2 Copyright 2010-2012 David Robillard <http://drobilla.net>
3 Copyright 2010 Leonard Ritter <paniq@paniq.org>
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20 C API for the LV2 State extension <http://lv2plug.in/ns/ext/state>.
29 #include "lv2/lv2plug.in/ns/lv2core/lv2.h"
31 #define LV2_STATE_URI "http://lv2plug.in/ns/ext/state"
32 #define LV2_STATE_PREFIX LV2_STATE_URI "#"
34 #define LV2_STATE__State LV2_STATE_PREFIX "State"
35 #define LV2_STATE__interface LV2_STATE_PREFIX "interface"
36 #define LV2_STATE__makePath LV2_STATE_PREFIX "makePath"
37 #define LV2_STATE__mapPath LV2_STATE_PREFIX "mapPath"
38 #define LV2_STATE__state LV2_STATE_PREFIX "state"
46 typedef void* LV2_State_Handle
;
47 typedef void* LV2_State_Map_Path_Handle
;
48 typedef void* LV2_State_Make_Path_Handle
;
51 Flags describing value characteristics.
53 These flags are used along with the value's type URI to determine how to
54 (de-)serialise the value data, or whether it is even possible to do so.
60 Values with this flag contain no pointers or references to other areas
61 of memory. It is safe to copy POD values with a simple memcpy and store
62 them for the duration of the process. A POD value is not necessarily
63 safe to trasmit between processes or machines (e.g. filenames are POD),
64 see LV2_STATE_IS_PORTABLE for details.
66 Implementations MUST NOT attempt to copy or serialise a non-POD value if
67 they do not understand its type (and thus know how to correctly do so).
72 Portable (architecture independent) data.
74 Values with this flag are in a format that is usable on any
75 architecture. A portable value saved on one machine can be restored on
76 another machine regardless of architecture. The format of portable
77 values MUST NOT depend on architecture-specific properties like
78 endianness or alignment. Portable values MUST NOT contain filenames.
80 LV2_STATE_IS_PORTABLE
= 1 << 1,
85 This flag is used by the host to indicate that the saved data is only
86 going to be used locally in the currently running process (e.g. for
87 instance duplication or snapshots), so the plugin should use the most
88 efficient representation possible and not worry about serialisation
91 LV2_STATE_IS_NATIVE
= 1 << 2
94 /** A status code for state functions. */
96 LV2_STATE_SUCCESS
= 0, /**< Completed successfully. */
97 LV2_STATE_ERR_UNKNOWN
= 1, /**< Unknown error. */
98 LV2_STATE_ERR_BAD_TYPE
= 2, /**< Failed due to unsupported type. */
99 LV2_STATE_ERR_BAD_FLAGS
= 3, /**< Failed due to unsupported flags. */
100 LV2_STATE_ERR_NO_FEATURE
= 4, /**< Failed due to missing features. */
101 LV2_STATE_ERR_NO_PROPERTY
= 5 /**< Failed due to missing property. */
105 A host-provided function to store a property.
106 @param handle Must be the handle passed to LV2_State_Interface.save().
107 @param key The key to store @p value under (URID).
108 @param value Pointer to the value to be stored.
109 @param size The size of @p value in bytes.
110 @param type The type of @p value (URID).
111 @param flags LV2_State_Flags for @p value.
112 @return 0 on success, otherwise a non-zero error code.
114 The host passes a callback of this type to LV2_State_Interface.save(). This
115 callback is called repeatedly by the plugin to store all the properties that
116 describe its current state.
118 DO NOT INVENT NONSENSE URI SCHEMES FOR THE KEY. Best is to use keys from
119 existing vocabularies. If nothing appropriate is available, use http URIs
120 that point to somewhere you can host documents so documentation can be made
121 resolvable (e.g. a child of the plugin or project URI). If this is not
122 possible, invent a URN scheme, e.g. urn:myproj:whatever. The plugin MUST
123 NOT pass an invalid URI key.
125 The host MAY fail to store a property for whatever reason, but SHOULD
126 store any property that is LV2_STATE_IS_POD and LV2_STATE_IS_PORTABLE.
