Add 'afb_service_call_sync' function

[src/app-framework-binder.git] / include / afb / afb-req-itf.h

diff --git a/include/afb/afb-req-itf.h b/include/afb/afb-req-itf.h
index 5116b13..1d60dae 100644 (file)
--- a/include/afb/afb-req-itf.h
+++ b/include/afb/afb-req-itf.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
-#include <afb/afb-event-itf.h>
+#include "afb-event-itf.h"
 
 /* avoid inclusion of <json-c/json.h> */
 struct json_object;
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ struct afb_req_itf {
        int (*unsubscribe)(void *closure, struct afb_event event);
 
        void (*subcall)(void *closure, const char *api, const char *verb, struct json_object *args, void (*callback)(void*, int, struct json_object*), void *cb_closure);
+       int (*subcallsync)(void *closure, const char *api, const char *verb, struct json_object *args, struct json_object **result);
 };
 
 /*
@@ -358,13 +359,35 @@ static inline int afb_req_unsubscribe(struct afb_req req, struct afb_event event
  * On completion, the function 'callback' is invoked with the
  * 'closure' given at call and two other parameters: 'iserror' and 'result'.
  * 'iserror' is a boolean that indicates if the reply is an error reply.
- * 'result' is the json object of the reply.
+ * 'result' is the json object of the reply, you must not call json_object_put
+ * on the result.
+ *
+ * For convenience, the function calls 'json_object_put' for 'args'.
+ * Thus, in the case where 'args' should remain available after
+ * the function returns, the function 'json_object_get' shall be used.
  */
 static inline void afb_req_subcall(struct afb_req req, const char *api, const char *verb, struct json_object *args, void (*callback)(void *closure, int iserror, struct json_object *result), void *closure)
 {
        req.itf->subcall(req.closure, api, verb, args, callback, closure);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Makes a call to the method of name 'api' / 'verb' with the object 'args'.
+ * This call is made in the context of the request 'req'.
+ * This call is synchronous, it waits untill completion of the request.
+ * It returns 0 on an error answer and returns 1 when no error was detected.
+ * The object pointed by 'result' is filled and must be released by the caller
+ * after its use by calling 'json_object_put'.
+ *
+ * For convenience, the function calls 'json_object_put' for 'args'.
+ * Thus, in the case where 'args' should remain available after
+ * the function returns, the function 'json_object_get' shall be used.
+ */
+static inline int afb_req_subcall_sync(struct afb_req req, const char *api, const char *verb, struct json_object *args, struct json_object **result)
+{
+       return req.itf->subcallsync(req.closure, api, verb, args, result);
+}
+
 /* internal use */
 static inline const char *afb_req_raw(struct afb_req req, size_t *size)
 {