pulseaudio/doc/messaging_api.txt
Georg Chini 590fd1ca69 message-params: Allow parameter strings to contain escaped curly braces
The patch adds the possibility to escape curly braces within parameter strings
and introduces several new functions that can be used for writing parameters.

For writing, the structure pa_message_params, which is a wrapper for pa_strbuf
has been created. Following new write functions are available:

pa_message_params_new() - creates a new pa_message_params structure
pa_message_params_free() - frees a pa_message_params structure
pa_message_param_to_string_free() - converts a pa_message_param to string and
frees the structure
pa_message_params_begin_list() - starts a list
pa_message_params_end_list() - ends a list
pa_message_params_write_string() - writes a string to a pa_message_params structure
pa_message_params_write_raw() - writes a raw string to a pa_message_params structure

For string parameters that contain curly braces or backslashes, those characters
will be escaped when using pa_message_params_write_string(), while write_raw() will
put the string into the buffer without any changes.

For reading, pa_message_params_read_string() reverts the changes that
pa_message_params_write_string() might have introduced.

The patch also adds more restrictions on the object path name. Now only
alphanumeric characters and one of "_", ".", "-" and "/" are allowed.
The path name may not end with a / or contain a double slash. If the user
specifies a trailing / when sending a message, it will be silently removed.

Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/-/merge_requests/51>
2020-12-03 14:41:39 +00:00

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Message API reference
The message API allows any object within pulseaudio to register a message
handler. A message handler is a function that can be called by clients using
PA_COMMAND_SEND_OBJECT_MESSAGE. A message consists at least of an object path
and a message command, both specified as strings. Additional parameters can
be specified using a single string, but are not mandatory. The message handler
returns an error number as defined in def.h and also returns a string in
the "response" variable. If the string is not empty it consists of elements.
Curly braces are used to separate elements. Each element can itself contain
further elements. For example consider a message that returns multiple elements
which each contain an integer and an array of float. A response string would
look like that:
{{Integer} {{1st float} {2nd float} ...}}{...}
Any characters that are not enclosed in curly braces are ignored (all characters
between { and {, between } and } and between } and {). The same syntax is used
to specify message parameters. The reference further down lists available messages,
their parameters and return values. If a return value is enclosed in {}, this
means that multiple elements of the same type may be returned.
For string parameters that contain curly braces or backslashes, those characters
must be escaped by adding a "\" before them.
Reference:
Object path: /core
Message: list-handlers
Parameters: None
Return value: {{{Handler name} {Description}} ...}