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9<book id="ICElib">
10
11<bookinfo>
12   <title>Inter-Client Exchange Library</title>
13   <subtitle>X Consortium Standard</subtitle>
14   <releaseinfo>X Version 11, Release &fullrelvers;</releaseinfo>
15   <releaseinfo>Version 1.0</releaseinfo>
16   <authorgroup>
17     <author>
18       <firstname>Ralph</firstname><surname>Mor</surname>
19       <affiliation><orgname>X Consortium</orgname></affiliation>
20     </author>
21   </authorgroup>
22   <copyright>
23     <year>1993</year><year>1994</year><year>1996</year>
24     <holder>X Consortium</holder>
25   </copyright>
26
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58</bookinfo>
59
60<chapter id='Overview_of_ICE'>
61<title>Overview of ICE</title>
62
63<para>
64There are numerous possible inter-client protocols, with many similarities
65and common needs - authentication, version negotiation, byte
66order negotiation, and so on.
67The Inter-Client Exchange (ICE) protocol is intended to provide a framework
68for building such protocols, allowing them to make use of common negotiation
69mechanisms and to be multiplexed over a single transport connection.
70</para>
71</chapter>
72
73<chapter id='The_ICE_Library___C_Language_Interface_to_ICE'>
74<title>The ICE Library - C Language Interface to ICE</title>
75
76<para>
77A client that wishes to utilize ICE must first register the protocols it
78understands with the ICE library.  Each protocol is dynamically assigned
79a major opcode ranging from 1-255 (two clients can use different
80major opcodes for the same protocol).  The next step for the client is either
81to open a connection with another client or to wait for connections made
82by other clients.  Authentication may be required.  A client can both
83initiate connections with other clients and be
84waiting for clients to connect to itself (a nested session manager is an
85example).  Once an ICE connection is established between the two clients, one
86of the clients needs to initiate a
87<function>ProtocolSetup</function>
88in order to
89"activate" a given protocol.  Once the other client accepts the
90<function>ProtocolSetup</function>
91(once again, authentication may be required), the
92two clients are ready to start passing messages specific to that protocol to
93each other.  Multiple protocols may be active on a single ICE connection.
94Clients are responsible for notifying the ICE library when a protocol is no
95longer active on an ICE connection, although ICE does not define how each
96subprotocol triggers a protocol shutdown.
97</para>
98
99<para>
100The ICE library utilizes callbacks to process incoming messages.  Using
101callbacks allows
102<function>ProtocolSetup</function>
103messages and authentication to happen
104behind the scenes.  An additional benefit is that messages never need
105to be buffered up by the library when the client blocks waiting for a
106particular message.
107</para>
108</chapter>
109
110<chapter id='Intended_Audience'>
111<title>Intended Audience</title>
112
113<para>This document is intended primarily for implementors of protocol libraries
114layered on top of ICE.  Typically, applications that wish to utilize ICE
115will make calls into individual protocol libraries rather than directly
116make calls into the ICE library.  However, some applications will have to
117make some initial calls into the ICE library in order to accept ICE
118connections (for example, a session manager accepting connections from
119clients).  But in general, protocol libraries should be designed to hide
120the inner details of ICE from applications.</para>
121</chapter>
122
123<chapter id='Header_Files_and_Library_Name'>
124<title>Header Files and Library Name</title>
125
126
127<para>The header file
128&lt;<symbol role='Pn'>X11/ICE/ICElib.h</symbol>&gt;
129defines all of the ICElib data structures and function prototypes.
130<function>ICElib.h</function>
131includes the header file
132&lt;<symbol role='Pn'>X11/ICE/ICE.h</symbol>&gt;,
133which defines all of the ICElib constants.
134Protocol libraries that need to read and write messages should include
135the header file
136&lt;<symbol role='Pn'>X11/ICE/ICEmsg.h</symbol>&gt;.</para>
137
138<para>Applications should link against ICElib using -lICE.</para>
139</chapter>
140
141<chapter id='Note_on_Prefixes'>
142<title>Note on Prefixes</title>
143
144
145<para>The following name prefixes are used in the library to distinguish between
146a client that initiates a
147<function>ProtocolSetup</function>
148and a client that
149responds with a
150<function>ProtocolReply</function></para>
151
152<itemizedlist>
153  <listitem>
154<para><function>IcePo</function>
155- Ice Protocol Originator</para>
156  </listitem>
157  <listitem>
158<para><function>IcePa</function>
159- Ice Protocol Acceptor</para>
160  </listitem>
161</itemizedlist>
162</chapter>
163
164<chapter id='Protocol_Registration'>
165<title>Protocol Registration</title>
166
167<para>
168In order for two clients to exchange messages for a given protocol, each
169side must register the protocol with the ICE library.  The purpose of
170registration is for each side to obtain a major opcode for the protocol
171and to provide callbacks for processing messages and handling authentication.
172There are two separate registration functions:
173</para>
174
175<itemizedlist>
176  <listitem>
177    <para>
178One to handle the side that does a
179<function>ProtocolSetup</function>
180    </para>
181  </listitem>
182  <listitem>
183    <para>
184One to handle the side that responds with a
185<function>ProtocolReply</function>
186    </para>
187  </listitem>
188</itemizedlist>
189
190<para>
191It is recommended that protocol registration occur before the two clients
192establish an ICE connection.  If protocol registration occurs after an
193ICE connection is created, there can be a brief interval of time in which a
194<function>ProtocolSetup</function>
195is received, but the protocol is not registered.
196If it is not possible to register a protocol before the creation of an
197ICE connection, proper precautions should be taken to avoid the above race
198condition.
199</para>
200
201
202<para>
203The <xref linkend='IceRegisterForProtocolSetup' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
204function should be called for the client that initiates a
205<function>ProtocolSetup</function>
206</para>
207
208<funcsynopsis id='IceRegisterForProtocolSetup'>
209<funcprototype>
210  <funcdef>int <function>IceRegisterForProtocolSetup</function></funcdef>
211    <paramdef>const char<parameter> *protocol_name</parameter></paramdef>
212    <paramdef>const char<parameter> *vendor</parameter></paramdef>
213    <paramdef>const char<parameter> *release</parameter></paramdef>
214    <paramdef>int<parameter> version_count</parameter></paramdef>
215    <paramdef>IcePoVersionRec<parameter> *version_recs</parameter></paramdef>
216    <paramdef>int<parameter> auth_count</parameter></paramdef>
217    <paramdef>char<parameter> **auth_names</parameter></paramdef>
218    <paramdef>IcePoAuthProc<parameter> *auth_procs</parameter></paramdef>
219    <paramdef>IceIOErrorProc<parameter> io_error_proc</parameter></paramdef>
220</funcprototype>
221</funcsynopsis>
222
223
224<variablelist remap='IP'>
225  <varlistentry>
226    <term><emphasis remap='I'>protocol_name</emphasis></term>
227    <listitem>
228      <para>
229A string specifying the name of the protocol to register.
230      </para>
231    </listitem>
232  </varlistentry>
233  <varlistentry>
234    <term><emphasis remap='I'>vendor</emphasis></term>
235    <listitem>
236      <para>A vendor string with semantics specified by the protocol.</para>
237    </listitem>
238  </varlistentry>
239  <varlistentry>
240    <term><emphasis remap='I'>release</emphasis></term>
241    <listitem>
242      <para>A release string with semantics specified by the protocol.</para>
243    </listitem>
244  </varlistentry>
245  <varlistentry>
246    <term><emphasis remap='I'>version_count</emphasis></term>
247    <listitem>
248      <para>The number of different versions of the protocol supported.</para>
249    </listitem>
250  </varlistentry>
251  <varlistentry>
252    <term><emphasis remap='I'>version_recs</emphasis></term>
253    <listitem>
254      <para>List of versions and associated callbacks.</para>
255    </listitem>
256  </varlistentry>
257  <varlistentry>
258    <term><emphasis remap='I'>auth_count</emphasis></term>
259    <listitem>
260      <para>The number of authentication methods supported.</para>
261    </listitem>
262  </varlistentry>
263  <varlistentry>
264    <term><emphasis remap='I'>auth_names</emphasis></term>
265    <listitem>
266      <para>The list of authentication methods supported.</para>
267  </listitem>
268  </varlistentry>
269  <varlistentry>
270    <term><emphasis remap='I'>auth_procs</emphasis></term>
271    <listitem>
272      <para>
273The list of authentication callbacks, one for each authentication method.
274      </para>
275    </listitem>
276  </varlistentry>
277  <varlistentry>
278    <term><emphasis remap='I'>io_error_proc</emphasis></term>
279    <listitem>
280      <para>IO error handler, or NULL.</para>
281    </listitem>
282  </varlistentry>
283</variablelist>
284
285
286<para>
287<xref linkend='IceRegisterForProtocolSetup' xrefstyle='select: title'/> returns the major
288opcode reserved or -1 if an error occurred.  In order to actually activate
289the protocol, the <xref linkend='IceProtocolSetup' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
290function needs to be called with this major opcode.  Once the protocol is
291activated, all messages for the protocol should be sent using this major
292opcode.
293</para>
294
295<para>
296A protocol library may support multiple versions of the same protocol.
297The version_recs argument specifies a list of supported versions of the
298protocol, which are prioritized in decreasing order of preference.
299Each version record consists of a major and minor version of the protocol
300as well as a callback to be used for processing incoming messages.
301</para>
302
303
304<literallayout remap='Ds'>
305typedef struct {
306	int major_version;
307	int minor_version;
308	IcePoProcessMsgProc process_msg_proc;
309} IcePoVersionRec;
310</literallayout>
311
312<para>The
313<function>IcePoProcessMsgProc</function>
314callback is responsible for processing the set of messages that can be
315received by the client that initiated the
316<function>ProtocolSetup</function>
317For further information,
318see
319<xref linkend='Callbacks_for_Processing_Messages' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
320</para>
321
322<para>Authentication may be required before the protocol can become active.
323The protocol library must register the authentication methods that it
324supports with the ICE library.
325The auth_names and auth_procs arguments are a list of authentication names
326and callbacks that are  prioritized in decreasing order of preference.
327For information on the
328<function>IcePoAuthProc</function>
329callback, see
330<xref linkend='Authentication_Methods' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
331</para>
332
333<para>The
334<xref linkend='IceIOErrorProc' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
335callback is invoked if the ICE connection unexpectedly breaks.
336You should pass NULL for io_error_proc if not interested in being notified.
337For further information,
338<xref linkend='Error_Handling' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
339</para>
340
341
342<para>The
343<xref linkend='IceRegisterForProtocolReply' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
344function should be called for the client that responds to a
345<function>ProtocolSetup</function>
346with a
347<function>ProtocolReply</function></para>
348
349
350<funcsynopsis id='IceRegisterForProtocolReply'>
351<funcprototype>
352  <funcdef>Bool <function>IceRegisterForProtocolReply</function></funcdef>
353    <paramdef>const char<parameter> *protocol_name</parameter></paramdef>
354    <paramdef>const char<parameter> *vendor</parameter></paramdef>
355    <paramdef>const char<parameter> *release</parameter></paramdef>
356    <paramdef>int<parameter> version_count</parameter></paramdef>
357    <paramdef>IcePoVersionRec<parameter> *version_recs</parameter></paramdef>
358    <paramdef>int<parameter> auth_count</parameter></paramdef>
359    <paramdef>const char<parameter> **auth_names</parameter></paramdef>
360    <paramdef>IcePoAuthProc<parameter> *auth_procs</parameter></paramdef>
361    <paramdef>IceHostBasedAuthProc<parameter> host_based_auth_proc</parameter></paramdef>
362    <paramdef>IceProtocolSetupProc<parameter> protocol_setup_proc</parameter></paramdef>
363    <paramdef>IceProtocolActivateProc<parameter> protocol_activate_proc</parameter></paramdef>
364    <paramdef>IceIOErrorProc<parameter> io_error_proc</parameter></paramdef>
365</funcprototype>
366</funcsynopsis>
367
368<variablelist remap='IP'>
369  <varlistentry>
370    <term><emphasis remap='I'>protocol_name</emphasis></term>
371    <listitem><para>A string specifying the name of the protocol to register.</para></listitem>
372  </varlistentry>
373  <varlistentry>
374  <term><emphasis remap='I'>vendor</emphasis></term>
375  <listitem>
376<para>A vendor string with semantics specified by the protocol.</para>
377  </listitem>
378  </varlistentry>
379  <varlistentry>
380  <term><emphasis remap='I'>release</emphasis></term>
381  <listitem>
382<para>A release string with semantics specified by the protocol.</para>
383  </listitem>
384  </varlistentry>
385  <varlistentry>
386  <term><emphasis remap='I'>version_count</emphasis></term>
387  <listitem>
388<para>The number of different versions of the protocol supported.</para>
389  </listitem>
390  </varlistentry>
391  <varlistentry>
392  <term><emphasis remap='I'>version_recs</emphasis></term>
393  <listitem>
394<para>List of versions and associated callbacks.</para>
395  </listitem>
396  </varlistentry>
397  <varlistentry>
398  <term><emphasis remap='I'>auth_count</emphasis></term>
399  <listitem>
400<para>The number of authentication methods supported.</para>
401  </listitem>
402  </varlistentry>
403  <varlistentry>
404  <term><emphasis remap='I'>auth_names</emphasis></term>
405  <listitem>
406<para>The list of authentication methods supported.</para>
407  </listitem>
408  </varlistentry>
409  <varlistentry>
410  <term><emphasis remap='I'>auth_procs</emphasis></term>
411  <listitem>
412<para>The list of authentication callbacks, one for each authentication method.</para>
413  </listitem>
414  </varlistentry>
415  <varlistentry>
416  <term><emphasis remap='I'>host_based_auth_proc</emphasis></term>
417  <listitem>
418<para>Host based authentication callback.</para>
419  </listitem>
420  </varlistentry>
421  <varlistentry>
422  <term><emphasis remap='I'>protocol_setup_proc</emphasis></term>
423  <listitem>
424<para>A callback to be invoked when authentication has succeeded for a
425<function>ProtocolSetup</function>
426but before the
427<function>ProtocolReply</function>
428is sent.</para>
429  </listitem>
430  </varlistentry>
431  <varlistentry>
432  <term><emphasis remap='I'>protocol_activate_proc</emphasis></term>
433  <listitem>
434<para>A callback to be invoked after the
435<function>ProtocolReply</function>
436is sent.</para>
437  </listitem>
438  </varlistentry>
439  <varlistentry>
440  <term><emphasis remap='I'>io_error_proc</emphasis></term>
441  <listitem>
442<para>IO error handler, or NULL.</para>
443  </listitem>
444  </varlistentry>
445</variablelist>
446
447
448<para><xref linkend='IceRegisterForProtocolReply' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
449returns the major opcode reserved or -1 if an error occurred.  The major
450opcode should be used in all subsequent messages sent for this protocol.</para>
451
452<para>A protocol library may support multiple versions of the same protocol.
453The version_recs argument specifies a list of supported versions of the protocol,
454which are prioritized in decreasing order of preference.
455Each version record consists of a major and minor version of the protocol
456as well as a callback to be used for processing incoming messages.</para>
457
458
459<literallayout remap='Ds'>
460typedef struct {
461	int major_version;
462	int minor_version;
463	IcePaProcessMsgProc process_msg_proc;
464} IcePaVersionRec;
465</literallayout>
466
467
468<para>The
469<xref linkend='IcePaProcessMsgProc' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
470callback is responsible for processing the set of messages that can be
471received by the client that accepted the
472<function>ProtocolSetup</function>
473For further information,
474see
475<xref linkend='Callbacks_for_Processing_Messages' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
476</para>
477
478<para>Authentication may be required before the protocol can become active.
479The protocol library must register the authentication methods that it
480supports with the ICE library.
481The auth_names and auth_procs arguments are a list of authentication names
482and callbacks that are prioritized in decreasing order of preference.
483For information on the
484<function>IcePaAuthProc</function>,
485See
486<xref linkend='Authentication_Methods' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
487
488</para>
489
490<para>If authentication fails and the client attempting to initiate
491the
492<function>ProtocolSetup</function>
493has not required authentication, the
494<function>IceHostBasedAuthProc</function>
495callback is invoked with the host name of the originating client.
496If the callback returns
497<function>True</function>
498the
499<function>ProtocolSetup</function>
500will succeed, even though the original
501authentication failed.
502Note that authentication can effectively be disabled by registering an
503<function>IceHostBasedAuthProc</function>
504which always returns
505<function>True</function>
506If no host based
507authentication is allowed, you should pass NULL for host_based_auth_proc.</para>
508
509<funcsynopsis>
510<funcprototype>
511  <funcdef>Bool <function>HostBasedAuthProc</function></funcdef>
512    <paramdef>char<parameter> *host_name</parameter></paramdef>
513</funcprototype>
514</funcsynopsis>
515
516<variablelist remap='IP'>
517  <varlistentry>
518    <term><emphasis remap='I'>protocol_name</emphasis></term>
519    <listitem><para>The host name of the client that sent the <function>ProtocolSetup</function></para></listitem>
520  </varlistentry>
521</variablelist>
522
523
524<para>The host_name argument is a string of the form <emphasis remap='I'>protocol</emphasis>/<emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis>,
525where <emphasis remap='I'>protocol</emphasis> is one of {tcp, decnet, local}.</para>
526
527<para>Because
528<function>ProtocolSetup</function>
529messages and authentication happen behind the scenes
530via callbacks, the protocol library needs some way of being notified when the
531<function>ProtocolSetup</function>
532has completed.
533This occurs in two phases.
534In the first phase, the
535<function>IceProtocolSetupProc</function>
536callback is invoked after authentication has
537successfully completed but before the ICE library sends a
538<function>ProtocolReply</function>
539Any resources required for this protocol should be allocated at this time.
540If the
541<function>IceProtocolSetupProc</function>
542returns a successful status, the ICE library will
543send the
544<function>ProtocolReply</function>
545and then invoke the
546<function>IceProtocolActivateProc</function>
547callback.  Otherwise, an error will be sent to the
548other client in response to the
549<function>ProtocolSetup</function></para>
550
551<para>The
552<function>IceProtocolActivateProc</function>
553is an optional callback and should be registered only if the protocol
554library intends to generate a message immediately following the
555<function>ProtocolReply</function>
556You should pass NULL for protocol_activate_proc if not interested
557in this callback.</para>
558
559<funcsynopsis id='ProtocolSetupProc'>
560<funcprototype>
561  <funcdef>Status <function>ProtocolSetupProc</function></funcdef>
562    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
563    <paramdef>int<parameter> major_version</parameter></paramdef>
564    <paramdef>int<parameter> minor_version</parameter></paramdef>
565    <paramdef>char<parameter> *vendor</parameter></paramdef>
566    <paramdef>char<parameter> *release</parameter></paramdef>
567    <paramdef>IcePointer<parameter> *client_data_ret</parameter></paramdef>
568    <paramdef>char<parameter> **failure_reason_ret</parameter></paramdef>
569</funcprototype>
570</funcsynopsis>
571
572<variablelist remap='IP'>
573  <varlistentry>
574    <term><emphasis remap='I'>protocol_name</emphasis></term>
575    <listitem>
576<para>The ICE connection object.</para>
577  </listitem>
578  </varlistentry>
579  <varlistentry>
580  <term><emphasis remap='I'>major_version</emphasis></term>
581  <listitem>
582<para>The major version of the protocol.</para>
583  </listitem>
584  </varlistentry>
585  <varlistentry>
586  <term><emphasis remap='I'>minor_version</emphasis></term>
587  <listitem>
588<para>The minor version of the protocol.</para>
589  </listitem>
590  </varlistentry>
591  <varlistentry>
592  <term><emphasis remap='I'>vendor</emphasis></term>
593  <listitem>
594<para>The vendor string registered by the protocol originator.</para>
595  </listitem>
596  </varlistentry>
597  <varlistentry>
598  <term><emphasis remap='I'>release</emphasis></term>
599  <listitem>
600<para>The release string registered by the protocol originator.</para>
601  </listitem>
602  </varlistentry>
603  <varlistentry>
604  <term><emphasis remap='I'>client_data_ret</emphasis></term>
605  <listitem>
606<para>Client data to be set by callback.</para>
607  </listitem>
608  </varlistentry>
609  <varlistentry>
610  <term><emphasis remap='I'>failure_reason_ret</emphasis></term>
611  <listitem>
612<para>Failure reason returned.</para>
613  </listitem>
614  </varlistentry>
615</variablelist>
616
617<para>The pointer stored in the client_data_ret argument will be passed
618to the
619<xref linkend='IcePaProcessMsgProc' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
620callback whenever a message has arrived for this protocol on the
621ICE connection.</para>
622
623<para>The vendor and release strings should be freed with
624<function>free</function>
625when they are no longer needed.</para>
626
627<para>If a failure occurs, the
628<function>IceProtocolSetupProc</function>
629should return a zero status as well as allocate and return a failure
630reason string in failure_reason_ret.
