1 | /** @file
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2 | * MS COM / XPCOM Abstraction Layer:
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3 | * COM initialization / shutdown
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4 | */
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5 |
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6 | /*
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7 | * Copyright (C) 2006-2007 innotek GmbH
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8 | *
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9 | * This file is part of VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE), as
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10 | * available from http://www.virtualbox.org. This file is free software;
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11 | * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
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12 | * General Public License (GPL) as published by the Free Software
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13 | * Foundation, in version 2 as it comes in the "COPYING" file of the
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14 | * VirtualBox OSE distribution. VirtualBox OSE is distributed in the
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15 | * hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY of any kind.
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16 | *
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17 | * The contents of this file may alternatively be used under the terms
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18 | * of the Common Development and Distribution License Version 1.0
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19 | * (CDDL) only, as it comes in the "COPYING.CDDL" file of the
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20 | * VirtualBox OSE distribution, in which case the provisions of the
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21 | * CDDL are applicable instead of those of the GPL.
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22 | *
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23 | * You may elect to license modified versions of this file under the
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24 | * terms and conditions of either the GPL or the CDDL or both.
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25 | */
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26 |
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27 | #ifndef ___VBox_com_com_h
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28 | #define ___VBox_com_com_h
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29 |
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30 | #include "VBox/com/defs.h"
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31 |
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32 | namespace com
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33 | {
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34 |
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35 | /**
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36 | * Initializes the COM runtime.
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37 | * Must be called on every thread that uses COM, before any COM activity.
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38 | *
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39 | * @return COM result code
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40 | */
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41 | HRESULT Initialize();
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42 |
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43 | /**
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44 | * Shuts down the COM runtime.
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45 | * Must be called on every thread before termination.
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46 | * No COM calls may be made after this method returns.
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47 | */
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48 | HRESULT Shutdown();
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49 |
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50 | /**
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51 | * Resolves a given interface ID to a string containing the interface name.
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52 | * If, for some reason, the given IID cannot be resolved to a name, a NULL
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53 | * string is returned. A non-NULL string returned by this funciton must be
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54 | * freed using SysFreeString().
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55 | *
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56 | * @param aIID ID of the interface to get a name for
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57 | * @param aName Resolved interface name or @c NULL on error
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58 | */
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59 | void GetInterfaceNameByIID (const GUID &aIID, BSTR *aName);
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60 |
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61 | /**
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62 | * Returns the VirtualBox user home directory.
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63 | *
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64 | * On failure, this function will return a path that caused a failure (or
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65 | * NULL if the faiulre is not path-related).
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66 | *
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67 | * On success, this function will try to create the returned directory if it
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68 | * doesn't exist yet. This may also fail with the corresponding status code.
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69 | *
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70 | * If @a aDirLen is smaller than RTPATH_MAX then there is a great chance that
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71 | * this method will return VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW.
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72 | *
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73 | * @param aDir Buffer to store the directory string in UTF-8 encoding.
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74 | * @param aDirLen Length of the supplied buffer including space for the
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75 | * terminating null character, in bytes.
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76 | * @return VBox status code.
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77 | */
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78 | int GetVBoxUserHomeDirectory (char *aDir, size_t aDirLen);
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79 |
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80 | } /* namespace com */
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81 |
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82 | #endif
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83 |
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