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28 /** An mDNS responder object */
29 typedef struct AvahiServer AvahiServer;
31 /** A locally registered DNS resource record */
32 typedef struct AvahiEntry AvahiEntry;
34 /** A group of locally registered DNS RRs */
35 typedef struct AvahiEntryGroup AvahiEntryGroup;
37 #include <avahi-core/address.h>
38 #include <avahi-core/rr.h>
40 /** States of a server object */
42 AVAHI_SERVER_INVALID = -1, /**< Invalid state (initial) */
43 AVAHI_SERVER_REGISTERING = 0, /**< Host RRs are being registered */
44 AVAHI_SERVER_RUNNING, /**< All host RRs have been established */
45 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 All host RRs have been withdrawn, the user should set a new host name via avahi_server_set_host_name() */
46 AVAHI_SERVER_SLEEPING /**< The host or domain name has changed and the server waits for old entries to be expired */
49 /** Flags for server entries */
51 AVAHI_ENTRY_NULL = 0, /**< No special flags */
52 AVAHI_ENTRY_UNIQUE = 1, /**< The RRset is intended to be unique */
53 AVAHI_ENTRY_NOPROBE = 2, /**< Though the RRset is intended to be unique no probes shall be sent */
54 AVAHI_ENTRY_NOANNOUNCE = 4 /**< Do not announce this RR to other hosts */
57 /** States of an entry group object */
59 AVAHI_ENTRY_GROUP_UNCOMMITED = -1, /**< The group has not yet been commited, the user must still call avahi_entry_group_commit() */
60 AVAHI_ENTRY_GROUP_REGISTERING = 0, /**< The entries of the group are currently being registered */
61 AVAHI_ENTRY_GROUP_ESTABLISHED, /**< The entries have successfully been established */
62 AVAHI_ENTRY_GROUP_COLLISION /**< A name collision for one of the entries in the group has been detected, the entries have been withdrawn */
63 } AvahiEntryGroupState;
65 /** Prototype for callback functions which are called whenever the state of an AvahiServer object changes */
66 typedef void (*AvahiServerCallback) (AvahiServer *s, AvahiServerState state, gpointer userdata);
68 /** Prototype for callback functions which are called whenever the state of an AvahiEntryGroup object changes */
69 typedef void (*AvahiEntryGroupCallback) (AvahiServer *s, AvahiEntryGroup *g, AvahiEntryGroupState state, gpointer userdata);
71 /** Stores configuration options for a server instance */
72 typedef struct AvahiServerConfig {
73 gchar *host_name; /**< Default host name. If left empty defaults to the result of gethostname(2) of the libc */
74 gchar *domain_name; /**< Default domain name. If left empty defaults to .local */
75 gboolean use_ipv4; /**< Enable IPv4 support */
76 gboolean use_ipv6; /**< Enable IPv6 support */
77 gboolean register_hinfo; /**< Register a HINFO record for the host containing the local OS and CPU type */
78 gboolean register_addresses; /**< Register A, AAAA and PTR records for all local IP addresses */
79 gboolean register_workstation; /**< Register a _workstation._tcp service */
80 gboolean check_response_ttl; /**< If enabled the server ignores all incoming responses with IP TTL != 255 */
81 gboolean announce_domain; /**< Announce the local domain for browsing */
82 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. */
83 gboolean enable_reflector; /**< Reflect incoming mDNS traffic to all local networks. This allows mDNS based network browsing beyond ethernet borders */
84 gboolean ipv_reflect; /**< if enable_reflector is TRUE, enable/disable reflecting between IPv4 and IPv6 */
87 /** Allocate a new mDNS responder object. */
88 AvahiServer *avahi_server_new(
89 GMainContext *c, /**< The GLIB main loop context to attach to */
90 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. */
91 AvahiServerCallback callback, /**< A callback which is called whenever the state of the server changes */
92 gpointer userdata /**< An opaque pointer which is passed to the callback function */);
94 /** Free an mDNS responder object */
95 void avahi_server_free(AvahiServer* s);
97 /** Fill in default values for a server configuration structure. If you
98 * make use of an AvahiServerConfig structure be sure to initialize
99 * it with this function for the sake of upwards library
100 * compatibility. This call may allocate strings on the heap. To
101 * release this memory make sure to call
102 * avahi_server_config_done(). If you want to replace any strings in
103 * the structure be sure to free the strings filled in by this
