Switch time() calls to monotonic clock calls (#7597)
[libt2n] / codegen / main.cpp
index bfe12e0..7271b22 100644 (file)
@@ -1,20 +1,24 @@
 /*
-    Copyright (C) 2006                                                    
-    intra2net.com                                                         
-
-    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-    (at your option) any later version.
-
-    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-    GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+    Copyright (C) 2006-2008 by Intra2net AG
+    intra2net.com
+
+    The software in this package is distributed under the GNU General
+    Public License version 2 (with a special exception described below).
+
+    A copy of GNU General Public License (GPL) is included in this distribution,
+    in the file COPYING.GPL.
+
+    As a special exception, if other files instantiate templates or use macros
+    or inline functions from this file, or you compile this file and link it
+    with other works to produce a work based on this file, this file
+    does not by itself cause the resulting work to be covered
+    by the GNU General Public License.
+
+    However the source code for this file must still be made available
+    in accordance with section (3) of the GNU General Public License.
+
+    This exception does not invalidate any other reasons why a work based
+    on this file might be covered by the GNU General Public License.
 */
 
 #include <libxml++/libxml++.h>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <list>
 #include <stdexcept>
+#include <string>
 #include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
-#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <boost/serialization/extended_type_info.hpp>
+
 #include "config.h"
-#endif
+
 
 
 //! map group to class name
-std::string
-groupClass(const std::string &group) {
+std::string groupClass(const std::string &group)
+{
     return std::string("cmd_group_")+group;
 }
 
 //! convert string to upper case
-std::string
-toupper(std::string s) {
-     for (unsigned i=0; i<s.length(); ++i) s[i]=toupper(s[i]);
-     return s;
+std::string toupper(std::string s)
+{
+    for (unsigned i=0; i<s.length(); ++i) s[i]=toupper(s[i]);
+    return s;
 }
 
 //! replace all characters f by r in string s
-std::string
-replace(std::string s, char f, char r) {
-     for (unsigned i=0; i<s.length(); ++i) if (s[i]==f) s[i]=r;
-     return s;
+std::string replace(std::string s, char f, char r)
+{
+    for (unsigned i=0; i<s.length(); ++i) if (s[i]==f) s[i]=r;
+    return s;
 }
 
 //! strip prefix from string s
 /*!
   \return string s without prefix or an empty string on error
  */
-std::string
-strip(std::string s, std::string prefix)
+std::string strip(std::string s, std::string prefix)
 {
-     std::string error;
-     if ( (prefix.length()>s.length() ) || ( std::string(s,0,prefix.length())!=prefix ) ) return error;
-     return std::string(s, prefix.length(), s.length()-prefix.length());
+    std::string error;
+    if ( (prefix.length()>s.length() ) || ( std::string(s,0,prefix.length())!=prefix ) ) return error;
+    return std::string(s, prefix.length(), s.length()-prefix.length());
 }
 
 //! get child element by id
@@ -69,29 +74,29 @@ strip(std::string s, std::string prefix)
 */
 const xmlpp::Element* get_element_by_id(const xmlpp::Element* element, const std::string &id)
 {
-     const xmlpp::Attribute* cid = element->get_attribute("id");
-     if ( cid && ( cid->get_value() == id)) return element;
-
-     //Recurse through child nodes:
-     xmlpp::Node::NodeList list = element->get_children();
-     for(xmlpp::Node::NodeList::iterator iter = list.begin(); iter != list.end(); ++iter)
-     {
-         const xmlpp::Element* element = dynamic_cast<const xmlpp::Element*>(*iter);
-         if (element) {
-              const xmlpp::Element* match = get_element_by_id(element, id);
-              if (match) return match;
-         }
-     }
-     return NULL;
+    const xmlpp::Attribute* cid = element->get_attribute("id");
+    if ( cid && ( cid->get_value() == id)) return element;
+
+    //Recurse through child nodes:
+    xmlpp::Node::NodeList list = element->get_children();
+    for (xmlpp::Node::NodeList::iterator iter = list.begin(); iter != list.end(); ++iter)
+    {
+        const xmlpp::Element* element = dynamic_cast<const xmlpp::Element*>(*iter);
+        if (element)
+        {
+            const xmlpp::Element* match = get_element_by_id(element, id);
+            if (match) return match;
+        }
+    }
+    return NULL;
 }
 
-std::string
-get_file(const xmlpp::Element* root, const std::string &file_id)
+std::string get_file(const xmlpp::Element* root, const std::string &file_id)
 {
-     std::string error;
-     const xmlpp::Element* e=get_element_by_id(root, file_id);
-     if ((!e)||(!e->get_attribute("name"))) return error;
-     return e->get_attribute("name")->get_value();
+    std::string error;
+    const xmlpp::Element* e=get_element_by_id(root, file_id);
+    if ((!e)||(!e->get_attribute("name"))) return error;
+    return e->get_attribute("name")->get_value();
 }
 
 //! get namespace by id
@@ -100,40 +105,51 @@ get_file(const xmlpp::Element* root, const std::string &file_id)
 */
 std::string get_namespace(const xmlpp::Element* root, const std::string &id)
 {
-     std::string error;
-     const xmlpp::Element* element(get_element_by_id(root, id));
-     if ((!element)||(!element->get_attribute("name"))) return error;
-     return element->get_attribute("name")->get_value();
+    std::string error;
+    const xmlpp::Element* element(get_element_by_id(root, id));
+    // [RP:20071024]: use "demangled" attribute instead of "name" to cover nested namespaces:
+    if ((!element)||(!element->get_attribute("demangled"))) return error;
+    return element->get_attribute("demangled")->get_value();
 }
 