631The ICE library will be responsible for freeing this memory.</para>
632
633<para>The
634<function>IceProtocolActivateProc</function>
635callback is defined as follows:</para>
636
637<funcsynopsis id='ProtocolActivateProc'>
638<funcprototype>
639  <funcdef>void <function>ProtocolActivateProc</function></funcdef>
640    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
641    <paramdef>IcePointer<parameter> client_data</parameter></paramdef>
642</funcprototype>
643</funcsynopsis>
644
645<variablelist remap='IP'>
646  <varlistentry>
647    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
648    <listitem><para>The ICE connection object.</para></listitem>
649  </varlistentry>
650  <varlistentry>
651    <term><emphasis remap='I'>client_data</emphasis></term>
652    <listitem>
653    <para>
654The client data set in the <function>IceProtocolSetupProc</function> callback.
655    </para>
656    </listitem>
657  </varlistentry>
658</variablelist>
659
660
661<para>The
662<xref linkend='IceIOErrorProc' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
663callback is invoked if the ICE connection unexpectedly breaks.
664You should pass NULL for io_error_proc if not interested in being notified.
665For further information,
666see
667<xref linkend='Error_Handling' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
668</para>
669
670<sect1 id='Callbacks_for_Processing_Messages'>
671<title>Callbacks for Processing Messages</title>
672
673<para>When an application detects that there is new data to read on an ICE
674connection (via
675<function>select</function>
676it calls the
677<xref linkend='IceProcessMessages' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
678function
679<xref linkend='Processing_Messages' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
680
681When
682<xref linkend='IceProcessMessages' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
683reads an ICE message header with a major opcode other than
684zero (reserved for the ICE protocol), it needs to call a function that will
685read the rest of the message, unpack it, and process it accordingly.</para>
686
687<para>If the message arrives at the client that initiated the
688<function>ProtocolSetup</function>
689the
690<function>IcePoProcessMsgProc</function>
691callback is invoked.</para>
692
693<funcsynopsis id='PoProcessMsgProc'>
694<funcprototype>
695  <funcdef>void <function>PoProcessMsgProc</function></funcdef>
696    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
697    <paramdef>IcePointer<parameter> client_data</parameter></paramdef>
698    <paramdef>int<parameter> opcode</parameter></paramdef>
699    <paramdef>unsigned long<parameter> length</parameter></paramdef>
700    <paramdef>Bool<parameter> swap</parameter></paramdef>
701    <paramdef>IceReplyWaitInfo<parameter> *reply_wait</parameter></paramdef>
702    <paramdef>Bool<parameter> *reply_ready_ret</parameter></paramdef>
703</funcprototype>
704</funcsynopsis>
705
706<variablelist remap='IP'>
707  <varlistentry>
708    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
709    <listitem><para>The ICE connection object.</para></listitem>
710  </varlistentry>
711  <varlistentry>
712  <term><emphasis remap='I'>client_data</emphasis></term>
713  <listitem>
714<para>Client data associated with this protocol on the ICE connection.</para>
715  </listitem>
716  </varlistentry>
717  <varlistentry>
718  <term><emphasis remap='I'>opcode</emphasis></term>
719  <listitem>
720<para>The minor opcode of the message.</para>
721  </listitem>
722  </varlistentry>
723  <varlistentry>
724  <term><emphasis remap='I'>length</emphasis></term>
725  <listitem>
726<para>The length (in 8-byte units) of the message beyond the ICE header.</para>
727  </listitem>
728  </varlistentry>
729  <varlistentry>
730  <term><emphasis remap='I'>swap</emphasis></term>
731  <listitem>
732<para>A flag that indicates if byte swapping is necessary.</para>
733  </listitem>
734  </varlistentry>
735  <varlistentry>
736  <term><emphasis remap='I'>reply_wait</emphasis></term>
737  <listitem>
738<para>Indicates if the invoking client is waiting for a reply.</para>
739  </listitem>
740  </varlistentry>
741  <varlistentry>
742  <term><emphasis remap='I'>reply_ready_ret</emphasis></term>
743  <listitem>
744<para>If set to
745<function>True</function>
746a reply is ready.</para>
747  </listitem>
748  </varlistentry>
749</variablelist>
750
751
752<para>If the message arrives at the client that accepted the
753<function>ProtocolSetup</function>
754the
755<xref linkend='IcePaProcessMsgProc' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
756callback is invoked.</para>
757
758
759<funcsynopsis id='IcePaProcessMsgProc'>
760<funcprototype>
761  <funcdef>void <function>IcePaProcessMsgProc</function></funcdef>
762    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
763    <paramdef>IcePointer<parameter> client_data</parameter></paramdef>
764    <paramdef>int<parameter> opcode</parameter></paramdef>
765    <paramdef>unsigned long<parameter> length</parameter></paramdef>
766    <paramdef>Bool<parameter> swap</parameter></paramdef>
767</funcprototype>
768</funcsynopsis>
769
770<variablelist remap='IP'>
771  <varlistentry>
772    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
773    <listitem><para>The ICE connection object.</para></listitem>
774  </varlistentry>
775  <varlistentry>
776  <term><emphasis remap='I'>client_data</emphasis></term>
777  <listitem>
778<para>Client data associated with this protocol on the ICE connection.</para>
779  </listitem>
780  </varlistentry>
781  <varlistentry>
782  <term><emphasis remap='I'>opcode</emphasis></term>
783  <listitem>
784<para>The minor opcode of the message.</para>
785  </listitem>
786  </varlistentry>
787  <varlistentry>
788  <term><emphasis remap='I'>length</emphasis></term>
789  <listitem>
790<para>The length (in 8-byte units) of the message beyond the ICE header.</para>
791  </listitem>
792  </varlistentry>
793  <varlistentry>
794  <term><emphasis remap='I'>swap</emphasis></term>
795  <listitem>
796<para>A flag that indicates if byte swapping is necessary.</para>
797  </listitem>
798  </varlistentry>
799</variablelist>
800
801
802<para>In order to read the message, both of these callbacks should use the
803macros defined for this purpose (see
804<xref linkend='Reading_ICE_Messages' xrefstyle='select: title'/>.).
805Note that byte swapping may be necessary.
806As a convenience, the length field in the ICE header will be swapped by ICElib
807if necessary.</para>
808
809<para>In both of these callbacks, the client_data argument is a pointer to client
810data that was registered at
811<function>ProtocolSetup</function>
812time.
813In the case of
814<function>IcePoProcessMsgProc</function>
815the client data was set in the call to
816<xref linkend='IceProtocolSetup' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
817In the case of
818<xref linkend='IcePaProcessMsgProc' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
819the client data was set in the
820<function>IceProtocolSetupProc</function>
821callback.</para>
822
823<para>The
824<function>IcePoProcessMsgProc</function>
825callback needs to check the reply_wait argument.
826If reply_wait is NULL ,
827the ICE library expects the function to
828pass the message to the client via a callback.
829For example, if this is a Session Management "Save Yourself" message,
830this function should notify the client of the "Save Yourself" via a callback.
831The details of how such a callback would be defined
832are implementation-dependent.</para>
833
834<para>However, if reply_wait is not NULL ,
835then the client is waiting for
836a reply or an error for a message it previously sent.
837The reply_wait is of type
838<function>IceReplyWaitInfo</function></para>
839
840
841<literallayout remap='Ds'>
842typedef struct {
843	unsigned long sequence_of_request;
844	int major_opcode_of_request;
845	int minor_opcode_of_request;
846	IcePointer reply;
847} IceReplyWaitInfo;
848</literallayout>
849
850<para><function>IceReplyWaitInfo</function>
851contains the major/minor opcodes and sequence number of
852the message for which a reply is being awaited.
853It also contains a pointer to the reply message to be filled in
854(the protocol library should cast this
855<function>IcePointer</function>
856to the appropriate reply type).
857In most cases, the reply will have some fixed-size part, and the client waiting
858for the reply will have provided a pointer to a structure to hold
859this fixed-size data.  If there is variable-length data, it would be
860expected that the
861<function>IcePoProcessMsgProc</function>
862callback will have to allocate additional
863memory and store pointer(s) to that memory in the fixed-size
864structure.  If the entire data is variable length (for example., a single
865variable-length string), then the client waiting for the reply would probably
866just pass a pointer to fixed-size space to hold a pointer, and the
867<function>IcePoProcessMsgProc</function>
868callback would allocate the storage and store the pointer.
869It is the responsibility of the client receiving the reply to
870free any memory allocated on its behalf.</para>
871
872<para>If reply_wait is not NULL and
873<function>IcePoProcessMsgProc</function>
874has a reply or error to return in response to this reply_wait
875(that is, no callback was generated), then the reply_ready_ret argument
876should be set to
877<function>True</function>
878Note that an error should only be returned
879if it corresponds to the reply being waited for.  Otherwise, the
880<function>IcePoProcessMsgProc</function>
881should either handle the error internally or invoke an error handler
882for its library.</para>
883
884<para>If reply_wait is NULL,
885then care must be taken not to store any value in reply_ready_ret,
886because this pointer may also be NULL.</para>
887
888<para>The
889<xref linkend='IcePaProcessMsgProc' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
890callback, on the other hand, should always pass
891the message to the client via a callback.  For example, if this is a Session
892Management "Interact Request" message, this function should notify the
893client of the "Interact Request" via a callback.</para>
894
895<para>The reason the
896<xref linkend='IcePaProcessMsgProc' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
897callback does not have a reply_wait, like
898<function>IcePoProcessMsgProc</function>
899does, is because a process that is acting as
900a server should never block for a reply (infinite blocking can
901occur if the connecting client does not act properly, denying access
902to other clients).</para>
903</sect1>
904
905<sect1 id='Authentication_Methods'>
906<title>Authentication Methods</title>
907
908<para>As already stated, a protocol library must register the authentication
909methods that it supports with the ICE library.  For each authentication
910method, there are two callbacks that may be registered:</para>
911<itemizedlist>
912  <listitem>
913    <para>
914One to handle the side that initiates a <function>ProtocolSetup</function>
915    </para>
916  </listitem>
917  <listitem>
918    <para>
919One to handle the side that accepts or rejects this request
920    </para>
921  </listitem>
922</itemizedlist>
923
924<para><function>IcePoAuthProc</function>
925is the callback invoked for the client that initiated the
926<function>ProtocolSetup</function>
927This callback must be able to respond
928to the initial "Authentication Required" message or subsequent
929"Authentication Next Phase" messages sent by the other client.</para>
930
931
932<funcsynopsis id='IcePoAuthStatus'>
933<funcprototype>
934  <funcdef>IcePoAuthStatus <function>IcePoAuthStatus </function></funcdef>
935    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
936    <paramdef>IcePointer<parameter> client_data</parameter></paramdef>
937    <paramdef>int<parameter> opcode</parameter></paramdef>
938</funcprototype>
939</funcsynopsis>
940
941
942<variablelist remap='IP'>
943  <varlistentry>
944    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
945    <listitem><para>The ICE connection object.</para></listitem>
946  </varlistentry>
947  <varlistentry>
948  <term><emphasis remap='I'>auth_state_ptr</emphasis></term>
949  <listitem>
950<para>A pointer to state for use by the authentication callback procedure.</para>
951  </listitem>
952  </varlistentry>
953  <varlistentry>
954  <term><emphasis remap='I'>clean_up</emphasis></term>
955  <listitem>
956<para>If
957<function>True</function>
958authentication is over, and the function
959should clean up any state it was maintaining.  The
960last 6 arguments should be ignored.</para>
961  </listitem>
962  </varlistentry>
963  <varlistentry>
964  <term><emphasis remap='I'>swap</emphasis></term>
965  <listitem>
966<para>If
967<function>True</function>
968the auth_data may have to be byte swapped
969(depending on its contents).</para>
970  </listitem>
971  </varlistentry>
972  <varlistentry>
973  <term><emphasis remap='I'>auth_datalen</emphasis></term>
974  <listitem>
975<para>The length (in bytes) of the authenticator data.</para>
976  </listitem>
977  </varlistentry>
978  <varlistentry>
979  <term><emphasis remap='I'>auth_data</emphasis></term>
980  <listitem>
981<para>The data from the authenticator.</para>
982  </listitem>
983  </varlistentry>
984  <varlistentry>
985  <term><emphasis remap='I'>reply_datalen_ret</emphasis></term>
986  <listitem>
987<para>The length (in bytes) of the reply data returned.</para>
988  </listitem>
989  </varlistentry>
990  <varlistentry>
991  <term><emphasis remap='I'>reply_data_ret</emphasis></term>
992  <listitem>
993<para>The reply data returned.</para>
994  </listitem>
995  </varlistentry>
996  <varlistentry>
997  <term><emphasis remap='I'>error_string_ret</emphasis></term>
998  <listitem>
999<para>If the authentication procedure encounters an error during
1000authentication, it should allocate and return
1001an error string.</para>
1002  </listitem>
1003  </varlistentry>
1004</variablelist>
1005
1006
1007<para>Authentication may require several phases, depending on the authentication
1008method.  As a result, the
1009<function>IcePoAuthProc</function>
1010may be called more than once when authenticating a client, and
1011some state will have to be maintained between each invocation.
1012At the start of each
1013<function>ProtocolSetup</function>
1014*auth_state_ptr is NULL,
1015and the function should initialize its state and set
1016this pointer.  In subsequent invocations of the callback, the pointer
1017should be used to get at any state previously stored by the callback.</para>
1018
1019<para>If needed, the network ID of the client accepting the
1020<function>ProtocolSetup</function>
1021can be obtained by calling the
1022<function>IceConnectionString</function>
1023function.</para>
1024
1025<para>ICElib will be responsible for freeing the reply_data_ret and
1026error_string_ret pointers with
1027<function>free</function></para>
1028
1029<para>The auth_data pointer may point to a volatile block of memory.
1030If the data must be kept beyond this invocation of the callback, be sure
1031to make a copy of it.</para>
1032
1033<para>The
1034<function>IcePoAuthProc</function>
1035should return one of four values:</para>
1036<itemizedlist>
1037  <listitem>
1038<para><function>IcePoAuthHaveReply</function>
1039- a reply is available.</para>
1040  </listitem>
1041  <listitem>
1042<para><function>IcePoAuthRejected</function>
1043- authentication rejected.</para>
1044  </listitem>
1045  <listitem>
1046<para><function>IcePoAuthFailed</function>
1047- authentication failed.</para>
1048  </listitem>
1049  <listitem>
1050<para><function>IcePoAuthDoneCleanup</function>
1051- done cleaning up.</para>
1052  </listitem>
1053</itemizedlist>
1054
1055<para><function>IcePaAuthProc</function>
1056is the callback invoked for the client that received the
1057<function>ProtocolSetup</function></para>
1058
1059<funcsynopsis id='PoAuthStatus'>
1060<funcprototype>
1061  <funcdef>IcePoAuthStatus <function>PoAuthStatus </function></funcdef>
1062    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
1063    <paramdef>IcePointer<parameter> *auth_state_ptr</parameter></paramdef>
1064    <paramdef>Bool<parameter> swap</parameter></paramdef>
1065    <paramdef>int<parameter> auth_datalen</parameter></paramdef>
1066    <paramdef>IcePointer<parameter> auth_data</parameter></paramdef>
1067    <paramdef>int<parameter> *reply_datalen_ret</parameter></paramdef>
1068    <paramdef>IcePointer<parameter> *reply_data_ret</parameter></paramdef>
1069    <paramdef>char<parameter> **error_string_ret</parameter></paramdef>
1070</funcprototype>
1071</funcsynopsis>
1072
1073<variablelist remap='IP'>
1074  <varlistentry>
1075    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
1076    <listitem><para>The ICE connection object.</para></listitem>
1077  </varlistentry>
1078  <varlistentry>
1079    <term><emphasis remap='I'>auth_state_ptr</emphasis></term>
1080    <listitem>
1081<para>A pointer to state for use by the authentication callback procedure.</para>
1082    </listitem>
1083  </varlistentry>
1084  <varlistentry>
1085    <term><emphasis remap='I'>swap</emphasis></term>
1086    <listitem>
1087<para>If
1088<function>True</function>
1089auth_data may have to be byte swapped
1090(depending on its contents).</para>
1091    </listitem>
1092  </varlistentry>
1093  <varlistentry>
1094    <term><emphasis remap='I'>auth_datalen</emphasis></term>
1095    <listitem>
1096<para>The length (in bytes) of the protocol originator authentication data.</para>
1097    </listitem>
1098  </varlistentry>
1099  <varlistentry>
1100    <term><emphasis remap='I'>auth_data</emphasis></term>
1101    <listitem>
1102<para>The authentication data from the protocol originator.</para>
1103    </listitem>
1104  </varlistentry>
1105  <varlistentry>
1106    <term><emphasis remap='I'>reply_datalen_ret</emphasis></term>
1107    <listitem>
1108<para>The length of the authentication data returned.</para>
1109    </listitem>
1110  </varlistentry>
1111  <varlistentry>
1112    <term><emphasis remap='I'>reply_data_ret</emphasis></term>
1113    <listitem>
1114<para>The authentication data returned.</para>
1115    </listitem>
1116  </varlistentry>
1117  <varlistentry>
1118    <term><emphasis remap='I'>error_string_ret</emphasis></term>
1119    <listitem>
1120<para>If authentication is rejected or fails, an error
1121string is returned.</para>
1122    </listitem>
1123  </varlistentry>
1124</variablelist>
1125
1126
1127<para>Authentication may require several phases, depending on the authentication
1128method.  As a result, the
1129<function>IcePaAuthProc</function>
1130may be called more than once when authenticating a client, and
1131some state will have to be maintained between each invocation.
1132At the start of each
1133<function>ProtocolSetup</function>
1134auth_datalen is zero,
1135*auth_state_ptr is NULL,
1136and the function should initialize its state and set
1137this pointer.  In subsequent invocations of the callback, the pointer
1138should be used to get at any state previously stored by the callback.</para>
1139
1140<para>If needed, the network ID of the client accepting the
1141<function>ProtocolSetup</function>
1142can be obtained by calling the
1143<function>IceConnectionString</function>
1144function.</para>
1145
1146<para>The auth_data pointer may point to a volatile block of memory.
1147If the data must be kept beyond this invocation of the callback, be sure
1148to make a copy of it.</para>
1149
1150<para>ICElib will be responsible for transmitting and freeing the reply_data_ret and
1151error_string_ret pointers with
1152<function>free</function></para>
1153
1154<para>
1155The <function>IcePaAuthProc</function> should return one of four values:
1156</para>
1157
1158
1159<itemizedlist>
1160  <listitem>
1161    <para>
1162<function>IcePaAuthContinue</function> - continue (or start) authentication.
