--- deliantra/server/include/cfperl.h	2006/08/24 13:13:49	1.1
+++ deliantra/server/include/cfperl.h	2006/08/25 15:21:56	1.4
@@ -1,5 +1,67 @@
 //
 // cfperl.h perl interface
 //
+#ifndef CFPERL_H__
+#define CFPERL_H__
 
+// could have used templates, but a more traditional C api
+// uses more explicit typing which is ok for this purpose.
+enum data_type {
+  DT_END,     // no further arguments
+  DT_INT,
+  DT_LONG,
+  DT_DOUBLE,
+  DT_STRING,  // 0-terminated string
+  DT_DATA,    // string + length
+  DT_OBJECT,
+  DT_MAP,
+  DT_PLAYER,
+  DT_ARCH,
+  DT_PARTY,
+  DT_REGION,
+};
+
+enum event_klass {
+  KLASS_GLOBAL,
+  KLASS_PLAYER,
+  KLASS_OBJECT,
+  KLASS_MAP,
+};
+
+enum event_type {
+# define def(klass,name) EV_ ## klass ## name,
+#  include "eventinc.h"
+# undef def
+  NUM_EVENT_TYPES
+};
+
+#define ARG_INT(v)    DT_INT   , static_cast<int>    (v)
+#define ARG_LONG(v)   DT_LONG  , static_cast<long>   (v)
+#define ARG_DOUBLE(v) DT_DOUBLE, static_cast<double> (v)
+#define ARG_STRING(v) DT_STRING, static_cast<char *> (v)
+#define ARG_DATA(s,l) DT_DATA  , static_cast<void *> (s), (l)
+#define ARG_OBJECT(o) DT_OBJECT, static_cast<struct object *>    (o)
+#define ARG_MAP(o)    DT_MAP   , static_cast<struct mapstruct *> (o)
+#define ARG_PLAYER(o) DT_PLAYER, static_cast<struct pl *>        (o)
+#define ARG_ARCH(o)   DT_ARCH  , static_cast<struct archetype *> (o)
+#define ARG_PARTY(o)  DT_PARTY , static_cast<struct party *>     (o)
+#define ARG_REGION(o) DT_REGION, static_cast<struct region *>    (o)
+
+// the ", ## __VA_ARGS" is, unfortunately, a gnu-cpp extension
+
+// all these return true when the normal event processing should be skipped (if any)
+#define INVOKE(klass, event, ...) cfperl_invoke (EV_ ## klass ## event, ## __VA_ARGS__, DT_END)
+
+#define INVOKE_GLOBAL(event, ...)     INVOKE (GLOBAL, event,                  ## __VA_ARGS__)
+#define INVOKE_OBJECT(event, op, ...) INVOKE (OBJECT, event, ARG_OBJECT (op), ## __VA_ARGS__)
+#define INVOKE_PLAYER(event, pl, ...) INVOKE (PLAYER, event, ARG_PLAYER (pl), ## __VA_ARGS__)
+#define INVOKE_MAP(event, map, ...)   INVOKE (MAP   , event, ARG_MAP (map)  , ## __VA_ARGS__)
+
+bool cfperl_invoke (event_type event, ...);
+void cfperl_free_ob (object *op);
+
+void cfperl_init ();
 void cfperl_main ();
+
+#endif
+