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diff --git a/bindings/python/README.md b/bindings/python/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f2ad928 --- /dev/null +++ b/bindings/python/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +# Python bindings + +These are bindings on the `CParameterMgrFullConnector` class, its inner +`Ilogger` class and both classes involved in the SelectionCriterion creation. + +They are complete enough to write a parameter-framework client in Python and +also access most of the tuning interface. + +## Generation + +The bindings are defined unsing SWIG in the `pfw.i` file and the actual source +files are generated by the command found in `regen_swig.sh`. This command must +be re-run whenever any file in `parameter/include` is modified. + +Two things are generated: + +- A C++ source file providing a low-level wrapping of the parameter-framework + classes. When compiled as a shared library, it can be imported from Python as + a module called `_PyPfw` but this module is not for direct use. +- A Python module called `PyPfw`, using `PyPfw`, providing proxy classes of the + parameter-framework's native classes. *Please not that in the context of the + Python bindings, the `CParameterMgrFullConnector` class is renamed + `ParameterFramework`.* + +## Usage + +`sample.py` provides an example of how to use the PyPfw module. Note that the +PYTHONPATH env variable must contain the directory of both `_PyPfw.so` and +`PyPfw.py`. |