AgsFile: Advanced Gtk+ Sequencer Reference Manual

AgsFile

AgsFile — read/write XML file

Stability Level

Stable, unless otherwise indicated

Functions

#define	AGS_FILE_GET_OBJ_MUTEX()
void	ags_file_set_filename ()
gchar *	ags_file_get_filename ()
void	ags_file_set_encoding ()
gchar *	ags_file_get_encoding ()
void	ags_file_set_audio_format ()
gchar *	ags_file_get_audio_format ()
void	ags_file_set_audio_encoding ()
gchar *	ags_file_get_audio_encoding ()
void	ags_file_set_xml_doc ()
xmlDoc *	ags_file_get_xml_doc ()
gchar *	ags_file_str2md5 ()
void	ags_file_add_id_ref ()
GObject *	ags_file_find_id_ref_by_node ()
GObject *	ags_file_find_id_ref_by_xpath ()
GObject *	ags_file_find_id_ref_by_reference ()
void	ags_file_add_lookup ()
void	ags_file_add_launch ()
xmlDoc *	ags_file_xml_new_doc ()
xmlNode *	ags_file_xml_new_node ()
xmlNode *	ags_file_xml_get_root_element ()
void	ags_file_xml_set_root_element ()
void	ags_file_xml_add_child ()
gchar *	ags_file_xml_get_node_name ()
xmlNode *	ags_file_xml_get_node_parent ()
xmlNode *	ags_file_xml_get_node_next ()
xmlNode *	ags_file_xml_get_node_children ()
gchar *	ags_file_xml_get_prop ()
void	ags_file_xml_set_prop ()
gchar *	ags_file_xml_get_content ()
void	ags_file_xml_set_content ()
void	ags_file_open ()
void	ags_file_open_from_data ()
void	ags_file_rw_open ()
void	ags_file_open_filename ()
void	ags_file_close ()
void	ags_file_write ()
void	ags_file_write_concurrent ()
void	ags_file_write_resolve ()
void	ags_file_read ()
void	ags_file_read_resolve ()
void	ags_file_read_start ()
void	ags_file_read_config ()
void	ags_file_write_config ()
void	ags_file_read_application_context ()
void	ags_file_write_application_context ()
AgsFile *	ags_file_new ()

Properties

char *	audio-encoding	Read / Write
char *	audio-format	Read / Write
char *	encoding	Read / Write
char *	filename	Read / Write
gpointer	xml-doc	Read / Write

Signals

void	open	Run Last
void	open-from-data	Run Last
void	read	Run Last
void	read-resolve	Run Last
void	read-start	Run Last
void	rw-open	Run Last
void	write	Run Last
void	write-concurrent	Run Last
void	write-resolve	Run Last

Types and Values

#define	AGS_FILE_DEFAULT_APP_ENCODING
#define	AGS_FILE_DEFAULT_ENCODING
#define	AGS_FILE_DEFAULT_DTD
#define	AGS_FILE_CHECKSUM_LENGTH
#define	AGS_FILE_DEFAULT_AUDIO_FORMAT
#define	AGS_FILE_DEFAULT_AUDIO_ENCODING
#define	AGS_FILE_CHARSET_CONVERTER_MAX_STRING_LENGTH
#define	AGS_FILE_CHARSET_CONVERTER_MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH
enum	AgsFileFlags
#define	AGS_FILE_ERROR
enum	AgsFileError

Object Hierarchy

    GFlags
    ╰── AgsFileFlags
    GObject
    ╰── AgsFile

Includes

#include <ags/file/ags_file.h>

Description

The AgsFile is an object to read or write files using XML. It is the persisting layer of Advanced Gtk+ Sequencer.

The application encoding used is either C.UTF-8 or taken from LANG environment variable.

