Frameworks/libpurple.framework/Versions/0.6.2/Headers/eventloop.h
author Zachary West <zacw@adium.im>
Fri Aug 21 13:25:11 2009 -0700 (2009-08-21)
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parent 1739 Frameworks/libpurple.framework/Versions/0.6.0/Headers/eventloop.h@8b0daad9656c
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/**
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 * @file eventloop.h Purple Event Loop API
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 * @ingroup core
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 */
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/* purple
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 *
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 * Purple is the legal property of its developers, whose names are too numerous
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 * to list here.  Please refer to the COPYRIGHT file distributed with this
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 * source distribution.
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 *
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 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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 * (at your option) any later version.
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 *
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 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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 * GNU General Public License for more details.
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 *
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 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02111-1301  USA
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 */
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#ifndef _PURPLE_EVENTLOOP_H_
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#define _PURPLE_EVENTLOOP_H_
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#include <glib.h>
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#ifdef __cplusplus
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extern "C" {
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#endif
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/**
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 * An input condition.
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 */
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typedef enum
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{
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	PURPLE_INPUT_READ  = 1 << 0,  /**< A read condition.  */
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	PURPLE_INPUT_WRITE = 1 << 1   /**< A write condition. */
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} PurpleInputCondition;
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/** The type of callbacks to handle events on file descriptors, as passed to
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 *  purple_input_add().  The callback will receive the @c user_data passed to
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 *  purple_input_add(), the file descriptor on which the event occurred, and the
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 *  condition that was satisfied to cause the callback to be invoked.
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 */
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typedef void (*PurpleInputFunction)(gpointer, gint, PurpleInputCondition);
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/** @copydoc _PurpleEventLoopUiOps */
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typedef struct _PurpleEventLoopUiOps PurpleEventLoopUiOps;
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/** An abstraction of an application's mainloop; libpurple will use this to
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 *  watch file descriptors and schedule timed callbacks.  If your application
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 *  uses the glib mainloop, there is an implementation of this struct in
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 *  <tt>libpurple/example/nullclient.c</tt> which you can use verbatim.
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 */
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struct _PurpleEventLoopUiOps
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{
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	/**
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	 * Should create a callback timer with an interval measured in
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	 * milliseconds.  The supplied @a function should be called every @a
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	 * interval seconds until it returns @c FALSE, after which it should not
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	 * be called again.
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	 *
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	 * Analogous to g_timeout_add in glib.
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	 *
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	 * Note: On Win32, this function may be called from a thread other than
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	 * the libpurple thread.  You should make sure to detect this situation
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	 * and to only call "function" from the libpurple thread.
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	 *
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	 * @param interval the interval in <em>milliseconds</em> between calls
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	 *                 to @a function.
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	 * @param data     arbitrary data to be passed to @a function at each
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	 *                 call.
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	 * @todo Who is responsible for freeing @a data?
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	 *
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	 * @return a handle for the timeout, which can be passed to
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	 *         #timeout_remove.
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	 *
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	 * @see purple_timeout_add
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	 **/
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	guint (*timeout_add)(guint interval, GSourceFunc function, gpointer data);
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	/**
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	 * Should remove a callback timer.  Analogous to g_source_remove in glib.
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	 * @param handle an identifier for a timeout, as returned by
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	 *               #timeout_add.
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	 * @return       @c TRUE if the timeout identified by @a handle was
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	 *               found and removed.
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	 * @see purple_timeout_remove
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	 */
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	gboolean (*timeout_remove)(guint handle);
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	/**
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	 * Should add an input handler.  Analogous to g_io_add_watch_full in
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	 * glib.
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	 *
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	 * @param fd        a file descriptor to watch for events
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	 * @param cond      a bitwise OR of events on @a fd for which @a func
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	 *                  should be called.
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	 * @param func      a callback to fire whenever a relevant event on @a
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	 *                  fd occurs.
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	 * @param user_data arbitrary data to pass to @a fd.
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	 * @return          an identifier for this input handler, which can be
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	 *                  passed to #input_remove.
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	 *
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	 * @see purple_input_add
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	 */
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	guint (*input_add)(int fd, PurpleInputCondition cond,
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	                   PurpleInputFunction func, gpointer user_data);
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	/**
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	 * Should remove an input handler.  Analogous to g_source_remove in glib.
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	 * @param handle an identifier, as returned by #input_add.
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	 * @return       @c TRUE if the input handler was found and removed.
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	 * @see purple_input_remove
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	 */
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	gboolean (*input_remove)(guint handle);
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	/**
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	 * If implemented, should get the current error status for an input.
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	 *
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	 * Implementation of this UI op is optional. Implement it if the UI's
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	 * sockets or event loop needs to customize determination of socket
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	 * error status.  If unimplemented, <tt>getsockopt(2)</tt> will be used
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	 * instead.
