annotate libpurple/network.h @ 16083:f2a4b05407d7

Patch from shlomil in ticket #78. This fixes RTL text support in MSN, and lays the framework so it could be supported in other prpls as well. As added pluses, shlomil removed some duplicate code and fixed some small related bugs. committer: Richard Laager <[e-mail]>

/**
 * @file network.h Network API
 * @ingroup core
 *
 * purple
 *
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 * source distribution.
 *
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 *
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 *
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 */
#ifndef _PURPLE_NETWORK_H_
#define _PURPLE_NETWORK_H_

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/**************************************************************************/
/** @name Network API                                                     */
/**************************************************************************/
/*@{*/

typedef struct _PurpleNetworkListenData PurpleNetworkListenData;

typedef void (*PurpleNetworkListenCallback) (int listenfd, gpointer data);

/**
 * Converts a dot-decimal IP address to an array of unsigned
 * chars.  For example, converts 192.168.0.1 to a 4 byte
 * array containing 192, 168, 0 and 1.
 *
 * @param ip An IP address in dot-decimal notiation.
 * @return An array of 4 bytes containing an IP addresses
 *         equivalent to the given parameter, or NULL if
 *         the given IP address is invalid.  This value
 *         is statically allocated and should not be
 *         freed.
 */
const unsigned char *purple_network_ip_atoi(const char *ip);

/**
 * Sets the IP address of the local system in preferences.  This
 * is the IP address that should be used for incoming connections
 * (file transfer, direct IM, etc.) and should therefore be
 * publicly accessible.
 *
 * @param ip The local IP address.
 */
void purple_network_set_public_ip(const char *ip);

/**
 * Returns the IP address of the local system set in preferences.
 *
 * This returns the value set via purple_network_set_public_ip().
 * You probably want to use purple_network_get_my_ip() instead.
 *
 * @return The local IP address set in preferences.
 */
const char *purple_network_get_public_ip(void);

/**
 * Returns the IP address of the local system.
 *
 * You probably want to use purple_network_get_my_ip() instead.
 *
 * @note The returned string is a pointer to a static buffer. If this
 *       function is called twice, it may be important to make a copy
 *       of the returned string.
 *
 * @param fd The fd to use to help figure out the IP, or else -1.
 * @return The local IP address.
 */
const char *purple_network_get_local_system_ip(int fd);

/**
 * Returns the IP address that should be used anywhere a
 * public IP addresses is needed (listening for an incoming
 * file transfer, etc).
 *
 * If the user has manually specified an IP address via
 * preferences, then this IP is returned.  Otherwise the
 * IP address returned by purple_network_get_local_system_ip()
 * is returned.
 *
 * @note The returned string is a pointer to a static buffer. If this
 *       function is called twice, it may be important to make a copy
 *       of the returned string.
 *
 * @param fd The fd to use to help figure out the IP, or -1.
 * @return The local IP address to be used.
 */
const char *purple_network_get_my_ip(int fd);

/**
 * Attempts to open a listening port ONLY on the specified port number.
 * You probably want to use purple_network_listen_range() instead of this.
 * This function is useful, for example, if you wanted to write a telnet
 * server as a Purple plugin, and you HAD to listen on port 23.  Why anyone
 * would want to do that is beyond me.
 *
 * This opens a listening port. The caller will want to set up a watcher
 * of type PURPLE_INPUT_READ on the fd returned in cb. It will probably call
 * accept in the watcher callback, and then possibly remove the watcher and close
 * the listening socket, and add a new watcher on the new socket accept
 * returned.
 *
 * @param port The port number to bind to.  Must be greater than 0.
 * @param socket_type The type of socket to open for listening.
 *   This will be either SOCK_STREAM for TCP or SOCK_DGRAM for UDP.
 * @param cb The callback to be invoked when the port to listen on is available.
 *           The file descriptor of the listening socket will be specified in
 *           this callback, or -1 if no socket could be established.
 * @param cb_data extra data to be returned when cb is called
 *
 * @return A pointer to a data structure that can be used to cancel
 *         the pending listener, or NULL if unable to obtain a local
 *         socket to listen on.
 */
PurpleNetworkListenData *purple_network_listen(unsigned short port,
		int socket_type, PurpleNetworkListenCallback cb, gpointer cb_data);

/**
 * Opens a listening port selected from a range of ports.  The range of
 * ports used is chosen in the following manner:
 * If a range is specified in preferences, these values are used.
 * If a non-0 values are passed to the function as parameters, these
 * values are used.
 * Otherwise a port is chosen at random by the operating system.
 *
 * This opens a listening port. The caller will want to set up a watcher
 * of type PURPLE_INPUT_READ on the fd returned in cb. It will probably call
 * accept in the watcher callback, and then possibly remove the watcher and close
 * the listening socket, and add a new watcher on the new socket accept
 * returned.
 *
 * @param start The port number to bind to, or 0 to pick a random port.
 *              Users are allowed to override this arg in prefs.
 * @param end The highest possible port in the range of ports to listen on,
 *            or 0 to pick a random port.  Users are allowed to override this
 *            arg in prefs.
 * @param socket_type The type of socket to open for listening.
 *   This will be either SOCK_STREAM for TCP or SOCK_DGRAM for UDP.
 * @param cb The callback to be invoked when the port to listen on is available.
 *           The file descriptor of the listening socket will be specified in
 *           this callback, or -1 if no socket could be established.
 * @param cb_data extra data to be returned when cb is called
 *
 * @return A pointer to a data structure that can be used to cancel
 *         the pending listener, or NULL if unable to obtain a local
 *         socket to listen on.
 */
PurpleNetworkListenData *purple_network_listen_range(unsigned short start,
		unsigned short end, int socket_type,
		PurpleNetworkListenCallback cb, gpointer cb_data);

/**
 * This can be used to cancel any in-progress listener connection
 * by passing in the return value from either purple_network_listen()
 * or purple_network_listen_range().
 *
 * @param listen_data This listener attempt will be canceled and
 *        the struct will be freed.
 */
void purple_network_listen_cancel(PurpleNetworkListenData *listen_data);

/**
 * Gets a port number from a file descriptor.
 *
 * @param fd The file descriptor. This should be a tcp socket. The current
 *           implementation probably dies on anything but IPv4. Perhaps this
 *           possible bug will inspire new and valuable contributors to Purple.
 * @return The port number, in host byte order.
 */
unsigned short purple_network_get_port_from_fd(int fd);

/**
 * Detects if there is an available Internet connection. Note that this call
 * could block for the amount of time specified in inet_detect_timeout, so
 * using it in a UI thread may cause uncomfortableness
 *
 * @return TRUE if the Internet is available
 */
gboolean purple_network_is_available(void);

/**
 * Get the handle for the network system
 *
 * @return the handle to the network system
 */
void *purple_network_get_handle(void);

/**
 * Initializes the network subsystem.
 */
void purple_network_init(void);

/**
 * Shuts down the network subsystem.
 */
void purple_network_uninit(void);

/*@}*/

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif /* _PURPLE_NETWORK_H_ */