1163    </para>
1164  </listitem>
1165  <listitem>
1166    <para>
1167<function>IcePaAuthAccepted</function> - authentication accepted.
1168    </para>
1169  </listitem>
1170  <listitem>
1171    <para>
1172<function>IcePaAuthRejected</function> - authentication rejected.
1173    </para>
1174  </listitem>
1175  <listitem>
1176    <para>
1177<function>IcePaAuthFailed</function> - authentication failed.
1178    </para>
1179  </listitem>
1180</itemizedlist>
1181</sect1>
1182
1183</chapter>
1184
1185<chapter id='ICE_Connections'>
1186<title>ICE Connections</title>
1187
1188<para>
1189In order for two clients to establish an ICE connection, one client has to be
1190waiting for connections, and the other client has to initiate the connection.
1191Most clients will initiate connections, so we discuss that first.
1192</para>
1193
1194<sect1 id='Opening_an_ICE_Connection'>
1195<title>Opening an ICE Connection</title>
1196
1197
1198<para>
1199To open an ICE connection with another client (that is, waiting
1200for connections), use <xref linkend='IceOpenConnection' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1201</para>
1202
1203<funcsynopsis id='IceOpenConnection'>
1204<funcprototype>
1205  <funcdef>IceConn <function>IceOpenConnection</function></funcdef>
1206    <paramdef>char<parameter> *network_ids_list</parameter></paramdef>
1207    <paramdef>IcePointer<parameter> context</parameter></paramdef>
1208    <paramdef>Bool<parameter> must_authenticate</parameter></paramdef>
1209    <paramdef>int<parameter> major_opcode_check</parameter></paramdef>
1210    <paramdef>int<parameter> error_length</parameter></paramdef>
1211    <paramdef>char<parameter> *error_string_ret</parameter></paramdef>
1212</funcprototype>
1213</funcsynopsis>
1214
1215<variablelist remap='IP'>
1216  <varlistentry>
1217    <term><emphasis remap='I'>network_ids_list</emphasis></term>
1218    <listitem>
1219      <para>
1220Specifies the network ID(s) of the other client.
1221      </para>
1222    </listitem>
1223  </varlistentry>
1224  <varlistentry>
1225    <term><emphasis remap='I'>context</emphasis></term>
1226    <listitem>
1227      <para>
1228A pointer to an opaque object or NULL.  Used to determine if an
1229ICE connection can be shared (see below).
1230      </para>
1231    </listitem>
1232  </varlistentry>
1233  <varlistentry>
1234    <term><emphasis remap='I'>must_authenticate</emphasis></term>
1235    <listitem>
1236      <para>
1237If <function>True</function> the other client may not bypass authentication.
1238      </para>
1239    </listitem>
1240  </varlistentry>
1241  <varlistentry>
1242    <term><emphasis remap='I'>major_opcode_check</emphasis></term>
1243    <listitem>
1244      <para>
1245Used to force a new ICE connection to be created (see below).
1246      </para>
1247    </listitem>
1248  </varlistentry>
1249  <varlistentry>
1250    <term><emphasis remap='I'>error_length</emphasis></term>
1251    <listitem>
1252      <para>Length of the error_string_ret argument passed in.</para>
1253    </listitem>
1254  </varlistentry>
1255  <varlistentry>
1256    <term><emphasis remap='I'>error_string_ret</emphasis></term>
1257    <listitem>
1258      <para>
1259Returns a null-terminated error message, if any.  The error_string_ret
1260argument points to user supplied memory.  No more than error_length bytes
1261are used.
1262      </para>
1263    </listitem>
1264  </varlistentry>
1265</variablelist>
1266
1267
1268<para>
1269<xref linkend='IceOpenConnection' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1270returns an opaque ICE connection object if it succeeds;
1271otherwise, it returns NULL.
1272</para>
1273
1274<para>
1275The network_ids_list argument contains a list of network IDs separated
1276by commas.  An attempt will be made to use the first network ID.  If
1277that fails, an attempt will be made using the second network ID, and so on.
1278Each network ID has the following format:
1279</para>
1280
1281<informaltable frame='none'>
1282  <?dbfo keep-together="always" ?>
1283  <tgroup cols='2' align='left' colsep='0' rowsep='0'>
1284    <colspec colname='c1' colwidth='1.0*'/>
1285    <colspec colname='c2' colwidth='2.0*'/>
1286    <tbody>
1287      <row>
1288        <entry>tcp/&lt;hostname&gt;:&lt;portnumber&gt;</entry>
1289        <entry>or</entry>
1290      </row>
1291      <row>
1292        <entry>decnet/&lt;hostname&gt;::&lt;objname&gt;</entry>
1293        <entry>or</entry>
1294      </row>
1295      <row>
1296        <entry>local/&lt;hostname&gt;:&lt;path&gt;</entry>
1297        <entry></entry>
1298      </row>
1299    </tbody>
1300  </tgroup>
1301</informaltable>
1302
1303
1304<para>Most protocol libraries will have some sort of open function that should
1305internally make a call into
1306<xref linkend='IceOpenConnection' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1307When
1308<xref linkend='IceOpenConnection' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1309is called, it may be possible to use a previously opened ICE connection (if
1310the target client is the same).  However, there are cases in which shared
1311ICE connections are not desired.</para>
1312
1313<para>The context argument is used to determine if an ICE connection can
1314be shared.
1315If context is NULL,
1316then the caller is always willing to share the connection.
1317If context is not NULL,
1318then the caller is not willing to use a previously opened ICE connection
1319that has a different non-NULL context associated with it.</para>
1320
1321<para>In addition, if major_opcode_check contains a nonzero major opcode value,
1322a previously created ICE connection will be used only if the major opcode
1323is not active on the connection.  This can be used to force multiple ICE
1324connections between two clients for the same protocol.</para>
1325
1326<para>Any authentication requirements are handled internally by the ICE library.
1327The method by which the authentication data is obtained
1328is implementation-dependent.
1329  <footnote remap='FS'>
1330<para>The X Consortium's ICElib implementation uses an .ICEauthority file (see
1331Appendix A).
1332  </para></footnote> </para>
1333
1334<para>After
1335<xref linkend='IceOpenConnection' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1336is called, the client is ready to send a
1337<function>ProtocolSetup</function>
1338(provided that
1339<xref linkend='IceRegisterForProtocolSetup' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1340was called) or receive a
1341<function>ProtocolSetup</function>
1342(provided that
1343<xref linkend='IceRegisterForProtocolReply' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1344was called).</para>
1345</sect1>
1346
1347<sect1 id='Listening_for_ICE_Connections'>
1348<title>Listening for ICE Connections</title>
1349
1350<para>Clients wishing to accept ICE connections must first call
1351<xref linkend='IceListenForConnections' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1352or
1353<xref linkend='IceListenForWellKnownConnections' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1354so that they can listen for connections.  A list of opaque "listen" objects are
1355returned, one for each type of transport method that is available
1356(for example, Unix Domain, TCP, DECnet, and so on).</para>
1357
1358<para>Normally clients will let ICElib allocate an available name in each
1359transport and return listen objects.  Such a client will then use
1360<xref linkend='IceComposeNetworkIdList' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1361to extract the chosen names and make them
1362available to other clients for opening the connection.  In certain
1363cases it may be necessary for a client to listen for connections
1364on pre-arranged transport object names.  Such a client may use
1365<xref linkend='IceListenForWellKnownConnections' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1366to specify the names for the listen objects.</para>
1367
1368<funcsynopsis id='IceListenForConnections'>
1369<funcprototype>
1370  <funcdef>Status <function>IceListenForConnections</function></funcdef>
1371    <paramdef>int<parameter> *count_ret</parameter></paramdef>
1372    <paramdef>IceListenObj<parameter> **listen_objs_ret</parameter></paramdef>
1373    <paramdef>int<parameter> error_length</parameter></paramdef>
1374    <paramdef>char<parameter> *error_string_ret</parameter></paramdef>
1375</funcprototype>
1376</funcsynopsis>
1377
1378<variablelist remap='IP'>
1379  <varlistentry>
1380    <term><emphasis remap='I'>count_ret</emphasis></term>
1381    <listitem><para>Returns the number of listen objects created.</para></listitem>
1382  </varlistentry>
1383  <varlistentry>
1384    <term><emphasis remap='I'>listen_objs_ret</emphasis></term>
1385    <listitem><para>Returns a list of pointers to opaque listen objects.</para></listitem>
1386  </varlistentry>
1387  <varlistentry>
1388  <term><emphasis remap='I'>error_length</emphasis></term>
1389  <listitem>
1390<para>The length of the error_string_ret argument passed in.</para>
1391  </listitem>
1392  </varlistentry>
1393  <varlistentry>
1394  <term><emphasis remap='I'>error_string_ret</emphasis></term>
1395  <listitem>
1396<para>Returns a null-terminated error message, if any.
1397The error_string_ret points to user supplied memory.
1398No more than error_length bytes are used.</para>
1399  </listitem>
1400  </varlistentry>
1401</variablelist>
1402
1403
1404<para>The return value of
1405<xref linkend='IceListenForConnections' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1406is zero for failure and a positive value for success.</para>
1407
1408<funcsynopsis id='IceListenForWellKnownConnections'>
1409<funcprototype>
1410  <funcdef>Status <function>IceListenForWellKnownConnections</function></funcdef>
1411    <paramdef>char<parameter> *port_id</parameter></paramdef>
1412    <paramdef>int<parameter> *count_ret</parameter></paramdef>
1413    <paramdef>IceListenObj<parameter> **listen_objs_ret</parameter></paramdef>
1414    <paramdef>int<parameter> error_length</parameter></paramdef>
1415    <paramdef>char<parameter> *error_string_ret</parameter></paramdef>
1416</funcprototype>
1417</funcsynopsis>
1418
1419<variablelist remap='IP'>
1420  <varlistentry>
1421    <term><emphasis remap='I'>port_id</emphasis></term>
1422    <listitem>
1423      <para>
1424Specifies the port identification for the address(es) to be opened.  The
1425value must not contain the slash ("/"> or comma (".") character; thse are
1426reserved for future use.
1427      </para>
1428    </listitem>
1429  </varlistentry>
1430  <varlistentry>
1431    <term><emphasis remap='I'>count_ret</emphasis></term>
1432    <listitem>
1433      <para>Returns the number of listen objects created.</para>
1434    </listitem>
1435  </varlistentry>
1436  <varlistentry>
1437    <term><emphasis remap='I'>listen_objs_ret</emphasis></term>
1438    <listitem>
1439      <para>
1440Returns a list of pointers to opaque listen objects.
1441      </para>
1442    </listitem>
1443  </varlistentry>
1444  <varlistentry>
1445    <term><emphasis remap='I'>listen_objs_ret</emphasis></term>
1446    <listitem>
1447      <para>
1448Returns a list of pointers to opaque listen objects.
1449      </para>
1450    </listitem>
1451  </varlistentry>
1452  <varlistentry>
1453    <term><emphasis remap='I'>error_length</emphasis></term>
1454    <listitem>
1455      <para>
1456The length of the error_string_ret argument passed in.
1457      </para>
1458    </listitem>
1459  </varlistentry>
1460  <varlistentry>
1461    <term><emphasis remap='I'>error_string_ret</emphasis></term>
1462    <listitem>
1463      <para>
1464Returns a null-terminated error message, if any.  The error_string_ret
1465points to user supplied memory.  No more than error_length bytes are used.
1466      </para>
1467    </listitem>
1468  </varlistentry>
1469</variablelist>
1470
1471<para>
1472<xref linkend='IceListenForWellKnownConnections' xrefstyle='select: title'/> constructs a list
1473of network IDs by prepending each known transport to port_id and then
1474attempts to create listen objects for the result.  Port_id is the portnumber,
1475objname, or path portion of the ICE network ID. If a listen object for
1476a particular network ID cannot be created the network ID is ignored.
1477If no listen objects are created
1478<xref linkend='IceListenForWellKnownConnections' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1479returns failure.
1480</para>
1481
1482<para>
1483The return value of <xref linkend='IceListenForWellKnownConnections' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1484is zero for failure and a positive value for success.
1485</para>
1486
1487<para>
1488To close and free the listen objects, use
1489<xref linkend='IceFreeListenObjs' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1490</para>
1491
1492<funcsynopsis id='IceFreeListenObjs'>
1493<funcprototype>
1494  <funcdef>void <function>IceFreeListenObjs</function></funcdef>
1495    <paramdef>int<parameter> count</parameter></paramdef>
1496    <paramdef>IceListenObj<parameter> *listen_objs</parameter></paramdef>
1497</funcprototype>
1498</funcsynopsis>
1499
1500<variablelist remap='IP'>
1501  <varlistentry>
1502    <term><emphasis remap='I'>count</emphasis></term>
1503    <listitem>
1504      <para>The number of listen objects.</para>
1505    </listitem>
1506  </varlistentry>
1507  <varlistentry>
1508    <term><emphasis remap='I'>listen_objs</emphasis></term>
1509    <listitem>
1510      <para>The listen objects.</para>
1511    </listitem>
1512  </varlistentry>
1513</variablelist>
1514
1515
1516<para>
1517To detect a new connection on a listen object, use
1518<function>select</function> on the descriptor associated with
1519the listen object.
1520</para>
1521
1522<para>
1523To obtain the descriptor, use
1524<xref linkend='IceGetListenConnectionNumber' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1525</para>
1526
1527<funcsynopsis id='IceGetListenConnectionNumber'>
1528<funcprototype>
1529  <funcdef>int <function>IceGetListenConnectionNumber</function></funcdef>
1530    <paramdef>IceListenObj<parameter> *listen_objs</parameter></paramdef>
1531</funcprototype>
1532</funcsynopsis>
1533
1534<variablelist remap='IP'>
1535  <varlistentry>
1536  <term><emphasis remap='I'>listen_obj</emphasis></term>
1537    <listitem>
1538      <para>The listen objects.</para>
1539    </listitem>
1540  </varlistentry>
1541</variablelist>
1542
1543<para>
1544To obtain the network ID string associated with a listen object, use
1545<xref linkend='IceGetListenConnectionString' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1546</para>
1547
1548
1549<funcsynopsis id='IceGetListenConnectionString'>
1550<funcprototype>
1551  <funcdef>char <function>IceGetListenConnectionString</function></funcdef>
1552    <paramdef>IceListenObj<parameter> listen_obj</parameter></paramdef>
1553</funcprototype>
1554</funcsynopsis>
1555
1556<variablelist remap='IP'>
1557  <varlistentry>
1558    <term><emphasis remap='I'>listen_obj</emphasis></term>
1559    <listitem>
1560      <para>The listen objects.</para>
1561    </listitem>
1562  </varlistentry>
1563</variablelist>
1564
1565<para>A network ID has the following format:</para>
1566
1567<informaltable frame='none'>
1568  <?dbfo keep-together="always" ?>
1569  <tgroup cols='2' align='left' colsep='0' rowsep='0'>
1570    <colspec colname='c1' colwidth='1.0*'/>
1571    <colspec colname='c2' colwidth='2.0*'/>
1572    <tbody>
1573      <row>
1574        <entry>tcp/&lt;hostname&gt;:&lt;portnumber&gt;</entry>
1575        <entry>or</entry>
1576      </row>
1577      <row>
1578        <entry>decnet/&lt;hostname&gt;::&lt;objname&gt;</entry>
1579        <entry>or</entry>
1580      </row>
1581      <row>
1582        <entry>local/&lt;hostname&gt;:&lt;path&gt;</entry>
1583        <entry></entry>
1584      </row>
1585    </tbody>
1586  </tgroup>
1587</informaltable>
1588
1589<para>
1590To compose a string containing a list of network IDs separated by commas
1591(the format recognized by <xref linkend='IceOpenConnection' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1592use <xref linkend='IceComposeNetworkIdList' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1593</para>
1594
1595<funcsynopsis id='IceComposeNetworkIdList'>
1596<funcprototype>
1597  <funcdef>char <function>IceComposeNetworkIdList</function></funcdef>
1598    <paramdef>int<parameter> count</parameter></paramdef>
1599    <paramdef>IceListenObj<parameter> *listen_objs</parameter></paramdef>
1600</funcprototype>
1601</funcsynopsis>
1602
1603<variablelist remap='IP'>
1604  <varlistentry>
1605    <term><emphasis remap='I'>count</emphasis></term>
1606    <listitem>
1607      <para>The number of listen objects.</para>
1608    </listitem>
1609  </varlistentry>
1610  <varlistentry>
1611    <term><emphasis remap='I'>listen_objs</emphasis></term>
1612    <listitem>
1613      <para>The listen objects.</para>
1614    </listitem>
1615  </varlistentry>
1616</variablelist>
1617
1618</sect1>
1619
1620<sect1 id='Host_Based_Authentication_for_ICE_Connections'>
1621<title>Host Based Authentication for ICE Connections</title>
1622
1623<para>
1624If authentication fails when a client attempts to open an
1625ICE connection and the initiating client has not required authentication,
1626a host based authentication procedure may be invoked to provide
1627a last chance for the client to connect.  Each listen object has such a
1628callback associated with it, and this callback is set using the
1629<xref linkend='IceSetHostBasedAuthProc' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1630function.
1631</para>
1632
1633<funcsynopsis id='IceSetHostBasedAuthProc'>
1634<funcprototype>
1635  <funcdef>void <function>IceSetHostBasedAuthProc</function></funcdef>
1636    <paramdef>IceListenObj<parameter> listen_obj</parameter></paramdef>
1637    <paramdef>IceHostBasedAuthProc<parameter> host_based_auth_proc</parameter></paramdef>
1638</funcprototype>
1639</funcsynopsis>
1640
1641<variablelist remap='IP'>
1642  <varlistentry>
1643    <term><emphasis remap='I'>IceListenObj</emphasis></term>
1644    <listitem>
1645      <para>The listen object.</para>
1646    </listitem>
1647  </varlistentry>
1648  <varlistentry>
1649    <term><emphasis remap='I'>host_based_auth_proc</emphasis></term>
1650    <listitem>
1651      <para>The host based authentication procedure.</para>
1652    </listitem>
1653  </varlistentry>
1654</variablelist>
1655
1656
1657<para>
1658By default, each listen object has no host based authentication procedure
1659associated with it.  Passing NULL for host_based_auth_proc turns off
1660host based authentication if it was previously set.
1661</para>
1662
1663
1664<funcsynopsis id='HostBasedAuthProc'>
1665<funcprototype>
1666  <funcdef>Bool <function>HostBasedAuthProc</function></funcdef>
1667    <paramdef>char<parameter> *host_name</parameter></paramdef>
1668</funcprototype>
1669</funcsynopsis>
1670
1671<variablelist remap='IP'>
1672  <varlistentry>
1673    <term><emphasis remap='I'>host_name</emphasis></term>
1674    <listitem>
1675      <para>
1676The host name of the client that tried to open an ICE connection.
1677      </para>
1678    </listitem>
1679  </varlistentry>
1680</variablelist>
1681
1682
1683<para>
1684The host_name argument is a string in the form
1685<emphasis remap='I'>protocol</emphasis>/
1686<emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis>,
1687where <emphasis remap='I'>protocol</emphasis> is one of
1688{tcp, decnet, local}.
1689</para>
1690
1691<para>
1692If <function>IceHostBasedAuthProc</function> returns
1693<function>True</function>
1694access will be granted, even though the original authentication failed.
1695Note that authentication can effectively be disabled by registering an
1696<function>IceHostBasedAuthProc</function>
1697which always returns <function>True</function>
1698</para>
1699
1700<para>
1701Host based authentication is also allowed at
1702<function>ProtocolSetup</function> time.
