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- /* -*- Mode: C; indent-tabs-mode: t; c-basic-offset: 8; tab-width: 8 -*- */
- /* gnome-vfs-method.h - All the VFS bits a module needs to include in one
- place.
-
- Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation
-
- The Gnome Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
- published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
- License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
- The Gnome Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- Library General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
- License along with the Gnome Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,
- write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
- Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
-
- Author: Michael Meeks <michael@imaginator.com> */
-
- #ifndef GNOME_VFS_MODULE_H
- #define GNOME_VFS_MODULE_H
-
- #include <libgnomevfs/gnome-vfs-method.h>
-
- G_BEGIN_DECLS
-
-
- /**
- * vfs_module_init:
- * @method_name: name of the method that invoked this module (e.g. "http", "ftp", "file").
- * @args: not used by most modules, but potential arguments for creating the module (could
- * be a file to point at, for example)
- *
- * Standard extern call implemented by each filesystem module. This is called
- * to initialize the module and setup any basic structures / connections the
- * method requires. It also allows the module to identify the URI method it is
- * associated with in this instance.
- *
- * Return value: the module symbol table, pointing to the appropriate calls for
- * this module.
- **/
- extern GnomeVFSMethod *vfs_module_init (const char *method_name, const char *args);
-
- /**
- * vfs_module_transform:
- * @method_name: name of the method that invoked this module (e.g. "http", "ftp", "file").
- * @args: not used by most modules, but potential arguments for creating the module (could
- * be a file to point at, for example)
- *
- * Shift an already instanced module to a new method name. This call is not implemented
- * by most modules and is optional.
- *
- * Return value: the module symbol table, pointing to the appropriate calls for
- * this module.
- **/
- extern GnomeVFSTransform *vfs_module_transform (const char *method_name, const char *args);
-
- /**
- * vfs_module_shutdown:
- * @method: the symbol table of the module being shut down
- *
- * Called to tell a module to end any active operations, free all used memory,
- * and close any connections (as appropriate) or resources.
- *
- **/
- extern void vfs_module_shutdown (GnomeVFSMethod *method);
-
- G_END_DECLS
-
- #endif /* GNOME_VFS_MODULE_H */
-