 //! procedure marked for export?
-bool
-is_marked(const std::string &attrs)
+bool is_marked(const std::string &attrs)
 {
-     // todo: improve this
-     std::string to_match("gccxml(libt2n-");
-     std::string::size_type p(attrs.find(to_match));
-     return (p!=std::string::npos);
+    // todo: improve this
+    std::string to_match("gccxml(libt2n-");
+    std::string::size_type p(attrs.find(to_match));
+    return (p!=std::string::npos);
 }
 
 struct type_info
 {
-     std::string name;
-     std::string noref_name;
-     bool operator==(const type_info& o) {return (name==o.name) && (noref_name == o.noref_name);}
-     std::string noref() const {return noref_name.empty() ? name : noref_name;}
+    std::string name;
+    std::string noref_name;
+    bool operator==(const type_info& o) {return (name==o.name) && (noref_name == o.noref_name);}
+    std::string noref() const {return noref_name.empty() ? name : noref_name;}
+    bool isVoid() const {return name=="void";}
 };
 
-std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &o, const type_info &t) {
-     o << t.name;
-     return o;
+std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &o, const type_info &t)
+{
+    o << t.name;
+    return o;
 }
 
 struct parse_error : public std::runtime_error
 {
-     parse_error(const std::string &file, unsigned line, const std::string &msg)
-         : std::runtime_error(file+":"+boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(line)+": error: "+msg)
-         {}
+    parse_error(const std::string &file, unsigned line, const std::string &msg)
+            : std::runtime_error(file+":"+boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(line)+": error: "+msg)
+    {}
+};
+
+struct error_name_too_long : public std::runtime_error
+{
+    error_name_too_long(const std::string &name)
+            : std::runtime_error("symbol name '" + name + "' too long for serialization ("
+                                 + boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(name.length()) + ">"
+                                 + boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(BOOST_SERIALIZATION_MAX_KEY_SIZE-1) + ")")
+    {}
 };
 
 //! get type by id
@@ -142,416 +158,556 @@ struct parse_error : public std::runtime_error
 */
 type_info get_type(const xmlpp::Element* root, const std::string &id)
 {
-     type_info error;
-     const xmlpp::Element* element(get_element_by_id(root, id));
-     if (!element) return error;
-
-     // TODO: not yet complete
-     // if we recurse - when do we stop?
-     // if it is a typedef? yes? (hmm if the typedef is in the file parsed this will not work)
-
-     // TODO: const and reference types handling is a ugly hack
-
-     std::string tag(element->get_name());
-     if (tag=="ReferenceType") {
-         assert(element->get_attribute("type"));
-         type_info ret(get_type(root, element->get_attribute("type")->get_value()));
-         if (ret==error) return error;
-         // at the moment we only support const &
-         // todo: nice error message!
-         if ((ret.noref_name=strip(ret.name,"const ")).empty()) return error;
-         ret.name=ret.name+"&";
-         return ret;
-     }else if (tag=="CvQualifiedType") {
-         assert(element->get_attribute("type"));
-         type_info ret(get_type(root, element->get_attribute("type")->get_value()));
-         if (ret==error) return error;
-         ret.name=std::string("const ")+ret.name;
-         return ret;
-     }else if (tag=="PointerType") {
-         // not yet supported
-         return error;
-     }
-
-     assert(element->get_attribute("name"));
-     type_info ret;
-     if (element->get_attribute("context")) {
-         ret.name=get_namespace(root, element->get_attribute("context")->get_value());
-         if (ret.name!="::")
-              ret.name+="::";
-         else
-              // do not explicitely add ::
-              ret.name="";
-     }
-     ret.name+=element->get_attribute("name")->get_value();
-     return ret;
+    type_info error;
+    const xmlpp::Element* element(get_element_by_id(root, id));
+    if (!element) return error;
+
+    // TODO: not yet complete
+    // if we recurse - when do we stop?
+    // if it is a typedef? yes? (hmm if the typedef is in the file parsed this will not work)
+
+    // TODO: const and reference types handling is a ugly hack
+
+    std::string tag(element->get_name());
+    if (tag=="ReferenceType")
+    {
+        assert(element->get_attribute("type"));
+        type_info ret(get_type(root, element->get_attribute("type")->get_value()));
+        if (ret==error) return error;
+        // at the moment we only support const &
+        // todo: nice error message!
+        if ((ret.noref_name=strip(ret.name,"const ")).empty()) return error;
+        ret.name=ret.name+"&";
+        return ret;
+    }
+    else if (tag=="CvQualifiedType")
+    {
+        assert(element->get_attribute("type"));
+        type_info ret(get_type(root, element->get_attribute("type")->get_value()));
+        if (ret==error) return error;
+        ret.name=std::string("const ")+ret.name;
+        return ret;
+    }
+    else if (tag=="PointerType")
+    {
+        // todo: nearly the same as reference type handling
+        assert(element->get_attribute("type"));
+        type_info ret(get_type(root, element->get_attribute("type")->get_value()));
+        if (ret==error) return error;
+        // at the moment we only support const &
+        // todo: nice error message!
+        if ((ret.noref_name=strip(ret.name,"const ")).empty()) return error;
+        ret.name=ret.name+"*";
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    assert(element->get_attribute("name"));
+    type_info ret;
+    if (element->get_attribute("context"))
+    {
+        ret.name=get_namespace(root, element->get_attribute("context")->get_value());
+        if (ret.name!="::")
+            ret.name+="::";
+        else
+            // do not explicitely add ::
+            ret.name="";
+    }
+    ret.name+=element->get_attribute("name")->get_value();
+    return ret;
 }
 
+struct Arg
+{
+    std::string name;
+    type_info type;
+    std::string defaultArg;
+};
+
 struct t2n_procedure
 {
-     typedef std::list<std::pair<std::string, type_info> > Args;
-
-     type_info ret_type;
-     std::string name;
-     std::string mangled;
-     Args  args;
-
-     std::string ret_classname() const {
-         return name+mangled+"_res";
-     }
-     std::string cmd_classname() const {
-         return name+mangled+"_cmd";
-     }
+    typedef std::list<Arg> Args;
+
+    type_info ret_type;
+    std::string name;
+    std::string mangled;
+    Args  args;
+
+    std::string ret_classname() const
+    {
+        std::string result = name+mangled+"_res";
+        if (result.length() >= BOOST_SERIALIZATION_MAX_KEY_SIZE)
+            throw error_name_too_long(result);
+        return result;
+    }
+    std::string cmd_classname() const
+    {
+        std::string result = name+mangled+"_cmd";
+        if (result.length() >= BOOST_SERIALIZATION_MAX_KEY_SIZE)
+            throw error_name_too_long(result);
+        return result;
+    }
+    bool hasReturn() const {return !ret_type.isVoid();}
 };
 
