efl/legacy/eet/src/lib/Eet.h

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C

#ifndef _EET_H
#define _EET_H
#ifdef EAPI
#undef EAPI
#endif
#ifdef WIN32
# ifdef BUILDING_DLL
# define EAPI __declspec(dllexport)
# else
# define EAPI __declspec(dllimport)
# endif
#else
# ifdef GCC_HASCLASSVISIBILITY
# define EAPI __attribute__ ((visibility("default")))
# else
# define EAPI
# endif
#endif
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
/***************************************************************************/
#define EET_T_UNKNOW 0 /**< Unknown data encding type */
#define EET_T_CHAR 1 /**< Data type: char */
#define EET_T_SHORT 2 /**< Data type: short */
#define EET_T_INT 3 /**< Data type: int */
#define EET_T_LONG_LONG 4 /**< Data type: long long */
#define EET_T_FLOAT 5 /**< Data type: float */
#define EET_T_DOUBLE 6 /**< Data type: double */
#define EET_T_UCHAR 7 /**< Data type: unsigned char */
#define EET_T_USHORT 8 /**< Data type: unsigned short */
#define EET_T_UINT 9 /**< Data type: unsigned int */
#define EET_T_ULONG_LONG 10 /**< Data type: unsigned long long */
#define EET_T_STRING 11 /**< Data type: char * */
#define EET_T_LAST 12 /**< Last data type */
#define EET_G_UNKNOWN 100 /**< Unknown group data encoding type */
#define EET_G_ARRAY 101 /**< Fixed size array group type */
#define EET_G_VAR_ARRAY 102 /**< Variable size array group type */
#define EET_G_LIST 103 /**< Linked list group type */
#define EET_G_HASH 104 /**< Hash table group type */
#define EET_G_LAST 105 /**< Last group type */
/***************************************************************************/
enum _Eet_File_Mode
{
EET_FILE_MODE_READ,
EET_FILE_MODE_WRITE,
EET_FILE_MODE_RW
};
typedef enum _Eet_File_Mode Eet_File_Mode;
typedef struct _Eet_File Eet_File;
typedef struct _Eet_Data_Descriptor Eet_Data_Descriptor;
/***************************************************************************/
/*
* Initialize the EET library.
*
* @return The new init count.
*/
EAPI int eet_init(void);
/**
* Shut down the EET library.
*
* @return The new init count.
*/
EAPI int eet_shutdown(void);
/**
* Open an eet file on disk, and returns a handle to it.
* @param file The file path to the eet file. eg: "/tmp/file.eet".
* @param mode The mode for opening. Either EET_FILE_MODE_READ or EET_FILE_MODE_WRITE, but not both.
* @return An opened eet file handle.
*
* This function will open an exiting eet file for reading, and build
* the directory table in memory and return a handle to the file, if it
* exists and can be read, and no memory errors occur on the way, otherwise
* NULL will be returned.
*
* It will also open an eet file for writing. This will, if successful,
* delete the original file and replace it with a new empty file, till
* the eet file handle is closed or flushed. If it cannot be opened for
* writing or a memory error occurs, NULL is returned.
*
* Example:
* @code
* #include <Eet.h>
*
* int
* main(int argc, char **argv)
* {
* Eet_File *ef;
* char buf[1024], *ret, **list;
* int size, num, i;
*
* strcpy(buf, "Here is a string of data to save!");
*
* ef = eet_open("/tmp/my_file.eet, EET_FILE_MODE_WRITE);
* if (!ef) return -1;
* if (!eet_write(ef, "/key/to_store/at", buf, 1024, 1))
* fprintf("Error writing data!\n");
* eet_close(ef);
*
* ef = eet_open("/tmp/my_file.eet, EET_FILE_MODE_READ);
* if (!ef) return -1;
* list = eet_list(ef, "*", &num);
* if (list)
* {
* for (i = 0; i < num; i++)
* printf("Key stored: %s\n", list[i]);
* free(list);
* }
* ret = eet_read(ef, "/key/to_store/at", &size);
* if (ret)
* {
* printf("Data read (%i bytes):\n%s\n", size, ret);
* free(ret);
* }
* eet_close(ef);
*
* return 0;
* }
* @endcode
*/
EAPI Eet_File *eet_open (char *file, Eet_File_Mode mode);
/**
* Close an eet file handle and flush and writes pending.