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	 *
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	 * @see purple_input_get_error
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	 */
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	int (*input_get_error)(int fd, int *error);
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	/**
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	 * If implemented, should create a callback timer with an interval
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	 * measured in seconds.  Analogous to g_timeout_add_seconds in glib.
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	 *
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	 * This allows UIs to group timers for better power efficiency.  For
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	 * this reason, @a interval may be rounded by up to a second.
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	 *
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	 * Implementation of this UI op is optional.  If it's not implemented,
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	 * calls to purple_timeout_add_seconds() will be serviced by
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	 * #timeout_add.
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	 *
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	 * @see purple_timeout_add_seconds()
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	 * @since 2.1.0
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	 **/
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	guint (*timeout_add_seconds)(guint interval, GSourceFunc function,
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	                             gpointer data);
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	void (*_purple_reserved2)(void);
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	void (*_purple_reserved3)(void);
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	void (*_purple_reserved4)(void);
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};
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/**************************************************************************/
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/** @name Event Loop API                                                  */
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/**************************************************************************/
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/*@{*/
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/**
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 * Creates a callback timer.
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 *
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 * The timer will repeat until the function returns @c FALSE. The
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 * first call will be at the end of the first interval.
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 *
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 * If the timer is in a multiple of seconds, use purple_timeout_add_seconds()
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 * instead as it allows UIs to group timers for power efficiency.
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 *
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 * @param interval	The time between calls of the function, in
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 *                      milliseconds.
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 * @param function	The function to call.
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 * @param data		data to pass to @a function.
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 * @return A handle to the timer which can be passed to
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 *         purple_timeout_remove() to remove the timer.
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 */
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guint purple_timeout_add(guint interval, GSourceFunc function, gpointer data);
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/**
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 * Creates a callback timer.
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 *
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 * The timer will repeat until the function returns @c FALSE. The
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 * first call will be at the end of the first interval.
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 *
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 * This function allows UIs to group timers for better power efficiency.  For
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 * this reason, @a interval may be rounded by up to a second.
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 *
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 * @param interval	The time between calls of the function, in
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 *                      seconds.
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 * @param function	The function to call.
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 * @param data		data to pass to @a function.
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 * @return A handle to the timer which can be passed to
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 *         purple_timeout_remove() to remove the timer.
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 *
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 * @since 2.1.0
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 */
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guint purple_timeout_add_seconds(guint interval, GSourceFunc function, gpointer data);
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/**
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 * Removes a timeout handler.
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 *
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 * @param handle The handle, as returned by purple_timeout_add().
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 *
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 * @return @c TRUE if the handler was successfully removed.
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 */
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gboolean purple_timeout_remove(guint handle);
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/**
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 * Adds an input handler.
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 *
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 * @param fd        The input file descriptor.
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 * @param cond      The condition type.
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 * @param func      The callback function for data.
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 * @param user_data User-specified data.
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 *
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 * @return The resulting handle (will be greater than 0).
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 * @see g_io_add_watch_full
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 */
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guint purple_input_add(int fd, PurpleInputCondition cond,
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                       PurpleInputFunction func, gpointer user_data);
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/**
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 * Removes an input handler.
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 *
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 * @param handle The handle of the input handler. Note that this is the return
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 *               value from purple_input_add(), <i>not</i> the file descriptor.
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 */
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gboolean purple_input_remove(guint handle);
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/**
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 * Get the current error status for an input.
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 *
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 * The return value and error follow getsockopt() with a level of SOL_SOCKET and an
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 * option name of SO_ERROR, and this is how the error is determined if the UI does not
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 * implement the input_get_error UI op.
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 *
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 * @param fd        The input file descriptor.
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 * @param error     A pointer to an @c int which on return will have the error, or
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 *                  @c 0 if no error.
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 *
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 * @return @c 0 if there is no error; @c -1 if there is an error, in which case
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 *         @a errno will be set.
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 */
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int
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purple_input_get_error(int fd, int *error);
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/*@}*/
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/**************************************************************************/
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/** @name UI Registration Functions                                       */
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/**************************************************************************/
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/*@{*/
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/**
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 * Sets the UI operations structure to be used for accounts.
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 *
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 * @param ops The UI operations structure.
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 */
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void purple_eventloop_set_ui_ops(PurpleEventLoopUiOps *ops);
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/**
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 * Returns the UI operations structure used for accounts.
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 *
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 * @return The UI operations structure in use.
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 */
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PurpleEventLoopUiOps *purple_eventloop_get_ui_ops(void);
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/*@}*/
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#ifdef __cplusplus
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}
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#endif
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#endif /* _PURPLE_EVENTLOOP_H_ */