rhai/doc/src/rust/packages/create.md
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Create a Custom Package
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Sometimes specific functionalities are needed, so custom packages can be created.
A custom package is a convenient means to gather up a number of functions for later use.
An [`Engine`] only needs to `Engine::load_package` the custom package once to gain access
to the entire set of functions within.
Loading a package into an [`Engine`] is functionally equivalent to calling `Engine::register_fn` etc.
on _each_ of the functions inside the package. But because packages are _shared_, loading an existing
package is _much_ cheaper than registering all the functions one by one.
The macro `rhai::def_package!` is used to create a new custom package.
Macro Parameters
---------------
`def_package!(root:package_name:description, variable, block)`
* `root` - root namespace, usually `"rhai"`.
* `package_name` - name of the package, usually ending in `Package`.
* `description` - doc comment for the package.
* `variable` - a variable name holding a reference to the [module] that is to form the package.
* `block` - a code block that initializes the package.
```rust
// Import necessary types and traits.
use rhai::{
def_package,
packages::Package,
packages::{ArithmeticPackage, BasicArrayPackage, BasicMapPackage, LogicPackage}
};
// Define the package 'MyPackage'.
def_package!(rhai:MyPackage:"My own personal super package", module, {
// Aggregate existing packages simply by calling 'init' on each.
ArithmeticPackage::init(module);
LogicPackage::init(module);
BasicArrayPackage::init(module);
BasicMapPackage::init(module);
// Register additional Rust functions using the standard 'set_fn_XXX' module API.
module.set_fn_1("foo", |s: ImmutableString| {
Ok(foo(s.into_owned()))
});
});
```