-std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &o, const t2n_procedure::Args &args) {
-     for (t2n_procedure::Args::const_iterator it=args.begin();it!=args.end();++it) {
-         if (it!=args.begin()) o << ", ";
-         o << it->second << " " << it->first;
-     }
-     return o;
+std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &o, const t2n_procedure::Args &args)
+{
+    for (t2n_procedure::Args::const_iterator it=args.begin();it!=args.end();++it)
+    {
+        if (it!=args.begin()) o << ", ";
+        o << it->type << " " << it->name;
+
+        if (!it->defaultArg.empty())
+            o << "=" << it->defaultArg;
+    }
+    return o;
+}
+
+std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &o, const t2n_procedure &f)
+{
+    o << f.ret_type << " " << f.name << "(" << f.args << ")";
+    return o;
+}
+
+std::pair<std::string, unsigned>
+get_file_and_line(const xmlpp::Element* root, const xmlpp::Element* element)
+{
+    return std::pair<std::string, unsigned>(get_file(root, element->get_attribute("file")->get_value()),
+                                            boost::lexical_cast<unsigned>(element->get_attribute("line")->get_value())-1);
 }
 
-std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &o, const t2n_procedure &f) {
-     o << f.ret_type << " " << f.name << "(" << f.args << ")";
-     return o;
+std::string get_file_and_line_as_string(const xmlpp::Element* root, const xmlpp::Element* element)
+{
+    std::pair<std::string, unsigned> fl(get_file_and_line(root,element));
+    return std::string(fl.first)+":"+boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(fl.second);
 }
 
