/** * @file llleap.h * @author Nat Goodspeed * @date 2012-02-20 * @brief Class that implements "LLSD Event API Plugin" * * $LicenseInfo:firstyear=2012&license=viewerlgpl$ * Copyright (c) 2012, Linden Research, Inc. * $/LicenseInfo$ */ #if ! defined(LL_LLLEAP_H) #define LL_LLLEAP_H #include "llinstancetracker.h" #include "llexception.h" #include <string> #include <vector> /** * LLSD Event API Plugin class. Because instances are managed by * LLInstanceTracker, you can instantiate LLLeap and forget the instance * unless you need it later. Each instance manages an LLProcess; when the * child process terminates, LLLeap deletes itself. We don't require a unique * LLInstanceTracker key. * * The fact that a given LLLeap instance vanishes when its child process * terminates makes it problematic to store an LLLeap* anywhere. Any stored * LLLeap* pointer should be validated before use by * LLLeap::getInstance(LLLeap*) (see LLInstanceTracker). */ class LL_COMMON_API LLLeap: public LLInstanceTracker<LLLeap> { public: /** * Pass a brief string description, mostly for logging purposes. The desc * need not be unique, but obviously the clearer we can make it, the * easier these things will be to debug. The strings are the command line * used to launch the desired plugin process. * * Pass exc=false to suppress LLLeap::Error exception. Obviously in that * case the caller cannot discover the nature of the error, merely that an * error of some kind occurred (because create() returned NULL). Either * way, the error is logged. */ static LLLeap* create(const std::string& desc, const std::vector<std::string>& plugin, bool exc=true); /** * Pass a brief string description, mostly for logging purposes. The desc * need not be unique, but obviously the clearer we can make it, the * easier these things will be to debug. Pass a command-line string * to launch the desired plugin process. * * Pass exc=false to suppress LLLeap::Error exception. Obviously in that * case the caller cannot discover the nature of the error, merely that an * error of some kind occurred (because create() returned NULL). Either * way, the error is logged. */ static LLLeap* create(const std::string& desc, const std::string& plugin, bool exc=true); /** * Exception thrown for invalid create() arguments, e.g. no plugin * program. This is more resiliant than an LL_ERRS failure, because the * string(s) passed to create() might come from an external source. This * way the caller can catch LLLeap::Error and try to recover. */ struct Error: public LLException { Error(const std::string& what): LLException(what) {} }; virtual ~LLLeap(); protected: LLLeap(); }; #endif /* ! defined(LL_LLLEAP_H) */