glib/gio/gapplicationcommandline.c
Matthias Clasen edaf99be86 Avoid an interaction between GApplication and GOption
When using GOption to handle commandlines, we need to disable
the builtin help handling, since it calls exit(). Also mention
this particular pitfall in the docs.
2011-04-08 07:19:38 -04:00

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/*
* Copyright © 2010 Codethink Limited
*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
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*
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* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
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* USA.
*
* Authors: Ryan Lortie <desrt@desrt.ca>
*/
#include "config.h"
#include "gapplicationcommandline.h"
#include "glibintl.h"
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
G_DEFINE_TYPE (GApplicationCommandLine, g_application_command_line, G_TYPE_OBJECT)
/**
* SECTION:gapplicationcommandline
* @title: GApplicationCommandLine
* @short_description: A command-line invocation of an application
* @see_also: #GApplication
*
* #GApplicationCommandLine represents a command-line invocation of
* an application. It is created by #GApplication and emitted
* in the #GApplication::command-line signal and virtual function.
*
* The class contains the list of arguments that the program was invoked
* with. It is also possible to query if the commandline invocation was
* local (ie: the current process is running in direct response to the
* invocation) or remote (ie: some other process forwarded the
* commandline to this process).
*
* The GApplicationCommandLine object can provide the @argc and @argv
* parameters for use with the #GOptionContext command-line parsing API,
* with the g_application_command_line_get_arguments() function. See
* <xref linkend="gapplication-example-cmdline3"/> for an example.
*
* The exit status of the originally-invoked process may be set and
* messages can be printed to stdout or stderr of that process. The
* lifecycle of the originally-invoked process is tied to the lifecycle
* of this object (ie: the process exits when the last reference is
* dropped).
*
* The main use for #GApplicationCommandline (and the
* #GApplication::command-line signal) is 'Emacs server' like use cases:
* You can set the <envar>EDITOR</envar> environment variable to have
* e.g. git use your favourite editor to edit commit messages, and if you
* already have an instance of the editor running, the editing will happen
* in the running instance, instead of opening a new one. An important
* aspect of this use case is that the process that gets started by git
* does not return until the editing is done.
*
* <example id="gapplication-example-cmdline"><title>Handling commandline arguments with GApplication</title>
* <para>
* A simple example where the commandline is completely handled
* in the #GApplication::command-line handler. The launching instance exits
* once the signal handler in the primary instance has returned, and the
* return value of the signal handler becomes the exit status of the launching
* instance.
* </para>
* <programlisting>
* <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" parse="text" href="../../../../gio/tests/gapplication-example-cmdline.c">
* <xi:fallback>FIXME: MISSING XINCLUDE CONTENT</xi:fallback>
* </xi:include>
* </programlisting>
* </example>
*
* <example id="gapplication-example-cmdline2"><title>Split commandline handling</title>
* <para>
* An example of split commandline handling. Options that start with
* <literal>--local-</literal> are handled locally, all other options are
* passed to the #GApplication::command-line handler which runs in the primary
* instance.
* </para>
* <programlisting>
* <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" parse="text" href="../../../../gio/tests/gapplication-example-cmdline2.c">
* <xi:fallback>FIXME: MISSING XINCLUDE CONTENT</xi:fallback>
* </xi:include>
* </programlisting>
* </example>
*
* <example id="gapplication-example-cmdline3"><title>Deferred commandline handling</title>
* <para>
* An example of deferred commandline handling. Here, the commandline is
* not completely handled before the #GApplication::command-line handler
* returns. Instead, we keep a reference to the GApplicationCommandline
* object and handle it later(in this example, in an idle). Note that it
* is necessary to hold the application until you are done with the
* commandline.
* </para>
* <para>
* This example also shows how to use #GOptionContext for parsing the
* commandline arguments. Note that it is necessary to disable the
* built-in help-handling of #GOptionContext, since it calls exit()
* after printing help, which is not what you want to happen in
* the primary instance.
