/// A handle for a MeshLink node.
typedef struct meshlink_node meshlink_node_t;
-/// A handle for a MeshLink edge.
-typedef struct meshlink_edge meshlink_edge_t;
-
/// A handle for a MeshLink channel.
typedef struct meshlink_channel meshlink_channel_t;
#ifndef MESHLINK_INTERNAL_H
struct meshlink_handle {
- char *name; ///< Textual name of ourself. It is stored in a nul-terminated C string, which is allocated by MeshLink.
- void *priv; ///< Private pointer which may be set freely by the application, and is never used or modified by MeshLink.
+ const char *const name; ///< Textual name of ourself. It is stored in a nul-terminated C string, which is allocated by MeshLink.
+ void *priv; ///< Private pointer which may be set freely by the application, and is never used or modified by MeshLink.
};
struct meshlink_node {
- char *name; ///< Textual name of this node. It is stored in a nul-terminated C string, which is allocated by MeshLink.
- void *priv; ///< Private pointer which may be set freely by the application, and is never used or modified by MeshLink.
+ const char *const name; ///< Textual name of this node. It is stored in a nul-terminated C string, which is allocated by MeshLink.
+ void *priv; ///< Private pointer which may be set freely by the application, and is never used or modified by MeshLink.
};
struct meshlink_channel {
- struct meshlink_node *node; ///< Pointer to the peer of this channel.
- void *priv; ///< Private pointer which may be set freely by the application, and is never used or modified by MeshLink.
+ struct meshlink_node *const node; ///< Pointer to the peer of this channel.
+ void *priv; ///< Private pointer which may be set freely by the application, and is never used or modified by MeshLink.
};
#endif // MESHLINK_INTERNAL_H
-/// An edge in the meshlink network.
-struct meshlink_edge {
- struct meshlink_node *from; ///< Pointer to a node. Node memory is
- // owned by meshlink and should not be
- // deallocated. Node contents may be
- // changed by meshlink.
- struct meshlink_node *to; ///< Pointer to a node. Node memory is
- // owned by meshlink and should not be
- // deallocated. Node contents may be
- // changed by meshlink.
- struct sockaddr_storage address;///< The address information associated
- // with this edge.
- uint32_t options; ///< Edge options. @TODO what are edge options?
- int weight; ///< Weight assigned to this edge.
-};
-
/// Get the text for the given MeshLink error code.
/** This function returns a pointer to the string containing the description of the given error code.
*
*/
extern char *meshlink_get_external_address(meshlink_handle_t *mesh);
+/// Try to discover the external address for the local node.
+/** This function performs tries to discover the local node's external address
+ * by contacting the meshlink.io server. If a reverse lookup of the address works,
+ * the FQDN associated with the address will be returned.
+ *
+ * Please note that this is function only returns a single address,
+ * even if the local node might have more than one external address.
+ * In that case, there is no control over which address will be selected.
+ * Also note that if you have a dynamic IP address, or are behind carrier-grade NAT,
+ * there is no guarantee that the external address will be valid for an extended period of time.
+ *
+ * This function is blocking. It can take several seconds before it returns.
+ * There is no guarantee it will be able to resolve the external address.
+ * Failures might be because by temporary network outages.
+ *
+ * @param mesh A handle which represents an instance of MeshLink.
+ * @param family The address family to check, for example AF_INET or AF_INET6. If AF_UNSPEC is given,
+ * this might return the external address for any working address family.
+ *
+ * @return This function returns a pointer to a C string containing the discovered external address,
+ * or NULL if there was an error looking up the address.
+ * After meshlink_get_external_address() returns, the application is free to overwrite or free this string.
+ */
+extern char *meshlink_get_external_address_for_family(meshlink_handle_t *mesh, int address_family);
+
/// Try to discover the external address for the local node, and add it to its list of addresses.
/** This function is equivalent to:
*
*/
extern void meshlink_hint_address(meshlink_handle_t *mesh, meshlink_node_t *node, const struct sockaddr *addr);
-/// Get a list of edges.
-/** This function returns an array with copies of all known bidirectional edges.
- * The edges are copied to capture the mesh state at call time, since edges
- * mutate frequently. The nodes pointed to within the meshlink_edge_t type
- * are not copies; these are the same pointers that one would get from a call
- * to meshlink_get_all_nodes().
- *
- * @param mesh A handle which represents an instance of MeshLink.
- * @param edges A pointer to a previously allocated array of pointers to
- * meshlink_edge_t, or NULL in which case MeshLink will
- * allocate a new array. The application CANNOT supply an
- * array it allocated itself with malloc, but CAN use
- * the return value from the previous call to this function
- * (which is the preferred way).
- * The pointers in the array are valid until meshlink_close() is called.
- * ATTENTION: The pointers and values should never be modified
- * by the application!!!
- * @param nmemb A pointer to a variable holding the number of nodes that
- * are stored in the array. In case the @a nodes @a
- * argument is not NULL, MeshLink might call realloc()
- * on the array to change its size.
- * The contents of this variable will be changed to reflect
- * the new size of the array.
- * @return A pointer to an array containing pointers to all known
- * edges, or NULL in case of an error.
- * If the @a edges @a argument was not NULL, then the
- * retun value can be either the same value or a different
- * value. If the new values is NULL, then the old array
- * will have been freed by Meshlink.
- * The caller must call free() on each element of this
- * array (but not the contents of said elements),
- * as well as the array itself when it is finished.
- * ATTENTION: The pointers and values should never be modified
- * by the application!!!
- */
-extern meshlink_edge_t **meshlink_get_all_edges_state(meshlink_handle_t *mesh, meshlink_edge_t **edges, size_t *nmemb);
-
/// Enable or disable zeroconf discovery of local peers
/** This controls whether zeroconf discovery using the Catta library will be