godot/modules/gdnative/doc_classes/GDNativeLibrary.xml
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Document the GDNative singleton method prefix being changeable
This also tweaks error messages to remove hardcoded references to
the default `godot_` prefix.
2019-10-07 15:59:57 +02:00

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<class name="GDNativeLibrary" inherits="Resource" category="Core" version="3.2">
<brief_description>
An external library containing functions or script classes to use in Godot.
</brief_description>
<description>
A GDNative library can implement [NativeScript]s, global functions to call with the [GDNative] class, or low-level engine extensions through interfaces such as [ARVRInterfaceGDNative]. The library must be compiled for each platform and architecture that the project will run on.
</description>
<tutorials>
<link>https://docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/tutorials/plugins/gdnative/gdnative-c-example.html</link>
<link>https://docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/tutorials/plugins/gdnative/gdnative-cpp-example.html</link>
</tutorials>
<methods>
<method name="get_current_dependencies" qualifiers="const">
<return type="PoolStringArray">
</return>
<description>
Returns paths to all dependency libraries for the current platform and architecture.
</description>
</method>
<method name="get_current_library_path" qualifiers="const">
<return type="String">
</return>
<description>
Returns the path to the dynamic library file for the current platform and architecture.
</description>
</method>
</methods>
<members>
<member name="config_file" type="ConfigFile" setter="set_config_file" getter="get_config_file">
This resource in INI-style [ConfigFile] format, as in [code].gdnlib[/code] files.
</member>
<member name="load_once" type="bool" setter="set_load_once" getter="should_load_once" default="true">
If [code]true[/code], Godot loads only one copy of the library and each script that references the library will share static data like static or global variables.
If [code]false[/code], Godot loads a separate copy of the library into memory for each script that references it.
</member>
<member name="reloadable" type="bool" setter="set_reloadable" getter="is_reloadable" default="true">
If [code]true[/code], the editor will temporarily unload the library whenever the user switches away from the editor window, allowing the user to recompile the library without restarting Godot.
[b]Note:[/b] If the library defines tool scripts that run inside the editor, [code]reloadable[/code] must be [code]false[/code]. Otherwise, the editor will attempt to unload the tool scripts while they're in use and crash.
</member>
<member name="singleton" type="bool" setter="set_singleton" getter="is_singleton" default="false">
If [code]true[/code], Godot loads the library at startup rather than the first time a script uses the library, calling [code]{prefix}gdnative_singleton[/code] after initializing the library (where [code]{prefix}[/code] is the value of [member symbol_prefix]). The library remains loaded as long as Godot is running.
[b]Note:[/b] A singleton library cannot be [member reloadable].
</member>
<member name="symbol_prefix" type="String" setter="set_symbol_prefix" getter="get_symbol_prefix" default="&quot;godot_&quot;">
The prefix this library's entry point functions begin with. For example, a GDNativeLibrary would declare its [code]gdnative_init[/code] function as [code]godot_gdnative_init[/code] by default.
On platforms that require statically linking libraries (currently only iOS), each library must have a different [code]symbol_prefix[/code].
</member>
</members>
<constants>
</constants>
</class>