// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 The Ebitengine Authors // Package objc is a low-level pure Go objective-c runtime. This package is easy to use incorrectly, so it is best // to use a wrapper that provides the functionality you need in a safer way. package objc import ( "errors" "fmt" "math" "reflect" "regexp" "unicode" "unsafe" "github.com/ebitengine/purego" ) // TODO: support try/catch? // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7062599/example-of-how-objective-cs-try-catch-implementation-is-executed-at-runtime var ( objc_msgSend_fn uintptr objc_msgSend func(obj ID, cmd SEL, args ...interface{}) ID objc_msgSendSuper2_fn uintptr objc_msgSendSuper2 func(super *objc_super, cmd SEL, args ...interface{}) ID objc_getClass func(name string) Class objc_getProtocol func(name string) *Protocol objc_allocateClassPair func(super Class, name string, extraBytes uintptr) Class objc_registerClassPair func(class Class) sel_registerName func(name string) SEL class_getSuperclass func(class Class) Class class_getInstanceVariable func(class Class, name string) Ivar class_getInstanceSize func(class Class) uintptr class_addMethod func(class Class, name SEL, imp IMP, types string) bool class_addIvar func(class Class, name string, size uintptr, alignment uint8, types string) bool class_addProtocol func(class Class, protocol *Protocol) bool ivar_getOffset func(ivar Ivar) uintptr ivar_getName func(ivar Ivar) string object_getClass func(obj ID) Class object_getIvar func(obj ID, ivar Ivar) ID object_setIvar func(obj ID, ivar Ivar, value ID) protocol_getName func(protocol *Protocol) string protocol_isEqual func(p *Protocol, p2 *Protocol) bool ) func init() { objc, err := purego.Dlopen("/usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib", purego.RTLD_GLOBAL) if err != nil { panic(fmt.Errorf("objc: %w", err)) } objc_msgSend_fn, err = purego.Dlsym(objc, "objc_msgSend") if err != nil { panic(fmt.Errorf("objc: %w", err)) } purego.RegisterFunc(&objc_msgSend, objc_msgSend_fn) objc_msgSendSuper2_fn, err = purego.Dlsym(objc, "objc_msgSendSuper2") if err != nil { panic(fmt.Errorf("objc: %w", err)) } purego.RegisterFunc(&objc_msgSendSuper2, objc_msgSendSuper2_fn) purego.RegisterLibFunc(&object_getClass, objc, "object_getClass") purego.RegisterLibFunc(&objc_getClass, objc, "objc_getClass") purego.RegisterLibFunc(&objc_getProtocol, objc, "objc_getProtocol") purego.RegisterLibFunc(&objc_allocateClassPair, objc, "objc_allocateClassPair") purego.RegisterLibFunc(&objc_registerClassPair, objc, "objc_registerClassPair") purego.RegisterLibFunc(&sel_registerName, objc, "sel_registerName") purego.RegisterLibFunc(&class_getSuperclass, objc, "class_getSuperclass") purego.RegisterLibFunc(&class_getInstanceVariable, objc, "class_getInstanceVariable") purego.RegisterLibFunc(&class_addMethod, objc, "class_addMethod") purego.RegisterLibFunc(&class_addIvar, objc, "class_addIvar") purego.RegisterLibFunc(&class_addProtocol, objc, "class_addProtocol") purego.RegisterLibFunc(&class_getInstanceSize, objc, "class_getInstanceSize") purego.RegisterLibFunc(&ivar_getOffset, objc, "ivar_getOffset") purego.RegisterLibFunc(&ivar_getName, objc, "ivar_getName") purego.RegisterLibFunc(&protocol_getName, objc, "protocol_getName") purego.RegisterLibFunc(&protocol_isEqual, objc, "protocol_isEqual") purego.RegisterLibFunc(&object_getIvar, objc, "object_getIvar") purego.RegisterLibFunc(&object_setIvar, objc, "object_setIvar") } // ID is an opaque pointer to some Objective-C object type ID uintptr // Class returns the class of the object. func (id ID) Class() Class { return object_getClass(id) } // Send is a convenience method for sending messages to objects. This function takes a SEL // instead of a string since RegisterName grabs the global Objective-C lock. It is best to cache the result // of RegisterName. func (id ID) Send(sel SEL, args ...interface{}) ID { return