* </para>
* <programlisting>
* <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" parse="text" href="../../../../gio/tests/gapplication-example-cmdline3.c">
* <xi:fallback>FIXME: MISSING XINCLUDE CONTENT</xi:fallback>
* </xi:include>
* </programlisting>
* </example>
**/
enum
{
PROP_NONE,
PROP_ARGUMENTS,
PROP_PLATFORM_DATA,
PROP_IS_REMOTE
};
struct _GApplicationCommandLinePrivate
{
GVariant *platform_data;
GVariant *arguments;
GVariant *cwd;
const gchar **environ;
gint exit_status;
};
/* All subclasses represent remote invocations of some kind. */
#define IS_REMOTE(cmdline) (G_TYPE_FROM_INSTANCE (cmdline) != \
G_TYPE_APPLICATION_COMMAND_LINE)
static void
grok_platform_data (GApplicationCommandLine *cmdline)
{
GVariantIter iter;
const gchar *key;
GVariant *value;
g_variant_iter_init (&iter, cmdline->priv->platform_data);
while (g_variant_iter_loop (&iter, "{&sv}", &key, &value))
if (strcmp (key, "cwd") == 0)
{
if (!cmdline->priv->cwd)
cmdline->priv->cwd = g_variant_ref (value);
}
else if (strcmp (key, "environ") == 0)
{
if (!cmdline->priv->environ)
cmdline->priv->environ =
g_variant_get_bytestring_array (value, NULL);
}
}
static void
g_application_command_line_real_print_literal (GApplicationCommandLine *cmdline,
const gchar *message)
{
g_print ("%s\n", message);
}
static void
g_application_command_line_real_printerr_literal (GApplicationCommandLine *cmdline,
const gchar *message)
{
g_printerr ("%s\n", message);
}
static void
g_application_command_line_get_property (GObject *object,
guint prop_id,
GValue *value,
GParamSpec *pspec)
{
GApplicationCommandLine *cmdline = G_APPLICATION_COMMAND_LINE (object);
switch (prop_id)
{
case PROP_ARGUMENTS:
g_value_set_variant (value, cmdline->priv->arguments);
break;
case PROP_PLATFORM_DATA:
g_value_set_variant (value, cmdline->priv->platform_data);
break;
case PROP_IS_REMOTE:
g_value_set_boolean (value, IS_REMOTE (cmdline));
break;
default:
g_assert_not_reached ();
}
}
static void
g_application_command_line_set_property (GObject *object,
guint prop_id,
const GValue *value,
GParamSpec *pspec)
{
GApplicationCommandLine *cmdline = G_APPLICATION_COMMAND_LINE (object);
switch (prop_id)
{
case PROP_ARGUMENTS:
g_assert (cmdline->priv->arguments == NULL);
cmdline->priv->arguments = g_value_dup_variant (value);
break;
case PROP_PLATFORM_DATA:
g_assert (cmdline->priv->platform_data == NULL);
cmdline->priv->platform_data = g_value_dup_variant (value);
if (cmdline->priv->platform_data != NULL)
grok_platform_data (cmdline);
break;
default:
g_assert_not_reached ();
}
}
static void
g_application_command_line_finalize (GObject *object)
{
GApplicationCommandLine *cmdline = G_APPLICATION_COMMAND_LINE (object);
if (cmdline->priv->platform_data)
g_variant_unref (cmdline->priv->platform_data);
if (cmdline->priv->arguments)
g_variant_unref (cmdline->priv->arguments);
if (cmdline->priv->cwd)
g_variant_unref (cmdline->priv->cwd);
G_OBJECT_CLASS (g_application_command_line_parent_class)
->finalize (object);
}
static void
g_application_command_line_init (GApplicationCommandLine *cmdline)
{
cmdline->priv =
G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_PRIVATE (cmdline,
G_TYPE_APPLICATION_COMMAND_LINE,
GApplicationCommandLinePrivate);
}
static void
g_application_command_line_class_init (GApplicationCommandLineClass *class)
{
GObjectClass *object_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS (class);
object_class->get_property = g_application_command_line_get_property;
object_class->set_property = g_application_command_line_set_property;
object_class->finalize = g_application_command_line_finalize;
class->printerr_literal = g_application_command_line_real_printerr_literal;
class->print_literal = g_application_command_line_real_print_literal;
g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_ARGUMENTS,
g_param_spec_variant ("arguments",
P_("Commandline arguments"),
P_("The commandline that caused this ::command-line signal emission"),
G_VARIANT_TYPE_BYTESTRING_ARRAY, NULL,
G_PARAM_WRITABLE | G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT_ONLY |
G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_PLATFORM_DATA,
g_param_spec_variant ("platform-data",
P_("Platform data"),
P_("Platform-specific data for the commandline"),
G_VARIANT_TYPE ("a{sv}"), NULL,
G_PARAM_WRITABLE | G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT_ONLY |
G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_IS_REMOTE,
g_param_spec_boolean ("is-remote",
P_("Is remote"),
P_("TRUE if this is a remote commandline"),
FALSE,
G_PARAM_READABLE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
g_type_class_add_private (class, sizeof (GApplicationCommandLinePrivate));
}
/**
* g_application_command_line_get_arguments:
* @cmdline: a #GApplicationCommandLine
* @argc: (out): the length of the arguments array, or %NULL
*
* Gets the list of arguments that was passed on the command line.
