Updated to SWIG 4

- added autodoc feature to swig header, enabled doxygen commenting
- It seems, SWIG needs doxygen comments in header, not source. So far, autodoc is used instead to provide at least some pydoc

README.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Additionally, a basic simulator interface can be used during DAQ logic developme
 Prerequisites
 -------------
  - libusb1-dev
- - SWIG 3 (v4 currently not supported)
+ - SWIG v4
  - numpy
  - pytango (optionally, only when using the tango server)
  

examples/simple_connection.py

@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ amptek = ahi.AmptekHardwareInterface()
 # To connect to a specific device, change the -1 to the serial number
 # For basic tests, the simulator interface can be used, of no hardware is available.
 # Use amptek.connectSimulator() instead
-amptek.connectUSB(-1)
 
+amptek.connectUSB(-1)
+# amptek.connectSimulator()
 
 
 

python/amptek_hardware_interface/AmptekHardwareInterface.i

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     #define SWIG_FILE_WITH_INIT
     #include "AmptekHardwareInterface.h"
 %}
-
+%feature("autodoc");
 %include "numpy.i"
 %include "std_string.i"
 %init %{

setup.py

@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ except AttributeError:
 # HexitecIO extension module
 _AmptekHardwareInterface = Extension("amptek_hardware_interface._AmptekHardwareInterface",
                    ["python/amptek_hardware_interface/AmptekHardwareInterface.i",] + ["src/" + f for f in os.listdir("src") if os.path.isfile("src/" + f)],
-                   include_dirs = [numpy_include, "include"],
-                   swig_opts=['-c++',"-modern", "-nomodernargs" ],
+                   include_dirs = [numpy_include, "include", "src"],
+                   swig_opts=['-c++',"-doxygen"],
                    extra_compile_args = ["-std=c++11", "-g"], 
                    libraries=["usb-1.0"]
                    )