/***************************************************************************** * vlc_configuration.h : configuration management module * This file describes the programming interface for the configuration module. * It includes functions allowing to declare, get or set configuration options. ***************************************************************************** * Copyright (C) 1999-2006 VLC authors and VideoLAN * * Authors: Gildas Bazin * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 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 Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA. *****************************************************************************/ #ifndef VLC_CONFIGURATION_H #define VLC_CONFIGURATION_H 1 /** * \defgroup config User settings * \ingroup interface * VLC provides a simple name-value dictionary for user settings. * * Those settings are per-user per-system - they are shared by all LibVLC * instances in a single process, and potentially other processes as well. * * Each name-value pair is called a configuration item. * @{ */ /** * \file * This file describes the programming interface for the configuration module. * It includes functions allowing to declare, get or set configuration options. */ #include /* for ssize_t */ # ifdef __cplusplus extern "C" { # endif struct config_category_t { int i_id; const char *psz_name; const char *psz_help; }; typedef union { char *psz; int64_t i; float f; } module_value_t; typedef int (*vlc_string_list_cb)(const char *, char ***, char ***); typedef int (*vlc_integer_list_cb)(const char *, int64_t **, char ***); /** * Configuration item * * This is the internal reprensation of a configuration item. * See also config_FindConfig(). */ struct module_config_t { uint8_t i_type; /**< Configuration type */ char i_short; /**< Optional short option name */ unsigned b_internal:1; /**< Hidden from preferences and help */ unsigned b_unsaveable:1; /**< Not stored in configuration */ unsigned b_safe:1; /**< Safe for web plugins and playlist files */ unsigned b_removed:1; /**< Obsolete */ const char *psz_type; /**< Configuration subtype */ const char *psz_name; /**< Option name */ const char *psz_text; /**< Short comment on the configuration option */ const char *psz_longtext; /**< Long comment on the configuration option */ module_value_t value; /**< Current value */ module_value_t orig; /**< Default value */ module_value_t min; /**< Minimum value (for scalars only) */ module_value_t max; /**< Maximum value (for scalars only) */ /* Values list */ uint16_t list_count; /**< Choices count */ union { const char **psz; /**< Table of possible string choices */ const int *i; /**< Table of possible integer choices */ vlc_string_list_cb psz_cb; /**< Callback to enumerate string choices */ vlc_integer_list_cb i_cb; /**< Callback to enumerate integer choices */ } list; /**< Possible choices */ const char **list_text; /**< Human-readable names for list values */ const char *list_cb_name; /**< Symbol name of the enumeration callback */ void *owner; /**< Origin run-time linker module handle */ }; /** * Gets a configuration item type * * This function checks the type of configuration item by name. * \param name Configuration item name * \return The configuration item type or 0 if not found. */ VLC_API int config_GetType(const char *name) VLC_USED; /** * Gets an integer configuration item. * * This function retrieves the current value of a configuration item of * integral type (\ref CONFIG_ITEM_INTEGER and \ref CONFIG_ITEM_BOOL). * * \warning The behaviour is undefined if the configuration item exists but is * not of integer or boolean type. * * \param name Configuration item name * \return The configuration item value or -1 if not found. * \bug A legitimate integer value of -1 cannot be distinguished from an error. */ VLC_API int64_t config_GetInt(const char *name) VLC_USED; /** * Sets an integer configuration item. * * This function changes the current value of a configuration item of * integral type (\ref CONFIG_ITEM_INTEGER and \ref CONFIG_ITEM_BOOL). * * \warning The behaviour is undefined if the configuration item exists but is * not of integer or boolean type. * * \note If no configuration item by the specified exist, the function has no * effects. * * \param name Configuration item name * \param val New value */ VLC_API void config_PutInt(const char *name, int64_t val); /** * Gets an floating point configuration item. * * This function