Userdata.h File Reference

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Classes
class	Userdata
class	UserdataValue< T >
class	UserdataPtr
class	UserdataShared< C >
struct	UserdataSharedHelper< C, makeObjectConst >
struct	Stack< T >
struct	Stack< T * >
struct	Stack< T *const >
struct	Stack< T const * >
struct	Stack< T const *const >
struct	Stack< T *const & >
struct	Stack< T & >
struct	Stack< T const & >

Functions
void *	getIdentityKey ()

Function Documentation

getIdentityKey()

void* getIdentityKey ( )

inline

Return the identity pointer for our lightuserdata tokens.

LuaBridge metatables are tagged with a security "token." The token is a lightuserdata created from the identity pointer, used as a key in the metatable. The value is a boolean = true, although any value could have been used.

Because of Lua's dynamic typing and our improvised system of imposing C++ class structure, there is the possibility that executing scripts may knowingly or unknowingly cause invalid data to get passed to the C functions created by LuaBridge. In particular, our security model addresses the following:

Notes:

1. Scripts cannot create a userdata (ignoring the debug lib).
2. Scripts cannot create a lightuserdata (ignoring the debug lib).
3. Scripts cannot set the metatable on a userdata.
4. Our identity key is a unique pointer in the process.
5. Our metatables have a lightuserdata identity key / value pair.
6. Our metatables have "__metatable" set to a boolean = false.
7. Our lightuserdata is unique.

Definition at line 63 of file Userdata.h.