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  1. /*
  2. LV2 - An audio plugin interface specification.
  3. Copyright 2006-2012 Steve Harris, David Robillard.
  4. Based on LADSPA, Copyright 2000-2002 Richard W.E. Furse,
  5. Paul Barton-Davis, Stefan Westerfeld.
  6. Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
  7. purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
  8. copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
  9. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
  10. WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
  11. MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
  12. ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
  13. WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
  14. ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
  15. OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  16. */
  17. /**
  18. @defgroup lv2core LV2 Core
  19. Core LV2 specification, see <http://lv2plug.in/ns/lv2core> for details.
  20. @{
  21. */
  22. #ifndef LV2_H_INCLUDED
  23. #define LV2_H_INCLUDED
  24. #include <stdint.h>
  25. #define LV2_CORE_URI "http://lv2plug.in/ns/lv2core"
  26. #define LV2_CORE_PREFIX LV2_CORE_URI "#"
  27. #define LV2_CORE__AllpassPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "AllpassPlugin"
  28. #define LV2_CORE__AmplifierPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "AmplifierPlugin"
  29. #define LV2_CORE__AnalyserPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "AnalyserPlugin"
  30. #define LV2_CORE__AudioPort LV2_CORE_PREFIX "AudioPort"
  31. #define LV2_CORE__BandpassPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "BandpassPlugin"
  32. #define LV2_CORE__CVPort LV2_CORE_PREFIX "CVPort"
  33. #define LV2_CORE__ChorusPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "ChorusPlugin"
  34. #define LV2_CORE__CombPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "CombPlugin"
  35. #define LV2_CORE__CompressorPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "CompressorPlugin"
  36. #define LV2_CORE__ConstantPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "ConstantPlugin"
  37. #define LV2_CORE__ControlPort LV2_CORE_PREFIX "ControlPort"
  38. #define LV2_CORE__ConverterPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "ConverterPlugin"
  39. #define LV2_CORE__DelayPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "DelayPlugin"
  40. #define LV2_CORE__DistortionPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "DistortionPlugin"
  41. #define LV2_CORE__DynamicsPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "DynamicsPlugin"
  42. #define LV2_CORE__EQPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "EQPlugin"
  43. #define LV2_CORE__EnvelopePlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "EnvelopePlugin"
  44. #define LV2_CORE__ExpanderPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "ExpanderPlugin"
  45. #define LV2_CORE__ExtensionData LV2_CORE_PREFIX "ExtensionData"
  46. #define LV2_CORE__Feature LV2_CORE_PREFIX "Feature"
  47. #define LV2_CORE__FilterPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "FilterPlugin"
  48. #define LV2_CORE__FlangerPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "FlangerPlugin"
  49. #define LV2_CORE__FunctionPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "FunctionPlugin"
  50. #define LV2_CORE__GatePlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "GatePlugin"
  51. #define LV2_CORE__GeneratorPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "GeneratorPlugin"
  52. #define LV2_CORE__HighpassPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "HighpassPlugin"
  53. #define LV2_CORE__InputPort LV2_CORE_PREFIX "InputPort"
  54. #define LV2_CORE__InstrumentPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "InstrumentPlugin"
  55. #define LV2_CORE__LimiterPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "LimiterPlugin"
  56. #define LV2_CORE__LowpassPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "LowpassPlugin"
  57. #define LV2_CORE__MixerPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "MixerPlugin"
  58. #define LV2_CORE__ModulatorPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "ModulatorPlugin"