127 Implementations SHOULD use the types from the LV2 Atom extension
128 (http://lv2plug.in/ns/ext/atom) wherever possible. The plugin SHOULD
129 attempt to fall-back and avoid the error if possible.
131 Note that @p size MUST be > 0, and @p value MUST point to a valid region of
132 memory @p size bytes long (this is required to make restore unambiguous).
134 The plugin MUST NOT attempt to use this function outside of the
135 LV2_State_Interface.restore() context.
137 typedef LV2_State_Status (*LV2_State_Store_Function
)(
138 LV2_State_Handle handle
,
146 A host-provided function to retrieve a property.
147 @param handle Must be the handle passed to LV2_State_Interface.restore().
148 @param key The key of the property to retrieve (URID).
149 @param size (Output) If non-NULL, set to the size of the restored value.
150 @param type (Output) If non-NULL, set to the type of the restored value.
151 @param flags (Output) If non-NULL, set to the flags for the restored value.
152 @return A pointer to the restored value (object), or NULL if no value
153 has been stored under @p key.
155 A callback of this type is passed by the host to
156 LV2_State_Interface.restore(). This callback is called repeatedly by the
157 plugin to retrieve any properties it requires to restore its state.
159 The returned value MUST remain valid until LV2_State_Interface.restore()
160 returns. The plugin MUST NOT attempt to use this function, or any value
161 returned from it, outside of the LV2_State_Interface.restore() context.
163 typedef const void* (*LV2_State_Retrieve_Function
)(
164 LV2_State_Handle handle
,
171 LV2 Plugin State Interface.
173 When the plugin's extension_data is called with argument
174 LV2_STATE__interface, the plugin MUST return an LV2_State_Interface
175 structure, which remains valid for the lifetime of the plugin.
177 The host can use the contained function pointers to save and restore the
178 state of a plugin instance at any time, provided the threading restrictions
179 of the functions are met.
181 Stored data is only guaranteed to be compatible between instances of plugins
182 with the same URI (i.e. if a change to a plugin would cause a fatal error
183 when restoring state saved by a previous version of that plugin, the plugin
184 URI MUST change just as it must when ports change incompatibly). Plugin
185 authors should consider this possibility, and always store sensible data
186 with meaningful types to avoid such problems in the future.
188 typedef struct _LV2_State_Interface
{
190 Save plugin state using a host-provided @p store callback.
192 @param instance The instance handle of the plugin.
193 @param store The host-provided store callback.
194 @param handle An opaque pointer to host data which MUST be passed as the
195 handle parameter to @p store if it is called.
196 @param flags Flags describing desired properties of this save. These
197 flags may be used to determine the most appropriate values to store.
198 @param features Extensible parameter for passing any additional
199 features to be used for this save.
201 The plugin is expected to store everything necessary to completely
202 restore its state later. Plugins SHOULD store simple POD data whenever
203 possible, and consider the possibility of state being restored much
204 later on a different machine.
206 The @p handle pointer and @p store function MUST NOT be used
207 beyond the scope of save().
209 This function has its own special threading class: it may not be called
210 concurrently with any "Instantiation" function, but it may be called
211 concurrently with functions in any other class, unless the definition of
212 that class prohibits it (e.g. it may not be called concurrently with a
213 "Discovery" function, but it may be called concurrently with an "Audio"
214 function. The plugin is responsible for any locking or lock-free
215 techniques necessary to make this possible.
217 Note that in the simple case where state is only modified by restore(),
218 there are no synchronization issues since save() is never called
219 concurrently with restore() (though run() may read it during a save).
221 Plugins that dynamically modify state while running, however, must take
222 care to do so in such a way that a concurrent call to save() will save a
223 consistent representation of plugin state for a single instant in time.
