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      1 /* GObject - GLib Type, Object, Parameter and Signal Library
      2  * Copyright (C) 1998-1999, 2000-2001 Tim Janik and Red Hat, Inc.
      3  *
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     17  * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
     18  *
     19  * gvaluecollector.h: GValue varargs stubs
     20  */
     21 /**
     22  * SECTION:value_collection
     23  * @Short_description: Converting varargs to generic values
     24  * @See_also:#GValueTable
     25  * @Title: Varargs Value Collection
     26  *
     27  * The macros in this section provide the varargs parsing support needed
     28  * in variadic GObject functions such as g_object_new() or g_object_set().
     29  * They currently support the collection of integral types, floating point
     30  * types and pointers.
     31  */
     32 #ifndef __G_VALUE_COLLECTOR_H__
     33 #define __G_VALUE_COLLECTOR_H__
     34 
     35 #include <glib-object.h>
     36 
     37 G_BEGIN_DECLS
     38 
     39 /* we may want to add aggregate types here some day, if requested
     40  * by users. the basic C types are covered already, everything
     41  * smaller than an int is promoted to an integer and floats are
     42  * always promoted to doubles for varargs call constructions.
     43  */
     44 enum	/*< skip >*/
     45 {
     46   G_VALUE_COLLECT_INT		= 'i',
     47   G_VALUE_COLLECT_LONG		= 'l',
     48   G_VALUE_COLLECT_INT64         = 'q',
     49   G_VALUE_COLLECT_DOUBLE	= 'd',
     50   G_VALUE_COLLECT_POINTER	= 'p'
     51 };
     52 
     53 
     54 /* vararg union holding actuall values collected
     55  */
     56 /**
     57  * GTypeCValue:
     58  *
     59  * A union holding one collected value.
     60  */
     61 union _GTypeCValue
     62 {
     63   gint     v_int;
     64   glong    v_long;
     65   gint64   v_int64;
     66   gdouble  v_double;
     67   gpointer v_pointer;
     68 };
     69 
     70 /**
     71  * G_VALUE_COLLECT:
     72  * @value: a #GValue return location. @value is supposed to be initialized
     73  *  according to the value type to be collected
     74  * @var_args: the va_list variable; it may be evaluated multiple times
     75  * @flags: flags which are passed on to the collect_value() function of
     76  *  the #GTypeValueTable of @value.
     77  * @__error: a #gchar** variable that will be modified to hold a g_new()
     78  *  allocated error messages if something fails
     79  *
     80  * Collects a variable argument value from a va_list. We have to
     81  * implement the varargs collection as a macro, because on some systems
     82  * va_list variables cannot be passed by reference.
     83  */
     84 #define G_VALUE_COLLECT(value, var_args, flags, __error)				\
     85 G_STMT_START {										\
     86   GValue *_value = (value);								\
     87   guint _flags = (flags);								\
     88   GType _value_type = G_VALUE_TYPE (_value);						\
     89   GTypeValueTable *_vtable = g_type_value_table_peek (_value_type);			\
     90   gchar *_collect_format = _vtable->collect_format;					\
     91   GTypeCValue _cvalues[G_VALUE_COLLECT_FORMAT_MAX_LENGTH] = { { 0, }, };		\
     92   guint _n_values = 0;									\
     93                                                                                         \
     94   if (_vtable->value_free)								\
     95     _vtable->value_free (_value);							\
     96   _value->g_type = _value_type;		/* value_meminit() from gvalue.c */		\
     97   memset (_value->data, 0, sizeof (_value->data));					\
     98   while (*_collect_format)								\
     99     {											\
    100       GTypeCValue *_cvalue = _cvalues + _n_values++;					\
    101                                                                                         \
    102       switch (*_collect_format++)							\
    103 	{										\