The following functions convert between encoding and app_encoding:

ags_file_xml_new_doc()
ags_file_xml_new_node()
ags_file_xml_get_prop()
ags_file_xml_set_prop()
ags_file_xml_get_content()
ags_file_xml_set_content()

Functions

AGS_FILE_GET_OBJ_MUTEX()

#define AGS_FILE_GET_OBJ_MUTEX(obj) (&(((AgsFile *) obj)->obj_mutex))

ags_file_set_filename ()

void
ags_file_set_filename (AgsFile *file,
                       gchar *filename);

Set filename of file .

Parameters

file	the AgsFile
filename	the filename

Since: 3.6.17

ags_file_get_filename ()

gchar *
ags_file_get_filename (AgsFile *file);

Get filename of file .

Parameters

file

the AgsFile

Returns

the filename.

[transfer full]

Since: 3.6.17

ags_file_set_encoding ()

void
ags_file_set_encoding (AgsFile *file,
                       gchar *encoding);

Set encoding of file .

Parameters

file	the AgsFile
encoding	the encoding

Since: 3.6.17

ags_file_get_encoding ()

gchar *
ags_file_get_encoding (AgsFile *file);

Get encoding of file .

Parameters

file

the AgsFile

Returns

the encoding.

[transfer full]

Since: 3.6.17

ags_file_set_audio_format ()

void
ags_file_set_audio_format (AgsFile *file,
                           gchar *audio_format);

Set audio_format of file .

Parameters

file	the AgsFile
audio_format	the audio format

Since: 3.6.17

ags_file_get_audio_format ()

gchar *
ags_file_get_audio_format (AgsFile *file);

Get audio format of file .

Parameters

file

the AgsFile

Returns

the audio format.

[transfer full]

Since: 3.6.17

ags_file_set_audio_encoding ()

void
ags_file_set_audio_encoding (AgsFile *file,
                             gchar *audio_encoding);

Set audio_encoding of file .

Parameters

file	the AgsFile
audio_encoding	the audio encoding

Since: 3.6.17

ags_file_get_audio_encoding ()

gchar *
ags_file_get_audio_encoding (AgsFile *file);

Get audio encoding of file .

Parameters

file

the AgsFile

Returns

the audio encoding.

[transfer full]

Since: 3.6.17

ags_file_set_xml_doc ()

void
ags_file_set_xml_doc (AgsFile *file,
                      xmlDoc *xml_doc);

Set xml_doc of file .

Parameters

file	the AgsFile
xml_doc	the xmlDoc.	[transfer full]

Since: 3.6.17

ags_file_get_xml_doc ()

xmlDoc *
ags_file_get_xml_doc (AgsFile *file);

Get xml doc of file .

Parameters

file

the AgsFile

Returns

the xmlDoc.

[transfer none]

Since: 3.6.17

ags_file_str2md5 ()

gchar *
ags_file_str2md5 (gchar *content,
                  guint content_length);

Compute MD5 sums of a buffer.

Parameters

content	the string buffer
content_length	the length of the string

Returns

the md5 checksum.

[transfer full]

Since: 3.0.0

ags_file_add_id_ref ()

void
ags_file_add_id_ref (AgsFile *file,
                     GObject *id_ref);

Adds id_ref to file .

Parameters

file	the `AgsFile`
id_ref	a reference

Since: 3.0.0

ags_file_find_id_ref_by_node ()

GObject *
ags_file_find_id_ref_by_node (AgsFile *file,
                              xmlNode *node);

Find a reference by its XML node.

Parameters

file	the `AgsFile`
node	a XML node

Returns

the matching GObject.

[transfer full]

Since: 3.0.0

ags_file_find_id_ref_by_xpath ()

GObject *
ags_file_find_id_ref_by_xpath (AgsFile *file,
                               gchar *xpath);

Lookup a reference by xpath .

Parameters

file	the AgsFile
xpath	a XPath expression

Returns

the matching GObject.

[transfer full]

Since: 3.0.0

ags_file_find_id_ref_by_reference ()

GObject *
ags_file_find_id_ref_by_reference (AgsFile *file,
                                   gpointer ref);

Find a reference matching ref .