1703The callback is specified in the
1704<xref linkend='IceRegisterForProtocolReply' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1705function (see
1706<xref linkend='Protocol_Registration' xrefstyle='select: title'/>).
1707</para>
1708</sect1>
1709
1710<sect1 id='Accepting_ICE_Connections'>
1711<title>Accepting ICE Connections</title>
1712
1713
1714<para>
1715After a connection attempt is detected on a listen object returned by
1716<xref linkend='IceListenForConnections' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1717you should call <xref linkend='IceAcceptConnection' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1718This returns a new opaque ICE connection object.
1719</para>
1720
1721<funcsynopsis id='IceAcceptConnection'>
1722<funcprototype>
1723  <funcdef>IceConn <function>IceAcceptConnection</function></funcdef>
1724    <paramdef>IceListenObj<parameter> listen_obj</parameter></paramdef>
1725    <paramdef>IceAcceptStatus<parameter> *status_ret</parameter></paramdef>
1726</funcprototype>
1727</funcsynopsis>
1728
1729
1730<variablelist remap='IP'>
1731  <varlistentry>
1732  <term><emphasis remap='I'>listen_obj</emphasis></term>
1733  <listitem>
1734<para>The listen object on which a new connection was detected.</para>
1735  </listitem>
1736  </varlistentry>
1737  </variablelist>
1738  <variablelist remap='IP'>
1739  <varlistentry>
1740  <term><emphasis remap='I'>status_ret</emphasis></term>
1741  <listitem>
1742<para>Return status information.</para>
1743  </listitem>
1744  </varlistentry>
1745</variablelist>
1746
1747
1748<para>The status_ret argument is set to one of the following values:</para>
1749<itemizedlist>
1750  <listitem>
1751<para><function>IceAcceptSuccess</function>
1752- the accept operation succeeded,
1753and the function returns a new connection object.</para>
1754  </listitem>
1755  <listitem>
1756<para><function>IceAcceptFailure</function>
1757- the accept operation failed, and the function returns NULL.</para>
1758  </listitem>
1759  <listitem>
1760<para><function>IceAcceptBadMalloc</function>
1761- a memory allocation failed, and the function returns NULL.</para>
1762  </listitem>
1763</itemizedlist>
1764
1765<para>In general, to detect new connections, you should call
1766<function>select</function>
1767on the file descriptors associated with the listen objects.
1768When a new connection is detected, the
1769<xref linkend='IceAcceptConnection' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1770function should be called.
1771<xref linkend='IceAcceptConnection' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1772may return a new ICE connection that is in a pending state.  This is because
1773before the connection can become valid, authentication may be necessary.
1774Because the ICE library cannot block and wait for the connection to
1775become valid (infinite blocking can occur if the connecting client
1776does not act properly), the application must wait for the connection status
1777to become valid.</para>
1778
1779<para>The following pseudo-code demonstrates how connections are accepted:</para>
1780
1781<literallayout class="monospaced">
1782new_ice_conn = IceAcceptConnection (listen_obj, &amp;accept_status);
1783if (accept_status != IceAcceptSuccess)
1784{
1785     close the file descriptor and return
1786}
1787
1788status = IceConnectionStatus (new_ice_conn);
1789time_start = time_now;
1790
1791while (status == IceConnectPending)
1792{
1793     select() on {new_ice_conn, all open connections}
1794
1795     for (each ice_conn in the list of open connections)
1796          if (data ready on ice_conn)
1797          {
1798               status = IceProcessMessages (ice_conn, NULL, NULL);
1799               if (status == IceProcessMessagesIOError)
1800                    IceCloseConnection(ice_conn);
1801          }
1802     if data ready on new_ice_conn
1803     {
1804          /*
1805          * IceProcessMessages is called until the connection
1806          * is non-pending.  Doing so handles the connection
1807          * setup request and any authentication requirements.
1808          */
1809
1810          IceProcessMessages ( new_ice_conn, NULL, NULL);
1811          status = IceConnectionStatus (new_ice_conn);
1812     }
1813     else
1814     {
1815          if (time_now - time_start &gt; MAX_WAIT_TIME)
1816               status = IceConnectRejected;
1817     }
1818}
1819
1820if (status == IceConnectAccepted)
1821{
1822     Add new_ice_conn to the list of open connections
1823}
1824else
1825{
1826     IceCloseConnection
1827     new_ice_conn
1828}
1829</literallayout>
1830
1831<para>After
1832<xref linkend='IceAcceptConnection' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1833is called and the connection has been
1834validated, the client is ready to receive a
1835<function>ProtocolSetup</function>
1836(provided
1837that
1838<xref linkend='IceRegisterForProtocolReply' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1839was called) or send a
1840<function>ProtocolSetup</function>
1841(provided that
1842<xref linkend='IceRegisterForProtocolSetup' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1843was called).</para>
1844</sect1>
1845
1846<sect1 id='Closing_ICE_Connections'>
1847<title>Closing ICE Connections</title>
1848
1849<para>To close an ICE connection created with
1850<xref linkend='IceOpenConnection' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1851or
1852<xref linkend='IceAcceptConnection' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1853use
1854<xref linkend='IceCloseConnection' xrefstyle='select: title'/></para>
1855
1856<funcsynopsis id='IceCloseConnection'>
1857<funcprototype>
1858  <funcdef>IceCloseStatus <function>IceCloseConnection</function></funcdef>
1859    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
1860</funcprototype>
1861</funcsynopsis>
1862
1863<variablelist remap='IP'>
1864  <varlistentry>
1865  <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
1866  <listitem>
1867  <para>The ICE connection to close.</para>
1868  </listitem>
1869  </varlistentry>
1870</variablelist>
1871
1872<para>To actually close an ICE connection, the following conditions
1873must be met:</para>
1874
1875<itemizedlist>
1876  <listitem>
1877<para>The <emphasis remap='I'>open reference count</emphasis> must have reached zero on this ICE connection.
1878When
1879<xref linkend='IceOpenConnection' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1880is called, it tries to use a previously opened
1881ICE connection.  If it is able to use an existing connection, it increments
1882the open reference count on the connection by one.
1883So, to close an ICE connection, each call to
1884<xref linkend='IceOpenConnection' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1885must be matched with a call to
1886<xref linkend='IceCloseConnection' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1887The connection can be closed only
1888on the last call to
1889<xref linkend='IceCloseConnection' xrefstyle='select: title'/></para>
1890  </listitem>
1891  <listitem>
1892<para>The <emphasis remap='I'>active protocol count</emphasis> must have reached zero.  Each time a
1893<function>ProtocolSetup</function>
1894succeeds on the connection, the active protocol count
1895is incremented by one.  When the client no longer expects to use the
1896protocol on the connection, the
1897<xref linkend='IceProtocolShutdown' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1898function should be called, which decrements the active protocol count
1899by one (see
1900<xref linkend='Protocol_Setup_and_Shutdown' xrefstyle='select: title'/>).
1901</para>
1902  </listitem>
1903  <listitem>
1904<para>If shutdown negotiation is enabled on the connection, the client on the other
1905side of the ICE connection must agree to have the connection closed.</para>
1906
1907<para><xref linkend='IceCloseConnection' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1908returns one of the following values:</para>
1909  </listitem>
1910  <listitem>
1911<para><function>IceClosedNow</function>
1912- the ICE connection was closed at this time.  The watch procedures were
1913invoked and the connection was freed.</para>
1914  </listitem>
1915  <listitem>
1916<para><function>IceClosedASAP</function>
1917- an IO error had occurred on the connection, but
1918<xref linkend='IceCloseConnection' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1919is being called within a nested
1920<xref linkend='IceProcessMessages' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1921The watch procedures have been invoked at this time, but the connection
1922will be freed as soon as possible (when the nesting level reaches zero and
1923<xref linkend='IceProcessMessages' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1924returns a status of
1925<function>IceProcessMessagesConnectionClosed</function></para>
1926  </listitem>
1927  <listitem>
1928<para><function>IceConnectionInUse</function>
1929- the connection was not closed at this time, because it is being used by
1930other active protocols.</para>
1931  </listitem>
1932  <listitem>
1933<para><function>IceStartedShutdownNegotiation</function>
1934- the connection was not closed at this time and shutdown negotiation started
1935with the client on the other side of the ICE connection.  When the connection
1936is actually closed,
1937<xref linkend='IceProcessMessages' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1938will return a status of
1939<function>IceProcessMessagesConnectionClosed</function></para>
1940  </listitem>
1941</itemizedlist>
1942
1943<para>When it is known that the client on the other side of the ICE connection
1944has terminated the connection without initiating shutdown negotiation, the
1945<xref linkend='IceSetShutdownNegotiation' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1946function should be called to turn off shutdown negotiation.  This will prevent
1947<xref linkend='IceCloseConnection' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1948from writing to a broken connection.</para>
1949
1950<funcsynopsis id='IceSetShutdownNegotiation'>
1951<funcprototype>
1952  <funcdef>void <function>IceSetShutdownNegotiation</function></funcdef>
1953    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
1954    <paramdef>Bool<parameter> negotiate</parameter></paramdef>
1955</funcprototype>
1956</funcsynopsis>
1957
1958<variablelist remap='IP'>
1959  <varlistentry>
1960  <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
1961  <listitem>
1962  <para>A valid ICE connection object.</para>
1963  </listitem>
1964  </varlistentry>
1965  <varlistentry>
1966  <term><emphasis remap='I'>negotiate</emphasis></term>
1967  <listitem>
1968<para>If
1969<function>False</function>
1970shutdown negotiating will be turned off.</para>
1971  </listitem>
1972  </varlistentry>
1973</variablelist>
1974
1975<para>To check the shutdown negotiation status of an ICE connection, use
1976<xref linkend='IceCheckShutdownNegotiation' xrefstyle='select: title'/></para>
1977
1978<funcsynopsis id='IceCheckShutdownNegotiation'>
1979<funcprototype>
1980  <funcdef>Bool <function>IceCheckShutdownNegotiation</function></funcdef>
1981    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
1982</funcprototype>
1983</funcsynopsis>
1984
1985<variablelist remap='IP'>
1986  <varlistentry>
1987  <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
1988  <listitem>
1989  <para>A valid ICE connection object.</para>
1990  </listitem>
1991  </varlistentry>
1992</variablelist>
1993
1994
1995<para><xref linkend='IceCheckShutdownNegotiation' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
1996returns
1997<function>True</function>
1998if shutdown negotiation will take place on the connection;
1999otherwise, it returns
2000<function>False</function>
2001Negotiation is on by default for a connection.  It
2002can only be changed with the
2003<xref linkend='IceSetShutdownNegotiation' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
2004function.</para>
2005</sect1>
2006
2007<sect1 id='Connection_Watch_Procedures'>
2008<title>Connection Watch Procedures</title>
2009
2010<para>To add a watch procedure that will be called
2011each time ICElib opens a new connection via
2012<xref linkend='IceOpenConnection' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
2013or
2014<xref linkend='IceAcceptConnection' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
2015or closes a connection via
2016<xref linkend='IceCloseConnection' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
2017use
2018<xref linkend='IceAddConnectionWatch' xrefstyle='select: title'/></para>
2019
2020<funcsynopsis id='IceAddConnectionWatch'>
2021<funcprototype>
2022  <funcdef>Status <function>IceAddConnectionWatch</function></funcdef>
2023    <paramdef>IceWatchProc<parameter> watch_proc</parameter></paramdef>
2024    <paramdef>IcePointer<parameter> client_data</parameter></paramdef>
2025</funcprototype>
2026</funcsynopsis>
2027
2028<variablelist remap='IP'>
2029  <varlistentry>
2030    <term><emphasis remap='I'>watch_proc</emphasis></term>
2031    <listitem>
2032      <para>
2033The watch procedure to invoke when ICElib opens or closes a connection.
2034      </para>
2035    </listitem>
2036  </varlistentry>
2037  <varlistentry>
2038    <term><emphasis remap='I'>client_data</emphasis></term>
2039    <listitem>
2040      <para>This pointer will be passed to the watch procedure.</para>
2041    </listitem>
2042  </varlistentry>
2043</variablelist>
2044
2045
2046<para>
2047The return value of <xref linkend='IceAddConnectionWatch' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
2048is zero for failure, and a positive value for success.
2049</para>
2050
2051<para>
2052Note that several calls to <xref linkend='IceOpenConnection' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
2053might share the same ICE connection.  In such a case, the watch procedure
2054is only invoked when the connection is first created (after authentication
2055succeeds).  Similarly, because connections might be shared, the
2056watch procedure is called only if <xref linkend='IceCloseConnection' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
2057actually closes the connection (right before the IceConn is freed).
2058</para>
2059
2060<para>
2061The watch procedures are very useful for applications that
2062need to add a file descriptor to a select mask when a new connection
2063is created and remove the file descriptor when the connection is destroyed.
2064Because connections are shared, knowing when to add and remove the file
2065descriptor from the select mask would be difficult without the watch
2066procedures.
2067</para>
2068
2069<para>
2070Multiple watch procedures may be registered with the ICE library.
2071No assumptions should be made about their order of invocation.
2072</para>
2073
2074<para>
2075If one or more ICE connections were already created by the ICE library at the
2076time the watch procedure is registered, the watch procedure will instantly
2077be invoked for each of these ICE connections (with the opening argument
2078set to <function>True</function>
2079</para>
2080
2081<para>
2082The watch procedure is of type <function>IceWatchProc</function>
2083</para>
2084
2085<funcsynopsis id='WatchProc'>
2086<funcprototype>
2087  <funcdef>void <function>WatchProc</function></funcdef>
2088    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
2089    <paramdef>IcePointer<parameter> client_data</parameter></paramdef>
2090    <paramdef>Bool<parameter> opening</parameter></paramdef>
2091    <paramdef>IcePointer<parameter> *watch_data</parameter></paramdef>
2092</funcprototype>
2093</funcsynopsis>
2094
2095<variablelist remap='IP'>
2096  <varlistentry>
2097    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
2098    <listitem>
2099      <para>
2100The opened or closed ICE connection.  Call
2101<function>IceConnectionNumber</function>
2102to get the file descriptor associated with this connection.
2103      </para>
2104    </listitem>
2105  </varlistentry>
2106  <varlistentry>
2107    <term><emphasis remap='I'>client_data</emphasis></term>
2108    <listitem>
2109      <para>
2110Client data specified in the call to
2111<xref linkend='IceAddConnectionWatch' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
2112      </para>
2113    </listitem>
2114  </varlistentry>
2115  <varlistentry>
2116    <term><emphasis remap='I'>opening</emphasis></term>
2117    <listitem>
2118      <para>
2119If <function>True</function> the connection is being opened.  If
2120<function>False</function> the connection is being closed.
2121      </para>
2122    </listitem>
2123  </varlistentry>
2124  <varlistentry>
2125    <term><emphasis remap='I'>watch_data</emphasis></term>
2126    <listitem>
2127      <para>Can be used to save a pointer to client data.</para>
2128    </listitem>
2129  </varlistentry>
2130</variablelist>
2131
2132<para>
2133If opening is <function>True</function> the client should set the
2134*watch_data pointer to any data it may need to save until the connection
2135is closed and the watch procedure is invoked again with opening set to
2136<function>False</function>
2137</para>
2138
2139<para>
2140To remove a watch procedure, use
2141<xref linkend='IceRemoveConnectionWatch' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
2142</para>
2143
2144<funcsynopsis id='IceRemoveConnectionWatch'>
2145<funcprototype>
2146  <funcdef>void <function>IceRemoveConnectionWatch</function></funcdef>
2147    <paramdef>IceWatchProc<parameter> watch_proc</parameter></paramdef>
2148    <paramdef>IcePointer<parameter> client_data</parameter></paramdef>
2149</funcprototype>
2150</funcsynopsis>
2151
2152<variablelist remap='IP'>
2153  <varlistentry>
2154    <term><emphasis remap='I'>watch_proc</emphasis></term>
2155    <listitem>
2156      <para>
2157The watch procedure that was passed to
2158<xref linkend='IceAddConnectionWatch' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
2159      </para>
2160    </listitem>
2161  </varlistentry>
2162  <varlistentry>
2163    <term><emphasis remap='I'>client_data</emphasis></term>
2164    <listitem>
2165      <para>
2166The client_data pointer that was passed to
2167<xref linkend='IceAddConnectionWatch' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
2168      </para>
2169    </listitem>
2170  </varlistentry>
2171</variablelist>
2172
2173</sect1>
2174</chapter>
2175
2176<chapter id='Protocol_Setup_and_Shutdown'>
2177<title>Protocol Setup and Shutdown</title>
2178
2179<para>
2180To activate a protocol on a given ICE connection, use
2181<xref linkend='IceProtocolSetup' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
2182</para>
2183
2184<funcsynopsis id='IceProtocolSetup'>
2185<funcprototype>
2186  <funcdef>IceProtocolSetupStatus <function>IceProtocolSetup</function></funcdef>
2187    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
2188    <paramdef>int<parameter> my_opcode</parameter></paramdef>
2189    <paramdef>IcePointer<parameter> client_data</parameter></paramdef>
2190    <paramdef>Bool<parameter> must_authenticate</parameter></paramdef>
2191    <paramdef>int<parameter> *major_version_ret</parameter></paramdef>
2192    <paramdef>int<parameter> *minor_version_ret</parameter></paramdef>
2193    <paramdef>char<parameter> **vendor_ret</parameter></paramdef>
2194    <paramdef>char<parameter> **release_ret</parameter></paramdef>
2195    <paramdef>int<parameter> error_length</parameter></paramdef>
2196    <paramdef>char<parameter> *error_string_ret</parameter></paramdef>
2197</funcprototype>
2198</funcsynopsis>
2199
2200<variablelist remap='IP'>
2201  <varlistentry>
2202    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
2203    <listitem>
2204      <para>A valid ICE connection object.</para>
2205    </listitem>
2206  </varlistentry>
2207  <varlistentry>
2208    <term><emphasis remap='I'>my_opcode</emphasis></term>
2209    <listitem>
2210      <para>
2211The major opcode of the protocol to be set up, as returned by
2212<xref linkend='IceRegisterForProtocolSetup' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
2213      </para>
2214    </listitem>
2215  </varlistentry>
2216  <varlistentry>
2217    <term><emphasis remap='I'>client_data</emphasis></term>
2218    <listitem>
2219      <para>
2220The client data stored in this pointer will be passed to the
2221<function>IcePoProcessMsgProc</function> callback.
2222      </para>
2223    </listitem>
2224  </varlistentry>
2225  <varlistentry>
2226    <term><emphasis remap='I'>must_authenticate</emphasis></term>
2227    <listitem>
2228      <para>
2229If <function>True</function> the other client may
2230not bypass authentication.
2231      </para>
2232    </listitem>
2233  </varlistentry>
2234  <varlistentry>
2235    <term><emphasis remap='I'>major_version_ret</emphasis></term>
2236    <listitem>
2237      <para>The major version of the protocol to be used is returned.</para>
2238    </listitem>
2239  </varlistentry>
2240  <varlistentry>
2241    <term><emphasis remap='I'>minor_version_ret</emphasis></term>
2242    <listitem>
2243      <para>The minor version of the protocol to be used is returned.</para>
2244    </listitem>
2245  </varlistentry>
2246  <varlistentry>
2247    <term><emphasis remap='I'>vendor_ret</emphasis></term>
2248    <listitem>
2249      <para>The vendor string specified by the protocol acceptor.</para>
2250    </listitem>
2251  </varlistentry>
2252  <varlistentry>
2253    <term><emphasis remap='I'>release_ret</emphasis></term>
2254    <listitem>
2255      <para>The release string specified by the protocol acceptor.</para>
2256    </listitem>
2257  </varlistentry>
2258  <varlistentry>
2259    <term><emphasis remap='I'>error_length</emphasis></term>
2260    <listitem>
2261      <para>
2262Specifies the length of the error_string_ret argument passed in.
