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1 /*****************************************************************************
2  * events.h: events definitions
3  * Interface used to send events.
4  *****************************************************************************
5  * Copyright (C) 2007 the VideoLAN team
6  * $Id$
7  *
8  * Authors: Pierre d'Herbemont
9  *
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11  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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23  *****************************************************************************/
24
25 #ifndef VLC_EVENTS_H
26 # define VLC_EVENTS_H
27
28 #include <vlc_arrays.h>
29 #include <vlc_meta.h>
30
31 /**
32  * \file
33  * This file is the interface definition for events
34  * (implementation in src/misc/events.c)
35  */
36
37 /*****************************************************************************
38  * Documentation
39  *****************************************************************************/
40 /*
41  **** Background
42  *
43  * This implements a way to send and receive event for an object (which can be
44  * a simple C struct or less).
45  *
46  * This is in direct concurrency with the Variable based Callback
47  * (see src/misc/variables.c).
48  *
49  * It has the following advantages over Variable based Callback:
50  * - No need to implement the whole VLC_COMMON_MEMBERS in the object,
51  * thus it reduce it size. This is especially true for input_item_t which
52  * doesn't have VLC_COMMON_MEMBERS. This is the first reason of existence of
53  * this implementation.
54  * - Libvlc can easily be based upon that.
55  * - Existing event are clearly declared (in include/vlc_events.h)
56  *
57  *
58  **** Example usage
59  *
60  * (vlc_cool_object_t doesn't need to have the VLC_COMMON_MEMBERS.)
61  *
62  * struct vlc_cool_object_t
63  * {
64  *        ...
65  *        vlc_event_manager_t p_event_manager;
66  *        ...
67  * }
68  *
69  * vlc_my_cool_object_new()
70  * {
71  *        ...
72  *        vlc_event_manager_init( &p_self->p_event_manager, p_self, p_a_libvlc_object );
73  *        vlc_event_manager_register_event_type(p_self->p_event_manager,
74  *                vlc_MyCoolObjectDidSomething, p_e)
75  *        ...
76  * }
77  *
78  * vlc_my_cool_object_release()
79  * {
80  *         ...
81  *         vlc_event_manager_fini( &p_self->p_event_manager );
82  *         ...
83  * }
84  *
85  * vlc_my_cool_object_do_something()
86  * {
87  *        ...
88  *        vlc_event_t event;
89  *        event.type = vlc_MyCoolObjectDidSomething;
90  *        event.u.my_cool_object_did_something.what_it_did = kSomething;
91  *        vlc_event_send( &p_self->p_event_manager, &event );
92  * }
93  * */
94
95   /*****************************************************************************
96  * Event Type
97  *****************************************************************************/
98
99 /* Private structure defined in misc/events.c */
100 struct vlc_event_listeners_group_t;
101
102 /* Event manager type */
103 typedef struct vlc_event_manager_t
104 {
105     void * p_obj;
106     vlc_mutex_t object_lock;
107     vlc_mutex_t event_sending_lock;
108     vlc_object_t *p_parent_object;
109     DECL_ARRAY(struct vlc_event_listeners_group_t *) listeners_groups;
110 } vlc_event_manager_t;
111
112 /* List of event */
113 /* Be sure to keep sync-ed with misc/events.c debug name table */
114 typedef enum vlc_event_type_t {
115     /* Input (thread) events */
116     vlc_InputStateChanged,
117     vlc_InputSelectedStreamChanged,
118
119     /* Input item events */
120     vlc_InputItemMetaChanged,
121     vlc_InputItemSubItemAdded,
122     vlc_InputItemDurationChanged,
123     vlc_InputItemPreparsedChanged,
124     vlc_InputItemNameChanged,
125     vlc_InputItemInfoChanged,
126
127     /* Service Discovery event */
128     vlc_ServicesDiscoveryItemAdded,
129     vlc_ServicesDiscoveryItemRemoved,
130     vlc_ServicesDiscoveryStarted,
131     vlc_ServicesDiscoveryEnded
132 } vlc_event_type_t;
133
134 /* Event definition */
135 typedef struct vlc_event_t
136 {
137     vlc_event_type_t type;
138     void * p_obj; /* Sender object, automatically filled by vlc_event_send() */