  59. #define LV2_CORE__MultiEQPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "MultiEQPlugin"
  60. #define LV2_CORE__OscillatorPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "OscillatorPlugin"
  61. #define LV2_CORE__OutputPort LV2_CORE_PREFIX "OutputPort"
  62. #define LV2_CORE__ParaEQPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "ParaEQPlugin"
  63. #define LV2_CORE__PhaserPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "PhaserPlugin"
  64. #define LV2_CORE__PitchPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "PitchPlugin"
  65. #define LV2_CORE__Plugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "Plugin"
  66. #define LV2_CORE__PluginBase LV2_CORE_PREFIX "PluginBase"
  67. #define LV2_CORE__Point LV2_CORE_PREFIX "Point"
  68. #define LV2_CORE__Port LV2_CORE_PREFIX "Port"
  69. #define LV2_CORE__PortProperty LV2_CORE_PREFIX "PortProperty"
  70. #define LV2_CORE__Resource LV2_CORE_PREFIX "Resource"
  71. #define LV2_CORE__ReverbPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "ReverbPlugin"
  72. #define LV2_CORE__ScalePoint LV2_CORE_PREFIX "ScalePoint"
  73. #define LV2_CORE__SimulatorPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "SimulatorPlugin"
  74. #define LV2_CORE__SpatialPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "SpatialPlugin"
  75. #define LV2_CORE__Specification LV2_CORE_PREFIX "Specification"
  76. #define LV2_CORE__SpectralPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "SpectralPlugin"
  77. #define LV2_CORE__UtilityPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "UtilityPlugin"
  78. #define LV2_CORE__WaveshaperPlugin LV2_CORE_PREFIX "WaveshaperPlugin"
  79. #define LV2_CORE__appliesTo LV2_CORE_PREFIX "appliesTo"
  80. #define LV2_CORE__binary LV2_CORE_PREFIX "binary"
  81. #define LV2_CORE__connectionOptional LV2_CORE_PREFIX "connectionOptional"
  82. #define LV2_CORE__control LV2_CORE_PREFIX "control"
  83. #define LV2_CORE__default LV2_CORE_PREFIX "default"
  84. #define LV2_CORE__designation LV2_CORE_PREFIX "designation"
  85. #define LV2_CORE__documentation LV2_CORE_PREFIX "documentation"
  86. #define LV2_CORE__enumeration LV2_CORE_PREFIX "enumeration"
  87. #define LV2_CORE__extensionData LV2_CORE_PREFIX "extensionData"
  88. #define LV2_CORE__freeWheeling LV2_CORE_PREFIX "freeWheeling"
  89. #define LV2_CORE__hardRTCapable LV2_CORE_PREFIX "hardRTCapable"
  90. #define LV2_CORE__inPlaceBroken LV2_CORE_PREFIX "inPlaceBroken"
  91. #define LV2_CORE__index LV2_CORE_PREFIX "index"
  92. #define LV2_CORE__integer LV2_CORE_PREFIX "integer"
  93. #define LV2_CORE__isLive LV2_CORE_PREFIX "isLive"
  94. #define LV2_CORE__latency LV2_CORE_PREFIX "latency"
  95. #define LV2_CORE__maximum LV2_CORE_PREFIX "maximum"
  96. #define LV2_CORE__microVersion LV2_CORE_PREFIX "microVersion"
  97. #define LV2_CORE__minimum LV2_CORE_PREFIX "minimum"
  98. #define LV2_CORE__minorVersion LV2_CORE_PREFIX "minorVersion"
  99. #define LV2_CORE__name LV2_CORE_PREFIX "name"
  100. #define LV2_CORE__optionalFeature LV2_CORE_PREFIX "optionalFeature"
  101. #define LV2_CORE__port LV2_CORE_PREFIX "port"
  102. #define LV2_CORE__portProperty LV2_CORE_PREFIX "portProperty"
  103. #define LV2_CORE__project LV2_CORE_PREFIX "project"
  104. #define LV2_CORE__prototype LV2_CORE_PREFIX "prototype"
  105. #define LV2_CORE__reportsLatency LV2_CORE_PREFIX "reportsLatency"
  106. #define LV2_CORE__requiredFeature LV2_CORE_PREFIX "requiredFeature"
  107. #define LV2_CORE__sampleRate LV2_CORE_PREFIX "sampleRate"
  108. #define LV2_CORE__scalePoint LV2_CORE_PREFIX "scalePoint"
  109. #define LV2_CORE__symbol LV2_CORE_PREFIX "symbol"
  110. #define LV2_CORE__toggled LV2_CORE_PREFIX "toggled"
  111. #ifdef __cplusplus
  112. extern "C" {
  113. #endif
  114. /**
  115. Plugin Instance Handle.
  116. This is a handle for one particular instance of a plugin. It is valid to
  117. compare to NULL (or 0 for C++) but otherwise the host MUST NOT attempt to
  118. interpret it.
  119. */
  120. typedef void * LV2_Handle;
  121. /**
  122. Feature.
  123. Features allow hosts to make additional functionality available to plugins
  124. without requiring modification to the LV2 API. Extensions may define new
  125. features and specify the `URI` and `data` to be used if necessary.
