1/* GObject - GLib Type, Object, Parameter and Signal Library
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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
37G_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 */
44enum	/*< 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 */
61union _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)				\
85G_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)					\
144G_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
193G_END_DECLS
194
195#endif /* __G_VALUE_COLLECTOR_H__ */
196