/* $Id$ */
-/* datadesc_interface - declarations visible within GRAS, but not public */
+/* datadesc - describing the data to exchange */
+
+/* module's public interface exported within GRAS, but not to end user. */
/* Authors: Olivier Aumage, Martin Quinson */
/* Copyright (C) 2003, 2004 the GRAS posse. */
void gras_datadesc_init(void);
void gras_datadesc_exit(void);
+/* - main functions - */
+/* compare two data type description */
+int
+gras_datadesc_type_cmp(const gras_datadesc_type_t *d1,
+ const gras_datadesc_type_t *d2);
+
+
+/* Copy a described data in memory */
+gras_error_t
+gras_datadesc_cpy(gras_datadesc_type_t *type, void *src, void **dst);
+
+/* Send stuff */
+gras_error_t
+gras_datadesc_send(gras_socket_t *sock, gras_datadesc_type_t *type, void *src);
+
+/* Receive (and convert) stuff */
+gras_error_t
+gras_datadesc_recv(gras_socket_t *sock, gras_datadesc_type_t *type, void **dst);
+
+
+/* -- */
/* free a given ddt */
void gras_ddt_free(gras_datadesc_type_t **type);
/* declare in the given set, and retrieve afterward */
-gras_error_t gras_ddt_register(gras_set_t *set,
- gras_datadesc_type_t *type);
-gras_error_t gras_ddt_get_by_name(gras_set_t *set,
- const char *name,
+gras_error_t gras_ddt_register(gras_datadesc_type_t *type);
+gras_error_t gras_ddt_get_by_name(const char *name,
+ gras_datadesc_type_t **type);
+gras_error_t gras_ddt_get_by_code(int code,
gras_datadesc_type_t **type);
-
-
-/* create a type set, and bootstrap it by declaring all basic types in it */
-gras_error_t
-gras_dd_typeset_create(int gras_arch,
- gras_set_t **set);
#endif /* GRAS_DATADESC_INTERFACE_H */