Trait mlua::UserData

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pub trait UserData: Sized {
    // Provided methods
    fn add_fields<F: UserDataFields<Self>>(fields: &mut F) { ... }
    fn add_methods<M: UserDataMethods<Self>>(methods: &mut M) { ... }
    fn register(registry: &mut UserDataRegistry<Self>) { ... }
}

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Trait for custom userdata types.

By implementing this trait, a struct becomes eligible for use inside Lua code. Implementation of IntoLua is automatically provided, FromLua needs to be implemented manually.

§Examples

struct MyUserData;

impl UserData for MyUserData {}

// `MyUserData` now implements `IntoLua`:
lua.globals().set("myobject", MyUserData)?;

lua.load("assert(type(myobject) == 'userdata')").exec()?;

Custom fields, methods and operators can be provided by implementing add_fields or add_methods (refer to UserDataFields and UserDataMethods for more information):

struct MyUserData(i32);

impl UserData for MyUserData {
    fn add_fields<F: UserDataFields<Self>>(fields: &mut F) {
        fields.add_field_method_get("val", |_, this| Ok(this.0));
    }

    fn add_methods<M: UserDataMethods<Self>>(methods: &mut M) {
        methods.add_method_mut("add", |_, mut this, value: i32| {
            this.0 += value;
            Ok(())
        });

        methods.add_meta_method(MetaMethod::Add, |_, this, value: i32| {
            Ok(this.0 + value)
        });
    }
}

lua.globals().set("myobject", MyUserData(123))?;

lua.load(r#"
    assert(myobject.val == 123)
    myobject:add(7)
    assert(myobject.val == 130)
    assert(myobject + 10 == 140)
"#).exec()?;