* @param ef A valid eet file handle.
*
* This function will flush any pending writes to disk if the eet file
* was opened for write, and free all data associated with the file handle
* and file, and close the file.
*
* If the eet file handle is not valid nothing will be done.
*/
EAPI void eet_close (Eet_File *ef);
/**
* Read a specified entry from an eet file and return data
* @param ef A valid eet file handle opened for reading.
* @param name Name of the entry. eg: "/base/file_i_want".
* @param size_ret Number of bytes read from entry and returned.
* @return The data stored in that entry in the eet file.
*
* This function finds an entry in the eet file that is stored under the
* name specified, and returns that data, decompressed, if successful.
* NULL is returned if the lookup fails or if memory errors are
* encountered. It is the job of the calling program to call free() on
* the returned data. The number of bytes in the returned data chunk are
* placed in size_ret.
*
* If the eet file handle is not valid NULL is returned and size_ret is
* filled with 0.
*/
EAPI void *eet_read (Eet_File *ef, char *name, int *size_ret);
/**
* Write a specified entry to an eet file handle
* @param ef A valid eet file handle opened for writing.
* @param name Name of the entry. eg: "/base/file_i_want".
* @param data Pointer to the data to be stored.
* @param size Length in bytes in the data to be stored.
* @param compress Compression flags (1 == compress, 0 = don't compress).
* @return Success or failure of the write.
*
* This function will write the specified chunk of data to the eet file
* and return greater than 0 on success. 0 will be returned on failure.
*
* The eet file handle must be a valid file handle for an eet file opened
* for writing. If it is not, 0 will be returned and no action will be
* performed.
*
* Name, and data must not be NULL, and size must be > 0. If these
* conditions are not met, 0 will be returned.
*
* The data will be copied (and optionally compressed) in ram, pending
* a flush to disk (it will stay in ram till the eet file handle is
* closed though).
*/
EAPI int eet_write (Eet_File *ef, char *name, void *data, int size, int compress);
/**
* List all entries in eet file matching shell glob.
* @param ef A valid eet file handle.
* @param glob A shell glob to match against.
* @param count_ret Number of entries found to match.
* @return Pointer to an array of strings.
*
* This function will list all entries in the eet file matching the
* supplied shell glob and return an allocated list of their names, if
* there are any, and if no memory errors occur.
*
* The eet file handle must be valid and glob must not be NULL, or NULL
* will be returned and count_ret will be filled with 0.
*
* The calling program must call free() on the array returned, but NOT
* on the string pointers in the array. They are taken as read-only
* internals from the eet file handle. They are only valid as long as
* the file handle is not closed. When it is closed those pointers in the
* array are now not valid and should not be used.
*
* On success the array returned will have a list of string pointers
* that are the names of the entries that matched, and count_ret will have
* the number of entries in this array placed in it.
*
* Hint: an easy way to list all entries in an eet file is to use a glob
* value of "*".
*/
EAPI char **eet_list (Eet_File *ef, char *glob, int *count_ret);
/***************************************************************************/
/**
* Read just the header data for an image and dont decode the pixels.
* @param ef A valid eet file handle opened for reading.
* @param name Name of the entry. eg: "/base/file_i_want".
* @param w A pointer to the int to hold the width in pixels.
* @param h A pointer to the int to hold the height in pixels.
* @param alpha A pointer to the int to hold the alpha flag.
* @param compress A pointer to the int to hold the compression amount.
* @param quality A pointer to the int to hold the quality amount.
* @param lossy A pointer to the int to hold the lossiness flag.
