#include <stdio.h>
#include <glib.h>
+/** An mDNS responder object */
typedef struct AvahiServer AvahiServer;
+
+/** A locally registered DNS resource record */
typedef struct AvahiEntry AvahiEntry;
+
+/** A group of locally registered DNS RRs */
typedef struct AvahiEntryGroup AvahiEntryGroup;
-#include <avahi-core/address.h>
-#include <avahi-core/rr.h>
+#include <avahi-common/address.h>
+#include <avahi-common/rr.h>
+#include <avahi-common/alternative.h>
+
+/** States of a server object */
+typedef enum {
+ AVAHI_SERVER_INVALID = -1, /**< Invalid state (initial) */
+ AVAHI_SERVER_REGISTERING = 0, /**< Host RRs are being registered */
+ AVAHI_SERVER_RUNNING, /**< All host RRs have been established */
+ AVAHI_SERVER_COLLISION, /**< There is a collision with a host RR. All host RRs have been withdrawn, the user should set a new host name via avahi_server_set_host_name() */
+ AVAHI_SERVER_SLEEPING /**< The host or domain name has changed and the server waits for old entries to be expired */
+} AvahiServerState;
+/** Flags for server entries */
typedef enum {
- AVAHI_ENTRY_NULL = 0,
- AVAHI_ENTRY_UNIQUE = 1,
- AVAHI_ENTRY_NOPROBE = 2,
- AVAHI_ENTRY_NOANNOUNCE = 4
+ AVAHI_ENTRY_NULL = 0, /**< No special flags */
+ AVAHI_ENTRY_UNIQUE = 1, /**< The RRset is intended to be unique */
+ AVAHI_ENTRY_NOPROBE = 2, /**< Though the RRset is intended to be unique no probes shall be sent */
+ AVAHI_ENTRY_NOANNOUNCE = 4 /**< Do not announce this RR to other hosts */
} AvahiEntryFlags;
+/** States of an entry group object */
typedef enum {
- AVAHI_ENTRY_GROUP_UNCOMMITED,
- AVAHI_ENTRY_GROUP_REGISTERING,
- AVAHI_ENTRY_GROUP_ESTABLISHED,
- AVAHI_ENTRY_GROUP_COLLISION
+ AVAHI_ENTRY_GROUP_UNCOMMITED = -1, /**< The group has not yet been commited, the user must still call avahi_entry_group_commit() */
+ AVAHI_ENTRY_GROUP_REGISTERING = 0, /**< The entries of the group are currently being registered */
+ AVAHI_ENTRY_GROUP_ESTABLISHED, /**< The entries have successfully been established */
+ AVAHI_ENTRY_GROUP_COLLISION /**< A name collision for one of the entries in the group has been detected, the entries have been withdrawn */
} AvahiEntryGroupState;
+/** Prototype for callback functions which are called whenever the state of an AvahiServer object changes */
+typedef void (*AvahiServerCallback) (AvahiServer *s, AvahiServerState state, gpointer userdata);
+
+/** Prototype for callback functions which are called whenever the state of an AvahiEntryGroup object changes */
typedef void (*AvahiEntryGroupCallback) (AvahiServer *s, AvahiEntryGroup *g, AvahiEntryGroupState state, gpointer userdata);
+/** Stores configuration options for a server instance */
typedef struct AvahiServerConfig {
- gboolean register_hinfo;
- gboolean register_addresses;
- gboolean use_ipv4;
- gboolean use_ipv6;
- gchar *host_name;
- gchar *domain_name;
- gboolean check_response_ttl;
+ gchar *host_name; /**< Default host name. If left empty defaults to the result of gethostname(2) of the libc */
+ gchar *domain_name; /**< Default domain name. If left empty defaults to .local */
+ gboolean use_ipv4; /**< Enable IPv4 support */
+ gboolean use_ipv6; /**< Enable IPv6 support */
+ gboolean register_hinfo; /**< Register a HINFO record for the host containing the local OS and CPU type */
+ gboolean register_addresses; /**< Register A, AAAA and PTR records for all local IP addresses */
+ gboolean register_workstation; /**< Register a _workstation._tcp service */
+ gboolean check_response_ttl; /**< If enabled the server ignores all incoming responses with IP TTL != 255 */
+ gboolean announce_domain; /**< Announce the local domain for browsing */
+ gboolean use_iff_running; /**< Require IFF_RUNNING on local network interfaces. This is the official way to check for link beat. Unfortunately this doesn't work with all drivers. So bettere leave this off. */
+ gboolean enable_reflector; /**< Reflect incoming mDNS traffic to all local networks. This allows mDNS based network browsing beyond ethernet borders */
