/* Copyright (C) 2014 Timo Dritschler (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) 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 2.1 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., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110, USA */ /** * SECTION: kiro-client * @Short_description: KIRO RDMA Client / Consumer * @Title: KiroClient * * KiroClient implements the client / active / consumer side of the the RDMA * Communication Channel. It uses a KIRO-CLIENT to manage data read from the Server. */ #ifndef __KIRO_CLIENT_H #define __KIRO_CLIENT_H #include #include G_BEGIN_DECLS #define KIRO_TYPE_CLIENT (kiro_client_get_type()) #define KIRO_CLIENT(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST((obj), KIRO_TYPE_CLIENT, KiroClient)) #define KIRO_IS_CLIENT(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE((obj), KIRO_TYPE_CLIENT)) #define KIRO_CLIENT_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST((klass), KIRO_TYPE_CLIENT, KiroClientClass)) #define KIRO_IS_CLIENT_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE((klass), KIRO_TYPE_CLIENT)) #define KIRO_CLIENT_GET_CLASS(obj) (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS((obj), KIRO_TYPE_CLIENT, KiroClientClass)) typedef struct _KiroClient KiroClient; typedef struct _KiroClientClass KiroClientClass; typedef struct _KiroClientPrivate KiroClientPrivate; struct _KiroClient { GObject parent; /*< private >*/ KiroClientPrivate *priv; }; /** * IbvConnectorInterface: * * Base interface for IbvConnectors. */ struct _KiroClientClass { GObjectClass parent_class; }; /* GObject and GType functions */ /** * kiro_client_get_type: (skip) * Returns: GType of #KiroClient */ GType kiro_client_get_type (void); /** * kiro_client_new - Creates a new #KiroClient * Returns: (transfer full): A pointer to a new #KiroClient * Description: * Creates a new, unconnected #KiroClient and returns a pointer to it. * See also: * kiro_client_free, kiro_client_connect */ KiroClient* kiro_client_new (void); /** * kiro_client_free - 'Destroys' the given #KiroClient * @client: (transfer none): The #KiroClient that is to be freed * Description: * Transitions the #KiroServer through all necessary shutdown routines and * frees the object memory. * Note: * The memory content that has been transfered from the server is * automatically freed when calling this function. If you want to continue * using the memory after freeing the #KiroClient, make sure to memcpy() it * first, using the informations obtained from kiro_client_get_memory() and * kiro_client_get_memory_size(). * See also: * kiro_client_new, kiro_client_connect */ void kiro_client_free (KiroClient *client); /* client functions */ /** * kiro_client_connect - Connect a #KiroClient to a Server * @client: (transfer none): The #KiroClient to connect * @dest_addr: (transfer none): The address of the target server * @dest_port: (transfer none): The port of the target server * Returns: * 0 if the connection was successful, -1 in case of connection error * Description: * Connects the given #KiroClient to a KIRO server described by @dest_addr and * @dest_port. * Note: * When building a connection to the server, memory for the transmission is * created as well. * See also: * kiro_server_new */ int kiro_client_connect (KiroClient *client, const char *dest_addr, const char *dest_port); /** * kiro_client_disconnect - Diconnect a #KiroClient from the Server * @client: (transfer none): The #KiroClient to disconnect * Description: * Disconnects the given #KiroClient from the KIRO server that it is connected * to. If the @client is not connected, this function has no effect. * Note: * The memory content that has been transfered from the server is * automatically freed when calling this function. If you want to continue * using the memory after disconnecting the @client, make sure to memcpy() it * first, using the informations obtained from kiro_client_get_memory() and * kiro_client_get_memory_size(). * See also: * kiro_server_connect */ void kiro_client_disconnect (KiroClient *client); /** * kiro_client_sync - Read data from the connected server * @client: (transfer none): The #KiroServer to use sync on * Returns: * 0 if successful, -1 in case of synchronisation error * Description: * This synchronizes the client with the server, clining the memory * provided by the server to the local client. The memory can be accessed by * using kiro_client_get_memory(). * Note: * The server can send a 'reallocation' request to the client, forcing it to * reallocate new memory with the next occurrence of kiro_client_sync(), * freeing the old memory in the process. *See also: * kiro_client_get_memory, kiro_cient_connect */ int kiro_client_sync (KiroClient *client); /** * kiro_client_get_memory - Return a pointer to the current client memory * @client: (transfer none): The #KiroClient to get the memory from * Returns: (transfer none): * A pointer to the current memory of the client. * Note: * The server can instruct the client to reallocate memory on the next * occurrence of kiro_client_sync(), freeing the old memory. Also, calling * kiro_client_free() will free the client memory as well. If you need to * make sure that the memory from the @client remains accessible after * calling sync and/or free, you need to memcpy() the memory using the * information from kiro_client_get_memory() and * kiro_client_get_memory_size() first. * The returned memory might under NO circumstances be freed by the user! * See also: * kiro_client_get_memory_size, kiro_client_sync */ void* kiro_client_get_memory (KiroClient *client); /** * kiro_client_get_memory_size - Return the client memory size in bytes * @client: (transfer none): The #KiroClient to get the memory size of * Returns: * The size of the given #KiroClient memory in bytes * Description: * Returns the size of the allocated memory of @client, in bytes. * Note: * The server can instruct the client to reallocate memroy on the next * occurrence of kiro_server_sync(), freeing the old memory. This might also * effect the respective memory size. * See also: * kiro_client_get_memory, kiro_client_sync */ size_t kiro_client_get_memory_size (KiroClient *client); G_END_DECLS #endif //__KIRO_CLIENT_H