Parameters

file	the AgsFile
ref	a `gpointer`

Returns

the matching GObject.

[transfer full]

Since: 3.0.0

ags_file_add_lookup ()

void
ags_file_add_lookup (AgsFile *file,
                     GObject *file_lookup);

Add file_lookup for later invoking.

Parameters

file	the AgsFile
file_lookup	a AgsFileLookup

Since: 3.0.0

ags_file_add_launch ()

void
ags_file_add_launch (AgsFile *file,
                     GObject *file_launch);

Add file_launch for later invoking.

Parameters

file	the AgsFile
file_launch	a AgsFileLaunch

Since: 3.0.0

ags_file_xml_new_doc ()

xmlDoc *
ags_file_xml_new_doc (AgsFile *file,
                      gchar *version);

Create xmlDoc.

Parameters

file	the AgsFile
version	the version

Returns

the newly created xmlDoc.

[transfer full]

Since: 4.0.0

ags_file_xml_new_node ()

xmlNode *
ags_file_xml_new_node (AgsFile *file,
                       xmlNs *xml_namespace,
                       gchar *node_name);

Create xmlNode.

Parameters

file	the AgsFile
xml_namespace	the XML namespace
node_name	the XML node name

Returns

the newly created xmlNode.

[transfer full]

Since: 4.0.0

ags_file_xml_get_root_element ()

xmlNode *
ags_file_xml_get_root_element (AgsFile *file,
                               xmlDoc *doc);

Get root element of doc .

Parameters

file	the AgsFile
doc	the xmlDoc

Returns

the root element of xmlDoc.

[transfer none]

Since: 4.0.0

ags_file_xml_set_root_element ()

void
ags_file_xml_set_root_element (AgsFile *file,
                               xmlDoc *doc,
                               xmlNode *root_node);

Set root element root_node of doc .

Parameters

file	the AgsFile
doc	the xmlDoc
root_node	the xmlNode as root node.	[transfer full]

Since: 4.0.0

ags_file_xml_add_child ()

void
ags_file_xml_add_child (AgsFile *file,
                        xmlNode *parent,
                        xmlNode *child);

Set root element root_node of doc .

Parameters

file	the AgsFile
parent	the parent xmlNode
child	the child xmlNode.	[transfer full]

Since: 4.0.0

ags_file_xml_get_node_name ()

gchar *
ags_file_xml_get_node_name (AgsFile *file,
                            xmlNode *node);

Get node name of node .

Parameters

file	the AgsFile
node	the xmlNode

Returns

the node name of xmlNode.

[transfer full]

Since: 4.0.0

ags_file_xml_get_node_parent ()

xmlNode *
ags_file_xml_get_node_parent (AgsFile *file,
                              xmlNode *node);

ags_file_xml_get_node_next ()

xmlNode *
ags_file_xml_get_node_next (AgsFile *file,
                            xmlNode *node);

ags_file_xml_get_node_children ()

xmlNode *
ags_file_xml_get_node_children (AgsFile *file,
                                xmlNode *node);

ags_file_xml_get_prop ()

gchar *
ags_file_xml_get_prop (AgsFile *file,
                       xmlNode *node,
                       gchar *prop_name);

Get property of node .

Parameters

file	the AgsFile
node	the xmlNode
prop_name	property name

Returns

the property of xmlNode.

[transfer full]

Since: 4.0.0

ags_file_xml_set_prop ()

void
ags_file_xml_set_prop (AgsFile *file,
                       xmlNode *node,
                       gchar *prop_name,
                       gchar *prop_value);

Set property of node .

Parameters

file	the AgsFile
node	the xmlNode
prop_name	property name
prop_value	property value

Since: 4.0.0

ags_file_xml_get_content ()

gchar *
ags_file_xml_get_content (AgsFile *file,
                          xmlNode *node);

Get content of node .

Parameters

file	the AgsFile
node	the xmlNode

Returns

the content of xmlNode.