 class Parser
 {
 public:
-     Parser(const std::string &fname) : m_fname(fname) {}
-
-     std::list<t2n_procedure> get_procedures() {
-         xmlpp::DomParser parser;
-         //    parser.set_validate();
-         parser.set_substitute_entities(); //We just want the text to be resolved/unescaped automatically.
-         parser.parse_file(m_fname);
-         if(parser)
-         {
-              //Walk the tree:
-              const xmlpp::Node* pNode = parser.get_document()->get_root_node(); //deleted by DomParser.
-              const xmlpp::Element* root = dynamic_cast<const xmlpp::Element*>(pNode);
-              assert(root);
-              visit_node(root);
-         }
-         return m_procedures;
-     }
+    Parser(const std::string &fname) : m_fname(fname) {}
+
+    std::list<t2n_procedure> get_procedures()
+    {
+        xmlpp::DomParser parser;
+        //    parser.set_validate();
+        parser.set_substitute_entities(); //We just want the text to be resolved/unescaped automatically.
+        parser.parse_file(m_fname);
+        if (parser)
+        {
+            //Walk the tree:
+            const xmlpp::Node* pNode = parser.get_document()->get_root_node(); //deleted by DomParser.
+            const xmlpp::Element* root = dynamic_cast<const xmlpp::Element*>(pNode);
+            assert(root);
+            visit_node(root);
+        }
+        return m_procedures;
+    }
 protected:
-     std::string m_fname;
-     std::list<t2n_procedure> m_procedures;
-
-     void parse_function(const xmlpp::Element* root, const xmlpp::Node* node) {
-         const xmlpp::Element* element = dynamic_cast<const xmlpp::Element*>(node);
-         if (!element) return;
-
-         const xmlpp::Attribute* attributes = element->get_attribute("attributes");
-         const xmlpp::Attribute* name = element->get_attribute("name");
-         const xmlpp::Attribute* mangled = element->get_attribute("mangled");
-         const xmlpp::Attribute* returns = element->get_attribute("returns");
-         if ((!attributes)||(!name)||(!mangled)||(!returns)) return;
-
-         // check wether the procedure is marked (TODO: improve)
-         // attributes are speparated by spaces?
-
-         t2n_procedure f;
-         if (!is_marked(attributes->get_value())) return;
-
-         // we need the return type
-         f.ret_type=get_type(root, returns->get_value());
-         f.name=name->get_value();
-         f.mangled=mangled->get_value();
-
-         xmlpp::Node::NodeList list = node->get_children("Argument");
-         for(xmlpp::Node::NodeList::iterator iter = list.begin(); iter != list.end(); ++iter)
-         {
-              const xmlpp::Element* arg = dynamic_cast<const xmlpp::Element*>(*iter);
-              if ( arg ) {
-                   assert(arg->get_name() == "Argument");
-                   assert(arg->get_attribute("name"));
-                   assert(arg->get_attribute("type"));
-                   f.args.push_back(std::pair<std::string, type_info>(arg->get_attribute("name")->get_value(), get_type(root, arg->get_attribute("type")->get_value())));
-                   // todo: ugly - could be any other error
-                   if (f.args.back().second.name.empty()) {
-                        assert(element->get_attribute("file"));
-                        assert(element->get_attribute("line"));
-                        throw parse_error(get_file(root, element->get_attribute("file")->get_value()),
-                                          boost::lexical_cast<unsigned>(element->get_attribute("line")->get_value())-1,
-                                          std::string("type of parameter `")+f.args.back().first+"' not (yet?) supported");
-                   }
-              }
-         }
-         std::cerr << "Found function: " << f << std::endl;
-         m_procedures.push_back(f);
-     }
-
-     void visit_node(const xmlpp::Element* root, const xmlpp::Node* node = NULL, unsigned int indentation = 0)
-         {
-              if (!node) node=root;
-         
-              const xmlpp::ContentNode* nodeContent = dynamic_cast<const xmlpp::ContentNode*>(node);
-              const xmlpp::TextNode* nodeText = dynamic_cast<const xmlpp::TextNode*>(node);
-              const xmlpp::CommentNode* nodeComment = dynamic_cast<const xmlpp::CommentNode*>(node);
-
-              if(nodeText && nodeText->is_white_space()) //Let's ignore the indenting - you don't always want to do this.
-                   return;
-    
-              std::string nodename = node->get_name();
-
-              if(!nodeText && !nodeComment && !nodename.empty()) //Let's not say "name: text".
-              {
-                   if (node->get_name() == "Function") parse_function(root, node);
-              }
-              if(!nodeContent)
-              {
-                   //Recurse through child nodes:
-                   xmlpp::Node::NodeList list = node->get_children();
-                   for(xmlpp::Node::NodeList::iterator iter = list.begin(); iter != list.end(); ++iter)
-                   {
-                        visit_node(root, *iter, indentation + 2); //recursive
-                   }
-              }
-         }
+    std::string m_fname;
+    std::list<t2n_procedure> m_procedures;
+
+    void parse_function(const xmlpp::Element* root, const xmlpp::Node* node)
+    {
+        const xmlpp::Element* element = dynamic_cast<const xmlpp::Element*>(node);
+        if (!element) return;
+
+        const xmlpp::Attribute* attributes = element->get_attribute("attributes");
+        const xmlpp::Attribute* name = element->get_attribute("name");
+        const xmlpp::Attribute* mangled = element->get_attribute("mangled");
+        const xmlpp::Attribute* returns = element->get_attribute("returns");
+        if ((!attributes)||(!name)||(!mangled)||(!returns)) return;
+
+        // check wether the procedure is marked (TODO: improve)
+        // attributes are speparated by spaces?
+
+        t2n_procedure f;
+        if (!is_marked(attributes->get_value())) return;
+
+        // we need the return type
+        f.ret_type=get_type(root, returns->get_value());
+        f.name=name->get_value();
+        f.mangled=mangled->get_value();
+
+        xmlpp::Node::NodeList list = node->get_children("Argument");
+        for (xmlpp::Node::NodeList::iterator iter = list.begin(); iter != list.end(); ++iter)
+        {
+            const xmlpp::Element* arg = dynamic_cast<const xmlpp::Element*>(*iter);
+            if ( arg )
+            {
+                struct Arg a;
+
+                assert(arg->get_name() == "Argument");
+
+                assert(arg->get_attribute("name"));
+                a.name=arg->get_attribute("name")->get_value();
+
+                assert(arg->get_attribute("type"));
+                a.type=get_type(root, arg->get_attribute("type")->get_value());
+
+                // this would be the nice way of solving the problem of default arguments
+                // but currently the output of gccxml is unreliable (e.g. namespace only
+                // sometimes available)
+                // if(arg->get_attribute("default"))
+                //    a.defaultArg=arg->get_attribute("default")->get_value();
+
+                // so we need to get the def. arg. via attribute
+                // which is previously set by the macro LIBT2N_DEFAULT_ARG(type,value)
+                if(arg->get_attribute("attributes"))
+                {
+                    std::string attr=arg->get_attribute("attributes")->get_value();
+                    const std::string look_for = "gccxml(libt2n-default-arg,";
+
+                    if (attr.compare(0,look_for.size(),look_for) == 0)
+                        a.defaultArg=attr.substr(look_for.size(),attr.size()-look_for.size()-1);
+                }
+
+                // todo: ugly - could be any other error
+                if (a.type.name.empty())
+                {
+                    assert(element->get_attribute("file"));
+                    assert(element->get_attribute("line"));
+                    std::pair<std::string, unsigned> file_and_line(get_file_and_line(root, element));
+                    throw parse_error(file_and_line.first,
+                                      file_and_line.second,
+                                      std::string("type of parameter '")+a.name+"' not (yet?) supported");
+                }
+
+                f.args.push_back(a);
+            }
+        }
+        std::cerr << get_file_and_line_as_string(root, element) << ":\texport procedure: " << f << std::endl;
+        m_procedures.push_back(f);
+    }
+
+    void visit_node(const xmlpp::Element* root, const xmlpp::Node* node = NULL, unsigned int indentation = 0)
+    {
+        if (!node) node=root;
+
+        const xmlpp::ContentNode* nodeContent = dynamic_cast<const xmlpp::ContentNode*>(node);
+        const xmlpp::TextNode* nodeText = dynamic_cast<const xmlpp::TextNode*>(node);
+        const xmlpp::CommentNode* nodeComment = dynamic_cast<const xmlpp::CommentNode*>(node);
+
+        if (nodeText && nodeText->is_white_space()) //Let's ignore the indenting - you don't always want to do this.
+            return;
+
+        std::string nodename = node->get_name();
+
+        if (!nodeText && !nodeComment && !nodename.empty()) //Let's not say "name: text".
+        {
+            if (node->get_name() == "Function") parse_function(root, node);
+        }
+        if (!nodeContent)
+        {
+            //Recurse through child nodes:
+            xmlpp::Node::NodeList list = node->get_children();
+            for (xmlpp::Node::NodeList::iterator iter = list.begin(); iter != list.end(); ++iter)
+            {
+                visit_node(root, *iter, indentation + 2); //recursive
+            }
+        }
+    }
 };
 