objc_msgSend(id, sel, args...) } // GetIvar reads the value of an instance variable in an object. func (id ID) GetIvar(ivar Ivar) ID { return object_getIvar(id, ivar) } // SetIvar sets the value of an instance variable in an object. func (id ID) SetIvar(ivar Ivar, value ID) { object_setIvar(id, ivar, value) } // Send is a convenience method for sending messages to objects that can return any type. // This function takes a SEL instead of a string since RegisterName grabs the global Objective-C lock. // It is best to cache the result of RegisterName. func Send[T any](id ID, sel SEL, args ...any) T { var fn func(id ID, sel SEL, args ...any) T purego.RegisterFunc(&fn, objc_msgSend_fn) return fn(id, sel, args...) } // objc_super data structure is generated by the Objective-C compiler when it encounters the super keyword // as the receiver of a message. It specifies the class definition of the particular superclass that should // be messaged. type objc_super struct { receiver ID superClass Class } // SendSuper is a convenience method for sending message to object's super. This function takes a SEL // instead of a string since RegisterName grabs the global Objective-C lock. It is best to cache the result // of RegisterName. func (id ID) SendSuper(sel SEL, args ...interface{}) ID { super := &objc_super{ receiver: id, superClass: id.Class(), } return objc_msgSendSuper2(super, sel, args...) } // SendSuper is a convenience method for sending message to object's super that can return any type. // This function takes a SEL instead of a string since RegisterName grabs the global Objective-C lock. // It is best to cache the result of RegisterName. func SendSuper[T any](id ID, sel SEL, args ...any) T { super := &objc_super{ receiver: id, superClass: id.Class(), } var fn func(objcSuper *objc_super, sel SEL, args ...any) T purego.RegisterFunc(&fn, objc_msgSendSuper2_fn) return fn(super, sel, args...) } // SEL is an opaque type that represents a method selector type SEL uintptr // RegisterName registers a method with the Objective-C runtime system, maps the method name to a selector, // and returns the selector value. This function grabs the global Objective-c lock. It is best the cache the // result of this function. func RegisterName(name string) SEL { return sel_registerName(name) } // Class is an opaque type that represents an Objective-C class. type Class uintptr // GetClass returns the Class object for the named class, or nil if the class is not registered with the Objective-C runtime. func GetClass(name string) Class { return objc_getClass(name) } // AllocateClassPair creates a new class and metaclass. Then returns the new class, or Nil if the class could not be created // // Deprecated: use RegisterClass instead func AllocateClassPair(super Class, name string, extraBytes uintptr) Class { return objc_allocateClassPair(super, name, extraBytes) } // MethodDef represents the Go function and the selector that ObjC uses to access that function. type MethodDef struct { Cmd SEL Fn any } // IvarAttrib is the attribute that an ivar has. It affects if and which methods are automatically // generated when creating a class with RegisterClass. See [Apple Docs] for an understanding of these attributes. // The fields are still accessible using objc.GetIvar and objc.SetIvar regardless of the value of IvarAttrib. // // Take for example this Objective-C code: // // @property (readwrite) float value; // // In Go, the functions can be accessed as followed: // // var value = purego.Send[float32](id, purego.RegisterName("value")) // id.Send(purego.RegisterName("setValue:"), 3.46) // // [Apple Docs]: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ObjectiveC/Chapters/ocProperties.html type IvarAttrib int const ( ReadOnly IvarAttrib = 1 << iota ReadWrite ) // FieldDef is a definition of a field to add to an Objective-C class. // The name of the field is what will