xcb.h revision 21298544
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27
28#ifndef __XCB_H__
29#define __XCB_H__
30#include <sys/types.h>
31
32#if defined(__solaris__)
33#include <inttypes.h>
34#else
35#include <stdint.h>
36#endif
37
38#ifndef _WIN32
39#include <sys/uio.h>
40#else
41#include "xcb_windefs.h"
42#endif
43#include <pthread.h>
44
45
46#ifdef __cplusplus
47extern "C" {
48#endif
49
50/**
51 * @file xcb.h
52 */
53
54/**
55 * @defgroup XCB_Core_API XCB Core API
56 * @brief Core API of the XCB library.
57 *
58 * @{
59 */
60
61/* Pre-defined constants */
62
63/** Current protocol version */
64#define X_PROTOCOL 11
65
66/** Current minor version */
67#define X_PROTOCOL_REVISION 0
68
69/** X_TCP_PORT + display number = server port for TCP transport */
70#define X_TCP_PORT 6000
71
72/** xcb connection errors because of socket, pipe and other stream errors. */
73#define XCB_CONN_ERROR 1
74
75/** xcb connection shutdown because of extension not supported */
76#define XCB_CONN_CLOSED_EXT_NOTSUPPORTED 2
77
78/** malloc(), calloc() and realloc() error upon failure, for eg ENOMEM */
79#define XCB_CONN_CLOSED_MEM_INSUFFICIENT 3
80
81/** Connection closed, exceeding request length that server accepts. */
82#define XCB_CONN_CLOSED_REQ_LEN_EXCEED 4
83
84/** Connection closed, error during parsing display string. */
85#define XCB_CONN_CLOSED_PARSE_ERR 5
86
87/** Connection closed because the server does not have a screen matching the display. */
88#define XCB_CONN_CLOSED_INVALID_SCREEN 6
89
90#define XCB_TYPE_PAD(T,I) (-(I) & (sizeof(T) > 4 ? 3 : sizeof(T) - 1))
91
92/* Opaque structures */
93
94/**
95 * @brief XCB Connection structure.
96 *
97 * A structure that contain all data that  XCB needs to communicate with an X server.
98 */
99typedef struct xcb_connection_t xcb_connection_t;  /**< Opaque structure containing all data that  XCB needs to communicate with an X server. */
100
101
102/* Other types */
103
104/**
105 * @brief Generic iterator.
106 *
107 * A generic iterator structure.
108 */
109typedef struct {
110    void *data;   /**< Data of the current iterator */
111    int rem;    /**< remaining elements */
112    int index;  /**< index of the current iterator */
113} xcb_generic_iterator_t;
114
115/**
116 * @brief Generic reply.
117 *
118 * A generic reply structure.
119 */
120typedef struct {
121    uint8_t   response_type;  /**< Type of the response */
122    uint8_t  pad0;           /**< Padding */
123    uint16_t sequence;       /**< Sequence number */
124    uint32_t length;         /**< Length of the response */
125} xcb_generic_reply_t;
126
127/**
128 * @brief Generic event.
129 *
130 * A generic event structure.
131 */
132typedef struct {
133    uint8_t   response_type;  /**< Type of the response */
134    uint8_t  pad0;           /**< Padding */
135    uint16_t sequence;       /**< Sequence number */
136    uint32_t pad[7];         /**< Padding */
137    uint32_t full_sequence;  /**< full sequence */
138} xcb_generic_event_t;
139
140/**
141 * @brief GE event
142 *
143 * An event as sent by the XGE extension. The length field specifies the
144 * number of 4-byte blocks trailing the struct.
145 */
146typedef struct {
147    uint8_t  response_type;  /**< Type of the response */
148    uint8_t  pad0;           /**< Padding */
149    uint16_t sequence;       /**< Sequence number */
150    uint32_t length;
151    uint16_t event_type;
152    uint16_t pad1;
153    uint32_t pad[5];         /**< Padding */
154    uint32_t full_sequence;  /**< full sequence */
155} xcb_ge_event_t;
156
157/**
158 * @brief Generic error.
159 *
160 * A generic error structure.
161 */
162typedef struct {
163    uint8_t   response_type;  /**< Type of the response */
164    uint8_t   error_code;     /**< Error code */
165    uint16_t sequence;       /**< Sequence number */
166    uint32_t resource_id;     /** < Resource ID for requests with side effects only */
167    uint16_t minor_code;      /** < Minor opcode of the failed request */
168    uint8_t major_code;       /** < Major opcode of the failed request */
169    uint8_t pad0;
170    uint32_t pad[5];         /**< Padding */
171    uint32_t full_sequence;  /**< full sequence */
172} xcb_generic_error_t;
173
174/**
175 * @brief Generic cookie.