-void output_common_hpp(std::ostream &o, const std::string &group, const std::list<t2n_procedure> &procs) {
+void output_common_hpp(std::ostream &o, const std::string &group, const std::list<t2n_procedure> &procs)
+{
     o << "class " << groupClass(group) << " : public libt2n::command\n"
-      << "{\n"
-      << "private:\n"
-      << "     friend class boost::serialization::access;\n"
-      << "     template<class Archive>\n"
-      << "     void serialize(Archive & ar, const unsigned int /* version */)\n"
-      << "     {ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_BASE_OBJECT_NVP(libt2n::command);}\n"
-      << "};\n";
-     
-    for (std::list<t2n_procedure>::const_iterator it=procs.begin();it!=procs.end();++it) {
-       o << "class " << it->ret_classname() << " : public libt2n::result\n"
-         << "{\n"
-         << "private:\n"
-         << "  " << it->ret_type << " res;\n"
-         << "  friend class boost::serialization::access;\n"
-         << "  template<class Archive>\n"
-         << "  void serialize(Archive & ar, const unsigned int /* version */)\n"
-         << "  {\n"
-         << "          ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_BASE_OBJECT_NVP(libt2n::result);\n"
-         << "          ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(res);\n"
-         << "  }\n"
-         << "public:\n"
-         << "  " << it->ret_classname() << "() {}\n"
-         << "  " << it->ret_classname() << "(const " << it->ret_type << " &_res) : res(_res) {}\n"
-         << "  " << it->ret_type << " get_data() { return res; }\n"
-         << "};\n";
+    << "{\n"
+    << "private:\n"
+    << " friend class boost::serialization::access;\n"
+    << " template<class Archive>\n"
+    << " void serialize(Archive & ar, const unsigned int /* version */)\n"
+    << " {ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_BASE_OBJECT_NVP(libt2n::command);}\n"
+    << "};\n";
+
+    for (std::list<t2n_procedure>::const_iterator it=procs.begin();it!=procs.end();++it)
+    {
+        o << "class " << it->ret_classname() << " : public libt2n::result\n"
+        << "{\n"
+        << "private:\n";
+        if (it->hasReturn())
+            o << " " << it->ret_type << " res;\n";
+        o << " friend class boost::serialization::access;\n"
+        << " template<class Archive>\n"
+        << " void serialize(Archive & ar, const unsigned int /* version */)\n"
+        << " {\n"
+        << "  ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_BASE_OBJECT_NVP(libt2n::result);\n";
+        if (it->hasReturn())
+            o << "  ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(res);\n";
+        o << " }\n"
+        << "public:\n"
+        << " " << it->ret_classname() << "() {}\n";
+        if (it->hasReturn())
+        {
+            o << " " << it->ret_classname() << "(const " << it->ret_type << " &_res) : res(_res) {}\n"
+            << " " << it->ret_type << " get_data() { return res; }\n";
+        }
+        o << "};\n";
     }
-    for (std::list<t2n_procedure>::const_iterator it=procs.begin();it!=procs.end();++it) {
-       o << "class " << it->cmd_classname() << " : public " << groupClass(group) << "\n"
-         << "{\n"
-         << "private:\n";
-       for (t2n_procedure::Args::const_iterator ait=it->args.begin();ait!=it->args.end();++ait) {
-           o << "      " << ait->second.noref() << " " << ait->first << ";\n";
-       }
-       o << "  friend class boost::serialization::access;\n"
-         << "  template<class Archive>\n"
-         << "  void serialize(Archive & ar, const unsigned int /* version */)\n"
-         << "  {\n"
-         << "          ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_BASE_OBJECT_NVP(" << groupClass(group) << ");\n";
-       for (t2n_procedure::Args::const_iterator ait=it->args.begin();ait!=it->args.end();++ait) {
-           o << "              ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(" << ait->first << ");\n";
-       }
-       
-       // default constructor
-       o << "  }\n"
-         << "\n"
-         << "public:\n"
-         << "  " << it->cmd_classname() << "() {}\n";
-       
-       // constructor taking all arguments
-       o << "  " << it->cmd_classname() << "(";
-       for (t2n_procedure::Args::const_iterator ait=it->args.begin();ait!=it->args.end();++ait) {
-           if (ait!=it->args.begin()) o << ", ";
-           o << ait->second << " _" << ait->first;
-       }
-       o << ") : ";
-       for (t2n_procedure::Args::const_iterator ait=it->args.begin();ait!=it->args.end();++ait) {
-           if (ait!=it->args.begin()) o << ", ";
-           o << ait->first << "(_" << ait->first << ")";
-       }
-       o << " {}\n"
-         << "  libt2n::result* operator()();\n"
-         << "};\n";
+    for (std::list<t2n_procedure>::const_iterator it=procs.begin();it!=procs.end();++it)
+    {
+        o << "class " << it->cmd_classname() << " : public " << groupClass(group) << "\n"
+        << "{\n"
+        << "private:\n";
+        for (t2n_procedure::Args::const_iterator ait=it->args.begin();ait!=it->args.end();++ait)
+        {
+            o << " " << ait->type.noref() << " " << ait->name << ";\n";
+        }
+        o << " friend class boost::serialization::access;\n"
+        << " template<class Archive>\n"
+        << " void serialize(Archive & ar, const unsigned int /* version */)\n"
+        << " {\n"
+        << "  ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_BASE_OBJECT_NVP(" << groupClass(group) << ");\n";
+        for (t2n_procedure::Args::const_iterator ait=it->args.begin();ait!=it->args.end();++ait)
+        {
+            o << "  ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(" << ait->name << ");\n";
+        }
+
+        // default constructor
+        o << " }\n"
+        << "\n"
+        << "public:\n"
+        << " " << it->cmd_classname() << "() {}\n";
+
+        // constructor taking all arguments
+        if (!it->args.empty())
+        {
+            o << " " << it->cmd_classname() << "(";
+            for (t2n_procedure::Args::const_iterator ait=it->args.begin();ait!=it->args.end();++ait)
+            {
+                if (ait!=it->args.begin()) o << ", ";
+                o << ait->type << " _" << ait->name;
+            }
+            o << ") : ";
+            for (t2n_procedure::Args::const_iterator ait=it->args.begin();ait!=it->args.end();++ait)
+            {
+                if (ait!=it->args.begin()) o << ", ";
+                // pointers are const pointers and must be dereferenced
+                o << ait->name << "(" << ((ait->type.name.find_first_of('*')!=std::string::npos) ? "*" : "" ) << "_" << ait->name << ")";
+            }
+            o << " {}\n";
+        }
+        o << " libt2n::result* operator()();\n"
+        << "};\n";
     }
 }
 
