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1/** @file
2 * MS COM / XPCOM Abstraction Layer - COM initialization / shutdown.
3 */
4
5/*
6 * Copyright (C) 2005-2020 Oracle Corporation
7 *
8 * This file is part of VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE), as
9 * available from http://www.virtualbox.org. This file is free software;
10 * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
11 * General Public License (GPL) as published by the Free Software
12 * Foundation, in version 2 as it comes in the "COPYING" file of the
13 * VirtualBox OSE distribution. VirtualBox OSE is distributed in the
14 * hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY of any kind.
15 *
16 * The contents of this file may alternatively be used under the terms
17 * of the Common Development and Distribution License Version 1.0
18 * (CDDL) only, as it comes in the "COPYING.CDDL" file of the
19 * VirtualBox OSE distribution, in which case the provisions of the
20 * CDDL are applicable instead of those of the GPL.
21 *
22 * You may elect to license modified versions of this file under the
23 * terms and conditions of either the GPL or the CDDL or both.
24 */
25
26#ifndef VBOX_INCLUDED_com_com_h
27#define VBOX_INCLUDED_com_com_h
28#ifndef RT_WITHOUT_PRAGMA_ONCE
29# pragma once
30#endif
31
32#include "VBox/com/defs.h"
33#include "VBox/com/utils.h"
34
35/** @defgroup grp_com MS COM / XPCOM Abstraction Layer
36 * @{
37 */
38
39namespace com
40{
41
42/** @name VBOX_COM_INIT_F_XXX - flags for com::Initialize().
43 * @{ */
44/** Windows: Caller is the GUI and needs a STA rather than MTA apartment. */
45#define VBOX_COM_INIT_F_GUI RT_BIT_32(0)
46/** Windows: Auto registration updating, if privileged enough. */
47#define VBOX_COM_INIT_F_AUTO_REG_UPDATE RT_BIT_32(1)
48/** Windows: Opt-out of COM patching (client code should do this). */
49#define VBOX_COM_INIT_F_NO_COM_PATCHING RT_BIT_32(2)
50/** The default flags. */
51#define VBOX_COM_INIT_F_DEFAULT (VBOX_COM_INIT_F_AUTO_REG_UPDATE)
52/** @} */
53
54/**
55 * Initializes the COM runtime.
56 *
57 * Must be called on the main thread, before any COM activity in any thread, and by any thread
58 * willing to perform COM operations.
59 *
60 * @return COM result code
61 */
62HRESULT Initialize(uint32_t fInitFlags = VBOX_COM_INIT_F_DEFAULT);
63
64/**
65 * Shuts down the COM runtime.
66 *
67 * Must be called on the main thread before termination.
68 * No COM calls may be made in any thread after this method returns.
69 */
70HRESULT Shutdown();
71
72/**
73 * Resolves a given interface ID to a string containing the interface name.
74 *
75 * If, for some reason, the given IID cannot be resolved to a name, a NULL
76 * string is returned. A non-NULL string returned by this function must be
77 * freed using SysFreeString().
78 *
79 * @param aIID ID of the interface to get a name for
80 * @param aName Resolved interface name or @c NULL on error
81 */
82void GetInterfaceNameByIID(const GUID &aIID, BSTR *aName);
83
84#ifdef RT_OS_WINDOWS
85void PatchComBugs(void);
86#endif
87
88} /* namespace com */
89
90/** @} */
91#endif /* !VBOX_INCLUDED_com_com_h */
92
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