ndarray_converter.h

# ifndef __NDARRAY_CONVERTER_H__
# define __NDARRAY_CONVERTER_H__

#include <Python.h>
#include <opencv2/core/core.hpp>


class NDArrayConverter {
public:
    // must call this first, or the other routines don't work!
    static bool init_numpy();
    
    static bool toMat(PyObject* o, cv::Mat &m);
    static PyObject* toNDArray(const cv::Mat& mat);
};

//
// Define the type converter
//

#include <pybind11/pybind11.h>

namespace pybind11 { namespace detail {
    
template <> struct type_caster<cv::Mat> {
public:
    
    PYBIND11_TYPE_CASTER(cv::Mat, _("numpy.ndarray"));
    
    bool load(handle src, bool) {
        return NDArrayConverter::toMat(src.ptr(), value);
    }
    
    static handle cast(const cv::Mat &m, return_value_policy, handle defval) {
        return handle(NDArrayConverter::toNDArray(m));
    }
};
    
    
}} // namespace pybind11::detail

# endif