/***************************************************************************** * vlc_stream_extractor.h ***************************************************************************** * Copyright (C) 2016 VLC authors and VideoLAN * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA. *****************************************************************************/ #ifndef VLC_STREAM_EXTRACTOR_H #define VLC_STREAM_EXTRACTOR_H #ifdef __cplusplus extern "C" { #endif /** * \defgroup stream_extractor Stream Extractor * \ingroup input * * If a stream can be viewed as a directory, such as when opening a * compressed archive, a \em stream-extractor is used to get access to * the entities inside said stream. * * A \em stream-extractor can do one of two things; * * - lists the logical entries within a stream: * - type = \ref stream_directory_t * - capability = "stream_directory" * * - extract data associated with one specific entry within a stream: * - type = \ref stream_extractor_t * - capability = "stream_extractor" * * @{ * **/ typedef struct stream_extractor_t { VLC_COMMON_MEMBERS /** * \name Callbacks for entity extraction * * The following members shall be populated as specified by the * documentation associated with \ref stream_t for the equivalent name. * * @{ **/ ssize_t (*pf_read)(struct stream_extractor_t*, void* buf, size_t len); block_t* (*pf_block)(struct stream_extractor_t*, bool* eof); int (*pf_seek)(struct stream_extractor_t*, uint64_t); int (*pf_control)(struct stream_extractor_t*, int request, va_list args); /** @} */ char const* identifier; /**< the name of the entity to be extracted */ stream_t* source; /**< the source stream to be consumed */ void* p_sys; /**< private opaque handle to be used by the module */ } stream_extractor_t; typedef struct stream_directory_t { VLC_COMMON_MEMBERS /** * \name Callbacks for stream directories * * The following members shall be populated as specified by the * documentation associated with \ref stream_t for the equivalent name. * * @{ **/ int (*pf_readdir)(struct stream_directory_t*, input_item_node_t* ); /** @} */ stream_t* source; /**< the source stream to be consumed */ void* p_sys; /**< private opaque handle to be used by the module */ } stream_directory_t; /** * Create a stream for the data referred to by a \ref mrl * * This function will create a \ref stream that reads from the specified \ref * mrl, potentially making use of \ref stream_extractor%s to access named * entities within the data read from the original source. * * - See the \ref mrl specification for further information. * - The returned resource shall be deleted through \ref vlc_stream_Delete. * * \warning This function is only to be used when \ref mrl functionality is * explicitly needed. \ref vlc_stream_NewURL shall be used where * applicable. * * \param obj the owner of the requested stream * \param mrl the mrl for which the stream_t should be created * \return `NULL` on error, a pointer to \ref stream_t on success. **/ VLC_API stream_t * vlc_stream_NewMRL(vlc_object_t *obj, const char *mrl) VLC_USED; #define vlc_stream_NewMRL(a, b) vlc_stream_NewMRL(VLC_OBJECT(a), b) /** * Create a relative MRL for the associated entity * * This function shall be used by stream_directory_t's in order to * generate an MRL that refers to an entity within the stream. Normally * this function will only be invoked within `pf_readdir` in order to * get the virtual path of the listed items. * * \warning the returned value is to be freed by the caller * * \param extractor the stream_directory_t for which the entity belongs * \param subentry the name of the entity in question * * \return a pointer to the resulting MRL on success, NULL on failure **/ VLC_API char* vlc_stream_extractor_CreateMRL( stream_directory_t*, char const* subentry ); /** * \name Attach a stream-extractor to the passed stream * * These functions are used to attach a stream extractor to an already existing * stream. As hinted by their names, \ref vlc_stream_extractor_Attach will * attach an \em entity-extractor, whereas \ref vlc_stream_directory_Attach * will attach a \em stream-directory. * * \param[out] stream a pointer-to-pointer to stream, `*stream` will * refer to the attached stream on success, and left * untouched on failure. * \param identifier (if present) NULL or a c-style string referring to the * desired entity * \param module_name NULL or an explicit stream-extractor module name * * \return VLC_SUCCESS if a stream-extractor was successfully * attached, an error-code on failure. * * @{ **/ VLC_API int vlc_stream_extractor_Attach( stream_t** source, char const* identifier, char const* module_name ); VLC_API int vlc_stream_directory_Attach( stream_t** source, char const* module_name ); /** * @} */ /** * @} */ #ifdef __cplusplus } /* extern "C" */ #endif #endif /* include-guard */