[Swig-devel] [ swig-Bugs-1690775 ] implementing C++ virtual functions trough %extend mechanism

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Bugs item #1690775, was opened at 2007-03-29 19:20
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Category: python
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Aleksandar B. Samardzic (asamardzic)
Assigned to: Marcelo Matus (marcelomatus)
Summary: implementing C++ virtual functions trough %extend mechanism

Initial Comment:
Am trying to wrap some C++ code for Python using latest version of SWIG.  There exist some base/derived classes in C++ code, and I'd like to add some virtual functions to these (for some reasons, these should be added in interface file, if possible, and not in C++ code directly); but it seems that it isn't possible.  Here is small example demonstrating the problem:

My C++ files are as follows:

/********** foo.h **********/

#ifndef FOO_H
#define FOO_H

#include <vector>

class Base
{
 public:
        virtual ~Base(void) {}
};

class Derived1 : public Base
{
 public:
        ~Derived1(void) {}
};

class Derived2 : public Base
{
 public:
        ~Derived2(void) {}
};

class Foo
{
 public:
        Foo(void);
        ~Foo(void);

        const std::vector<Base*> &getItems(void) const { return items_; }

 private:
        std::vector<Base*> items_;
};

#endif

/********** foo.cpp **********/

#include "foo.h"

Foo::Foo(void)
{
        items_.push_back(new Derived1());
        items_.push_back(new Derived1());
        items_.push_back(new Derived2());
}

Foo::~Foo(void)
{
        for (std::vector<Base*>::iterator it = items_.begin();
             it != items_.end(); ++it)
                delete *it;
}

My SWIG interface file is as follows:

/********** foo.i **********/

%module Foo

%{
#include "foo.h"
%}

%include std_vector.i

%template(VectorOfBases) std::vector<Base *>;

%include "foo.h"

%extend Base {
  virtual const char *__str__() const
  {
        return "I'm Base class";
  }
}

%extend Derived1 {
  const char *__str__() const
  {
        return "I'm Derived1 class";
  }
}

%extend Derived2 {
  const char *__str__() const
  {
        return "I'm Derived2 class";
  }
}

I'm compiling above using following sequence of  commands (on Linux):
  swig -python -c++ foo.i
  g++ -fpic -c -Wall foo.cpp
  g++ -fpic -c -Wall -I/usr/include/python2.4 foo_wrap.cxx
  g++ -shared foo.o foo_wrap.o -o _Foo.so

Python code using SWIG generated module is as follows:

#! /usr/bin/python

import Foo

foo = Foo.Foo()
for item in foo.getItems():
    print item

I'd like this code to print:
  I'm Derived1 class
  I'm Derived1 class
  I'm Derived2 class
but it's printing:
  I'm Base class
  I'm Base class
  I'm Base class
instead.

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