vlc_access.h

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/*****************************************************************************
 * vlc_access.h: Access descriptor, queries and methods
 *****************************************************************************
 * Copyright (C) 1999-2006 VLC authors and VideoLAN
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 *
 * Authors: Laurent Aimar <fenrir@via.ecp.fr>
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#ifndef VLC_ACCESS_H
#define VLC_ACCESS_H 1
 
#include <vlc_stream.h>
 
/**
 * \defgroup access Access
 * \ingroup stream
 * Raw input byte streams
 * @{
 * \file
 * Input byte stream modules interface
 */
 
/**
 * Special redirection error code.
 *
 * In case of redirection, the access open function should clean up (as in
 * normal failure case), store the heap-allocated redirection URL in
 * stream_t.psz_url, and return this value.
 */
#define VLC_ACCESS_REDIRECT VLC_ETIMEOUT
 
/**
 * Opens a new read-only byte stream.
 *
 * This function might block.
 * The initial offset is of course always zero.
 *
 * \param obj parent VLC object
 * \param mrl media resource location to read
 * \return a new access object on success, NULL on failure
 */
VLC_API stream_t *vlc_access_NewMRL(vlc_object_t *obj, const char *mrl);
 
/**
 * \defgroup access_helper Access Helpers
 * @{
 */
 
/**
 * Default pf_control callback for directory accesses.
 */
VLC_API int access_vaDirectoryControlHelper( stream_t *p_access, int i_query, va_list args );
 
#define ACCESS_SET_CALLBACKS( read, block, control, seek ) \
    do { \
        p_access->pf_read = (read); \
        p_access->pf_block = (block); \
        p_access->pf_control = (control); \
        p_access->pf_seek = (seek); \
    } while(0)
 
/**
 * @} @}
 */
 
#endif