libphonon-dev 4:4.7.0really4.6.0-0ubuntu1 / usr / include / phonon / audiooutputinterface.h

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    Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Matthias Kretz <kretz@kde.org>

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#ifndef PHONON_AUDIOOUTPUTINTERFACE_H
#define PHONON_AUDIOOUTPUTINTERFACE_H

#include "phononnamespace.h"
#include "objectdescription.h"
#include "phonondefs.h"
#include <QtCore/QtGlobal>

QT_BEGIN_HEADER
QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE

namespace Phonon
{
/** \class AudioOutputInterface audiooutputinterface.h phonon/AudioOutputInterface
 * \short Interface for AudioOutput objects
 *
 * The implementation can make use of the signals
 * \code
     void volumeChanged(qreal newVolume);
     void audioDeviceFailed();
 * \endcode
 * to notify the frontend whenever the volume has changed or when an audioDeviceFailed (e.g. USB
 * unplug or sound server failure).
 *
 * \author Matthias Kretz <kretz@kde.org>
 */
class AudioOutputInterface40
{
    public:
        virtual ~AudioOutputInterface40() {}

        /**
         * Returns the current software volume.
         *
         * A value of 0.0 means muted, 1.0 means unchanged, 2.0 means double voltage (i.e. all
         * samples are multiplied by 2).
         */
        virtual qreal volume() const = 0;
        /**
         * Sets the new current software volume.
         *
         * A value of 0.0 means muted, 1.0 means unchanged, 2.0 means double voltage (i.e. all
         * samples are multiplied by 2).
         *
         * Every time the volume in the backend changes it should emit volumeChanged(qreal), also
         * inside this function.
         */
        virtual void setVolume(qreal) = 0;

        /**
         * Returns the index of the device that is used. The index is the number returned from
         * BackendInterface::objectDescriptionIndexes(AudioOutputDeviceType).
         */
        virtual int outputDevice() const = 0;
        /**
         * \deprecated
         *
         * Requests to change the current output device to the one identified by the passed index.
         *
         * The index is the number returned from
         * BackendInterface::objectDescriptionIndexes(AudioOutputDeviceType).
         *
         * \returns \c true if the requested device works and is used after this call.
         * \returns \c false if something failed and the device is not used after this call.
         */
        virtual bool setOutputDevice(int) = 0;
};

class AudioOutputInterface42 : public AudioOutputInterface40
{
    public:
        /**
         * Requests to change the current output device.
         *
         * \returns \c true if the requested device works and is used after this call.
         * \returns \c false if something failed and the device is not used after this call.
         */
        virtual bool setOutputDevice(const Phonon::AudioOutputDevice &) = 0;

        using AudioOutputInterface40::setOutputDevice;

        /**
         * Helper function for backends to get a list of (driver, handle) pairs for
         * AudioOutputDevice objects that are listed by the platform plugin.
         *
         * Example:
         * \code
           typedef QPair<QByteArray, QString> PhononDeviceAccess;
           const QList<PhononDeviceAccess> &deviceAccessList = deviceAccessListFor(deviceDesc);
           foreach (const PhononDeviceAccess &access, deviceAccessList) {
               const QByteArray &driver = access.first;
               const QString &handle = access.second;
               if (openDevice(driver, handle)) {
                   // we found the first pair in the list that works. done.
                   return;
               }
               // continue trying the other (driver, handle) pairs
           }
           // none of the (driver, handle) pairs worked, that means the whole AudioOutputDevice is
           // inaccessible and the frontend needs to know (either by emitting audioDeviceFailed or
           // returning false when called from setOutputDevice)
         * \endcode
         *
         * At the time of this writing the following driver strings are known to be in use:
         * \li \c alsa: The handle is the string to pass to snd_pcm_open (e.g. "dmix:CARD=0,DEV=1")
         * \li \c oss: The handle is the device file (e.g. "/dev/dsp")
         * \li \c pulseaudio: The handle contains the server string and the sink/source name
         * separated by a newline character.
         * (e.g. unix:/tmp/pulse-mkretz/native\nalsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_0)
         */
        PHONON_EXPORT QList<QPair<QByteArray, QString> > deviceAccessListFor(const Phonon::AudioOutputDevice &) const;
};

} // namespace Phonon

#ifdef PHONON_BACKEND_VERSION_4_2
namespace Phonon { typedef AudioOutputInterface42 AudioOutputInterface; }
Q_DECLARE_INTERFACE(Phonon::AudioOutputInterface40, "AudioOutputInterface2.phonon.kde.org")
Q_DECLARE_INTERFACE(Phonon::AudioOutputInterface,   "3AudioOutputInterface.phonon.kde.org")
#else
namespace Phonon { typedef AudioOutputInterface40 AudioOutputInterface; }
Q_DECLARE_INTERFACE(Phonon::AudioOutputInterface,   "AudioOutputInterface2.phonon.kde.org")
Q_DECLARE_INTERFACE(Phonon::AudioOutputInterface42, "3AudioOutputInterface.phonon.kde.org")
#endif

QT_END_NAMESPACE
QT_END_HEADER

#endif // PHONON_AUDIOOUTPUTINTERFACE_H