+ gboolean ipv_reflect; /**< if enable_reflector is TRUE, enable/disable reflecting between IPv4 and IPv6 */
} AvahiServerConfig;
-AvahiServer *avahi_server_new(GMainContext *c, const AvahiServerConfig *sc);
+/** Allocate a new mDNS responder object. */
+AvahiServer *avahi_server_new(
+ GMainContext *c, /**< The GLIB main loop context to attach to */
+ const AvahiServerConfig *sc, /**< If non-NULL a pointer to a configuration structure for the server. The server makes an internal deep copy of this structure, so you may free it using avahi_server_config_done() immediately after calling this function. */
+ AvahiServerCallback callback, /**< A callback which is called whenever the state of the server changes */
+ gpointer userdata /**< An opaque pointer which is passed to the callback function */);
+
+/** Free an mDNS responder object */
void avahi_server_free(AvahiServer* s);
-AvahiServerConfig* avahi_server_config_init(AvahiServerConfig *c);
-AvahiServerConfig* avahi_server_config_copy(AvahiServerConfig *ret, const AvahiServerConfig *c);
+/** Fill in default values for a server configuration structure. If you
+ * make use of an AvahiServerConfig structure be sure to initialize
+ * it with this function for the sake of upwards library
+ * compatibility. This call may allocate strings on the heap. To
+ * release this memory make sure to call
+ * avahi_server_config_done(). If you want to replace any strings in
+ * the structure be sure to free the strings filled in by this
+ * function with g_free() first and allocate the replacements with
+ * g_malloc() (or g_strdup()).*/
+AvahiServerConfig* avahi_server_config_init(
+ AvahiServerConfig *c /**< A structure which shall be filled in */ );
+
+/** Make a deep copy of the configuration structure *c to *ret. */
+AvahiServerConfig* avahi_server_config_copy(
+ AvahiServerConfig *ret /**< destination */,
+ const AvahiServerConfig *c /**< source */);
+
+/** Free the data in a server configuration structure. */
void avahi_server_config_free(AvahiServerConfig *c);
-
-const gchar* avahi_server_get_domain(AvahiServer *s);
+
+/** Return the currently chosen domain name of the server object. The
+ * return value points to an internally allocated string. Be sure to
+ * make a copy of the string before calling any other library
+ * functions. */
+const gchar* avahi_server_get_domain_name(AvahiServer *s);
+
+/** Return the currently chosen host name. The return value points to a internally allocated string. */
const gchar* avahi_server_get_host_name(AvahiServer *s);
+/** Return the currently chosen host name as a FQDN ("fully qualified
+ * domain name", i.e. the concatenation of the host and domain
+ * name). The return value points to a internally allocated string. */
+const gchar* avahi_server_get_host_name_fqdn(AvahiServer *s);
+
+/** Change the host name of a running mDNS responder. This will drop
+all automicatilly generated RRs and readd them with the new
+name. Since the responder has to probe for the new RRs this function
+takes some time to take effect altough it returns immediately. This
+function is intended to be called when a host name conflict is
+reported using AvahiServerCallback. The caller should readd all user
+defined RRs too since they otherwise continue to point to the outdated
+host name..*/
+gint avahi_server_set_host_name(AvahiServer *s, const gchar *host_name);
+
+/** Change the domain name of a running mDNS responder. The same rules
+ * as with avahi_server_set_host_name() apply. */
+gint avahi_server_set_domain_name(AvahiServer *s, const gchar *domain_name);
+
+/** Return the opaque user data pointer attached to a server object */
+gpointer avahi_server_get_data(AvahiServer *s);
+
+/** Change the opaque user data pointer attached to a server object */
+void avahi_server_set_data(AvahiServer *s, gpointer userdata);
+
+/** Return the current state of the server object */
+AvahiServerState avahi_server_get_state(AvahiServer *s);
+
+/** Iterate through all local entries of the server. (when g is NULL)