104 * function with g_free() first and allocate the replacements with
105 * g_malloc() (or g_strdup()).*/
106 AvahiServerConfig* avahi_server_config_init(
107 AvahiServerConfig *c /**< A structure which shall be filled in */ );
109 /** Make a deep copy of the configuration structure *c to *ret. */
110 AvahiServerConfig* avahi_server_config_copy(
111 AvahiServerConfig *ret /**< destination */,
112 const AvahiServerConfig *c /**< source */);
114 /** Free the data in a server configuration structure. */
115 void avahi_server_config_free(AvahiServerConfig *c);
117 /** Return the currently chosen domain name of the server object. The
118 * return value points to an internally allocated string. Be sure to
119 * make a copy of the string before calling any other library
121 const gchar* avahi_server_get_domain_name(AvahiServer *s);
123 /** Return the currently chosen host name. The return value points to a internally allocated string. */
124 const gchar* avahi_server_get_host_name(AvahiServer *s);
126 /** Return the currently chosen host name as a FQDN ("fully qualified
127 * domain name", i.e. the concatenation of the host and domain
128 * name). The return value points to a internally allocated string. */
129 const gchar* avahi_server_get_host_name_fqdn(AvahiServer *s);
131 /** Change the host name of a running mDNS responder. This will drop
132 all automicatilly generated RRs and readd them with the new
133 name. Since the responder has to probe for the new RRs this function
134 takes some time to take effect altough it returns immediately. This
135 function is intended to be called when a host name conflict is
136 reported using AvahiServerCallback. The caller should readd all user
137 defined RRs too since they otherwise continue to point to the outdated
139 gint avahi_server_set_host_name(AvahiServer *s, const gchar *host_name);
141 /** Change the domain name of a running mDNS responder. The same rules
142 * as with avahi_server_set_host_name() apply. */
143 gint avahi_server_set_domain_name(AvahiServer *s, const gchar *domain_name);
145 /** Return the opaque user data pointer attached to a server object */
146 gpointer avahi_server_get_data(AvahiServer *s);
148 /** Change the opaque user data pointer attached to a server object */
149 void avahi_server_set_data(AvahiServer *s, gpointer userdata);
151 /** Return the current state of the server object */
152 AvahiServerState avahi_server_get_state(AvahiServer *s);
154 /** Iterate through all local entries of the server. (when g is NULL)
155 * or of a specified entry group. At the first call state should point
156 * to a NULL initialized void pointer, That pointer is used to track
157 * the current iteration. It is not safe to call any other
158 * avahi_server_xxx() function during the iteration. If the last entry
159 * has been read, NULL is returned. */
160 const AvahiRecord *avahi_server_iterate(AvahiServer *s, AvahiEntryGroup *g, void **state);
162 /** Dump the current server status to the specified FILE object */
163 void avahi_server_dump(AvahiServer *s, FILE *f);
165 /** Create a new entry group. The specified callback function is
166 * called whenever the state of the group changes. Use entry group
167 * objects to keep track of you RRs. Add new RRs to a group using
168 * avahi_server_add_xxx(). Make sure to call avahi_entry_group_commit()
169 * to start the registration process for your RRs */
170 AvahiEntryGroup *avahi_entry_group_new(AvahiServer *s, AvahiEntryGroupCallback callback, gpointer userdata);
172 /** Free an entry group. All RRs assigned to the group are removed from the server */
173 void avahi_entry_group_free(AvahiEntryGroup *g);
175 /** Commit an entry group. This starts the probing and registration process for all RRs in the group */
176 gint avahi_entry_group_commit(AvahiEntryGroup *g);
178 /** Return the current state of the specified entry group */
179 AvahiEntryGroupState avahi_entry_group_get_state(AvahiEntryGroup *g);
181 /** Change the opaque user data pointer attached to an entry group object */
182 void avahi_entry_group_set_data(AvahiEntryGroup *g, gpointer userdata);
184 /** Return the opaque user data pointer currently set for the entry group object */
185 gpointer avahi_entry_group_get_data(AvahiEntryGroup *g);
187 gint avahi_server_add(
192 AvahiEntryFlags flags,
195 gint avahi_server_add_ptr(
200 AvahiEntryFlags flags,
204 gint avahi_server_add_address(