2263      </para>
2264    </listitem>
2265  </varlistentry>
2266  <varlistentry>
2267    <term><emphasis remap='I'>error_string_ret</emphasis></term>
2268    <listitem>
2269      <para>
2270Returns a null-terminated error message, if any.
2271The error_string_ret argument points to user supplied memory.
2272No more than error_length bytes are used.
2273      </para>
2274    </listitem>
2275  </varlistentry>
2276</variablelist>
2277
2278<para>
2279The vendor_ret and release_ret strings should be freed with
2280<function>free</function> when no longer needed.
2281</para>
2282
2283<para>
2284<xref linkend='IceProtocolSetup' xrefstyle='select: title'/> returns one of the following values:
2285</para>
2286
2287<itemizedlist>
2288  <listitem>
2289    <para>
2290<function>IceProtocolSetupSuccess</function> - the major_version_ret,
2291minor_version_ret, vendor_ret, release_ret are set.
2292    </para>
2293  </listitem>
2294  <listitem>
2295    <para>
2296<function>IceProtocolSetupFailure</function> or
2297<function>IceProtocolSetupIOError</function>
2298- check error_string_ret for failure reason.  The major_version_ret,
2299minor_version_ret, vendor_ret, release_ret are not set.
2300    </para>
2301  </listitem>
2302  <listitem>
2303    <para>
2304<function>IceProtocolAlreadyActive</function>
2305- this protocol is already active on this connection.
2306The major_version_ret, minor_version_ret, vendor_ret, release_ret
2307are not set.
2308    </para>
2309  </listitem>
2310</itemizedlist>
2311
2312<para>
2313To notify the ICE library when a given protocol will no longer be used
2314on an ICE connection, use <xref linkend='IceProtocolShutdown' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
2315</para>
2316
2317<funcsynopsis id='IceProtocolShutdown'>
2318<funcprototype>
2319  <funcdef>Status <function>IceProtocolShutdown</function></funcdef>
2320    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
2321    <paramdef>int<parameter> major_opcode</parameter></paramdef>
2322</funcprototype>
2323</funcsynopsis>
2324
2325<variablelist remap='IP'>
2326  <varlistentry>
2327  <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
2328    <listitem>
2329      <para>A valid ICE connection object.</para>
2330    </listitem>
2331  </varlistentry>
2332  <varlistentry>
2333    <term><emphasis remap='I'>major_opcode</emphasis></term>
2334    <listitem>
2335      <para>The major opcode of the protocol to shut down.</para>
2336    </listitem>
2337  </varlistentry>
2338</variablelist>
2339
2340
2341<para>
2342The return value of <xref linkend='IceProtocolShutdown' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
2343is zero for failure and a positive value for success.
2344</para>
2345
2346<para>
2347Failure will occur if the major opcode was never registered OR the protocol
2348of the major opcode was never activated on the connection.  By activated,
2349we mean that a <function>ProtocolSetup</function> succeeded on the connection.
2350Note that ICE does not define how each sub-protocol triggers a
2351protocol shutdown.
2352</para>
2353</chapter>
2354
2355<chapter id='Processing_Messages'>
2356<title>Processing Messages</title>
2357
2358
2359<para>To process incoming messages on an ICE connection, use
2360<xref linkend='IceProcessMessages' xrefstyle='select: title'/></para>
2361
2362<funcsynopsis id='IceProcessMessages'>
2363<funcprototype>
2364  <funcdef>IceProcessMessagesStatus <function>IceProcessMessages</function></funcdef>
2365    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
2366    <paramdef>IceReplyWaitInfo<parameter> *reply_wait</parameter></paramdef>
2367    <paramdef>Bool<parameter> *reply_ready_ret</parameter></paramdef>
2368</funcprototype>
2369</funcsynopsis>
2370
2371<variablelist remap='IP'>
2372  <varlistentry>
2373    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
2374    <listitem>
2375      <para>A valid ICE connection object.</para>
2376    </listitem>
2377  </varlistentry>
2378  <varlistentry>
2379    <term><emphasis remap='I'>reply_wait</emphasis></term>
2380    <listitem>
2381      <para>Indicates if a reply is being waited for.</para>
2382    </listitem>
2383  </varlistentry>
2384  <varlistentry>
2385    <term><emphasis remap='I'>reply_ready_ret</emphasis></term>
2386    <listitem>
2387      <para>
2388If set to <function>True</function> on return, a reply is ready.
2389      </para>
2390    </listitem>
2391  </varlistentry>
2392</variablelist>
2393
2394<para>
2395<xref linkend='IceProcessMessages' xrefstyle='select: title'/> is used in two ways:
2396</para>
2397
2398<itemizedlist>
2399  <listitem>
2400    <para>
2401In the first, a client may generate a message and block by calling
2402<xref linkend='IceProcessMessages' xrefstyle='select: title'/> repeatedly until it gets its reply.
2403    </para>
2404  </listitem>
2405  <listitem>
2406    <para>
2407In the second, a client calls <xref linkend='IceProcessMessages' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
2408with reply_wait set to NULL in response to <function>select</function>
2409showing that there is data to read on the ICE connection.
2410The ICE library may process zero or more complete messages.
2411Note that messages that are not blocked for are always processed by
2412invoking callbacks.
2413    </para>
2414  </listitem>
2415</itemizedlist>
2416
2417<para>
2418<function>IceReplyWaitInfo</function> contains the major/minor opcodes
2419and sequence number of the message for which a reply is being awaited.
2420It also contains a pointer to the reply message to be filled in (the
2421protocol library should cast this <function>IcePointer</function>
2422to the appropriate reply type).  In most
2423cases, the reply will have some fixed-size part, and the client waiting
2424for the reply will have provided a pointer to a structure to hold
2425this fixed-size data.  If there is variable-length data, it would be
2426expected that the
2427<function>IcePoProcessMsgProc</function>
2428callback will have to allocate additional
2429memory and store pointer(s) to that memory in the fixed-size
2430structure.  If the entire data is variable length (for example, a single
2431variable-length string), then the client waiting for the reply would probably
2432just pass a pointer to fixed-size space to hold a pointer, and the
2433<function>IcePoProcessMsgProc</function>
2434callback would allocate the storage and store the pointer.
2435It is the responsibility of the client receiving the reply to
2436free up any memory allocated on its behalf.
2437</para>
2438
2439<literallayout class="monospaced">
2440typedef struct {
2441     unsigned long sequence_of_request;
2442     int major_opcode_of_request;
2443     int minor_opcode_of_request;
2444     IcePointer reply;
2445} IceReplyWaitInfo;
2446</literallayout>
2447
2448<para>
2449If reply_wait is not NULL and
2450<xref linkend='IceProcessMessages' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
2451has a reply or error to return in response to this reply_wait
2452(that is, no callback was generated), then the reply_ready_ret argument
2453will be set to <function>True</function>
2454</para>
2455
2456<para>
2457If reply_wait is NULL, then the caller may also pass NULL for
2458reply_ready_ret and be guaranteed that no value will be stored in
2459this pointer.
2460</para>
2461
2462<para>
2463<xref linkend='IceProcessMessages' xrefstyle='select: title'/> returns one of the following values:
2464</para>
2465
2466<itemizedlist>
2467  <listitem>
2468    <para>
2469<function>IceProcessMessagesSuccess</function> - no error occurred.
2470    </para>
2471  </listitem>
2472  <listitem>
2473    <para>
2474<function>IceProcessMessagesIOError</function> - an IO error occurred,
2475and the caller must explicitly close the connection by calling
2476<xref linkend='IceCloseConnection' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
2477    </para>
2478  </listitem>
2479  <listitem>
2480    <para>
2481<function>IceProcessMessagesConnectionClosed</function>
2482- the ICE connection has been closed (closing of the connection was deferred
2483because of shutdown negotiation, or because the
2484<xref linkend='IceProcessMessages' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
2485nesting level was not zero).  Do not attempt
2486to access the ICE connection at this point, since it has been freed.
2487    </para>
2488  </listitem>
2489</itemizedlist>
2490
2491</chapter>
2492
2493<chapter id='Ping'>
2494<title>Ping</title>
2495
2496<para>
2497To send a "Ping" message to the client on the other side of the
2498ICE connection, use <xref linkend='IcePing' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
2499</para>
2500
2501<funcsynopsis id='IcePing'>
2502<funcprototype>
2503  <funcdef>Status <function>IcePing</function></funcdef>
2504    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
2505    <paramdef>IcePingReplyProc<parameter> ping_reply_proc</parameter></paramdef>
2506    <paramdef>IcePointer<parameter> client_data</parameter></paramdef>
2507</funcprototype>
2508</funcsynopsis>
2509
2510<variablelist remap='IP'>
2511  <varlistentry>
2512    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
2513    <listitem>
2514      <para>A valid ICE connection object.</para>
2515    </listitem>
2516  </varlistentry>
2517  <varlistentry>
2518    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ping_reply_proc</emphasis></term>
2519    <listitem>
2520      <para>The callback to invoke when the Ping reply arrives.</para>
2521    </listitem>
2522  </varlistentry>
2523  <varlistentry>
2524    <term><emphasis remap='I'>client_data</emphasis></term>
2525    <listitem>
2526      <para>
2527This pointer will be passed to the <olink targetdoc='SMlib' targetptr='IcePingReplyProc'><function>IcePingReplyProc</function></olink>
2528callback.
2529      </para>
2530    </listitem>
2531  </varlistentry>
2532</variablelist>
2533
2534
2535<para><xref linkend='IcePing' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
2536returns zero for failure and a positive value for success.</para>
2537
2538<para>When
2539<xref linkend='IceProcessMessages' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
2540processes the Ping reply, it will invoke the
2541<olink targetdoc='SMlib' targetptr='IcePingReplyProc'><function>IcePingReplyProc</function></olink>
2542callback.</para>
2543
2544<funcsynopsis id='PingReplyProc'>
2545<funcprototype>
2546  <funcdef>void <function>PingReplyProc</function></funcdef>
2547    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
2548    <paramdef>IcePointer<parameter> client_data</parameter></paramdef>
2549</funcprototype>
2550</funcsynopsis>
2551
2552<variablelist remap='IP'>
2553  <varlistentry>
2554  <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
2555  <listitem>
2556<para>A valid ICE connection object.</para>
2557  </listitem>
2558  </varlistentry>
2559  <varlistentry>
2560  <term><emphasis remap='I'>client_data</emphasis></term>
2561  <listitem>
2562<para>The client data specified in the call to
2563<xref linkend='IcePing' xrefstyle='select: title'/></para>
2564  </listitem>
2565  </varlistentry>
2566</variablelist>
2567
2568</chapter>
2569
2570<chapter id='Using_ICElib_Informational_Functions'>
2571<title>Using ICElib Informational Functions</title>
2572
2573<funcsynopsis id='IceConnectionStatus'>
2574<funcprototype>
2575  <funcdef>IceConnectStatus <function>IceConnectionStatus</function></funcdef>
2576    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
2577</funcprototype>
2578</funcsynopsis>
2579
2580<para><xref linkend='IceConnectionStatus' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
2581returns the status of an ICE connection.  The possible return values are:</para>
2582
2583<itemizedlist>
2584  <listitem>
2585<para><function>IceConnectPending</function>
2586- the connection is not valid yet (that is, authentication is taking place).
2587This is only relevant to connections created by
2588<xref linkend='IceAcceptConnection' xrefstyle='select: title'/></para>
2589  </listitem>
2590  <listitem>
2591<para><function>IceConnectAccepted</function>
2592- the connection has been accepted.
2593This is only relevant to connections created by
2594<xref linkend='IceAcceptConnection' xrefstyle='select: title'/></para>
2595  </listitem>
2596  <listitem>
2597<para><function>IceConnectRejected</function>
2598- the connection had been rejected  (that is, authentication failed).
2599This is only relevant to connections created by
2600<xref linkend='IceAcceptConnection' xrefstyle='select: title'/></para>
2601  </listitem>
2602  <listitem>
2603<para><function>IceConnectIOError</function>
2604- an IO error has occurred on the connection.</para>
2605  </listitem>
2606</itemizedlist>
2607
2608<funcsynopsis id='IceVendor'>
2609<funcprototype>
2610  <funcdef>char <function> *IceVendor</function></funcdef>
2611    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
2612</funcprototype>
2613</funcsynopsis>
2614
2615<para><function>IceVendor</function>
2616returns the ICE library vendor identification
2617for the other side of the connection.
2618The string should be freed with a call to
2619<function>free</function>
2620when no longer needed.</para>
2621
2622<funcsynopsis id='IceRelease'>
2623<funcprototype>
2624  <funcdef>char <function> *IceRelease</function></funcdef>
2625    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
2626</funcprototype>
2627</funcsynopsis>
2628
2629<para><function>IceRelease</function>
2630returns the release identification of the ICE library
2631on the other side of the connection.
2632The string should be freed with a call to
2633<function>free</function>
2634when no longer needed.</para>
2635
2636<funcsynopsis id='IceProtocolVersion'>
2637<funcprototype>
2638  <funcdef>int <function> IceProtocolVersion</function></funcdef>
2639    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
2640</funcprototype>
2641</funcsynopsis>
2642
2643<para><xref linkend='IceProtocolVersion' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
2644returns the major version of the ICE protocol on this connection.</para>
2645
2646<funcsynopsis id='IceProtocolRevision'>
2647<funcprototype>
2648  <funcdef>int <function> IceProtocolRevision</function></funcdef>
2649    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
2650</funcprototype>
2651</funcsynopsis>
2652
2653
2654<para><xref linkend='IceProtocolRevision' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
2655returns the minor version of the ICE protocol on this connection.</para>
2656
2657<funcsynopsis>
2658<funcprototype>
2659  <funcdef>int <function> IceConnectionNumber</function></funcdef>
2660    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
2661</funcprototype>
2662</funcsynopsis>
2663
2664
2665<para><function>IceConnectionNumber</function>
2666returns the file descriptor of this ICE connection.</para>
2667
2668<funcsynopsis id='IceConnectionString'>
2669<funcprototype>
2670  <funcdef>char <function> *IceConnectionString</function></funcdef>
2671    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
2672</funcprototype>
2673</funcsynopsis>
2674
2675<para><function>IceConnectionString</function>
2676returns the network ID of the client that
2677accepted this connection.  The string should be freed with a call to
2678<function>free</function>
2679when no longer needed.</para>
2680
2681<funcsynopsis id='IceLastSentSequenceNumber'>
2682<funcprototype>
2683  <funcdef>unsigned long <function> IceLastSentSequenceNumber</function></funcdef>
2684    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
2685</funcprototype>
2686</funcsynopsis>
2687
2688
2689<para><xref linkend='IceLastSentSequenceNumber' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
2690returns the sequence number of the last message sent on this ICE connection.</para>
2691
2692<funcsynopsis>
2693<funcprototype>
2694  <funcdef>unsigned long <function> IceLastReceivedSequenceNumber</function></funcdef>
2695    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
2696</funcprototype>
2697</funcsynopsis>
2698
2699<para><function>IceLastReceivedSequenceNumber</function>
2700returns the sequence number of the last message received on this
2701ICE connection.</para>
2702
2703<funcsynopsis id='IceSwapping'>
2704<funcprototype>
2705  <funcdef>Bool <function> IceSwapping</function></funcdef>
2706    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
2707</funcprototype>
2708</funcsynopsis>
2709
2710
2711<para><xref linkend='IceSwapping' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
2712returns
2713<function>True</function>
2714if byte swapping is necessary when reading messages on the ICE connection.</para>
2715
2716<funcsynopsis id='IceGetContext'>
2717<funcprototype>
2718  <funcdef>IcePointer <function> IceGetContext</function></funcdef>
2719    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
2720</funcprototype>
2721</funcsynopsis>
2722
2723<para><xref linkend='IceGetContext' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
2724returns the context associated with a connection created by
2725<xref linkend='IceOpenConnection' xrefstyle='select: title'/></para>
2726</chapter>
2727
2728<chapter id='ICE_Messages'>
2729<title>ICE Messages</title>
2730
2731<para>
2732All ICE messages have a standard 8-byte header.  The ICElib macros that
2733read and write messages rely on the following naming convention for message
2734headers:
2735</para>
2736
2737<literallayout class='monospaced'>
2738     CARD8	major_opcode;
2739     CARD8	minor_opcode;
2740     CARD8	data[2];
2741     CARD32	length;
2742</literallayout>
2743
2744<para>
2745The 3rd and 4th bytes of the message header can be used as needed.
2746The length field is specified in units of 8 bytes.
2747</para>
2748
2749<sect1 id='Sending_ICE_Messages'>
2750<title>Sending ICE Messages</title>
2751
2752<para>
2753The ICE library maintains an output buffer used for generating messages.
2754Protocol libraries layered on top of ICE may choose to batch messages
2755together and flush the output buffer at appropriate times.
2756</para>
2757
2758<para>
2759If an IO error has occurred on an ICE connection, all write operations
2760will be ignored.  For further information, see
2761<xref linkend='Error_Handling' xrefstyle='select: title'/>.
2762</para>
2763
2764
2765<para>
2766To get the size of the ICE output buffer, use
2767<xref linkend='IceGetOutBufSize' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
2768</para>
2769
2770<funcsynopsis id='IceGetOutBufSize'>
2771<funcprototype>
2772  <funcdef>int <function> IceGetOutBufSize</function></funcdef>
2773    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
2774</funcprototype>
2775</funcsynopsis>
2776
2777<variablelist remap='IP'>
2778  <varlistentry>
2779    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
2780    <listitem>
2781      <para>A valid ICE connection object.</para>
2782    </listitem>
2783  </varlistentry>
2784</variablelist>
2785
2786
2787<para>
2788To flush the ICE output buffer, use <xref linkend='IceFlush' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
2789</para>
2790
2791<funcsynopsis id='IceFlush'>
2792<funcprototype>
2793  <funcdef>int <function> IceFlush</function></funcdef>
2794    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
2795</funcprototype>
2796</funcsynopsis>
2797
2798<variablelist remap='IP'>
2799  <varlistentry>
2800    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
2801    <listitem>
2802      <para>A valid ICE connection object.</para>
2803    </listitem>
2804  </varlistentry>
2805</variablelist>
2806
2807<para>
2808Note that the output buffer may be implicitly flushed if there is
2809insufficient space to generate a message.
2810</para>
2811
2812<para>The following macros can be used to generate ICE messages:</para>
2813
2814<funcsynopsis id='IceGetHeader'>
2815<funcprototype>
2816  <funcdef><function> IceGetHeader</function></funcdef>
2817    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
2818    <paramdef>int<parameter> major_opcode</parameter></paramdef>
2819    <paramdef>int<parameter> minor_opcode</parameter></paramdef>
2820    <paramdef>int<parameter> header_size</parameter></paramdef>
2821    <paramdef>&lt;C_data_type&gt;<parameter> *pmsg</parameter></paramdef>
2822</funcprototype>
2823</funcsynopsis>
2824
2825<variablelist remap='IP'>
2826  <varlistentry>
2827    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
2828    <listitem>
2829      <para>A valid ICE connection object.</para>
2830    </listitem>
2831  </varlistentry>
2832  <varlistentry>
2833    <term><emphasis remap='I'>major_opcode</emphasis></term>
2834    <listitem>
2835      <para>The major opcode of the message.</para>
2836    </listitem>
2837  </varlistentry>
2838  <varlistentry>
2839    <term><emphasis remap='I'>minor_opcode</emphasis></term>
2840    <listitem>
2841      <para>The minor opcode of the message.</para>
2842    </listitem>
2843  </varlistentry>
2844  <varlistentry>
2845    <term><emphasis remap='I'>header_size</emphasis></term>
2846    <listitem>
2847      <para>The size of the message header (in bytes).</para>
2848    </listitem>
2849  </varlistentry>
2850  <varlistentry>
2851    <term><emphasis remap='I'>&lt;C_data_type&gt;</emphasis></term>
2852    <listitem>
2853      <para>The actual C data type of the message header.</para>
2854    </listitem>
2855  </varlistentry>
2856  <varlistentry>
2857    <term><emphasis remap='I'>pmsg</emphasis></term>
2858    <listitem>
2859      <para>
2860The message header pointer.  After this macro is called, the
2861library can store data in the message header.