be used to access it through the Ivar. If the type is bool // the name cannot start with `is` since a getter will be generated with the name `isBoolName`. // The name also cannot contain any spaces. // The type is the Go equivalent type of the Ivar. // Attribute determines if a getter and or setter method is generated for this field. type FieldDef struct { Name string Type reflect.Type Attribute IvarAttrib } // ivarRegex checks to make sure the Ivar is correctly formatted var ivarRegex = regexp.MustCompile("[a-z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*") // RegisterClass takes the name of the class to create, the superclass, a list of protocols this class // implements, a list of fields this class has and a list of methods. It returns the created class or an error // describing what went wrong. func RegisterClass(name string, superClass Class, protocols []*Protocol, ivars []FieldDef, methods []MethodDef) (Class, error) { class := objc_allocateClassPair(superClass, name, 0) if class == 0 { return 0, fmt.Errorf("objc: failed to create class with name '%s'", name) } // Add Protocols for _, p := range protocols { if !class.AddProtocol(p) { return 0, fmt.Errorf("objc: couldn't add Protocol %s", protocol_getName(p)) } } // Add exported methods based on the selectors returned from ClassDef(string) SEL for idx, def := range methods { imp, err := func() (imp IMP, err error) { defer func() { if r := recover(); r != nil { err = fmt.Errorf("objc: failed to create IMP: %s", r) } }() return NewIMP(def.Fn), nil }() if err != nil { return 0, fmt.Errorf("objc: couldn't add Method at index %d: %w", idx, err) } encoding, err := encodeFunc(def.Fn) if err != nil { return 0, fmt.Errorf("objc: couldn't add Method at index %d: %w", idx, err) } if !class.AddMethod(def.Cmd, imp, encoding) { return 0, fmt.Errorf("objc: couldn't add Method at index %d", idx) } } // Add Ivars for _, instVar := range ivars { ivar := instVar if !ivarRegex.MatchString(ivar.Name) { return 0, fmt.Errorf("objc: Ivar must start with a lowercase letter and only contain ASCII letters and numbers: '%s'", ivar.Name) } size := ivar.Type.Size() alignment := uint8(math.Log2(float64(ivar.Type.Align()))) enc, err := encodeType(ivar.Type, false) if err != nil { return 0, fmt.Errorf("objc: couldn't add Ivar %s: %w", ivar.Name, err) } if !class_addIvar(class, ivar.Name, size, alignment, enc) { return 0, fmt.Errorf("objc: couldn't add Ivar %s", ivar.Name) } offset := class.InstanceVariable(ivar.Name).Offset() switch ivar.Attribute { case ReadWrite: ty := reflect.FuncOf( []reflect.Type{ reflect.TypeOf(ID(0)), reflect.TypeOf(SEL(0)), ivar.Type, }, nil, false, ) var encoding string if encoding, err = encodeFunc(reflect.New(ty).Elem().Interface()); err != nil { return 0, fmt.Errorf("objc: failed to create read method for '%s': %w", ivar.Name, err) } val := reflect.MakeFunc(ty, func(args []reflect.Value) (results []reflect.Value) { // on entry the first and second arguments are ID and SEL followed by the value if len(args) != 3 { panic(fmt.Sprintf("objc: incorrect number of args. expected 3 got %d", len(args))) } // The following reflect code does the equivalent of this: // // ((*struct { // Padding [offset]byte // Value int // })(unsafe.Pointer(args[0].Interface().(ID)))).v = 123 // // However, since the type of the variable is unknown reflection is used to actually assign the value id := args[0].Interface().