+ * or of a specified entry group. At the first call state should point
+ * to a NULL initialized void pointer, That pointer is used to track
+ * the current iteration. It is not safe to call any other
+ * avahi_server_xxx() function during the iteration. If the last entry
+ * has been read, NULL is returned. */
const AvahiRecord *avahi_server_iterate(AvahiServer *s, AvahiEntryGroup *g, void **state);
+
+/** Dump the current server status to the specified FILE object */
void avahi_server_dump(AvahiServer *s, FILE *f);
+/** Create a new entry group. The specified callback function is
+ * called whenever the state of the group changes. Use entry group
+ * objects to keep track of you RRs. Add new RRs to a group using
+ * avahi_server_add_xxx(). Make sure to call avahi_entry_group_commit()
+ * to start the registration process for your RRs */
AvahiEntryGroup *avahi_entry_group_new(AvahiServer *s, AvahiEntryGroupCallback callback, gpointer userdata);
+
+/** Free an entry group. All RRs assigned to the group are removed from the server */
void avahi_entry_group_free(AvahiEntryGroup *g);
-void avahi_entry_group_commit(AvahiEntryGroup *g);
+
+/** Commit an entry group. This starts the probing and registration process for all RRs in the group */
+gint avahi_entry_group_commit(AvahiEntryGroup *g);
+
+/** Return the current state of the specified entry group */
AvahiEntryGroupState avahi_entry_group_get_state(AvahiEntryGroup *g);
-void avahi_server_add(
+/** Change the opaque user data pointer attached to an entry group object */
+void avahi_entry_group_set_data(AvahiEntryGroup *g, gpointer userdata);
+
+/** Return the opaque user data pointer currently set for the entry group object */
+gpointer avahi_entry_group_get_data(AvahiEntryGroup *g);
+
+gint avahi_server_add(
AvahiServer *s,
AvahiEntryGroup *g,
gint interface,
AvahiEntryFlags flags,
AvahiRecord *r);
-void avahi_server_add_ptr(
+gint avahi_server_add_ptr(
AvahiServer *s,
AvahiEntryGroup *g,
gint interface,
const gchar *name,
const gchar *dest);
-void avahi_server_add_address(
+gint avahi_server_add_address(
AvahiServer *s,
AvahiEntryGroup *g,
gint interface,
const gchar *name,
AvahiAddress *a);
-void avahi_server_add_text(
+gint avahi_server_add_text(
AvahiServer *s,
AvahiEntryGroup *g,
gint interface,
const gchar *name,
... /* text records, terminated by NULL */);
-void avahi_server_add_text_va(
+gint avahi_server_add_text_va(
AvahiServer *s,
AvahiEntryGroup *g,
gint interface,
const gchar *name,
va_list va);
-void avahi_server_add_text_strlst(
+gint avahi_server_add_text_strlst(
AvahiServer *s,
AvahiEntryGroup *g,
gint interface,
const gchar *name,
AvahiStringList *strlst);
-void avahi_server_add_service(
+gint avahi_server_add_service(
AvahiServer *s,
AvahiEntryGroup *g,
gint interface,
guint16 port,
... /* text records, terminated by NULL */);
-void avahi_server_add_service_va(
+gint avahi_server_add_service_va(
AvahiServer *s,
AvahiEntryGroup *g,
gint interface,
guint16 port,
va_list va);
-void avahi_server_add_service_strlst(
+gint avahi_server_add_service_strlst(
AvahiServer *s,
AvahiEntryGroup *g,
gint interface,
AvahiStringList *strlst);
typedef enum {
- AVAHI_SUBSCRIPTION_NEW,
- AVAHI_SUBSCRIPTION_REMOVE,
-} AvahiSubscriptionEvent;
+ AVAHI_BROWSER_NEW = 0,
+ AVAHI_BROWSER_REMOVE = -1
+} AvahiBrowserEvent;
+
+typedef enum {
+ AVAHI_RESOLVER_FOUND = 0,
+ AVAHI_RESOLVER_TIMEOUT = -1
+} AvahiResolverEvent;
+
+
+typedef struct AvahiRecordBrowser AvahiRecordBrowser;
+typedef void (*AvahiRecordBrowserCallback)(AvahiRecordBrowser *b, gint interface, guchar protocol, AvahiBrowserEvent event, AvahiRecord *record, gpointer userdata);
+AvahiRecordBrowser *avahi_record_browser_new(AvahiServer *server, gint interface, guchar protocol, AvahiKey *key, AvahiRecordBrowserCallback callback, gpointer userdata);
+void avahi_record_browser_free(AvahiRecordBrowser *b);
+
+typedef struct AvahiHostNameResolver AvahiHostNameResolver;