176 *
177 * A generic cookie structure.
178 */
179typedef struct {
180    unsigned int sequence;  /**< Sequence number */
181} xcb_void_cookie_t;
182
183
184/* Include the generated xproto header. */
185#include "xproto.h"
186
187
188/** XCB_NONE is the universal null resource or null atom parameter value for many core X requests */
189#define XCB_NONE 0L
190
191/** XCB_COPY_FROM_PARENT can be used for many xcb_create_window parameters */
192#define XCB_COPY_FROM_PARENT 0L
193
194/** XCB_CURRENT_TIME can be used in most requests that take an xcb_timestamp_t */
195#define XCB_CURRENT_TIME 0L
196
197/** XCB_NO_SYMBOL fills in unused entries in xcb_keysym_t tables */
198#define XCB_NO_SYMBOL 0L
199
200
201/* xcb_auth.c */
202
203/**
204 * @brief Container for authorization information.
205 *
206 * A container for authorization information to be sent to the X server.
207 */
208typedef struct xcb_auth_info_t {
209    int   namelen;  /**< Length of the string name (as returned by strlen). */
210    char *name;     /**< String containing the authentication protocol name, such as "MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1" or "XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1". */
211    int   datalen;  /**< Length of the data member. */
212    char *data;   /**< Data interpreted in a protocol-specific manner. */
213} xcb_auth_info_t;
214
215
216/* xcb_out.c */
217
218/**
219 * @brief Forces any buffered output to be written to the server.
220 * @param c: The connection to the X server.
221 * @return > @c 0 on success, <= @c 0 otherwise.
222 *
223 * Forces any buffered output to be written to the server. Blocks
224 * until the write is complete.
225 */
226int xcb_flush(xcb_connection_t *c);
227
228/**
229 * @brief Returns the maximum request length that this server accepts.
230 * @param c: The connection to the X server.
231 * @return The maximum request length field.
232 *
233 * In the absence of the BIG-REQUESTS extension, returns the
234 * maximum request length field from the connection setup data, which
235 * may be as much as 65535. If the server supports BIG-REQUESTS, then
236 * the maximum request length field from the reply to the
237 * BigRequestsEnable request will be returned instead.
238 *
239 * Note that this length is measured in four-byte units, making the
240 * theoretical maximum lengths roughly 256kB without BIG-REQUESTS and
241 * 16GB with.
242 */
243uint32_t xcb_get_maximum_request_length(xcb_connection_t *c);
244
245/**
246 * @brief Prefetch the maximum request length without blocking.
247 * @param c: The connection to the X server.
248 *
249 * Without blocking, does as much work as possible toward computing
250 * the maximum request length accepted by the X server.
251 *
252 * Invoking this function may cause a call to xcb_big_requests_enable,
253 * but will not block waiting for the reply.
254 * xcb_get_maximum_request_length will return the prefetched data
255 * after possibly blocking while the reply is retrieved.
256 *
257 * Note that in order for this function to be fully non-blocking, the
258 * application must previously have called
259 * xcb_prefetch_extension_data(c, &xcb_big_requests_id) and the reply
260 * must have already arrived.
261 */
262void xcb_prefetch_maximum_request_length(xcb_connection_t *c);
263
264
265/* xcb_in.c */
266
267/**
268 * @brief Returns the next event or error from the server.
269 * @param c: The connection to the X server.
270 * @return The next event from the server.
271 *
272 * Returns the next event or error from the server, or returns null in
273 * the event of an I/O error. Blocks until either an event or error
274 * arrive, or an I/O error occurs.
275 */
276xcb_generic_event_t *xcb_wait_for_event(xcb_connection_t *c);
277
278/**
279 * @brief Returns the next event or error from the server.
280 * @param c: The connection to the X server.
281 * error status of the operation.
282 * @return The next event from the server.
283 *
284 * Returns the next event or error from the server, if one is
285 * available, or returns @c NULL otherwise. If no event is available, that
286 * might be because an I/O error like connection close occurred while
287 * attempting to read the next event, in which case the connection is
288 * shut down when this function returns.
289 */
290xcb_generic_event_t *xcb_poll_for_event(xcb_connection_t *c);
291
292/**
293 * @brief Returns the next event without reading from the connection.
294 * @param c: The connection to the X server.
295 * @return The next already queued event from the server.