retrieves the current value of a configuration item of * floating point type (\ref CONFIG_ITEM_FLOAT). * * \warning The behaviour is undefined if the configuration item exists but is * not of floating point type. * * \param name Configuration item name * \return The configuration item value or -1 if not found. * \bug A legitimate floating point value of -1 cannot be distinguished from an * error. */ VLC_API float config_GetFloat(const char *name) VLC_USED; /** * Sets an integer configuration item. * * This function changes the current value of a configuration item of * integral type (\ref CONFIG_ITEM_FLOAT). * * \warning The behaviour is undefined if the configuration item exists but is * not of floating point type. * * \note If no configuration item by the specified exist, the function has no * effects. * * \param name Configuration item name * \param val New value */ VLC_API void config_PutFloat(const char *name, float val); /** * Gets an string configuration item. * * This function retrieves the current value of a configuration item of * string type (\ref CONFIG_ITEM_STRING). * * \note The caller must free() the returned pointer (if non-NULL), which is a * duplicate of the current value. It is not safe to return a pointer to the * current value internally as it can be modified at any time by any other * thread. * * \warning The behaviour is undefined if the configuration item exists but is * not of floating point type. * * \param name Configuration item name * \return Normally, a heap-allocated copy of the configuration item value. * If the value is the empty string, if the configuration does not exist, * or if an error occurs, NULL is returned. * \bug The empty string value cannot be distinguished from an error. */ VLC_API char *config_GetPsz(const char *name) VLC_USED VLC_MALLOC; /** * Sets an string configuration item. * * This function changes the current value of a configuration item of * string type (e.g. \ref CONFIG_ITEM_STRING). * * \warning The behaviour is undefined if the configuration item exists but is * not of a string type. * * \note If no configuration item by the specified exist, the function has no * effects. * * \param name Configuration item name * \param val New value (will be copied) * \bug This function allocates memory but errors cannot be detected. */ VLC_API void config_PutPsz(const char *name, const char *val); /** * Enumerates integer configuration choices. * * Determines a list of suggested values for an integer configuration item. * \param values pointer to a table of integer values [OUT] * \param texts pointer to a table of descriptions strings [OUT] * \return number of choices, or -1 on error * \note the caller is responsible for calling free() on all descriptions and * on both tables. In case of error, both pointers are set to NULL. */ VLC_API ssize_t config_GetIntChoices(const char *, int64_t **values, char ***texts) VLC_USED; /** * Determines a list of suggested values for a string configuration item. * \param values pointer to a table of value strings [OUT] * \param texts pointer to a table of descriptions strings [OUT] * \return number of choices, or -1 on error * \note the caller is responsible for calling free() on all values, on all * descriptions and on both tables. * In case of error, both pointers are set to NULL. */ VLC_API ssize_t config_GetPszChoices(const char *, char ***values, char ***texts) VLC_USED; VLC_API int config_SaveConfigFile( vlc_object_t * ); #define config_SaveConfigFile(a) config_SaveConfigFile(VLC_OBJECT(a)) /** * Resets the configuration. * * This function resets all configuration items to their respective * compile-time default value. */ VLC_API void config_ResetAll(void); /** * Looks up a configuration item. * * This function looks for the internal representation of a configuration item. * Where possible, this should be avoided in favor of more specific function * calls. * * \param name Configuration item name * \return The internal structure, or NULL if not found. */ VLC_API module_config_t *config_FindConfig(const char *name) VLC_USED; /** * System directory identifiers */ typedef enum vlc_system_dir { VLC_PKG_DATA_DIR, /**< Package-specific architecture-independent read-only data directory (e.g. /usr/local/data/vlc). */ VLC_PKG_LIB_DIR, /**< Package-specific architecture-dependent read-only data directory (e.g. /usr/local/lib/vlc). */ VLC_PKG_LIBEXEC_DIR, /**< Package-specific executable read-only directory (e.g. /usr/local/libexec/vlc). */ VLC_PKG_INCLUDE_DIR_RESERVED, VLC_SYSDATA_DIR, /**< Global architecture-independent read-only data directory (e.g. /usr/local/data). Available only on some platforms. */ VLC_LIB_DIR, /**< Global architecture-dependent read-only directory (e.g. /usr/local/lib). */ VLC_LIBEXEC_DIR, /**< Global executable read-only directory (e.g. /usr/local/libexec). */ VLC_INCLUDE_DIR_RESERVED, VLC_LOCALE_DIR, /**< Base directory for package read-only locale data. */ } vlc_sysdir_t; /** * Gets an installation directory. * * This function determines one of the installation directory. * * @param dir identifier of the directory (see \ref vlc_sysdir_t) * @param filename name of a file or other object within the directory * (or NULL to obtain the plain directory) * * @return a heap-allocated string (use free() to release it), or NULL on error */ VLC_API char *config_GetSysPath(vlc_sysdir_t dir, const char *filename) VLC_USED VLC_MALLOC; typedef enum vlc_user_dir { VLC_HOME_DIR, /* User's home */ VLC_CONFIG_DIR, /* VLC-specific configuration directory */ VLC_USERDATA_DIR, /* VLC-specific data directory */ VLC_CACHE_DIR, /* VLC-specific user cached data directory */ /* Generic directories (same as XDG) */ VLC_DESKTOP_DIR=0x80, VLC_DOWNLOAD_DIR, VLC_TEMPLATES_DIR, VLC_PUBLICSHARE_DIR, VLC_DOCUMENTS_DIR, VLC_MUSIC_DIR, VLC_PICTURES_DIR, VLC_VIDEOS_DIR, } vlc_userdir_t; VLC_API char * config_GetUserDir( vlc_userdir_t ) VLC_USED VLC_MALLOC; VLC_API void config_AddIntf(const char *); VLC_API void config_RemoveIntf(const char *); VLC_API bool config_ExistIntf(const char *) VLC_USED; /**************************************************************************** * config_chain_t: ****************************************************************************/ struct config_chain_t { config_chain_t *p_next; /**< Pointer on the next config_chain_t element */ char *psz_name; /**< Option name */ char *psz_value; /**< Option value */ }; /** * This function will * - create all options in the array ppsz_options (var_Create). * - parse the given linked list of config_chain_t and set the value (var_Set). * * The option names will be created by adding the psz_prefix prefix. */ VLC_API void config_ChainParse( vlc_object_t *, const char *psz_prefix, const char *const *ppsz_options, config_chain_t * ); #define config_ChainParse( a, b, c, d ) config_ChainParse( VLC_OBJECT(a), b, c, d ) /** * This function will parse a configuration string (psz_opts) and * - set all options for this module in a chained list (*pp_cfg) * - returns a pointer on the next module if any. * * The string format is * module{option=*,option=*} * * The options values are unescaped using config_StringUnescape. */ VLC_API const char *config_ChainParseOptions( config_chain_t **pp_cfg, const char *ppsz_opts ); /** * This function will parse a configuration string (psz_string) and * - set the module name (*ppsz_name) * - set all options for this module in a chained list (*pp_cfg) * - returns a pointer on the next module if any. * * The string format is * module{option=*,option=*}[:modulenext{option=*,...}] * * The options values are unescaped using config_StringUnescape. */ VLC_API char *config_ChainCreate( char **ppsz_name, config_chain_t **pp_cfg, const char *psz_string ) VLC_USED VLC_MALLOC; /** * This function will release a linked list of config_chain_t * (Including the head) */ VLC_API void config_ChainDestroy( config_chain_t * ); /** * This function will duplicate a linked list of config_chain_t */ VLC_API config_chain_t * config_ChainDuplicate( const config_chain_t * ) VLC_USED VLC_MALLOC; /** * This function will unescape a string in place and will return a pointer on * the given string. * No memory is allocated by it (unlike config_StringEscape). * If NULL is given as parameter nothing will be done (NULL will be returned). * * The following sequences will be unescaped (only one time): * \\ \' and \" */ VLC_API char * config_StringUnescape( char *psz_string ); /** * This function will escape a string that can be unescaped by * config_StringUnescape. * The returned value is allocated by it. You have to free it once you * do not need it anymore (unlike config_StringUnescape). * If NULL is given as parameter nothing will be done (NULL will be returned). * * The escaped characters are ' " and \ */ VLC_API char * config_StringEscape( const char *psz_string ) VLC_USED VLC_MALLOC; # ifdef __cplusplus } # endif /** @} */ #endif /* _VLC_CONFIGURATION_H */