annotate vamp-hostsdk/LoadRequest.h @ 428:4912b698f3f7 vampipe

Configuration request/response structs

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#ifndef VAMP_LOAD_REQUEST_H
#define VAMP_LOAD_REQUEST_H

#include "PluginStaticData.h"
#include "PluginConfiguration.h"

#include "hostguard.h"

#include <map>
#include <string>

_VAMP_SDK_HOSTSPACE_BEGIN(LoadRequest.h)

namespace Vamp {

class Plugin;

namespace HostExt {

/**
 * \class LoadRequest LoadRequest.h <vamp-hostsdk/LoadRequest.h>
 * 
 * Vamp::HostExt::LoadRequest is a structure containing the
 * information necessary to load a plugin. When a request is made to
 * load a plugin using a LoadRequest, the response is typically
 * returned in a LoadResponse structure.
 *
 * \see LoadResponse
 *
 * \note This class was introduced in version 2.7 of the Vamp plugin
 * SDK, along with the PluginLoader method that accepts this structure
 * rather than accepting its elements individually.
 */
struct LoadRequest
{
    LoadRequest() : // invalid request by default
	inputSampleRate(0.f),
	adapterFlags(0) { }

    /**
     * PluginKey is a string type that is used to identify a plugin
     * uniquely within the scope of "the current system". For further
     * details \see PluginLoader::PluginKey.
     */
    typedef std::string PluginKey;

    /**
     * The identifying key for the plugin to be loaded.
     */
    PluginKey pluginKey;

    /**
     * Sample rate to be passed to the plugin's constructor.
     */
    float inputSampleRate;

    /** 
     * A bitwise OR of the values in the PluginLoader::AdapterFlags
     * enumeration, indicating under which circumstances an adapter
     * should be used to wrap the original plugin.  If adapterFlags is
     * 0, no optional adapters will be used.
     *
     * \see PluginLoader::AdapterFlags, PluginLoader::loadPlugin
     */
    int adapterFlags;
};

/**
 * \class LoadResponse LoadRequest.h <vamp-hostsdk/LoadRequest.h>
 * 
 * Vamp::HostExt::LoadResponse is a structure containing the
 * information returned by PluginLoader when asked to load a plugin
 * using a LoadRequest.
 *
 * If the plugin could not be loaded, the plugin field will be 0.
 *
 * The caller takes ownership of the plugin contained here, which
 * should be deleted (using the standard C++ delete keyword) after
 * use.
 *
 * \see LoadRequest
 *
 * \note This class was introduced in version 2.7 of the Vamp plugin
 * SDK, along with the PluginLoader method that returns this structure.
 */
struct LoadResponse
{
    LoadResponse() : // invalid (failed) response by default
	plugin(0) { }

    /**
     * A pointer to the loaded plugin, or 0 if loading failed. Caller
     * takes ownership of the plugin and must delete it after use.
     */
    Plugin *plugin;

    /**
     * The static data associated with the loaded plugin, that is, all
     * information about it that does not depend on its configuration
     * (parameters, programs, initialisation parameters). The contents
     * of this structure are only valid if plugin is non-0.
     *
     * Much of the data in here is duplicated with the plugin itself.
     */
    PluginStaticData staticData;

    /**
     * The default configuration for this plugin, that is, default
     * values for parameters etc. The contents of this structure are
     * only valid if plugin is non-0.
     */
    PluginConfiguration defaultConfiguration;
};

}

}

_VAMP_SDK_HOSTSPACE_END(LoadRequest.h)

#endif