2862      </para>
2863    </listitem>
2864  </varlistentry>
2865</variablelist>
2866
2867
2868<para>
2869<xref linkend='IceGetHeader' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
2870is used to set up a message header on an ICE connection.
2871It sets the major and minor opcodes of the message, and initializes
2872the message's length to the length of the header.  If additional
2873variable length data follows, the message's length field should be
2874updated.
2875</para>
2876
2877
2878<funcsynopsis id='IceGetHeaderExtra'>
2879<funcprototype>
2880  <funcdef><function> IceGetHeaderExtra</function></funcdef>
2881    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
2882    <paramdef>int<parameter> major_opcode</parameter></paramdef>
2883    <paramdef>int<parameter> minor_opcode</parameter></paramdef>
2884    <paramdef>int<parameter> header_size</parameter></paramdef>
2885    <paramdef>int<parameter> extra</parameter></paramdef>
2886    <paramdef>&lt;C_data_type&gt;<parameter> *pmsg</parameter></paramdef>
2887    <paramdef>char<parameter> *pdata</parameter></paramdef>
2888</funcprototype>
2889</funcsynopsis>
2890
2891<variablelist remap='IP'>
2892  <varlistentry>
2893    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
2894    <listitem>
2895      <para>A valid ICE connection object.</para>
2896    </listitem>
2897  </varlistentry>
2898  <varlistentry>
2899    <term><emphasis remap='I'>major_opcode</emphasis></term>
2900    <listitem>
2901      <para>The major opcode of the message.</para>
2902    </listitem>
2903  </varlistentry>
2904  <varlistentry>
2905    <term><emphasis remap='I'>minor_opcode</emphasis></term>
2906    <listitem>
2907      <para>The minor opcode of the message.</para>
2908    </listitem>
2909  </varlistentry>
2910  <varlistentry>
2911    <term><emphasis remap='I'>header_size</emphasis></term>
2912    <listitem>
2913      <para>The size of the message header (in bytes).</para>
2914    </listitem>
2915  </varlistentry>
2916  <varlistentry>
2917    <term><emphasis remap='I'>extra</emphasis></term>
2918    <listitem>
2919      <para>
2920The size of the extra data beyond the header (in 8-byte units).
2921      </para>
2922    </listitem>
2923  </varlistentry>
2924  <varlistentry>
2925    <term><emphasis remap='I'>&lt;C_data_type&gt;</emphasis></term>
2926    <listitem>
2927      <para>The actual C data type of the message header.</para>
2928    </listitem>
2929  </varlistentry>
2930  <varlistentry>
2931    <term><emphasis remap='I'>pmsg</emphasis></term>
2932    <listitem>
2933      <para>
2934The message header pointer.  After this macro is called, the
2935library can store data in the message header.
2936      </para>
2937    </listitem>
2938  </varlistentry>
2939  <varlistentry>
2940    <term><emphasis remap='I'>pdata</emphasis></term>
2941    <listitem>
2942      <para>
2943Returns a pointer to the ICE output buffer that points
2944immediately after the message header.  The variable length
2945data should be stored here.  If there was not enough room
2946in the ICE output buffer, pdata is set to NULL.
2947      </para>
2948    </listitem>
2949  </varlistentry>
2950</variablelist>
2951
2952
2953<para>
2954<xref linkend='IceGetHeaderExtra' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
2955is used to generate a message with a fixed (and relatively small) amount
2956of variable length data.  The complete message must fit in the ICE output
2957buffer.
2958</para>
2959
2960<funcsynopsis id='IceSimpleMessage'>
2961<funcprototype>
2962  <funcdef><function> IceSimpleMessage</function></funcdef>
2963    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
2964    <paramdef>int<parameter> major_opcode</parameter></paramdef>
2965    <paramdef>int<parameter> minor_opcode</parameter></paramdef>
2966</funcprototype>
2967</funcsynopsis>
2968
2969<variablelist remap='IP'>
2970  <varlistentry>
2971    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
2972    <listitem>
2973      <para>A valid ICE connection object.</para>
2974    </listitem>
2975  </varlistentry>
2976  <varlistentry>
2977    <term><emphasis remap='I'>major_opcode</emphasis></term>
2978    <listitem>
2979      <para>The major opcode of the message.</para>
2980    </listitem>
2981  </varlistentry>
2982  <varlistentry>
2983    <term><emphasis remap='I'>minor_opcode</emphasis></term>
2984    <listitem>
2985      <para>The minor opcode of the message.</para>
2986    </listitem>
2987  </varlistentry>
2988</variablelist>
2989
2990<para>
2991<xref linkend='IceSimpleMessage' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
2992is used to generate a message that is identical
2993in size to the ICE header message, and has no additional data.
2994</para>
2995
2996<funcsynopsis id='IceErrorHeader'>
2997<funcprototype>
2998  <funcdef><function> IceErrorHeader</function></funcdef>
2999    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
3000    <paramdef>int<parameter> offending_major_opcode</parameter></paramdef>
3001    <paramdef>int<parameter> offending_minor_opcode</parameter></paramdef>
3002    <paramdef>int<parameter> offending_sequence_num</parameter></paramdef>
3003    <paramdef>int<parameter> severity</parameter></paramdef>
3004    <paramdef>int<parameter> error_class</parameter></paramdef>
3005    <paramdef>int<parameter> data_length</parameter></paramdef>
3006</funcprototype>
3007</funcsynopsis>
3008
3009<variablelist remap='IP'>
3010  <varlistentry>
3011    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
3012    <listitem>
3013      <para>A valid ICE connection object.</para>
3014    </listitem>
3015  </varlistentry>
3016  <varlistentry>
3017    <term><emphasis remap='I'>offending_major_opcode</emphasis></term>
3018    <listitem>
3019      <para>
3020The major opcode of the protocol in which an error was detected.
3021      </para>
3022    </listitem>
3023  </varlistentry>
3024  <varlistentry>
3025    <term><emphasis remap='I'>offending_minor_opcode</emphasis></term>
3026    <listitem>
3027      <para>
3028The minor opcode of the protocol in which an error was detected.
3029      </para>
3030    </listitem>
3031  </varlistentry>
3032  <varlistentry>
3033    <term><emphasis remap='I'>offending_sequence_num</emphasis></term>
3034    <listitem>
3035      <para>The sequence number of the message that caused the error.</para>
3036    </listitem>
3037  </varlistentry>
3038  <varlistentry>
3039    <term><emphasis remap='I'>severity</emphasis></term>
3040    <listitem>
3041      <para>
3042<function>IceCanContinue</function>
3043<function>IceFatalToProtocol</function>
3044or
3045<function>IceFatalToConnection</function>
3046      </para>
3047    </listitem>
3048  </varlistentry>
3049  <varlistentry>
3050    <term><emphasis remap='I'>error_class</emphasis></term>
3051    <listitem>
3052      <para>The error class.</para>
3053    </listitem>
3054  </varlistentry>
3055  <varlistentry>
3056    <term><emphasis remap='I'>data_length</emphasis></term>
3057    <listitem>
3058      <para>
3059Length of data (in 8-byte units) to be written after the header.
3060      </para>
3061    </listitem>
3062  </varlistentry>
3063</variablelist>
3064
3065<para>
3066<xref linkend='IceErrorHeader' xrefstyle='select: title'/> sets up an error message header.
3067</para>
3068
3069<para>
3070Note that the two clients connected by ICE may be using different
3071major opcodes for a given protocol.  The offending_major_opcode passed
3072to this macro is the major opcode of the protocol for the client
3073sending the error message.
3074</para>
3075
3076<para>
3077Generic errors, which are common to all protocols, have classes
3078in the range 0x8000..0xFFFF.
3079See the <emphasis remap='I'>Inter-Client Exchange Protocol</emphasis>
3080standard for more details.
3081</para>
3082
3083<informaltable frame='none'>
3084  <?dbfo keep-together="always" ?>
3085  <tgroup cols='2' align='left' colsep='0' rowsep='0'>
3086    <colspec colname='c1' colwidth='1.0*'/>
3087    <colspec colname='c2' colwidth='2.0*'/>
3088    <tbody>
3089      <row>
3090        <entry>IceBadMinor</entry>
3091        <entry>0x8000</entry>
3092      </row>
3093      <row>
3094        <entry>IceBadState</entry>
3095        <entry>0x8001</entry>
3096      </row>
3097      <row>
3098        <entry>IceBadLength</entry>
3099        <entry>0x8002</entry>
3100      </row>
3101      <row>
3102        <entry>IceBadValue</entry>
3103        <entry>0x8003</entry>
3104      </row>
3105    </tbody>
3106  </tgroup>
3107</informaltable>
3108
3109<para>Per-protocol errors have classes in the range 0x0000-0x7fff.</para>
3110
3111<para>
3112To write data to an ICE connection, use the
3113<xref linkend='IceWriteData' xrefstyle='select: title'/> macro.  If the data fits into the
3114ICE output buffer, it is copied there.  Otherwise, the ICE output buffer
3115is flushed and the data is directly sent.
3116</para>
3117
3118<para>
3119This macro is used in conjunction with
3120<xref linkend='IceGetHeader' xrefstyle='select: title'/> and
3121<xref linkend='IceErrorHeader' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
3122</para>
3123
3124<funcsynopsis id='IceWriteData'>
3125<funcprototype>
3126  <funcdef><function> IceWriteData</function></funcdef>
3127    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
3128    <paramdef>int<parameter> bytes</parameter></paramdef>
3129    <paramdef>char<parameter> *data</parameter></paramdef>
3130</funcprototype>
3131</funcsynopsis>
3132
3133<variablelist remap='IP'>
3134  <varlistentry>
3135    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
3136    <listitem>
3137      <para>A valid ICE connection object.</para>
3138    </listitem>
3139  </varlistentry>
3140  <varlistentry>
3141    <term><emphasis remap='I'>bytes</emphasis></term>
3142    <listitem>
3143      <para>The number of bytes to write.</para>
3144    </listitem>
3145  </varlistentry>
3146  <varlistentry>
3147    <term><emphasis remap='I'>data</emphasis></term>
3148    <listitem>
3149      <para>The data to write.</para>
3150    </listitem>
3151  </varlistentry>
3152</variablelist>
3153
3154
3155<para>
3156To write data as 16-bit quantities, use <xref linkend='IceWriteData16' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
3157</para>
3158
3159<funcsynopsis id='IceWriteData16'>
3160<funcprototype>
3161  <funcdef><function> IceWriteData16</function></funcdef>
3162    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
3163    <paramdef>int<parameter> bytes</parameter></paramdef>
3164    <paramdef>char<parameter> *data</parameter></paramdef>
3165</funcprototype>
3166</funcsynopsis>
3167
3168<variablelist remap='IP'>
3169  <varlistentry>
3170    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
3171    <listitem>
3172      <para>A valid ICE connection object.</para>
3173    </listitem>
3174  </varlistentry>
3175  <varlistentry>
3176    <term><emphasis remap='I'>bytes</emphasis></term>
3177    <listitem>
3178      <para>The number of bytes to write.</para>
3179    </listitem>
3180  </varlistentry>
3181  <varlistentry>
3182    <term><emphasis remap='I'>data</emphasis></term>
3183    <listitem>
3184      <para>The data to write.</para>
3185    </listitem>
3186  </varlistentry>
3187</variablelist>
3188
3189<para>
3190To write data as 32-bit quantities, use <xref linkend='IceWriteData32' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
3191</para>
3192
3193
3194<funcsynopsis id='IceWriteData32'>
3195<funcprototype>
3196  <funcdef><function> IceWriteData32</function></funcdef>
3197    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
3198    <paramdef>int<parameter> bytes</parameter></paramdef>
3199    <paramdef>char<parameter> *data</parameter></paramdef>
3200</funcprototype>
3201</funcsynopsis>
3202
3203<variablelist remap='IP'>
3204  <varlistentry>
3205    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
3206    <listitem>
3207      <para>A valid ICE connection object.</para>
3208    </listitem>
3209  </varlistentry>
3210  <varlistentry>
3211    <term><emphasis remap='I'>bytes</emphasis></term>
3212    <listitem>
3213      <para>The number of bytes to write.</para>
3214    </listitem>
3215  </varlistentry>
3216  <varlistentry>
3217    <term><emphasis remap='I'>data</emphasis></term>
3218    <listitem>
3219      <para>The data to write.</para>
3220    </listitem>
3221  </varlistentry>
3222</variablelist>
3223
3224<para>
3225To write data as 32-bit quantities, use <xref linkend='IceWriteData32' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
3226</para>
3227
3228<para>
3229To bypass copying data to the ICE output buffer, use
3230<xref linkend='IceSendData' xrefstyle='select: title'/> to directly send data over the network
3231connection.  If necessary, the ICE output buffer is first flushed.
3232</para>
3233
3234<funcsynopsis id='IceSendData'>
3235<funcprototype>
3236  <funcdef><function> IceSendData</function></funcdef>
3237    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
3238    <paramdef>int<parameter> bytes</parameter></paramdef>
3239    <paramdef>char<parameter> *data</parameter></paramdef>
3240</funcprototype>
3241</funcsynopsis>
3242
3243<variablelist remap='IP'>
3244  <varlistentry>
3245    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
3246    <listitem>
3247      <para>A valid ICE connection object.</para>
3248    </listitem>
3249  </varlistentry>
3250  <varlistentry>
3251    <term><emphasis remap='I'>bytes</emphasis></term>
3252    <listitem>
3253      <para>The number of bytes to send.</para>
3254    </listitem>
3255  </varlistentry>
3256  <varlistentry>
3257    <term><emphasis remap='I'>data</emphasis></term>
3258    <listitem>
3259      <para>The data to send.</para>
3260    </listitem>
3261  </varlistentry>
3262</variablelist>
3263
3264
3265<para>
3266To force 32-bit or 64-bit alignment, use <xref linkend='IceWritePad' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
3267A maximum of 7 pad bytes can be specified.
3268</para>
3269
3270<funcsynopsis id='IceWritePad'>
3271<funcprototype>
3272  <funcdef><function> IceWritePad</function></funcdef>
3273    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
3274    <paramdef>int<parameter> bytes</parameter></paramdef>
3275    <paramdef>char<parameter> *data</parameter></paramdef>
3276</funcprototype>
3277</funcsynopsis>
3278
3279<variablelist remap='IP'>
3280  <varlistentry>
3281    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
3282    <listitem>
3283      <para>A valid ICE connection object.</para>
3284    </listitem>
3285  </varlistentry>
3286  <varlistentry>
3287    <term><emphasis remap='I'>bytes</emphasis></term>
3288    <listitem>
3289      <para>The number of bytes to write.</para>
3290    </listitem>
3291  </varlistentry>
3292  <varlistentry>
3293    <term><emphasis remap='I'>data</emphasis></term>
3294    <listitem>
3295      <para>The number of pad bytes to write.</para>
3296    </listitem>
3297  </varlistentry>
3298</variablelist>
3299
3300</sect1>
3301
3302<sect1 id='Reading_ICE_Messages'>
3303<title>Reading ICE Messages</title>
3304
3305
3306<para>
3307The ICE library maintains an input buffer used for reading messages.
3308If the ICE library chooses to perform nonblocking reads (this is
3309implementation-dependent), then for every read operation that it makes,
3310zero or more complete messages may be read into the input buffer.  As
3311a result, for all of the macros described in this section that read
3312messages, an actual read operation will occur on the connection only if
3313the data is not already present in the input buffer.
3314</para>
3315
3316
3317<para>
3318To get the size of the ICE input buffer, use
3319<xref linkend='IceGetInBufSize' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
3320</para>
3321
3322<funcsynopsis id='IceGetInBufSize'>
3323<funcprototype>
3324  <funcdef>int<function> IceGetInBufSize</function></funcdef>
3325    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
3326</funcprototype>
3327</funcsynopsis>
3328
3329<variablelist remap='IP'>
3330  <varlistentry>
3331    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
3332    <listitem>
3333      <para>A valid ICE connection object.</para>
3334    </listitem>
3335  </varlistentry>
3336</variablelist>
3337
3338<para>
3339When reading messages, care must be taken to check for IO errors.  If
3340any IO error occurs in reading any part of a message, the message should
3341be thrown out.  After using any of the macros described below for reading
3342messages, the <xref linkend='IceValidIO' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
3343macro can be used to check if an IO error occurred on the
3344connection.  After an IO error has occurred on an ICE connection, all
3345read operations will be ignored.  For further information, see
3346<xref linkend='Error_Handling' xrefstyle='select: title'/>.
3347</para>
3348
3349
3350<funcsynopsis id='IceValidIO'>
3351<funcprototype>
3352  <funcdef>Bool<function> IceValidIO</function></funcdef>
3353    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
3354</funcprototype>
3355</funcsynopsis>
3356
3357<variablelist remap='IP'>
3358  <varlistentry>
3359    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
3360    <listitem>
3361      <para>A valid ICE connection object.</para>
3362    </listitem>
3363  </varlistentry>
3364</variablelist>
3365
3366<para>The following macros can be used to read ICE messages.</para>
3367
3368<funcsynopsis id='IceReadSimpleMessage'>
3369<funcprototype>
3370  <funcdef><function> IceReadSimpleMessage</function></funcdef>
3371    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
3372    <paramdef>&lt;C_data_type&gt;<parameter> *pmsg</parameter></paramdef>
3373</funcprototype>
3374</funcsynopsis>
3375
3376<variablelist remap='IP'>
3377  <varlistentry>
3378    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
3379    <listitem>
3380      <para>A valid ICE connection object.</para>
3381    </listitem>
3382  </varlistentry>
3383  <varlistentry>
3384    <term><emphasis remap='I'>&lt;C_data_type&gt;</emphasis></term>
3385    <listitem>
3386      <para>The actual C data type of the message header.</para>
3387    </listitem>
3388  </varlistentry>
3389  <varlistentry>
3390    <term><emphasis remap='I'>pmsg</emphasis></term>
3391    <listitem>
3392      <para>This pointer is set to the message header.</para>
3393    </listitem>
3394  </varlistentry>
3395</variablelist>
3396
3397<para>
3398<xref linkend='IceReadSimpleMessage' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
3399is used for messages that are identical in size to the 8-byte ICE header, but
3400use the spare 2 bytes in the header to encode additional data.  Note that the
3401ICE library always reads in these first 8 bytes, so it can obtain the major
3402opcode of the message.  <xref linkend='IceReadSimpleMessage' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
3403simply returns a pointer to these 8 bytes; it does not actually read any data
3404into the input buffer.