296 *
297 * This is a version of xcb_poll_for_event that only examines the
298 * event queue for new events. The function doesn't try to read new
299 * events from the connection if no queued events are found.
300 *
301 * This function is useful for callers that know in advance that all
302 * interesting events have already been read from the connection. For
303 * example, callers might use xcb_wait_for_reply and be interested
304 * only of events that preceded a specific reply.
305 */
306xcb_generic_event_t *xcb_poll_for_queued_event(xcb_connection_t *c);
307
308/**
309 * @brief Return the error for a request, or NULL if none can ever arrive.
310 * @param c: The connection to the X server.
311 * @param cookie: The request cookie.
312 * @return The error for the request, or NULL if none can ever arrive.
313 *
314 * The xcb_void_cookie_t cookie supplied to this function must have resulted
315 * from a call to xcb_[request_name]_checked().  This function will block
316 * until one of two conditions happens.  If an error is received, it will be
317 * returned.  If a reply to a subsequent request has already arrived, no error
318 * can arrive for this request, so this function will return NULL.
319 *
320 * Note that this function will perform a sync if needed to ensure that the
321 * sequence number will advance beyond that provided in cookie; this is a
322 * convenience to avoid races in determining whether the sync is needed.
323 */
324xcb_generic_error_t *xcb_request_check(xcb_connection_t *c, xcb_void_cookie_t cookie);
325
326/**
327 * @brief Discards the reply for a request.
328 * @param c: The connection to the X server.
329 * @param sequence: The request sequence number from a cookie.
330 *
331 * Discards the reply for a request. Additionally, any error generated
332 * by the request is also discarded (unless it was an _unchecked request
333 * and the error has already arrived).
334 *
335 * This function will not block even if the reply is not yet available.
336 *
337 * Note that the sequence really does have to come from an xcb cookie;
338 * this function is not designed to operate on socket-handoff replies.
339 */
340void xcb_discard_reply(xcb_connection_t *c, unsigned int sequence);
341
342
343/* xcb_ext.c */
344
345/**
346 * @typedef typedef struct xcb_extension_t xcb_extension_t
347 */
348typedef struct xcb_extension_t xcb_extension_t;  /**< Opaque structure used as key for xcb_get_extension_data_t. */
349
350/**
351 * @brief Caches reply information from QueryExtension requests.
352 * @param c: The connection.
353 * @param ext: The extension data.
354 * @return A pointer to the xcb_query_extension_reply_t for the extension.
355 *
356 * This function is the primary interface to the "extension cache",
357 * which caches reply information from QueryExtension
358 * requests. Invoking this function may cause a call to
359 * xcb_query_extension to retrieve extension information from the
360 * server, and may block until extension data is received from the
361 * server.
362 *
363 * The result must not be freed. This storage is managed by the cache
364 * itself.
365 */
366const xcb_query_extension_reply_t *xcb_get_extension_data(xcb_connection_t *c, xcb_extension_t *ext);
367
368/**
369 * @brief Prefetch of extension data into the extension cache
370 * @param c: The connection.
371 * @param ext: The extension data.
372 *
373 * This function allows a "prefetch" of extension data into the
374 * extension cache. Invoking the function may cause a call to
375 * xcb_query_extension, but will not block waiting for the
376 * reply. xcb_get_extension_data will return the prefetched data after
377 * possibly blocking while it is retrieved.
378 */
379void xcb_prefetch_extension_data(xcb_connection_t *c, xcb_extension_t *ext);
380
381
382/* xcb_conn.c */
383
384/**
385 * @brief Access the data returned by the server.
386 * @param c: The connection.
387 * @return A pointer to an xcb_setup_t structure.
388 *
389 * Accessor for the data returned by the server when the xcb_connection_t
390 * was initialized. This data includes
391 * - the server's required format for images,
392 * - a list of available visuals,
393 * - a list of available screens,
394 * - the server's maximum request length (in the absence of the
395 * BIG-REQUESTS extension),
396 * - and other assorted information.
397 *
398 * See the X protocol specification for more details.
399 *
400 * The result must not be freed.
401 */
402const xcb_setup_t *xcb_get_setup(xcb_connection_t *c);
403
404/**
405 * @brief Access the file descriptor of the connection.
406 * @param c: The connection.
407 * @return The file descriptor.
408 *
409 * Accessor for the file descriptor that was passed to the
410 * xcb_connect_to_fd call that returned @p c.
411 */
412int xcb_get_file_descriptor(xcb_connection_t *c);
413
414/**
415 * @brief Test whether the connection has shut down due to a fatal error.
416 * @param c: The connection.