* @return 1 on successfull decode, 0 otherwise
*
* This function reads an image from an eet file stored under the named
* key in the eet file and return a pointer to the decompressed pixel data.
*
* The other parameters of the image (width, height etc.) are placed into
* the values pointed to (they must be supplied). The pixel data is a linear
* array of pixels starting from the top-left of the image scanning row by
* row from left to right. Each pile is a 32bit value, with the high byte
* being the alpha channel, the next being red, then green, and the low byte
* being blue. The width and height are measured in pixels and will be
* greater than 0 when returned. The alpha flag is either 0 or 1. 0 denotes
* that the alpha channel is not used. 1 denotes that it is significant.
* Compress is filled with the compression value/amount the image was
* stored with. The quality value is filled with the quality encoding of
* the image file (0 - 100). The lossy flags is either 0 or 1 as to if
* the image was encoded lossily or not.
*
* On success the function returns 1 indicating the header was read and
* decoded properly, or 0 on failure.
*/
EAPI int eet_data_image_header_read(Eet_File *ef, char *name, int *w, int *h, int *alpha, int *compress, int *quality, int *lossy);
/**
* Read image data from the named key in the eet file.
* @param ef A valid eet file handle opened for reading.
* @param name Name of the entry. eg: "/base/file_i_want".
* @param w A pointer to the int to hold the width in pixels.
* @param h A pointer to the int to hold the height in pixels.
* @param alpha A pointer to the int to hold the alpha flag.
* @param compress A pointer to the int to hold the compression amount.
* @param quality A pointer to the int to hold the quality amount.
* @param lossy A pointer to the int to hold the lossiness flag.
* @return The image pixel data decoded
*
* This function reads an image from an eet file stored under the named
* key in the eet file and return a pointer to the decompressed pixel data.
*
* The other parameters of the image (width, height etc.) are placed into
* the values pointed to (they must be supplied). The pixel data is a linear
* array of pixels starting from the top-left of the image scanning row by
* row from left to right. Each pile is a 32bit value, with the high byte
* being the alpha channel, the next being red, then green, and the low byte
* being blue. The width and height are measured in pixels and will be
* greater than 0 when returned. The alpha flag is either 0 or 1. 0 denotes
* that the alpha channel is not used. 1 denotes that it is significant.
* Compress is filled with the compression value/amount the image was
* stored with. The quality value is filled with the quality encoding of
* the image file (0 - 100). The lossy flags is either 0 or 1 as to if
* the image was encoded lossily or not.
*
* On success the function returns a pointer to the image data decoded. The
* calling application is responsible for calling free() on the image data
* when it is done with it. On failure NULL is returned and the parameter
* values may not contain any sensible data.
*/
EAPI void *eet_data_image_read(Eet_File *ef, char *name, int *w, int *h, int *alpha, int *compress, int *quality, int *lossy);
/**
* Write image data to the named key in an eet file.
* @param ef A valid eet file handle opened for writing.
* @param name Name of the entry. eg: "/base/file_i_want".
* @param data A pointer to the image pixel data.
* @param w The width of the image in pixels.
* @param h The height of the image in pixels.
* @param alpha The alpha channel flag.
* @param compress The compression amount.
* @param quality The quality encoding amount.
* @param lossy The lossiness flag.
* @return Success if the data was encoded and written or not.
*
* This function takes image pixel data and encodes it in an eet file
* stored under the supplied name key, and returns how many bytes were
* actually written to encode the image data.
*
* The data expected is the same format as returned by eet_data_image_read.
* If this is not the case weird things may happen. Width and height must
* be between 1 and 8000 pixels. The alpha flags can be 0 or 1 (0 meaning
* the alpha values are not useful and 1 meaning they are). Compress can
* be from 0 to 9 (0 meaning no compression, 9 meaning full compression).
