1 /* GIO - GLib Input, Output and Streaming Library
3 * Copyright © 2009 Codethink Limited
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12 * Authors: Ryan Lortie <desrt@desrt.ca>
16 * SECTION: gsocketcontrolmessage
17 * @title: GSocketControlMessage
18 * @short_description: A GSocket control message
19 * @see_also: #GSocket.
21 * A #GSocketControlMessage is a special-purpose utility message that
22 * can be sent to or received from a #GSocket. These types of
23 * messages are often called "ancillary data".
25 * The message can represent some sort of special instruction to or
26 * information from the socket or can represent a special kind of
27 * transfer to the peer (for example, sending a file description over
30 * These messages are sent with g_socket_send_message() and received
31 * with g_socket_receive_message().
33 * To extend the set of control message that can be sent, subclass this
34 * class and override the get_size, get_level, get_type and serialize
37 * To extend the set of control messages that can be received, subclass
38 * this class and implement the deserialize method. Also, make sure your
39 * class is registered with the GType typesystem before calling
40 * g_socket_receive_message() to read such a message.
46 #include "gsocketcontrolmessage.h"
47 #include "gnetworkingprivate.h"
51 #include "gunixfdmessage.h"
55 G_DEFINE_ABSTRACT_TYPE (GSocketControlMessage,
56 g_socket_control_message,
60 * g_socket_control_message_get_size:
61 * @message: a #GSocketControlMessage
63 * Returns the space required for the control message, not including
64 * headers or alignment.
66 * Returns: The number of bytes required.
71 g_socket_control_message_get_size (GSocketControlMessage *message)
73 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_SOCKET_CONTROL_MESSAGE (message), 0);
75 return G_SOCKET_CONTROL_MESSAGE_GET_CLASS (message)->get_size (message);
79 * g_socket_control_message_get_level:
80 * @message: a #GSocketControlMessage
82 * Returns the "level" (i.e. the originating protocol) of the control message.
83 * This is often SOL_SOCKET.
85 * Returns: an integer describing the level
90 g_socket_control_message_get_level (GSocketControlMessage *message)
92 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_SOCKET_CONTROL_MESSAGE (message), 0);
94 return G_SOCKET_CONTROL_MESSAGE_GET_CLASS (message)->get_level (message);
98 * g_socket_control_message_get_msg_type:
99 * @message: a #GSocketControlMessage
101 * Returns the protocol specific type of the control message.
102 * For instance, for UNIX fd passing this would be SCM_RIGHTS.
104 * Returns: an integer describing the type of control message
109 g_socket_control_message_get_msg_type (GSocketControlMessage *message)
111 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_SOCKET_CONTROL_MESSAGE (message), 0);
113 return G_SOCKET_CONTROL_MESSAGE_GET_CLASS (message)->get_type (message);
117 * g_socket_control_message_serialize:
118 * @message: a #GSocketControlMessage
119 * @data: A buffer to write data to
121 * Converts the data in the message to bytes placed in the
124 * @data is guaranteed to have enough space to fit the size
125 * returned by g_socket_control_message_get_size() on this
131 g_socket_control_message_serialize (GSocketControlMessage *message,
134 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_SOCKET_CONTROL_MESSAGE (message));
136 G_SOCKET_CONTROL_MESSAGE_GET_CLASS (message)->serialize (message, data);
141 g_socket_control_message_init (GSocketControlMessage *message)
146 g_socket_control_message_class_init (GSocketControlMessageClass *class)
151 * g_socket_control_message_deserialize:
152 * @level: a socket level
153 * @type: a socket control message type for the given @level
154 * @size: the size of the data in bytes
155 * @data: pointer to the message data
157 * Tries to deserialize a socket control message of a given
158 * @level and @type. This will ask all known (to GType) subclasses
159 * of #GSocketControlMessage if they can understand this kind
160 * of message and if so deserialize it into a #GSocketControlMessage.
162 * If there is no implementation for this kind of control message, %NULL
165 * Returns: the deserialized message or %NULL
169 GSocketControlMessage *
170 g_socket_control_message_deserialize (int level,
175 GSocketControlMessageClass *klass;
176 GSocketControlMessage *message;
177 GType *message_types;
178 guint n_message_types;
181 volatile GType a_type;
184 /* Ensure we know about the built in types */
186 a_type = g_unix_fd_message_get_type ();
189 message_types = g_type_children (G_TYPE_SOCKET_CONTROL_MESSAGE, &n_message_types);
192 for (i = 0; i < n_message_types; i++)
194 klass = (GSocketControlMessageClass *)g_type_class_ref (message_types[i]);
196 if (klass && klass->deserialize)
198 message = klass->deserialize (level, type, size, data);
199 g_type_class_unref ((GTypeClass *) klass);
206 g_free (message_types);
209 g_warning ("unknown control message type %d:%d", level, type);