/* * Copyright (C) 2010 The Android Open Source Project * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ /** * @addtogroup Looper * @{ */ /** * @file looper.h */ #ifndef ANDROID_LOOPER_H #define ANDROID_LOOPER_H #ifdef __cplusplus extern "C" { #endif struct ALooper; /** * ALooper * * A looper is the state tracking an event loop for a thread. * Loopers do not define event structures or other such things; rather * they are a lower-level facility to attach one or more discrete objects * listening for an event. An "event" here is simply data available on * a file descriptor: each attached object has an associated file descriptor, * and waiting for "events" means (internally) polling on all of these file * descriptors until one or more of them have data available. * * A thread can have only one ALooper associated with it. */ typedef struct ALooper ALooper; /** * Returns the looper associated with the calling thread, or NULL if * there is not one. */ ALooper* ALooper_forThread(); /** Option for for ALooper_prepare(). */ enum { /** * This looper will accept calls to ALooper_addFd() that do not * have a callback (that is provide NULL for the callback). In * this case the caller of ALooper_pollOnce() or ALooper_pollAll() * MUST check the return from these functions to discover when * data is available on such fds and process it. */ ALOOPER_PREPARE_ALLOW_NON_CALLBACKS = 1<<0 }; /** * Prepares a looper associated with the calling thread, and returns it. * If the thread already has a looper, it is returned. Otherwise, a new * one is created, associated with the thread, and returned. * * The opts may be ALOOPER_PREPARE_ALLOW_NON_CALLBACKS or 0. */ ALooper* ALooper_prepare(int opts); /** Result from ALooper_pollOnce() and ALooper_pollAll(). */ enum { /** * The poll was awoken using wake() before the timeout expired * and no callbacks were executed and no other file descriptors were ready. */ ALOOPER_POLL_WAKE = -1, /** * Result from ALooper_pollOnce() and ALooper_pollAll(): * One or more callbacks were executed. */ ALOOPER_POLL_CALLBACK = -2, /** * Result from ALooper_pollOnce() and ALooper_pollAll(): * The timeout expired. */ ALOOPER_POLL_TIMEOUT = -3, /** * Result from ALooper_pollOnce() and ALooper_pollAll(): * An error occurred. */ ALOOPER_POLL_ERROR = -4, }; /** * Acquire a reference on the given ALooper object. This prevents the object * from being deleted until the reference is removed. This is only needed * to safely hand an ALooper from one thread to another. */ void ALooper_acquire(ALooper* looper); /** * Remove a reference that was previously acquired with ALooper_acquire(). */ void ALooper_release(ALooper* looper); /** * Flags for file descriptor events that a looper can monitor. * * These flag bits can be combined to monitor multiple events at once. */ enum { /** * The file descriptor is available for read operations. */ ALOOPER_EVENT_INPUT = 1 << 0, /** * The file descriptor is available for write operations. */ ALOOPER_EVENT_OUTPUT = 1 << 1, /** * The file descriptor has encountered an error condition. * * The looper always sends notifications about errors; it is not necessary * to specify this event flag in the requested event set. */ ALOOPER_EVENT_ERROR = 1 << 2, /** * The file descriptor was hung up. * For example, indicates that the remote end of a pipe or socket was closed. * * The looper always sends notifications about hangups; it is not necessary * to specify this event flag in the requested event set. */ ALOOPER_EVENT_HANGUP = 1 << 3, /** * The file descriptor is invalid. * For example, the file descriptor was closed prematurely. * * The looper always sends notifications about invalid file descriptors; it is not necessary * to specify this event flag in the requested event set. */ ALOOPER_EVENT_INVALID = 1 << 4, }; /** * For callback-based event loops, this is the prototype of the function * that is called when a file descriptor event occurs. * It is given the file descriptor it is associated with, * a bitmask of the poll events that were triggered (typically ALOOPER_EVENT_INPUT), * and the data pointer that was originally supplied. * * Implementations should return 1 to continue receiving callbacks, or 0 * to have this file descriptor and callback unregistered from the looper. */ typedef int (*ALooper_callbackFunc)(int fd, int events, void* data); /** * Waits for events to be available, with optional timeout in milliseconds. * Invokes callbacks for all file descriptors on which an event occurred. * * If the timeout is zero, returns immediately without blocking. * If the timeout is negative, waits indefinitely until an event appears. * * Returns ALOOPER_POLL_WAKE if the poll was awoken using wake() before * the timeout expired and no callbacks were invoked and no other file * descriptors were ready. * * Returns ALOOPER_POLL_CALLBACK if one or more callbacks were invoked. * * Returns ALOOPER_POLL_TIMEOUT if there was no data before the given * timeout expired. * * Returns ALOOPER_POLL_ERROR if an error occurred. * * Returns a value >= 0 containing an identifier (the same identifier * `ident` passed to ALooper_addFd()) if its file descriptor has data * and it has no callback function (requiring the caller here to * handle it). In this (and only this) case outFd, outEvents and * outData will contain the poll events and data associated with the * fd, otherwise they will be set to NULL. * * This method does not return until it has finished invoking the appropriate callbacks * for all file descriptors that were signalled. */ int ALooper_pollOnce(int timeoutMillis, int* outFd, int* outEvents, void** outData); /** * Like ALooper_pollOnce(), but performs all pending callbacks until all * data has been consumed or a file descriptor is available with no callback. * This function will never return ALOOPER_POLL_CALLBACK. */ int ALooper_pollAll(int timeoutMillis, int* outFd, int* outEvents, void** outData); /** * Wakes the poll asynchronously. * * This method can be called on any thread. * This method returns immediately. */ void ALooper_wake(ALooper* looper); /** * Adds a new file descriptor to be polled by the looper. * If the same file descriptor was previously added, it is replaced. * * "fd" is the file descriptor to be added. * "ident" is an identifier for this event, which is returned from ALooper_pollOnce(). * The identifier must be >= 0, or ALOOPER_POLL_CALLBACK if providing a non-NULL callback. * "events" are the poll events to wake up on. Typically this is ALOOPER_EVENT_INPUT. * "callback" is the function to call when there is an event on the file descriptor. * "data" is a private data pointer to supply to the callback. * * There are two main uses of this function: * * (1) If "callback" is non-NULL, then this function will be called when there is * data on the file descriptor. It should execute any events it has pending, * appropriately reading from the file descriptor. The 'ident' is ignored in this case. * * (2) If "callback" is NULL, the 'ident' will be returned by ALooper_pollOnce * when its file descriptor has data available, requiring the caller to take * care of processing it. * * Returns 1 if the file descriptor was added or -1 if an error occurred. * * This method can be called on any thread. * This method may block briefly if it needs to wake the poll. */ int ALooper_addFd(ALooper* looper, int fd, int ident, int events, ALooper_callbackFunc callback, void* data); /** * Removes a previously added file descriptor from the looper. * * When this method returns, it is safe to close the file descriptor since the looper * will no longer have a reference to it. However, it is possible for the callback to * already be running or for it to run one last time if the file descriptor was already * signalled. Calling code is responsible for ensuring that this case is safely handled. * For example, if the callback takes care of removing itself during its own execution either * by returning 0 or by calling this method, then it can be guaranteed to not be invoked * again at any later time unless registered anew. * * Returns 1 if the file descriptor was removed, 0 if none was previously registered * or -1 if an error occurred. * * This method can be called on any thread. * This method may block briefly if it needs to wake the poll. */ int ALooper_removeFd(ALooper* looper, int fd); #ifdef __cplusplus }; #endif #endif // ANDROID_LOOPER_H /** @} */