DRAFT: ENH: Include libcaosdb and a minimal wrapper

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jlcaosdb/jlcaosdb.cxx

@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@
 #include "caosdb/constants.h"
 #include "caosdb/exceptions.h"
 
+namespace jlcxx
+{
+  template<>
+  struct SuperType<caosdb::authentication::PlainPasswordAuthenticator>
+  {
+    typedef caosdb::authentication::Authenticator type;
+  };
+}
+
 JLCXX_MODULE define_julia_module(jlcxx::Module& mod)
 {
   // Version info of libcaosdb against which this is built.
@@ -37,10 +46,19 @@ JLCXX_MODULE define_julia_module(jlcxx::Module& mod)
   mod.method("get_libcaosdb_version_patch", []() {return caosdb::LIBCAOSDB_VERSION_PATCH;});
 
   // exceptions inherit from abstract Julia exception types:
-  mod.add_type<caosdb::exceptions::AuthenticationError>("AuthenticationError", jlcxx::julia_type("AbstractAuthenticationError"))
+  mod.add_type<caosdb::exceptions::AuthenticationError>("AuthenticationError",
+							jlcxx::julia_type("AbstractAuthenticationError"))
     .constructor<const std::string&>()
     .method("what", &caosdb::exceptions::AuthenticationError::what);
-  mod.add_type<caosdb::exceptions::ConnectionError>("ConnectionError", jlcxx::julia_type("AbstractConnectionError"))
+  mod.add_type<caosdb::exceptions::ConnectionError>("ConnectionError",
+						    jlcxx::julia_type("AbstractConnectionError"))
     .constructor<const std::string&>()
     .method("what", &caosdb::exceptions::ConnectionError::what);
+
+  // authenticators
+  mod.add_type<caosdb::authentication::Authenticator>("CaosDBAuthenticator");
+  mod.add_type<caosdb::authentication::PlainPasswordAuthenticator>("PlainPasswordAuthenticator",
+								   jlcxx::julia_base_type<caosdb::authentication::Authenticator>())
+    .constructor<const std::string&, const std::string&>()
+    .method("getCallCredentials", &caosdb::authentication::PlainPasswordAuthenticator::getCallCredentials);
 }