os/mm/devsound/a3facf/inc/maudiocontext.h
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     1.4 +/*
     1.5 +* Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
     1.6 +* All rights reserved.
     1.7 +* This component and the accompanying materials are made available
     1.8 +* under the terms of "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
     1.9 +* which accompanies this distribution, and is available
    1.10 +* at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
    1.11 +*
    1.12 +* Initial Contributors:
    1.13 +* Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
    1.14 +*
    1.15 +* Contributors:
    1.16 +*
    1.17 +* Description:
    1.18 +*
    1.19 +*/
    1.20 +
    1.21 +
    1.22 +
    1.23 +
    1.24 +/**
    1.25 + @file
    1.26 + @publishedPartner
    1.27 + @released
    1.28 +*/
    1.29 +
    1.30 +
    1.31 +#ifndef MAUDIOCONTEXT_H
    1.32 +#define MAUDIOCONTEXT_H
    1.33 +
    1.34 +#include <e32base.h>
    1.35 +
    1.36 +#include <a3f/a3fbase.h>
    1.37 +
    1.38 +class MAudioStream;
    1.39 +class MAudioProcessingUnit;
    1.40 +class MAudioContextObserver;
    1.41 +
    1.42 +/**
    1.43 + * An interface to an audio context.
    1.44 + *
    1.45 + * Audio context is a container for a set of logically related audio streams and audio processing units.
    1.46 + * All streams and processing units are created into a context.
    1.47 + * A new context can be created using an instance of CAudioContextFactory.
    1.48 + * When the context is no longer needed, it must be removed using CAudioContextFactory::DeleteAudioContext().
    1.49 + */
    1.50 +class MAudioContext
    1.51 +	{
    1.52 +public:
    1.53 +
    1.54 +	/**
    1.55 +	 * Returns the context identifier.
    1.56 +	 *
    1.57 +	 * @return return the context identifier
    1.58 +	 */
    1.59 +	virtual TAudioContextId ContextId() const = 0;
    1.60 +
    1.61 +	/**
    1.62 +	 * Creates a new audio stream into this context. 
    1.63 +	 *
    1.64 +	 * The stream must be removed using DeleteAudioStream() when it is no longer needed.
    1.65 +	 *
    1.66 +	 * @param aStream on return contains a pointer to the created stream.
    1.67 +	 * @return an error code. KErrNone if successful, otherwise one of the system wide error codes.
    1.68 +	 */
    1.69 +	virtual TInt CreateAudioStream(MAudioStream*& aStream)=0;
    1.70 +
    1.71 +	/**
    1.72 +	 * Deletes an audio stream from this context.
    1.73 +	 *
    1.74 +	 * After removing the stream all references to it will become invalid and must not be used.
    1.75 +	 * At the end of the call, aStream will have been set to NULL. 
    1.76 +	 * Calling DeleteAudioStream() with a parameter whose value is NULL is itself a null operation.
    1.77 +	 * @param aStream a pointer to the stream to Delete.
    1.78 +	 * @return an error code. KErrNone if successful, otherwise one of the system wide error codes.
    1.79 +	 */
    1.80 +	virtual void DeleteAudioStream(MAudioStream*& aStream)=0;
    1.81 +
    1.82 +	/**
    1.83 + 	 * Creates a new audio processing unit into this context.
    1.84 +	 *
    1.85 + 	 * The processing unit must be removed using DeleteProcessingUnit() when it is no longer needed.
    1.86 +	 *
    1.87 +	 * @param aType the type of the processing unit.
    1.88 +	 * @param aProcessingUnit on return contains a pointer to the created processing unit.
    1.89 +	 * @return an error code. KErrNone if successful, otherwise one of the system wide error codes.
    1.90 +	 */
    1.91 +	virtual TInt CreateAudioProcessingUnit(TUid aTypeId, MAudioProcessingUnit*& aProcessingUnit)=0;
    1.92 +
    1.93 +	/**
    1.94 +	 * Deletes the audio processing unit from this context.
    1.95 +	 *
    1.96 +	 * After removing the processing unit all references to it will become invalid and must not be used.