*
* The strings in the array may contain non-utf8 data.
*
* The return value is %NULL-terminated and should be freed using
* g_strfreev().
*
* Returns: (array length=argc) (transfer full): the string array
* containing the arguments (the argv)
*
* Since: 2.28
**/
gchar **
g_application_command_line_get_arguments (GApplicationCommandLine *cmdline,
int *argc)
{
gchar **argv;
gsize len;
g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION_COMMAND_LINE (cmdline), NULL);
argv = g_variant_dup_bytestring_array (cmdline->priv->arguments, &len);
if (argc)
*argc = len;
return argv;
}
/**
* g_application_command_line_get_cwd:
* @cmdline: a #GApplicationCommandLine
*
* Gets the working directory of the command line invocation.
* The string may contain non-utf8 data.
*
* It is possible that the remote application did not send a working
* directory, so this may be %NULL.
*
* The return value should not be modified or freed and is valid for as
* long as @cmdline exists.
*
* Returns: the current directory, or %NULL
*
* Since: 2.28
**/
const gchar *
g_application_command_line_get_cwd (GApplicationCommandLine *cmdline)
{
if (cmdline->priv->cwd)
return g_variant_get_bytestring (cmdline->priv->cwd);
else
return NULL;
}
/**
* g_application_command_line_get_environ:
* @cmdline: a #GApplicationCommandLine
*
* Gets the contents of the 'environ' variable of the command line
* invocation, as would be returned by g_get_environ(), ie as a
* %NULL-terminated list of strings in the form 'NAME=VALUE'.
* The strings may contain non-utf8 data.
*
* The remote application usually does not send an environment. Use
* %G_APPLICATION_SEND_ENVIRONMENT to affect that. Even with this flag
* set it is possible that the environment is still not available (due
* to invocation messages from other applications).
*
* The return value should not be modified or freed and is valid for as
* long as @cmdline exists.
*
* See g_application_command_line_getenv() if you are only interested
* in the value of a single environment variable.
*
* Returns: (array zero-terminated=1) (transfer none): the environment
* strings, or %NULL if they were not sent
*
* Since: 2.28
**/
const gchar * const *
g_application_command_line_get_environ (GApplicationCommandLine *cmdline)
{
return cmdline->priv->environ;
}
/**
* g_application_command_line_getenv:
* @cmdline: a #GApplicationCommandLine
* @name: the environment variable to get
*
* Gets the value of a particular environment variable of the command
* line invocation, as would be returned by g_getenv(). The strings may
* contain non-utf8 data.
*
* The remote application usually does not send an environment. Use
* %G_APPLICATION_SEND_ENVIRONMENT to affect that. Even with this flag
* set it is possible that the environment is still not available (due
* to invocation messages from other applications).
*
* The return value should not be modified or freed and is valid for as
* long as @cmdline exists.
*
* Returns: the value of the variable, or %NULL if unset or unsent
*
* Since: 2.28
**/
const gchar *
g_application_command_line_getenv (GApplicationCommandLine *cmdline,
const gchar *name)
{
gint length = strlen (name);
gint i;
/* TODO: expand on windows */
if (cmdline->priv->environ)
for (i = 0; cmdline->priv->environ[i]; i++)
if (strncmp (cmdline->priv->environ[i], name, length) == 0 &&
cmdline->priv->environ[i][length] == '=')
return cmdline->priv->environ[i] + length + 1;
return NULL;
}
/**
* g_application_command_line_get_is_remote:
* @cmdline: a #GApplicationCommandLine
*
* Determines if @cmdline represents a remote invocation.
