LuaState.hpp

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#ifndef _DILUCULUM_LUA_STATE_HPP_
#define _DILUCULUM_LUA_STATE_HPP_

#include <lua.hpp>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <Diluculum/LuaExceptions.hpp>
#include <Diluculum/LuaValue.hpp>
#include <Diluculum/LuaVariable.hpp>
#include <Diluculum/Types.hpp>


namespace Diluculum
{

   class LuaState
   {
      public:
         explicit LuaState (bool loadStdLib = true);

         explicit LuaState (lua_State* state, bool loadStdLib = false);

         virtual ~LuaState();

         LuaValueList doFile (const std::string& fileName)
         { return doStringOrFile (false, fileName); }

         LuaValueList doString (const std::string& what)
         { return doStringOrFile (true, what); }

         LuaValueList call (LuaFunction& func,
                            const LuaValueList& params,
                            const std::string& chunkName = "Diluculum chunk");

         LuaVariable operator[] (const std::string& variable);

         LuaValueMap globals();

         lua_State* getState() { return state_; }

      private:
         LuaValueList doStringOrFile (bool isString, const std::string& str);

         lua_State* state_;

         const bool ownsState_;
   };

} // namespace Diluculum

#endif // #ifndef _DILUCULUM_LUA_STATE_HPP_