comparison libpurple/eventloop.h @ 22390:e3bf822c19c8

Document PurpleEventLoopUiOps and associated misc.

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	PURPLE_INPUT_READ  = 1 << 0,  /**< A read condition.  */
	PURPLE_INPUT_WRITE = 1 << 1   /**< A write condition. */

} PurpleInputCondition;

typedef void (*PurpleInputFunction)(gpointer, gint, PurpleInputCondition);

typedef struct _PurpleEventLoopUiOps PurpleEventLoopUiOps;

struct _PurpleEventLoopUiOps
{
	/**
	 * Creates a callback timer with an interval measured in milliseconds.
	 * @see g_timeout_add, purple_timeout_add
	 **/
	guint (*timeout_add)(guint interval, GSourceFunc function, gpointer data);

	/**
	 * Removes a callback timer.
	 * @see purple_timeout_remove, g_source_remove
	 */
	gboolean (*timeout_remove)(guint handle);

	/**
	 * Adds an input handler.
	 * @see purple_input_add, g_io_add_watch_full
	 */
	guint (*input_add)(int fd, PurpleInputCondition cond,
					   PurpleInputFunction func, gpointer user_data);

	/**
	 * Removes an input handler.
	 * @see purple_input_remove, g_source_remove
	 */
	gboolean (*input_remove)(guint handle);
	
	
	/**
	 * Get the current error status for an input.
	 * Implementation of this UI op is optional. Implement it if the UI's sockets
	 * or event loop needs to customize determination of socket error status.
	 * @see purple_input_get_error, getsockopt
	 */
	int (*input_get_error)(int fd, int *error);

	/**
	 * Creates a callback timer with an interval measured in seconds.
	 *
	 * This allows UIs to group timers for better power efficiency.  For
	 * this reason, @a interval may be rounded by up to a second.
	 *
	 * Implementation of this UI op is optional.  If it's not implemented,
	 * calls to purple_timeout_add_seconds() will be serviced by the
	 * timeout_add UI op.
	 *
	 * @see g_timeout_add_seconds, purple_timeout_add_seconds()
	 **/
	guint (*timeout_add_seconds)(guint interval, GSourceFunc function, gpointer data);

	void (*_purple_reserved2)(void);
	void (*_purple_reserved3)(void);
	void (*_purple_reserved4)(void);
};

 *
 * @param interval	The time between calls of the function, in
 *                      milliseconds.
 * @param function	The function to call.
 * @param data		data to pass to @a function.
 * @return A handle to the timer which can be passed to 
 *         purple_timeout_remove to remove the timer.
 */
guint purple_timeout_add(guint interval, GSourceFunc function, gpointer data);

/**
 * Creates a callback timer.

 * @param interval	The time between calls of the function, in
 *                      seconds.
 * @param function	The function to call.
 * @param data		data to pass to @a function.
 * @return A handle to the timer which can be passed to 
 *         purple_timeout_remove to remove the timer.
 *
 * @since 2.1.0
 */
guint purple_timeout_add_seconds(guint interval, GSourceFunc function, gpointer data);

/**
 * Removes a timeout handler.
 *
 * @param handle The handle, as returned by purple_timeout_add.
 *
 * @return Something.
 */
gboolean purple_timeout_remove(guint handle);

/**
 * Adds an input handler.

 *
 * @return The resulting handle (will be greater than 0).
 * @see g_io_add_watch_full
 */
guint purple_input_add(int fd, PurpleInputCondition cond,
					 PurpleInputFunction func, gpointer user_data);

/**
 * Removes an input handler.
 *
 * @param handle The handle of the input handler. Note that this is the return
 * value from purple_input_add, <i>not</i> the file descriptor.
 */
gboolean purple_input_remove(guint handle);

/**
 * Get the current error status for an input.
 * The return value and error follow getsockopt() with a level of SOL_SOCKET and an
 * option name of SO_ERROR, and this is how the error is determined if the UI does not
 * implement the input_get_error UI op.
 *
 * @param fd        The input file descriptor.
 * @param error		A pointer to an int which on return will have the error, or 0 if no error.
 *
 * @return 0 if there is no error; -1 if there is an error, in which case errno will be set.
 */
int
purple_input_get_error(int fd, int *error);

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	PURPLE_INPUT_READ  = 1 << 0,  /**< A read condition.  */
	PURPLE_INPUT_WRITE = 1 << 1   /**< A write condition. */

} PurpleInputCondition;

/** The type of callbacks to handle events on file descriptors, as passed to
 *  purple_input_add().  The callback will receive the @c user_data passed to
 *  purple_input_add(), the file descriptor on which the event occurred, and the
 *  condition that was satisfied to cause the callback to be invoked.
 */
typedef void (*PurpleInputFunction)(gpointer, gint, PurpleInputCondition);

/** @copydoc _PurpleEventLoopUiOps */
typedef struct _PurpleEventLoopUiOps PurpleEventLoopUiOps;

