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   1 #ifndef foopulseaudiohfoo
   2 #define foopulseaudiohfoo
   3
   4 /* $Id$ */
   5
   6 /***
   7   This file is part of PulseAudio.
   8
   9   PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  10   it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
  11   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
  12   License, or (at your option) any later version.
  13
  14   PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
  15   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  16   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
  17   Lesser General Public License for more details.
  18
  19   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
  20   License along with PulseAudio; if not, write to the Free Software
  21   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
  22   USA.
  23 ***/
  24
  25 #include <pulse/mainloop-api.h>
  26 #include <pulse/sample.h>
  27 #include <pulse/def.h>
  28 #include <pulse/context.h>
  29 #include <pulse/stream.h>
  30 #include <pulse/introspect.h>
  31 #include <pulse/subscribe.h>
  32 #include <pulse/scache.h>
  33 #include <pulse/version.h>
  34 #include <pulse/error.h>
  35 #include <pulse/operation.h>
  36 #include <pulse/channelmap.h>
  37 #include <pulse/volume.h>
  38 #include <pulse/xmalloc.h>
  39 #include <pulse/utf8.h>
  40 #include <pulse/thread-mainloop.h>
  41 #include <pulse/mainloop.h>
  42 #include <pulse/mainloop-signal.h>
  43 #include <pulse/util.h>
  44 #include <pulse/timeval.h>
  45
  46 /** \file
  47  * Include all pulselib header files at once. The following
  48  * files are included: \ref mainloop-api.h, \ref sample.h, \ref def.h,
  49  * \ref context.h, \ref stream.h, \ref introspect.h, \ref subscribe.h,
  50  * \ref scache.h, \ref version.h, \ref error.h, \ref channelmap.h,
  51  * \ref operation.h,\ref volume.h, \ref xmalloc.h, \ref utf8.h, \ref
  52  * thread-mainloop.h, \ref mainloop.h, \ref util.h, \ref timeval.h and
  53  * \ref mainloop-signal.h at once */
  54
  55 /** \mainpage
  56  *
  57  * \section intro_sec Introduction
  58  *
  59  * This document describes the client API for the pulseaudio sound
  60  * server. The API comes in two flavours to accomodate different styles
  61  * of applications and different needs in complexity:
  62  *
  63  * \li The complete but somewhat complicated to use asynchronous API
  64  * \li The simplified, easy to use, but limited synchronous API
  65  *
  66  * All strings in PulseAudio are in the UTF-8 encoding, regardless of current
  67  * locale. Some functions will filter invalid sequences from the string, some
  68  * will simply fail. To ensure reliable behaviour, make sure everything you
  69  * pass to the API is already in UTF-8.
  70
  71  * \section simple_sec Simple API
  72  *
  73  * Use this if you develop your program in synchronous style and just
  74  * need a way to play or record data on the sound server. See
  75  * \subpage simple for more details.
  76  *
  77  * \section async_sec Asynchronous API
  78  *
  79  * Use this if you develop your programs in asynchronous, event loop
  80  * based style or if you want to use the advanced features of the
  81  * pulseaudio API. A guide can be found in \subpage async.
  82  *
  83  * By using the built-in threaded main loop, it is possible to acheive a
  84  * pseudo-synchronous API, which can be useful in synchronous applications
  85  * where the simple API is insufficient. See the \ref async page for
  86  * details.
  87  *
  88  * \section thread_sec Threads
  89  *
  90  * The pulseaudio client libraries are not designed to be used in a
  91  * heavily threaded environment. They are however designed to be reentrant
  92  * safe.
  93  *
  94  * To use a the libraries in a threaded environment, you must assure that
  95  * all objects are only used in one thread at a time. Normally, this means
  96  * that all objects belonging to a single context must be accessed from the
  97  * same thread.
  98  *
  99  * The included main loop implementation is also not thread safe. Take care
 100  * to make sure event lists are not manipulated when any other code is
 101  * using the main loop.
 102  *
 103  * \section pkgconfig pkg-config
 104  *
 105  * The pulseaudio libraries provide pkg-config snippets for the different
 106  * modules:
 107  *
 108  * \li pulselib - The asynchronous API and the internal main loop
 109  *                implementation.
 110  * \li pulselib-glib12-mainloop - GLIB 1.2 main loop bindings.
 111  * \li pulselib-glib-mainloop - GLIB 2.x main loop bindings.
 112  * \li pulselib-simple - The simple pulseaudio API.
 113  */
 114
 115 #endif