parsing a c++ header file and extracting

[wild kat]

I was wondering if someone could guide me or give me few pointers on how to go about doing this.

parsing a C++ header file. While parsing , I want to extract enumerations from the file. I would like to store the extracted enumerations on a different file.

Appreciate your help

[weaknessforcats]

You aren't thinking of having those enumerations in two places are you? I mean, you are going to remkove them from the original file, yes?

Other than that, extracting an enum can be harder than it looks since the enum may be a struct, class or namespace member.

Have you an example of what you are proposing?

[wild kat]

You aren't thinking of having those enumerations in two places are you? I mean, you are going to remkove them from the original file, yes?

Other than that, extracting an enum can be harder than it looks since the enum may be a struct, class or namespace member.

Have you an example of what you are proposing?

I was thinking of just copying the enumerations into a different file. I wasn't thinking of removing it.

Can you suggest an easy way of doing it. It's kind of urgent

[weaknessforcats]

Choice 1:

#include the original file.

Choice 2:

Remove the enumerations and put then in a separate file. The #include the enumerations in the original header and then you can #include just the enumerations elsewhere.

Do anything excapt make a copy of the enums. You will never keep the copies in sync.

All of your headers use inclusion guards, yes?? You know:

#ifndef MYHEADER
#define MYHEADER

......header file contents here

#endif

If not, put them in.