* This is only used if the image is not lossily encoded. Quality is used on
* lossy compression and should be a value from 0 to 100. The lossy flag
* can be 0 or 1. 0 means encode losslessly and 1 means to encode with
* image quality loss (but then have a much smaller encoding).
*
* On success this function returns the number of bytes that were required
* to encode the image data, or on failure it returns 0.
*/
EAPI int eet_data_image_write(Eet_File *ef, char *name, void *data, int w, int h, int alpha, int compress, int quality, int lossy);
/**
* Decode Image data header only to get information.
* @param data The encoded pixel data.
* @param size The size, in bytes, of the encoded pixel data.
* @param w A pointer to the int to hold the width in pixels.
* @param h A pointer to the int to hold the height in pixels.
* @param alpha A pointer to the int to hold the alpha flag.
* @param compress A pointer to the int to hold the compression amount.
* @param quality A pointer to the int to hold the quality amount.
* @param lossy A pointer to the int to hold the lossiness flag.
* @return 1 on success, 0 on failure.
*
* This function takes encoded pixel data and decodes it into raw RGBA
* pixels on success.
*
* The other parameters of the image (width, height etc.) are placed into
* the values pointed to (they must be supplied). The pixel data is a linear
* array of pixels starting from the top-left of the image scanning row by
* row from left to right. Each pixel is a 32bit value, with the high byte
* being the alpha channel, the next being red, then green, and the low byte
* being blue. The width and height are measured in pixels and will be
* greater than 0 when returned. The alpha flag is either 0 or 1. 0 denotes
* that the alpha channel is not used. 1 denotes that it is significant.
* Compress is filled with the compression value/amount the image was
* stored with. The quality value is filled with the quality encoding of
* the image file (0 - 100). The lossy flags is either 0 or 1 as to if
* the image was encoded lossily or not.
*
* On success the function returns 1 indicating the header was read and
* decoded properly, or 0 on failure.
*/
EAPI int eet_data_image_header_decode(void *data, int size, int *w, int *h, int *alpha, int *compress, int *quality, int *lossy);
/**
* Decode Image data into pixel data.
* @param data The encoded pixel data.
* @param size The size, in bytes, of the encoded pixel data.
* @param w A pointer to the int to hold the width in pixels.
* @param h A pointer to the int to hold the height in pixels.
* @param alpha A pointer to the int to hold the alpha flag.
* @param compress A pointer to the int to hold the compression amount.
* @param quality A pointer to the int to hold the quality amount.
* @param lossy A pointer to the int to hold the lossiness flag.
* @return The image pixel data decoded
*
* This function takes encoded pixel data and decodes it into raw RGBA
* pixels on success.
*
* The other parameters of the image (width, height etc.) are placed into
* the values pointed to (they must be supplied). The pixel data is a linear
* array of pixels starting from the top-left of the image scanning row by
* row from left to right. Each pixel is a 32bit value, with the high byte
* being the alpha channel, the next being red, then green, and the low byte
* being blue. The width and height are measured in pixels and will be
* greater than 0 when returned. The alpha flag is either 0 or 1. 0 denotes
* that the alpha channel is not used. 1 denotes that it is significant.
* Compress is filled with the compression value/amount the image was
* stored with. The quality value is filled with the quality encoding of
* the image file (0 - 100). The lossy flags is either 0 or 1 as to if
* the image was encoded lossily or not.
*
* On success the function returns a pointer to the image data decoded. The
* calling application is responsible for calling free() on the image data
* when it is done with it. On failure NULL is returned and the parameter
* values may not contain any sensible data.
*/
EAPI void *eet_data_image_decode(void *data, int size, int *w, int *h, int *alpha, int *compress, int *quality, int *lossy);
/**
* Encode image data for storage or transmission.
* @param data A pointer to the image pixel data.
* @param size_ret A pointer to an int to hold the size of the returned data.
* @param w The width of the image in pixels.
* @param h The height of the image in pixels.
* @param alpha The alpha channel flag.
* @param compress The compression amount.
* @param quality The quality encoding amount.
