include/vlc_objects.h

   1 /*****************************************************************************
   2  * vlc_objects.h: vlc_object_t definition and manipulation methods
   3  *****************************************************************************
   4  * Copyright (C) 2002-2008 the VideoLAN team
   5  * $Id$
   6  *
   7  * Authors: Samuel Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>
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  22  *****************************************************************************/
  23
  24 /**
  25  * \file
  26  * This file defines the vlc_object_t structure and object types.
  27  */
  28
  29 /**
  30  * \defgroup vlc_object Objects
  31  * @{
  32  */
  33
  34 /* Object types */
  35 #define VLC_OBJECT_INPUT       (-7)
  36 #define VLC_OBJECT_DECODER     (-8)
  37 #define VLC_OBJECT_VOUT        (-9)
  38 #define VLC_OBJECT_AOUT        (-10)
  39 /* Please add new object types below -34 */
  40 /* Please do not add new object types anyway */
  41 #define VLC_OBJECT_GENERIC     (-666)
  42
  43 /* Object search mode */
  44 #define FIND_PARENT         0x0001
  45 #define FIND_CHILD          0x0002
  46 #define FIND_ANYWHERE       0x0003
  47
  48 /* Object flags */
  49 #define OBJECT_FLAGS_NODBG       0x0001
  50 #define OBJECT_FLAGS_QUIET       0x0002
  51 #define OBJECT_FLAGS_NOINTERACT  0x0004
  52
  53 /*****************************************************************************
  54  * The vlc_object_t type. Yes, it's that simple :-)
  55  *****************************************************************************/
  56 /** The main vlc_object_t structure */
  57 struct vlc_object_t
  58 {
  59     VLC_COMMON_MEMBERS
  60 };
  61
  62 /*****************************************************************************
  63  * Prototypes
  64  *****************************************************************************/
  65 VLC_EXPORT( void *, vlc_object_create, ( vlc_object_t *, size_t ) ) LIBVLC_MALLOC LIBVLC_USED;
  66 VLC_EXPORT( void, vlc_object_attach, ( vlc_object_t *, vlc_object_t * ) );
  67 VLC_EXPORT( vlc_object_t *, vlc_object_find_name, ( vlc_object_t *, const char *, int ) ) LIBVLC_USED LIBVLC_DEPRECATED;
  68 VLC_EXPORT( void *, vlc_object_hold, ( vlc_object_t * ) );
  69 VLC_EXPORT( void, vlc_object_release, ( vlc_object_t * ) );
  70 VLC_EXPORT( vlc_list_t *, vlc_list_children, ( vlc_object_t * ) ) LIBVLC_USED;
  71 VLC_EXPORT( void, vlc_list_release, ( vlc_list_t * ) );
  72 VLC_EXPORT( char *, vlc_object_get_name, ( const vlc_object_t * ) ) LIBVLC_USED;
  73 #define vlc_object_get_name(o) vlc_object_get_name(VLC_OBJECT(o))
  74
  75 /**}@*/
  76
  77 #define vlc_object_create(a,b) vlc_object_create( VLC_OBJECT(a), b )
  78
  79 #define vlc_object_attach(a,b) \
  80     vlc_object_attach( VLC_OBJECT(a), VLC_OBJECT(b) )
  81
  82 #define vlc_object_find_name(a,b,c) \
  83     vlc_object_find_name( VLC_OBJECT(a),b,c)
  84
  85 #define vlc_object_hold(a) \
  86     vlc_object_hold( VLC_OBJECT(a) )
  87
  88 #define vlc_object_release(a) \
  89     vlc_object_release( VLC_OBJECT(a) )
  90
  91 #define vlc_list_children(a) \
  92     vlc_list_children( VLC_OBJECT(a) )
  93
  94 /* Objects and threading */
  95 VLC_EXPORT( void, vlc_object_kill, ( vlc_object_t * ) );
  96 #define vlc_object_kill(a) \
  97     vlc_object_kill( VLC_OBJECT(a) )
  98
  99 LIBVLC_USED
 100 static inline bool vlc_object_alive (const vlc_object_t *obj)
 101 {
 102     barrier ();
 103     return !obj->b_die;
 104 }
 105
 106 #define vlc_object_alive(a) vlc_object_alive( VLC_OBJECT(a) )
 107
 108 /** @} */