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- /* gserialize.h
- * Copyright (C) 1998 Jay Cox <jaycox@earthlink.net>
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This 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
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library; if not, write to the
- * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
- * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- */
-
- #ifndef __GSERIALIZE_H__
- #define __GSERIALIZE_H__
-
- #ifdef __cplusplus
- extern "C" {
- #endif /* __cplusplus */
-
- #include <glib.h>
- #include <stdarg.h>
-
- typedef enum {
- GSERIAL_END = 0, /* for internal use only */
- GSERIAL_INT8 = 1,
- GSERIAL_INT16 = 2,
- GSERIAL_INT32 = 3,
- GSERIAL_FLOAT = 4, /* 32 bit IEEE fp value */
- GSERIAL_DOUBLE = 5, /* 64 bit IEEE fp value */
- GSERIAL_STRING = 101,
- GSERIAL_INT8ARRAY = 102,
- GSERIAL_INT16ARRAY = 103,
- GSERIAL_INT32ARRAY = 104,
- GSERIAL_FLOATARRAY = 105,
- GSERIAL_DOUBLEARRAY = 106,
- GSERIAL_LAST_TYPE = 107
- } GSerialType;
-
- typedef struct _GSerialItem GSerialItem;
- typedef struct _GSerialDescription GSerialDescription;
-
-
- GSerialItem *g_new_serial_item(GSerialType type, gulong offset,
- gint32 length, gulong length_offset);
-
- #define g_serial_item(type, struct_, member) \
- g_new_serial_item(type, G_STRUCT_OFFSET(struct_, member), 0, 0)
-
- #define g_serial_array(type, struct_, member, length) \
- g_new_serial_item(type, G_STRUCT_OFFSET(struct_, member), length, 0)
-
- #define g_serial_vlen_array(type, struct_, member, length_member) \
- g_new_serial_item(type, G_STRUCT_OFFSET(struct_, member), -1, \
- G_STRUCT_OFFSET(struct_, length_member))
-
- GSerialDescription *g_new_serial_description(char *name, ...);
- /* pass it g_serial_s. null terminated */
- void g_free_serial_description(GSerialDescription *);
-
- long g_serialize(GSerialDescription *d, void **output, void *struct_data);
- /* returns the length of the serialized data.
- g_mallocs space for the data and stores a pointer to it in output */
-
- long g_deserialize(GSerialDescription *d, void *output, void *serial);
- /* output must be a preallocated area large enough to hold the
- deserialized struct. */
-
-
- #ifdef __cplusplus
- }
- #endif /* __cplusplus */
-
- #endif /* __GSERIALIZE_H__*/
-
-