225 LV2_State_Status (*save
)(LV2_Handle instance
,
226 LV2_State_Store_Function store
,
227 LV2_State_Handle handle
,
229 const LV2_Feature
*const * features
);
232 Restore plugin state using a host-provided @p retrieve callback.
234 @param instance The instance handle of the plugin.
235 @param retrieve The host-provided retrieve callback.
236 @param handle An opaque pointer to host data which MUST be passed as the
237 handle parameter to @p retrieve if it is called.
238 @param flags Currently unused.
239 @param features Extensible parameter for passing any additional
240 features to be used for this restore.
242 The plugin MAY assume a restored value was set by a previous call to
243 LV2_State_Interface.save() by a plugin with the same URI.
245 The plugin MUST gracefully fall back to a default value when a value can
246 not be retrieved. This allows the host to reset the plugin state with
249 The @p handle pointer and @p store function MUST NOT be used
250 beyond the scope of restore().
252 This function is in the "Instantiation" threading class as defined by
253 LV2. This means it MUST NOT be called concurrently with any other
254 function on the same plugin instance.
256 LV2_State_Status (*restore
)(LV2_Handle instance
,
257 LV2_State_Retrieve_Function retrieve
,
258 LV2_State_Handle handle
,
260 const LV2_Feature
*const * features
);
261 } LV2_State_Interface
;
264 Feature data for state:mapPath (LV2_STATE__mapPath).
270 LV2_State_Map_Path_Handle handle
;
273 Map an absolute path to an abstract path for use in plugin state.
274 @param handle MUST be the @p handle member of this struct.
275 @param absolute_path The absolute path of a file.
276 @return An abstract path suitable for use in plugin state.
278 The plugin MUST use this function to map any paths that will be stored
279 in plugin state. The returned value is an abstract path which MAY not
280 be an actual file system path; @ref absolute_path() MUST be used to map
281 it to an actual path in order to use the file.
283 Plugins MUST NOT make any assumptions about abstract paths except that
284 they can be mapped back to the absolute path of the "same" file (though
285 not necessarily the same original path) using @ref absolute_path().
287 This function may only be called within the context of
288 LV2_State_Interface methods. The caller is responsible for freeing the
289 returned value with free().
291 char* (*abstract_path
)(LV2_State_Map_Path_Handle handle
,
292 const char* absolute_path
);
295 Map an abstract path from plugin state to an absolute path.
296 @param handle MUST be the @p handle member of this struct.
297 @param abstract_path An abstract path (e.g. a path from plugin state).
298 @return An absolute file system path.
300 The plugin MUST use this function in order to actually open or otherwise
301 use any paths loaded from plugin state.
303 This function may only be called within the context of
304 LV2_State_Interface methods. The caller is responsible for freeing the
305 returned value with free().
307 char* (*absolute_path
)(LV2_State_Map_Path_Handle handle
,
308 const char* abstract_path
);
309 } LV2_State_Map_Path
;
312 Feature data for state:makePath (@ref LV2_STATE__makePath).
318 LV2_State_Make_Path_Handle handle
;
321 Return a path the plugin may use to create a new file.
322 @param handle MUST be the @p handle member of this struct.
323 @param path The path of the new file within a namespace unique to this
325 @return The absolute path to use for the new file.
327 This function can be used by plugins to create files and directories,
328 either at state saving time (if this feature is passed to
329 LV2_State_Interface.save()) or any time (if this feature is passed to
330 LV2_Descriptor.instantiate()).
332 The host MUST do whatever is necessary for the plugin to be able to
333 create a file at the returned path (e.g. using fopen), including
334 creating any leading directories.
336 If this function is passed to LV2_Descriptor.instantiate(), it may be
337 called from any non-realtime context. If it is passed to
338 LV2_State_Interface.save(), it may only be called within the dynamic
339 scope of that function call.
341 The caller is responsible for freeing the returned value with free().
343 char* (*path
)(LV2_State_Make_Path_Handle handle
,
345 } LV2_State_Make_Path
;
351 #endif /* LV2_STATE_H */