* @param lossy The lossiness flag.
* @return The encoded image data.
*
* This function stakes image pixel data and encodes it with compression and
* possible loss of quality (as a trade off for size) for storage or
* transmission to another system.
*
* The data expected is the same format as returned by eet_data_image_read.
* If this is not the case weird things may happen. Width and height must
* be between 1 and 8000 pixels. The alpha flags can be 0 or 1 (0 meaning
* the alpha values are not useful and 1 meaning they are). Compress can
* be from 0 to 9 (0 meaning no compression, 9 meaning full compression).
* This is only used if the image is not lossily encoded. Quality is used on
* lossy compression and should be a value from 0 to 100. The lossy flag
* can be 0 or 1. 0 means encode losslessly and 1 means to encode with
* image quality loss (but then have a much smaller encoding).
*
* On success this function returns a pointer to the encoded data that you
* can free with free() when no longer needed.
*/
EAPI void *eet_data_image_encode(void *data, int *size_ret, int w, int h, int alpha, int compress, int quality, int lossy);
/***************************************************************************/
/**
* Create a new empty data structure descriptor.
* @param name The string name of this data structure.
* @param size The size of the struct (in bytes).
* @param func_list_next The function to get the next list node.
* @param func_list_append The function to append a member to a list.
* @param func_list_data The function to get the data from a list node.
* @param func_list_free The function to free an entire linked list.
* @param func_hash_foreach The function to iterate through all hash table entries.
* @param func_hash_add The function to add a member to a hash table.
* @param func_hash_free The function to free an entire hash table.
* @return A new empty data descriptor.
*
* This function creates a new data descriptore and returns a handle to the
* new data descriptor. On creation it will be empty, containing no contents
* describing anything other than the shell of the data structure.
*
* You add structure members to the data descriptor using the macros
* EET_DATA_DESCRIPTOR_ADD_BASIC(), EET_DATA_DESCRIPTOR_ADD_SUB() and
* EET_DATA_DESCRIPTOR_ADD_LIST(), depending on what type of member you are
* adding to the description.
*
* Once you have described all the members of a struct you want loaded, or
* saved eet can load and save those members for you, encode them into
* endian-independant serialised data chunks for transmission across a
* a network or more.
*
* Example:
*
* @code
* #include <Eet.h>
* #include <Evas.h>
*
* typedef struct _blah2
* {
* char *string;
* }
* Blah2;
*
* typedef struct _blah3
* {
* char *string;
* }
* Blah3;
*
* typedef struct _blah
* {
* char character;
* short sixteen;
* int integer;
* long long lots;
* float floating;
* double floating_lots;
* char *string;
* Blah2 *blah2;
* Evas_List *blah3;
* }
* Blah;
*
* int
* main(int argc, char **argv)
* {
* Blah blah;
* Blah2 blah2;
* Blah3 blah3;
* Eet_Data_Descriptor *edd, *edd2, *edd3;
* void *data;
* int size;
* FILE *f;
* Blah *blah_in;
*
* edd3 = eet_data_descriptor_new("blah3", sizeof(Blah3),
* evas_list_next,
* evas_list_append,
* evas_list_data,
* evas_list_free,
* evas_hash_foreach,
* evas_hash_add,
