xcb_reply.h   [plain text]

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2008 Julien Danjou <julien@danjou.info>
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/**
 * @defgroup xcb__reply_t XCB Reply Functions
 *
 * These functions ease the usage of asynchronous possibility of XCB about
 * the reply retrieve of sent requests.
 *
 * @{
 */

#ifndef __XCB_REPLY_H__
#define __XCB_REPLY_H__

#include <xcb/xcb.h>
#include <pthread.h>

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

typedef void (*xcb_generic_reply_handler_t)(void *data, xcb_connection_t *c, xcb_generic_reply_t *reply, xcb_generic_error_t *error);

struct xcb_reply_node
{
    struct xcb_reply_node *next;
    unsigned int request;
    xcb_generic_reply_handler_t handler;
    void *data;
    char handled;
};

struct xcb_reply_handlers
{
    pthread_mutex_t lock;
    pthread_cond_t cond;
    struct xcb_reply_node *head;
    xcb_connection_t *c;
    pthread_t thread;
};

typedef struct xcb_reply_handlers xcb_reply_handlers_t;

/**
 * @brief Initialize a reply handlers structure.
 * @param c The connection to the X server.
 * @param h The reply handlers.
 */
void xcb_reply_handlers_init(xcb_connection_t *c, xcb_reply_handlers_t *h);

/**
 * @brief Get the connection to the X server used in reply handlers.
 * @param h The reply handlers data structure.
 * @return The connection to the X server.
 */
xcb_connection_t *xcb_reply_get_xcb_connection(xcb_reply_handlers_t *h);

/**
 * @brief Poll for reply using reply handlers.
 * @param h The reply handlers data structure.
 * @return The value return by the handler callback function, or 0 if no
 * handler was found.
 */
int xcb_reply_poll_for_reply(xcb_reply_handlers_t *h);

/**
 * @brief Start reply handling thread.
 * This thread will run forever until it is stop with xcb_reply_stop_thread.
 * @param h The reply handlers.
 */
void xcb_reply_start_thread(xcb_reply_handlers_t *h);

/**
 * @brief Stop reply handling thread.
 * @param h The reply handlers.
 */
void xcb_reply_stop_thread(xcb_reply_handlers_t *h);

/**
 * @brief Add a reply handler.
 * @param h The reply handlers data structure to fill.
 * @param request The request identifier.
 * @param handler The handler to call for this request.
 * @param data Optional data passed to the callback function handling request.
 */
void xcb_reply_add_handler(xcb_reply_handlers_t *h, unsigned int request, xcb_generic_reply_handler_t handler, void *data);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

/**
 * @}
 */

#endif /* __XCB_REPLY_H__ */