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Copyright (C) 2000 - 2006 Christian Kreibich <christian@whoop.org>.

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*/
#ifndef __libnd_protocol_registry_h
#define __libnd_protocol_registry_h

#include <libnd_types.h>

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif /* __cplusplus */

/**
 * LND_ProtocolFunc - signature of protocol iteration callbacks.
 * @proto: iterated protocol.
 * @user_data: arbitrary user data.
 *
 * This is the signature of functions that can be passed to
 * libnd_proto_registry_foreach_proto().
 */
typedef void (*LND_ProtocolFunc)(LND_Protocol *proto, void *user_data);


/**
 * libnd_proto_registry_init - protocol registry initialization.
 *
 * The function initializes the registry, sets up hashes etc.
 */
void           libnd_proto_registry_init(void);

/**
 * libnd_proto_registry_register - protocol registration.
 * @proto: protocol to register.
 * 
 * The function registers a protocol in the  registry.
 * For normal protocol plugins, this gets called automatically when
 * the plugin is loaded and initialized, so you don't have to do this
 * manually.
 *
 * Returns: %TRUE when protocol was registered, %FALSE on error or
 * when the protocol is already found in the registry.
 */
gboolean       libnd_proto_registry_register(LND_Protocol *proto);

/**
 * libnd_proto_registry_unregister - protocol unregistration.
 * @proto: protocol to unregister.
 *
 * The given protcol is removed from the registry. The protocol is
 * not touched otherwise.
 */
void           libnd_proto_registry_unregister(LND_Protocol *proto);

/**
 * libnd_proto_registry_find - protocol lookup.
 * @layer: layer where to look for protocol
 * @magic: magic of protocol.
 *
 * The function looks up a protocol plugin for a given layer and magic.
 * If the protocol isn't found, the raw data display plugin is
 * returned, which you can discern by a protocol ID value of 1. The @magic
 * is the usual magic for the protocol you're looking for that is used
 * at the layer below the protocol to identify it, e.g. one of the %DLT_xxx
 * values for a link layer protocol, or one of the %ETHERTYPE_xxx values
 * for a network layer protocol.
 *
 * Returns: retrieved protocol - either the one you were looking for, or
 * the raw data protocol otherwise.
 */
LND_Protocol  *libnd_proto_registry_find(LND_ProtocolLayer layer, guint32 magic);

/**
 * libnd_proto_registry_size - returns size of registry.
 *
 * The function returns the number of protocols in the registry.
 *
 * Returns: number of protocols.
 */
guint          libnd_proto_registry_size(void);

/**
 * libnd_proto_registry_foreach_proto - protocol iteration.
 * @callback: callback to call for each protocol.
 * @user_data: arbitrary user data passed through to @callback.
 *
 * The function iterates over the registered protocols and applies
 * a callback function to each of them.
 */
void           libnd_proto_registry_foreach_proto(LND_ProtocolFunc callback,
						  void *user_data);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif /* __cplusplus */

#endif


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