# Rhai Macros Derive Crate This crate provides procedural macros to simplify the integration of custom Rust structs with the Rhai scripting engine, specifically for converting structs to and from `rhai::Map` objects. It is intended to be used alongside the `rhai_wrapper` crate. ## Provided Macros - `#[derive(ToRhaiMap)]` - `#[derive(FromRhaiMap)]` ## Dependencies Make sure this crate is included in your `Cargo.toml` dependencies, typically as a local path dependency if working within the `rhaj` project: ```toml [dependencies] rhai_macros_derive = { path = "../rhai_macros_derive" } # ... other dependencies ``` And `rhai` itself: ```toml [dependencies] rhai = "" # e.g., "1.16.0" ``` ## `#[derive(ToRhaiMap)]` This macro automatically generates an implementation of a `to_rhai_map(&self) -> rhai::Map` method for your struct. This method converts an instance of your struct into a `rhai::Map`, which can then be easily used within Rhai scripts as an object map. ### Usage ```rust use rhai_macros_derive::ToRhaiMap; use rhai::{INT, FLOAT, Map}; // Forward declaration for Point if used in Vec // Typically Point would also derive ToRhaiMap and FromRhaiMap #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, ToRhaiMap)] // Assuming Point also derives ToRhaiMap struct Point { x: INT, y: INT, } impl Point { // Minimal stub for example if not fully defined elsewhere fn to_rhai_map(&self) -> Map { let mut map = Map::new(); map.insert("x".into(), self.x.into()); map.insert("y".into(), self.y.into()); map } } #[derive(ToRhaiMap)] struct MyStruct { id: INT, name: String, is_active: bool, score: FLOAT, position: Point, // Nested struct tags: Vec, // Vec of primitives history: Vec, // Vec of custom structs } fn main() { let p = Point { x: 10, y: 20 }; let my_instance = MyStruct { id: 1, name: "Test".to_string(), is_active: true, score: 99.5, position: p.clone(), tags: vec!["alpha".to_string(), "beta".to_string()], history: vec![Point { x: 1, y: 2 }, Point { x: 3, y: 4}], }; let rhai_map = my_instance.to_rhai_map(); assert_eq!(rhai_map.get("id").unwrap().as_int().unwrap(), 1); assert_eq!(rhai_map.get("name").unwrap().clone().into_string().unwrap(), "Test"); assert_eq!(rhai_map.get("is_active").unwrap().as_bool().unwrap(), true); assert_eq!(rhai_map.get("score").unwrap().as_float().unwrap(), 99.5); let pos_map = rhai_map.get("position").unwrap().clone().try_cast::().unwrap(); assert_eq!(pos_map.get("x").unwrap().as_int().unwrap(), 10); let tags_array = rhai_map.get("tags").unwrap().clone().try_cast::().unwrap(); assert_eq!(tags_array.len(), 2); assert_eq!(tags_array[0].clone().into_string().unwrap(), "alpha"); let history_array = rhai_map.get("history").unwrap().clone().try_cast::().unwrap(); assert_eq!(history_array.len(), 2); let hist_p1_map = history_array[0].clone().try_cast::().unwrap(); assert_eq!(hist_p1_map.get("x").unwrap().as_int().unwrap(), 1); } ``` ### How it works: - **Primitive Types**: Fields like `INT`, `i64`, `String`, `FLOAT`, `f64`, and `bool` are cloned and converted into their `rhai::Dynamic` equivalents. - **Nested Structs**: If a field is another struct (e.g., `position: Point`), that struct must also implement `to_rhai_map()`. The macro will call `self.field_name.to_rhai_map()` for that field. - **`Vec` Fields**: - If `T` is a primitive type (e.g., `Vec`), each element is cloned and converted to `rhai::Dynamic`, then collected into a `rhai::Array`. - If `T` is a custom struct (e.g., `Vec`), `item.to_rhai_map()` is called for each element, and the resulting `rhai::Map`s are collected into a `rhai::Array`. ## `#[derive(FromRhaiMap)]` This macro automatically generates an implementation of `from_rhai_map(map: rhai::Map) -> Result` for your struct. This method attempts to construct an instance of your struct from a `rhai::Map`. ### Usage ```rust use rhai_macros_derive::FromRhaiMap; use rhai::{INT, FLOAT, Map, Array, Dynamic}; // Assuming Point also derives FromRhaiMap and has a from_rhai_map method #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, FromRhaiMap)] struct Point { x: INT, y: INT, } impl Point { // Minimal stub for example fn from_rhai_map(mut map: Map) -> Result { Ok(Point { x: map.get("x").and_then(|d| d.as_int().ok()).ok_or("x missing")?, y: map.get("y").and_then(|d| d.as_int().ok()).ok_or("y missing")?, }) } } #[derive(FromRhaiMap, Debug, PartialEq)] // Added Debug, PartialEq for assert struct MyStruct { id: INT, name: String, is_active: bool, score: FLOAT, position: Point, // Nested struct tags: Vec, // Vec of primitives history: Vec, // Vec of custom structs } fn main() { let mut map = Map::new(); map.insert("id".into(), (1 as INT).into()); map.insert("name".into(), "Test".to_string().into()); map.insert("is_active".into(), true.into()); map.insert("score".into(), (99.5 as FLOAT).into()); let mut pos_map = Map::new(); pos_map.insert("x".into(), (10 as INT).into()); pos_map.insert("y".into(), (20 as INT).into()); map.insert("position".into(), pos_map.into()); let tags_array: Array = vec![Dynamic::from("alpha".to_string()), Dynamic::from("beta".to_string())]; map.insert("tags".into(), tags_array.into()); let mut hist_p1_map = Map::new(); hist_p1_map.insert("x".into(), (1 as INT).into()); hist_p1_map.insert("y".into(), (2 as INT).into()); let mut hist_p2_map = Map::new(); hist_p2_map.insert("x".into(), (3 as INT).into()); hist_p2_map.insert("y".into(), (4 as INT).into()); let history_array: Array = vec![Dynamic::from(hist_p1_map), Dynamic::from(hist_p2_map)]; map.insert("history".into(), history_array.into()); let my_instance = MyStruct::from_rhai_map(map).unwrap(); assert_eq!(my_instance.id, 1); assert_eq!(my_instance.name, "Test"); assert_eq!(my_instance.position, Point { x: 10, y: 20 }); assert_eq!(my_instance.tags, vec!["alpha".to_string(), "beta".to_string()]); assert_eq!(my_instance.history, vec![Point { x: 1, y: 2 }, Point { x: 3, y: 4}]); } ``` ### How it works: - **Primitive Types**: For fields like `INT`, `String`, etc., the macro attempts to retrieve the value from the input `rhai::Map` by its key (field name) and convert it to the expected Rust type (e.g., using `as_int()`, `into_string()`). - **Nested Structs**: If a field is another struct, it retrieves the corresponding value as a `rhai::Dynamic`, tries to cast it to `rhai::Map`, and then calls `NestedStructType::from_rhai_map()` on that sub-map. - **`Vec` Fields**: - Retrieves the value as `rhai::Dynamic`, casts it to `rhai::Array`. - If `T` is a primitive type, it iterates the array, converting each `rhai::Dynamic` element to `T`. - If `T` is a custom struct, it iterates the array, casting each `rhai::Dynamic` element to `rhai::Map`, and then calls `T::from_rhai_map()` on each sub-map. - **Error Handling**: If a field is missing, or if a type conversion fails, `from_rhai_map` will return an `Err(String)` describing the issue. ## Combining with `rhai::CustomType` For your structs to be fully usable as custom types within Rhai (e.g., to be registered with `engine.build_type::()`), they should also typically derive `rhai::CustomType`, `Clone`, and `Debug`: ```rust use rhai_macros_derive::{ToRhaiMap, FromRhaiMap}; use rhai::CustomType; #[derive(CustomType, ToRhaiMap, FromRhaiMap, Clone, Debug, PartialEq)] struct MyStruct { // ... fields } ``` This setup allows seamless conversion and manipulation of your Rust structs within Rhai scripts.