flib:
- Ability to pass raw data via IPC
qmlfrontend:
- Pass message received by callback through event loop to handle it in main thread
- Get preview image from engine on button click and render it in Image object
unit uFLIPC;
interface
uses SDLh, uFLTypes;
var msgFrontend, msgEngine: TIPCMessage;
mutFrontend, mutEngine: PSDL_mutex;
condFrontend, condEngine: PSDL_cond;
procedure initIPC;
procedure freeIPC;
procedure ipcToEngine(p: PChar; len: byte); cdecl; export;
//function ipcReadFromEngine: shortstring;
//function ipcCheckFromEngine: boolean;
procedure ipcToFrontend(s: shortstring);
procedure ipcToFrontendRaw(p: pointer; len: Longword);
function ipcReadFromFrontend: shortstring;
function ipcCheckFromFrontend: boolean;
procedure registerIPCCallback(p: pointer; f: TIPCCallback); cdecl; export;
implementation
var callbackPointer: pointer;
callbackFunction: TIPCCallback;
callbackListenerThread: PSDL_Thread;
procedure ipcSend(var s: TIPCMessage; var msg: TIPCMessage; mut: PSDL_mutex; cond: PSDL_cond);
begin
SDL_LockMutex(mut);
while (msg.str[0] > #0) or (msg.buf <> nil) do
SDL_CondWait(cond, mut);
msg:= s;
SDL_CondSignal(cond);
SDL_UnlockMutex(mut);
end;
function ipcRead(var msg: TIPCMessage; mut: PSDL_mutex; cond: PSDL_cond): TIPCMessage;
var tmp: pointer;
begin
SDL_LockMutex(mut);
while (msg.str[0] = #0) and (msg.buf = nil) do
SDL_CondWait(cond, mut);
if msg.buf <> nil then
begin
tmp:= msg.buf;
msg.buf:= GetMem(msg.len);
Move(tmp^, msg.buf^, msg.len);
FreeMem(tmp, msg.len)
end;
ipcRead:= msg;
msg.str[0]:= #0;
msg.buf:= nil;
SDL_CondSignal(cond);
SDL_UnlockMutex(mut)
end;
function ipcCheck(var msg: TIPCMessage; mut: PSDL_mutex): boolean;
begin
SDL_LockMutex(mut);
ipcCheck:= (msg.str[0] > #0) or (msg.buf <> nil);
SDL_UnlockMutex(mut)
end;
procedure ipcToEngine(p: PChar; len: byte); cdecl; export;
var msg: TIPCMessage;
begin
writeln(stderr, len);
Move(p^, msg.str[1], len);
msg.str[0]:= char(len);
msg.buf:= nil;
ipcSend(msg, msgEngine, mutEngine, condEngine)
end;
procedure ipcToFrontend(s: shortstring);
var msg: TIPCMessage;
begin
msg.str:= s;
msg.buf:= nil;
ipcSend(msg, msgFrontend, mutFrontend, condFrontend)
end;
procedure ipcToFrontendRaw(p: pointer; len: Longword);
var msg: TIPCMessage;
begin
msg.str[0]:= #0;
msg.len:= len;
msg.buf:= GetMem(len);
Move(p^, msg.buf^, len);
ipcSend(msg, msgFrontend, mutFrontend, condFrontend)
end;
function ipcReadFromEngine: TIPCMessage;
begin
ipcReadFromEngine:= ipcRead(msgFrontend, mutFrontend, condFrontend)
end;
function ipcReadFromFrontend: shortstring;
begin
ipcReadFromFrontend:= ipcRead(msgEngine, mutEngine, condEngine).str
end;
function ipcCheckFromEngine: boolean;
begin
ipcCheckFromEngine:= ipcCheck(msgFrontend, mutFrontend)
end;
function ipcCheckFromFrontend: boolean;
begin
ipcCheckFromFrontend:= ipcCheck(msgEngine, mutEngine)
end;
function listener(p: pointer): Longint; cdecl; export;
var msg: TIPCMessage;
begin
listener:= 0;
repeat
msg:= ipcReadFromEngine();
if msg.buf = nil then
callbackFunction(callbackPointer, @msg.str[1], byte(msg.str[0]))
else
begin
callbackFunction(callbackPointer, msg.buf, msg.len);
FreeMem(msg.buf, msg.len)
end
until false
end;
procedure registerIPCCallback(p: pointer; f: TIPCCallback); cdecl; export;
begin
callbackPointer:= p;
callbackFunction:= f;
callbackListenerThread:= SDL_CreateThread(@listener{$IFDEF SDL2}, 'ipcListener'{$ENDIF}, nil);
end;
procedure initIPC;
begin
msgFrontend.str:= '';
msgFrontend.buf:= nil;
msgEngine.str:= '';
msgEngine.buf:= nil;
callbackPointer:= nil;
callbackListenerThread:= nil;
mutFrontend:= SDL_CreateMutex;
mutEngine:= SDL_CreateMutex;
condFrontend:= SDL_CreateCond;
condEngine:= SDL_CreateCond;
end;
procedure freeIPC;
begin
SDL_KillThread(callbackListenerThread);
SDL_DestroyMutex(mutFrontend);
SDL_DestroyMutex(mutEngine);
SDL_DestroyCond(condFrontend);
SDL_DestroyCond(condEngine);
end;
end.