From: Alexis Laferrière <alexis.laf@xymus.net>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 18:29:20 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: contrib/objcwrapper: intro README.md file
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contrib/objcwrapper: intro README.md file

Signed-off-by: Alexis Laferrière <alexis.laf@xymus.net>
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+Generator of Nit extern classes to wrap Objective-C services.
+
+# Description
+
+_objcwrapper_ is a tool to help access Objective-C classes and methods from Nit.
+It generates Nit code composed of extern classes and extern methods from the Objective-C FFI.
+The code should be valid Nit, but it may need some tweaking by hand before use.
+
+_objcwrapper_ takes as input preprocessed Objective-C header files.
+This preprocessing is usually done by combinig (or piping) calls to:
+`gcc -E`, `header_keeper` and `header_static`.
+See the check rules in the Makefile for example preprocessing.
+
+# Usage
+
+1. Compile _objcwrapper_ with: `make`
+
+2. Compile the wrapper `NSArray.nit` from the preprocessed header `NSArray.h` with:
+
+	~~~
+	bin/objcwrapper -o NSArray.h NSArray.h
+	~~~
+
+3. Import the generated module as usual from any Nit program.
+   It is not recommended to modify the generated file directly,
+   but you can redef the generated classes from other modules.
+
+# See also
+
+_jwrapper_ is the inspiration for this tool.
+It generate wrappers to access Java services from Nit.