  126. Some features, such as lv2:isLive, do not require the host to pass data.
  127. */
  128. typedef struct _LV2_Feature {
  129. /**
  130. A globally unique, case-sensitive identifier (URI) for this feature.
  131. This MUST be a valid URI string as defined by RFC 3986.
  132. */
  133. const char * URI;
  134. /**
  135. Pointer to arbitrary data.
  136. The format of this data is defined by the extension which describes the
  137. feature with the given `URI`.
  138. */
  139. void * data;
  140. } LV2_Feature;
  141. /**
  142. Plugin Descriptor.
  143. This structure provides the core functions necessary to instantiate and use
  144. a plugin.
  145. */
  146. typedef struct _LV2_Descriptor {
  147. /**
  148. A globally unique, case-sensitive identifier for this plugin.
  149. This MUST be a valid URI string as defined by RFC 3986. All plugins with
  150. the same URI MUST be compatible to some degree, see
  151. http://lv2plug.in/ns/lv2core for details.
  152. */
  153. const char * URI;
  154. /**
  155. Instantiate the plugin.
  156. Note that instance initialisation should generally occur in activate()
  157. rather than here. If a host calls instantiate(), it MUST call cleanup()
  158. at some point in the future.
  159. @param descriptor Descriptor of the plugin to instantiate.
  160. @param sample_rate Sample rate, in Hz, for the new plugin instance.
  161. @param bundle_path Path to the LV2 bundle which contains this plugin
  162. binary. It MUST include the trailing directory separator (e.g. '/') so
  163. that simply appending a filename will yield the path to that file in the
  164. bundle.
  165. @param features A NULL terminated array of LV2_Feature structs which
  166. represent the features the host supports. Plugins may refuse to
  167. instantiate if required features are not found here. However, hosts MUST
  168. NOT use this as a discovery mechanism: instead, use the RDF data to
  169. determine which features are required and do not attempt to instantiate
  170. unsupported plugins at all. This parameter MUST NOT be NULL, i.e. a host
  171. that supports no features MUST pass a single element array containing
  172. NULL.
  173. @return A handle for the new plugin instance, or NULL if instantiation
  174. has failed.
  175. */
  176. LV2_Handle (*instantiate)(const struct _LV2_Descriptor * descriptor,
  177. double sample_rate,
  178. const char * bundle_path,
  179. const LV2_Feature *const * features);
  180. /**
  181. Connect a port on a plugin instance to a memory location.
  182. Plugin writers should be aware that the host may elect to use the same
  183. buffer for more than one port and even use the same buffer for both
  184. input and output (see lv2:inPlaceBroken in lv2.ttl).
  185. If the plugin has the feature lv2:hardRTCapable then there are various
  186. things that the plugin MUST NOT do within the connect_port() function;
  187. see lv2core.ttl for details.
  188. connect_port() MUST be called at least once for each port before run()
  189. is called, unless that port is lv2:connectionOptional. The plugin must
  190. pay careful attention to the block size passed to run() since the block
  191. allocated may only just be large enough to contain the data, and is not
  192. guaranteed to remain constant between run() calls.
  193. connect_port() may be called more than once for a plugin instance to
  194. allow the host to change the buffers that the plugin is reading or
  195. writing. These calls may be made before or after activate() or
  196. deactivate() calls.
  197. @param instance Plugin instance containing the port.
  198. @param port Index of the port to connect. The host MUST NOT try to
  199. connect a port index that is not defined in the plugin's RDF data. If
  200. it does, the plugin's behaviour is undefined (a crash is likely).
  201. @param data_location Pointer to data of the type defined by the port
  202. type in the plugin's RDF data (e.g. an array of float for an
  203. lv2:AudioPort). This pointer must be stored by the plugin instance and
  204. used to read/write data when run() is called. Data present at the time
  205. of the connect_port() call MUST NOT be considered meaningful.
  206. */
  207. void (*connect_port)(LV2_Handle instance,
  208. uint32_t port,
  209. void * data_location);
  210. /**
  211. Initialise a plugin instance and activate it for use.
  212. This is separated from instantiate() to aid real-time support and so
  213. that hosts can reinitialise a plugin instance by calling deactivate()
  214. and then activate(). In this case the plugin instance MUST reset all
  215. state information dependent on the history of the plugin instance except
  216. for any data locations provided by connect_port(). If there is nothing
  217. for activate() to do then this field may be NULL.
