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We can extend the Ring Virtual Machine (RingVM) by adding new functions written in the C programming language
or C++. The RingVM comes with many functions written in C that we can call like any Ring function.
We can extend the language by writing new functions then rebuilding the RingVM again, or we can create shared
library (DLL/So) file to extend the RingVM without the need to rebuild it.
The Ring language source code comes with two files to add new modules to the RingVM, ring_ext.h and ring_ext.c
69.1 ring_ext.h
The file ring_ext.h contains constants that we can change to include/exclude modules during the build process.
#ifndef ringext_h
#define ringext_h
/* Constants */
#define RING_VM_LISTFUNCS 1
#define RING_VM_REFMETA 1
#define RING_VM_MATH 1
#define RING_VM_FILE 1
#define RING_VM_OS 1
#define RING_VM_MYSQL 1
#define RING_VM_ODBC 1
#define RING_VM_OPENSSL 1
#define RING_VM_CURL 1
#define RING_VM_DLL 1
#endif
69.2 ring_ext.c
The file ring_ext.c check constants defined in ring_ext.h before calling the start-up function in each module.
Each module contains a function that register the module functions in the RingVM.
#include "ring.h"
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/* List Functions */
#if RING_VM_LISTFUNCS
ring_vm_listfuncs_loadfunctions(pRingState);
#endif
/* Math */
#if RING_VM_MATH
ring_vm_math_loadfunctions(pRingState);
#endif
/* File */
#if RING_VM_FILE
ring_vm_file_loadfunctions(pRingState);
#endif
/* OS */
#if RING_VM_OS
ring_vm_os_loadfunctions(pRingState);
#endif
/* MySQL */
#if RING_VM_MYSQL
ring_vm_mysql_loadfunctions(pRingState);
#endif
/* ODBC */
#if RING_VM_ODBC
ring_vm_odbc_loadfunctions(pRingState);
#endif
/* OPENSSL */
#if RING_VM_OPENSSL
ring_vm_openssl_loadfunctions(pRingState);
#endif
/* CURL */
#if RING_VM_CURL
ring_vm_curl_loadfunctions(pRingState);
#endif
/* DLL */
#if RING_VM_DLL
ring_vm_dll_loadfunctions(pRingState);
#endif
}
Each module starts by include the ring header file (ring.h). This files contains the Ring API that we can use to extend
the RingVM.
Each module comes with a function to register the module functions in the RingVM The registration is done by using
ring_vm_funcregister() function.
The ring_vm_funcregister() function takes two parameters, the first is the function name that will be used by Ring
programs to call the function. The second parameter is the function pointer in the C program.
for example, the ring_vmmath.c module contains the next code to register the module functions
#include "ring.h"
ring_vm_funcregister("tan",ring_vm_math_tan);
ring_vm_funcregister("asin",ring_vm_math_asin);
ring_vm_funcregister("acos",ring_vm_math_acos);
ring_vm_funcregister("atan",ring_vm_math_atan);
ring_vm_funcregister("atan2",ring_vm_math_atan2);
ring_vm_funcregister("sinh",ring_vm_math_sinh);
ring_vm_funcregister("cosh",ring_vm_math_cosh);
ring_vm_funcregister("tanh",ring_vm_math_tanh);
ring_vm_funcregister("exp",ring_vm_math_exp);
ring_vm_funcregister("log",ring_vm_math_log);
ring_vm_funcregister("log10",ring_vm_math_log10);
ring_vm_funcregister("ceil",ring_vm_math_ceil);
ring_vm_funcregister("floor",ring_vm_math_floor);
ring_vm_funcregister("fabs",ring_vm_math_fabs);
ring_vm_funcregister("pow",ring_vm_math_pow);
ring_vm_funcregister("sqrt",ring_vm_math_sqrt);
ring_vm_funcregister("unsigned",ring_vm_math_unsigned);
ring_vm_funcregister("decimals",ring_vm_math_decimals);
ring_vm_funcregister("murmur3hash",ring_vm_math_murmur3hash);
}
Tip: Remember that the function ring_vm_math_loadfunctions() will be called by the ring_vm_extension() function
(in the ring_ext.c file).
Example:
if ( RING_API_PARACOUNT == 1 ) {
/* code */
}
Note: the behaviour of this function can be changed by the Ring code using Try/Catch/Done statements, so in your C
code, use Return after this function.
Syntax:
RING_API_ERROR(const char *cErrorMsg);
The Ring API comes with some of predefined error messages that we can use
#define RING_API_MISS1PARA "Bad parameters count, the function expect one parameter"
#define RING_API_MISS2PARA "Bad parameters count, the function expect two parameters"
#define RING_API_MISS3PARA "Bad parameters count, the function expect three parameters"
#define RING_API_MISS4PARA "Bad parameters count, the function expect four parameters"
#define RING_API_BADPARATYPE "Bad parameter type!"
#define RING_API_BADPARACOUNT "Bad parameters count!"
#define RING_API_BADPARARANGE "Bad parameters value, error in range!"
#define RING_API_NOTPOINTER "Error in parameter, not pointer!"
#define RING_API_NULLPOINTER "Error in parameter, NULL pointer!"
#define RING_API_EMPTYLIST "Bad parameter, empty list!"
We can return values from our function using the next functions.
