virtualx-engine/modules/mono/managed_callable.h
Ignacio Roldán Etcheverry 282bd37e5c C#: Remove need for reflection to invoking callable delegates
We aim to make the C# API reflection-free, mainly for concerns about
performance, and to be able to target NativeAOT in refletion-free mode,
which reduces the binary size.

One of the main usages of reflection still left was the dynamic
invokation of callable delegates, and for some time I wasn't sure
I would find an alternative solution that I'd be happy with.

The new solution uses trampoline functions to invoke the delegates:

```
static void Trampoline(object delegateObj, NativeVariantPtrArgs args, out godot_variant ret)
{
    if (args.Count != 1)
        throw new ArgumentException($"Callable expected 1 arguments but received {args.Count}.");

    string res = ((Func<int, string>)delegateObj)(
        VariantConversionCallbacks.GetToManagedCallback<int>()(args[0])
    );

    ret = VariantConversionCallbacks.GetToVariantCallback<string>()(res);
}

Callable.CreateWithUnsafeTrampoline((int num) => "Foo" + num, &Trampoline);
```

Of course, this is too much boilerplate for user code. To improve this,
the `Callable.From` methods were added. These are overloads that take
`Action` and `Func` delegates, which covers the most common use cases:
lambdas and method groups:

```
// Lambda
Callable.From((int num) => "Foo" + num);

// Method group
string AppendNum(int num) => "Foo" + num;
Callable.From(AppendNum);
```

Unfortunately, due to limitations in the C# language, implicit
conversions from delegates to `Callable` are not supported.

`Callable.From` does not support custom delegates. These should be
uncommon, but the Godot C# API actually uses them for event signals.
As such, the bindings generator was updated to generate trampoline
functions for event signals. It was also optimized to use `Action`
instead of a custom delegate for parameterless signals, which removes
the need for the trampoline functions for those signals.

The change to reflection-free invokation removes one of the last needs
for `ConvertVariantToManagedObjectOfType`. The only remaining usage is
from calling script constructors with parameters from the engine
(`CreateManagedForGodotObjectScriptInstance`). Once that one is made
reflection-free, `ConvertVariantToManagedObjectOfType` can be removed.
2022-10-30 01:24:15 +02:00

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/*************************************************************************/
/* managed_callable.h */
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#ifndef MANAGED_CALLABLE_H
#define MANAGED_CALLABLE_H
#include "core/os/mutex.h"
#include "core/templates/self_list.h"
#include "core/variant/callable.h"
#include "mono_gc_handle.h"
class ManagedCallable : public CallableCustom {
friend class CSharpLanguage;
GCHandleIntPtr delegate_handle;
void *trampoline = nullptr;
ObjectID object_id;
#ifdef GD_MONO_HOT_RELOAD
SelfList<ManagedCallable> self_instance = this;
static SelfList<ManagedCallable>::List instances;
static RBMap<ManagedCallable *, Array> instances_pending_reload;
static Mutex instances_mutex;
#endif
public:
uint32_t hash() const override;
String get_as_text() const override;
CompareEqualFunc get_compare_equal_func() const override;
CompareLessFunc get_compare_less_func() const override;
ObjectID get_object() const override;
void call(const Variant **p_arguments, int p_argcount, Variant &r_return_value, Callable::CallError &r_call_error) const override;
_FORCE_INLINE_ GCHandleIntPtr get_delegate() const { return delegate_handle; }
_FORCE_INLINE_ void *get_trampoline() const { return trampoline; }
static bool compare_equal(const CallableCustom *p_a, const CallableCustom *p_b);
static bool compare_less(const CallableCustom *p_a, const CallableCustom *p_b);
static constexpr CompareEqualFunc compare_equal_func_ptr = &ManagedCallable::compare_equal;
static constexpr CompareEqualFunc compare_less_func_ptr = &ManagedCallable::compare_less;
void release_delegate_handle();
ManagedCallable(GCHandleIntPtr p_delegate_handle, void *p_trampoline, ObjectID p_object_id);
~ManagedCallable();
};
#endif // MANAGED_CALLABLE_H