annotate libpurple/eventloop.h @ 22933:d464485a2bfc

Clean up the comments about MSNP14, and make the --enable-msnp14 option no longer commented out. This makes it possible, with stock pidgin, to build with msnp14 using --enable-msnp14 - are we ready for this? (my thought being that if we are ready for this we can see what happens when "early adopters" turn it on and maybe, just maybe, making msnp14 default for 2.5.0)

/**
 * @file eventloop.h Purple Event Loop API
 * @ingroup core
 */

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#ifndef _PURPLE_EVENTLOOP_H_
#define _PURPLE_EVENTLOOP_H_

#include <glib.h>

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/**
 * An input condition.
 */
typedef enum
{
	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()
	 * @since 2.1.0
	 **/
	guint (*timeout_add_seconds)(guint interval, GSourceFunc function,
	                             gpointer data);

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

/**************************************************************************/
/** @name Event Loop API                                                  */
/**************************************************************************/
/*@{*/
/**
 * Creates a callback timer.
 * 
 * The timer will repeat until the function returns @c FALSE. The
 * first call will be at the end of the first interval.
 *
 * If the timer is in a multiple of seconds, use purple_timeout_add_seconds()
 * instead as it allows UIs to group timers for power efficiency.
 *
 * @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.
 *
 * The timer will repeat until the function returns @c FALSE. The
 * first call will be at the end of the first interval.
 *
 * This function allows UIs to group timers for better power efficiency.  For
 * this reason, @a interval may be rounded by up to a second.
 * 
 * @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.
 *
 * @param fd        The input file descriptor.
 * @param cond      The condition type.
 * @param func      The callback function for data.
 * @param user_data User-specified data.
 *
 * @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);


/*@}*/


/**************************************************************************/
/** @name UI Registration Functions                                       */
/**************************************************************************/
/*@{*/
/**
 * Sets the UI operations structure to be used for accounts.
 *
 * @param ops The UI operations structure.
 */
void purple_eventloop_set_ui_ops(PurpleEventLoopUiOps *ops);

/**
 * Returns the UI operations structure used for accounts.
 *
 * @return The UI operations structure in use.
 */
PurpleEventLoopUiOps *purple_eventloop_get_ui_ops(void);

/*@}*/

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif /* _PURPLE_EVENTLOOP_H_ */