  218. When present, hosts MUST call this function once before run() is called
  219. for the first time. This call SHOULD be made as close to the run() call
  220. as possible and indicates to real-time plugins that they are now live,
  221. however plugins MUST NOT rely on a prompt call to run() after
  222. activate().
  223. The host MUST NOT call activate() again until deactivate() has been
  224. called first. If a host calls activate(), it MUST call deactivate() at
  225. some point in the future. Note that connect_port() may be called before
  226. or after activate().
  227. */
  228. void (*activate)(LV2_Handle instance);
  229. /**
  230. Run a plugin instance for a block.
  231. Note that if an activate() function exists then it must be called before
  232. run(). If deactivate() is called for a plugin instance then run() may
  233. not be called until activate() has been called again.
  234. If the plugin has the feature lv2:hardRTCapable then there are various
  235. things that the plugin MUST NOT do within the run() function (see
  236. lv2core.ttl for details).
  237. As a special case, when `sample_count` is 0, the plugin should update
  238. any output ports that represent a single instant in time (e.g. control
  239. ports, but not audio ports). This is particularly useful for latent
  240. plugins, which should update their latency output port so hosts can
  241. pre-roll plugins to compute latency. Plugins MUST NOT crash when
  242. `sample_count` is 0.
  243. @param instance Instance to be run.
  244. @param sample_count The block size (in samples) for which the plugin
  245. instance must run.
  246. */
  247. void (*run)(LV2_Handle instance,
  248. uint32_t sample_count);
  249. /**
  250. Deactivate a plugin instance (counterpart to activate()).
  251. Hosts MUST deactivate all activated instances after they have been run()
  252. for the last time. This call SHOULD be made as close to the last run()
  253. call as possible and indicates to real-time plugins that they are no
  254. longer live, however plugins MUST NOT rely on prompt deactivation. If
  255. there is nothing for deactivate() to do then this field may be NULL
  256. Deactivation is not similar to pausing since the plugin instance will be
  257. reinitialised by activate(). However, deactivate() itself MUST NOT fully
  258. reset plugin state. For example, the host may deactivate a plugin, then
  259. store its state (using some extension to do so).
  260. Hosts MUST NOT call deactivate() unless activate() was previously
  261. called. Note that connect_port() may be called before or after
  262. deactivate().
  263. */
  264. void (*deactivate)(LV2_Handle instance);
  265. /**
  266. Clean up a plugin instance (counterpart to instantiate()).
  267. Once an instance of a plugin has been finished with it must be deleted
  268. using this function. The instance handle passed ceases to be valid after
  269. this call.
  270. If activate() was called for a plugin instance then a corresponding call
  271. to deactivate() MUST be made before cleanup() is called. Hosts MUST NOT
  272. call cleanup() unless instantiate() was previously called.
  273. */
  274. void (*cleanup)(LV2_Handle instance);
  275. /**
  276. Return additional plugin data defined by some extenion.
  277. A typical use of this facility is to return a struct containing function
  278. pointers to extend the LV2_Descriptor API.
  279. The actual type and meaning of the returned object MUST be specified
  280. precisely by the extension. This function MUST return NULL for any
  281. unsupported URI. If a plugin does not support any extension data, this
  282. field may be NULL.
  283. The host is never responsible for freeing the returned value.
  284. */
  285. const void * (*extension_data)(const char * uri);
  286. } LV2_Descriptor;
  287. /**
  288. Helper macro needed for LV2_SYMBOL_EXPORT when using C++.
  289. */
  290. #ifdef __cplusplus
  291. # define LV2_SYMBOL_EXTERN extern "C"
  292. #else
  293. # define LV2_SYMBOL_EXTERN
  294. #endif
  295. /**
  296. Put this (LV2_SYMBOL_EXPORT) before any functions that are to be loaded
  297. by the host as a symbol from the dynamic library.
  298. */
  299. #ifdef _WIN32
  300. # define LV2_SYMBOL_EXPORT LV2_SYMBOL_EXTERN __declspec(dllexport)
  301. #else
  302. # define LV2_SYMBOL_EXPORT LV2_SYMBOL_EXTERN __attribute__((visibility("default")))
  303. #endif
  304. /**
  305. Prototype for plugin accessor function.
  306. Plugins are discovered by hosts using RDF data (not by loading libraries).
  307. See http://lv2plug.in for details on the discovery process, though most
  308. hosts should use an existing library to implement this functionality.
