# Shiboken2-generator

Shiboken is the generator used by the Qt for Python project.
It outputs C++ code for CPython extensions, which can be compiled
and transformed into a Python module.

C++ projects based on Qt can be wrapped, but also projects
which are not related to Qt.

## How does it work?

Shiboken uses an API Extractor that does most of the job,
but it requires a typesystem (XML file) to customize how the
C++ classes/methods will be exposed to Python.

The typesystem allows you to remove arguments from signatures,
modify return types, inject code and add conversion rules
from the C++ data types to Python data types, manipulate
the ownership of the objects, etc.

# Examples

An example related to wrap a C++ library not depending on Qt
can be found in our [repository](https://code.qt.io/cgit/pyside/pyside-setup.git/tree/examples/samplebinding).

Additionally, you can find a couple of tests inside the
[git repository](https://code.qt.io/cgit/pyside/pyside-setup.git/tree/sources/shiboken2/tests).

For a more advanced case regarding extending a Qt/C++ application
with Python bindings based on the idea of the PySide module,
you can check the [scriptableapplication](https://code.qt.io/cgit/pyside/pyside-setup.git/tree/examples/scriptableapplication)
example in our repository.

# Documentation

You can find more information about Shiboken in our
[official documentation page](https://doc.qt.io/qtforpython/shiboken2/).
