/* Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
* Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
* found in the LICENSE file.
*/
/* From pp_var.idl modified Thu Apr 10 14:52:30 2014. */
#ifndef PPAPI_C_PP_VAR_H_
#define PPAPI_C_PP_VAR_H_
#include "pp_bool.h"
#include "pp_macros.h"
#include "pp_stdint.h"
/**
* @file
* This file defines the API for handling the passing of data types between
* your module and the page.
*/
/**
* @addtogroup Enums
* @{
*/
/**
* The PP_VarType
is an enumeration of the different types that
* can be contained within a PP_Var
structure.
*/
typedef enum {
/**
* An undefined value.
*/
PP_VARTYPE_UNDEFINED = 0,
/**
* A NULL value. This is similar to undefined, but JavaScript differentiates
* the two so it is exposed here as well.
*/
PP_VARTYPE_NULL = 1,
/**
* A boolean value, use the as_bool
member of the var.
*/
PP_VARTYPE_BOOL = 2,
/**
* A 32-bit integer value. Use the as_int
member of the var.
*/
PP_VARTYPE_INT32 = 3,
/**
* A double-precision floating point value. Use the as_double
* member of the var.
*/
PP_VARTYPE_DOUBLE = 4,
/**
* The Var represents a string. The as_id
field is used to
* identify the string, which may be created and retrieved from the
* PPB_Var
interface. These objects are reference counted, so
* AddRef() and Release() must be used properly to avoid memory leaks.
*/
PP_VARTYPE_STRING = 5,
/**
* Represents a JavaScript object. This vartype is not currently usable
* from modules, although it is used internally for some tasks. These objects
* are reference counted, so AddRef() and Release() must be used properly to
* avoid memory leaks.
*/
PP_VARTYPE_OBJECT = 6,
/**
* Represents an array of Vars. The as_id
field is used to
* identify the array, which may be created and manipulated from the
* PPB_VarArray
interface. These objects are reference counted,
* so AddRef() and Release() must be used properly to avoid memory leaks.
*/
PP_VARTYPE_ARRAY = 7,
/**
* Represents a mapping from strings to Vars. The as_id
field is
* used to identify the dictionary, which may be created and manipulated from
* the PPB_VarDictionary
interface. These objects are reference
* counted, so AddRef() and Release() must be used properly to avoid memory
* leaks.
*/
PP_VARTYPE_DICTIONARY = 8,
/**
* ArrayBuffer represents a JavaScript ArrayBuffer. This is the type which
* represents Typed Arrays in JavaScript. Unlike JavaScript 'Array', it is
* only meant to contain basic numeric types, and is always stored
* contiguously. See PPB_VarArrayBuffer_Dev for functions special to
* ArrayBuffer vars. These objects are reference counted, so AddRef() and
* Release() must be used properly to avoid memory leaks.
*/
PP_VARTYPE_ARRAY_BUFFER = 9,
/**
* This type allows the PP_Var
to wrap a PP_Resource
*
. This can be useful for sending or receiving some types of
* PP_Resource
using PPB_Messaging
or
* PPP_Messaging
.
*
* These objects are reference counted, so AddRef() and Release() must be used
* properly to avoid memory leaks. Under normal circumstances, the
* PP_Var
will implicitly hold a reference count on the
* PP_Resource
on your behalf. For example, if you call
* VarFromResource(), it implicitly calls PPB_Core::AddRefResource() on the
* PP_Resource
. Likewise, PPB_Var::Release() on a Resource
* PP_Var
will invoke PPB_Core::ReleaseResource() when the Var
* reference count goes to zero.
*/
PP_VARTYPE_RESOURCE = 10
} PP_VarType;
PP_COMPILE_ASSERT_SIZE_IN_BYTES(PP_VarType, 4);
/**
* @}
*/
/**
* @addtogroup Structs
* @{
*/
/**
* The PP_VarValue union stores the data for any one of the types listed
* in the PP_VarType enum.
*/
union PP_VarValue {
/**
* If type
is PP_VARTYPE_BOOL
,
* as_bool
represents the value of this PP_Var
as
* PP_Bool
.
