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1 /* GIO - GLib Input, Output and Streaming Library
2 *
3 * Copyright (C) 2006-2007 Red Hat, Inc.
5 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
7 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
8 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
10 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
15 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General
16 * Public License along with this library; if not, write to the
17 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
18 * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
20 * Author: Alexander Larsson <alexl@redhat.com>
23 #if !defined (__GIO_GIO_H_INSIDE__) && !defined (GIO_COMPILATION)
24 #error "Only <gio/gio.h> can be included directly."
25 #endif
27 #ifndef __G_IO_MODULE_H__
28 #define __G_IO_MODULE_H__
30 #include <gio/giotypes.h>
31 #include <gmodule.h>
33 G_BEGIN_DECLS
35 #define G_IO_TYPE_MODULE (g_io_module_get_type ())
36 #define G_IO_MODULE(o) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((o), G_IO_TYPE_MODULE, GIOModule))
37 #define G_IO_MODULE_CLASS(k) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST((k), G_IO_TYPE_MODULE, GIOModuleClass))
38 #define G_IO_IS_MODULE(o) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((o), G_IO_TYPE_MODULE))
39 #define G_IO_IS_MODULE_CLASS(k) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((k), G_IO_TYPE_MODULE))
40 #define G_IO_MODULE_GET_CLASS(o) (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((o), G_IO_TYPE_MODULE, GIOModuleClass))
42 /**
43 * GIOModule:
45 * Opaque module base class for extending GIO.
46 **/
47 typedef struct _GIOModuleClass GIOModuleClass;
49 GType g_io_module_get_type (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
50 GIOModule *g_io_module_new (const gchar *filename);
52 GList *g_io_modules_load_all_in_directory (const char *dirname);
54 GIOExtensionPoint *g_io_extension_point_register (const char *name);
55 GIOExtensionPoint *g_io_extension_point_lookup (const char *name);
56 void g_io_extension_point_set_required_type (GIOExtensionPoint *extension_point,
57 GType type);
58 GType g_io_extension_point_get_required_type (GIOExtensionPoint *extension_point);
59 GList *g_io_extension_point_get_extensions (GIOExtensionPoint *extension_point);
60 GIOExtension * g_io_extension_point_get_extension_by_name (GIOExtensionPoint *extension_point,
61 const char *name);
62 GIOExtension * g_io_extension_point_implement (const char *extension_point_name,
63 GType type,
64 const char *extension_name,
65 gint priority);
67 GType g_io_extension_get_type (GIOExtension *extension);
68 const char * g_io_extension_get_name (GIOExtension *extension);
69 gint g_io_extension_get_priority (GIOExtension *extension);
70 GTypeClass* g_io_extension_ref_class (GIOExtension *extension);
72 /* API for the modules to implement */
73 /**
74 * g_io_module_load:
75 * @module: a #GIOModule.
77 * Required API for GIO modules to implement.
78 * This function is ran after the module has been loaded into GIO,
79 * to initialize the module.
80 **/
81 void g_io_module_load (GIOModule *module);
83 /**
84 * g_io_module_unload:
85 * @module: a #GIOModule.
87 * Required API for GIO modules to implement.
88 * This function is ran when the module is being unloaded from GIO,
89 * to finalize the module.
90 **/
91 void g_io_module_unload (GIOModule *module);
93 G_END_DECLS
95 #endif /* __G_IO_MODULE_H__ */