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+/*
+ This file is part of GNUnet.
+ (C) 2012 Christian Grothoff (and other contributing authors)
+
+ GNUnet is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
+ by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your
+ option) any later version.
+
+ GNUnet is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with GNUnet; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
+ Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+*/
+
+/**
+ * @file include/gnunet_lockmanager_service.h
+ * @brief API for the lockmanger service
+ * @author Sree Harsha Totakura
+ */
+
+#ifndef GNUNET_LOCKMANAGER_SERVICE_H
+#define GNUNET_LOCKMANAGER_SERVICE_H
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+{
+#if 0 /* keep Emacsens' auto-indent happy */
+}
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#include "gnunet_configuration_lib.h"
+
+/**
+ * Opaque handle for the lockmanager service
+ */
+struct GNUNET_LOCKMANAGER_Handle;
+
+
+/**
+ * Connect to the lockmanager service
+ *
+ * @param cfg the configuration to use
+ *
+ * @return upon success the handle to the service; NULL upon error
+ */
+struct GNUNET_LOCKMANAGER_Handle *
+GNUNET_LOCKMANAGER_connect (const struct GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_Handle *cfg);
+
+
+/**
+ * Disconnect from the lockmanager service
+ *
+ * @param handle the handle to the lockmanager service
+ */
+void
+GNUNET_LOCKMANAGER_disconnect (struct GNUNET_LOCKMANAGER_Handle *handle);
+
+
+/**
+ * Enumeration for status
+ */
+enum GNUNET_LOCKMANAGER_Status
+ {
+ /**
+ * Signifies a successful operation
+ */
+ GNUNET_LOCKMANAGER_SUCCESS = 1,
+
+ /**
+ * Used to signal that a lock is no longer valid. It must then be released
+ */
+ GNUNET_LOCKMANAGER_RELEASE
+ };
+
+
+/**
+ * This callback will be called when a lock has been successfully acquired or
+ * when an acquired lock has been lost (happens when the lockmanager service
+ * crashes/restarts).
+ *
+ * @param cls the closure from GNUNET_LOCKMANAGER_lock call
+ *
+ * @param domain_name the locking domain of the lock
+ *
+ * @param lock the lock for which this status is relevant
+ *
+ * @param status GNUNET_LOCKMANAGER_SUCCESS if the lock has been successfully
+ * acquired; GNUNET_LOCKMANAGER_RELEASE when the acquired lock is lost
+ */
+typedef void
+(*GNUNET_LOCKMANAGER_StatusCallback) (void *cls,
+ const char *domain_name,
+ uint32_t lock,
+ enum GNUNET_LOCKMANAGER_Status
+ status);
+
+
+/**
+ * Opaque handle to locking request
+ */
+struct GNUNET_LOCKMANAGER_LockingRequest;
+
+
+/**
+ * Tries to acquire the given lock(even if the lock has been lost) until the
+ * request is called. If the lock is available the status_cb will be
+ * called. If the lock is busy then the request is queued and status_cb
+ * will be called when the lock has been made available and acquired by us.
+ *
+ * @param handle the handle to the lockmanager service
+ *
+ * @param domain_name name of the locking domain. Clients who want to share
+ * locks must use the same name for the locking domain. Also the
+ * domain_name should be selected with the prefix
+ * "GNUNET_<PROGRAM_NAME>_" to avoid domain name collisions.
+ *
+ *
+ * @param lock which lock to lock
+ *
+ * @param status_cb the callback for signalling when the lock is acquired and
+ * when it is lost
+ *
+ * @param status_cb_cls the closure to the above callback
+ *
+ * @return the locking request handle for this request
+ */
+struct GNUNET_LOCKMANAGER_LockingRequest *
+GNUNET_LOCKMANAGER_acquire_lock (struct GNUNET_LOCKMANAGER_Handle *handle,
+ const char *domain_name,
+ uint32_t lock,
+ GNUNET_LOCKMANAGER_StatusCallback
+ status_cb,
+ void *status_cb_cls);
+
+
+/**
+ * Function to cancel the locking request generated by
+ * GNUNET_LOCKMANAGER_acquire_lock. If the lock is acquired us then the lock is
+ * released. GNUNET_LOCKMANAGER_StatusCallback will not be called upon any
+ * status changes resulting due to this call.
+ *
+ * @param request the LockingRequest to cancel
+ */
+void
+GNUNET_LOCKMANAGER_cancel_request (struct GNUNET_LOCKMANAGER_LockingRequest
+ *request);
+
+
+#if 0 /* keep Emacsens' auto-indent happy */
+{
+#endif
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+/* ifndef GNUNET_LOCKMANAGER_SERVICE_H */
+#endif
+/* end of gnunet_lockmanager_service.h */