libindi-dev 0.9.7-0ubuntu4 / usr / include / libindi / indidriver.h

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    INDI
    Copyright (C) 2003-2006 Elwood C. Downey

                        Updated by Jasem Mutlaq (2003-2010)

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#ifndef INDIDRIVER_H
#define INDIDRIVER_H

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/* insure RO properties are never modified. RO Sanity Check */
typedef struct
{
 char propName[MAXINDINAME];
 IPerm perm;
} ROSC;

extern ROSC *roCheck;
extern int nroCheck;			/* # of elements in roCheck */
extern int verbose;			/* chatty */
extern char *me;				/* a.out name */
extern LilXML *clixml;			/* XML parser context */

extern int dispatch (XMLEle *root, char msg[]);
extern void clientMsgCB(int fd, void *arg);

/**
 * \defgroup configFunctions Configuration Functions: Functions drivers call to save and load configuraion options.

<p>Drivers can save properties states and values in an XML configuration file. The following functions take an optional filename
parameter which specifies the full path of the configuration file. If the filename is set to NULL, the configuration file
is locally stored in ~/.indi. By default, two configuration files may exist for each driver:</p>
<ul>
<li>Last Saved Configuration: ~/.indi/driver_name_config.xml</li>
<li>Default Configuration: ~/.indi/driver_name_config.xml.default</li>
</ul>

<p>libindi stores the configuration parameters enclosed in newXXX commands. Therefore, if a configuration file is loaded,
the driver property gets updated as if a client is setting these values. This is important to note since some configuration
options may only available when the device is powered up or is in a particular state.</p>

<p>If no filename is supplied, each function will try to create the configuration files in the following order:</p>
<ol>
<li>INDICONFIG environment variable: The functions checks if the envrionment variable is defined, and if so, it shall
be used as the configuration filename</li>
<li>Generate filename: If the <i>device_name</i> is supplied, the function will attempt to set the configuration filename to ~/.indi/device_name_config.xml</li>
</ol>
\author Jasem Mutlaq
\note Drivers subclassing INDI::DefaultDevice do not need to call the configuration functions directly as it is handled internally by the class.
\version libindi 0.7+
*/


/*@{*/

/** \brief Open a configuration file for writing and return a configuration file FILE pointer.
    \param filename full path of the configuration file. If set, the function will attempt to open it for writing.
           If set to NULL, it will attempt to generate the filename as described in the <b>Detailed Description</b> introduction and then open it for writing.
    \param dev device name. This is used if the filename parameter is NULL, and INDICONFIG environment variable is not set as described in the <b>Detailed Description</b> introduction.
    \param errmsg In case of errors, store the error message in this buffer. The size of the buffer must be at least MAXRBUF.
    \return pointer to FILE if configuration file is opened successful, otherwise NULL and errmsg is set.
*/
extern FILE * IUGetConfigFP(const char *filename, const char *dev, char errmsg[]);

/** \brief Loads and processes a configuration file.

  Once a configuration file is successful loaded, the function will iterate over the enclosed newXXX commands, and dispatches
  each command to the driver. Subsequently, the driver receives the updated property value in the driver's ISNewXXX functions.
  The driver may call this function at any time. However, it is usually called either on driver startup or on device power up.

    \param filename full path of the configuration file. If set, the function will attempt to load the file.
           If set to NULL, it will attempt to generate the filename as described in the <b>Detailed Description</b> introduction and then load it.
    \param dev device name. This is used if the filename parameter is NULL, and INDICONFIG environment variable is not set as described in the <b>Detailed Description</b> introduction.
    \param errmsg In case of errors, store the error message in this buffer. The size of the buffer must be at least MAXRBUF.
    \return 0 on successful, -1 if there is an error and errmsg is set.
*/
extern int IUReadConfig(const char *filename, const char *dev, char errmsg[]);

/** \brief Copies an existing configuration file into a default configuration file.

  If no <i>default</i> configuration file for the supplied <i>dev</i> exists, it gets created and its contentes copied from an exiting source configuration file.
  Usually, when the user saves the configuration file of a driver for the first time, IUSaveDefaultConfig is called to create the default
  configuration file. If the default configuration file already exists, the function performs no action and returns.
    \param source_config full path of the source configuration file to read. If set, the function will attempt to load the file.
           If set to NULL, it will attempt to generate the filename as described in the <b>Detailed Description</b> introduction and then load it.
    \param dest_config full path of the destination default configuration file to write. If set, the function will attempt to load the file.
           If set to NULL, it will attempt to generate the filename as described in the <b>Detailed Description</b> introduction and then load it.
           If the file already exists, the function returns. If the file doesn't exist, it gets created and its contents copied from the source_config file.
    \param dev device name. This is used if either the source_config or desg_config are NULL, and INDICONFIG environment variable is not set as described in the <b>Detailed Description</b> introduction.
*/
extern void IUSaveDefaultConfig(const char *source_config, const char *dest_config, const char *dev);

/** \brief Add opening or closing tag to a configuration file.

  A configuration file root XML element is @<INDIDriver>@. This functions add @<INDIDriver>@ or @</INDIDriver>@ as required.
    \param fp file pointer to a configuration file.
    \param ctag If 0, @<INDIDriver>@ is appened to the configuration file, otherwise @</INDIDriver>@ is appeneded and the <i>fp</i> is closed.
*/
extern void IUSaveConfigTag(FILE *fp, int ctag);

/** \brief Add a number vector property value to the configuration file
    \param fp file pointer to a configuration file.
    \param nvp pointer to a number vector property.
*/
extern void IUSaveConfigNumber (FILE *fp, const INumberVectorProperty *nvp);

/** \brief Add a text vector property value to the configuration file
    \param fp file pointer to a configuration file.
    \param tvp pointer to a text vector property.
*/
extern void IUSaveConfigText (FILE *fp, const ITextVectorProperty *tvp);

/** \brief Add a switch vector property value to the configuration file
    \param fp file pointer to a configuration file.
    \param svp pointer to a switch vector property.
*/
extern void IUSaveConfigSwitch (FILE *fp, const ISwitchVectorProperty *svp);

/** \brief Add a BLOB vector property value to the configuration file
    \param fp file pointer to a configuration file.
    \param bvp pointer to a BLOB vector property.
    \note If the BLOB size is large, this function will block until the BLOB contents are written to the file.
*/
extern void IUSaveConfigBLOB (FILE *fp, const IBLOBVectorProperty *bvp);

/*@}*/

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
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