This patch adds a new feature to the core which allows to send messages
to objects. An object can register/unregister a message handler with
pa_message_handler_{register, unregister}() while a message can be sent
to the handler using the pa_message_handler_send_message() function.
A message has 4 arguments (apart from passing the core):
object_path: The path identifying the object that will receive the message
message: message command
message_parameters: A string containing additional parameters
response: Pointer to a response string that will be filled by the
message handler. The caller is responsible to free the string.
The patch is a precondition for the following patches that allow clients
to send messages to pulseaudio objects.
There is no restriction on object names, except that an object path
always starts with a "/". The intention is to use a path-like syntax,
for example /core/sink_1 for a sink or /name/instances/index for modules.
The exact naming convention still needs to be agreed.
This is based on the initial protocol_native library that is already
defined, and then by looking at the Makefile.am to work out the
dependencies.
It's not clear whether we really need database_c_args, maybe there's
things that can be simplified.
Signed-off-by: Arnaud Rebillout <arnaud.rebillout@collabora.com>
This is a working implementation of a build with meson. The server,
utils, and most modules build with this, and it is possible to run from
a build tree and play/capture audio on ALSA devices.
There are a number of FIXMEs, of course, and a number of features that
need to be enabled (modules, dependencies, installation, etc.), but this
should provide everything we need to get there relatively quickly.
To use this, install meson (distro package, or mesonbuild.com) and run:
$ cd <pulseaudio src dir>
$ meson <builddir>
$ ninja -C <builddir>
