LUMIERA.clone/src/lib/plugin.h
Mano Stienen 14b9847a69 moved documentation from plugin.c to .h
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cleaned documentation from safelib.c that already existed in .h
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/*
plugin.h - Plugin loader
Copyright (C) Lumiera.org
2008, 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.
*/
#ifndef LUMIERA_PLUGIN_H
#define LUMIERA_PLUGIN_H
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#elif 0
} /*eek, fixes emacs indenting for now*/
#endif
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <nobug.h>
#include "error.h"
/**
* @file
* Plugin loader, header.
*/
NOBUG_DECLARE_FLAG (lumiera_plugin);
/* tool macros*/
#define LUMIERA_INTERFACE_TYPE(name, version) struct lumiera_interface_##name##_##version
#define LUMIERA_INTERFACE_CAST(name, version) (LUMIERA_INTERFACE_TYPE(name, version)*)
/* Interface definition */
#define LUMIERA_INTERFACE(name, version, ...) \
LUMIERA_INTERFACE_TYPE(name, version) \
{ \
struct lumiera_interface interface_header_; \
__VA_ARGS__ \
}
#define LUMIERA_INTERFACE_PROTO(ret, name, params) ret (*name) params;
/* Interface instantiation */
#define LUMIERA_INTERFACE_IMPLEMENT(iname, version, name, open, close, ...) \
LUMIERA_INTERFACE_TYPE(iname, version) name##_##version = \
{ \
{ \
version, \
sizeof(LUMIERA_INTERFACE_TYPE(iname, version)), \
NULL, \
0, \
open, \
close \
}, \
__VA_ARGS__ \
}
/* internally used */
struct lumiera_plugin;
/**
* This is the header for any interface exported by plugins.
* Real interfaces append their functions at the end. There are few standard functions on each Interface
* Every function is required to be implemnted.
*/
struct lumiera_interface
{
/// interface version number
unsigned version;
/// size of the full structure is used to determine the revision (adding a new function increments the size)
size_t size;
/// back reference to plugin
struct lumiera_plugin* plugin;
/// incremented for each user of this interface and decremented when closed
unsigned use_count;
/// called for each open of this interface
int (*open)(void);
/// called for each close of this interface
int (*close)(void);
};
/**
* Initialize the plugin system.
* always succeeds or aborts
*/
void
lumiera_init_plugin (void);
/**
* Make an interface available.
* To use an interface provided by a plugin it must be opened first. It is allowed to open an interface
* more than once. Each open must be paired with a close.
* @param name name of the plugin to use.
* @param interface name of the interface to open.
* @param min_revision the size of the interface structure is used as measure of a minimal required
* revision (new functions are appended at the end)
* @return handle to the interface or NULL in case of a error. The application shall cast this handle to
* the actual interface type.
*/
struct lumiera_interface*
lumiera_interface_open (const char* plugin, const char* name, size_t min_revision);
/**
* Close an interface. Does not free associated resources
* Calling this function with self==NULL is legal. Every interface handle must be closed only once.
* @param ptr interface to be closed
*/
void
lumiera_interface_close (void* self);
/**
* Tries to unload a plugin.
* When the Plugin is unused, then all resources associated with it are freed and it will be removed from memory
* @param plugin name of the plugin to be unloaded.
* @return 0 on success, else the number if users which keeping the plugin loaded
*/
int
lumiera_plugin_unload (const char* plugin);
/**
* Tries to unload plugins which are not in use.
* Calls lumiera_plugin_unload() for each Plugin which is not used for more than age seconds.
* This function might be infrequently called by the scheduler to remove things which are not needed.
* @param age timeout in seconds when to unload plugins
*/
void
lumiera_plugin_expire (time_t age);
LUMIERA_ERROR_DECLARE(PLUGIN_DLOPEN);
LUMIERA_ERROR_DECLARE(PLUGIN_HOOK);
LUMIERA_ERROR_DECLARE(PLUGIN_NFILE);
LUMIERA_ERROR_DECLARE(PLUGIN_NIFACE);
LUMIERA_ERROR_DECLARE(PLUGIN_REVISION);
#ifdef __cplusplus
} /* extern "C" */
#endif
#endif /* LUMIERA_PLUGIN_H */