[pulseaudio-discuss] [PATCH v4 1/7] core: add simple message interface

Tanu Kaskinen tanuk at iki.fi
Tue Feb 20 10:47:45 UTC 2018


On Sun, 2018-01-28 at 18:40 +0100, Georg Chini wrote:
> This patch adds a new feature to the core which allows to send messages
> to objects. An object can register/unregister a message handler with
> pa_message_handler_{register, unregister}() while a message can be sent
> to the handler using the pa_message_handler_send_message() function.
> A message has 4 arguments (apart from passing the core):
> 
> object_path: The path identifying the object that will receive the message
> message: message command
> message_parameters: A string containing additional parameters
> response: Pointer to a response string that will be filled by the
>           message handler. The caller is responsible to free the string.
> 
> The patch is a precondition for the following patches that allow clients
> to send messages to pulseaudio objects.
> 
> There is no restriction on object names, except that an object path
> always starts with a "/". The intention is to use a path-like syntax,
> for example /core/sink_1 for a sink or /name/instances/index for modules.
> The exact naming convention still needs to be agreed.
> ---
>  src/Makefile.am                 |   1 +
>  src/pulsecore/core.c            |   4 ++
>  src/pulsecore/core.h            |   2 +-
>  src/pulsecore/message-handler.c | 104 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  src/pulsecore/message-handler.h |  50 +++++++++++++++++++
>  5 files changed, 160 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>  create mode 100644 src/pulsecore/message-handler.c
>  create mode 100644 src/pulsecore/message-handler.h


> diff --git a/src/pulsecore/message-handler.c b/src/pulsecore/message-handler.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 00000000..84ecf1ea
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/src/pulsecore/message-handler.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
> +/***
> +  This file is part of PulseAudio.
> +
> +  PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> +  it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
> +  by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License,
> +  or (at your option) any later version.
> +
> +  PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
> +  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> +  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
> +  General Public License for more details.
> +
> +  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
> +  along with PulseAudio; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
> +***/
> +
> +#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
> +#include <config.h>
> +#endif
> +
> +#include <stdlib.h>
> +#include <stdio.h>
> +
> +#include <pulse/xmalloc.h>
> +
> +#include <pulsecore/core.h>
> +#include <pulsecore/core-util.h>
> +#include <pulsecore/log.h>
> +#include <pulsecore/macro.h>
> +
> +#include "message-handler.h"
> +
> +/* Message handler functions */
> +
> +/* Register message handler for the specified objct. object_path must be a unique name starting with "/". */

Typo: "objct".

Looks good otherwise.

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