[transfer full]

Since: 4.0.0

ags_file_xml_set_content ()

void
ags_file_xml_set_content (AgsFile *file,
                          xmlNode *node,
                          gchar *content,
                          gboolean is_cdata);

Set content of node .

Parameters

file	the AgsFile
node	the xmlNode
content	the content
is_cdata	if content is CDATA

Since: 4.0.0

ags_file_open ()

void
ags_file_open (AgsFile *file,
               GError **error);

Opens the file specified by :filename property.

Parameters

file	the AgsFile
error	the return location for errors

Since: 3.0.0

ags_file_open_from_data ()

void
ags_file_open_from_data (AgsFile *file,
                         gchar *data,
                         guint length,
                         GError **error);

Opens the file provided by data .

Parameters

file	the AgsFile
data	a buffer containing the XML document
length	the buffer length
error	the return location for errors

Since: 3.0.0

ags_file_rw_open ()

void
ags_file_rw_open (AgsFile *file,
                  gboolean create,
                  GError **error);

Opens the file specified by :filename property in read-write mode.

Parameters

file	the AgsFile
create	if `TRUE` create the file as needed
error	the return location for errors

Since: 3.0.0

ags_file_open_filename ()

void
ags_file_open_filename (AgsFile *file,
                        gchar *filename);

Opens the file specified by filename property.

Parameters

file	the AgsFile
filename	a path

Since: 3.0.0

ags_file_close ()

void
ags_file_close (AgsFile *file);

Closes file .

Parameters

file

the AgsFile

Since: 3.0.0

ags_file_write ()

void
ags_file_write (AgsFile *file);

Write the XML document to disk.

Parameters

file

the AgsFile

Since: 3.0.0

ags_file_write_concurrent ()

void
ags_file_write_concurrent (AgsFile *file);

ags_file_write_resolve ()

void
ags_file_write_resolve (AgsFile *file);

Resolve references to XPath expressions.

Parameters

file

the AgsFile

Since: 3.0.0

ags_file_read ()

void
ags_file_read (AgsFile *file);

Read XML document from disk.

Parameters

file

the AgsFile

Since: 3.0.0

ags_file_read_resolve ()

void
ags_file_read_resolve (AgsFile *file);

ags_file_read_start ()

void
ags_file_read_start (AgsFile *file);

Update or start the application.

Parameters

file

the AgsFile

Since: 3.0.0

ags_file_read_config ()

void
ags_file_read_config (AgsFile *file,
                      xmlNode *node,
                      GObject **ags_config);

ags_file_write_config ()

void
ags_file_write_config (AgsFile *file,
                       xmlNode *parent,
                       GObject *ags_config);

ags_file_read_application_context ()

void
ags_file_read_application_context (AgsFile *file,
                                   xmlNode *node,
                                   GObject **application_context);

ags_file_write_application_context ()

void
ags_file_write_application_context (AgsFile *file,
                                    xmlNode *parent,
                                    GObject *application_context);

ags_file_new ()

AgsFile *
ags_file_new ();

Creates an AgsFile

Returns

a new AgsFile

Since: 3.0.0

Types and Values

AGS_FILE_DEFAULT_APP_ENCODING

#define AGS_FILE_DEFAULT_APP_ENCODING "C.UTF-8"

AGS_FILE_DEFAULT_ENCODING

#define AGS_FILE_DEFAULT_ENCODING "UTF-8"

AGS_FILE_DEFAULT_DTD

#define AGS_FILE_DEFAULT_DTD "ags_file.dtd"

AGS_FILE_CHECKSUM_LENGTH

#define AGS_FILE_CHECKSUM_LENGTH (32)

AGS_FILE_DEFAULT_AUDIO_FORMAT

#define AGS_FILE_DEFAULT_AUDIO_FORMAT "raw"

AGS_FILE_DEFAULT_AUDIO_ENCODING

#define AGS_FILE_DEFAULT_AUDIO_ENCODING "base64"

AGS_FILE_CHARSET_CONVERTER_MAX_STRING_LENGTH

#define AGS_FILE_CHARSET_CONVERTER_MAX_STRING_LENGTH (8192)

AGS_FILE_CHARSET_CONVERTER_MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH

#define AGS_FILE_CHARSET_CONVERTER_MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH (8388608) // max 8 MB

enum AgsFileFlags

Enum values to control the behavior or indicate internal state of AgsFile by enable/disable as flags.