139     union vlc_event_type_specific
140     {
141         /* Input (thread) events */
142         struct vlc_input_state_changed
143         {
144             int new_state;
145         } input_state_changed;
146         struct vlc_input_selected_stream_changed
147         {
148             void * unused;
149         } input_selected_stream_changed;
150
151         /* Input item events */
152         struct vlc_input_item_meta_changed
153         {
154             vlc_meta_type_t meta_type;
155         } input_item_meta_changed;
156         struct vlc_input_item_subitem_added
157         {
158             input_item_t * p_new_child;
159         } input_item_subitem_added;
160         struct vlc_input_item_duration_changed
161         {
162             mtime_t new_duration;
163         } input_item_duration_changed;
164         struct vlc_input_item_preparsed_changed
165         {
166             int new_status;
167         } input_item_preparsed_changed;
168         struct vlc_input_item_name_changed
169         {
170             const char * new_name;
171         } input_item_name_changed;
172         struct vlc_input_item_info_changed
173         {
174             void * unused;
175         } input_item_info_changed;
176
177         /* Service discovery events */
178         struct vlc_services_discovery_item_added
179         {
180             input_item_t * p_new_item;
181             const char * psz_category;
182         } services_discovery_item_added;
183         struct vlc_services_discovery_item_removed
184         {
185             input_item_t * p_item;
186         } services_discovery_item_removed;
187         struct vlc_services_discovery_started
188         {
189             void * unused;
190         } services_discovery_started;
191         struct vlc_services_discovery_ended
192         {
193             void * unused;
194         } services_discovery_ended;
195
196     } u;
197 } vlc_event_t;
198
199 /* Event callback type */
200 typedef void ( *vlc_event_callback_t )( const vlc_event_t *, void * );
201
202  /*****************************************************************************
203  * Event manager
204  *****************************************************************************/
205
206 /*
207  * p_obj points to the object that owns the event manager, and from
208  * which events are sent
209  * p_obj is here to give us a libvlc instance
210  */
211 #define vlc_event_manager_init_with_vlc_object(a,b) \
212             vlc_event_manager_init( a, b, b )
213
214 #define vlc_event_manager_init(a,b,c) \
215             __vlc_event_manager_init(a, b, VLC_OBJECT(c))
216 VLC_EXPORT(int, __vlc_event_manager_init, ( vlc_event_manager_t * p_em,
217                                           void * p_obj, vlc_object_t * ));
218
219 /*
220  * Destroy
221  */
222 VLC_EXPORT(void, vlc_event_manager_fini, ( vlc_event_manager_t * p_em ));
223
224 /*
225  * Tells a specific event manager that it will handle event_type object
226  */
227 VLC_EXPORT(int, vlc_event_manager_register_event_type,
228                 ( vlc_event_manager_t * p_em, vlc_event_type_t event_type ));
229
230 /*
231  * Send an event to the listener attached to this p_em.
232  */
233 VLC_EXPORT(void, vlc_event_send, ( vlc_event_manager_t * p_em,
234                                    vlc_event_t * p_event ));
235
236 /*
237  * Add a callback for an event.
238  */
239 #define vlc_event_attach(a, b, c, d) __vlc_event_attach(a, b, c, d, #c)
240 VLC_EXPORT(int, __vlc_event_attach, ( vlc_event_manager_t * p_event_manager,
241                                       vlc_event_type_t event_type,
242                                       vlc_event_callback_t pf_callback,
243                                       void *p_user_data,
244                                       const char * psz_debug_name ));
245
246 /*
247  * Remove a callback for an event.
248  */
249 VLC_EXPORT(int, vlc_event_detach, ( vlc_event_manager_t *p_event_manager,
250                                     vlc_event_type_t event_type,
251                                     vlc_event_callback_t pf_callback,
252                                     void *p_user_data ));
253
254 #endif /* VLC_EVENTS_H */