* evas_hash_free);
* EET_DATA_DESCRIPTOR_ADD_BASIC(edd3, Blah3, "string3", string, EET_T_STRING);
*
* edd2 = eet_data_descriptor_new("blah2", sizeof(Blah2),
* evas_list_next,
* evas_list_append,
* evas_list_data,
* evas_list_free,
* evas_hash_foreach,
* evas_hash_add,
* evas_hash_free);
* EET_DATA_DESCRIPTOR_ADD_BASIC(edd2, Blah2, "string2", string, EET_T_STRING);
*
* edd = eet_data_descriptor_new("blah", sizeof(Blah),
* evas_list_next,
* evas_list_append,
* evas_list_data,
* evas_list_free,
* evas_hash_foreach,
* evas_hash_add,
* evas_hash_free);
* EET_DATA_DESCRIPTOR_ADD_BASIC(edd, Blah, "character", character, EET_T_CHAR);
* EET_DATA_DESCRIPTOR_ADD_BASIC(edd, Blah, "sixteen", sixteen, EET_T_SHORT);
* EET_DATA_DESCRIPTOR_ADD_BASIC(edd, Blah, "integer", integer, EET_T_INT);
* EET_DATA_DESCRIPTOR_ADD_BASIC(edd, Blah, "lots", lots, EET_T_LONG_LONG);
* EET_DATA_DESCRIPTOR_ADD_BASIC(edd, Blah, "floating", floating, EET_T_FLOAT);
* EET_DATA_DESCRIPTOR_ADD_BASIC(edd, Blah, "floating_lots", floating_lots, EET_T_DOUBLE);
* EET_DATA_DESCRIPTOR_ADD_BASIC(edd, Blah, "string", string, EET_T_STRING);
* EET_DATA_DESCRIPTOR_ADD_SUB(edd, Blah, "blah2", blah2, edd2);
* EET_DATA_DESCRIPTOR_ADD_LIST(edd, Blah, "blah3", blah3, edd3);
*
* blah3.string="PANTS";
*
* blah2.string="subtype string here!";
*
* blah.character='7';
* blah.sixteen=0x7777;
* blah.integer=0xc0def00d;
* blah.lots=0xdeadbeef31337777;
* blah.floating=3.141592654;
* blah.floating_lots=0.777777777777777;
* blah.string="bite me like a turnip";
* blah.blah2 = &blah2;
* blah.blah3 = evas_list_append(NULL, &blah3);
* blah.blah3 = evas_list_append(blah.blah3, &blah3);
* blah.blah3 = evas_list_append(blah.blah3, &blah3);
* blah.blah3 = evas_list_append(blah.blah3, &blah3);
* blah.blah3 = evas_list_append(blah.blah3, &blah3);
* blah.blah3 = evas_list_append(blah.blah3, &blah3);
* blah.blah3 = evas_list_append(blah.blah3, &blah3);
*
* data = eet_data_descriptor_encode(edd, &blah, &size);
* f = fopen("out", "w");
* if (f)
* {
* fwrite(data, size, 1, f);
* fclose(f);
* }
* printf("-----DECODING\n");
* blah_in = eet_data_descriptor_decode(edd, data, size);
*
* printf("-----DECODED!\n");
* printf("%c\n", blah_in->character);
* printf("%x\n", (int)blah_in->sixteen);
* printf("%x\n", blah_in->integer);
* printf("%lx\n", blah_in->lots);
* printf("%f\n", (double)blah_in->floating);
* printf("%f\n", (double)blah_in->floating_lots);
* printf("%s\n", blah_in->string);
* printf("%p\n", blah_in->blah2);
* printf(" %s\n", blah_in->blah2->string);
* {
* Evas_List *l;
*
* for (l = blah_in->blah3; l; l = l->next)
* {
* Blah3 *blah3_in;
*
* blah3_in = l->data;
* printf("%p\n", blah3_in);
* printf(" %s\n", blah3_in->string);
* }
* }
* eet_data_descriptor_free(edd);
* eet_data_descriptor_free(edd2);
* eet_data_descriptor_free(edd3);
*
* return 0;
* }
*
* @endcode
*
*/
EAPI Eet_Data_Descriptor *eet_data_descriptor_new(char *name, int size, void *(*func_list_next) (void *l), void *(*func_list_append) (void *l, void *d), void *(*func_list_data) (void *l), void *(*func_list_free) (void *l), void (*func_hash_foreach) (void *h, int (*func) (void *h, const char *k, void *dt, void *fdt), void *fdt), void *(*func_hash_add) (void *h, const char *k, void *d), void (*func_hash_free) (void *h));
/**
* This function frees a data descriptor when it is not needed anymore.