3405</para>
3406
3407<para>
3408For a message with variable length data, there are two ways of reading
3409the message.  One method involves reading the complete message in one
3410pass using <xref linkend='IceReadCompleteMessage' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
3411The second method involves reading the message header (note that this may
3412be larger than the 8-byte ICE header), then reading
3413the variable length data in chunks (see
3414<xref linkend='IceReadMessageHeader' xrefstyle='select: title'/> and
3415<xref linkend='IceReadData' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
3416</para>
3417
3418
3419<funcsynopsis id='IceReadCompleteMessage'>
3420<funcprototype>
3421  <funcdef><function> IceReadCompleteMessage</function></funcdef>
3422    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
3423    <paramdef>int<parameter> header_size</parameter></paramdef>
3424    <paramdef>&lt;C_data_type&gt;<parameter> *pmsg</parameter></paramdef>
3425    <paramdef>char<parameter> *pdata</parameter></paramdef>
3426</funcprototype>
3427</funcsynopsis>
3428
3429<variablelist remap='IP'>
3430  <varlistentry>
3431    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
3432    <listitem>
3433      <para>A valid ICE connection object.</para>
3434    </listitem>
3435  </varlistentry>
3436  <varlistentry>
3437    <term><emphasis remap='I'>header_size</emphasis></term>
3438    <listitem>
3439      <para>The size of the message header (in bytes).</para>
3440    </listitem>
3441  </varlistentry>
3442  <varlistentry>
3443    <term><emphasis remap='I'>&lt;C_data_type&gt;</emphasis></term>
3444    <listitem>
3445      <para>The actual C data type of the message header.</para>
3446    </listitem>
3447  </varlistentry>
3448  <varlistentry>
3449    <term><emphasis remap='I'>pmsg</emphasis></term>
3450    <listitem>
3451      <para>This pointer is set to the message header.</para>
3452    </listitem>
3453  </varlistentry>
3454  <varlistentry>
3455    <term><emphasis remap='I'>pdata</emphasis></term>
3456    <listitem>
3457      <para>
3458This pointer is set to the variable length data of the message.
3459      </para>
3460    </listitem>
3461  </varlistentry>
3462</variablelist>
3463
3464<para>
3465If the ICE input buffer has sufficient space,
3466<xref linkend='IceReadCompleteMessage' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
3467will read the complete message into the
3468ICE input buffer.  Otherwise, a buffer will be allocated to hold the
3469variable length data.  After the call, the pdata argument should
3470be checked against NULL to make sure that there was sufficient memory
3471to allocate the buffer.
3472</para>
3473
3474<para>
3475After calling <xref linkend='IceReadCompleteMessage' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
3476and processing the message, <xref linkend='IceDisposeCompleteMessage' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
3477should be called.
3478</para>
3479
3480
3481<funcsynopsis id='IceDisposeCompleteMessage'>
3482<funcprototype>
3483  <funcdef><function> IceDisposeCompleteMessage</function></funcdef>
3484    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
3485    <paramdef>char<parameter> *pdata</parameter></paramdef>
3486</funcprototype>
3487</funcsynopsis>
3488
3489<variablelist remap='IP'>
3490  <varlistentry>
3491    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
3492    <listitem>
3493      <para>A valid ICE connection object.</para>
3494    </listitem>
3495  </varlistentry>
3496  <varlistentry>
3497    <term><emphasis remap='I'>pdata</emphasis></term>
3498    <listitem>
3499      <para>
3500The pointer to the variable length data returned in
3501<xref linkend='IceReadCompleteMessage' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
3502      </para>
3503    </listitem>
3504  </varlistentry>
3505</variablelist>
3506
3507<para>
3508If a buffer had to be allocated to hold the variable length data (because
3509it did not fit in the ICE input buffer), it is freed here by ICElib.
3510</para>
3511
3512
3513<funcsynopsis id='IceReadMessageHeader'>
3514<funcprototype>
3515  <funcdef><function> IceReadMessageHeader</function></funcdef>
3516    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
3517    <paramdef>int<parameter> header_size</parameter></paramdef>
3518    <paramdef>&lt;C_data_type&gt;<parameter> *pmsg</parameter></paramdef>
3519</funcprototype>
3520</funcsynopsis>
3521
3522<variablelist remap='IP'>
3523  <varlistentry>
3524    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
3525    <listitem>
3526      <para>A valid ICE connection object.</para>
3527    </listitem>
3528  </varlistentry>
3529  <varlistentry>
3530    <term><emphasis remap='I'>header_size</emphasis></term>
3531    <listitem>
3532      <para>The size of the message header (in bytes).</para>
3533    </listitem>
3534  </varlistentry>
3535  <varlistentry>
3536    <term><emphasis remap='I'>&lt;C_data_type&gt;</emphasis></term>
3537    <listitem>
3538      <para>The actual C data type of the message header.</para>
3539    </listitem>
3540  </varlistentry>
3541  <varlistentry>
3542    <term><emphasis remap='I'>pmsg</emphasis></term>
3543    <listitem>
3544      <para>This pointer is set to the message header.</para>
3545    </listitem>
3546  </varlistentry>
3547</variablelist>
3548
3549<para>
3550<xref linkend='IceReadMessageHeader' xrefstyle='select: title'/> reads just the message header.
3551The rest of the data should be read with the
3552<xref linkend='IceReadData' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
3553family of macros.  This method of reading a message should be used when the
3554variable length data must be read in chunks.
3555</para>
3556
3557
3558<para>
3559To read data directly into a user supplied buffer, use
3560<xref linkend='IceReadData' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
3561</para>
3562
3563<funcsynopsis id='IceReadData'>
3564<funcprototype>
3565  <funcdef><function> IceReadData</function></funcdef>
3566    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
3567    <paramdef>int<parameter> bytes</parameter></paramdef>
3568    <paramdef>char<parameter> *pdata</parameter></paramdef>
3569</funcprototype>
3570</funcsynopsis>
3571
3572<variablelist remap='IP'>
3573  <varlistentry>
3574    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
3575    <listitem>
3576      <para>A valid ICE connection object.</para>
3577    </listitem>
3578  </varlistentry>
3579  <varlistentry>
3580    <term><emphasis remap='I'>bytes</emphasis></term>
3581    <listitem>
3582      <para>The number of bytes to read.</para>
3583    </listitem>
3584  </varlistentry>
3585  <varlistentry>
3586    <term><emphasis remap='I'>pdata</emphasis></term>
3587    <listitem>
3588      <para>The data is read into this user supplied buffer.</para>
3589    </listitem>
3590  </varlistentry>
3591</variablelist>
3592
3593
3594<para>
3595To read data as 16-bit quantities, use <xref linkend='IceReadData16' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
3596</para>
3597
3598<funcsynopsis id='IceReadData16'>
3599<funcprototype>
3600  <funcdef><function> IceReadData16</function></funcdef>
3601    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
3602    <paramdef>Bool<parameter> swap</parameter></paramdef>
3603    <paramdef>int<parameter> bytes</parameter></paramdef>
3604    <paramdef>char<parameter> *pdata</parameter></paramdef>
3605</funcprototype>
3606</funcsynopsis>
3607
3608<variablelist remap='IP'>
3609  <varlistentry>
3610    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
3611    <listitem>
3612      <para>A valid ICE connection object.</para>
3613    </listitem>
3614  </varlistentry>
3615  <varlistentry>
3616    <term><emphasis remap='I'>swap</emphasis></term>
3617    <listitem>
3618      <para>
3619If <function>True,</function> the values will be byte swapped.
3620      </para>
3621    </listitem>
3622  </varlistentry>
3623  <varlistentry>
3624    <term><emphasis remap='I'>bytes</emphasis></term>
3625    <listitem>
3626      <para>The number of bytes to read.</para>
3627    </listitem>
3628  </varlistentry>
3629  <varlistentry>
3630    <term><emphasis remap='I'>pdata</emphasis></term>
3631    <listitem>
3632      <para>The data is read into this user supplied buffer.</para>
3633    </listitem>
3634  </varlistentry>
3635</variablelist>
3636
3637
3638<para>
3639To read data as 32-bit quantities, use <xref linkend='IceReadData32' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
3640</para>
3641
3642<funcsynopsis id='IceReadData32'>
3643<funcprototype>
3644  <funcdef><function> IceReadData32</function></funcdef>
3645    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
3646    <paramdef>Bool<parameter> swap</parameter></paramdef>
3647    <paramdef>int<parameter> bytes</parameter></paramdef>
3648    <paramdef>char<parameter> *pdata</parameter></paramdef>
3649</funcprototype>
3650</funcsynopsis>
3651
3652<variablelist remap='IP'>
3653  <varlistentry>
3654    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
3655    <listitem>
3656      <para>A valid ICE connection object.</para>
3657    </listitem>
3658  </varlistentry>
3659  <varlistentry>
3660    <term><emphasis remap='I'>swap</emphasis></term>
3661    <listitem>
3662      <para>
3663If <function>True,</function> the values will be byte swapped.
3664      </para>
3665    </listitem>
3666  </varlistentry>
3667  <varlistentry>
3668    <term><emphasis remap='I'>bytes</emphasis></term>
3669    <listitem>
3670      <para>The number of bytes to read.</para>
3671    </listitem>
3672  </varlistentry>
3673  <varlistentry>
3674    <term><emphasis remap='I'>pdata</emphasis></term>
3675    <listitem>
3676      <para>The data is read into this user supplied buffer.</para>
3677    </listitem>
3678  </varlistentry>
3679</variablelist>
3680
3681<para>To force 32-bit or 64-bit alignment, use
3682<xref linkend='IceReadPad' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
3683A maximum of 7 pad bytes can be specified.</para>
3684
3685<funcsynopsis id='IceReadPad'>
3686<funcprototype>
3687  <funcdef><function> IceReadPad</function></funcdef>
3688    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
3689    <paramdef>int<parameter> bytes</parameter></paramdef>
3690</funcprototype>
3691</funcsynopsis>
3692
3693<variablelist remap='IP'>
3694  <varlistentry>
3695    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
3696    <listitem>
3697      <para>A valid ICE connection object.</para>
3698    </listitem>
3699  </varlistentry>
3700  <varlistentry>
3701    <term><emphasis remap='I'>bytes</emphasis></term>
3702    <listitem>
3703      <para>The number of pad bytes.</para>
3704    </listitem>
3705  </varlistentry>
3706</variablelist>
3707
3708</sect1>
3709</chapter>
3710
3711<chapter id='Error_Handling'>
3712<title>Error Handling</title>
3713
3714
3715<para>There are two default error handlers in ICElib:</para>
3716
3717<itemizedlist>
3718  <listitem>
3719    <para>
3720One to handle typically fatal conditions (for example,
3721a connection dying because a machine crashed)
3722    </para>
3723  </listitem>
3724  <listitem>
3725    <para>One to handle ICE-specific protocol errors</para>
3726  </listitem>
3727</itemizedlist>
3728
3729<para>
3730These error handlers can be changed to user-supplied routines if you
3731prefer your own error handling and can be changed as often as you like.
3732</para>
3733
3734
3735<para>
3736To set the ICE error handler, use <xref linkend='IceSetErrorHandler' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
3737</para>
3738
3739<funcsynopsis id='IceSetErrorHandler'>
3740<funcprototype>
3741  <funcdef><function> IceSetErrorHandler</function></funcdef>
3742    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
3743    <paramdef>int<parameter> bytes</parameter></paramdef>
3744</funcprototype>
3745</funcsynopsis>
3746
3747<variablelist remap='IP'>
3748  <varlistentry>
3749    <term><emphasis remap='I'>handler</emphasis></term>
3750    <listitem>
3751      <para>
3752The ICE error handler.  You should pass NULL to restore the default handler.
3753      </para>
3754    </listitem>
3755  </varlistentry>
3756</variablelist>
3757
3758<para>
3759<xref linkend='IceSetErrorHandler' xrefstyle='select: title'/> returns the previous error handler.
3760</para>
3761
3762<para>
3763The ICE error handler is invoked when an unexpected ICE protocol
3764error (major opcode 0) is encountered.  The action of the default
3765handler is to print an explanatory message to
3766<function>stderr</function>
3767and if the severity is fatal, call
3768<function>exit</function>
3769with a nonzero value.  If exiting
3770is undesirable, the application should register its own error handler.
3771</para>
3772
3773<para>
3774Note that errors in other protocol
3775domains should be handled by their respective libraries (these libraries
3776should have their own error handlers).
3777</para>
3778
3779<para>
3780An ICE error handler has the type of <xref linkend='IceErrorHandler' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
3781</para>
3782
3783<funcsynopsis id='IceErrorHandler'>
3784<funcprototype>
3785  <funcdef>void<function> IceErrorHandler</function></funcdef>
3786    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
3787    <paramdef>Bool<parameter> swap</parameter></paramdef>
3788    <paramdef>int<parameter> offending_minor_opcode</parameter></paramdef>
3789    <paramdef>unsigned long<parameter> offending_sequence_num</parameter></paramdef>
3790    <paramdef>int<parameter> error_class</parameter></paramdef>
3791    <paramdef>int<parameter> severity</parameter></paramdef>
3792    <paramdef>IcePointer<parameter> values</parameter></paramdef>
3793</funcprototype>
3794</funcsynopsis>
3795
3796<variablelist remap='IP'>
3797  <varlistentry>
3798    <term><emphasis remap='I'>handler</emphasis></term>
3799    <listitem>
3800      <para>The ICE connection object.</para>
3801    </listitem>
3802  </varlistentry>
3803  <varlistentry>
3804    <term><emphasis remap='I'>swap</emphasis></term>
3805    <listitem>
3806      <para>A flag that indicates if the values need byte swapping.</para>
3807    </listitem>
3808  </varlistentry>
3809  <varlistentry>
3810    <term><emphasis remap='I'>offending_minor_opcode</emphasis></term>
3811    <listitem>
3812      <para>The ICE minor opcode of the offending message.</para>
3813    </listitem>
3814  </varlistentry>
3815  <varlistentry>
3816    <term><emphasis remap='I'>offending_sequence_num</emphasis></term>
3817    <listitem>
3818      <para>The sequence number of the offending message.</para>
3819    </listitem>
3820  </varlistentry>
3821  <varlistentry>
3822    <term><emphasis remap='I'>error_class</emphasis></term>
3823    <listitem>
3824      <para>The error class of the offending message.</para>
3825    </listitem>
3826  </varlistentry>
3827  <varlistentry>
3828    <term><emphasis remap='I'>severity</emphasis></term>
3829    <listitem>
3830      <para>
3831<function>IceCanContinue</function>
3832<function>IceFatalToProtocol</function>
3833or
3834<function>IceFatalToConnection</function>
3835      </para>
3836    </listitem>
3837  </varlistentry>
3838  <varlistentry>
3839    <term><emphasis remap='I'>values</emphasis></term>
3840    <listitem>
3841      <para>
3842Any additional error values specific to the minor opcode and class.
3843      </para>
3844    </listitem>
3845  </varlistentry>
3846</variablelist>
3847
3848
3849<para>The following error classes are defined at the ICE level:</para>
3850
3851<literallayout remap='Ds'>
3852<function>IceBadMinor</function>
3853<function>IceBadState</function>
3854<function>IceBadLength</function>
3855<function>IceBadValue</function>
3856<function>IceBadMajor</function>
3857<function>IceNoAuth</function>
3858<function>IceNoVersion</function>
3859<function>IceSetupFailed</function>
3860<function>IceAuthRejected</function>
3861<function>IceAuthFailed</function>
3862<function>IceProtocolDuplicate</function>
3863<function>IceMajorOpcodeDuplicate</function>
3864<function>IceUnknownProtocol</function>
3865</literallayout>
3866
3867<para>
3868For further information, see
3869the <emphasis remap='I'>Inter-Client Exchange Protocol</emphasis> standard.
3870</para>
3871
3872
3873<para>
3874To handle fatal I/O errors, use <xref linkend='IceSetIOErrorHandler' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
3875</para>
3876
3877
3878<funcsynopsis id='IceSetIOErrorHandler'>
3879<funcprototype>
3880  <funcdef>IceIOErrorHandler<function> IceSetIOErrorHandler</function></funcdef>
3881    <paramdef>IceIOErrorHandler<parameter> handler</parameter></paramdef>
3882</funcprototype>
3883</funcsynopsis>
3884
3885<variablelist remap='IP'>
3886  <varlistentry>
3887    <term><emphasis remap='I'>handler</emphasis></term>
3888    <listitem>
3889      <para>
3890The I/O error handler.  You should pass NULL to restore the default handler.
3891      </para>
3892    </listitem>
3893  </varlistentry>
3894</variablelist>
3895
3896<para>
3897<xref linkend='IceSetIOErrorHandler' xrefstyle='select: title'/> returns the previous
3898IO error handler.
3899</para>
3900
3901<para>
3902An ICE I/O error handler has the type of
3903<xref linkend='IceIOErrorHandler' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
3904</para>
3905
3906<funcsynopsis id='IceIOErrorHandler'>
3907<funcprototype>
3908  <funcdef>void<function> IceIOErrorHandler</function></funcdef>
3909    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
3910</funcprototype>
3911</funcsynopsis>
3912
3913<variablelist remap='IP'>
3914  <varlistentry>
3915    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
3916    <listitem><para>The ICE connection object.</para></listitem>
3917  </varlistentry>
3918</variablelist>
3919
3920
3921<para> There are two ways of handling IO errors in ICElib:</para>
3922
3923<itemizedlist>
3924  <listitem>
3925    <para>
3926In the first, the IO error handler does whatever is necessary
3927to respond to the IO error and then returns, but it does not call
3928<xref linkend='IceCloseConnection' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
3929The ICE connection is given a "bad IO" status, and all future reads
3930and writes to the connection are ignored.  The next time
3931<xref linkend='IceProcessMessages' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
3932is called it will return a status of
3933<function>IceProcessMessagesIOError</function>
3934At that time, the application should call
3935<xref linkend='IceCloseConnection' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
3936    </para>
3937  </listitem>
3938  <listitem>
3939    <para>
3940In the second, the IO error handler does call
3941<xref linkend='IceCloseConnection' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
3942and then uses the <function>longjmp</function>
3943call to get back to the application's main event loop.  The
3944<function>setjmp</function> and
3945<function>longjmp</function>
3946calls may not work properly on all platforms,
3947and special care must be taken to avoid memory leaks.
3948Therefore, this second model is less desirable.
3949    </para>
3950  </listitem>
3951</itemizedlist>
3952
3953<para>
3954Before the application I/O error handler is invoked, protocol libraries
3955that were interested in being notified of I/O errors will have their
3956<xref linkend='IceIOErrorProc' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
3957handlers invoked.  This handler is set up in the protocol registration
3958functions (see <xref linkend='IceRegisterForProtocolSetup' xrefstyle='select: title'/> and
3959<xref linkend='IceRegisterForProtocolReply' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
3960and could be used to clean up state specific to the protocol.
3961</para>
3962
3963
3964<funcsynopsis id='IceIOErrorProc'>
3965<funcprototype>
3966  <funcdef>void<function> IceIOErrorProc</function></funcdef>
3967    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
3968</funcprototype>
3969</funcsynopsis>
3970
3971<variablelist remap='IP'>
3972  <varlistentry>
3973    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
3974    <listitem><para>The ICE connection object.</para></listitem>
3975  </varlistentry>
3976</variablelist>
3977
3978<para>
3979Note that every <xref linkend='IceIOErrorProc' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
3980callback must return.  This is required
3981because each active protocol must be notified of the broken connection,
3982and the application IO error handler must be invoked afterwards.
3983</para>
3984</chapter>
3985
3986<chapter id='Multi_Threading_Support'>
3987<title>Multi-Threading Support</title>
3988
3989
3990<para>To declare that multiple threads in an application will be using the ICE
3991library, use
3992<function>IceInitThreads</function></para>
3993
3994<literallayout remap='FD'>
3995Status IceInitThreads()
3996</literallayout>
3997
3998
3999<para>The
4000<function>IceInitThreads</function>
4001function must be the first ICElib function a
4002multi-threaded program calls.  It must complete before any other ICElib
4003call is made.
4004<function>IceInitThreads</function>
4005returns a nonzero status if and only if it was able
4006to initialize the threads package successfully.
