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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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Moved libslv2 into it's own subdirectory
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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_PLUGINLIST_H__
+#define __SLV2_PLUGINLIST_H__
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+
+typedef struct _PluginList* SLV2List;
+
+
+/** \defgroup lists Plugin lists
+ *
+ * These functions are for locating plugins installed on the system.
+ *
+ * Normal hosts which just want to easily load plugins by URI are strongly
+ * recommended to simply find all installed plugins with
+ * \ref slv2_list_load_all rather than find and load bundles manually.
+ *
+ * Functions are provided for hosts that wish to access bundles explicitly and
+ * individually for some reason, as well as make custom lists of plugins from
+ * a selection of bundles. This is mostly intended for hosts which are
+ * tied to a specific (bundled with the application) bundle.
+ *
+ * @{
+ */
+
+
+/** Create a new, empty plugin list.
+ *
+ * Returned object must be freed with slv2_list_free.
+ */
+SLV2List
+slv2_list_new();
+
+
+/** Free a plugin list.
+ *
+ * Note that all plugins in the list (eg those returned by the get_plugin
+ * functions) will be deleted as well. It is expected that hosts will
+ * keep the plugin list allocated until they are done with their plugins.
+ * If you want to keep a plugin around, but free the list it came from, you
+ * will have to copy it with slv2_plugin_duplicate().
+ *
+ * \a list is invalid after this call (though it may be used again after a
+ * "list = slv2_list_new()")
+ */
+void
+slv2_list_free(SLV2List list);
+
+
+/** Add all plugins installed on the system to \a list.
+ *
+ * This is the recommended way for hosts to access plugins. It finds all
+ * plugins on the system using the recommended mechanism. At the time, this
+ * is by searching the path defined in the environment variable LADSPA2_PATH,
+ * though this is subject to change in the future. Future versions may, for
+ * example, allow users to specify a plugin whitelist of plugins they would
+ * like to be visible in apps (or conversely a blacklist of plugins they do
+ * not wish to use).
+ *
+ * Use of any of the other functions for locating plugins is highly
+ * discouraged without specific reason to do so. Use this one.
+ */
+void
+slv2_list_load_all(SLV2List list);
+
+
+/** Add all plugins found in \a search_path to \a list.
+ *
+ * If \a search_path is NULL, \a list will be unmodified.
+ *
+ * Use of this function is not recommended. Use \ref slv2_list_load_all.
+ *
+ * Returned value must be cleaned up by slv2list_free.
+ */
+void
+slv2_list_load_path(SLV2List list,
+ const char* search_path);
+
+
+/** Add all plugins found in the bundle at \a bundle_base_url to \a list.
+ *
+ * \arg bundle_base_url is a fully qualified path to the bundle directory, eg.
+ * "file:///usr/lib/lv2/someBundle"
+ *
+ * Use of this function is <b>strongly</b> discouraged, hosts should not attach
+ * any significance to bundle paths as there are no guarantees they will
+ * remain consistent whatsoever. This function should only be used by apps
+ * which ship with a special bundle (which it knows exists at some path).
+ * It is <b>not</b> to be used by normal hosts that want to load system
+ * installed plugins. Use \ref slv2_list_load_all.
+ */
+void
+slv2_list_load_bundle(SLV2List list,
+ const unsigned char* bundle_base_url);
+
+
+/** Get the number of plugins in the list.
+ */
+unsigned long
+slv2_list_get_length(const SLV2List list);
+
+
+/** Get a plugin from the list by URI.
+ *
+ * Return value is shared (stored in \a list) and must not be freed or
+ * modified by the caller in any way.
+ *
+ * \return NULL if plugin with \a url not found in \a list.
+ */
+const SLV2Plugin*
+slv2_list_get_plugin_by_uri(const SLV2List list,
+ const unsigned char* uri);
+
+
+/** Get a plugin from the list by index.
+ *
+ * \a index has no significance. Any \a index not less than
+ * slv2list_get_length(list) will return NULL. * All plugins in a list can
+ * thus be easily enumerated by repeated calls to this function starting
+ * with \a index 0.
+ *
+ * Return value is shared (stored in \a list) and must not be freed or
+ * modified by the caller in any way.
+ *
+ * \return NULL if \a index out of range.
+ */
+const SLV2Plugin*
+slv2_list_get_plugin_by_index(const SLV2List list,
+ unsigned long index);
+
+
+/** @} */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* __SLV2_PLUGINLIST_H__ */
+