LUMIERA.clone/src/backend/filedescriptorregistry.h
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/*
FILEDESCRIPTORREGISTRY.h - registry for tracking all files in use
Copyright (C) Lumiera.org
2008, 2010, Christian Thaeter <ct@pipapo.org>
This program 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 program 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., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
*/
/** @file filedescriptorregistry.h
** Registry for used file descriptors.
** This registry stores all acquired file descriptors for lookup,
** they will be freed when not referenced anymore.
*/
#ifndef BACKEND_FILEDESCRIPTORREGISTRY_H
#define BACKEND_FILEDESCRIPTORREGISTRY_H
#include "backend/filedescriptor.h"
/**
* Initialise the global file descriptor registry.
* Opening hard linked files will be targeted to the same file descriptor.
* This function never fails but dies on error.
* @todo proper backend/subsystem failure
*/
void
lumiera_filedescriptorregistry_init (void);
/**
* Destroy and free the global file descriptor registry.
* Never fails.
*/
void
lumiera_filedescriptorregistry_destroy (void);
/**
* Ensures that a filedescriptor is in the registry.
* Looks template up and if not found, create a new one from template.
* @return filedescriptor from registry
*/
LumieraFiledescriptor
lumiera_filedescriptorregistry_ensure (LumieraFiledescriptor template);
/** Removes a file descriptor from the registry. */
void
lumiera_filedescriptorregistry_remove (LumieraFiledescriptor self);
#endif /*BACKEND_FILEDESCRIPTORREGISTRY_H*/