ladish/libslv2/slv2/pluginlist.h

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/* LibSLV2
* Copyright (C) 2006 Dave Robillard <drobilla@connect.carleton.ca>
*
* This library 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 library 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.,
* 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
*/
#ifndef __SLV2_PLUGINLIST_H__
#define __SLV2_PLUGINLIST_H__
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
typedef struct _PluginList* SLV2List;
/** \defgroup lists Plugin lists
*
* These functions are for locating plugins installed on the system.
*
* Normal hosts which just want to easily load plugins by URI are strongly
* recommended to simply find all installed plugins with
* \ref slv2_list_load_all rather than find and load bundles manually.
*
* Functions are provided for hosts that wish to access bundles explicitly and
* individually for some reason, as well as make custom lists of plugins from
* a selection of bundles. This is mostly intended for hosts which are
* tied to a specific (bundled with the application) bundle.
*
* @{
*/
/** Create a new, empty plugin list.
*
* Returned object must be freed with slv2_list_free.
*/
SLV2List
slv2_list_new();
/** Free a plugin list.
*
* Note that all plugins in the list (eg those returned by the get_plugin
* functions) will be deleted as well. It is expected that hosts will
* keep the plugin list allocated until they are done with their plugins.
* If you want to keep a plugin around, but free the list it came from, you
* will have to copy it with slv2_plugin_duplicate().
*
* \a list is invalid after this call (though it may be used again after a
* "list = slv2_list_new()")
*/
void
slv2_list_free(SLV2List list);
/** Add all plugins installed on the system to \a list.
*
* This is the recommended way for hosts to access plugins. It finds all
* plugins on the system using the recommended mechanism. At the time, this
* is by searching the path defined in the environment variable LADSPA2_PATH,
* though this is subject to change in the future. Future versions may, for
* example, allow users to specify a plugin whitelist of plugins they would
* like to be visible in apps (or conversely a blacklist of plugins they do
* not wish to use).
*
* Use of any of the other functions for locating plugins is highly
* discouraged without specific reason to do so. Use this one.
*/
void
slv2_list_load_all(SLV2List list);
/** Add all plugins found in \a search_path to \a list.
*
* If \a search_path is NULL, \a list will be unmodified.
*
* Use of this function is not recommended. Use \ref slv2_list_load_all.
*
* Returned value must be cleaned up by slv2list_free.
*/
void
slv2_list_load_path(SLV2List list,
const char* search_path);
/** Add all plugins found in the bundle at \a bundle_base_url to \a list.
*
* \arg bundle_base_url is a fully qualified path to the bundle directory, eg.
* "file:///usr/lib/lv2/someBundle"
*
* Use of this function is <b>strongly</b> discouraged, hosts should not attach
* any significance to bundle paths as there are no guarantees they will
* remain consistent whatsoever. This function should only be used by apps
* which ship with a special bundle (which it knows exists at some path).
* It is <b>not</b> to be used by normal hosts that want to load system
* installed plugins. Use \ref slv2_list_load_all.
*/
void
slv2_list_load_bundle(SLV2List list,
const unsigned char* bundle_base_url);
/** Get the number of plugins in the list.
*/
unsigned long
slv2_list_get_length(const SLV2List list);
/** Get a plugin from the list by URI.
*
* Return value is shared (stored in \a list) and must not be freed or
* modified by the caller in any way.
*
* \return NULL if plugin with \a url not found in \a list.
*/
const SLV2Plugin*
slv2_list_get_plugin_by_uri(const SLV2List list,
const unsigned char* uri);
/** Get a plugin from the list by index.
*
* \a index has no significance. Any \a index not less than
* slv2list_get_length(list) will return NULL. * All plugins in a list can
* thus be easily enumerated by repeated calls to this function starting
* with \a index 0.
*
* Return value is shared (stored in \a list) and must not be freed or
* modified by the caller in any way.
*
* \return NULL if \a index out of range.
*/
const SLV2Plugin*
slv2_list_get_plugin_by_index(const SLV2List list,
unsigned long index);
/** @} */
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
#endif /* __SLV2_PLUGINLIST_H__ */