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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2006-06-19 21:55:07 +0000
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2006-06-19 21:55:07 +0000
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+#ifndef foopulseaudiohfoo
+#define foopulseaudiohfoo
+
+/* $Id$ */
+
+/***
+ This file is part of PulseAudio.
+
+ PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+ published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
+ License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License along with PulseAudio; if not, write to the Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
+ USA.
+***/
+
+#include <pulse/mainloop-api.h>
+#include <pulse/sample.h>
+#include <pulse/def.h>
+#include <pulse/context.h>
+#include <pulse/stream.h>
+#include <pulse/introspect.h>
+#include <pulse/subscribe.h>
+#include <pulse/scache.h>
+#include <pulse/version.h>
+#include <pulse/error.h>
+#include <pulse/operation.h>
+#include <pulse/channelmap.h>
+#include <pulse/volume.h>
+#include <pulse/xmalloc.h>
+#include <pulse/utf8.h>
+#include <pulse/thread-mainloop.h>
+#include <pulse/mainloop.h>
+#include <pulse/mainloop-signal.h>
+#include <pulse/util.h>
+#include <pulse/timeval.h>
+
+/** \file
+ * Include all pulselib header files at once. The following
+ * files are included: \ref mainloop-api.h, \ref sample.h, \ref def.h,
+ * \ref context.h, \ref stream.h, \ref introspect.h, \ref subscribe.h,
+ * \ref scache.h, \ref version.h, \ref error.h, \ref channelmap.h,
+ * \ref operation.h,\ref volume.h, \ref xmalloc.h, \ref utf8.h, \ref
+ * thread-mainloop.h, \ref mainloop.h, \ref util.h, \ref timeval.h and
+ * \ref mainloop-signal.h at once */
+
+/** \mainpage
+ *
+ * \section intro_sec Introduction
+ *
+ * This document describes the client API for the pulseaudio sound
+ * server. The API comes in two flavours to accomodate different styles
+ * of applications and different needs in complexity:
+ *
+ * \li The complete but somewhat complicated to use asynchronous API
+ * \li The simplified, easy to use, but limited synchronous API
+ *
+ * All strings in Polypaudio are in the UTF-8 encoding, regardless of current
+ * locale. Some functions will filter invalid sequences from the string, some
+ * will simply fail. To ensure reliable behaviour, make sure everything you
+ * pass to the API is already in UTF-8.
+
+ * \section simple_sec Simple API
+ *
+ * Use this if you develop your program in synchronous style and just
+ * need a way to play or record data on the sound server. See
+ * \subpage simple for more details.
+ *
+ * \section async_sec Asynchronous API
+ *
+ * Use this if you develop your programs in asynchronous, event loop
+ * based style or if you want to use the advanced features of the
+ * pulseaudio API. A guide can be found in \subpage async.
+ *
+ * By using the built-in threaded main loop, it is possible to acheive a
+ * pseudo-synchronous API, which can be useful in synchronous applications
+ * where the simple API is insufficient. See the \ref async page for
+ * details.
+ *
+ * \section thread_sec Threads
+ *
+ * The pulseaudio client libraries are not designed to be used in a
+ * heavily threaded environment. They are however designed to be reentrant
+ * safe.
+ *
+ * To use a the libraries in a threaded environment, you must assure that
+ * all objects are only used in one thread at a time. Normally, this means
+ * that all objects belonging to a single context must be accessed from the
+ * same thread.
+ *
+ * The included main loop implementation is also not thread safe. Take care
+ * to make sure event lists are not manipulated when any other code is
+ * using the main loop.
+ *
+ * \section pkgconfig pkg-config
+ *
+ * The pulseaudio libraries provide pkg-config snippets for the different
+ * modules:
+ *
+ * \li pulselib - The asynchronous API and the internal main loop
+ * implementation.
+ * \li pulselib-glib12-mainloop - GLIB 1.2 main loop bindings.
+ * \li pulselib-glib-mainloop - GLIB 2.x main loop bindings.
+ * \li pulselib-simple - The simple pulseaudio API.
+ */
+
+#endif