209 AvahiEntryFlags flags,
213 gint avahi_server_add_text(
218 AvahiEntryFlags flags,
220 ... /* text records, terminated by NULL */);
222 gint avahi_server_add_text_va(
227 AvahiEntryFlags flags,
231 gint avahi_server_add_text_strlst(
236 AvahiEntryFlags flags,
238 AvahiStringList *strlst);
240 gint avahi_server_add_service(
250 ... /* text records, terminated by NULL */);
252 gint avahi_server_add_service_va(
264 gint avahi_server_add_service_strlst(
274 AvahiStringList *strlst);
277 AVAHI_BROWSER_NEW = 0,
278 AVAHI_BROWSER_REMOVE = -1
282 AVAHI_RESOLVER_FOUND = 0,
283 AVAHI_RESOLVER_TIMEOUT = -1
284 } AvahiResolverEvent;
287 typedef struct AvahiRecordBrowser AvahiRecordBrowser;
288 typedef void (*AvahiRecordBrowserCallback)(AvahiRecordBrowser *b, gint interface, guchar protocol, AvahiBrowserEvent event, AvahiRecord *record, gpointer userdata);
289 AvahiRecordBrowser *avahi_record_browser_new(AvahiServer *server, gint interface, guchar protocol, AvahiKey *key, AvahiRecordBrowserCallback callback, gpointer userdata);
290 void avahi_record_browser_free(AvahiRecordBrowser *b);
292 typedef struct AvahiHostNameResolver AvahiHostNameResolver;
293 typedef void (*AvahiHostNameResolverCallback)(AvahiHostNameResolver *r, gint interface, guchar protocol, AvahiResolverEvent event, const gchar *host_name, const AvahiAddress *a, gpointer userdata);
294 AvahiHostNameResolver *avahi_host_name_resolver_new(AvahiServer *server, gint interface, guchar protocol, const gchar *host_name, guchar aprotocol, AvahiHostNameResolverCallback calback, gpointer userdata);
295 void avahi_host_name_resolver_free(AvahiHostNameResolver *r);
297 typedef struct AvahiAddressResolver AvahiAddressResolver;
298 typedef void (*AvahiAddressResolverCallback)(AvahiAddressResolver *r, gint interface, guchar protocol, AvahiResolverEvent event, const AvahiAddress *a, const gchar *host_name, gpointer userdata);
299 AvahiAddressResolver *avahi_address_resolver_new(AvahiServer *server, gint interface, guchar protocol, const AvahiAddress *address, AvahiAddressResolverCallback calback, gpointer userdata);
300 void avahi_address_resolver_free(AvahiAddressResolver *r);
302 /** The type of domain to browse for */
304 AVAHI_DOMAIN_BROWSER_REGISTER, /**< Browse for a list of available registering domains */
305 AVAHI_DOMAIN_BROWSER_REGISTER_DEFAULT, /**< Browse for the default registering domain */
306 AVAHI_DOMAIN_BROWSER_BROWSE, /**< Browse for a list of available browsing domains */
307 AVAHI_DOMAIN_BROWSER_BROWSE_DEFAULT /**< Browse for the default browsing domain */
308 } AvahiDomainBrowserType;
310 typedef struct AvahiDomainBrowser AvahiDomainBrowser;
311 typedef void (*AvahiDomainBrowserCallback)(AvahiDomainBrowser *b, gint interface, guchar protocol, AvahiBrowserEvent event, const gchar *domain, gpointer userdata);
312 AvahiDomainBrowser *avahi_domain_browser_new(AvahiServer *server, gint interface, guchar protocol, const gchar *domain, AvahiDomainBrowserType type, AvahiDomainBrowserCallback callback, gpointer userdata);
313 void avahi_domain_browser_free(AvahiDomainBrowser *b);
315 typedef struct AvahiServiceTypeBrowser AvahiServiceTypeBrowser;
316 typedef void (*AvahiServiceTypeBrowserCallback)(AvahiServiceTypeBrowser *b, gint interface, guchar protocol, AvahiBrowserEvent event, const gchar *type, const gchar *domain, gpointer userdata);
317 AvahiServiceTypeBrowser *avahi_service_type_browser_new(AvahiServer *server, gint interface, guchar protocol, const gchar *domain, AvahiServiceTypeBrowserCallback callback, gpointer userdata);
318 void avahi_service_type_browser_free(AvahiServiceTypeBrowser *b);
320 typedef struct AvahiServiceBrowser AvahiServiceBrowser;
321 typedef void (*AvahiServiceBrowserCallback)(AvahiServiceBrowser *b, gint interface, guchar protocol, AvahiBrowserEvent event, const gchar *name, const gchar *type, const gchar *domain, gpointer userdata);
322 AvahiServiceBrowser *avahi_service_browser_new(AvahiServer *server, gint interface, guchar protocol, const gchar *service_type, const gchar *domain, AvahiServiceBrowserCallback callback, gpointer userdata);
323 void avahi_service_browser_free(AvahiServiceBrowser *b);
325 typedef struct AvahiServiceResolver AvahiServiceResolver;
326 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);
327 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);
328 void avahi_service_resolver_free(AvahiServiceResolver *r);