SWIG is a software development tool that connects programs written in
C and C++ with a variety of high-level programming languages.
SWIG is used with different types of target languages including common
scripting languages such as Javascript, Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl and Ruby.
The list of supported languages also includes non-scripting languages
such as C#, D, Go language, Java including Android, Lua, OCaml, Octave,
Scilab and R.
Also several interpreted and compiled Scheme implementations (Guile,
MzScheme/Racket) are supported.
SWIG is most commonly used to create high-level interpreted or compiled
programming environments, user interfaces, and as a tool for testing and
prototyping C/C++ software.
SWIG is typically used to parse C/C++ interfaces and generate the
'glue code' required for the above target languages to call into the
C/C++ code.
SWIG can also export its parse tree in the form of XML.
SWIG is free software and the code that SWIG generates is compatible
with both commercial and non-commercial projects. |
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