Exclude flex properties when generating C/C++ binding code.

Author: greenrobot-team

internal/generator/binding/field.go

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ type Field struct {
 	Name          string
 	Optional      string
 	IsSkipped     bool
+	IsFlex        bool
 }
 
 func CreateField(prop *model.Property) *Field {
@@ -110,6 +111,15 @@ func (field *Field) ProcessAnnotations(a map[string]*Annotation) error {
 		field.ModelProperty.AddFlag(model.PropertyFlagIdCompanion)
 	}
 
+	if a["flex"] != nil {
+		if field.ModelProperty.Type != model.PropertyTypeByteVector {
+			return errors.New("flex must be used with type [byte]")
+		}
+		// Overwrite recognized type.
+		field.ModelProperty.Type = model.PropertyTypeFlex
+		field.IsFlex = true
+	}
+
 	if a["unique"] != nil {
 		field.ModelProperty.AddFlag(model.PropertyFlagUnique)
 

internal/generator/c/cgenerator.go

@@ -124,13 +124,33 @@ func (gen *CGenerator) generateBindingFile(bindingFile, headerFile string, m *mo
 	var fileIdentifier = strings.ToLower(filepath.Base(bindingFile))
 	fileIdentifier = replaceSpecialChars.Replace(fileIdentifier)
 
+	// Remove flex properties only for binding code generation:
+	// create a (shallow) copy of the ModelInfo struct,
+	// create copies of each Entity and replace the list
+	// of properties with a filtered one.
+	storedModelCopy := *m
+	storedModelCopy.Entities = nil
+	for _, e := range m.Entities {
+		entityCopy := *e
+		storedModelCopy.Entities = append(storedModelCopy.Entities, &entityCopy)
+	}
+	for _, e := range storedModelCopy.Entities {
+		var filteredProperties []*model.Property
+		for _, p := range e.Properties {
+			if !p.Meta.(*fbsField).IsFlex {
+				filteredProperties = append(filteredProperties, p)
+			}
+		}
+		e.Properties = filteredProperties
+	}
+
 	var tplArguments = struct {
 		Model            *model.ModelInfo
 		GeneratorVersion int
 		FileIdentifier   string
 		HeaderFile       string
 		Optional         string
-	}{m, generator.VersionId, fileIdentifier, filepath.Base(headerFile), gen.Optional}
+	}{&storedModelCopy, generator.VersionId, fileIdentifier, filepath.Base(headerFile), gen.Optional}
 
 	var tpl *template.Template
 

test/comparison/testdata/fbs/typeful/c/objectbox-model.h.expected

@@ -85,9 +85,10 @@ static inline OBX_model* create_obx_model() {
     obx_model_property(model, "uid", OBXPropertyType_Int, 9, 6972732843819909978);
     obx_model_property_flags(model, (OBXPropertyFlags) (OBXPropertyFlags_INDEXED | OBXPropertyFlags_UNIQUE));
     obx_model_property_index_id(model, 8, 5558237345453186302);
+    obx_model_property(model, "flexValue", OBXPropertyType_Flex, 10, 7845762441295307478);
     obx_model_relation(model, 1, 7845762441295307478, 1, 8717895732742165505);
     obx_model_relation(model, 2, 771642788862502430, 1, 8717895732742165505);
-    obx_model_entity_last_property_id(model, 9, 6972732843819909978);
+    obx_model_entity_last_property_id(model, 10, 7845762441295307478);
 
     obx_model_entity(model, "TSDate", 3, 6050128673802995827);
     obx_model_property(model, "id", OBXPropertyType_Long, 1, 8514850266767180993);

test/comparison/testdata/fbs/typeful/cpp/objectbox-model.h.expected

@@ -85,9 +85,10 @@ static inline OBX_model* create_obx_model() {
     obx_model_property(model, "uid", OBXPropertyType_Int, 9, 6972732843819909978);
     obx_model_property_flags(model, (OBXPropertyFlags) (OBXPropertyFlags_INDEXED | OBXPropertyFlags_UNIQUE));
     obx_model_property_index_id(model, 8, 5558237345453186302);
+    obx_model_property(model, "flexValue", OBXPropertyType_Flex, 10, 7845762441295307478);
     obx_model_relation(model, 1, 7845762441295307478, 1, 8717895732742165505);
     obx_model_relation(model, 2, 771642788862502430, 1, 8717895732742165505);
-    obx_model_entity_last_property_id(model, 9, 6972732843819909978);
+    obx_model_entity_last_property_id(model, 10, 7845762441295307478);
 
     obx_model_entity(model, "TSDate", 3, 6050128673802995827);
     obx_model_property(model, "id", OBXPropertyType_Long, 1, 8514850266767180993);