1 /*****************************************************************************
2 * modules.h : Module descriptor and load functions
3 *****************************************************************************
4 * Copyright (C) 2001 the VideoLAN team
7 * Authors: Samuel Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>
9 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
10 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
11 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
12 * (at your option) any later version.
14 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
15 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
16 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
17 * GNU General Public License for more details.
19 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
20 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
21 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
22 *****************************************************************************/
26 * This file defines functions for modules in vlc
29 /*****************************************************************************
31 *****************************************************************************/
33 VLC_EXPORT( module_t *, module_need, ( vlc_object_t *, const char *, const char *, bool ) );
34 #define module_need(a,b,c,d) module_need(VLC_OBJECT(a),b,c,d)
35 VLC_EXPORT( void, module_unneed, ( vlc_object_t *, module_t * ) );
36 #define module_unneed(a,b) module_unneed(VLC_OBJECT(a),b)
37 VLC_EXPORT( bool, module_exists, (const char *) );
38 VLC_EXPORT( module_t *, module_find, (const char *) );
40 VLC_EXPORT( module_config_t *, module_config_get, ( const module_t *, unsigned * ) );
41 VLC_EXPORT( void, module_config_free, ( module_config_t * ) );
43 VLC_EXPORT( module_t *, module_hold, (module_t *module) );
44 VLC_EXPORT( void, module_release, (module_t *module) );
45 VLC_EXPORT( void, module_list_free, (module_t **) );
46 VLC_EXPORT( module_t **, module_list_get, (size_t *n) );
48 VLC_EXPORT( bool, module_provides, ( const module_t *m, const char *cap ) );
49 VLC_EXPORT( const char *, module_get_object, ( const module_t *m ) );
50 VLC_EXPORT( const char *, module_get_name, ( const module_t *m, bool long_name ) );
51 #define module_GetLongName( m ) module_get_name( m, true )
52 VLC_EXPORT( const char *, module_get_help, ( const module_t *m ) );
53 VLC_EXPORT( const char *, module_get_capability, ( const module_t *m ) );
54 VLC_EXPORT( int, module_get_score, ( const module_t *m ) );
55 VLC_EXPORT( const char *, module_gettext, ( const module_t *, const char * ) );
57 static inline module_t *module_get_main (void)
59 return module_find ("main");
61 #define module_get_main(a) module_get_main()
63 static inline bool module_is_main( const module_t * p_module )
65 return !strcmp( module_get_object( p_module ), "main" );