glib/gobject/gvaluecollector.h

/* GObject - GLib Type, Object, Parameter and Signal Library
 * Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000 Tim Janik and Red Hat, Inc.
 *
 * 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.
 *
 * gvaluecollector.h: GValue varargs stubs
 */
#ifndef __G_VALUE_COLLECTOR_H__
#define __G_VALUE_COLLECTOR_H__


#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif /* __cplusplus */


/* we may want to add aggregate types here some day, if requested
 * by users. the basic C types are covered already, everything
 * smaller than an int is promoted to an integer and floats are
 * always promoted to doubles for varargs call constructions.
 */
enum	/*< skip >*/
{
  G_VALUE_COLLECT_INT		= 'i',
  G_VALUE_COLLECT_LONG		= 'l',
  G_VALUE_COLLECT_DOUBLE	= 'd',
  G_VALUE_COLLECT_POINTER	= 'p'
};


/* vararg union holding actuall values collected
 */
union _GTypeCValue
{
  gint     v_int;
  glong    v_long;
  gdouble  v_double;
  gpointer v_pointer;
};


/* G_VALUE_COLLECT() collects a variable argument value
 * from a va_list. we have to implement the varargs collection as a
 * macro, because on some systems va_list variables cannot be passed
 * by reference.
 * value is supposed to be initialized according to the value
 * type to be collected.
 * var_args is the va_list variable and may be evaluated multiple times.
 * __error is a gchar** variable that will be modified to hold a g_new()
 * allocated error messages if something fails.
 */
#define G_VALUE_COLLECT(value, var_args, flags, __error)				\
G_STMT_START {										\
  GValue *_value = (value);								\
  guint _flags = (flags);								\
  GTypeValueTable *_vtable = g_type_value_table_peek (G_VALUE_TYPE (_value));		\
  gchar *_collect_format = _vtable->collect_format;					\
  GTypeCValue _cvalues[G_VALUE_COLLECT_FORMAT_MAX_LENGTH] = { { 0, }, };		\
  guint _n_values = 0;									\
                                                                                        \
  g_value_reset (_value);								\
  while (*_collect_format)								\
    {											\
      GTypeCValue *_cvalue = _cvalues + _n_values++;					\
                                                                                        \
      switch (*_collect_format++)							\
	{										\
	case G_VALUE_COLLECT_INT:							\
	  _cvalue->v_int = va_arg ((var_args), gint);					\
	  break;									\
	case G_VALUE_COLLECT_LONG:							\
	  _cvalue->v_long = va_arg ((var_args), glong);					\
	  break;									\
	case G_VALUE_COLLECT_DOUBLE:							\
	  _cvalue->v_double = va_arg ((var_args), gdouble);				\
	  break;									\
	case G_VALUE_COLLECT_POINTER:							\
	  _cvalue->v_pointer = va_arg ((var_args), gpointer);				\
	  break;									\
	default:									\
	  g_assert_not_reached ();							\
	}										\
    }											\
  *(__error) = _vtable->collect_value (_value,						\
				       _n_values,					\
				       _cvalues,					\
				       _flags);						\
} G_STMT_END


/* G_VALUE_LCOPY() collects a value's variable argument
 * locations from a va_list. usage is analogous to G_VALUE_COLLECT().
 */
#define G_VALUE_LCOPY(value, var_args, flags, __error)					\
G_STMT_START {										\
  GValue *_value = (value);								\
  guint _flags = (flags);								\
  GTypeValueTable *_vtable = g_type_value_table_peek (G_VALUE_TYPE (_value));		\
  gchar *_lcopy_format = _vtable->lcopy_format;						\
  GTypeCValue _cvalues[G_VALUE_COLLECT_FORMAT_MAX_LENGTH] = { { 0, }, };		\
  guint _n_values = 0;									\
                                                                                        \
  while (*_lcopy_format)								\
    {											\
      GTypeCValue *_cvalue = _cvalues + _n_values++;					\
                                                                                        \
      switch (*_lcopy_format++)								\
	{										\
	case G_VALUE_COLLECT_INT:							\
	  _cvalue->v_int = va_arg ((var_args), gint);					\
	  break;									\
	case G_VALUE_COLLECT_LONG:							\
	  _cvalue->v_long = va_arg ((var_args), glong);					\
	  break;									\
	case G_VALUE_COLLECT_DOUBLE:							\
	  _cvalue->v_double = va_arg ((var_args), gdouble);				\
	  break;									\
	case G_VALUE_COLLECT_POINTER:							\
	  _cvalue->v_pointer = va_arg ((var_args), gpointer);				\
	  break;									\
	default:									\
	  g_assert_not_reached ();							\
	}										\
    }											\
  *(__error) = _vtable->lcopy_value (_value,						\
				     _n_values,						\
				     _cvalues,						\
				     _flags);						\
} G_STMT_END


#define	G_VALUE_COLLECT_FORMAT_MAX_LENGTH	(8)



#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif /* __cplusplus */

#endif /* __G_VALUE_COLLECTOR_H__ */