i3/include/libi3.h
Michael Stapelberg 046cf99585 Move ipc_send_message and ipc_recv_message to libi3
Make i3-msg and src/ipc.c use it
2011-10-02 18:33:36 +01:00

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/*
* vim:ts=4:sw=4:expandtab
*/
#ifndef _LIBI3_H
#define _LIBI3_H
/**
* Try to get the socket path from X11 and return NULL if it doesnt work.
*
* The memory for the socket path is dynamically allocated and has to be
* free()d by the caller.
*
*/
char *socket_path_from_x11();
/**
* Safe-wrapper around malloc which exits if malloc returns NULL (meaning that
* there is no more memory available)
*
*/
void *smalloc(size_t size);
/**
* Safe-wrapper around calloc which exits if malloc returns NULL (meaning that
* there is no more memory available)
*
*/
void *scalloc(size_t size);
/**
* Safe-wrapper around realloc which exits if realloc returns NULL (meaning
* that there is no more memory available).
*
*/
void *srealloc(void *ptr, size_t size);
/**
* Safe-wrapper around strdup which exits if malloc returns NULL (meaning that
* there is no more memory available)
*
*/
char *sstrdup(const char *str);
/**
* Formats a message (payload) of the given size and type and sends it to i3 via
* the given socket file descriptor.
*
* Returns -1 when write() fails, errno will remain.
* Returns 0 on success.
*
*/
int ipc_send_message(int sockfd, uint32_t message_size,
uint32_t message_type, const uint8_t *payload);
/**
* Reads a message from the given socket file descriptor and stores its length
* (reply_length) as well as a pointer to its contents (reply).
*
* Returns -1 when read() fails, errno will remain.
* Returns -2 when the IPC protocol is violated (invalid magic, unexpected
* message type, EOF instead of a message). Additionally, the error will be
* printed to stderr.
* Returns 0 on success.
*
*/
int ipc_recv_message(int sockfd, uint32_t message_type,
uint32_t *reply_length, uint8_t **reply);
#endif