  309. This is the simple plugin discovery API, suitable for most statically
  310. defined plugins. Advanced plugins that need access to their bundle during
  311. discovery can use lv2_lib_descriptor() instead. Plugin libraries MUST
  312. include a function called "lv2_descriptor" or "lv2_lib_descriptor" with
  313. C-style linkage, but SHOULD provide "lv2_descriptor" wherever possible.
  314. When it is time to load a plugin (designated by its URI), the host loads the
  315. plugin's library, gets the lv2_descriptor() function from it, and uses this
  316. function to find the LV2_Descriptor for the desired plugin. Plugins are
  317. accessed by index using values from 0 upwards. This function MUST return
  318. NULL for out of range indices, so the host can enumerate plugins by
  319. increasing `index` until NULL is returned.
  320. Note that `index` has no meaning, hosts MUST NOT depend on it remaining
  321. consistent between loads of the plugin library.
  322. */
  323. LV2_SYMBOL_EXPORT
  324. const LV2_Descriptor * lv2_descriptor(uint32_t index);
  325. /**
  326. Type of the lv2_descriptor() function in a library (old discovery API).
  327. */
  328. typedef const LV2_Descriptor *
  329. (*LV2_Descriptor_Function)(uint32_t index);
  330. /**
  331. Handle for a library descriptor.
  332. */
  333. typedef void* LV2_Lib_Handle;
  334. /**
  335. Descriptor for a plugin library.
  336. To access a plugin library, the host creates an LV2_Lib_Descriptor via the
  337. lv2_lib_descriptor() function in the shared object.
  338. */
  339. typedef struct {
  340. /**
  341. Opaque library data which must be passed as the first parameter to all
  342. the methods of this struct.
  343. */
  344. LV2_Lib_Handle handle;
  345. /**
  346. The total size of this struct. This allows for this struct to be
  347. expanded in the future if necessary. This MUST be set by the library to
  348. sizeof(LV2_Lib_Descriptor). The host MUST NOT access any fields of this
  349. struct beyond get_plugin() unless this field indicates they are present.
  350. */
  351. uint32_t size;
  352. /**
  353. Destroy this library descriptor and free all related resources.
  354. */
  355. void (*cleanup)(LV2_Lib_Handle handle);
  356. /**
  357. Plugin accessor.
  358. Plugins are accessed by index using values from 0 upwards. Out of range
  359. indices MUST result in this function returning NULL, so the host can
  360. enumerate plugins by increasing `index` until NULL is returned.
  361. */
  362. const LV2_Descriptor * (*get_plugin)(LV2_Lib_Handle handle,
  363. uint32_t index);
  364. } LV2_Lib_Descriptor;
  365. /**
  366. Prototype for library accessor function.
  367. This is the more advanced discovery API, which allows plugin libraries to
  368. access their bundles during discovery, which makes it possible for plugins to
  369. be dynamically defined by files in their bundle. This API also has an
  370. explicit cleanup function, removing any need for non-portable shared library
  371. destructors. Simple plugins that do not require these features may use
  372. lv2_descriptor() instead.
  373. This is the entry point for a plugin library. Hosts load this symbol from
  374. the library and call this function to obtain a library descriptor which can
  375. be used to access all the contained plugins. The returned object must not
  376. be destroyed (using LV2_Lib_Descriptor::cleanup()) until all plugins loaded
  377. from that library have been destroyed.
  378. */
  379. LV2_SYMBOL_EXPORT
  380. const LV2_Lib_Descriptor *
  381. lv2_lib_descriptor(const char * bundle_path,
  382. const LV2_Feature *const * features);
  383. /**
  384. Type of the lv2_lib_descriptor() function in an LV2 library.
  385. */
  386. typedef const LV2_Lib_Descriptor *
  387. (*LV2_Lib_Descriptor_Function)(const char * bundle_path,
  388. const LV2_Feature *const * features);
  389. #ifdef __cplusplus
  390. }
  391. #endif
  392. #endif /* LV2_H_INCLUDED */
  393. /**
  394. @}
  395. */