Hello,
this question is not 100% targeted at IronPython, but I didn't know a
better list to write to.
I've started writing a C# <-> javascript bridge. Unlike IronPython and
IronRuby I don't want to write a javascript engine in .net, but rather use
existing ones. I can already access C# classes from javascript and
instance them. The opposite way turns out to be much harder for non-PODs.
Example:
public class JSObject
{
// has members like GetProperty/SetProperty which can act upon the
javascript object
}
public class TestClass
{
public string message = "This is a C# string";
}
public class TestApp
{
public string testComplexObject(TestClass obj)
{
return obj.message;
}
public void runTest()
{
JSObject jsObj = ...;
string message = testComplexObject(jsObj);
}
}
The problem here is the "testComplexObject(jsObj)" call. Of course the
jsObj cannot be converted directly to a TestClass, because it's an
arbitrary javascript object.
I am wondering how IronPython solves this problem. I've read the sources a
bit and it seems it makes use of IDynamicMetaObjectProvider etc. If
JSObject provided IDynamicMetaObjectProvider, would it allow "converting"
the jsObj to a TestClass obj? How?
It's not easy to find information on using the DLR for things like this on
the net, so I've asked here. Apologies if I am off-topic.
-Matthias
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