include/vlc_configuration.h

   1 /*****************************************************************************
   2  * configuration.h : configuration management module
   3  * This file describes the programming interface for the configuration module.
   4  * It includes functions allowing to declare, get or set configuration options.
   5  *****************************************************************************
   6  * Copyright (C) 1999-2006 the VideoLAN team
   7  * $Id$
   8  *
   9  * Authors: Gildas Bazin <gbazin@videolan.org>
  10  *
  11  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  12  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  13  * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
  14  * (at your option) any later version.
  15  *
  16  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  17  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  18  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  19  * GNU General Public License for more details.
  20  *
  21  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  22  * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  23  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
  24  *****************************************************************************/
  25
  26 #ifndef VLC_CONFIGURATION_H
  27 #define VLC_CONFIGURATION_H 1
  28
  29 /**
  30  * \file
  31  * This file describes the programming interface for the configuration module.
  32  * It includes functions allowing to declare, get or set configuration options.
  33  */
  34
  35 # ifdef __cplusplus
  36 extern "C" {
  37 # endif
  38
  39 /*****************************************************************************
  40  * Macros used to build the configuration structure.
  41  *****************************************************************************/
  42
  43 /* Configuration hint types */
  44
  45
  46 #define CONFIG_HINT_CATEGORY                0x0002  /* Start of new category */
  47 #define CONFIG_HINT_SUBCATEGORY             0x0003  /* Start of sub-category */
  48 #define CONFIG_HINT_SUBCATEGORY_END         0x0004  /* End of sub-category */
  49 #define CONFIG_HINT_USAGE                   0x0005  /* Usage information */
  50
  51 #define CONFIG_CATEGORY                     0x0006 /* Set category */
  52 #define CONFIG_SUBCATEGORY                  0x0007 /* Set subcategory */
  53 #define CONFIG_SECTION                      0x0008 /* Start of new section */
  54
  55 #define CONFIG_HINT                         0x000F
  56
  57 /* Configuration item types */
  58 #define CONFIG_ITEM_STRING                  0x0010  /* String option */
  59 /* unused 0x0020 */
  60 #define CONFIG_ITEM_MODULE                  0x0030  /* Module option */
  61 #define CONFIG_ITEM_INTEGER                 0x0040  /* Integer option */
  62 #define CONFIG_ITEM_BOOL                    0x0050  /* Bool option */
  63 #define CONFIG_ITEM_FLOAT                   0x0060  /* Float option */
  64 #define CONFIG_ITEM_DIRECTORY               0x0070  /* Directory option */
  65 #define CONFIG_ITEM_KEY                     0x0080  /* Hot key option */
  66 #define CONFIG_ITEM_MODULE_CAT              0x0090  /* Module option */
  67 #define CONFIG_ITEM_MODULE_LIST             0x00A0  /* Module option */
  68 #define CONFIG_ITEM_MODULE_LIST_CAT         0x00B0  /* Module option */
  69 #define CONFIG_ITEM_FONT                    0x00C0  /* Font option */
  70 #define CONFIG_ITEM_PASSWORD                0x00D0  /* Password option (*) */
  71 #define CONFIG_ITEM_LOADFILE                0x00E0  /* Read file option */
  72 #define CONFIG_ITEM_SAVEFILE                0x00F0  /* Written file option */
  73
  74 #define CONFIG_ITEM                         0x00F0
  75
  76 /*******************************************************************
  77  * All predefined categories and subcategories
  78  *******************************************************************/
  79 #define CAT_INTERFACE 1
  80    #define SUBCAT_INTERFACE_GENERAL 101
  81    #define SUBCAT_INTERFACE_MAIN 102
  82    #define SUBCAT_INTERFACE_CONTROL 103
  83    #define SUBCAT_INTERFACE_HOTKEYS 104
  84
  85 #define CAT_AUDIO 2
  86    #define SUBCAT_AUDIO_GENERAL 201