417 * @return > 0 if the connection is in an error state; 0 otherwise.
418 *
419 * Some errors that occur in the context of an xcb_connection_t
420 * are unrecoverable. When such an error occurs, the
421 * connection is shut down and further operations on the
422 * xcb_connection_t have no effect.
423 *
424 * @return XCB_CONN_ERROR, because of socket errors, pipe errors or other stream errors.
425 * @return XCB_CONN_CLOSED_EXT_NOTSUPPORTED, when extension not supported.
426 * @return XCB_CONN_CLOSED_MEM_INSUFFICIENT, when memory not available.
427 * @return XCB_CONN_CLOSED_REQ_LEN_EXCEED, exceeding request length that server accepts.
428 * @return XCB_CONN_CLOSED_PARSE_ERR, error during parsing display string.
429 * @return XCB_CONN_CLOSED_INVALID_SCREEN, because the server does not have a screen matching the display.
430 */
431int xcb_connection_has_error(xcb_connection_t *c);
432
433/**
434 * @brief Connects to the X server.
435 * @param fd: The file descriptor.
436 * @param auth_info: Authentication data.
437 * @return A newly allocated xcb_connection_t structure.
438 *
439 * Connects to an X server, given the open socket @p fd and the
440 * xcb_auth_info_t @p auth_info. The file descriptor @p fd is
441 * bidirectionally connected to an X server. If the connection
442 * should be unauthenticated, @p auth_info must be @c
443 * NULL.
444 */
445xcb_connection_t *xcb_connect_to_fd(int fd, xcb_auth_info_t *auth_info);
446
447/**
448 * @brief Closes the connection.
449 * @param c: The connection.
450 *
451 * Closes the file descriptor and frees all memory associated with the
452 * connection @c c.
453 */
454void xcb_disconnect(xcb_connection_t *c);
455
456
457/* xcb_util.c */
458
459/**
460 * @brief Parses a display string name in the form documented by X(7x).
461 * @param name: The name of the display.
462 * @param host: A pointer to a malloc'd copy of the hostname.
463 * @param display: A pointer to the display number.
464 * @param screen: A pointer to the screen number.
465 * @return 0 on failure, non 0 otherwise.
466 *
467 * Parses the display string name @p display_name in the form
468 * documented by X(7x). Has no side effects on failure. If
469 * @p displayname is @c NULL or empty, it uses the environment
470 * variable DISPLAY. @p hostp is a pointer to a newly allocated string
471 * that contain the host name. @p displayp is set to the display
472 * number and @p screenp to the preferred screen number. @p screenp
473 * can be @c NULL. If @p displayname does not contain a screen number,
474 * it is set to @c 0.
475 */
476int xcb_parse_display(const char *name, char **host, int *display, int *screen);
477
478/**
479 * @brief Connects to the X server.
480 * @param displayname: The name of the display.
481 * @param screenp: A pointer to a preferred screen number.
482 * @return A newly allocated xcb_connection_t structure.
483 *
484 * Connects to the X server specified by @p displayname. If @p
485 * displayname is @c NULL, uses the value of the DISPLAY environment
486 * variable. If a particular screen on that server is preferred, the
487 * int pointed to by @p screenp (if not @c NULL) will be set to that
488 * screen; otherwise the screen will be set to 0.
489 */
490xcb_connection_t *xcb_connect(const char *displayname, int *screenp);
491
492/**
493 * @brief Connects to the X server, using an authorization information.
494 * @param display: The name of the display.
495 * @param auth: The authorization information.
496 * @param screen: A pointer to a preferred screen number.
497 * @return A newly allocated xcb_connection_t structure.
498 *
499 * Connects to the X server specified by @p displayname, using the
500 * authorization @p auth. If a particular screen on that server is
501 * preferred, the int pointed to by @p screenp (if not @c NULL) will
502 * be set to that screen; otherwise @p screenp will be set to 0.
503 */
504xcb_connection_t *xcb_connect_to_display_with_auth_info(const char *display, xcb_auth_info_t *auth, int *screen);
505
506
507/* xcb_xid.c */
508
509/**
510 * @brief Allocates an XID for a new object.
511 * @param c: The connection.
512 * @return A newly allocated XID.
513 *
514 * Allocates an XID for a new object. Typically used just prior to
515 * various object creation functions, such as xcb_create_window.
516 */
517uint32_t xcb_generate_id(xcb_connection_t *c);
518
519
520/**
521 * @}
522 */
523
524#ifdef __cplusplus
525}
526#endif
527
528
529#endif /* __XCB_H__ */
530