+typedef void (*AvahiHostNameResolverCallback)(AvahiHostNameResolver *r, gint interface, guchar protocol, AvahiResolverEvent event, const gchar *host_name, const AvahiAddress *a, gpointer userdata);
+AvahiHostNameResolver *avahi_host_name_resolver_new(AvahiServer *server, gint interface, guchar protocol, const gchar *host_name, guchar aprotocol, AvahiHostNameResolverCallback calback, gpointer userdata);
+void avahi_host_name_resolver_free(AvahiHostNameResolver *r);
+
+typedef struct AvahiAddressResolver AvahiAddressResolver;
+typedef void (*AvahiAddressResolverCallback)(AvahiAddressResolver *r, gint interface, guchar protocol, AvahiResolverEvent event, const AvahiAddress *a, const gchar *host_name, gpointer userdata);
+AvahiAddressResolver *avahi_address_resolver_new(AvahiServer *server, gint interface, guchar protocol, const AvahiAddress *address, AvahiAddressResolverCallback calback, gpointer userdata);
+void avahi_address_resolver_free(AvahiAddressResolver *r);
+
+/** The type of domain to browse for */
+typedef enum {
+ AVAHI_DOMAIN_BROWSER_REGISTER, /**< Browse for a list of available registering domains */
+ AVAHI_DOMAIN_BROWSER_REGISTER_DEFAULT, /**< Browse for the default registering domain */
+ AVAHI_DOMAIN_BROWSER_BROWSE, /**< Browse for a list of available browsing domains */
+ AVAHI_DOMAIN_BROWSER_BROWSE_DEFAULT /**< Browse for the default browsing domain */
+} AvahiDomainBrowserType;
+
+typedef struct AvahiDomainBrowser AvahiDomainBrowser;
+typedef void (*AvahiDomainBrowserCallback)(AvahiDomainBrowser *b, gint interface, guchar protocol, AvahiBrowserEvent event, const gchar *domain, gpointer userdata);
+AvahiDomainBrowser *avahi_domain_browser_new(AvahiServer *server, gint interface, guchar protocol, const gchar *domain, AvahiDomainBrowserType type, AvahiDomainBrowserCallback callback, gpointer userdata);
+void avahi_domain_browser_free(AvahiDomainBrowser *b);
-typedef struct AvahiSubscription AvahiSubscription;
+typedef struct AvahiServiceTypeBrowser AvahiServiceTypeBrowser;
+typedef void (*AvahiServiceTypeBrowserCallback)(AvahiServiceTypeBrowser *b, gint interface, guchar protocol, AvahiBrowserEvent event, const gchar *type, const gchar *domain, gpointer userdata);
+AvahiServiceTypeBrowser *avahi_service_type_browser_new(AvahiServer *server, gint interface, guchar protocol, const gchar *domain, AvahiServiceTypeBrowserCallback callback, gpointer userdata);
+void avahi_service_type_browser_free(AvahiServiceTypeBrowser *b);
-typedef void (*AvahiSubscriptionCallback)(AvahiSubscription *s, AvahiRecord *record, gint interface, guchar protocol, AvahiSubscriptionEvent event, gpointer userdata);
+typedef struct AvahiServiceBrowser AvahiServiceBrowser;
+typedef void (*AvahiServiceBrowserCallback)(AvahiServiceBrowser *b, gint interface, guchar protocol, AvahiBrowserEvent event, const gchar *name, const gchar *type, const gchar *domain, gpointer userdata);
+AvahiServiceBrowser *avahi_service_browser_new(AvahiServer *server, gint interface, guchar protocol, const gchar *service_type, const gchar *domain, AvahiServiceBrowserCallback callback, gpointer userdata);
+void avahi_service_browser_free(AvahiServiceBrowser *b);
-AvahiSubscription *avahi_subscription_new(AvahiServer *s, AvahiKey *key, gint interface, guchar protocol, AvahiSubscriptionCallback callback, gpointer userdata);
-void avahi_subscription_free(AvahiSubscription *s);
+typedef struct AvahiServiceResolver AvahiServiceResolver;
+typedef void (*AvahiServiceResolverCallback)(AvahiServiceResolver *r, gint interface, guchar protocol, AvahiResolverEvent event, const gchar *name, const gchar *type, const gchar *domain, const gchar *host_name, const AvahiAddress *a, guint16 port, AvahiStringList *txt, gpointer userdata);
+AvahiServiceResolver *avahi_service_resolver_new(AvahiServer *server, gint interface, guchar protocol, const gchar *name, const gchar *type, const gchar *domain, guchar aprotocol, AvahiServiceResolverCallback calback, gpointer userdata);
+void avahi_service_resolver_free(AvahiServiceResolver *r);
#endif