1 /* GIO - GLib Input, Output and Streaming Library
3 * Copyright © 2009 Codethink Limited
5 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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12 * Authors: Ryan Lortie <desrt@desrt.ca>
16 * SECTION:gsocketcontrolmessage
17 * @title: GSocketControlMessage
18 * @short_description: A GSocket control message
20 * @see_also: #GSocket.
22 * A #GSocketControlMessage is a special-purpose utility message that
23 * can be sent to or received from a #GSocket. These types of
24 * messages are often called "ancillary data".
26 * The message can represent some sort of special instruction to or
27 * information from the socket or can represent a special kind of
28 * transfer to the peer (for example, sending a file descriptor over
31 * These messages are sent with g_socket_send_message() and received
32 * with g_socket_receive_message().
34 * To extend the set of control message that can be sent, subclass this
35 * class and override the get_size, get_level, get_type and serialize
38 * To extend the set of control messages that can be received, subclass
39 * this class and implement the deserialize method. Also, make sure your
40 * class is registered with the GType typesystem before calling
41 * g_socket_receive_message() to read such a message.
47 #include "gsocketcontrolmessage.h"
48 #include "gnetworkingprivate.h"
52 #include "gunixcredentialsmessage.h"
53 #include "gunixfdmessage.h"
57 G_DEFINE_ABSTRACT_TYPE (GSocketControlMessage,
58 g_socket_control_message,
62 * g_socket_control_message_get_size:
63 * @message: a #GSocketControlMessage
65 * Returns the space required for the control message, not including
66 * headers or alignment.
68 * Returns: The number of bytes required.
73 g_socket_control_message_get_size (GSocketControlMessage *message)
75 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_SOCKET_CONTROL_MESSAGE (message), 0);
77 return G_SOCKET_CONTROL_MESSAGE_GET_CLASS (message)->get_size (message);
81 * g_socket_control_message_get_level:
82 * @message: a #GSocketControlMessage
84 * Returns the "level" (i.e. the originating protocol) of the control message.
85 * This is often SOL_SOCKET.
87 * Returns: an integer describing the level
92 g_socket_control_message_get_level (GSocketControlMessage *message)
94 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_SOCKET_CONTROL_MESSAGE (message), 0);
96 return G_SOCKET_CONTROL_MESSAGE_GET_CLASS (message)->get_level (message);
100 * g_socket_control_message_get_msg_type:
101 * @message: a #GSocketControlMessage
103 * Returns the protocol specific type of the control message.
104 * For instance, for UNIX fd passing this would be SCM_RIGHTS.
106 * Returns: an integer describing the type of control message
111 g_socket_control_message_get_msg_type (GSocketControlMessage *message)
113 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_SOCKET_CONTROL_MESSAGE (message), 0);
115 return G_SOCKET_CONTROL_MESSAGE_GET_CLASS (message)->get_type (message);
119 * g_socket_control_message_serialize:
120 * @message: a #GSocketControlMessage
121 * @data: A buffer to write data to
123 * Converts the data in the message to bytes placed in the
126 * @data is guaranteed to have enough space to fit the size
127 * returned by g_socket_control_message_get_size() on this
133 g_socket_control_message_serialize (GSocketControlMessage *message,
136 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_SOCKET_CONTROL_MESSAGE (message));
138 G_SOCKET_CONTROL_MESSAGE_GET_CLASS (message)->serialize (message, data);
143 g_socket_control_message_init (GSocketControlMessage *message)
148 g_socket_control_message_class_init (GSocketControlMessageClass *class)
153 * g_socket_control_message_deserialize:
154 * @level: a socket level
155 * @type: a socket control message type for the given @level
156 * @size: the size of the data in bytes
157 * @data: (array length=size) (element-type guint8): pointer to the message data
159 * Tries to deserialize a socket control message of a given
160 * @level and @type. This will ask all known (to GType) subclasses
161 * of #GSocketControlMessage if they can understand this kind
162 * of message and if so deserialize it into a #GSocketControlMessage.
164 * If there is no implementation for this kind of control message, %NULL
167 * Returns: (transfer full): the deserialized message or %NULL
171 GSocketControlMessage *
172 g_socket_control_message_deserialize (int level,
177 GSocketControlMessage *message;
178 GType *message_types;
179 guint n_message_types;
182 /* Ensure we know about the built in types */
184 g_type_ensure (G_TYPE_UNIX_CREDENTIALS_MESSAGE);
185 g_type_ensure (G_TYPE_UNIX_FD_MESSAGE);
188 message_types = g_type_children (G_TYPE_SOCKET_CONTROL_MESSAGE, &n_message_types);
191 for (i = 0; i < n_message_types; i++)
193 GSocketControlMessageClass *class;
195 class = g_type_class_ref (message_types[i]);
196 message = class->deserialize (level, type, size, data);
197 g_type_class_unref (class);
203 g_free (message_types);
205 /* It's not a bug if we can't deserialize the control message - for
206 * example, the control message may be be discarded if it is deemed
209 * http://git.gnome.org/browse/glib/commit/?id=ec91ed00f14c70cca9749347b8ebc19d72d9885b
211 * Therefore, it's not appropriate to print a warning about not
212 * being able to deserialize the message.