How to compile C++ classes to .wasm files for wasmer?

Question

I'm trying to compile a C++ library (pure code) to a .wasm file for Wasmer so I can run them universally in the server side regardless of what OS it's on. However I find rare documentation which can help me deal with C++ class.

For details, all helpful functions I wanted are in a C++ class named Timer, like Timer.reset(). But it seems that Wasmer can only use exported functions on it's documentation. So it is possible to use exported c++ classes like instance.exports.Timer.reset() in Wasmer?

The main confusion is also about how to wrap this Timer class in .wasm file. I checked emscripten doc which shows this. But the documentation compile them to .js files instead of .wasm.

Questions above combined, I find it hard to get clear procedures to use c++ classes in Wasmer for other programming languages.

I hope I've made a clear problem explanation for anyone willing to give some hints. Bests.

Answer 1

Check the following pull request: Enable accessing fields that are classes without copying.

Using it, you can expose C++ classes as properties using the following example (from the PR):

class Foo {
public:
  int i;
};

class MyClass {
public:
  int x;
  Foo foo;
  int getY() const { return y; }
  void setY(int y_) { y = y_; }
private:
  int y;
};

EMSCRIPTEN_BINDINGS(test) {
  class_<MyClass>("MyClass")
    .constructor()
    .property("x", &MyClass::x) // Expose a field directly.
    .property("y", &MyClass::getY, &MyClass::setY) // Expose through a getter and setter.
    .property("readOnlyY", &MyClass::getY) // Expose a read only property.
    .property("foo", &MyClass::foo); // Expose a class field.
  class_<Foo>("Foo")
    .constructor()
    .property("i", &Foo::i);
}

Then in Javascript, you can use the following code to use them:

var myClass = new Module.MyClass();
myClass.x = 10;
myClass.x; // 10
myClass.y = 20;
myClass.y; // 20
myClass.readOnlyY; // 20
// Assign directly to the inner class.
myClass.foo.i = 30;
myClass.foo.i; // 30
// Or use Foo object to assign to foo.
var foo = new Module.Foo();
foo.i = 40;
// Note: this will copy values from the foo but the objects will remain separate.
myClass.foo = foo;
myClass.foo.i; // 40
myClass.delete();
foo.delete();