  87    #define SUBCAT_AUDIO_AOUT 202
  88    #define SUBCAT_AUDIO_AFILTER 203
  89    #define SUBCAT_AUDIO_VISUAL 204
  90    #define SUBCAT_AUDIO_MISC 205
  91
  92 #define CAT_VIDEO 3
  93    #define SUBCAT_VIDEO_GENERAL 301
  94    #define SUBCAT_VIDEO_VOUT 302
  95    #define SUBCAT_VIDEO_VFILTER 303
  96    #define SUBCAT_VIDEO_TEXT 304
  97    #define SUBCAT_VIDEO_SUBPIC 305
  98    #define SUBCAT_VIDEO_VFILTER2 306
  99
 100 #define CAT_INPUT 4
 101    #define SUBCAT_INPUT_GENERAL 401
 102    #define SUBCAT_INPUT_ACCESS 402
 103    #define SUBCAT_INPUT_DEMUX 403
 104    #define SUBCAT_INPUT_VCODEC 404
 105    #define SUBCAT_INPUT_ACODEC 405
 106    #define SUBCAT_INPUT_SCODEC 406
 107    #define SUBCAT_INPUT_STREAM_FILTER 407
 108
 109 #define CAT_SOUT 5
 110    #define SUBCAT_SOUT_GENERAL 501
 111    #define SUBCAT_SOUT_STREAM 502
 112    #define SUBCAT_SOUT_MUX 503
 113    #define SUBCAT_SOUT_ACO 504
 114    #define SUBCAT_SOUT_PACKETIZER 505
 115    #define SUBCAT_SOUT_SAP 506
 116    #define SUBCAT_SOUT_VOD 507
 117
 118 #define CAT_ADVANCED 6
 119    #define SUBCAT_ADVANCED_CPU 601
 120    #define SUBCAT_ADVANCED_MISC 602
 121    #define SUBCAT_ADVANCED_NETWORK 603
 122    #define SUBCAT_ADVANCED_XML 604
 123
 124 #define CAT_PLAYLIST 7
 125    #define SUBCAT_PLAYLIST_GENERAL 701
 126    #define SUBCAT_PLAYLIST_SD 702
 127    #define SUBCAT_PLAYLIST_EXPORT 703
 128
 129 #define CAT_OSD 8
 130    #define SUBCAT_OSD_IMPORT 801
 131
 132 struct config_category_t
 133 {
 134     int         i_id;
 135     const char *psz_name;
 136     const char *psz_help;
 137 };
 138
 139 typedef union
 140 {
 141     char       *psz;
 142     int64_t     i;
 143     float       f;
 144 } module_value_t;
 145
 146 struct module_config_t
 147 {
 148     char        *psz_type;                          /* Configuration subtype */
 149     char        *psz_name;                                    /* Option name */
 150     char        *psz_text;      /* Short comment on the configuration option */
 151     char        *psz_longtext;   /* Long comment on the configuration option */
 152     module_value_t value;                                    /* Option value */
 153     module_value_t orig;
 154     module_value_t saved;
 155     module_value_t min;
 156     module_value_t max;
 157
 158     /* Values list */
 159     char **      ppsz_list;       /* List of possible values for the option */
 160     int         *pi_list;                              /* Idem for integers */
 161     char       **ppsz_list_text;          /* Friendly names for list values */
 162     int          i_list;                               /* Options list size */
 163     int          i_type;                               /* Configuration type */
 164     vlc_callback_t pf_update_list; /*callback to initialize dropdownlists */
 165     char         i_short;                      /* Optional short option name */
 166
 167     /* Actions list */
 168     int            i_action;                           /* actions list size */
 169     vlc_callback_t *ppf_action;    /* List of possible actions for a config */
 170     char          **ppsz_action_text;         /* Friendly names for actions */
 171
 172     /* Deprecated */
 173     char        *psz_oldname;                          /* Old option name */
 174     bool        b_removed;
 175
 176     /* Misc */
 177     bool        b_dirty;          /* Dirty flag to indicate a config change */
 178     bool        b_advanced;          /* Flag to indicate an advanced option */
 179     bool        b_internal;   /* Flag to indicate option is not to be shown */
 180     bool        b_restart;   /* Flag to indicate the option needs a restart */
 181                               /* to take effect */
 182     /* Option values loaded from config file */
 183     bool        b_autosave;      /* Config will be auto-saved at exit time */
 184     bool        b_unsaveable;                /* Config should not be saved */
 185
 186     bool        b_safe;
 187 };
 188
 189 /*****************************************************************************
 190  * Prototypes - these methods are used to get, set or manipulate configuration
 191  * data.
