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* C++ API method InstrumentManager::LaunchInstrumentEditor() now returns
  a pointer to the launched InstrumentEditor object

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23
24 #ifndef __LS_INSTRUMENTMANAGER_H__
25 #define __LS_INSTRUMENTMANAGER_H__
26
27 #include "../common/global.h"
28 #include "../common/Exception.h"
29
30 #include <vector>
31
32 namespace LinuxSampler {
33
34 // just symbol prototyping
35 class EngineChannel;
36 class InstrumentEditor;
37
38 /**
39 * Will be thrown by InstrumentManager implementations on errors.
40 */
41 class InstrumentManagerException : public Exception {
42 public:
43 InstrumentManagerException(String msg) : Exception(msg) {}
44 };
45
46 /** @brief Abstract interface class for InstrumentManagers.
47 *
48 * Sampler engines should provide an InstrumentManager for allowing
49 * detailed information retrieval and setting of its managed instruments
50 * through this general API.
51 */
52 class InstrumentManager {
53 public:
54 /**
55 * Defines life-time of an instrument.
56 */
57 enum mode_t {
58 ON_DEMAND = 0, ///< Instrument will be loaded when needed, freed once not needed anymore.
59 ON_DEMAND_HOLD = 1, ///< Instrument will be loaded when needed and kept even if not needed anymore.
60 PERSISTENT = 2 ///< Instrument will immediately be loaded and kept all the time.
61 };
62
63 /**
64 * Reflects unique ID of an instrument.
65 */
66 struct instrument_id_t {
67 String FileName; ///< File name of the instrument.
68 uint Index; ///< Index of the instrument within the file.
69
70 // TODO: we should extend operator<() so it will be able to detect that file x and file y are actually the same files, e.g. because one of them is a symlink / share the same inode
71 bool operator<(const instrument_id_t& o) const {
72 return (Index < o.Index || (Index == o.Index && FileName < o.FileName));
73 }
74
75 bool operator==(const instrument_id_t& o) const {
76 return (Index == o.Index && FileName == o.FileName);
77 }
78 };
79
80 /**
81 * Rather abstract informations about an instrument.
82 */
83 struct instrument_info_t {
84 String InstrumentName;
85 String FormatVersion;
86 String Product;
87 String Artists;
88 uint8_t KeyBindings[128];
89 uint8_t KeySwitchBindings[128];
90 };
91
92 /**
93 * Returns all managed instruments.
94 *
95 * This method has to be implemented by the descendant.
96 */
97 virtual std::vector<instrument_id_t> Instruments() = 0;
98
99 /**
100 * Returns the current life-time strategy for the given
101 * instrument.
102 *
103 * This method has to be implemented by the descendant.
104 */
105 virtual mode_t GetMode(const instrument_id_t& ID) = 0;
106
107 /**
108 * Change the current life-time strategy for the given
109 * instrument.
110 *
111 * This method has to be implemented by the descendant.
112 */
113 virtual void SetMode(const instrument_id_t& ID, mode_t Mode) = 0;
114
115 /**
116 * Same as SetMode(), but with the difference that this method
117 * won't block.
118 */
119 void SetModeInBackground(const instrument_id_t& ID, mode_t Mode);
120
121 /**
122 * Same as loading the given instrument directly on the given
123 * EngineChannel, but this method will not block, instead it
124 * will load the instrument in a separate thread.
125 *
126 * @param ID - the instrument to be loaded
127 * @param pEngineChannel - on which engine channel the instrument
128 * should be loaded
129 */
130 static void LoadInstrumentInBackground(instrument_id_t ID, EngineChannel* pEngineChannel);
131
132 /**
133 * Stops the background thread that has been started by
134 * LoadInstrumentInBackground.
135 */
136 static void StopBackgroundThread();
137
138 /**
139 * Returns the name of the given instrument as reflected by its
140 * file.
141 *
142 * This method has to be implemented by the descendant.
143 */
144 virtual String GetInstrumentName(instrument_id_t ID) = 0;
145
146 /**
147 * Returns a textual identifier of the data structure for the
148 * given loaded instrument, which usually reflects the name of
149 * of the library used to load the instrument (i.e. "libgig").
150 *
151 * This method has to be implemented by the descendant.
152 */
153 virtual String GetInstrumentDataStructureName(instrument_id_t ID) = 0;
154
155 /**
156 * Returns the version of the data structure for the given
157 * loaded instrument, which usually reflects the version of the
158 * library which was used to load the instrument (i.e. "3.1.0").
159 *
160 * This method has to be implemented by the descendant.
161 */
162 virtual String GetInstrumentDataStructureVersion(instrument_id_t ID) = 0;
163
164 /**
165 * Spawn an appropriate editor for the given instrument that is
166 * actually capable to handle the instrument's format and data
167 * structure. The instrument editor will be hosted in the
168 * sampler's own process to allow immediate live-editing of the
169 * instrument while playing the instrument in parallel by the
170 * sampler.
171 *
172 * For this to work, instrument editor applications have to
173 * implement the abstract interface class @c InstrumentEditor
174 * and have to generate a plugin DLL that has to be placed into
175 * the appropriate plugin directory of the sampler.
176 *
177 * This method has to be implemented by the descendant.
178 *
179 * @returns pointer to the launched editor
180 * @throws InstrumentManagerException - in case no compatible
181 * instrument editor is registered to the sampler
182 */
183 virtual InstrumentEditor* LaunchInstrumentEditor(instrument_id_t ID) throw (InstrumentManagerException) = 0;
184
185 /**
186 * Returns a list of instrument IDs of the provided instrument
187 * file in case the provided file's format is supported.
188 *
189 * @throws InstrumentManagerException if the format of the
190 * provided instrument file is not supported
191 */
192 virtual std::vector<instrument_id_t> GetInstrumentFileContent(String File) throw (InstrumentManagerException) = 0;
193
194 /**
195 * Get detailed informations about the provided instrument file.
196 *
197 * @throws InstrumentManagerException if the format of the
198 * provided instrument file is not supported
199 */
200 virtual instrument_info_t GetInstrumentInfo(instrument_id_t ID) throw (InstrumentManagerException) = 0;
201 };
202
203 }
204
205 #endif // __LS_INSTRUMENTMANAGER_H__

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