-void output_common_cpp(std::ostream &o, const std::string &group, const std::list<t2n_procedure> &procs, const std::string &common_hpp) {
-     o << "#include \"" << common_hpp << "\"\n"
-       << "#include <boost/serialization/export.hpp>\n"
-       << "\n"
-       << "/* register types with boost serialization */\n";
-     o << "BOOST_CLASS_EXPORT(" << groupClass(group) << ")\n";
-     for (std::list<t2n_procedure>::const_iterator it=procs.begin();it!=procs.end();++it) {
-         o << "BOOST_CLASS_EXPORT("<<it->ret_classname()<<")\n"
-           << "BOOST_CLASS_EXPORT("<<it->cmd_classname()<<")\n";
-     }
+void output_common_cpp(std::ostream &o, const std::string &group, const std::list<t2n_procedure> &procs, const std::string &common_hpp)
+{
+    o << "#include \"" << common_hpp << "\"\n"
+    << "#include <boost/serialization/export.hpp>\n"
+    << "\n"
+    << "/* register types with boost serialization */\n";
+    o << "BOOST_CLASS_EXPORT(" << groupClass(group) << ")\n";
+    for (std::list<t2n_procedure>::const_iterator it=procs.begin();it!=procs.end();++it)
+    {
+        o << "BOOST_CLASS_EXPORT("<<it->ret_classname()<<")\n"
+        << "BOOST_CLASS_EXPORT("<<it->cmd_classname()<<")\n";
+    }
 }
 
-void output_client_hpp(std::ostream &o, const std::string &group, const std::list<t2n_procedure> &procs) {
-     o << "#include <command_client.hxx>\n";
-
-     o << "class " << groupClass(group) << "_client : public libt2n::command_client\n"
-       << "{\n"
-       << "public:\n"
-       << groupClass(group) << "_client(libt2n::client_connection &_c,\n"
-       << "    long long _command_timeout_usec=command_timeout_usec_default,\n"
-       << "    long long _hello_timeout_usec=hello_timeout_usec_default)\n"
-       << "    : libt2n::command_client(_c,_command_timeout_usec,_hello_timeout_usec)\n"
-       << "    {}\n";
-     for (std::list<t2n_procedure>::const_iterator pit=procs.begin();pit!=procs.end();++pit) {
-        o << " " << *pit << ";\n";
-     }
-     o << "};\n";
+void output_client_hpp(std::ostream &o, const std::string &group, const std::list<t2n_procedure> &procs)
+{
+    o << "#include <command_client.hxx>\n";
+
+    o << "class " << groupClass(group) << "_client : public libt2n::command_client\n"
+    << "{\n"
+    << "public:\n"
+    << groupClass(group) << "_client(libt2n::client_connection *_c,\n"
+    << " long long _command_timeout_usec=command_timeout_usec_default,\n"
+    << " long long _hello_timeout_usec=hello_timeout_usec_default)\n"
+    << " : libt2n::command_client(_c,_command_timeout_usec,_hello_timeout_usec)\n"
+    << " {}\n";
+    for (std::list<t2n_procedure>::const_iterator pit=procs.begin();pit!=procs.end();++pit)
+    {
+        o << " " << *pit << ";\n";
+    }
+    o << "};\n";
 }
 
-void output_client_cpp(std::ostream &o, const std::string &group, const std::list<t2n_procedure> &procs, const std::string &common_hpp, const std::string &common_cpp, const std::string &client_hpp) {
-     o << "#include \"" << client_hpp << "\"\n"
-       << "#include \"" << common_hpp << "\"\n"
-       << "// fake\n";
-     for (std::list<t2n_procedure>::const_iterator it=procs.begin();it!=procs.end();++it) {
-         o << "libt2n::result* " << it->cmd_classname() << "::operator()() { return NULL; }\n";
-     }
-
-     for (std::list<t2n_procedure>::const_iterator pit=procs.begin();pit!=procs.end();++pit) {
-        o << pit->ret_type << " " << groupClass(group) << "_client::" << pit->name << "(" << pit->args << ")\n"
-          << "{\n"
-          << " libt2n::result_container rc;\n"
-          << " send_command(new " << pit->cmd_classname() << "(";
-        for (t2n_procedure::Args::const_iterator ait=pit->args.begin();ait!=pit->args.end();++ait) {
-            if (ait!=pit->args.begin()) o << ", ";
-            o << ait->first;
-        }
-        o << "), rc);\n"
-          << " " << pit->ret_classname() << "* res=dynamic_cast<" << pit->ret_classname() << "*>(rc.get_result());\n"
-          << " if (!res) throw libt2n::t2n_communication_error(\"result object of wrong type\");\n"
-          << " return res->get_data();\n"
-          << "}\n";
-     }
-
-     // include in this compilation unit to ensure the compilation unit is used
-     // see also:
-     // http://www.google.de/search?q=g%2B%2B+static+initializer+in+static+library
-     o << "#include \"" << common_cpp << "\"\n";
+void output_client_cpp(std::ostream &o, const std::string &group, const std::list<t2n_procedure> &procs, const std::string &common_hpp, const std::string &common_cpp, const std::string &client_hpp)
+{
+    o << "#include \"" << client_hpp << "\"\n"
+    << "#include \"" << common_hpp << "\"\n"
+    << "// fake\n";
+    for (std::list<t2n_procedure>::const_iterator it=procs.begin();it!=procs.end();++it)
+    {
+        o << "libt2n::result* " << it->cmd_classname() << "::operator()() { return NULL; }\n";
+    }
+
+    for (std::list<t2n_procedure>::const_iterator pit=procs.begin();pit!=procs.end();++pit)
+    {
+        o << pit->ret_type << " " << groupClass(group) << "_client::" << pit->name << "(";
+
+        // we need to do this by hand here because we don't want default arguments within the cpp
+        for (t2n_procedure::Args::const_iterator xit=pit->args.begin();xit!=pit->args.end();++xit)
+        {
+            if (xit!=pit->args.begin())
+                o << ", ";
+            o << xit->type << " " << xit->name;
+        }
+
+        o << ")\n"
+        << "{\n"
+        << " libt2n::result_container rc;\n"
+        << " send_command(new " << pit->cmd_classname() << "(";
+        for (t2n_procedure::Args::const_iterator ait=pit->args.begin();ait!=pit->args.end();++ait)
+        {
+            if (ait!=pit->args.begin()) o << ", ";
+            o << ait->name;
+        }
+        o << "), rc);\n"
+        << " " << pit->ret_classname() << "* res=dynamic_cast<" << pit->ret_classname() << "*>(rc.get_result());\n"
+        << " if (!res) throw libt2n::t2n_communication_error(\"result object of wrong type\");\n";
+        if (pit->hasReturn())
+            o << " return res->get_data();\n";
+        o << "}\n";
+    }
+
+    // include in this compilation unit to ensure the compilation unit is used
+    // see also:
+    // http://www.google.de/search?q=g%2B%2B+static+initializer+in+static+library
+    o << "#include \"" << common_cpp << "\"\n";
 }
 