* @param edd The data descriptor to free.
*
* This function takes a data descriptor handle as a parameter and frees all
* data allocated for the data descriptor and the handle itself. After this
* call the descriptor is no longer valid.
*
*/
EAPI void eet_data_descriptor_free(Eet_Data_Descriptor *edd);
/**
* This function is an internal used by macros.
*
* This function is used by macros EET_DATA_DESCRIPTOR_ADD_BASIC(),
* EET_DATA_DESCRIPTOR_ADD_SUB() and EET_DATA_DESCRIPTOR_ADD_LIST(). It is
* complex to use by hand and should be left to be used by the macros, and
* thus is not documented.
*
*/
EAPI void eet_data_descriptor_element_add(Eet_Data_Descriptor *edd, char *name, int type, int group_type, int offset, int count, char *counter_name, Eet_Data_Descriptor *subtype);
/**
* Read a data structure from an eet file and decodes it.
* @param ef The eet file handle to read from.
* @param edd The data descriptor handle to use when decoding.
* @param name The key the data is stored under in the eet file.
* @return A pointer to the decoded data structure.
*
* This function decodes a data structure stored in an eet file, returning
* a pointer to it if it decoded successfully, or NULL on failure. This
* can save a programmer dozens of hours of work in writing configuration
* file parsing and writing code, as eet does all that work for the program
* and presents a program-friendly data structure, just as the programmer
* likes. Eet can handle members being added or deleted from the data in
* storage and safely zero-fills unfilled members if they were not found
* in the data. It checks sizes and headers whenever it reads data, allowing
* the programmer to not worry about corrupt data.
*
* Once a data structure has been described by the programmer with the
* fields they wish to save or load, storing or retrieving a data structure
* from an eet file, or from a chunk of memory is as simple as a single
* function call.
*
*/
EAPI void *eet_data_read(Eet_File *ef, Eet_Data_Descriptor *edd, char *name);
/**
* Write a data structure from memory and store in an eet file.
* @param ef The eet file handle to write to.
* @param edd The data descriptor to use when encoding.
* @param name The key to store the data under in the eet file.
* @param data A pointer to the data structure to ssave and encode.
* @param compress Compression flags for storage.
* @return 1 on successful write, 0 on failure.
*
* This function is the reverse of eet_data_read(), saving a data structure
* to an eet file.
*
*/
EAPI int eet_data_write(Eet_File *ef, Eet_Data_Descriptor *edd, char *name, void *data, int compress);
/**
* Decode a data structure from an arbitary location in memory.
* @param edd The data descriptor to use when decoding.
* @param data_in The pointer to the data to decode into a struct.
* @param size_in The size of the data pointed to in bytes.
* @return NULL on failure, or a valid decoded struct pointer on success.
*
* This function will decode a data structure that has been encoded using
* eet_data_descriptor_encode(), and return a data structure with all its
* elements filled out, if successful, or NULL on failure.
*
* The data to be decoded is stored at the memory pointed to by @p data_in,
* and is described by the descriptor pointed to by @p edd. The data size is
* passed in as the value to @p size_in, ande must be greater than 0 to
* succeed.
*
* This function is useful for decoding data structures delivered to the
* application by means other than an eet file, such as an IPC or socket
* connection, raw files, shared memory etc.
*
* Please see eet_data_read() for more information.
*
*/
EAPI void *eet_data_descriptor_decode(Eet_Data_Descriptor *edd, void *data_in, int size_in);
/**
* Encode a dsata struct to memory and return that encoded data.
* @param edd The data descriptor to use when encoding.
* @param data_in The pointer to the struct to encode into data.
* @param size_ret A pointer to the an int to be filled with the decoded size.
* @return NULL on failure, or a valid encoded data chunk on success.
*
* This function takes a data structutre in memory and encodes it into a
* serialised chunk of data that can be decoded again by
* eet_data_descriptor_decode(). This is useful for being able to transmit
* data structures across sockets, pipes, IPC or shared file mechanisms,
* without having to worry about memory space, machine type, endianess etc.