Members

AGS_FILE_READ	opened file for reading
AGS_FILE_READ_AUDIO_SIGNAL	read audio signal
AGS_FILE_READ_EMBEDDED_AUDIO	read embedded audio data
AGS_FILE_WRITE	opened file for writing
AGS_FILE_WRITE_AUDIO_SIGNAL	write audio signal
AGS_FILE_WRITE_EMBEDDED_AUDIO	write embedded audio data

AGS_FILE_ERROR

#define AGS_FILE_ERROR (ags_file_error_quark())

enum AgsFileError

Enum values to indicated failures to used with GError.

Members

AGS_FILE_ERROR_PARSER_FAILURE

the parser failed

Property Details

The `“audio-encoding”` property

  “audio-encoding”           char *

The encoding to use for embedding audio data.

Owner: AgsFile

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: "base64"

Since: 3.0.0

The `“audio-format”` property

  “audio-format”             char *

The format of embedded audio data.

Owner: AgsFile

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: "raw"

Since: 3.0.0

The `“encoding”` property

  “encoding”                 char *

The charset encoding to use.

Owner: AgsFile

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: NULL

Since: 3.0.0

The `“filename”` property

  “filename”                 char *

The assigned filename to open and read from.

Owner: AgsFile

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: NULL

Since: 3.0.0

The `“xml-doc”` property

  “xml-doc”                  gpointer

The assigned xml-doc.

Owner: AgsFile

Flags: Read / Write

Since: 3.0.0

Signal Details

The `“open”` signal

void
user_function (AgsFile *file,
               gpointer error,
               gpointer user_data)

Open file with appropriate filename.

Parameters

file	the AgsFile
error	a GError pointer to return error
user_data	user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Flags: Run Last

Since: 3.0.0

The `“open-from-data”` signal

void
user_function (AgsFile *file,
               char    *data,
               guint    length,
               gpointer error,
               gpointer user_data)

Open file from a buffer containing the file.

Parameters

file	the AgsFile
data	the buffer containing the file
length	the buffer length
error	a GError pointer to return error
user_data	user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Flags: Run Last

Since: 3.0.0

The `“read”` signal

void
user_function (AgsFile *file,
               gpointer user_data)

Read a XML document from disk with specified filename.

Parameters

file	the AgsFile
user_data	user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Flags: Run Last

Since: 3.0.0

The `“read-resolve”` signal

void
user_function (AgsFile *file,
               gpointer user_data)

Resolve XPath expressions to their counterpart the newly created instances refering to.

Parameters

file	the AgsFile
user_data	user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Flags: Run Last

Since: 3.0.0

The `“read-start”` signal

void
user_function (AgsFile *file,
               gpointer user_data)

Hook after reading XML document to update or start the application.

Parameters

file	the AgsFile
user_data	user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Flags: Run Last

Since: 3.0.0

The `“rw-open”` signal

void
user_function (AgsFile *agsfile,
               gboolean arg1,
               gpointer arg2,
               gpointer user_data)

Flags: Run Last

The `“write”` signal

void
user_function (AgsFile *file,
               gpointer user_data)

Write XML Document to disk.

Parameters

file	the AgsFile
user_data	user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Flags: Run Last

Since: 3.0.0

The `“write-concurrent”` signal

void
user_function (AgsFile *agsfile,
               gpointer user_data)

Flags: Run Last

The `“write-resolve”` signal

void
user_function (AgsFile *file,
               gpointer user_data)

Resolve references and generate thus XPath expressions just before writing to disk.

Parameters

file	the AgsFile
user_data	user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Flags: Run Last

Since: 3.0.0