    1.97 +	 * At the end of the call, aProcessingUnit will have been set to NULL. 
    1.98 +	 * Calling DeleteAudioProcessingUnit() with a parameter whose value is NULL is itself a null operation.
    1.99 +	 * @param aProcessingUnit a pointer to the processing unit to remove.
   1.100 +	 * @return an error code. KErrNone if successful, otherwise one of the system wide error codes.
   1.101 +	 */
   1.102 +	virtual void DeleteAudioProcessingUnit(MAudioProcessingUnit*& aProcessingUnit)=0;
   1.103 +
   1.104 +	/**
   1.105 +	 * Apply changes made to audio components associated with this context. 
   1.106 +	 *
   1.107 +	 * A state change applied to an Audio Stream should be considered "pending" until Commit() is called, 
   1.108 +	 * in that the adaptation merely records that the state setting has been requested and does not seek 
   1.109 +	 * to implement the state change until Commit().
   1.110 +	 *
   1.111 +	 * Commit() can be thought of as an asynchronous call, and completion is signalled by the appropriate 
   1.112 +	 * ContextEvent() callback of MAudioContextObserver.
   1.113 +	 * @return An error code. KErrNone on success. KErrNotReady if SetClientSettings() has not been called.
   1.114 +	 */
   1.115 +	virtual TInt Commit()=0;
   1.116 +
   1.117 +	/**
   1.118 +	 * Forget any pending, requested changes made to this context or its components. 
   1.119 +	 *
   1.120 +	 * Typically called where the client has started to request changes, has yet to call Commit() and changes its mind.
   1.121 +	 *
   1.122 + 	 * @return A system wide error code. KErrNone on success. KErrNotReady if called during Commit() cycle.
   1.123 +	 */
   1.124 +	virtual TInt Reset()=0;
   1.125 +
   1.126 +	/**
   1.127 +	 * Sets the client information used by the underlying MMRC. 
   1.128 +	 *
   1.129 +	 * This must be called before any call to Commit(). The client context contains information about the client application 
   1.130 +	 * which is utilising the audio functionality, since this will typically be a different process than is calling A3F.
   1.131 +  	 *
   1.132 +	 * @param aSettings Essentially the process Id of the client application, 
   1.133 +	 * the one whose details are used to determine capabilities and policy.
   1.134 +	 * @return an error code. KErrNone for success, otherwise one of the system-wide error codes.	
   1.135 +	 */
   1.136 +	virtual TInt SetClientSettings(const TClientContextSettings& aSettings)=0;
   1.137 +	
   1.138 +	/**
   1.139 +	 * A mechanism to obtain extensions to the Context API.
   1.140 +  	 *
   1.141 +	 * @param aType Uid that denotes the type of the interface.
   1.142 +	 * @return the pointer to the specified interface, or NULL if it does not exist. 
   1.143 +	 * Must be cast to correct type by the user.
   1.144 +	 */
   1.145 +	virtual TAny* Interface(TUid aType)=0;
   1.146 +
   1.147 +	/**
   1.148 +	 * Registers an audio context observer.
   1.149 +	 *
   1.150 +	 * The observer will be notified about context state changes.
   1.151 +	 *
   1.152 +	 * @param aObserver the observer reference to register.
   1.153 +	 * @return An error code. KErrNone on success, otherwise one of the system wide error codes.
   1.154 +	 */
   1.155 +	virtual TInt RegisterAudioContextObserver(MAudioContextObserver& aObserver) = 0;
   1.156 +
   1.157 +	/**
   1.158 +	 * Unregisters an audio context observer.
   1.159 +	 *
   1.160 +	 * @param aObserver the observer reference to unregister.
   1.161 +  	 * @return An error code. KErrNone on success, otherwise one of the system wide error codes.
   1.162 +	 */
   1.163 +	virtual void UnregisterAudioContextObserver(MAudioContextObserver& aObserver) = 0;
   1.164 +	};
   1.165 +
   1.166 +#endif // MAUDIOCONTEXT_H