RING_API_RETNUMBER(double nValue);
RING_API_RETSTRING(const char *cString);
RING_API_RETSTRING2(const char *cString,int nStringSize);
RING_API_RETLIST(List *pList);
RING_API_RETCPOINTER(void *pValue,const char *cPointerType);
When we define new function to be used for RingVM extension, we use the next prototype
void my_function_name( void *pPointer );
The next code represents the sin() function implementation using the Ring API and the sin() C function.
void ring_vm_math_sin ( void *pPointer )
{
if ( RING_API_PARACOUNT != 1 ) {
RING_API_ERROR(RING_API_MISS1PARA);
return ;
}
if ( RING_API_ISNUMBER(1) ) {
RING_API_RETNUMBER(sin(RING_API_GETNUMBER(1)));
} else {
RING_API_ERROR(RING_API_BADPARATYPE);
}
}
The next code represents the fopen() function implementation using the Ring API and the fopen() C Function.
The function takes two parameters, the first parameter is the file name as string. The second parameter is the mode as
string.
In the file ring_vmfile.h we have some constants to use as the pointer type like
#define RING_VM_POINTER_FILE "file"
#define RING_VM_POINTER_FILEPOS "filepos"
In this section we will learn about the list functions provided by the Ring API to create new lists and manipulate the
list items.
List * ring_list_new ( int nSize ) ;
void ring_list_newitem ( List *pList ) ;
Item * ring_list_getitem ( List *pList,int index ) ;
List * ring_list_delete ( List *pList ) ;
void ring_list_deleteitem ( List *pList,int index ) ;
void ring_list_print ( List *pList ) ;
int ring_list_gettype ( List *pList, int index ) ;
void ring_list_setint ( List *pList, int index ,int number ) ;
ring_list_getstringsize(pList,index)
ring_list_getsize(x) (x->nSize)
In this section we will learn about the string functions provided by the Ring API to create new string and manipulate
the string content.
String * ring_string_new ( const char *str ) ;
String * ring_string_new2 ( const char *str,int nStrSize ) ;
String * ring_string_delete ( String *pString ) ;
int ring_string_size ( String *pString ) ;
void ring_string_set ( String *pString,const char *str ) ;
void ring_string_set2 ( String *pString,const char *str,int nStrSize ) ;
void ring_string_add ( String *pString,const char *str ) ;
void ring_string_add2 ( String *pString,const char *str,int nStrSize ) ;
void ring_string_print ( String *pString ) ;
void ring_string_setfromint ( String *pString,int x ) ;
char * ring_string_lower ( char *cStr ) ;
char * ring_string_upper ( char *cStr ) ;
char * ring_string_lower2 ( char *cStr,int nStrSize ) ;
char * ring_string_upper2 ( char *cStr,int nStrSize ) ;
char * ring_string_find ( char *cStr1,char *cStr2 ) ;
char * ring_string_find2 ( char *cStr1,int nStrSize1,char *cStr2,int nStrSize2 ) ;
/* Macro */
ring_string_tolower(x)
ring_string_toupper(x)
ring_string_get(x)
RING_API_RETNUMBER(0);
return ;
}
pList = RING_API_NEWLIST ;
nColumns = mysql_num_fields(result);
if ( row = mysql_fetch_row(result) ) {
while ( field = mysql_fetch_field(result) ) {
pList2 = ring_list_newlist(pList);
ring_list_addstring(pList2,field->name);
ring_list_adddouble(pList2,field->length);
ring_list_adddouble(pList2,field->type);
ring_list_adddouble(pList2,field->flags);
}
}
mysql_free_result(result);
RING_API_RETLIST(pList);
} else {
RING_API_ERROR(RING_API_BADPARATYPE);
}
}
Lists are of type List, in the previoud function we declared two pointers of type List using List *pList, *pList2;
Note: The function uses RING_API_NEWLIST to create new list instead of ring_list_new() to create the list in
Temp. Memory related to the function scope. This way we can return the list from the function. Also we dont delete
the list, if its stored in a variable by Ring Code it will be saved, if not it will be automatically deleted by RingVM.
The list can contains sub lists, we used the function ring_list_newlist() to create a sublist.
The function ring_list_addstring() is used to add string items to the list/sublist.
The function ring_list_adddouble() is used to add numeric items to the list/sublist.
Note: All numeric items in lists returned from RingVM extension functions must be of type double and added to the
list using ring_list_adddouble() function.
We return the list from the extension function using the RING_API_RETLIST() function.
Instead of rebuilding the RingVM after writing new functions using C/C++ and the Ring API, we can create a DLL/So
file and dynamically use the functions provided by this file in the runtime using the LoadLib() function.
Dynamic library example in C
#include "ring.h"
RING_DLL __declspec(dllexport)
RING_FUNC(ring_ringlib_dlfunc)
{
printf("Message from dlfunc");
}
ring_vm_funcregister("dlfunc",ring_ringlib_dlfunc);
}
the idea is to create the ringlib_init() function, this function will be called by the RingVM when we use the generated
DLL file though the LoadLib() function.
Inside the ringlib_init() function we can register the module function or call a function that do the registration process
for all of the module functions.
The next Ring code demonstrates how to use the DLL library during the runtime.
See "Dynamic DLL" + NL
LoadLib("ringlib.dll")
dlfunc()
Output:
Dynamic DLL
Message from dlfunc