curl/lib/multi.h
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#ifndef __CURL_MULTI_H
#define __CURL_MULTI_H
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/*
This is meant to be the "external" header file. Don't give away any
internals here!
This document presents a mixture of ideas from at least:
- Daniel Stenberg
- Steve Dekorte
- Sterling Hughes
- Ben Greear
-------------------------------------------
GOALS
o Enable a "pull" interface. The application that uses libcurl decides where
and when to ask libcurl to get/send data.
o Enable multiple simultaneous transfers in the same thread without making it
complicated for the application.
o Enable the application to select() on its own file descriptors and curl's
file descriptors simultaneous easily.
Example sources using this interface is here: ../multi/
*/
#ifdef HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H
#include <sys/socket.h>
#endif
#ifdef HAVE_WINSOCK_H
#include <winsock.h>
#endif
#include <curl/curl.h>
typedef void CURLM;
typedef enum {
CURLM_CALL_MULTI_PERFORM=-1, /* please call curl_multi_perform() soon */
CURLM_OK,
CURLM_BAD_HANDLE, /* the passed-in handle is not a valid CURLM handle */
CURLM_BAD_EASY_HANDLE, /* an easy handle was not good/valid */
CURLM_OUT_OF_MEMORY, /* if you ever get this, you're in deep sh*t */
CURLM_INTERNAL_ERROR, /* this is a libcurl bug */
CURLM_LAST
} CURLMcode;
typedef enum {
CURLMSG_NONE, /* first, not used */
CURLMSG_DONE, /* This easy handle has completed. 'whatever' points to
the CURLcode of the transfer */
CURLMSG_LAST /* last, not used */
} CURLMSG;
struct CURLMsg {
CURLMSG msg; /* what this message means */
CURL *easy_handle; /* the handle it concerns */
union {
void *whatever; /* message-specific data */
CURLcode result; /* return code for transfer */
} data;
};
typedef struct CURLMsg CURLMsg;
/*
* Name: curl_multi_init()
*
* Desc: inititalize multi-style curl usage
* Returns: a new CURLM handle to use in all 'curl_multi' functions.
*/
CURLM *curl_multi_init(void);
/*
* Name: curl_multi_add_handle()
*
* Desc: add a standard curl handle to the multi stack
* Returns: CURLMcode type, general multi error code.
*/
CURLMcode curl_multi_add_handle(CURLM *multi_handle,
CURL *curl_handle);
/*
* Name: curl_multi_remove_handle()
*
* Desc: removes a curl handle from the multi stack again
* Returns: CURLMcode type, general multi error code.
*/
CURLMcode curl_multi_remove_handle(CURLM *multi_handle,
CURL *curl_handle);
/*
* Name: curl_multi_fdset()
*
* Desc: Ask curl for its fd_set sets. The app can use these to select() or
* poll() on. We want curl_multi_perform() called as soon as one of
* them are ready.
* Returns: CURLMcode type, general multi error code.
*/
CURLMcode curl_multi_fdset(CURLM *multi_handle,
fd_set *read_fd_set,
fd_set *write_fd_set,
fd_set *exc_fd_set,
int *max_fd);
/*
* Name: curl_multi_perform()
*
* Desc: When the app thinks there's data available for curl it calls this
* function to read/write whatever there is right now. This returns
* as soon as the reads and writes are done. This function does not
* require that there actually is data available for reading or that
* data can be written, it can be called just in case. It returns
* the number of handles that still transfer data in the second
* argument's integer-pointer.
*
* Returns: CURLMcode type, general multi error code. *NOTE* that this only
* returns errors etc regarding the whole multi stack. There might
* still have occurred problems on invidual transfers even when this
* returns OK.
*/
CURLMcode curl_multi_perform(CURLM *multi_handle,
int *running_handles);
/*
* Name: curl_multi_cleanup()
*
* Desc: Cleans up and removes a whole multi stack. It does not free or
* touch any individual easy handles in any way. We need to define
* in what state those handles will be if this function is called
* in the middle of a transfer.
* Returns: CURLMcode type, general multi error code.
*/
CURLMcode curl_multi_cleanup(CURLM *multi_handle);
/*
* Name: curl_multi_info_read()
*
* Desc: Ask the multi handle if there's any messages/informationals from
* the individual transfers. Messages include informationals such as
* error code from the transfer or just the fact that a transfer is
* completed. More details on these should be written down as well.
*
* Repeated calls to this function will return a new struct each
* time, until a special "end of msgs" struct is returned as a signal
* that there is no more to get at this point.
*
* The data the returned pointer points to will not survive calling
* curl_multi_cleanup().
*
* The 'CURLMsg' struct is meant to be very simple and only contain
* very basic informations. If more involved information is wanted,
* we will provide the particular "transfer handle" in that struct
* and that should/could/would be used in subsequent
* curl_easy_getinfo() calls (or similar). The point being that we
* must never expose complex structs to applications, as then we'll
* undoubtably get backwards compatibility problems in the future.
*
* Returns: A pointer to a filled-in struct, or NULL if it failed or ran out
* of structs. It also writes the number of messages left in the
* queue (after this read) in the integer the second argument points
* to.
*/
CURLMsg *curl_multi_info_read(CURLM *multi_handle,
int *msgs_in_queue);
#endif