*
* The parameter @p edd must point to a valid data descriptor, and
* @p data_in must point to the right data structure to encode. If not, the
* encoding may fail.
*
* On success a non NULL valid pointer is returned and what @p size_ret
* points to is set to the size of this decoded data, in bytes. When the
* encoded data is no longer needed, call free() on it. On failure NULL is
* returned and what @p size_ret points to is set to 0.
*
* Please see eet_data_write() for more information.
*
*/
EAPI void *eet_data_descriptor_encode(Eet_Data_Descriptor *edd, void *data_in, int *size_ret);
/**
* Add a basic data element to a data descriptor.
* @param edd The data descriptor to add the type to.
* @param struct_type The type of the struct.
* @param name The string name to use to encode/decode this member.
* @param member The struct member itself to be encoded.
* @param type The type of the member to encode.
*
* This macro is a convenience macro provided to add a member to the data
* descriptor @p edd. The type of the structure is provided as the
* @p struct_type parameter (for example: struct my_struct). The @p name
* parameter defines a string that will be used to uniquely name that
* member of the struct (it is suggested to use the struct member itself).
* The @p member parameter is the actual struct member itself (for
* example: values), and @p type is the basic data type of the member which
* must be one of: EET_T_CHAR, EET_T_SHORT, EET_T_INT, EET_T_LONG_LONG,
* EET_T_FLOAT, EET_T_DOUBLE, EET_T_UCHAR, EET_T_USHORT, EET_T_UINT,
* EET_T_ULONG_LONG or EET_T_STRING.
*
*/
#define EET_DATA_DESCRIPTOR_ADD_BASIC(edd, struct_type, name, member, type) \
{ \
struct_type ___ett; \
\
eet_data_descriptor_element_add(edd, name, type, EET_G_UNKNOWN, \
(char *)(&(___ett.member)) - (char *)(&(___ett)), \
0, NULL, NULL); \
}
/**
* Add a sub-element type to a data descriptor
* @param edd The data descriptor to add the type to.
* @param struct_type The type of the struct.
* @param name The string name to use to encode/decode this member.
* @param member The struct member itself to be encoded.
* @param subtype The type of sub-type struct to add.
*
* This macro lets you easily add a sub-type (a struct that's pointed to
* by this one). All the parameters are the same as for
* EET_DATA_DESCRIPTOR_ADD_BASIC(), with the @p subtype being the exception.
* This must be the data descriptor of the struct that is pointed to by
* this element.
*
*/
#define EET_DATA_DESCRIPTOR_ADD_SUB(edd, struct_type, name, member, subtype) \
{ \
struct_type ___ett; \
\
eet_data_descriptor_element_add(edd, name, EET_T_UNKNOW, EET_G_UNKNOWN, \
(char *)(&(___ett.member)) - (char *)(&(___ett)), \
0, NULL, subtype); \
}
/**
* Add a linked list type to a data descriptor
* @param edd The data descriptor to add the type to.
* @param struct_type The type of the struct.
* @param name The string name to use to encode/decode this member.
* @param member The struct member itself to be encoded.
* @param subtype The type of linked list member to add.
*
* This macro lets you easily add a linked list of other data types. All the
* parameters are the same as for EET_DATA_DESCRIPTOR_ADD_BASIC(), with the
* @p subtype being the exception. This must be the data descriptor of the
* element that is in each member of the linked list to be stored.
*
*/
#define EET_DATA_DESCRIPTOR_ADD_LIST(edd, struct_type, name, member, subtype) \
{ \
struct_type ___ett; \
\
eet_data_descriptor_element_add(edd, name, EET_T_UNKNOW, EET_G_LIST, \
(char *)(&(___ett.member)) - (char *)(&(___ett)), \
0, NULL, subtype); \
}
/***************************************************************************/
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
#endif