 192  *****************************************************************************/
 193 VLC_EXPORT( int,    config_GetType,  (vlc_object_t *, const char *) LIBVLC_USED );
 194 VLC_EXPORT( int64_t, config_GetInt,  (vlc_object_t *, const char *) LIBVLC_USED );
 195 VLC_EXPORT( void,   config_PutInt,   (vlc_object_t *, const char *, int64_t) );
 196 VLC_EXPORT( float,  config_GetFloat, (vlc_object_t *, const char *) LIBVLC_USED );
 197 VLC_EXPORT( void,   config_PutFloat, (vlc_object_t *, const char *, float) );
 198 VLC_EXPORT( char *, config_GetPsz,   (vlc_object_t *, const char *) LIBVLC_USED );
 199 VLC_EXPORT( void,   config_PutPsz,   (vlc_object_t *, const char *, const char *) );
 200
 201 VLC_EXPORT( int,    config_SaveConfigFile, ( vlc_object_t *, const char * ) );
 202 #define config_SaveConfigFile(a,b) config_SaveConfigFile(VLC_OBJECT(a),b)
 203 VLC_EXPORT( void,   config_ResetAll, ( vlc_object_t * ) );
 204 #define config_ResetAll(a) config_ResetAll(VLC_OBJECT(a))
 205
 206 VLC_EXPORT( module_config_t *, config_FindConfig,( vlc_object_t *, const char * ) LIBVLC_USED );
 207 VLC_EXPORT(char *, config_GetDataDir, ( vlc_object_t * ) LIBVLC_USED);
 208 #define config_GetDataDir(a) config_GetDataDir(VLC_OBJECT(a))
 209 VLC_EXPORT(const char *, config_GetLibDir, ( void ) LIBVLC_USED);
 210 VLC_EXPORT(const char *, config_GetConfDir, ( void ) LIBVLC_USED);
 211
 212 typedef enum vlc_userdir
 213 {
 214     VLC_HOME_DIR, /* User's home */
 215     VLC_CONFIG_DIR, /* VLC-specific configuration directory */
 216     VLC_DATA_DIR, /* VLC-specific data directory */
 217     VLC_CACHE_DIR, /* VLC-specific user cached data directory */
 218     /* Generic directories (same as XDG) */
 219     VLC_DESKTOP_DIR=0x80,
 220     VLC_DOWNLOAD_DIR,
 221     VLC_TEMPLATES_DIR,
 222     VLC_PUBLICSHARE_DIR,
 223     VLC_DOCUMENTS_DIR,
 224     VLC_MUSIC_DIR,
 225     VLC_PICTURES_DIR,
 226     VLC_VIDEOS_DIR,
 227 } vlc_userdir_t;
 228
 229 VLC_EXPORT(char *, config_GetUserDir, ( vlc_userdir_t ) LIBVLC_USED);
 230
 231 VLC_EXPORT( void, config_AddIntf,    ( vlc_object_t *, const char * ) );
 232 VLC_EXPORT( void, config_RemoveIntf, ( vlc_object_t *, const char * ) );
 233 VLC_EXPORT( bool, config_ExistIntf,  ( vlc_object_t *, const char * ) LIBVLC_USED);
 234
 235 #define config_GetType(a,b) config_GetType(VLC_OBJECT(a),b)
 236 #define config_GetInt(a,b) config_GetInt(VLC_OBJECT(a),b)
 237 #define config_PutInt(a,b,c) config_PutInt(VLC_OBJECT(a),b,c)
 238 #define config_GetFloat(a,b) config_GetFloat(VLC_OBJECT(a),b)
 239 #define config_PutFloat(a,b,c) config_PutFloat(VLC_OBJECT(a),b,c)
 240 #define config_GetPsz(a,b) config_GetPsz(VLC_OBJECT(a),b)
 241 #define config_PutPsz(a,b,c) config_PutPsz(VLC_OBJECT(a),b,c)
 242
 243 #define config_AddIntf(a,b) config_AddIntf(VLC_OBJECT(a),b)
 244 #define config_RemoveIntf(a,b) config_RemoveIntf(VLC_OBJECT(a),b)
 245 #define config_ExistIntf(a,b) config_ExistIntf(VLC_OBJECT(a),b)