4007It is safe to call
4008<function>IceInitThreads</function>
4009more than once, although the threads package will only be initialized once.</para>
4010
4011<para>Protocol libraries layered on top of ICElib will have to lock critical
4012sections of code that access an ICE connection (for example, when
4013generating messages).  Two calls, which are generally implemented as
4014macros, are provided:</para>
4015
4016<funcsynopsis id='IceLockConn'>
4017<funcprototype>
4018  <funcdef>void<function> IceLockConn</function></funcdef>
4019    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
4020</funcprototype>
4021</funcsynopsis>
4022
4023<funcsynopsis id='IceUnlockConn'>
4024<funcprototype>
4025  <funcdef>void<function> IceUnlockConn</function></funcdef>
4026    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
4027</funcprototype>
4028</funcsynopsis>
4029
4030<variablelist remap='IP'>
4031  <varlistentry>
4032    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
4033    <listitem><para>The ICE connection object.</para></listitem>
4034  </varlistentry>
4035</variablelist>
4036
4037<para>To keep an ICE connection locked across several ICElib calls, applications use
4038<xref linkend='IceAppLockConn' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
4039and
4040<xref linkend='IceAppUnlockConn' xrefstyle='select: title'/></para>
4041
4042<funcsynopsis id='IceAppLockConn'>
4043<funcprototype>
4044  <funcdef>void<function> IceAppLockConn</function></funcdef>
4045    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
4046</funcprototype>
4047</funcsynopsis>
4048
4049<variablelist remap='IP'>
4050  <varlistentry>
4051    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
4052    <listitem><para>The ICE connection object.</para></listitem>
4053  </varlistentry>
4054</variablelist>
4055
4056
4057<para>The
4058<xref linkend='IceAppLockConn' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
4059function completely locks out other threads using the connection
4060until
4061<xref linkend='IceAppUnlockConn' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
4062is called.  Other threads attempting to use ICElib
4063calls on the connection will block.
4064If the program has not previously called
4065<function>IceInitThreads</function>
4066<xref linkend='IceAppLockConn' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
4067has no effect.</para>
4068
4069<funcsynopsis id='IceAppUnlockConn'>
4070<funcprototype>
4071  <funcdef>void<function> IceAppUnlockConn</function></funcdef>
4072    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
4073</funcprototype>
4074</funcsynopsis>
4075
4076<variablelist remap='IP'>
4077  <varlistentry>
4078    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
4079    <listitem><para>The ICE connection object.</para></listitem>
4080  </varlistentry>
4081</variablelist>
4082
4083<para>The
4084<xref linkend='IceAppUnlockConn' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
4085function allows other threads to complete ICElib
4086calls on the connection that were blocked by a previous call to
4087<xref linkend='IceAppLockConn' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
4088from this thread.  If the program has not previously called
4089<function>IceInitThreads</function>
4090<xref linkend='IceAppUnlockConn' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
4091has no effect.</para>
4092</chapter>
4093
4094<chapter id='Miscellaneous_Functions'>
4095<title>Miscellaneous Functions</title>
4096
4097
4098
4099
4100<para>To allocate scratch space (for example, when generating
4101messages with variable data), use
4102<function>IceAllocScratch</function>
4103Each ICE connection has one scratch space associated with it.
4104The scratch space starts off as empty and grows as needed.
4105The contents of the scratch space is not guaranteed to be preserved
4106after any ICElib function is called.</para>
4107
4108
4109<funcsynopsis id='IceAllocScratch'>
4110<funcprototype>
4111  <funcdef>char<function> *IceAllocScratch</function></funcdef>
4112    <paramdef>IceConn<parameter> ice_conn</parameter></paramdef>
4113    <paramdef>unsigned long<parameter> size</parameter></paramdef>
4114</funcprototype>
4115</funcsynopsis>
4116
4117<variablelist remap='IP'>
4118  <varlistentry>
4119    <term><emphasis remap='I'>ice_conn</emphasis></term>
4120    <listitem><para>The ICE connection object.</para></listitem>
4121  </varlistentry>
4122  <varlistentry>
4123    <term><emphasis remap='I'>size</emphasis></term>
4124    <listitem><para>The number of bytes required.</para></listitem>
4125  </varlistentry>
4126</variablelist>
4127
4128<para>Note that the memory returned by
4129<function>IceAllocScratch</function>
4130should not be freed by the caller.
4131The ICE library will free the memory when the ICE connection is closed.</para>
4132</chapter>
4133
4134<chapter id='Acknowledgements'>
4135<title>Acknowledgements</title>
4136
4137
4138<para>
4139Thanks to Bob Scheifler for his thoughtful input on the design
4140of the ICE library.  Thanks also to Jordan Brown, Larry Cable, Donna Converse,
4141Clive Feather, Stephen Gildea, Vania Joloboff, Kaleb Keithley,
4142Stuart Marks, Hiro Miyamoto, Ralph Swick, Jim VanGilder, and Mike Wexler.
4143</para>
4144</chapter>
4145
4146<appendix id="authentication_utility_functions">
4147<title>Authentication Utility Functions</title>
4148
4149
4150<para>
4151As discussed in this document, the means by which authentication data
4152is obtained by the ICE library (for
4153<function>ConnectionSetup</function>
4154messages or
4155<function>ProtocolSetup</function>
4156messages) is implementation-dependent.&dagger;
4157<footnote remap='FS'>
4158<para>The X Consortium's ICElib implementation assumes the presence of an
4159ICE authority file.
4160</para></footnote>
4161</para>
4162
4163<para>
4164This appendix describes some utility functions that manipulate an
4165ICE authority file.  The authority file can be used to pass authentication
4166data between clients.
4167</para>
4168
4169<para>The basic operations on the .ICEauthority file are:</para>
4170
4171<itemizedlist>
4172  <listitem>
4173    <para>Get file name</para>
4174  </listitem>
4175  <listitem>
4176    <para>Lock</para>
4177  </listitem>
4178  <listitem>
4179    <para>Unlock</para>
4180  </listitem>
4181  <listitem>
4182    <para>Read entry</para>
4183  </listitem>
4184  <listitem>
4185    <para>Write entry</para>
4186  </listitem>
4187  <listitem>
4188    <para>Search for entry</para>
4189  </listitem>
4190</itemizedlist>
4191
4192<para>
4193These are fairly low-level operations, and it is expected that a program,
4194like "iceauth", would exist to add, remove, and display entries in the file.
4195</para>
4196
4197<para>
4198In order to use these utility functions, the
4199&lt;<symbol role='Pn'>X11/ICE/ICEutil.h</symbol>&gt;
4200header file must be included.
4201</para>
4202
4203<para>
4204An entry in the .ICEauthority file is defined by the following data structure:
4205</para>
4206
4207
4208<literallayout class="monospaced">
4209typedef struct {
4210     char *protocol_name;
4211     unsigned short protocol_data_length;
4212     char *protocol_data;
4213     char *network_id;
4214     char *auth_name;
4215     unsigned short auth_data_length;
4216     char *auth_data;
4217} IceAuthFileEntry;
4218</literallayout>
4219
4220
4221<para>
4222The protocol_name member is either "ICE" for connection setup authentication
4223or the subprotocol name, such as "XSMP".  For each entry, protocol specific
4224data can be specified in the protocol_data member.  This can be used
4225to search for old entries that need to be removed from the file.
4226</para>
4227
4228<para>
4229The network_id member is the network ID of the client accepting
4230authentication (for example, the network ID of a session manager).
4231A network ID has the following form:
4232</para>
4233
4234<informaltable frame='none'>
4235  <?dbfo keep-together="always" ?>
4236  <tgroup cols='2' align='left' colsep='0' rowsep='0'>
4237    <colspec colname='c1' colwidth='1.0*'/>
4238    <colspec colname='c2' colwidth='2.0*'/>
4239    <tbody>
4240      <row>
4241        <entry>tcp/&lt;hostname&gt;:&lt;portnumber&gt;</entry>
4242        <entry>or</entry>
4243      </row>
4244      <row>
4245        <entry>decnet/&lt;hostname&gt;::&lt;objname&gt;</entry>
4246        <entry>or</entry>
4247      </row>
4248      <row>
4249        <entry>local/&lt;hostname&gt;:&lt;path&gt;</entry>
4250        <entry></entry>
4251      </row>
4252    </tbody>
4253  </tgroup>
4254</informaltable>
4255
4256<para>
4257The auth_name member is the name of the authentication method.
4258The auth_data member is the actual authentication data,
4259and the auth_data_length member is the number of bytes in the data.
4260</para>
4261
4262<para>
4263To obtain the default authorization file name, use
4264<function>IceAuthFileName</function>
4265</para>
4266
4267<literallayout remap='FD'>
4268char *IceAuthFileName()
4269</literallayout>
4270
4271<para>
4272If the ICEAUTHORITY environment variable if set, this value is returned.
4273Otherwise, the default authorization file name is $HOME/.ICEauthority.
4274This name is statically allocated and should not be freed.
4275</para>
4276
4277<para>
4278To synchronously update the authorization file, the file must
4279be locked with a call to
4280<xref linkend='IceLockAuthFile' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
4281This function takes advantage of the fact that the
4282<function>link</function>
4283system call will fail if the name of the new link already exists.
4284</para>
4285
4286<funcsynopsis id='IceLockAuthFile'>
4287<funcprototype>
4288  <funcdef>int<function> IceLockAuthFile</function></funcdef>
4289    <paramdef>char<parameter> *file_name</parameter></paramdef>
4290    <paramdef>int<parameter> retries</parameter></paramdef>
4291    <paramdef>int<parameter> timeout</parameter></paramdef>
4292    <paramdef>long<parameter> dead</parameter></paramdef>
4293</funcprototype>
4294</funcsynopsis>
4295
4296<variablelist remap='IP'>
4297  <varlistentry>
4298    <term><emphasis remap='I'>file_name</emphasis></term>
4299    <listitem><para>The authorization file to lock.</para></listitem>
4300  </varlistentry>
4301  <varlistentry>
4302    <term><emphasis remap='I'>retries</emphasis></term>
4303    <listitem>
4304      <para>The number of retries.</para>
4305    </listitem>
4306  </varlistentry>
4307  <varlistentry>
4308    <term><emphasis remap='I'>timeout</emphasis></term>
4309    <listitem>
4310      <para>The number of seconds before each retry.</para>
4311    </listitem>
4312  </varlistentry>
4313  <varlistentry>
4314    <term><emphasis remap='I'>dead</emphasis></term>
4315    <listitem>
4316      <para>
4317If a lock already exists that is the specified dead seconds old,
4318it is broken.
4319A value of zero is used to unconditionally break an old lock.
4320      </para>
4321    </listitem>
4322  </varlistentry>
4323</variablelist>
4324
4325<para>One of three values is returned:</para>
4326
4327<itemizedlist>
4328  <listitem>
4329    <para>
4330<function>IceAuthLockSuccess</function> - the lock succeeded.
4331    </para>
4332  </listitem>
4333  <listitem>
4334    <para>
4335<function>IceAuthLockError</function> - a system error occurred, and
4336<function>errno</function> may prove useful.
4337    </para>
4338  </listitem>
4339  <listitem>
4340    <para>
4341<function>IceAuthLockTimeout</function> - the specified number of
4342retries failed.
4343    </para>
4344  </listitem>
4345</itemizedlist>
4346
4347<para>
4348To unlock an authorization file, use <xref linkend='IceUnlockAuthFile' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
4349</para>
4350
4351<funcsynopsis id='IceUnlockAuthFile'>
4352<funcprototype>
4353  <funcdef>int<function> IceUnlockAuthFile</function></funcdef>
4354    <paramdef>char<parameter> *file_name</parameter></paramdef>
4355</funcprototype>
4356</funcsynopsis>
4357
4358<variablelist remap='IP'>
4359  <varlistentry>
4360    <term><emphasis remap='I'>file_name</emphasis></term>
4361    <listitem><para>The authorization file to unlock.</para></listitem>
4362  </varlistentry>
4363</variablelist>
4364
4365<para>
4366To read the next entry in an authorization file, use
4367<function>IceReadAuthFileEntry</function>
4368</para>
4369
4370<funcsynopsis id='IceReadAuthFileEntry'>
4371<funcprototype>
4372  <funcdef>IceAuthFileEntry<function> *IceReadAuthFileEntry</function></funcdef>
4373    <paramdef>FILE<parameter> *auth_file</parameter></paramdef>
4374</funcprototype>
4375</funcsynopsis>
4376
4377<variablelist remap='IP'>
4378  <varlistentry>
4379    <term><emphasis remap='I'>auth_file</emphasis></term>
4380    <listitem><para>The authorization file.</para></listitem>
4381  </varlistentry>
4382</variablelist>
4383
4384<para>
4385Note that it is the responsibility of the application to open the file
4386for reading before calling this function.  If an error is encountered,
4387or there are no more entries to read, NULL is returned.
4388</para>
4389
4390<para>
4391Entries should be free with a call to
4392<xref linkend='IceFreeAuthFileEntry' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
4393</para>
4394
4395<para>
4396To write an entry in an authorization file, use
4397<xref linkend='IceWriteAuthFileEntry' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
4398</para>
4399
4400<funcsynopsis id='IceWriteAuthFileEntry'>
4401<funcprototype>
4402  <funcdef>Status<function> IceWriteAuthFileEntry</function></funcdef>
4403    <paramdef>FILE<parameter> *auth_file</parameter></paramdef>
4404    <paramdef>IceAuthFileEntry<parameter> *entry</parameter></paramdef>
4405</funcprototype>
4406</funcsynopsis>
4407
4408<variablelist remap='IP'>
4409  <varlistentry>
4410    <term><emphasis remap='I'>auth_file</emphasis></term>
4411    <listitem><para>The authorization file.</para></listitem>
4412  </varlistentry>
4413  <varlistentry>
4414    <term><emphasis remap='I'>entry</emphasis></term>
4415    <listitem><para>The entry to write.</para></listitem>
4416  </varlistentry>
4417</variablelist>
4418
4419<para>
4420Note that it is the responsibility of the application to open the file
4421for writing before calling this function.  The function returns a nonzero
4422status if the operation was successful.
4423</para>
4424
4425
4426<para>
4427To search the default authorization file for an entry that matches a given
4428protocol_name/network_id/auth_name tuple, use
4429<function>IceGetAuthFileEntry</function>
4430</para>
4431
4432<funcsynopsis id='IceGetAuthFileEntry'>
4433<funcprototype>
4434  <funcdef>IceAuthFileEntry<function> *IceGetAuthFileEntry</function></funcdef>
4435    <paramdef>const char *<parameter>protocol_name</parameter></paramdef>
4436    <paramdef>const char *<parameter>network_id</parameter></paramdef>
4437    <paramdef>const char *<parameter>auth_name</parameter></paramdef>
4438</funcprototype>
4439</funcsynopsis>
4440
4441<variablelist remap='IP'>
4442  <varlistentry>
4443    <term><emphasis remap='I'>auth_file</emphasis></term>
4444    <listitem><para>The name of the protocol to search on.</para></listitem>
4445  </varlistentry>
4446  <varlistentry>
4447    <term><emphasis remap='I'>network_id</emphasis></term>
4448    <listitem>
4449      <para>The network ID to search on.</para>
4450    </listitem>
4451  </varlistentry>
4452  <varlistentry>
4453    <term><emphasis remap='I'>auth_name</emphasis></term>
4454    <listitem>
4455      <para>The authentication method to search on.</para>
4456    </listitem>
4457  </varlistentry>
4458</variablelist>
4459
4460<para>
4461If <function>IceGetAuthFileEntry</function>
4462fails to find such an entry, NULL is returned.
4463</para>
4464
4465
4466<para>
4467To free an entry returned by
4468<function>IceReadAuthFileEntry</function> or
4469<function>IceGetAuthFileEntry</function> use
4470<xref linkend='IceFreeAuthFileEntry' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
4471</para>
4472
4473<funcsynopsis id='IceFreeAuthFileEntry'>
4474<funcprototype>
4475  <funcdef>void<function> IceFreeAuthFileEntry</function></funcdef>
4476    <paramdef>IceAuthFileEntry<parameter> *entry</parameter></paramdef>
4477</funcprototype>
4478</funcsynopsis>
4479
4480<variablelist remap='IP'>
4481  <varlistentry>
4482    <term><emphasis remap='I'>entry</emphasis></term>
4483    <listitem><para>The entry to free.</para></listitem>
4484  </varlistentry>
4485</variablelist>
4486
4487</appendix>
4488
4489<appendix id="mit_magic_cookie_1_authentication">
4490<title>MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 Authentication</title>
4491
4492
4493<para>The X Consortium's ICElib implementation supports a simple
4494MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 authentication scheme using the authority file utilities
4495described in Appendix A.</para>
4496
4497<para>In this model, an application, such as a session manager, obtains a
4498magic cookie by calling
4499<function>IceGenerateMagicCookie</function>
4500and then stores it in the user's local .ICEauthority file
4501so that local clients can connect.  In order to allow remote clients to
4502connect, some remote execution mechanism should be used to store the
4503magic cookie in the user's .ICEauthority file on a remote machine.</para>
4504
4505<para>In addition to storing the magic cookie in the .ICEauthority file, the
4506application needs to call the
4507<xref linkend='IceSetPaAuthData' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
4508function in order to store the magic cookie in memory.  When it comes time
4509for the MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 authentication procedure to accept or reject the
4510connection, it will compare the magic cookie presented by the requestor to
4511the magic cookie in memory.</para>
4512
4513<funcsynopsis id='IceGenerateMagicCookie'>
4514<funcprototype>
4515  <funcdef>char<function> *IceGenerateMagicCookie</function></funcdef>
4516    <paramdef>int<parameter> length</parameter></paramdef>
4517</funcprototype>
4518</funcsynopsis>
4519
4520<variablelist remap='IP'>
4521  <varlistentry>
4522    <term><emphasis remap='I'>length</emphasis></term>
4523    <listitem><para>The desired length of the magic cookie.</para></listitem>
4524  </varlistentry>
4525</variablelist>
4526
4527
4528<para>The magic cookie returned will be null-terminated.  If memory can not be
4529allocated for the magic cookie, the function will return NULL.
4530Otherwise, the magic cookie should be freed with a call to
4531<function>free</function></para>
4532
4533
4534<para>To store the authentication data in memory, use
4535<xref linkend='IceSetPaAuthData' xrefstyle='select: title'/>
4536Currently, this function is only used for MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1
4537authentication, but it may be used for additional authentication
4538methods in the future.</para>
4539
4540<funcsynopsis id='IceSetPaAuthData'>
4541<funcprototype>
4542  <funcdef>void<function> IceSetPaAuthData</function></funcdef>
4543    <paramdef>int<parameter> num_entries</parameter></paramdef>
4544    <paramdef>IceAuthDataEntry<parameter> *entries</parameter></paramdef>
4545</funcprototype>
4546</funcsynopsis>
4547
4548<variablelist remap='IP'>
4549  <varlistentry>
4550    <term><emphasis remap='I'>num_entries</emphasis></term>
4551    <listitem><para>The number of authentication data entries.</para></listitem>
4552  </varlistentry>
4553  <varlistentry>
4554    <term><emphasis remap='I'>entries</emphasis></term>
4555    <listitem><para>The list of authentication data entries.</para></listitem>
4556  </varlistentry>
4557</variablelist>
4558
4559<para>Each entry has associated with it a protocol name
4560(for example, "ICE" for ICE connection setup authentication,
4561"XSMP" for session management authentication), a network ID for the
4562"accepting" client, an authentication name (for example, MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1),
4563and authentication data.  The ICE library
4564will merge these entries with previously set entries, based on the
4565(protocol_name, network_id, auth_name) tuple.</para>
4566
4567
4568
4569<literallayout class="monospaced">
4570typedef struct {
4571	char *protocol_name;
4572	char *network_id;
4573	char *auth_name;
4574	unsigned short auth_data_length;
4575	char *auth_data;
4576} IceAuthDataEntry;
4577</literallayout>
4578
4579</appendix>
4580</book>
4581
4582