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authorDavid Robillard <d@drobilla.net>2006-06-06 20:20:33 +0000
committerDavid Robillard <d@drobilla.net>2006-06-06 20:20:33 +0000
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+/* LibSLV2
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 Dave Robillard <drobilla@connect.carleton.ca>
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+ * Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
+ * any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
+ * for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __SLV2_PLUGIN_H__
+#define __SLV2_PLUGIN_H__
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include "types.h"
+
+
+typedef const struct _Plugin SLV2Plugin;
+
+
+/** \defgroup data Plugin data file access
+ *
+ * These functions work exclusively with the plugin's RDF data file. They do
+ * not load the plugin dynamic library (or access
+ * it in any way).
+ *
+ * @{
+ */
+
+
+/** Check if this plugin is valid.
+ *
+ * This is used by plugin lists to avoid loading plugins that are not valid
+ * and will not work with libslv2 (eg plugins missing required fields, or
+ * having multiple values for mandatory single-valued fields, etc.
+ *
+ * Note that normal hosts do not need to worry about list - libslv2 does not
+ * load invalid plugins in to plugin lists. This is included for plugin
+ * testing utilities, etc.
+ *
+ * \return True if \a plugin is valid.
+ */
+bool
+slv2_plugin_verify(const SLV2Plugin* plugin);
+
+
+/** Duplicate a plugin.
+ *
+ * Use this if you want to keep an SLV2Plugin around but free the list it came
+ * from.
+ *
+ * \return a newly allocated SLV2Plugin identical to \a plugin (a deep copy).
+ */
+SLV2Plugin*
+slv2_plugin_duplicate(const SLV2Plugin* plugin);
+
+
+/** Get the URI of \a plugin.
+ *
+ * Any serialization that refers to plugins should refer to them by this.
+ * Hosts SHOULD NOT save any filesystem paths, plugin indexes, etc. in saved
+ * files; save only the URI.
+ *
+ * The URI is a globally unique identifier for one specific plugin. Two
+ * plugins with the same URI are compatible in port signature, and should
+ * be guaranteed to work in a compatible and consistent way. If a plugin
+ * is upgraded in an incompatible way (eg if it has different ports), it
+ * MUST have a different URI than it's predecessor.
+ *
+ * \return a shared string which must not be modified or free()'d.
+ */
+const unsigned char*
+slv2_plugin_get_uri(const SLV2Plugin* plugin);
+
+
+/** Get the URL of the RDF data file plugin information is located in.
+ *
+ * Only file: URL's are supported at this time.
+ *
+ * \return a complete URL eg. "file:///usr/foo/SomeBundle.lv2/someplug.ttl",
+ * which is shared and must not be modified or free()'d.
+ */
+const unsigned char*
+slv2_plugin_get_data_url(const SLV2Plugin* plugin);
+
+
+/** Get the local filesystem path of the RDF data file for \a plugin.
+ *
+ * \return a valid path on the local filesystem
+ * eg. "/usr/foo/SomeBundle.lv2/someplug.ttl" which is shared and must not
+ * be free()'d; or NULL if URL is not a local filesystem path.
+ */
+const unsigned char*
+slv2_plugin_get_data_path(const SLV2Plugin* plugin);
+
+
+/** Get the URL of the shared library for \a plugin.
+ *
+ * \return a shared string which must not be modified or free()'d.
+ */
+const unsigned char*
+slv2_plugin_get_library_url(const SLV2Plugin* plugin);
+
+
+/** Get the local filesystem path of the shared library for \a plugin.
+ *
+ * \return a valid path on the local filesystem
+ * eg. "/usr/foo/SomeBundle.lv2/someplug.so" which is shared and must not
+ * be free()'d; or NULL if URL is not a local filesystem path.
+ */
+const unsigned char*
+slv2_plugin_get_library_path(const SLV2Plugin* plugin);
+
+
+/** Get the name of \a plugin.
+ *
+ * This is guaranteed to return the untranslated name (the doap:name in the
+ * data file without a language tag). Returned value must be free()'d by
+ * the caller.
+ */
+unsigned char*
+slv2_plugin_get_name(const SLV2Plugin* plugin);
+
+
+/** Request some property of the plugin.
+ *
+ * May return NULL if the property was not found (ie is not defined in the
+ * data file).
+ *
+ * Return value must be free()'d by caller.
+ *
+ * Note that some properties may have multiple values. If the property is a
+ * string with multiple languages defined, the translation according to
+ * $LANG will be returned if it is set. Otherwise all values will be
+ * returned.
+ */
+SLV2Property
+slv2_plugin_get_property(const SLV2Plugin* p,
+ const char* property);
+
+
+/** Get the number of ports on this plugin.
+ */
+unsigned long
+slv2_plugin_get_num_ports(const SLV2Plugin* p);
+
+
+/** @} */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* __SLV2_PLUGIN_H__ */
+