFeatures,
AdvancedUnionFeatures,
OptionalScalars,
DefaultVectorsAndStrings,
}
/// File specific information.
/// Symbols declared within a file may be recovered by iterating over all
/// symbols and examining the `declaration_file` field.
table SchemaFile {
/// Filename, relative to project root.
filename:string (required, key);
/// Names of included files, relative to project root.
included_filenames:[string];
}
table Schema {
objects:[Object] (required); // Sorted.
enums:[Enum] (required); // Sorted.
file_ident:string;
file_ext:string;
root_table:Object;
services:[Service]; // Sorted.
advanced_features:AdvancedFeatures;
/// All the files used in this compilation. Files are relative to where
/// flatc was invoked.
fbs_files:[SchemaFile]; // Sorted.
}
root_type Schema;
file_identifier "BFBS";
file_extension "bfbs";