 246
 247 /****************************************************************************
 248  * config_chain_t:
 249  ****************************************************************************/
 250 struct config_chain_t
 251 {
 252     config_chain_t *p_next;     /**< Pointer on the next config_chain_t element */
 253
 254     char        *psz_name;      /**< Option name */
 255     char        *psz_value;     /**< Option value */
 256 };
 257
 258 /**
 259  * This function will
 260  * - create all options in the array ppsz_options (var_Create).
 261  * - parse the given linked list of config_chain_t and set the value (var_Set).
 262  *
 263  * The option names will be created by adding the psz_prefix prefix.
 264  */
 265 VLC_EXPORT( void, config_ChainParse, ( vlc_object_t *, const char *psz_prefix, const char *const *ppsz_options, config_chain_t * ) );
 266 #define config_ChainParse( a, b, c, d ) config_ChainParse( VLC_OBJECT(a), b, c, d )
 267
 268 /**
 269  * This function will parse a configuration string (psz_string) and
 270  * - set the module name (*ppsz_name)
 271  * - set all options for this module in a chained list (*pp_cfg)
 272  * - returns a pointer on the next module if any.
 273  *
 274  * The string format is
 275  *   module{option=*,option=*}[:modulenext{option=*,...}]
 276  *
 277  * The options values are unescaped using config_StringUnescape.
 278  */
 279 VLC_EXPORT( char *, config_ChainCreate, ( char **ppsz_name, config_chain_t **pp_cfg, const char *psz_string ) ) LIBVLC_USED LIBVLC_MALLOC;
 280
 281 /**
 282  * This function will release a linked list of config_chain_t
 283  * (Including the head)
 284  */
 285 VLC_EXPORT( void, config_ChainDestroy, ( config_chain_t * ) );
 286
 287 /**
 288  * This function will duplicate a linked list of config_chain_t
 289  */
 290 VLC_EXPORT( config_chain_t *, config_ChainDuplicate, ( const config_chain_t * ) );
 291
 292 /**
 293  * This function will unescape a string in place and will return a pointer on
 294  * the given string.
 295  * No memory is allocated by it (unlike config_StringEscape).
 296  * If NULL is given as parameter nothing will be done (NULL will be returned).
 297  *
 298  * The following sequences will be unescaped (only one time):
 299  * \\ \' and \"
 300  */
 301 VLC_EXPORT( char *, config_StringUnescape, ( char *psz_string ) );
 302
 303 /**
 304  * This function will escape a string that can be unescaped by
 305  * config_StringUnescape.
 306  * The returned value is allocated by it. You have to free it once you
 307  * do not need it anymore (unlike config_StringUnescape).
 308  * If NULL is given as parameter nothing will be done (NULL will be returned).
 309  *
 310  * The escaped characters are ' " and \
 311  */
 312 VLC_EXPORT( char *, config_StringEscape, ( const char *psz_string ) LIBVLC_USED);
 313
 314 # ifdef __cplusplus
 315 }
 316 # endif
 317
 318 #endif /* _VLC_CONFIGURATION_H */