    104 	case G_VALUE_COLLECT_INT:							\
    105 	  _cvalue->v_int = va_arg ((var_args), gint);					\
    106 	  break;									\
    107 	case G_VALUE_COLLECT_LONG:							\
    108 	  _cvalue->v_long = va_arg ((var_args), glong);					\
    109 	  break;									\
    110 	case G_VALUE_COLLECT_INT64:							\
    111 	  _cvalue->v_int64 = va_arg ((var_args), gint64);				\
    112 	  break;									\
    113 	case G_VALUE_COLLECT_DOUBLE:							\
    114 	  _cvalue->v_double = va_arg ((var_args), gdouble);				\
    115 	  break;									\
    116 	case G_VALUE_COLLECT_POINTER:							\
    117 	  _cvalue->v_pointer = va_arg ((var_args), gpointer);				\
    118 	  break;									\
    119 	default:									\
    120 	  g_assert_not_reached ();							\
    121 	}										\
    122     }											\
    123   *(__error) = _vtable->collect_value (_value,						\
    124 				       _n_values,					\
    125 				       _cvalues,					\
    126 				       _flags);						\
    127 } G_STMT_END
    128 
    129 
    130 /**
    131  * G_VALUE_LCOPY:
    132  * @value: a #GValue return location. @value is supposed to be initialized
    133  *  according to the value type to be collected
    134  * @var_args: the va_list variable; it may be evaluated multiple times
    135  * @flags: flags which are passed on to the lcopy_value() function of
    136  *  the #GTypeValueTable of @value.
    137  * @__error: a #gchar** variable that will be modified to hold a g_new()
    138  *  allocated error messages if something fails
    139  *
    140  * Collects a value's variable argument locations from a va_list. Usage is
    141  * analogous to G_VALUE_COLLECT().
    142  */
    143 #define G_VALUE_LCOPY(value, var_args, flags, __error)					\
    144 G_STMT_START {										\
    145   const GValue *_value = (value);							\
    146   guint _flags = (flags);								\
    147   GType _value_type = G_VALUE_TYPE (_value);						\
    148   GTypeValueTable *_vtable = g_type_value_table_peek (_value_type);			\
    149   gchar *_lcopy_format = _vtable->lcopy_format;						\
    150   GTypeCValue _cvalues[G_VALUE_COLLECT_FORMAT_MAX_LENGTH] = { { 0, }, };		\
    151   guint _n_values = 0;									\
    152                                                                                         \
    153   while (*_lcopy_format)								\
    154     {											\
    155       GTypeCValue *_cvalue = _cvalues + _n_values++;					\
    156                                                                                         \
    157       switch (*_lcopy_format++)								\
    158 	{										\
    159 	case G_VALUE_COLLECT_INT:							\
    160 	  _cvalue->v_int = va_arg ((var_args), gint);					\
    161 	  break;									\
    162 	case G_VALUE_COLLECT_LONG:							\
    163 	  _cvalue->v_long = va_arg ((var_args), glong);					\
    164 	  break;									\
    165 	case G_VALUE_COLLECT_INT64:							\
    166 	  _cvalue->v_int64 = va_arg ((var_args), gint64);				\
    167 	  break;									\
    168 	case G_VALUE_COLLECT_DOUBLE:							\
    169 	  _cvalue->v_double = va_arg ((var_args), gdouble);				\
    170 	  break;									\
    171 	case G_VALUE_COLLECT_POINTER:							\
    172 	  _cvalue->v_pointer = va_arg ((var_args), gpointer);				\
    173 	  break;									\
    174 	default:									\
    175 	  g_assert_not_reached ();							\
    176 	}										\
    177     }											\
    178   *(__error) = _vtable->lcopy_value (_value,						\
    179 				     _n_values,						\
    180 				     _cvalues,						\
    181 				     _flags);						\
    182 } G_STMT_END
    183 
    184 
    185 /**
    186  * G_VALUE_COLLECT_FORMAT_MAX_LENGTH:
    187  *
    188  * The maximal number of #GTypeCValue<!-- -->s which can be collected for a
    189  * single #GValue.
    190  */
    191 #define	G_VALUE_COLLECT_FORMAT_MAX_LENGTH	(8)
    192 
    193 G_END_DECLS
    194 
    195 #endif /* __G_VALUE_COLLECTOR_H__ */
    196