(ID) ptr := *(*unsafe.Pointer)(unsafe.Pointer(&id)) // circumvent go vet reflect.NewAt(ivar.Type, unsafe.Add(ptr, offset)).Elem().Set(args[2]) return nil }).Interface() // this code only works for ascii but that shouldn't be a problem selector := "set" + string(unicode.ToUpper(rune(ivar.Name[0]))) + ivar.Name[1:] + ":\x00" class.AddMethod(RegisterName(selector), NewIMP(val), encoding) fallthrough // also implement the read method case ReadOnly: ty := reflect.FuncOf( []reflect.Type{ reflect.TypeOf(ID(0)), reflect.TypeOf(SEL(0)), }, []reflect.Type{ivar.Type}, false, ) var encoding string if encoding, err = encodeFunc(reflect.New(ty).Elem().Interface()); err != nil { return 0, fmt.Errorf("objc: failed to create read method for '%s': %w", ivar.Name, err) } val := reflect.MakeFunc(ty, func(args []reflect.Value) (results []reflect.Value) { // on entry the first and second arguments are ID and SEL if len(args) != 2 { panic(fmt.Sprintf("objc: incorrect number of args. expected 2 got %d", len(args))) } id := args[0].Interface().(ID) ptr := *(*unsafe.Pointer)(unsafe.Pointer(&id)) // circumvent go vet // the variable is located at an offset from the id return []reflect.Value{reflect.NewAt(ivar.Type, unsafe.Add(ptr, offset)).Elem()} }).Interface() if ivar.Type.Kind() == reflect.Bool { // this code only works for ascii but that shouldn't be a problem ivar.Name = "is" + string(unicode.ToUpper(rune(ivar.Name[0]))) + ivar.Name[1:] } class.AddMethod(RegisterName(ivar.Name), NewIMP(val), encoding) default: return 0, fmt.Errorf("objc: unknown Ivar Attribute (%d)", ivar.Attribute) } } objc_registerClassPair(class) return class, nil } const ( encId = "@" encClass = "#" encSelector = ":" encChar = "c" encUChar = "C" encShort = "s" encUShort = "S" encInt = "i" encUInt = "I" encLong = "l" encULong = "L" encFloat = "f" encDouble = "d" encBool = "B" encVoid = "v" encPtr = "^" encCharPtr = "*" encStructBegin = "{" encStructEnd = "}" encUnsafePtr = "^v" ) // encodeType returns a string representing a type as if it was given to @encode(typ) // Source: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ObjCRuntimeGuide/Articles/ocrtTypeEncodings.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40008048-CH100 func encodeType(typ reflect.Type, insidePtr bool) (string, error) { switch typ { case reflect.TypeOf(Class(0)): return encClass, nil case reflect.TypeOf(ID(0)): return encId, nil case reflect.TypeOf(SEL(0)): return encSelector, nil } kind := typ.Kind() switch kind { case reflect.Bool: return encBool, nil case reflect.Int: return encLong, nil case reflect.Int8: return encChar, nil case reflect.Int16: return encShort, nil case reflect.Int32: return encInt, nil case reflect.Int64: return encULong, nil case reflect.Uint: return encULong, nil case reflect.Uint8: return encUChar, nil case reflect.Uint16: return encUShort, nil case reflect.Uint32: return encUInt, nil case reflect.Uint64: return encULong, nil case reflect.Uintptr: return encPtr, nil case reflect.Float32: return encFloat, nil case reflect.Float64: return encDouble, nil case reflect.Ptr: enc, err := encodeType(typ.Elem(), true) return encPtr + enc, err case reflect.Struct: if insidePtr { return encStructBegin + typ.Name() + encStructEnd, nil } encoding := encStructBegin encoding += typ.Name() encoding += "=" for i := 0; i < typ.NumField(); i++ { f := typ.Field(i) tmp, err := encodeType(f.Type, false) if err != nil { return "", err } encoding += tmp } encoding = encStructEnd return encoding, nil case reflect.UnsafePointer: return encUnsafePtr, nil case reflect.String: return encCharPtr, nil } return "", errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("unhandled/invalid kind %v typed %v", kind, typ)) } // encodeFunc returns a functions type as if it was given to @encode(fn) func encodeFunc(fn interface{}) (string, error) { typ := reflect.TypeOf(fn) if typ.Kind() != reflect.Func { return "", errors.New("not a func") } encoding := "" switch typ.NumOut() { case 0: encoding += encVoid case 1: tmp, err := encodeType(typ.Out(0), false) if err != nil { return "", err } encoding += tmp default: return "", errors.New("too many output parameters") } if typ.NumIn() < 2 { return "", errors.New("func doesn't take ID and SEL as its first two parameters") } encoding += encId for i := 1; i < typ.NumIn(); i++ { tmp, err := encodeType(typ.In(i), false) if err != nil { return "", err } encoding += tmp } return encoding, nil } // SuperClass returns the superclass of a class. // You should usually use NSObject‘s superclass method instead of this function. func (c Class) SuperClass() Class { return class_getSuperclass(c) } // AddMethod adds a new method to a class with a given name and implementation. // The types argument is a string containing the mapping of parameters and return type. // Since the function must take at least two arguments—self and _cmd, the second and third // characters must be “@:” (the first character is the return type). func (c Class) AddMethod(name SEL, imp IMP, types string) bool { return class_addMethod(c, name, imp, types) } // AddIvar adds a new instance variable to a class. // It may only be called after AllocateClassPair and before Register. // Adding an instance variable to an existing class is not supported. // The class must not be a metaclass. Adding an instance variable to a metaclass is not supported. // It takes the instance of the type of the Ivar and a string representing the type. // // Deprecated: use RegisterClass instead func (c Class) AddIvar(name string, ty interface{}, types string) bool { typeOf := reflect.TypeOf(ty) size := typeOf.Size() alignment := uint8(math.Log2(float64(typeOf.Align()))) return class_addIvar(c, name, size, alignment, types) } // AddProtocol adds a protocol to a class. // Returns true if the protocol was added successfully, otherwise false (for example, // the class already conforms to that protocol). func (c Class) AddProtocol(protocol *Protocol) bool { return class_addProtocol(c, protocol) } // InstanceSize returns the size in bytes of instances of the class or 0 if cls is nil func (c Class) InstanceSize() uintptr { return class_getInstanceSize(c) } // InstanceVariable returns an Ivar data structure containing information about the instance variable specified by name. func (c Class) InstanceVariable(name string) Ivar { return class_getInstanceVariable(c, name) } // Register registers a class that was allocated using AllocateClassPair. // It can now be used to make objects by sending it either alloc and init or new. // // Deprecated: use RegisterClass instead func (c Class) Register() { objc_registerClassPair(c) } // Ivar an opaque type that represents an instance variable. type Ivar uintptr // Offset returns the offset of an instance variable that can be used to assign and read the Ivar's value. // // For instance variables of type ID or other object types, call Ivar and SetIvar instead // of using this offset to access the instance variable data directly. func (i Ivar) Offset() uintptr { return ivar_getOffset(i) } func (i Ivar) Name() string { return ivar_getName(i) } // Protocol is a type that declares methods that can be implemented by any class. type Protocol [0]func() // GetProtocol returns the protocol for the given name or nil if there is no protocol by that name. func GetProtocol(name string) *Protocol { return objc_getProtocol(name) } // Equals return true if the two protocols are the same. func (p *Protocol) Equals(p2 *Protocol) bool { return protocol_isEqual(p, p2) } // IMP is a function pointer that can be called by Objective-C code. type IMP uintptr // NewIMP takes a Go function that takes (ID, SEL) as its first two arguments. // It returns an IMP function pointer that can be called by Objective-C code. // The function panics if an error occurs. // The function pointer is never deallocated. func NewIMP(fn interface{}) IMP { ty := reflect.TypeOf(fn) if ty.Kind() != reflect.Func { panic("objc: not a function") } // IMP is stricter than a normal callback // id (*IMP)(id, SEL, ...) switch { case ty.NumIn() < 2: fallthrough case ty.In(0) != reflect.TypeOf(ID(0)): fallthrough case ty.In(1) != reflect.TypeOf(SEL(0)): panic("objc: NewIMP must take a (id, SEL) as its first two arguments; got " + ty.String()) } return IMP(purego.NewCallback(fn)) }