/* GIO - GLib Input, Output and Streaming Library
 * 
 * Copyright (C) 2006-2007 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.
 *
 * Author: Alexander Larsson <alexl@redhat.com>
 */

#if !defined (__GIO_GIO_H_INSIDE__) && !defined (GIO_COMPILATION)
#error "Only <gio/gio.h> can be included directly."
#endif

#ifndef __G_IO_MODULE_H__
#define __G_IO_MODULE_H__

#include <glib-object.h>
#include <gmodule.h>

G_BEGIN_DECLS

#define G_IO_TYPE_MODULE         (g_io_module_get_type ())
#define G_IO_MODULE(o)           (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((o), G_IO_TYPE_MODULE, GIOModule))
#define G_IO_MODULE_CLASS(k)     (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST((k), G_IO_TYPE_MODULE, GIOModuleClass))
#define G_IO_IS_MODULE(o)        (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((o), G_IO_TYPE_MODULE))
#define G_IO_IS_MODULE_CLASS(k)  (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((k), G_IO_TYPE_MODULE))
#define G_IO_MODULE_GET_CLASS(o) (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((o), G_IO_TYPE_MODULE, GIOModuleClass))

/**
 * GIOModule:
 * 
 * Opaque module base class for extending GIO.
 **/
typedef struct _GIOModule GIOModule;
typedef struct _GIOModuleClass GIOModuleClass;

typedef struct _GIOExtensionPoint GIOExtensionPoint;
typedef struct _GIOExtension GIOExtension;

GType      g_io_module_get_type (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
GIOModule *g_io_module_new      (const gchar *filename);

GList *g_io_modules_load_all_in_directory            (const char *dirname);

GIOExtensionPoint *g_io_extension_point_register              (const char        *name);
GIOExtensionPoint *g_io_extension_point_lookup                (const char        *name);
void               g_io_extension_point_set_required_type     (GIOExtensionPoint *extension_point,
							       GType              type);
GType              g_io_extension_point_get_required_type     (GIOExtensionPoint *extension_point);
GList             *g_io_extension_point_get_extensions        (GIOExtensionPoint *extension_point);
GIOExtension *     g_io_extension_point_get_extension_by_name (GIOExtensionPoint *extension_point,
							       const char        *name);
GIOExtension *     g_io_extension_point_implement             (const char        *extension_point_name,
							       GType              type,
							       const char        *extension_name,
							       gint               priority);

GType                   g_io_extension_get_type     (GIOExtension *extension);
const char *            g_io_extension_get_name     (GIOExtension *extension);
gint                    g_io_extension_get_priority (GIOExtension *extension);
GTypeClass*             g_io_extension_ref_class    (GIOExtension *extension);

/* API for the modules to implement */
/**
 * g_io_module_load:
 * @module: a #GIOModule.
 * 
 * Required API for GIO modules to implement. 
 * This function is ran after the module has been loaded into GIO, 
 * to initialize the module.
 **/
void        g_io_module_load     (GIOModule   *module);

/**
 * g_io_module_unload:
 * @module: a #GIOModule.
 * 
 * Required API for GIO modules to implement. 
 * This function is ran when the module is being unloaded from GIO, 
 * to finalize the module.
 **/
void        g_io_module_unload   (GIOModule   *module);

G_END_DECLS

#endif /* __G_IO_MODULE_H__ */