Wrapping C++ class API for C consumption

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Foreach public method you need a C function.
You also need an opaque pointer to represent your class in the C code.
It is simpler to just use a void* though you could build a struct that contains a void* and other information (For example if you wanted to support arrays?).

Fred.h
--------------------------------

#ifdef  __cplusplus
class Fred
{
    public:
    Fred(int x,int y);
    int doStuff(int p);
};
#endif

//
// C Interface.
typedef void*   CFred;

//
// Need an explicit constructor and destructor.
extern "C" CFred  newCFred(int x,int y);
extern "C" void   delCFred(CFred);

//
// Each public method. Takes an opaque reference to the object
// that was returned from the above constructor plus the methods parameters.
extern "C" int    doStuffCFred(CFred,int p);

The the implementation is trivial.
Convert the opaque pointer to a Fred and then call the method.

CFred.cpp
--------------------------------

// Functions implemented in a cpp file.
// But note that they were declared above as extern "C" this gives them
// C linkage and thus are available from a C lib.
CFred newCFred(int x,int y)
{
    return reinterpret_cast<void*>(new Fred(x,y));
}

void delCFred(CFred fred)
{
    delete reinterpret_cast<Fred*>(fred);
}

int doStuffCFred(CFred fred,int p)
{
    return reinterpret_cast<Fred*>(fred)->doStuff(p);
}

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