-void output_server_hpp(std::ostream &o, const std::string & /* group */, const std::list<t2n_procedure> &procs, const std::string &common_hpp) {
-     o << "#include \"" << common_hpp << "\"\n";
+void output_server_hpp(std::ostream &o, const std::string & /* group */, const std::list<t2n_procedure> &procs, const std::string &common_hpp)
+{
+    o << "#include \"" << common_hpp << "\"\n";
 
-     // output function declarations
-     for (std::list<t2n_procedure>::const_iterator it=procs.begin();it!=procs.end();++it)
-       o << *it << ";\n";
+    // output function declarations
+    for (std::list<t2n_procedure>::const_iterator it=procs.begin();it!=procs.end();++it)
+        o << *it << ";\n";
 }
 
-void output_server_cpp(std::ostream &o, const std::string &group, const std::list<t2n_procedure> &procs, const std::string &common_hpp, const std::string &common_cpp) {
-     o << "#include \"" << common_hpp << "\"\n";
-
-     for (std::list<t2n_procedure>::const_iterator it=procs.begin();it!=procs.end();++it) {
-         o << *it << ";\n";
-         o << "libt2n::result* " << it->cmd_classname() << "::operator()() { return new " << it->ret_classname() << "(" << it->name << "(";
-         for (t2n_procedure::Args::const_iterator ait=it->args.begin();ait!=it->args.end();++ait) {
-              if (ait!=it->args.begin()) o << ", ";
-              o << ait->first;
-         }
-         o << ")); }\n";
-     }
-     o << "#include \"" << common_cpp << "\"\n";
+void output_server_cpp(std::ostream &o, const std::string &group, const std::list<t2n_procedure> &procs, const std::string &common_hpp, const std::string &common_cpp)
+{
+    o << "#include \"" << common_hpp << "\"\n";
+
+    for (std::list<t2n_procedure>::const_iterator it=procs.begin();it!=procs.end();++it)
+    {
+        o << *it << ";\n";
+        o << "libt2n::result* " << it->cmd_classname() << "::operator()() { ";
+
+        if (it->hasReturn())
+            o << "return new " << it->ret_classname() << "(";
+
+        // output function name and args
+        o << it->name << "(";
+        for (t2n_procedure::Args::const_iterator ait=it->args.begin();ait!=it->args.end();++ait)
+        {
+            if (ait!=it->args.begin()) o << ", ";
+            // get pointer
+            if (ait->type.name.find_first_of('*')!=std::string::npos)
+                o << '&';
+            o << ait->name;
+        }
+
+        if (it->hasReturn())
+            o << "));";
+        else
+            o << "); return new " << it->ret_classname() << "();";
+
+        o << " }\n";
+    }
+    o << "#include \"" << common_cpp << "\"\n";
 }
 
 struct header_file : public std::ofstream
 {
-     header_file(const char* fname) : std::ofstream(fname) {
-         std::cerr << "create header: '" << fname << "'" << std::endl;
-         std::string macro(replace(toupper(fname),'.','_'));
-         *this << "// automatically generated code (generated by libt2n-codegen " << VERSION << ") - do not edit\n" << std::endl;
-         *this << "#ifndef " << macro << "\n"
-               << "#define " << macro << "\n";
-     }
-     ~header_file() {
-         *this << "#endif" << std::endl;
-     }
+    header_file(const char* fname) : std::ofstream(fname)
+    {
+        std::cerr << "create header: '" << fname << "'" << std::endl;
+        std::string macro(replace(toupper(fname),'.','_'));
+        *this << "// automatically generated code (generated by libt2n-codegen " << VERSION << ") - do not edit\n" << std::endl;
+        *this << "#ifndef " << macro << "\n"
+        << "#define " << macro << "\n";
+    }
+    ~header_file()
+    {
+        *this << "#endif" << std::endl;
+    }
 };
 
 struct cpp_file : public std::ofstream
 {
-     cpp_file(const char* fname) : std::ofstream(fname) {
-         std::cerr << "create cpp: '" << fname << "'" << std::endl;
-         *this << "// automatically generated code - do not edit\n" << std::endl;
-     }
+    cpp_file(const char* fname) : std::ofstream(fname)
+    {
+        std::cerr << "create cpp: '" << fname << "'" << std::endl;
+        *this << "// automatically generated code - do not edit\n" << std::endl;
+    }
 };
 
 int
 main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
     // todo: maybe use getopt
-    if ((argc>1)&&(std::string(argv[1])=="--version")) {
-       std::cerr << VERSION << std::endl;
-       return 0;
+    if ((argc>1)&&(std::string(argv[1])=="--version"))
+    {
+        std::cerr << VERSION << std::endl;
+        return 0;
     }
     if (argc < 3)
     {
-       std::cerr << "Usage: " << argv[0] << "default-group gccxml-file1 gccxml-file2 ... " << std::endl;
-       return 1;
+        std::cerr << "Usage: " << argv[0] << "default-group gccxml-file1 gccxml-file2 ... " << std::endl;
+        return 1;
     }
 
