1 /* GIO - GLib Input, Output and Streaming Library
3 * Copyright (C) 2006-2007 Red Hat, Inc.
5 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
7 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
8 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
10 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
15 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General
16 * Public License along with this library; if not, write to the
17 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
18 * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
20 * Author: Alexander Larsson <alexl@redhat.com>
23 #if !defined (__GIO_GIO_H_INSIDE__) && !defined (GIO_COMPILATION)
24 #error "Only <gio/gio.h> can be included directly."
27 #ifndef __G_IO_MODULE_H__
28 #define __G_IO_MODULE_H__
30 #include <gio/giotypes.h>
35 #define G_IO_TYPE_MODULE (g_io_module_get_type ())
36 #define G_IO_MODULE(o) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((o), G_IO_TYPE_MODULE, GIOModule))
37 #define G_IO_MODULE_CLASS(k) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST((k), G_IO_TYPE_MODULE, GIOModuleClass))
38 #define G_IO_IS_MODULE(o) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((o), G_IO_TYPE_MODULE))
39 #define G_IO_IS_MODULE_CLASS(k) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((k), G_IO_TYPE_MODULE))
40 #define G_IO_MODULE_GET_CLASS(o) (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((o), G_IO_TYPE_MODULE, GIOModuleClass))
45 * Opaque module base class for extending GIO.
47 typedef struct _GIOModuleClass GIOModuleClass;
49 GType g_io_module_get_type (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
50 GIOModule *g_io_module_new (const gchar *filename);
52 void g_io_modules_scan_all_in_directory (const char *dirname);
53 GList *g_io_modules_load_all_in_directory (const gchar *dirname);
55 GIOExtensionPoint *g_io_extension_point_register (const char *name);
56 GIOExtensionPoint *g_io_extension_point_lookup (const char *name);
57 void g_io_extension_point_set_required_type (GIOExtensionPoint *extension_point,
59 GType g_io_extension_point_get_required_type (GIOExtensionPoint *extension_point);
60 GList *g_io_extension_point_get_extensions (GIOExtensionPoint *extension_point);
61 GIOExtension * g_io_extension_point_get_extension_by_name (GIOExtensionPoint *extension_point,
63 GIOExtension * g_io_extension_point_implement (const char *extension_point_name,
65 const char *extension_name,
68 GType g_io_extension_get_type (GIOExtension *extension);
69 const char * g_io_extension_get_name (GIOExtension *extension);
70 gint g_io_extension_get_priority (GIOExtension *extension);
71 GTypeClass* g_io_extension_ref_class (GIOExtension *extension);
74 /* API for the modules to implement */
78 * @module: a #GIOModule.
80 * Required API for GIO modules to implement.
81 * This function is ran after the module has been loaded into GIO,
82 * to initialize the module.
84 void g_io_module_load (GIOModule *module);
88 * @module: a #GIOModule.
90 * Required API for GIO modules to implement.
91 * This function is ran when the module is being unloaded from GIO,
92 * to finalize the module.
94 void g_io_module_unload (GIOModule *module);
99 * Optional API for GIO modules to implement.
101 * Should return a list of all the extension points that may be
102 * implemented in this module.
104 * This method will not be called in normal use, however it may be
105 * called when probing existing modules and recording which extension
106 * points that this modle is used for. This means we won't have to
107 * load and initialze this module unless its needed.
109 * If this function is not implemented by the module the module will
110 * always be loaded, initialized and then unloaded on application startup
111 * so that it can register its extension points during init.
113 * Note that a module need not actually implement all the extension points
114 * that g_io_module_query returns, since the exact list of extension may
115 * depend on runtime issues. However all extension points actually implemented
116 * must be returned by g_io_module_query() (if defined).
118 * When installing a module that implements g_io_module_query you must
119 * run gio-querymodules in order to build the cache files required for
122 * Returns: A %NULL-terminated array of strings, listing the supported
123 * extension points of the module. The array must be suitable for
124 * freeing with g_strfreev().
128 char **g_io_module_query (void);
132 #endif /* __G_IO_MODULE_H__ */