*
* Returns: %TRUE if the invocation was remote
*
* Since: 2.28
**/
gboolean
g_application_command_line_get_is_remote (GApplicationCommandLine *cmdline)
{
return IS_REMOTE (cmdline);
}
/**
* g_application_command_line_print:
* @cmdline: a #GApplicationCommandLine
* @format: a printf-style format string
* @...: arguments, as per @format
*
* Formats a message and prints it using the stdout print handler in the
* invoking process.
*
* If @cmdline is a local invocation then this is exactly equivalent to
* g_print(). If @cmdline is remote then this is equivalent to calling
* g_print() in the invoking process.
*
* Since: 2.28
**/
void
g_application_command_line_print (GApplicationCommandLine *cmdline,
const gchar *format,
...)
{
gchar *message;
va_list ap;
g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION_COMMAND_LINE (cmdline));
g_return_if_fail (format != NULL);
va_start (ap, format);
message = g_strdup_vprintf (format, ap);
va_end (ap);
G_APPLICATION_COMMAND_LINE_GET_CLASS (cmdline)
->print_literal (cmdline, message);
g_free (message);
}
/**
* g_application_command_line_printerr:
* @cmdline: a #GApplicationCommandLine
* @format: a printf-style format string
* @...: arguments, as per @format
*
* Formats a message and prints it using the stderr print handler in the
* invoking process.
*
* If @cmdline is a local invocation then this is exactly equivalent to
* g_printerr(). If @cmdline is remote then this is equivalent to
* calling g_printerr() in the invoking process.
*
* Since: 2.28
**/
void
g_application_command_line_printerr (GApplicationCommandLine *cmdline,
const gchar *format,
...)
{
gchar *message;
va_list ap;
g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION_COMMAND_LINE (cmdline));
g_return_if_fail (format != NULL);
va_start (ap, format);
message = g_strdup_vprintf (format, ap);
va_end (ap);
G_APPLICATION_COMMAND_LINE_GET_CLASS (cmdline)
->printerr_literal (cmdline, message);
g_free (message);
}
/**
* g_application_command_line_set_exit_status:
* @cmdline: a #GApplicationCommandLine
* @exit_status: the exit status
*
* Sets the exit status that will be used when the invoking process
* exits.
*
* The return value of the #GApplication::command-line signal is
* passed to this function when the handler returns. This is the usual
* way of setting the exit status.
*
* In the event that you want the remote invocation to continue running
* and want to decide on the exit status in the future, you can use this
* call. For the case of a remote invocation, the remote process will
* typically exit when the last reference is dropped on @cmdline. The
* exit status of the remote process will be equal to the last value
* that was set with this function.
*
* In the case that the commandline invocation is local, the situation
* is slightly more complicated. If the commandline invocation results
* in the mainloop running (ie: because the use-count of the application
* increased to a non-zero value) then the application is considered to
* have been 'successful' in a certain sense, and the exit status is
* always zero. If the application use count is zero, though, the exit
* status of the local #GApplicationCommandLine is used.
*
* Since: 2.28
**/
void
g_application_command_line_set_exit_status (GApplicationCommandLine *cmdline,
int exit_status)
{
g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION_COMMAND_LINE (cmdline));
cmdline->priv->exit_status = exit_status;
}
/**
* g_application_command_line_get_exit_status:
* @cmdline: a #GApplicationCommandLine
*
* Gets the exit status of @cmdline. See
* g_application_command_line_set_exit_status() for more information.
*
* Returns: the exit status
*
* Since: 2.28
**/
int
g_application_command_line_get_exit_status (GApplicationCommandLine *cmdline)
{
g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION_COMMAND_LINE (cmdline), -1);
return cmdline->priv->exit_status;
}
/**
* g_application_command_line_get_platform_data:
* @cmdline: #GApplicationCommandLine
*
* Gets the platform data associated with the invocation of @cmdline.
*
* This is a #GVariant dictionary containing information about the
* context in which the invocation occured. It typically contains
* information like the current working directory and the startup
* notification ID.
*
* For local invocation, it will be %NULL.
*
* Returns: the platform data, or %NULL
*
* Since: 2.28
**/
GVariant *
g_application_command_line_get_platform_data (GApplicationCommandLine *cmdline)
{
g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION_COMMAND_LINE (cmdline), NULL);
if (cmdline->priv->platform_data)
return g_variant_ref (cmdline->priv->platform_data);
else
return NULL;
}