/** An abstraction of an application's mainloop; libpurple will use this to
 *  watch file descriptors and schedule timed callbacks.  If your application
 *  uses the glib mainloop, there is an implementation of this struct in
 *  <tt>libpurple/example/nullclient.c</tt> which you can use verbatim.
 */
struct _PurpleEventLoopUiOps
{
	/**
	 * Should create a callback timer with an interval measured in
	 * milliseconds.  The supplied @a function should be called every @a
	 * interval seconds until it returns @c FALSE, after which it should not
	 * be called again.
	 *
	 * Analogous to g_timeout_add in glib.
	 *
	 * @param interval the interval in <em>milliseconds</em> between calls
	 *                 to @a function.
	 * @param data     arbitrary data to be passed to @a function at each
	 *                 call.
	 * @todo Who is responsible for freeing @a data?
	 *
	 * @return a handle for the timeout, which can be passed to
	 *         #timeout_remove.
	 *
	 * @see purple_timeout_add
	 **/
	guint (*timeout_add)(guint interval, GSourceFunc function, gpointer data);

	/**
	 * Should remove a callback timer.  Analogous to g_source_remove in glib.
	 * @param handle an identifier for a timeout, as returned by
	 *               #timeout_add.
	 * @return       @c TRUE if the timeout identified by @a handle was
	 *               found and removed.
	 * @see purple_timeout_remove
	 */
	gboolean (*timeout_remove)(guint handle);

	/**
	 * Should add an input handler.  Analogous to g_io_add_watch_full in
	 * glib.
	 *
	 * @param fd        a file descriptor to watch for events
	 * @param cond      a bitwise OR of events on @a fd for which @a func
	 *                  should be called.
	 * @param func      a callback to fire whenever a relevant event on @a
	 *                  fd occurs.
	 * @param user_data arbitrary data to pass to @a fd.
	 * @return          an identifier for this input handler, which can be
	 *                  passed to #input_remove.
	 *
	 * @see purple_input_add
	 */
	guint (*input_add)(int fd, PurpleInputCondition cond,
	                   PurpleInputFunction func, gpointer user_data);

	/**
	 * Should remove an input handler.  Analogous to g_source_remove in glib.
	 * @param handle an identifier, as returned by #input_add.
	 * @return       @c TRUE if the input handler was found and removed.
	 * @see purple_input_remove
	 */
	gboolean (*input_remove)(guint handle);
	
	
	/**
	 * If implemented, should get the current error status for an input.
	 *
	 * Implementation of this UI op is optional. Implement it if the UI's
	 * sockets or event loop needs to customize determination of socket
	 * error status.  If unimplemented, <tt>getsockopt(2)</tt> will be used
	 * instead.
	 *
	 * @see purple_input_get_error
	 */
	int (*input_get_error)(int fd, int *error);

	/**
	 * If implemented, should create a callback timer with an interval
	 * measured in seconds.  Analogous to g_timeout_add_seconds in glib.
	 *
	 * This allows UIs to group timers for better power efficiency.  For
	 * this reason, @a interval may be rounded by up to a second.
	 *
	 * Implementation of this UI op is optional.  If it's not implemented,
	 * calls to purple_timeout_add_seconds() will be serviced by
	 * #timeout_add.
	 *
	 * @see purple_timeout_add_seconds()
	 **/
	guint (*timeout_add_seconds)(guint interval, GSourceFunc function,
	                             gpointer data);

	void (*_purple_reserved2)(void);
	void (*_purple_reserved3)(void);
	void (*_purple_reserved4)(void);
};

 *
 * @param interval	The time between calls of the function, in
 *                      milliseconds.
 * @param function	The function to call.
 * @param data		data to pass to @a function.
 * @return A handle to the timer which can be passed to
 *         purple_timeout_remove() to remove the timer.
 */
guint purple_timeout_add(guint interval, GSourceFunc function, gpointer data);

/**
 * Creates a callback timer.

 * @param interval	The time between calls of the function, in
 *                      seconds.
 * @param function	The function to call.
 * @param data		data to pass to @a function.
 * @return A handle to the timer which can be passed to 
 *         purple_timeout_remove() to remove the timer.
 *
 * @since 2.1.0
 */
guint purple_timeout_add_seconds(guint interval, GSourceFunc function, gpointer data);

/**
 * Removes a timeout handler.
 *
 * @param handle The handle, as returned by purple_timeout_add().
 *
 * @return @c TRUE if the handler was successfully removed.
 */
gboolean purple_timeout_remove(guint handle);

/**
 * Adds an input handler.

 *
 * @return The resulting handle (will be greater than 0).
 * @see g_io_add_watch_full
 */
guint purple_input_add(int fd, PurpleInputCondition cond,
                       PurpleInputFunction func, gpointer user_data);

/**
 * Removes an input handler.
 *
 * @param handle The handle of the input handler. Note that this is the return
 *               value from purple_input_add(), <i>not</i> the file descriptor.
 */
gboolean purple_input_remove(guint handle);

/**
 * Get the current error status for an input.
 *
 * The return value and error follow getsockopt() with a level of SOL_SOCKET and an
 * option name of SO_ERROR, and this is how the error is determined if the UI does not
 * implement the input_get_error UI op.
 *
 * @param fd        The input file descriptor.
 * @param error     A pointer to an @c int which on return will have the error, or
 *                  @c 0 if no error.
 *
 * @return @c 0 if there is no error; @c -1 if there is an error, in which case
 *         @a errno will be set.
 */
int
purple_input_get_error(int fd, int *error);