*/
PP_Bool as_bool;
/**
* If type
is PP_VARTYPE_INT32
,
* as_int
represents the value of this PP_Var
as
* int32_t
.
*/
int32_t as_int;
/**
* If type
is PP_VARTYPE_DOUBLE
,
* as_double
represents the value of this PP_Var
* as double
.
*/
double as_double;
/**
* If type
is PP_VARTYPE_STRING
,
* PP_VARTYPE_OBJECT
, PP_VARTYPE_ARRAY
,
* PP_VARTYPE_DICTIONARY
, PP_VARTYPE_ARRAY_BUFFER
,
* or PP_VARTYPE_RESOURCE
, as_id
represents the
* value of this PP_Var
as an opaque handle assigned by the
* browser. This handle is guaranteed never to be 0, so a module can
* initialize this ID to 0 to indicate a "NULL handle."
*/
int64_t as_id;
};
/**
* The PP_VAR
struct is a variant data type and can contain any
* value of one of the types named in the PP_VarType
enum. This
* structure is for passing data between native code which can be strongly
* typed and the browser (JavaScript) which isn't strongly typed.
*
* JavaScript has a "number" type for holding a number, and does not
* differentiate between floating point and integer numbers. The
* JavaScript operations will try to optimize operations by using
* integers when possible, but could end up with doubles. Therefore,
* you can't assume a numeric PP_Var
will be the type you expect.
* Your code should be capable of handling either int32_t or double for numeric
* PP_Vars sent from JavaScript.
*/
struct PP_Var {
PP_VarType type;
/**
* The padding
ensures value
is aligned on an
* 8-byte boundary relative to the start of the struct. Some compilers
* align doubles on 8-byte boundaries for 32-bit x86, and some align on
* 4-byte boundaries.
*/
int32_t padding;
/**
* This value
represents the contents of the PP_Var. Only one of
* the fields of value
is valid at a time based upon
* type
.
*/
union PP_VarValue value;
};
PP_COMPILE_ASSERT_STRUCT_SIZE_IN_BYTES(PP_Var, 16);
/**
* @}
*/
/**
* @addtogroup Functions
* @{
*/
/**
* PP_MakeUndefined() is used to wrap an undefined value into a
* PP_Var
struct for passing to the browser.
*
* @return A PP_Var
structure.
*/
PP_INLINE struct PP_Var PP_MakeUndefined(void) {
struct PP_Var result = { PP_VARTYPE_UNDEFINED, 0, {PP_FALSE} };
return result;
}
/**
* PP_MakeNull() is used to wrap a null value into a
* PP_Var
struct for passing to the browser.
*
* @return A PP_Var
structure,
*/
PP_INLINE struct PP_Var PP_MakeNull(void) {
struct PP_Var result = { PP_VARTYPE_NULL, 0, {PP_FALSE} };
return result;
}
/**
* PP_MakeBool() is used to wrap a boolean value into a
* PP_Var
struct for passing to the browser.
*
* @param[in] value A PP_Bool
enumeration to
* wrap.
*
* @return A PP_Var
structure.
*/
PP_INLINE struct PP_Var PP_MakeBool(PP_Bool value) {
struct PP_Var result = { PP_VARTYPE_BOOL, 0, {PP_FALSE} };
result.value.as_bool = value;
return result;
}
/**
* PP_MakeInt32() is used to wrap a 32 bit integer value
* into a PP_Var
struct for passing to the browser.
*
* @param[in] value An int32 to wrap.
*
* @return A PP_Var
structure.
*/
PP_INLINE struct PP_Var PP_MakeInt32(int32_t value) {
struct PP_Var result = { PP_VARTYPE_INT32, 0, {PP_FALSE} };
result.value.as_int = value;
return result;
}
/**
* PP_MakeDouble() is used to wrap a double value into a
* PP_Var
struct for passing to the browser.
*
* @param[in] value A double to wrap.
*
* @return A PP_Var
structure.
*/
PP_INLINE struct PP_Var PP_MakeDouble(double value) {
struct PP_Var result = { PP_VARTYPE_DOUBLE, 0, {PP_FALSE} };
result.value.as_double = value;
return result;
}
/**
* @}
*/
#endif /* PPAPI_C_PP_VAR_H_ */