-    try{
-         std::string group(argv[1]);
-         std::list<std::string> xmlfiles;
-         for (int i=2;i<argc;++i)
-           xmlfiles.push_back(argv[i]);
-
-         std::string prefix=group+"_";
-         std::list<t2n_procedure> procedures;
-         for (std::list<std::string>::iterator it=xmlfiles.begin();it!=xmlfiles.end();++it) {
-             std::cerr << "Parse " << *it << std::endl;
-             Parser parser(*it);
-             const std::list<t2n_procedure> &p(parser.get_procedures());
-             std::copy(p.begin(), p.end(), std::back_inserter(procedures));
-         }
-
-         std::cerr << "Procedures:" << std::endl;
-         for (std::list<t2n_procedure>::const_iterator it=procedures.begin();it!=procedures.end();++it)
-              std::cerr << *it << ";" << std::endl;
-
-         std::string common_hpp_fname(prefix+"common.hxx");
-         std::string common_cpp_fname(prefix+"common.cpp");
-         std::string client_hpp_fname(prefix+"client.hxx");
-         std::string client_cpp_fname(prefix+"client.cpp");
-         std::string server_hpp_fname(prefix+"server.hxx");
-         std::string server_cpp_fname(prefix+"server.cpp");
-
-         header_file common_hpp(common_hpp_fname.c_str());
-         common_hpp << "// boost serialization is picky about order of include files => we have to include this one first\n"
-                    << "#include \"codegen-stubhead.hxx\"\n"
-                    << "#include \"" << group << ".hxx\"\n";
-
-         output_common_hpp(common_hpp, group, procedures);
-
-         cpp_file common_cpp(common_cpp_fname.c_str());
-         output_common_cpp(common_cpp, group, procedures, common_hpp_fname);
-
-         header_file client_hpp(client_hpp_fname.c_str());
-         client_hpp << "// boost serialization is picky about order of include files => we have to include this one first\n"
-                    << "#include \"codegen-stubhead.hxx\"\n"
-                    << "#include \"" << group << ".hxx\"\n";
-         output_client_hpp(client_hpp, group, procedures);
-
-         cpp_file client_cpp(client_cpp_fname.c_str());
-         output_client_cpp(client_cpp, group, procedures, common_hpp_fname, common_cpp_fname, client_hpp_fname);
-
-         header_file server_hpp(server_hpp_fname.c_str());
-         output_server_hpp(server_hpp, group, procedures, common_hpp_fname);
-
-         cpp_file server_cpp(server_cpp_fname.c_str());
-         output_server_cpp(server_cpp, group, procedures, common_hpp_fname, common_cpp_fname);
-     }catch(const parse_error &e){
-       std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl;
-       return EXIT_FAILURE;
-     }
-     return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+    try
+    {
+        std::string group(argv[1]);
+        std::list<std::string> xmlfiles;
+        for (int i=2;i<argc;++i)
+            xmlfiles.push_back(argv[i]);
+
+        std::string prefix=group+"_";
+        std::list<t2n_procedure> procedures;
+        for (std::list<std::string>::iterator it=xmlfiles.begin();it!=xmlfiles.end();++it)
+        {
+            std::cerr << "Parse " << *it << std::endl;
+            Parser parser(*it);
+            const std::list<t2n_procedure> &p(parser.get_procedures());
+            std::copy(p.begin(), p.end(), std::back_inserter(procedures));
+        }
+
+        std::cerr << "All procedures:" << std::endl;
+        for (std::list<t2n_procedure>::const_iterator it=procedures.begin();it!=procedures.end();++it)
+            std::cerr << *it << ";" << std::endl;
+
+        std::string common_hpp_fname(prefix+"common.hxx");
+        std::string common_cpp_fname(prefix+"common.cpp");
+        std::string client_hpp_fname(prefix+"client.hxx");
+        std::string client_cpp_fname(prefix+"client.cpp");
+        std::string server_hpp_fname(prefix+"server.hxx");
+        std::string server_cpp_fname(prefix+"server.cpp");
+
+        header_file common_hpp(common_hpp_fname.c_str());
+        common_hpp << "// boost serialization is picky about order of include files => we have to include this one first\n"
+        << "#include \"codegen-stubhead.hxx\"\n"
+        << "#include \"" << group << ".hxx\"\n";
+
+        output_common_hpp(common_hpp, group, procedures);
+
+        cpp_file common_cpp(common_cpp_fname.c_str());
+        output_common_cpp(common_cpp, group, procedures, common_hpp_fname);
+
+        header_file client_hpp(client_hpp_fname.c_str());
+        client_hpp << "// boost serialization is picky about order of include files => we have to include this one first\n"
+        << "#include \"codegen-stubhead.hxx\"\n"
+        << "#include \"" << group << ".hxx\"\n";
+        output_client_hpp(client_hpp, group, procedures);
+
+        cpp_file client_cpp(client_cpp_fname.c_str());
+        output_client_cpp(client_cpp, group, procedures, common_hpp_fname, common_cpp_fname, client_hpp_fname);
+
+        header_file server_hpp(server_hpp_fname.c_str());
+        output_server_hpp(server_hpp, group, procedures, common_hpp_fname);
+
+        cpp_file server_cpp(server_cpp_fname.c_str());
+        output_server_cpp(server_cpp, group, procedures, common_hpp_fname, common_cpp_fname);
+    }
+    catch (const parse_error &e)
+    {
+        std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl;
+        return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }