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1<?xml version="1.0" ?>
2
3<!--
4
5 Copyright (C) 2006-2010 Oracle Corporation
6
7 This file is part of VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE), as
8 available from http://www.virtualbox.org. This file is free software;
9 you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
10 General Public License (GPL) as published by the Free Software
11 Foundation, in version 2 as it comes in the "COPYING" file of the
12 VirtualBox OSE distribution. VirtualBox OSE is distributed in the
13 hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY of any kind.
14-->
15
16<!--
17 This is the master declaration for VirtualBox's Main API,
18 represented by COM/XPCOM and web service interfaces.
19
20 From this document, the build system generates several files
21 via XSLT that are then used during the build process.
22
23 Below is the list of XSL templates that operate on this file and
24 output files they generate. These XSL templates must be updated
25 whenever the schema of this file changes:
26
27 1. src/VBox/Main/idl/midl.xsl =>
28 out/<platform>/bin/sdk/idl/VirtualBox.idl
29 (MS COM interface definition file for Main API)
30
31 2. src/VBox/Main/idl/xpidl.xsl =>
32 out/<platform>/bin/sdk/idl/VirtualBox_XPCOM.idl
33 (XPCOM interface definition file for Main API)
34
35 3. src/VBox/Main/idl/doxygen.xsl =>
36 out/<platform>/obj/src/VBox/Main/VirtualBox.idl
37 (pseudo-IDL for Doxygen to generate the official Main API
38 documentation)
39
40 4. src/VBox/Main/webservice/*.xsl =>
41 a bunch of WSDL and C++ files
42 (VirtualBox web service sources and SOAP mappers;
43 see src/VBox/Main/webservice/Makefile.kmk for details)
44
45 5. src/VBox/Frontends/VirtualBox/include/COMWrappers.xsl =>
46 out/<platform>/obj/src/VBox/Frontends/VirtualBox/VirtualBox/include/COMWrappers.h
47 (smart Qt-based C++ wrapper classes for COM interfaces
48 of the Main API)
49
50 6. src/VBox/Installer/win32/VirtualBox_TypeLib.xsl =>
51 out/<platform>/obj/src/VBox/Installer/win32/VirtualBox_TypeLib.wxi
52 (Main API TypeLib block for the WiX installer)
53
54 7. src/VBox/Runtime/common/err/errmsgvboxcom.xsl =>
55 out/<platform>/obj/Runtime/errmsgvboxcomdata.h
56 (<result> extraction for the %Rhrc format specifier)
57-->
58
59<idl>
60
61<desc>
62 Welcome to the <b>VirtualBox Main API documentation</b>. This documentation
63 describes the so-called <i>VirtualBox Main API</i> which comprises all public
64 COM interfaces and components provided by the VirtualBox server and by the
65 VirtualBox client library.
66
67 VirtualBox employs a client-server design, meaning that whenever any part of
68 VirtualBox is running -- be it the Qt GUI, the VBoxManage command-line
69 interface or any virtual machine --, a dedicated server process named
70 VBoxSVC runs in the background. This allows multiple processes working with
71 VirtualBox to cooperate without conflicts. These processes communicate to each
72 other using inter-process communication facilities provided by the COM
73 implementation of the host computer.
74
75 On Windows platforms, the VirtualBox Main API uses Microsoft COM, a native COM
76 implementation. On all other platforms, Mozilla XPCOM, an open-source COM
77 implementation, is used.
78
79 All the parts that a typical VirtualBox user interacts with (the Qt GUI
80 and the VBoxManage command-line interface) are technically
81 front-ends to the Main API and only use the interfaces that are documented
82 in this Main API documentation. This ensures that, with any given release
83 version of VirtualBox, all capabilities of the product that could be useful
84 to an external client program are always exposed by way of this API.
85
86 The VirtualBox Main API (also called the <i>VirtualBox COM library</i>)
87 contains two public component classes:
88 <tt>%VirtualBox.VirtualBox</tt> and <tt>%VirtualBox.Session</tt>, which
89 implement IVirtualBox and ISession interfaces respectively. These two classes
90 are of supreme importance and will be needed in order for any front-end
91 program to do anything useful. It is recommended to read the documentation of
92 the mentioned interfaces first.
93
94 The <tt>%VirtualBox.VirtualBox</tt> class is a singleton. This means that
95 there can be only one object of this class on the local machine at any given
96 time. This object is a parent of many other objects in the VirtualBox COM
97 library and lives in the VBoxSVC process. In fact, when you create an instance
98 of the <tt>VirtualBox.VirtualBox</tt>, the COM subsystem checks if the VBoxSVC
99 process is already running, starts it if not, and returns you a reference to
100 the <tt>VirtualBox</tt> object created in this process. When the last reference
101 to this object is released, the VBoxSVC process ends (with a 5 second delay to
102 protect from too frequent restarts).
103
104 The <tt>%VirtualBox.Session</tt> class is a regular component. You can create
105 as many <tt>Session</tt> objects as you need but all of them will live in a
106 process which issues the object instantiation call. <tt>Session</tt> objects
107 represent virtual machine sessions which are used to configure virtual
108 machines and control their execution.
109</desc>
110
111<if target="midl">
112 <cpp line="enum {"/>
113 <cpp line=" kTypeLibraryMajorVersion = 1,"/>
114 <cpp line=" kTypeLibraryMinorVersion = 0"/>
115 <cpp line="};"/>
116</if>
117
118<if target="xpidl">
119 <!-- NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_ISUPPORTSxx_CI macros are placed here, for convenience -->
120 <cpp>
121/* currently, nsISupportsImpl.h lacks the below-like macros */
122
123#define NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_QUERY_INTERFACE1_CI NS_IMPL_QUERY_INTERFACE1_CI
124#define NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_QUERY_INTERFACE2_CI NS_IMPL_QUERY_INTERFACE2_CI
125#define NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_QUERY_INTERFACE3_CI NS_IMPL_QUERY_INTERFACE3_CI
126#define NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_QUERY_INTERFACE4_CI NS_IMPL_QUERY_INTERFACE4_CI
127
128
129#ifndef NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_ISUPPORTS1_CI
130# define NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_ISUPPORTS1_CI(_class, _interface) \
131 NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_ADDREF(_class) \
132 NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_RELEASE(_class) \
133 NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_QUERY_INTERFACE1_CI(_class, _interface) \
134 NS_IMPL_CI_INTERFACE_GETTER1(_class, _interface)
135#endif
136
137#ifndef NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_ISUPPORTS2_CI
138# define NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_ISUPPORTS2_CI(_class, _i1, _i2) \
139 NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_ADDREF(_class) \
140 NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_RELEASE(_class) \
141 NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_QUERY_INTERFACE2_CI(_class, _i1, _i2) \
142 NS_IMPL_CI_INTERFACE_GETTER2(_class, _i1, _i2)
143#endif
144
145#ifndef NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_ISUPPORTS3_CI
146# define NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_ISUPPORTS3_CI(_class, _i1, _i2, _i3) \
147 NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_ADDREF(_class) \
148 NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_RELEASE(_class) \
149 NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_QUERY_INTERFACE3_CI(_class, _i1, _i2, _i3) \
150 NS_IMPL_CI_INTERFACE_GETTER3(_class, _i1, _i2, _i3)
151#endif
152
153#ifndef NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_ISUPPORTS4_CI
154# define NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_ISUPPORTS4_CI(_class, _i1, _i2, _i3, _i4) \
155 NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_ADDREF(_class) \
156 NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_RELEASE(_class) \
157 NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_QUERY_INTERFACE4_CI(_class, _i1, _i2, _i3, _i4) \
158 NS_IMPL_CI_INTERFACE_GETTER4(_class, _i1, _i2, _i3, _i4)
159#endif
160
161#ifndef NS_IMPL_QUERY_INTERFACE1_AMBIGUOUS_CI
162# define NS_IMPL_QUERY_INTERFACE1_AMBIGUOUS_CI(_class, _i1, _ic1) \
163 NS_INTERFACE_MAP_BEGIN(_class) \
164 NS_INTERFACE_MAP_ENTRY_AMBIGUOUS(_i1, _ic1) \
165 NS_INTERFACE_MAP_ENTRY_AMBIGUOUS(nsISupports, _ic1) \
166 NS_IMPL_QUERY_CLASSINFO(_class) \
167 NS_INTERFACE_MAP_END
168#endif
169
170#ifndef NS_IMPL_QUERY_INTERFACE2_AMBIGUOUS_CI
171# define NS_IMPL_QUERY_INTERFACE2_AMBIGUOUS_CI(_class, _i1, _ic1, \
172 _i2, _ic2) \
173 NS_INTERFACE_MAP_BEGIN(_class) \
174 NS_INTERFACE_MAP_ENTRY_AMBIGUOUS(_i1, _ic1) \
175 NS_INTERFACE_MAP_ENTRY_AMBIGUOUS(_i2, _ic2) \
176 NS_INTERFACE_MAP_ENTRY_AMBIGUOUS(nsISupports, _ic1) \
177 NS_IMPL_QUERY_CLASSINFO(_class) \
178 NS_INTERFACE_MAP_END
179#endif
180
181#ifndef NS_IMPL_QUERY_INTERFACE3_AMBIGUOUS_CI
182# define NS_IMPL_QUERY_INTERFACE3_AMBIGUOUS_CI(_class, _i1, _ic1, \
183 _i2, _ic2, _i3, _ic3) \
184 NS_INTERFACE_MAP_BEGIN(_class) \
185 NS_INTERFACE_MAP_ENTRY_AMBIGUOUS(_i1, _ic1) \
186 NS_INTERFACE_MAP_ENTRY_AMBIGUOUS(_i2, _ic2) \
187 NS_INTERFACE_MAP_ENTRY_AMBIGUOUS(_i3, _ic3) \
188 NS_INTERFACE_MAP_ENTRY_AMBIGUOUS(nsISupports, _ic1) \
189 NS_IMPL_QUERY_CLASSINFO(_class) \
190 NS_INTERFACE_MAP_END
191#endif
192
193#define NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_QUERY_INTERFACE1_AMBIGUOUS_CI NS_IMPL_QUERY_INTERFACE1_AMBIGUOUS_CI
194#define NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_QUERY_INTERFACE2_AMBIGUOUS_CI NS_IMPL_QUERY_INTERFACE2_AMBIGUOUS_CI
195#define NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_QUERY_INTERFACE3_AMBIGUOUS_CI NS_IMPL_QUERY_INTERFACE3_AMBIGUOUS_CI
196
197#ifndef NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_ISUPPORTS1_AMBIGUOUS_CI
198# define NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_ISUPPORTS1_AMBIGUOUS_CI(_class, _i1, _ic1) \
199 NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_ADDREF(_class) \
200 NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_RELEASE(_class) \
201 NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_QUERY_INTERFACE1_AMBIGUOUS_CI(_class, _i1, _ic1) \
202 NS_IMPL_CI_INTERFACE_GETTER1(_class, _i1)
203#endif
204
205#ifndef NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_ISUPPORTS2_AMBIGUOUS_CI
206# define NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_ISUPPORTS2_AMBIGUOUS_CI(_class, _i1, _ic1, \
207 _i2, _ic2) \
208 NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_ADDREF(_class) \
209 NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_RELEASE(_class) \
210 NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_QUERY_INTERFACE2_AMBIGUOUS_CI(_class, _i1, _ic1, \
211 _i2, _ic2) \
212 NS_IMPL_CI_INTERFACE_GETTER2(_class, _i1, _i2)
213#endif
214
215#ifndef NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_ISUPPORTS3_AMBIGUOUS_CI
216# define NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_ISUPPORTS3_AMBIGUOUS_CI(_class, _i1, _ic1, \
217 _i2, _ic2, _i3, _ic3) \
218 NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_ADDREF(_class) \
219 NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_RELEASE(_class) \
220 NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_QUERY_INTERFACE3_AMBIGUOUS_CI(_class, _i1, _ic1, \
221 _i2, _ic2, _i3, _ic3) \
222 NS_IMPL_CI_INTERFACE_GETTER3(_class, _i1, _i2, _i3)
223#endif
224
225 </cpp>
226</if>
227
228<library
229 name="VirtualBox"
230 uuid="46137EEC-703B-4fe5-AFD4-7C9BBBBA0259"
231 version="1.3"
232 desc="VirtualBox Type Library"
233 appUuid="819B4D85-9CEE-493C-B6FC-64FFE759B3C9"
234 supportsErrorInfo="yes"
235>
236
237
238 <!--
239 // COM result codes for VirtualBox
240 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
241 -->
242
243 <descGroup id="VirtualBox_COM_result_codes" title="VirtualBox COM result codes">
244 <desc>
245 This section describes all VirtualBox-specific COM result codes that may
246 be returned by methods of VirtualBox COM interfaces in addition to
247 standard COM result codes.
248
249 Note that along with the result code, every VirtualBox method returns
250 extended error information through the IVirtualBoxErrorInfo interface on
251 failure. This interface is a preferred way to present the error to the end
252 user because it contains a human readable description of the error. Raw
253 result codes, both standard and described in this section, are intended to
254 be used by programs to analyze the reason of a failure and select an
255 appropriate course of action without involving the end user (for example,
256 retry the operation later or make a different call).
257
258 The standard COM result codes that may originate from our methods include:
259
260 <table>
261 <tr><td>E_INVALIDARG</td>
262 <td>
263 Returned when the value of the method's argument is not within the range
264 of valid values. This should not be confused with situations when the
265 value is within the range but simply doesn't suit the current object
266 state and there is a possibility that it will be accepted later (in such
267 cases VirtualBox-specific codes are returned, for example,
268 <link to="VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND"/>).
269 </td>
270 </tr>
271 <tr><td>E_POINTER</td>
272 <td>
273 Returned if a memory pointer for the output argument is invalid (for
274 example, @c null). Note that when pointers representing input
275 arguments (such as strings) are invalid, E_INVALIDARG is returned.
276 </td>
277 </tr>
278 <tr><td>E_ACCESSDENIED</td>
279 <td>
280 Returned when the called object is not ready. Since the lifetime of a
281 public COM object cannot be fully controlled by the implementation,
282 VirtualBox maintains the readiness state for all objects it creates and
283 returns this code in response to any method call on the object that was
284 deactivated by VirtualBox and is not functioning any more.
285 </td>
286 </tr>
287 <tr><td>E_OUTOFMEMORY</td>
288 <td>
289 Returned when a memory allocation operation fails.
290 </td>
291 </tr>
292 </table>
293 </desc>
294 </descGroup>
295
296 <!--
297 Note that src/VBox/Runtime/common/err/errmsgvboxcom.xsl will ignore
298 everything in <result>/<desc> after (and including) the first dot, so express
299 the matter of the error code in the first sentence and keep it short.
300 -->
301
302 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND" value="0x80BB0001">
303 <desc>
304 Object corresponding to the supplied arguments does not exist.
305 </desc>
306 </result>
307
308 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE" value="0x80BB0002">
309 <desc>
310 Current virtual machine state prevents the operation.
311 </desc>
312 </result>
313
314 <result name="VBOX_E_VM_ERROR" value="0x80BB0003">
315 <desc>
316 Virtual machine error occurred attempting the operation.
317 </desc>
318 </result>
319
320 <result name="VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR" value="0x80BB0004">
321 <desc>
322 File not accessible or erroneous file contents.
323 </desc>
324 </result>
325
326 <result name="VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR" value="0x80BB0005">
327 <desc>
328 Runtime subsystem error.
329 </desc>
330 </result>
331
332 <result name="VBOX_E_PDM_ERROR" value="0x80BB0006">
333 <desc>
334 Pluggable Device Manager error.
335 </desc>
336 </result>
337
338 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE" value="0x80BB0007">
339 <desc>
340 Current object state prohibits operation.
341 </desc>
342 </result>
343
344 <result name="VBOX_E_HOST_ERROR" value="0x80BB0008">
345 <desc>
346 Host operating system related error.
347 </desc>
348 </result>
349
350 <result name="VBOX_E_NOT_SUPPORTED" value="0x80BB0009">
351 <desc>
352 Requested operation is not supported.
353 </desc>
354 </result>
355
356 <result name="VBOX_E_XML_ERROR" value="0x80BB000A">
357 <desc>
358 Invalid XML found.
359 </desc>
360 </result>
361
362 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_SESSION_STATE" value="0x80BB000B">
363 <desc>
364 Current session state prohibits operation.
365 </desc>
366 </result>
367
368 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_IN_USE" value="0x80BB000C">
369 <desc>
370 Object being in use prohibits operation.
371 </desc>
372 </result>
373
374 <!--
375 Note that src/VBox/Runtime/common/err/errmsgvboxcom.xsl will ignore
376 everything in <result>/<desc> after (and including) the first dot, so express
377 the matter of the error code in the first sentence and keep it short.
378 -->
379
380 <descGroup/>
381
382 <!--
383 // all common enums
384 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
385 -->
386
387 <enum
388 name="SettingsVersion"
389 uuid="52bd6f5f-1adb-4493-975d-581a9c4b803f"
390 >
391 <desc>
392 Settings version of VirtualBox settings files. This is written to
393 the "version" attribute of the root "VirtualBox" element in the settings
394 file XML and indicates which VirtualBox version wrote the file.
395 </desc>
396
397 <const name="Null" value="0">
398 <desc>Null value, indicates invalid version.</desc>
399 </const>
400 <const name="v1_0" value="1">
401 <desc>Legacy settings version, not currently supported.</desc>
402 </const>
403 <const name="v1_1" value="2">
404 <desc>Legacy settings version, not currently supported.</desc>
405 </const>
406 <const name="v1_2" value="3">
407 <desc>Legacy settings version, not currently supported.</desc>
408 </const>
409 <const name="v1_3pre" value="4">
410 <desc>Legacy settings version, not currently supported.</desc>
411 </const>
412 <const name="v1_3" value="5">
413 <desc>Settings version "1.3", written by VirtualBox 2.0.12.</desc>
414 <!--
415 Machine XML: Capitalization of Uart, Lpt elements and many attributes changed.
416 -->
417 </const>
418 <const name="v1_4" value="6">
419 <desc>Intermediate settings version, understood by VirtualBox 2.1.x.</desc>
420 <!--
421 VirtualBox.xml: big DiskRegistry -> MediaRegistry revamp, various HardDisk types merged
422 (was VirtualDiskImage, VMDKImage, VHDImage, ISCSIHardDisk, CustomHardDisk, DiffHardDisk)
423 -->
424 </const>
425 <const name="v1_5" value="7">
426 <desc>Intermediate settings version, understood by VirtualBox 2.1.x.</desc>
427 <!--
428 2008-09-04: 2.0.0 released
429 2008-11-20: settings version 1.5 introduced
430 2008-12-17: 2.1.0 released
431 Machine changes:
432 guest OS identifiers changed;
433 Machine/Hardware/Display/MonitorCount renamed to monitorCount;
434 Machine/Hardware/Display/Accelerate3D renamed to accelerate3D;
435 Machine/Hardware/CPU/CPUCount/@count changed to CPU/@count
436 -->
437 </const>
438 <const name="v1_6" value="8">
439 <desc>Settings version "1.6", written by VirtualBox 2.1.4 (at least).</desc>
440 <!--
441 2008-12-17: 2.1.0 released
442 2008-12-19: settings version 1.6 introduced (is in 2.1 branch)
443 2009-04-08: 2.2.0 released
444 Machine changes: remove all Machine/Hardware/Network/Adapter/HostInterface[@TAPSetup or @TAPTerminate]/ attributes (done)
445 -->
446 </const>
447 <const name="v1_7" value="9">
448 <desc>Settings version "1.7", written by VirtualBox 2.2.x and 3.0.x.</desc>
449 <!--
450 2008-12-17: 2.1.0 released
451 2009-03-11: settings version 1.7 introduced (is in 2.2 branch)
452 2009-04-08: 2.2.0 released
453 VirtualBox.xml additions: NetserviceRegistry with DHCPServers (done)
454 Machine changes: HardDiskAttachments is now StorageControllers (done)
455 -->
456 </const>
457 <const name="v1_8" value="10">
458 <desc>Intermediate settings version "1.8", understood by VirtualBox 3.1.x.</desc>
459 <!--
460 Machine additions: Display/@accelerate2DVideo (done)
461 -->
462 </const>
463 <const name="v1_9" value="11">
464 <desc>Settings version "1.9", written by VirtualBox 3.1.x.</desc>
465 <!--
466 The big storage controller / DVD / Floppy rework (done)
467 -->
468 </const>
469 <const name="v1_10" value="12">
470 <desc>Settings version "1.10", written by VirtualBox 3.2.x.</desc>
471 <!--
472 Machine changes: RTC localOrUTC (done)
473 CPU hot-plug support
474 -->
475 </const>
476 <const name="v1_11" value="13">
477 <desc>Settings version "1.11", written by VirtualBox 4.0.x.</desc>
478 <!--
479 Machine changes: HD Audio controller, per-machine disk registries,
480 /@format attribute for DVD and floppy images.
481 -->
482 </const>
483 <const name="Future" value="99999">
484 <desc>Settings version greater than "1.11", written by a future VirtualBox version.</desc>
485 </const>
486 </enum>
487
488 <enum
489 name="AccessMode"
490 uuid="1da0007c-ddf7-4be8-bcac-d84a1558785f"
491 >
492 <desc>
493 Access mode for opening files.
494 </desc>
495
496 <const name="ReadOnly" value="1"/>
497 <const name="ReadWrite" value="2"/>
498 </enum>
499
500 <enum
501 name="MachineState"
502 uuid="ec6c6a9e-113d-4ff4-b44f-0b69f21c97fe"
503 >
504 <desc>
505 Virtual machine execution state.
506
507 This enumeration represents possible values of the <link
508 to="IMachine::state"/> attribute.
509
510 Below is the basic virtual machine state diagram. It shows how the state
511 changes during virtual machine execution. The text in square braces shows
512 a method of the IConsole interface that performs the given state
513 transition.
514
515 <pre>
516 +---------[powerDown()] &lt;- Stuck &lt;--[failure]-+
517 V |
518 +-&gt; PoweredOff --+--&gt;[powerUp()]--&gt; Starting --+ | +-----[resume()]-----+
519 | | | | V |
520 | Aborted -----+ +--&gt; Running --[pause()]--&gt; Paused
521 | | ^ | ^ |
522 | Saved -----------[powerUp()]--&gt; Restoring -+ | | | |
523 | ^ | | | |
524 | | +-----------------------------------------+-|-------------------+ +
525 | | | | |
526 | | +-- Saving &lt;--------[takeSnapshot()]&lt;-------+---------------------+
527 | | | |
528 | +-------- Saving &lt;--------[saveState()]&lt;----------+---------------------+
529 | | |
530 +-------------- Stopping -------[powerDown()]&lt;----------+---------------------+
531 </pre>
532
533 Note that states to the right from PoweredOff, Aborted and Saved in the
534 above diagram are called <i>online VM states</i>. These states
535 represent the virtual machine which is being executed in a dedicated
536 process (usually with a GUI window attached to it where you can see the
537 activity of the virtual machine and interact with it). There are two
538 special pseudo-states, FirstOnline and LastOnline, that can be used in
539 relational expressions to detect if the given machine state is online or
540 not:
541
542 <pre>
543 if (machine.GetState() &gt;= MachineState_FirstOnline &amp;&amp;
544 machine.GetState() &lt;= MachineState_LastOnline)
545 {
546 ...the machine is being executed...
547 }
548 </pre>
549
550 When the virtual machine is in one of the online VM states (that is, being
551 executed), only a few machine settings can be modified. Methods working
552 with such settings contain an explicit note about that. An attempt to
553 change any oter setting or perform a modifying operation during this time
554 will result in the <link to="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE"/> error.
555
556 All online states except Running, Paused and Stuck are transitional: they
557 represent temporary conditions of the virtual machine that will last as
558 long as the operation that initiated such a condition.
559
560 The Stuck state is a special case. It means that execution of the machine
561 has reached the "Guru Meditation" condition. This condition indicates an
562 internal VMM (virtual machine manager) failure which may happen as a
563 result of either an unhandled low-level virtual hardware exception or one
564 of the recompiler exceptions (such as the <i>too-many-traps</i>
565 condition).
566
567 Note also that any online VM state may transit to the Aborted state. This
568 happens if the process that is executing the virtual machine terminates
569 unexpectedly (for example, crashes). Other than that, the Aborted state is
570 equivalent to PoweredOff.
571
572 There are also a few additional state diagrams that do not deal with
573 virtual machine execution and therefore are shown separately. The states
574 shown on these diagrams are called <i>offline VM states</i> (this includes
575 PoweredOff, Aborted and Saved too).
576
577 The first diagram shows what happens when a lengthy setup operation is
578 being executed (such as <link to="IMachine::attachDevice"/>).
579
580 <pre>
581 +----------------------------------(same state as before the call)------+
582 | |
583 +-&gt; PoweredOff --+ |
584 | | |
585 |-&gt; Aborted -----+--&gt;[lengthy VM configuration call] --&gt; SettingUp -----+
586 | |
587 +-&gt; Saved -------+
588 </pre>
589
590 The next two diagrams demonstrate the process of taking a snapshot of a
591 powered off virtual machine, restoring the state to that as of a snapshot
592 or deleting a snapshot, respectively.
593
594 <pre>
595 +----------------------------------(same state as before the call)------+
596 | |
597 +-&gt; PoweredOff --+ |
598 | +--&gt;[takeSnapshot()] -------------------&gt; Saving ------+
599 +-&gt; Aborted -----+
600
601 +-&gt; PoweredOff --+
602 | |
603 | Aborted -----+--&gt;[restoreSnapshot() ]-------&gt; RestoringSnapshot -+
604 | | [deleteSnapshot() ]-------&gt; DeletingSnapshot --+
605 +-&gt; Saved -------+ |
606 | |
607 +---(Saved if restored from an online snapshot, PoweredOff otherwise)---+
608 </pre>
609
610 Note that the Saving state is present in both the offline state group and
611 online state group. Currently, the only way to determine what group is
612 assumed in a particular case is to remember the previous machine state: if
613 it was Running or Paused, then Saving is an online state, otherwise it is
614 an offline state. This inconsistency may be removed in one of the future
615 versions of VirtualBox by adding a new state.
616
617 <note internal="yes">
618 For whoever decides to touch this enum: In order to keep the
619 comparisons involving FirstOnline and LastOnline pseudo-states valid,
620 the numeric values of these states must be correspondingly updated if
621 needed: for any online VM state, the condition
622 <tt>FirstOnline &lt;= state &lt;= LastOnline</tt> must be
623 @c true. The same relates to transient states for which
624 the condition <tt>FirstOnline &lt;= state &lt;= LastOnline</tt> must be
625 @c true.
626 </note>
627 </desc>
628
629 <const name="Null" value="0">
630 <desc>Null value (never used by the API).</desc>
631 </const>
632 <const name="PoweredOff" value="1">
633 <desc>
634 The machine is not running and has no saved execution state; it has
635 either never been started or been shut down successfully.
636 </desc>
637 </const>
638 <const name="Saved" value="2">
639 <desc>
640 The machine is not currently running, but the execution state of the machine
641 has been saved to an external file when it was running, from where
642 it can be resumed.
643 </desc>
644 </const>
645 <const name="Teleported" value="3">
646 <desc>
647 The machine was teleported to a different host (or process) and then
648 powered off. Take care when powering it on again may corrupt resources
649 it shares with the teleportation target (e.g. disk and network).
650 </desc>
651 </const>
652 <const name="Aborted" value="4">
653 <desc>
654 The process running the machine has terminated abnormally. This may
655 indicate a crash of the VM process in host execution context, or
656 the VM process has been terminated externally.
657 </desc>
658 </const>
659 <const name="Running" value="5">
660 <desc>
661 The machine is currently being executed.
662 <note internal="yes">
663 For whoever decides to touch this enum: In order to keep the
664 comparisons in the old source code valid, this state must immediately
665 precede the Paused state.
666 TODO: Lift this spectacularly wonderful restriction.
667 </note>
668 </desc>
669 </const>
670 <const name="Paused" value="6">
671 <desc>
672 Execution of the machine has been paused.
673 <note internal="yes">
674 For whoever decides to touch this enum: In order to keep the
675 comparisons in the old source code valid, this state must immediately
676 follow the Running state.
677 TODO: Lift this spectacularly wonderful restriction.
678 </note>
679 </desc>
680 </const>
681 <const name="Stuck" value="7">
682 <desc>
683 Execution of the machine has reached the "Guru Meditation"
684 condition. This indicates a severe error in the hypervisor itself.
685 <note internal="yes">
686 bird: Why this uncool name? Could we rename it to "GuruMeditation" or
687 "Guru", perhaps? Or are there some other VMM states that are
688 intended to be lumped in here as well?
689 </note>
690 </desc>
691 </const>
692 <const name="Teleporting" value="8">
693 <desc>
694 The machine is about to be teleported to a different host or process.
695 It is possible to pause a machine in this state, but it will go to the
696 @c TeleportingPausedVM state and it will not be
697 possible to resume it again unless the teleportation fails.
698 </desc>
699 </const>
700 <const name="LiveSnapshotting" value="9">
701 <desc>
702 A live snapshot is being taken. The machine is running normally, but
703 some of the runtime configuration options are inaccessible. Also, if
704 paused while in this state it will transition to
705 @c Saving and it will not be resume the
706 execution until the snapshot operation has completed.
707 </desc>
708 </const>
709 <const name="Starting" value="10">
710 <desc>
711 Machine is being started after powering it on from a
712 zero execution state.
713 </desc>
714 </const>
715 <const name="Stopping" value="11">
716 <desc>
717 Machine is being normally stopped powering it off, or after the guest OS
718 has initiated a shutdown sequence.
719 </desc>
720 </const>
721 <const name="Saving" value="12">
722 <desc>
723 Machine is saving its execution state to a file, or an online
724 snapshot of the machine is being taken.
725 </desc>
726 </const>
727 <const name="Restoring" value="13">
728 <desc>
729 Execution state of the machine is being restored from a file
730 after powering it on from the saved execution state.
731 </desc>
732 </const>
733 <const name="TeleportingPausedVM" value="14">
734 <desc>
735 The machine is being teleported to another host or process, but it is
736 not running. This is the paused variant of the
737 @c state.
738 </desc>
739 </const>
740 <const name="TeleportingIn" value="15">
741 <desc>
742 Teleporting the machine state in from another host or process.
743 </desc>
744 </const>
745 <const name="FaultTolerantSyncing" value="16">
746 <desc>
747 The machine is being synced with a fault tolerant VM running elsewhere.
748 </desc>
749 </const>
750 <const name="DeletingSnapshotOnline" value="17">
751 <desc>
752 Like @c DeletingSnapshot, but the merging of media is ongoing in
753 the background while the machine is running.
754 </desc>
755 </const>
756 <const name="DeletingSnapshotPaused" value="18">
757 <desc>
758 Like @c DeletingSnapshotOnline, but the machine was paused when the
759 merging of differencing media was started.
760 </desc>
761 </const>
762 <const name="RestoringSnapshot" value="19">
763 <desc>
764 A machine snapshot is being restored; this typically does not take long.
765 </desc>
766 </const>
767 <const name="DeletingSnapshot" value="20">
768 <desc>
769 A machine snapshot is being deleted; this can take a long time since this
770 may require merging differencing media. This value indicates that the
771 machine is not running while the snapshot is being deleted.
772 </desc>
773 </const>
774 <const name="SettingUp" value="21">
775 <desc>
776 Lengthy setup operation is in progress.
777 </desc>
778 </const>
779
780 <const name="FirstOnline" value="5" wsmap="suppress"> <!-- Running -->
781 <desc>
782 Pseudo-state: first online state (for use in relational expressions).
783 </desc>
784 </const>
785 <const name="LastOnline" value="18" wsmap="suppress"> <!-- DeletingSnapshotPaused -->
786 <desc>
787 Pseudo-state: last online state (for use in relational expressions).
788 </desc>
789 </const>
790
791 <const name="FirstTransient" value="8" wsmap="suppress"> <!-- Teleporting -->
792 <desc>
793 Pseudo-state: first transient state (for use in relational expressions).
794 </desc>
795 </const>
796 <const name="LastTransient" value="21" wsmap="suppress"> <!-- SettingUp -->
797 <desc>
798 Pseudo-state: last transient state (for use in relational expressions).
799 </desc>
800 </const>
801
802 </enum>
803
804 <enum
805 name="SessionState"
806 uuid="cf2700c0-ea4b-47ae-9725-7810114b94d8"
807 >
808 <desc>
809 Session state. This enumeration represents possible values of
810 <link to="IMachine::sessionState"/> and <link to="ISession::state"/>
811 attributes.
812 </desc>
813
814 <const name="Null" value="0">
815 <desc>Null value (never used by the API).</desc>
816 </const>
817 <const name="Unlocked" value="1">
818 <desc>
819 In <link to="IMachine::sessionState"/>, this means that the machine
820 is not locked for any sessions.
821
822 In <link to="ISession::state"/>, this means that no machine is
823 currently locked for this session.
824 </desc>
825 </const>
826 <const name="Locked" value="2">
827 <desc>
828 In <link to="IMachine::sessionState"/>, this means that the machine
829 is currently locked for a session, whose process identifier can
830 then be found in the <link to="IMachine::sessionPid" /> attribute.
831
832 In <link to="ISession::state"/>, this means that a machine is
833 currently locked for this session, and the mutable machine object
834 can be found in the <link to="ISession::machine"/> attribute
835 (see <link to="IMachine::lockMachine" /> for details).
836 </desc>
837 </const>
838 <const name="Spawning" value="3">
839 <desc>
840 A new process is being spawned for the machine as a result of
841 <link to="IMachine::launchVMProcess"/> call. This state also occurs
842 as a short transient state during an <link to="IMachine::lockMachine"/>
843 call.
844 </desc>
845 </const>
846 <const name="Unlocking" value="4">
847 <desc>
848 The session is being unlocked.
849 </desc>
850 </const>
851 </enum>
852
853 <enum
854 name="CPUPropertyType"
855 uuid="24d356a6-2f45-4abd-b977-1cbe9c4701f5"
856 >
857 <desc>
858 Virtual CPU property type. This enumeration represents possible values of the
859 IMachine get- and setCPUProperty methods.
860 </desc>
861 <const name="Null" value="0">
862 <desc>Null value (never used by the API).</desc>
863 </const>
864 <const name="PAE" value="1">
865 <desc>
866 This setting determines whether VirtualBox will expose the Physical Address
867 Extension (PAE) feature of the host CPU to the guest. Note that in case PAE
868 is not available, it will not be reported.
869 </desc>
870 </const>
871 <const name="Synthetic" value="2">
872 <desc>
873 This setting determines whether VirtualBox will expose a synthetic CPU to the guest to allow
874 teleporting between host systems that differ significantly.
875 </desc>
876 </const>
877 </enum>
878
879
880 <enum
881 name="HWVirtExPropertyType"
882 uuid="ce81dfdd-d2b8-4a90-bbea-40ee8b7ffcee"
883 >
884 <desc>
885 Hardware virtualization property type. This enumeration represents possible values
886 for the <link to="IMachine::getHWVirtExProperty"/> and
887 <link to="IMachine::setHWVirtExProperty"/> methods.
888 </desc>
889 <const name="Null" value="0">
890 <desc>Null value (never used by the API).</desc>
891 </const>
892 <const name="Enabled" value="1">
893 <desc>
894 Whether hardware virtualization (VT-x/AMD-V) is enabled at all. If
895 such extensions are not available, they will not be used.
896 </desc>
897 </const>
898 <const name="Exclusive" value="2">
899 <desc>
900 Whether hardware virtualization is used exclusively by VirtualBox. When enabled,
901 VirtualBox assumes it can acquire full and exclusive access to the VT-x or AMD-V
902 feature of the host. To share these with other hypervisors, you must disable this property.
903 </desc>
904 </const>
905 <const name="VPID" value="3">
906 <desc>
907 Whether VT-x VPID is enabled. If this extension is not available, it will not be used.
908 </desc>
909 </const>
910 <const name="NestedPaging" value="4">
911 <desc>
912 Whether Nested Paging is enabled. If this extension is not available, it will not be used.
913 </desc>
914 </const>
915 <const name="LargePages" value="5">
916 <desc>
917 Whether large page allocation is enabled; requires nested paging and a 64 bits host.
918 </desc>
919 </const>
920 <const name="Force" value="6">
921 <desc>
922 Whether the VM should fail to start if hardware virtualization (VT-x/AMD-V) cannot be used. If
923 not set, there will be an automatic fallback to software virtualization.
924 </desc>
925 </const>
926 </enum>
927
928 <enum
929 name="FaultToleranceState"
930 uuid="5124f7ec-6b67-493c-9dee-ee45a44114e1"
931 >
932 <desc>
933 Used with <link to="IMachine::faultToleranceState" />.
934 </desc>
935 <const name="Inactive" value="1">
936 <desc>No fault tolerance enabled.</desc>
937 </const>
938 <const name="Master" value="2">
939 <desc>Fault tolerant master VM.</desc>
940 </const>
941 <const name="Standby" value="3">
942 <desc>Fault tolerant standby VM.</desc>
943 </const>
944 </enum>
945
946 <enum
947 name="LockType"
948 uuid="138b53f8-db4b-47c5-b32b-4ef52f769413"
949 >
950 <desc>
951 Used with <link to="IMachine::lockMachine" />.
952 </desc>
953 <const name="Write" value="2">
954 <desc>Lock the machine for writing.</desc>
955 </const>
956 <const name="Shared" value="1">
957 <desc>Request only a shared read lock for remote-controlling the machine.</desc>
958 </const>
959 </enum>
960
961 <enum
962 name="SessionType"
963 uuid="A13C02CB-0C2C-421E-8317-AC0E8AAA153A"
964 >
965 <desc>
966 Session type. This enumeration represents possible values of the
967 <link to="ISession::type"/> attribute.
968 </desc>
969
970 <const name="Null" value="0">
971 <desc>Null value (never used by the API).</desc>
972 </const>
973 <const name="WriteLock" value="1">
974 <desc>
975 Session has acquired an exclusive write lock on a machine
976 using <link to="IMachine::lockMachine"/>.
977 </desc>
978 </const>
979 <const name="Remote" value="2">
980 <desc>
981 Session has launched a VM process using
982 <link to="IMachine::launchVMProcess"/>
983 </desc>
984 </const>
985 <const name="Shared" value="3">
986 <desc>
987 Session has obtained a link to another session using
988 <link to="IMachine::lockMachine"/>
989 </desc>
990 </const>
991 </enum>
992
993 <enum
994 name="DeviceType"
995 uuid="6d9420f7-0b56-4636-99f9-7346f1b01e57"
996 >
997 <desc>
998 Device type.
999 </desc>
1000 <const name="Null" value="0">
1001 <desc>
1002 Null value, may also mean "no device" (not allowed for
1003 <link to="IConsole::getDeviceActivity"/>).
1004 </desc>
1005 </const>
1006 <const name="Floppy" value="1">
1007 <desc>Floppy device.</desc>
1008 </const>
1009 <const name="DVD" value="2">
1010 <desc>CD/DVD-ROM device.</desc>
1011 </const>
1012 <const name="HardDisk" value="3">
1013 <desc>Hard disk device.</desc>
1014 </const>
1015 <const name="Network" value="4">
1016 <desc>Network device.</desc>
1017 </const>
1018 <const name="USB" value="5">
1019 <desc>USB device.</desc>
1020 </const>
1021 <const name="SharedFolder" value="6">
1022 <desc>Shared folder device.</desc>
1023 </const>
1024 </enum>
1025
1026 <enum
1027 name="DeviceActivity"
1028 uuid="6FC8AEAA-130A-4eb5-8954-3F921422D707"
1029 >
1030 <desc>
1031 Device activity for <link to="IConsole::getDeviceActivity"/>.
1032 </desc>
1033
1034 <const name="Null" value="0"/>
1035 <const name="Idle" value="1"/>
1036 <const name="Reading" value="2"/>
1037 <const name="Writing" value="3"/>
1038 </enum>
1039
1040 <enum
1041 name="ClipboardMode"
1042 uuid="33364716-4008-4701-8f14-be0fa3d62950"
1043 >
1044 <desc>
1045 Host-Guest clipboard interchange mode.
1046 </desc>
1047
1048 <const name="Disabled" value="0"/>
1049 <const name="HostToGuest" value="1"/>
1050 <const name="GuestToHost" value="2"/>
1051 <const name="Bidirectional" value="3"/>
1052 </enum>
1053
1054 <enum
1055 name="Scope"
1056 uuid="7c91096e-499e-4eca-9f9b-9001438d7855"
1057 >
1058 <desc>
1059 Scope of the operation.
1060
1061 A generic enumeration used in various methods to define the action or
1062 argument scope.
1063 </desc>
1064
1065 <const name="Global" value="0"/>
1066 <const name="Machine" value="1"/>
1067 <const name="Session" value="2"/>
1068 </enum>
1069
1070 <enum
1071 name="BIOSBootMenuMode"
1072 uuid="ae4fb9f7-29d2-45b4-b2c7-d579603135d5"
1073 >
1074 <desc>
1075 BIOS boot menu mode.
1076 </desc>
1077
1078 <const name="Disabled" value="0"/>
1079 <const name="MenuOnly" value="1"/>
1080 <const name="MessageAndMenu" value="2"/>
1081 </enum>
1082
1083 <enum
1084 name="ProcessorFeature"
1085 uuid="64c38e6b-8bcf-45ad-ac03-9b406287c5bf"
1086 >
1087 <desc>
1088 CPU features.
1089 </desc>
1090
1091 <const name="HWVirtEx" value="0"/>
1092 <const name="PAE" value="1"/>
1093 <const name="LongMode" value="2"/>
1094 <const name="NestedPaging" value="3"/>
1095 </enum>
1096
1097 <enum
1098 name="FirmwareType"
1099 uuid="b903f264-c230-483e-ac74-2b37ce60d371"
1100 >
1101 <desc>
1102 Firmware type.
1103 </desc>
1104 <const name="BIOS" value="1">
1105 <desc>BIOS Firmware.</desc>
1106 </const>
1107 <const name="EFI" value="2">
1108 <desc>EFI Firmware, bitness detected basing on OS type.</desc>
1109 </const>
1110 <const name="EFI32" value="3">
1111 <desc>Efi firmware, 32-bit.</desc>
1112 </const>
1113 <const name="EFI64" value="4">
1114 <desc>Efi firmware, 64-bit.</desc>
1115 </const>
1116 <const name="EFIDUAL" value="5">
1117 <desc>Efi firmware, combined 32 and 64-bit.</desc>
1118 </const>
1119 </enum>
1120
1121 <enum
1122 name="PointingHidType"
1123 uuid="0d3c17a2-821a-4b2e-ae41-890c6c60aa97"
1124 >
1125 <desc>
1126 Type of pointing device used in a virtual machine.
1127 </desc>
1128 <const name="None" value="1">
1129 <desc>No mouse.</desc>
1130 </const>
1131 <const name="PS2Mouse" value="2">
1132 <desc>PS/2 auxiliary device, a.k.a. mouse.</desc>
1133 </const>
1134 <const name="USBMouse" value="3">
1135 <desc>USB mouse (relative pointer).</desc>
1136 </const>
1137 <const name="USBTablet" value="4">
1138 <desc>USB tablet (absolute pointer).</desc>
1139 </const>
1140 <const name="ComboMouse" value="5">
1141 <desc>Combined device, working as PS/2 or USB mouse, depending on guest behavior.
1142 Using of such device can have negative performance implications. </desc>
1143 </const>
1144 </enum>
1145
1146 <enum
1147 name="KeyboardHidType"
1148 uuid="5a5b0996-3a3e-44bb-9019-56979812cbcc"
1149 >
1150 <desc>
1151 Type of keyboard device used in a virtual machine.
1152 </desc>
1153 <const name="None" value="1">
1154 <desc>No keyboard.</desc>
1155 </const>
1156 <const name="PS2Keyboard" value="2">
1157 <desc>PS/2 keyboard.</desc>
1158 </const>
1159 <const name="USBKeyboard" value="3">
1160 <desc>USB keyboard.</desc>
1161 </const>
1162 <const name="ComboKeyboard" value="4">
1163 <desc>Combined device, working as PS/2 or USB keyboard, depending on guest behavior.
1164 Using of such device can have negative performance implications. </desc>
1165 </const>
1166 </enum>
1167
1168 <!--
1169 // IVirtualBoxErrorInfo
1170 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
1171 -->
1172
1173 <interface
1174 name="IVirtualBoxErrorInfo" extends="$errorinfo"
1175 uuid="e053d3c0-f493-491b-a735-3a9f0b1feed4"
1176 supportsErrorInfo="no"
1177 wsmap="managed"
1178 >
1179 <desc>
1180 The IVirtualBoxErrorInfo interface represents extended error information.
1181
1182 Extended error information can be set by VirtualBox components after
1183 unsuccessful or partially successful method invocation. This information
1184 can be retrieved by the calling party as an IVirtualBoxErrorInfo object
1185 and then shown to the client in addition to the plain 32-bit result code.
1186
1187 In MS COM, this interface extends the IErrorInfo interface,
1188 in XPCOM, it extends the nsIException interface. In both cases,
1189 it provides a set of common attributes to retrieve error
1190 information.
1191
1192 Sometimes invocation of some component's method may involve methods of
1193 other components that may also fail (independently of this method's
1194 failure), or a series of non-fatal errors may precede a fatal error that
1195 causes method failure. In cases like that, it may be desirable to preserve
1196 information about all errors happened during method invocation and deliver
1197 it to the caller. The <link to="#next"/> attribute is intended
1198 specifically for this purpose and allows to represent a chain of errors
1199 through a single IVirtualBoxErrorInfo object set after method invocation.
1200
1201 Note that errors are stored to a chain in the reverse order, i.e. the
1202 initial error object you query right after method invocation is the last
1203 error set by the callee, the object it points to in the @a next attribute
1204 is the previous error and so on, up to the first error (which is the last
1205 in the chain).
1206 </desc>
1207
1208 <attribute name="resultCode" type="long" readonly="yes">
1209 <desc>
1210 Result code of the error.
1211 Usually, it will be the same as the result code returned
1212 by the method that provided this error information, but not
1213 always. For example, on Win32, CoCreateInstance() will most
1214 likely return E_NOINTERFACE upon unsuccessful component
1215 instantiation attempt, but not the value the component factory
1216 returned. Value is typed 'long', not 'result',
1217 to make interface usable from scripting languages.
1218 <note>
1219 In MS COM, there is no equivalent.
1220 In XPCOM, it is the same as nsIException::result.
1221 </note>
1222 </desc>
1223 </attribute>
1224
1225 <attribute name="interfaceID" type="uuid" mod="string" readonly="yes">
1226 <desc>
1227 UUID of the interface that defined the error.
1228 <note>
1229 In MS COM, it is the same as IErrorInfo::GetGUID, except for the
1230 data type.
1231 In XPCOM, there is no equivalent.
1232 </note>
1233 </desc>
1234 </attribute>
1235
1236 <attribute name="component" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
1237 <desc>
1238 Name of the component that generated the error.
1239 <note>
1240 In MS COM, it is the same as IErrorInfo::GetSource.
1241 In XPCOM, there is no equivalent.
1242 </note>
1243 </desc>
1244 </attribute>
1245
1246 <attribute name="text" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
1247 <desc>
1248 Text description of the error.
1249 <note>
1250 In MS COM, it is the same as IErrorInfo::GetDescription.
1251 In XPCOM, it is the same as nsIException::message.
1252 </note>
1253 </desc>
1254 </attribute>
1255
1256 <attribute name="next" type="IVirtualBoxErrorInfo" readonly="yes">
1257 <desc>
1258 Next error object if there is any, or @c null otherwise.
1259 <note>
1260 In MS COM, there is no equivalent.
1261 In XPCOM, it is the same as nsIException::inner.
1262 </note>
1263 </desc>
1264 </attribute>
1265
1266 </interface>
1267
1268 <!--
1269 // IVirtualBox
1270 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
1271 -->
1272
1273 <interface
1274 name="IDHCPServer" extends="$unknown"
1275 uuid="6cfe387c-74fb-4ca7-bff6-973bec8af7a3"
1276 wsmap="managed"
1277 >
1278 <desc>
1279 The IDHCPServer interface represents the vbox dhcp server configuration.
1280
1281 To enumerate all the dhcp servers on the host, use the
1282 <link to="IVirtualBox::DHCPServers"/> attribute.
1283 </desc>
1284
1285 <attribute name="enabled" type="boolean">
1286 <desc>
1287 specifies if the dhcp server is enabled
1288 </desc>
1289 </attribute>
1290
1291 <attribute name="IPAddress" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
1292 <desc>
1293 specifies server IP
1294 </desc>
1295 </attribute>
1296
1297 <attribute name="networkMask" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
1298 <desc>
1299 specifies server network mask
1300 </desc>
1301 </attribute>
1302
1303 <attribute name="networkName" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
1304 <desc>
1305 specifies internal network name the server is used for
1306 </desc>
1307 </attribute>
1308
1309 <attribute name="lowerIP" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
1310 <desc>
1311 specifies from IP address in server address range
1312 </desc>
1313 </attribute>
1314
1315 <attribute name="upperIP" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
1316 <desc>
1317 specifies to IP address in server address range
1318 </desc>
1319 </attribute>
1320
1321 <method name="setConfiguration">
1322 <desc>
1323 configures the server
1324 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
1325 invalid configuration supplied
1326 </result>
1327 </desc>
1328 <param name="IPAddress" type="wstring" dir="in">
1329 <desc>
1330 server IP address
1331 </desc>
1332 </param>
1333 <param name="networkMask" type="wstring" dir="in">
1334 <desc>
1335 server network mask
1336 </desc>
1337 </param>
1338 <param name="FromIPAddress" type="wstring" dir="in">
1339 <desc>
1340 server From IP address for address range
1341 </desc>
1342 </param>
1343 <param name="ToIPAddress" type="wstring" dir="in">
1344 <desc>
1345 server To IP address for address range
1346 </desc>
1347 </param>
1348 </method>
1349
1350 <method name="start">
1351 <desc>
1352 Starts DHCP server process.
1353 <result name="E_FAIL">
1354 Failed to start the process.
1355 </result>
1356 </desc>
1357 <param name="networkName" type="wstring" dir="in">
1358 <desc>
1359 Name of internal network DHCP server should attach to.
1360 </desc>
1361 </param>
1362 <param name="trunkName" type="wstring" dir="in">
1363 <desc>
1364 Name of internal network trunk.
1365 </desc>
1366 </param>
1367 <param name="trunkType" type="wstring" dir="in">
1368 <desc>
1369 Type of internal network trunk.
1370 </desc>
1371 </param>
1372 </method>
1373
1374 <method name="stop">
1375 <desc>
1376 Stops DHCP server process.
1377 <result name="E_FAIL">
1378 Failed to stop the process.
1379 </result>
1380 </desc>
1381 </method>
1382 </interface>
1383
1384 <interface
1385 name="IVirtualBox" extends="$unknown"
1386 uuid="d2de270c-1d4b-4c9e-843f-bbb9b47269ff"
1387 wsmap="managed"
1388 >
1389 <desc>
1390 The IVirtualBox interface represents the main interface exposed by the
1391 product that provides virtual machine management.
1392
1393 An instance of IVirtualBox is required for the product to do anything
1394 useful. Even though the interface does not expose this, internally,
1395 IVirtualBox is implemented as a singleton and actually lives in the
1396 process of the VirtualBox server (VBoxSVC.exe). This makes sure that
1397 IVirtualBox can track the state of all virtual machines on a particular
1398 host, regardless of which frontend started them.
1399
1400 To enumerate all the virtual machines on the host, use the
1401 <link to="IVirtualBox::machines"/> attribute.
1402 </desc>
1403
1404 <attribute name="version" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
1405 <desc>
1406 A string representing the version number of the product. The
1407 format is 3 integer numbers divided by dots (e.g. 1.0.1). The
1408 last number represents the build number and will frequently change.
1409 </desc>
1410 </attribute>
1411
1412 <attribute name="revision" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
1413 <desc>
1414 The internal build revision number of the product.
1415 </desc>
1416 </attribute>
1417
1418 <attribute name="packageType" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
1419 <desc>
1420 A string representing the package type of this product. The
1421 format is OS_ARCH_DIST where OS is either WINDOWS, LINUX,
1422 SOLARIS, DARWIN. ARCH is either 32BITS or 64BITS. DIST
1423 is either GENERIC, UBUNTU_606, UBUNTU_710, or something like
1424 this.
1425 </desc>
1426 </attribute>
1427
1428 <attribute name="homeFolder" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
1429 <desc>
1430 Full path to the directory where the global settings file,
1431 <tt>VirtualBox.xml</tt>, is stored.
1432
1433 In this version of VirtualBox, the value of this property is
1434 always <tt>&lt;user_dir&gt;/.VirtualBox</tt> (where
1435 <tt>&lt;user_dir&gt;</tt> is the path to the user directory,
1436 as determined by the host OS), and cannot be changed.
1437
1438 This path is also used as the base to resolve relative paths in
1439 places where relative paths are allowed (unless otherwise
1440 expressly indicated).
1441 </desc>
1442 </attribute>
1443
1444 <attribute name="settingsFilePath" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
1445 <desc>
1446 Full name of the global settings file.
1447 The value of this property corresponds to the value of
1448 <link to="#homeFolder"/> plus <tt>/VirtualBox.xml</tt>.
1449 </desc>
1450 </attribute>
1451
1452 <attribute name="host" type="IHost" readonly="yes">
1453 <desc>Associated host object.</desc>
1454 </attribute>
1455
1456 <attribute name="systemProperties" type="ISystemProperties" readonly="yes">
1457 <desc>Associated system information object.</desc>
1458 </attribute>
1459
1460 <attribute name="machines" type="IMachine" readonly="yes" safearray="yes">
1461 <desc>
1462 Array of machine objects registered within this VirtualBox instance.
1463 </desc>
1464 </attribute>
1465
1466 <attribute name="hardDisks" type="IMedium" readonly="yes" safearray="yes">
1467 <desc>
1468 Array of medium objects known to this VirtualBox installation.
1469
1470 This array contains only base media. All differencing
1471 media of the given base medium can be enumerated using
1472 <link to="IMedium::children"/>.
1473 </desc>
1474 </attribute>
1475
1476 <attribute name="DVDImages" type="IMedium" readonly="yes" safearray="yes">
1477 <desc>
1478 Array of CD/DVD image objects currently in use by this VirtualBox instance.
1479 </desc>
1480 </attribute>
1481
1482 <attribute name="floppyImages" type="IMedium" readonly="yes" safearray="yes">
1483 <desc>
1484 Array of floppy image objects currently in use by this VirtualBox instance.
1485 </desc>
1486 </attribute>
1487
1488 <attribute name="progressOperations" type="IProgress" readonly="yes" safearray="yes"/>
1489
1490 <attribute name="guestOSTypes" type="IGuestOSType" readonly="yes" safearray="yes"/>
1491
1492 <attribute name="sharedFolders" type="ISharedFolder" readonly="yes" safearray="yes">
1493 <desc>
1494 Collection of global shared folders. Global shared folders are
1495 available to all virtual machines.
1496
1497 New shared folders are added to the collection using
1498 <link to="#createSharedFolder"/>. Existing shared folders can be
1499 removed using <link to="#removeSharedFolder"/>.
1500
1501 <note>
1502 In the current version of the product, global shared folders are not
1503 implemented and therefore this collection is always empty.
1504 </note>
1505 </desc>
1506 </attribute>
1507
1508 <attribute name="performanceCollector" type="IPerformanceCollector" readonly="yes">
1509 <desc>
1510 Associated performance collector object.
1511 </desc>
1512 </attribute>
1513
1514 <attribute name="DHCPServers" type="IDHCPServer" safearray="yes" readonly="yes">
1515 <desc>
1516 DHCP servers.
1517 </desc>
1518 </attribute>
1519
1520 <attribute name="eventSource" type="IEventSource" readonly="yes">
1521 <desc>
1522 Event source for VirtualBox events.
1523 </desc>
1524 </attribute>
1525
1526 <attribute name="extensionPackManager" type="IExtPackManager" readonly="yes">
1527 <desc>
1528 The extension pack manager.
1529 </desc>
1530 </attribute>
1531
1532
1533 <method name="composeMachineFilename">
1534 <desc>
1535 Returns a recommended full path of the settings file name for a new virtual
1536 machine.
1537
1538 This API serves two purposes:
1539
1540 <ul>
1541 <li>It gets called by <link to="#createMachine" /> if NULL is specified
1542 for the @a settingsFile argument there, which means that API should use
1543 a recommended default file name.</li>
1544
1545 <li>It can be called manually by a client software before creating a machine,
1546 e.g. if that client wants to pre-create the machine directory to create
1547 virtual hard disks in that directory together with the new machine
1548 settings file. In that case, the file name should be stripped from the
1549 full settings file path returned by this function to obtain the
1550 machine directory.</li>
1551 </ul>
1552
1553 See <link to="IMachine::name"/> and <link to="#createMachine"/> for more
1554 details about the machine name.
1555
1556 If @a baseFolder is a @c null or empty string (which is recommended), the
1557 default machine settings folder
1558 (see <link to="ISystemProperties::defaultMachineFolder" />) will be used as
1559 a base folder for the created machine, resulting in a file name like
1560 "/home/user/VirtualBox VMs/name/name.vbox". Otherwise the given base folder
1561 will be used.
1562
1563 This method does not access the host disks. In particular, it does not check
1564 for whether a machine of this name already exists.
1565 </desc>
1566 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
1567 <desc>Suggested machine name.</desc>
1568 </param>
1569 <param name="baseFolder" type="wstring" dir="in">
1570 <desc>Base machine folder (optional).</desc>
1571 </param>
1572 <param name="file" type="wstring" dir="return">
1573 <desc>Fully qualified path where the machine would be created.</desc>
1574 </param>
1575 </method>
1576
1577 <method name="createMachine">
1578 <desc>
1579 Creates a new virtual machine by creating a machine settings file at
1580 the given location.
1581
1582 VirtualBox machine settings files use a custom XML dialect. Starting
1583 with VirtualBox 4.0, a ".vbox" extension is recommended, but not enforced,
1584 and machine files can be created at arbitrary locations.
1585
1586 However, it is is recommended that machines be created in the default
1587 machine folder (e.g. "/home/user/VirtualBox VMs/name/name.vbox"; see
1588 <link to="ISystemProperties::defaultMachineFolder" />). If you specify
1589 NULL for the @a settingsFile argument, <link to="#composeMachineFilename" />
1590 is called automatically to have such a recommended name composed based
1591 on the machine name given in the @a name argument.
1592
1593 If the resulting settings file already exists, this method will fail,
1594 unless @a forceOverwrite is set.
1595
1596 The new machine is created unregistered, with the initial configuration
1597 set according to the specified guest OS type. A typical sequence of
1598 actions to create a new virtual machine is as follows:
1599
1600 <ol>
1601 <li>
1602 Call this method to have a new machine created. The returned machine
1603 object will be "mutable" allowing to change any machine property.
1604 </li>
1605
1606 <li>
1607 Configure the machine using the appropriate attributes and methods.
1608 </li>
1609
1610 <li>
1611 Call <link to="IMachine::saveSettings" /> to write the settings
1612 to the machine's XML settings file. The configuration of the newly
1613 created machine will not be saved to disk until this method is
1614 called.
1615 </li>
1616
1617 <li>
1618 Call <link to="#registerMachine" /> to add the machine to the list
1619 of machines known to VirtualBox.
1620 </li>
1621 </ol>
1622
1623 The specified guest OS type identifier must match an ID of one of known
1624 guest OS types listed in the <link to="IVirtualBox::guestOSTypes"/>
1625 array.
1626
1627 Optionally, you may specify an UUID of to assign to the created machine.
1628 However, this is not recommended and you should normally pass an empty
1629 (@c null) UUID to this method so that a new UUID will be automatically
1630 generated for every created machine. You can use UUID
1631 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 as @c null value.
1632
1633 <note>
1634 There is no way to change the name of the settings file or
1635 subfolder of the created machine directly.
1636 </note>
1637
1638 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND">
1639 @a osTypeId is invalid.
1640 </result>
1641 <result name="VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR">
1642 Resulting settings file name is invalid or the settings file already
1643 exists or could not be created due to an I/O error.
1644 </result>
1645 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
1646 @a name is empty or @c null.
1647 </result>
1648 </desc>
1649
1650 <param name="settingsFile" type="wstring" dir="in">
1651 <desc>Fully qualified path where the settings file should be created,
1652 or NULL for a default folder and file based on the @a name argument
1653 (see <link to="#composeMachineFilename" />).</desc>
1654 </param>
1655 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
1656 <desc>Machine name.</desc>
1657 </param>
1658 <param name="osTypeId" type="wstring" dir="in">
1659 <desc>Guest OS Type ID.</desc>
1660 </param>
1661 <param name="id" type="uuid" mod="string" dir="in">
1662 <desc>Machine UUID (optional).</desc>
1663 </param>
1664 <param name="forceOverwrite" type="boolean" dir="in">
1665 <desc>If true, an existing machine settings file will be overwritten.</desc>
1666 </param>
1667 <param name="machine" type="IMachine" dir="return">
1668 <desc>Created machine object.</desc>
1669 </param>
1670 </method>
1671
1672 <method name="openMachine">
1673 <desc>
1674 Opens a virtual machine from the existing settings file.
1675 The opened machine remains unregistered until you call
1676 <link to="#registerMachine"/>.
1677
1678 The specified settings file name must be fully qualified.
1679 The file must exist and be a valid machine XML settings file
1680 whose contents will be used to construct the machine object.
1681
1682 <result name="VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR">
1683 Settings file name invalid, not found or sharing violation.
1684 </result>
1685 </desc>
1686 <param name="settingsFile" type="wstring" dir="in">
1687 <desc>
1688 Name of the machine settings file.
1689 </desc>
1690 </param>
1691 <param name="machine" type="IMachine" dir="return">
1692 <desc>Opened machine object.</desc>
1693 </param>
1694 <note>
1695 <link to="IMachine::settingsModified"/> will return
1696 @c false for the created machine, until any of machine settings
1697 are changed.
1698 </note>
1699 </method>
1700
1701 <method name="registerMachine">
1702 <desc>
1703
1704 Registers the machine previously created using
1705 <link to="#createMachine"/> or opened using
1706 <link to="#openMachine"/> within this VirtualBox installation. After
1707 successful method invocation, the
1708 <link to="IMachineRegisteredEvent"/> event is fired.
1709
1710 <note>
1711 This method implicitly calls <link to="IMachine::saveSettings"/>
1712 to save all current machine settings before registering it.
1713 </note>
1714
1715 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND">
1716 No matching virtual machine found.
1717 </result>
1718 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
1719 Virtual machine was not created within this VirtualBox instance.
1720 </result>
1721
1722 </desc>
1723 <param name="machine" type="IMachine" dir="in"/>
1724 </method>
1725
1726 <method name="findMachine">
1727 <desc>
1728 Attempts to find a virtual machine given its name or UUID.
1729
1730 <note>Inaccessible machines cannot be found by name, only by UUID, because their name
1731 cannot safely be determined.</note>
1732
1733 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND">
1734 Could not find registered machine matching @a nameOrId.
1735 </result>
1736
1737 </desc>
1738 <param name="nameOrId" type="wstring" dir="in">
1739 <desc>What to search for. This can either be the UUID or the name of a virtual machine.</desc>
1740 </param>
1741 <param name="machine" type="IMachine" dir="return">
1742 <desc>Machine object, if found.</desc>
1743 </param>
1744 </method>
1745
1746 <method name="createAppliance">
1747 <desc>
1748 Creates a new appliance object, which represents an appliance in the Open Virtual Machine
1749 Format (OVF). This can then be used to import an OVF appliance into VirtualBox or to export
1750 machines as an OVF appliance; see the documentation for <link to="IAppliance" /> for details.
1751 </desc>
1752 <param name="appliance" type="IAppliance" dir="return">
1753 <desc>New appliance.</desc>
1754 </param>
1755 </method>
1756
1757 <method name="createHardDisk">
1758 <desc>
1759 Creates a new base medium object that will use the given storage
1760 format and location for medium data.
1761
1762 Note that the actual storage unit is not created by this method. In
1763 order to do it, and before you are able to attach the created medium
1764 to virtual machines, you must call one of the following methods to
1765 allocate a format-specific storage unit at the specified location:
1766 <ul>
1767 <li><link to="IMedium::createBaseStorage"/></li>
1768 <li><link to="IMedium::createDiffStorage"/></li>
1769 </ul>
1770
1771 Some medium attributes, such as <link to="IMedium::id"/>, may
1772 remain uninitialized until the medium storage unit is successfully
1773 created by one of the above methods.
1774
1775 After the storage unit is successfully created, it will be
1776 accessible through the <link to="#findMedium"/> method and can
1777 be found in the <link to="#hardDisks"/> array.
1778
1779 The list of all storage formats supported by this VirtualBox
1780 installation can be obtained using
1781 <link to="ISystemProperties::mediumFormats"/>. If the @a format
1782 attribute is empty or @c null then the default storage format
1783 specified by <link to="ISystemProperties::defaultHardDiskFormat"/> will
1784 be used for creating a storage unit of the medium.
1785
1786 Note that the format of the location string is storage format specific.
1787 See <link to="IMedium::location"/> and IMedium for more details.
1788
1789 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND">
1790 @a format identifier is invalid. See
1791 <link to="ISystemProperties::mediumFormats"/>.
1792 </result>
1793 <result name="VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR">
1794 @a location is a not valid file name (for file-based formats only).
1795 </result>
1796 </desc>
1797 <param name="format" type="wstring" dir="in">
1798 <desc>
1799 Identifier of the storage format to use for the new medium.
1800 </desc>
1801 </param>
1802 <param name="location" type="wstring" dir="in">
1803 <desc>
1804 Location of the storage unit for the new medium.
1805 </desc>
1806 </param>
1807 <param name="medium" type="IMedium" dir="return">
1808 <desc>Created medium object.</desc>
1809 </param>
1810 </method>
1811
1812 <method name="openMedium">
1813 <desc>
1814 Opens a medium from an existing storage location.
1815
1816 Once a medium has been opened, it can be passed to other VirtualBox
1817 methods, in particular to <link to="IMachine::attachDevice" />.
1818
1819 Depending on the given device type, the file at the storage location
1820 must be in one of the media formats understood by VirtualBox:
1821
1822 <ul>
1823 <li>With a "HardDisk" device type, the file must be a hard disk image
1824 in one of the formats supported by VirtualBox (see
1825 <link to="ISystemProperties::mediumFormats" />).
1826 After this method succeeds, if the medium is a base medium, it
1827 will be added to the <link to="#hardDisks"/> array attribute. </li>
1828 <li>With a "DVD" device type, the file must be an ISO 9960 CD/DVD image.
1829 After this method succeeds, the medium will be added to the
1830 <link to="#DVDImages"/> array attribute.</li>
1831 <li>With a "Floppy" device type, the file must be an RAW floppy image.
1832 After this method succeeds, the medium will be added to the
1833 <link to="#floppyImages"/> array attribute.</li>
1834 </ul>
1835
1836 After having been opened, the medium can be found by the <link to="#findMedium"/>
1837 method and can be attached to virtual machines. See <link to="IMedium" /> for more details.
1838
1839 The UUID of the newly opened medium will either be retrieved from the
1840 storage location, if the format supports it (e.g. for hard disk images),
1841 or a new UUID will be randomly generated (e.g. for ISO and RAW files).
1842 If for some reason you need to change the medium's UUID, use
1843 <link to="IMedium::setIDs" />.
1844
1845 If a differencing hard disk medium is to be opened by this method, the
1846 operation will succeed only if its parent medium and all ancestors,
1847 if any, are already known to this VirtualBox installation (for example,
1848 were opened by this method before).
1849
1850 This method attempts to guess the storage format of the specified medium
1851 by reading medium data at the specified location.
1852
1853 If @a accessMode is ReadWrite (which it should be for hard disks and floppies),
1854 the image is opened for read/write access and must have according permissions,
1855 as VirtualBox may actually write status information into the disk's metadata
1856 sections.
1857
1858 Note that write access is required for all typical hard disk usage in VirtualBox,
1859 since VirtualBox may need to write metadata such as a UUID into the image.
1860 The only exception is opening a source image temporarily for copying and
1861 cloning (see <link to="IMedium::cloneTo" /> when the image will be closed
1862 again soon.
1863
1864 The format of the location string is storage format specific. See
1865 <link to="IMedium::location"/> and IMedium for more details.
1866
1867 Prior to VirtualBox 4.0, opening a medium added it to a global media
1868 registry in the VirtualBox.xml file, which was shared between all machines
1869 and made transporting machines and their media from one host to another
1870 difficult.
1871
1872 Starting with VirtualBox 4.0, media are only added to a registry when
1873 they are attached to a machine. Machines created with VirtualBox 4.0
1874 or later can have their own media registry. As a result, a medium attached
1875 to such a machine will be remembered in that machine's XML settings file.
1876 Media attached to older machines will continue to be added to the global
1877 registry.
1878
1879 <result name="VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR">
1880 Invalid medium storage file location or could not find the medium
1881 at the specified location.
1882 </result>
1883 <result name="VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR">
1884 Could not get medium storage format.
1885 </result>
1886 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
1887 Invalid medium storage format.
1888 </result>
1889 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
1890 Medium has already been added to a media registry.
1891 </result>
1892 </desc>
1893 <param name="location" type="wstring" dir="in">
1894 <desc>
1895 Location of the storage unit that contains medium data in one of
1896 the supported storage formats.
1897 </desc>
1898 </param>
1899 <param name="deviceType" type="DeviceType" dir="in">
1900 <desc>
1901 Must be one of "HardDisk", "DVD" or "Floppy".
1902 </desc>
1903 </param>
1904 <param name="accessMode" type="AccessMode" dir="in">
1905 <desc>Whether to open the image in read/write or read-only mode. For
1906 a "DVD" device type, this is ignored and read-only mode is always assumed.</desc>
1907 </param>
1908 <param name="medium" type="IMedium" dir="return">
1909 <desc>Opened medium object.</desc>
1910 </param>
1911 </method>
1912
1913 <method name="findMedium">
1914 <desc>
1915 Returns a medium of the given type that uses the given fully qualified
1916 location or UUID to store medium data.
1917
1918 The given medium must be known to this VirtualBox installation, i.e.
1919 it must be previously created by <link to="#createHardDisk"/> or opened
1920 by <link to="#openMedium"/>.
1921
1922 The search is done by comparing the value of the @a location argument to
1923 the <link to="IMedium::location"/> and <link to="IMedium::id" />
1924 attributes of each known medium.
1925
1926 On case sensitive file systems, a case sensitive comparison is performed,
1927 otherwise the case of symbols in the file path is ignored.
1928
1929 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND">
1930 No medium object matching @a location found.
1931 </result>
1932 </desc>
1933 <param name="location" type="wstring" dir="in">
1934 <desc>What to search for. This can either be the UUID or the location string of an open medium.</desc>
1935 </param>
1936 <param name="type" type="DeviceType" dir="in">
1937 <desc>Device type (must be HardDisk, DVD or Floppy)</desc>
1938 </param>
1939 <param name="medium" type="IMedium" dir="return">
1940 <desc>Medium object, if found.</desc>
1941 </param>
1942 </method>
1943
1944 <method name="getGuestOSType">
1945 <desc>
1946 Returns an object describing the specified guest OS type.
1947
1948 The requested guest OS type is specified using a string which is a
1949 mnemonic identifier of the guest operating system, such as
1950 <tt>"win31"</tt> or <tt>"ubuntu"</tt>. The guest OS type ID of a
1951 particular virtual machine can be read or set using the
1952 <link to="IMachine::OSTypeId"/> attribute.
1953
1954 The <link to="IVirtualBox::guestOSTypes"/> collection contains all
1955 available guest OS type objects. Each object has an
1956 <link to="IGuestOSType::id"/> attribute which contains an identifier of
1957 the guest OS this object describes.
1958
1959 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
1960 @a id is not a valid Guest OS type.
1961 </result>
1962
1963 </desc>
1964 <param name="id" type="uuid" mod="string" dir="in">
1965 <desc>Guest OS type ID string.</desc>
1966 </param>
1967 <param name="type" type="IGuestOSType" dir="return">
1968 <desc>Guest OS type object.</desc>
1969 </param>
1970 </method>
1971
1972 <method name="createSharedFolder">
1973 <desc>
1974 Creates a new global shared folder by associating the given logical
1975 name with the given host path, adds it to the collection of shared
1976 folders and starts sharing it. Refer to the description of
1977 <link to="ISharedFolder"/> to read more about logical names.
1978 <note>
1979 In the current implementation, this operation is not
1980 implemented.
1981 </note>
1982 </desc>
1983 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
1984 <desc>Unique logical name of the shared folder.</desc>
1985 </param>
1986 <param name="hostPath" type="wstring" dir="in">
1987 <desc>Full path to the shared folder in the host file system.</desc>
1988 </param>
1989 <param name="writable" type="boolean" dir="in">
1990 <desc>Whether the share is writable or readonly</desc>
1991 </param>
1992 <param name="automount" type="boolean" dir="in">
1993 <desc>Whether the share gets automatically mounted by the guest
1994 or not.</desc>
1995 </param>
1996 </method>
1997
1998 <method name="removeSharedFolder">
1999 <desc>
2000 Removes the global shared folder with the given name previously
2001 created by <link to="#createSharedFolder"/> from the collection of
2002 shared folders and stops sharing it.
2003 <note>
2004 In the current implementation, this operation is not
2005 implemented.
2006 </note>
2007 </desc>
2008 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
2009 <desc>Logical name of the shared folder to remove.</desc>
2010 </param>
2011 </method>
2012
2013 <method name="getExtraDataKeys">
2014 <desc>
2015 Returns an array representing the global extra data keys which currently
2016 have values defined.
2017 </desc>
2018 <param name="value" type="wstring" dir="return" safearray="yes">
2019 <desc>Array of extra data keys.</desc>
2020 </param>
2021 </method>
2022
2023 <method name="getExtraData">
2024 <desc>
2025 Returns associated global extra data.
2026
2027 If the requested data @a key does not exist, this function will
2028 succeed and return an empty string in the @a value argument.
2029
2030 <result name="VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR">
2031 Settings file not accessible.
2032 </result>
2033 <result name="VBOX_E_XML_ERROR">
2034 Could not parse the settings file.
2035 </result>
2036
2037 </desc>
2038 <param name="key" type="wstring" dir="in">
2039 <desc>Name of the data key to get.</desc>
2040 </param>
2041 <param name="value" type="wstring" dir="return">
2042 <desc>Value of the requested data key.</desc>
2043 </param>
2044 </method>
2045
2046 <method name="setExtraData">
2047 <desc>
2048 Sets associated global extra data.
2049
2050 If you pass @c null or empty string as a key @a value, the given @a key
2051 will be deleted.
2052
2053 <note>
2054 Before performing the actual data change, this method will ask all
2055 registered event listener using the
2056 <link to="IExtraDataCanChangeEvent"/>
2057 notification for a permission. If one of the listeners refuses the
2058 new value, the change will not be performed.
2059 </note>
2060 <note>
2061 On success, the
2062 <link to="IExtraDataChangedEvent"/> notification
2063 is called to inform all registered listeners about a successful data
2064 change.
2065 </note>
2066
2067 <result name="VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR">
2068 Settings file not accessible.
2069 </result>
2070 <result name="VBOX_E_XML_ERROR">
2071 Could not parse the settings file.
2072 </result>
2073 <result name="E_ACCESSDENIED">
2074 Modification request refused.
2075 </result>
2076
2077 </desc>
2078 <param name="key" type="wstring" dir="in">
2079 <desc>Name of the data key to set.</desc>
2080 </param>
2081 <param name="value" type="wstring" dir="in">
2082 <desc>Value to assign to the key.</desc>
2083 </param>
2084 </method>
2085
2086 <!--method name="createDHCPServerForInterface">
2087 <desc>
2088 Creates a dhcp server settings to be used for the given interface
2089 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
2090 Host network interface @a name already exists.
2091 </result>
2092 </desc>
2093 <param name="interface" type="IHostNetworkInterface" dir="in">
2094 <desc>Network Interface</desc>
2095 </param>
2096 <param name="server" type="IDHCPServer" dir="out">
2097 <desc>Dhcp server settings</desc>
2098 </param>
2099 </method-->
2100
2101 <method name="createDHCPServer">
2102 <desc>
2103 Creates a dhcp server settings to be used for the given internal network name
2104 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
2105 Host network interface @a name already exists.
2106 </result>
2107 </desc>
2108 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
2109 <desc>server name</desc>
2110 </param>
2111 <param name="server" type="IDHCPServer" dir="return">
2112 <desc>Dhcp server settings</desc>
2113 </param>
2114 </method>
2115
2116 <method name="findDHCPServerByNetworkName">
2117 <desc>
2118 Searches a dhcp server settings to be used for the given internal network name
2119 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
2120 Host network interface @a name already exists.
2121 </result>
2122
2123 </desc>
2124 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
2125 <desc>server name</desc>
2126 </param>
2127 <param name="server" type="IDHCPServer" dir="return">
2128 <desc>Dhcp server settings</desc>
2129 </param>
2130 </method>
2131
2132 <!--method name="findDHCPServerForInterface">
2133 <desc>
2134 Searches a dhcp server settings to be used for the given interface
2135 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
2136 Host network interface @a name already exists.
2137 </result>
2138 </desc>
2139 <param name="interface" type="IHostNetworkInterface" dir="in">
2140 <desc>Network Interface</desc>
2141 </param>
2142 <param name="server" type="IDHCPServer" dir="out">
2143 <desc>Dhcp server settings</desc>
2144 </param>
2145 </method-->
2146
2147 <method name="removeDHCPServer">
2148 <desc>
2149 Removes the dhcp server settings
2150 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
2151 Host network interface @a name already exists.
2152 </result>
2153 </desc>
2154 <param name="server" type="IDHCPServer" dir="in">
2155 <desc>Dhcp server settings to be removed</desc>
2156 </param>
2157 </method>
2158
2159
2160 <method name="checkFirmwarePresent">
2161 <desc>
2162 Check if this VirtualBox installation has a firmware
2163 of the given type available, either system-wide or per-user.
2164 Optionally, this may return a hint where this firmware can be
2165 downloaded from.
2166 </desc>
2167 <param name="firmwareType" type="FirmwareType" dir="in">
2168 <desc>
2169 Type of firmware to check.
2170 </desc>
2171 </param>
2172 <param name="version" type="wstring" dir="in">
2173 <desc>Expected version number, usually empty string (presently ignored).</desc>
2174 </param>
2175
2176 <param name="url" type="wstring" dir="out">
2177 <desc>
2178 Suggested URL to download this firmware from.
2179 </desc>
2180 </param>
2181
2182 <param name="file" type="wstring" dir="out">
2183 <desc>
2184 Filename of firmware, only valid if result == TRUE.
2185 </desc>
2186 </param>
2187
2188 <param name="result" type="boolean" dir="return">
2189 <desc>If firmware of this type and version is available.</desc>
2190 </param>
2191 </method>
2192
2193 </interface>
2194
2195 <!--
2196 // IVFSExplorer
2197 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2198 -->
2199
2200 <enum
2201 name="VFSType"
2202 uuid="813999ba-b949-48a8-9230-aadc6285e2f2"
2203 >
2204 <desc>
2205 Virtual file systems supported by VFSExplorer.
2206 </desc>
2207
2208 <const name="File" value="1" />
2209 <const name="Cloud" value="2" />
2210 <const name="S3" value="3" />
2211 <const name="WebDav" value="4" />
2212 </enum>
2213
2214 <enum
2215 name="VFSFileType"
2216 uuid="714333cd-44e2-415f-a245-d378fa9b1242"
2217 >
2218 <desc>
2219 File types known by VFSExplorer.
2220 </desc>
2221
2222 <const name="Unknown" value="1" />
2223 <const name="Fifo" value="2" />
2224 <const name="DevChar" value="3" />
2225 <const name="Directory" value="4" />
2226 <const name="DevBlock" value="5" />
2227 <const name="File" value="6" />
2228 <const name="SymLink" value="7" />
2229 <const name="Socket" value="8" />
2230 <const name="WhiteOut" value="9" />
2231 </enum>
2232
2233 <interface
2234 name="IVFSExplorer" extends="$unknown"
2235 uuid="003d7f92-d38e-487f-b790-8c5e8631cb2f"
2236 wsmap="managed"
2237 >
2238 <desc>
2239 The VFSExplorer interface unifies access to different file system
2240 types. This includes local file systems as well remote file systems like
2241 S3. For a list of supported types see <link to="VFSType" />.
2242 An instance of this is returned by <link to="IAppliance::createVFSExplorer" />.
2243 </desc>
2244
2245 <attribute name="path" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
2246 <desc>Returns the current path in the virtual file system.</desc>
2247 </attribute>
2248
2249 <attribute name="type" type="VFSType" readonly="yes">
2250 <desc>Returns the file system type which is currently in use.</desc>
2251 </attribute>
2252
2253 <method name="update">
2254 <desc>Updates the internal list of files/directories from the
2255 current directory level. Use <link to="#entryList" /> to get the full list
2256 after a call to this method.</desc>
2257
2258 <param name="aProgress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
2259 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
2260 </param>
2261 </method>
2262
2263 <method name="cd">
2264 <desc>Change the current directory level.</desc>
2265
2266 <param name="aDir" type="wstring" dir="in">
2267 <desc>The name of the directory to go in.</desc>
2268 </param>
2269
2270 <param name="aProgress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
2271 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
2272 </param>
2273 </method>
2274
2275 <method name="cdUp">
2276 <desc>Go one directory upwards from the current directory level.</desc>
2277
2278 <param name="aProgress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
2279 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
2280 </param>
2281 </method>
2282
2283 <method name="entryList">
2284 <desc>Returns a list of files/directories after a call to <link
2285 to="#update" />. The user is responsible for keeping this internal
2286 list up do date.</desc>
2287
2288 <param name="aNames" type="wstring" safearray="yes" dir="out">
2289 <desc>The list of names for the entries.</desc>
2290 </param>
2291
2292 <param name="aTypes" type="unsigned long" safearray="yes" dir="out">
2293 <desc>The list of types for the entries.</desc>
2294 </param>
2295
2296 <param name="aSizes" type="unsigned long" safearray="yes" dir="out">
2297 <desc>The list of sizes (in bytes) for the entries.</desc>
2298 </param>
2299
2300 <param name="aModes" type="unsigned long" safearray="yes" dir="out">
2301 <desc>The list of file modes (in octal form) for the entries.</desc>
2302 </param>
2303 </method>
2304
2305 <method name="exists">
2306 <desc>Checks if the given file list exists in the current directory
2307 level.</desc>
2308
2309 <param name="aNames" type="wstring" safearray="yes" dir="in">
2310 <desc>The names to check.</desc>
2311 </param>
2312
2313 <param name="aExists" type="wstring" safearray="yes" dir="return">
2314 <desc>The names which exist.</desc>
2315 </param>
2316 </method>
2317
2318 <method name="remove">
2319 <desc>Deletes the given files in the current directory level.</desc>
2320
2321 <param name="aNames" type="wstring" safearray="yes" dir="in">
2322 <desc>The names to remove.</desc>
2323 </param>
2324
2325 <param name="aProgress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
2326 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
2327 </param>
2328 </method>
2329
2330 </interface>
2331
2332 <!--
2333 // IAppliance
2334 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2335 -->
2336
2337 <interface
2338 name="IAppliance" extends="$unknown"
2339 uuid="7b148032-4124-4f46-b56a-b48ac1273f5a"
2340 wsmap="managed"
2341 >
2342 <desc>
2343 Represents a platform-independent appliance in OVF format. An instance of this is returned
2344 by <link to="IVirtualBox::createAppliance" />, which can then be used to import and export
2345 virtual machines within an appliance with VirtualBox.
2346
2347 The OVF standard suggests two different physical file formats:
2348
2349 <ol>
2350 <li>If the appliance is distributed as a set of files, there must be at least one XML descriptor
2351 file that conforms to the OVF standard and carries an <tt>.ovf</tt> file extension. If
2352 this descriptor file references other files such as disk images, as OVF appliances typically
2353 do, those additional files must be in the same directory as the descriptor file.</li>
2354
2355 <li>If the appliance is distributed as a single file, it must be in TAR format and have the
2356 <tt>.ova</tt> file extension. This TAR file must then contain at least the OVF descriptor
2357 files and optionally other files.
2358
2359 At this time, VirtualBox does not not yet support the packed (TAR) variant; support will
2360 be added with a later version.</li>
2361 </ol>
2362
2363 <b>Importing</b> an OVF appliance into VirtualBox as instances of
2364 <link to="IMachine" /> involves the following sequence of API calls:
2365
2366 <ol>
2367 <li>Call <link to="IVirtualBox::createAppliance" />. This will create an empty IAppliance object.
2368 </li>
2369
2370 <li>On the new object, call <link to="#read" /> with the full path of the OVF file you
2371 would like to import. So long as this file is syntactically valid, this will succeed
2372 and fill the appliance object with the parsed data from the OVF file.
2373 </li>
2374
2375 <li>Next, call <link to="#interpret" />, which analyzes the OVF data and sets up the
2376 contents of the IAppliance attributes accordingly. These can be inspected by a
2377 VirtualBox front-end such as the GUI, and the suggestions can be displayed to the
2378 user. In particular, the <link to="#virtualSystemDescriptions" /> array contains
2379 instances of <link to="IVirtualSystemDescription" /> which represent the virtual
2380 systems (machines) in the OVF, which in turn describe the virtual hardware prescribed
2381 by the OVF (network and hardware adapters, virtual disk images, memory size and so on).
2382 The GUI can then give the user the option to confirm and/or change these suggestions.
2383 </li>
2384
2385 <li>If desired, call <link to="IVirtualSystemDescription::setFinalValues" /> for each
2386 virtual system (machine) to override the suggestions made by the interpret() routine.
2387 </li>
2388
2389 <li>Finally, call <link to="#importMachines" /> to create virtual machines in
2390 VirtualBox as instances of <link to="IMachine" /> that match the information in the
2391 virtual system descriptions. After this call succeeded, the UUIDs of the machines created
2392 can be found in the <link to="#machines" /> array attribute.
2393 </li>
2394 </ol>
2395
2396 <b>Exporting</b> VirtualBox machines into an OVF appliance involves the following steps:
2397
2398 <ol>
2399 <li>As with importing, first call <link to="IVirtualBox::createAppliance" /> to create
2400 an empty IAppliance object.
2401 </li>
2402
2403 <li>For each machine you would like to export, call <link to="IMachine::export" />
2404 with the IAppliance object you just created. Each such call creates one instance of
2405 <link to="IVirtualSystemDescription" /> inside the appliance.
2406 </li>
2407
2408 <li>If desired, call <link to="IVirtualSystemDescription::setFinalValues" /> for each
2409 virtual system (machine) to override the suggestions made by the export() routine.
2410 </li>
2411
2412 <li>Finally, call <link to="#write" /> with a path specification to have the OVF
2413 file written.</li>
2414 </ol>
2415
2416 </desc>
2417
2418 <attribute name="path" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
2419 <desc>Path to the main file of the OVF appliance, which is either the <tt>.ovf</tt> or
2420 the <tt>.ova</tt> file passed to <link to="#read" /> (for import) or
2421 <link to="#write" /> (for export).
2422 This attribute is empty until one of these methods has been called.
2423 </desc>
2424 </attribute>
2425
2426 <attribute name="disks" type="wstring" readonly="yes" safearray="yes">
2427 <desc>
2428 Array of virtual disk definitions. One such description exists for each
2429 disk definition in the OVF; each string array item represents one such piece of
2430 disk information, with the information fields separated by tab (\t) characters.
2431
2432 The caller should be prepared for additional fields being appended to
2433 this string in future versions of VirtualBox and therefore check for
2434 the number of tabs in the strings returned.
2435
2436 In the current version, the following eight fields are returned per string
2437 in the array:
2438
2439 <ol>
2440 <li>Disk ID (unique string identifier given to disk)</li>
2441
2442 <li>Capacity (unsigned integer indicating the maximum capacity of the disk)</li>
2443
2444 <li>Populated size (optional unsigned integer indicating the current size of the
2445 disk; can be approximate; -1 if unspecified)</li>
2446
2447 <li>Format (string identifying the disk format, typically
2448 "http://www.vmware.com/specifications/vmdk.html#sparse")</li>
2449
2450 <li>Reference (where to find the disk image, typically a file name; if empty,
2451 then the disk should be created on import)</li>
2452
2453 <li>Image size (optional unsigned integer indicating the size of the image,
2454 which need not necessarily be the same as the values specified above, since
2455 the image may be compressed or sparse; -1 if not specified)</li>
2456
2457 <li>Chunk size (optional unsigned integer if the image is split into chunks;
2458 presently unsupported and always -1)</li>
2459
2460 <li>Compression (optional string equalling "gzip" if the image is gzip-compressed)</li>
2461 </ol>
2462 </desc>
2463 </attribute>
2464
2465 <attribute name="virtualSystemDescriptions" type="IVirtualSystemDescription" readonly="yes" safearray="yes">
2466 <desc> Array of virtual system descriptions. One such description is created
2467 for each virtual system (machine) found in the OVF.
2468 This array is empty until either <link to="#interpret" /> (for import) or <link to="IMachine::export" />
2469 (for export) has been called.
2470 </desc>
2471 </attribute>
2472
2473 <attribute name="machines" type="wstring" readonly="yes" safearray="yes">
2474 <desc>
2475 Contains the UUIDs of the machines created from the information in this appliances. This is only
2476 relevant for the import case, and will only contain data after a call to <link to="#importMachines" />
2477 succeeded.
2478 </desc>
2479 </attribute>
2480
2481 <method name="read">
2482 <desc>
2483 Reads an OVF file into the appliance object.
2484
2485 This method succeeds if the OVF is syntactically valid and, by itself, without errors. The
2486 mere fact that this method returns successfully does not mean that VirtualBox supports all
2487 features requested by the appliance; this can only be examined after a call to <link to="#interpret" />.
2488 </desc>
2489 <param name="file" type="wstring" dir="in">
2490 <desc>
2491 Name of appliance file to open (either with an <tt>.ovf</tt> or <tt>.ova</tt> extension, depending
2492 on whether the appliance is distributed as a set of files or as a single file, respectively).
2493 </desc>
2494 </param>
2495 <param name="aProgress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
2496 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
2497 </param>
2498 </method>
2499
2500 <method name="interpret">
2501 <desc>
2502 Interprets the OVF data that was read when the appliance was constructed. After
2503 calling this method, one can inspect the
2504 <link to="#virtualSystemDescriptions" /> array attribute, which will then contain
2505 one <link to="IVirtualSystemDescription" /> for each virtual machine found in
2506 the appliance.
2507
2508 Calling this method is the second step of importing an appliance into VirtualBox;
2509 see <link to="IAppliance" /> for an overview.
2510
2511 After calling this method, one should call <link to="#getWarnings" /> to find out
2512 if problems were encountered during the processing which might later lead to
2513 errors.
2514 </desc>
2515 </method>
2516
2517 <method name="importMachines">
2518 <desc>
2519 Imports the appliance into VirtualBox by creating instances of <link to="IMachine" />
2520 and other interfaces that match the information contained in the appliance as
2521 closely as possible, as represented by the import instructions in the
2522 <link to="#virtualSystemDescriptions" /> array.
2523
2524 Calling this method is the final step of importing an appliance into VirtualBox;
2525 see <link to="IAppliance" /> for an overview.
2526
2527 Since importing the appliance will most probably involve copying and converting
2528 disk images, which can take a long time, this method operates asynchronously and
2529 returns an IProgress object to allow the caller to monitor the progress.
2530
2531 After the import succeeded, the UUIDs of the IMachine instances created can be
2532 retrieved from the <link to="#machines" /> array attribute.
2533 </desc>
2534
2535 <param name="aProgress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
2536 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
2537 </param>
2538 </method>
2539
2540 <method name="createVFSExplorer">
2541 <desc>Returns a <link to="IVFSExplorer" /> object for the given URI.</desc>
2542
2543 <param name="aUri" type="wstring" dir="in">
2544 <desc>The URI describing the file system to use.</desc>
2545 </param>
2546
2547 <param name="aExplorer" type="IVFSExplorer" dir="return">
2548 <desc></desc>
2549 </param>
2550 </method>
2551
2552 <method name="write">
2553 <desc>
2554 Writes the contents of the appliance exports into a new OVF file.
2555
2556 Calling this method is the final step of exporting an appliance from VirtualBox;
2557 see <link to="IAppliance" /> for an overview.
2558
2559 Since exporting the appliance will most probably involve copying and converting
2560 disk images, which can take a long time, this method operates asynchronously and
2561 returns an IProgress object to allow the caller to monitor the progress.
2562 </desc>
2563 <param name="format" type="wstring" dir="in">
2564 <desc>
2565 Output format, as a string. Currently supported formats are "ovf-0.9" and "ovf-1.0";
2566 future versions of VirtualBox may support additional formats.
2567 </desc>
2568 </param>
2569 <param name="manifest" type="boolean" dir="in">
2570 <desc>
2571 Indicate if the optional manifest file (.mf) should be written. The manifest file
2572 is used for integrity checks prior import.
2573 </desc>
2574 </param>
2575 <param name="path" type="wstring" dir="in">
2576 <desc>
2577 Name of appliance file to open (either with an <tt>.ovf</tt> or <tt>.ova</tt> extension, depending
2578 on whether the appliance is distributed as a set of files or as a single file, respectively).
2579 </desc>
2580 </param>
2581 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
2582 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
2583 </param>
2584 </method>
2585
2586 <method name="getWarnings">
2587 <desc>Returns textual warnings which occurred during execution of <link to="#interpret" />.</desc>
2588
2589 <param name="aWarnings" type="wstring" dir="return" safearray="yes">
2590 <desc></desc>
2591 </param>
2592 </method>
2593
2594 </interface>
2595
2596 <enum
2597 name="VirtualSystemDescriptionType"
2598 uuid="c0f8f135-3a1d-417d-afa6-b38b95a91f90"
2599 >
2600 <desc>Used with <link to="IVirtualSystemDescription" /> to describe the type of
2601 a configuration value.</desc>
2602
2603 <const name="Ignore" value="1" />
2604 <const name="OS" value="2" />
2605 <const name="Name" value="3" />
2606 <const name="Product" value="4" />
2607 <const name="Vendor" value="5" />
2608 <const name="Version" value="6" />
2609 <const name="ProductUrl" value="7" />
2610 <const name="VendorUrl" value="8" />
2611 <const name="Description" value="9" />
2612 <const name="License" value="10" />
2613 <const name="Miscellaneous" value="11" />
2614 <const name="CPU" value="12" />
2615 <const name="Memory" value="13" />
2616 <const name="HardDiskControllerIDE" value="14" />
2617 <const name="HardDiskControllerSATA" value="15" />
2618 <const name="HardDiskControllerSCSI" value="16" />
2619 <const name="HardDiskControllerSAS" value="17" />
2620 <const name="HardDiskImage" value="18" />
2621 <const name="Floppy" value="19" />
2622 <const name="CDROM" value="20" />
2623 <const name="NetworkAdapter" value="21" />
2624 <const name="USBController" value="22" />
2625 <const name="SoundCard" value="23" />
2626
2627 </enum>
2628
2629 <enum
2630 name="VirtualSystemDescriptionValueType"
2631 uuid="56d9403f-3425-4118-9919-36f2a9b8c77c"
2632 >
2633 <desc>Used with <link to="IVirtualSystemDescription::getValuesByType" /> to describe the value
2634 type to fetch.</desc>
2635
2636 <const name="Reference" value="1" />
2637 <const name="Original" value="2" />
2638 <const name="Auto" value="3" />
2639 <const name="ExtraConfig" value="4" />
2640
2641 </enum>
2642
2643 <interface
2644 name="IVirtualSystemDescription" extends="$unknown"
2645 uuid="d7525e6c-531a-4c51-8e04-41235083a3d8"
2646 wsmap="managed"
2647 >
2648
2649 <desc>Represents one virtual system (machine) in an appliance. This interface is used in
2650 the <link to="IAppliance::virtualSystemDescriptions" /> array. After
2651 <link to="IAppliance::interpret" /> has been called, that array contains information
2652 about how the virtual systems described in the OVF should best be imported into
2653 VirtualBox virtual machines. See <link to="IAppliance" /> for the steps required to
2654 import an OVF into VirtualBox.
2655 </desc>
2656
2657 <attribute name="count" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
2658 <desc>Return the number of virtual system description entries.</desc>
2659 </attribute>
2660
2661 <method name="getDescription">
2662 <desc>Returns information about the virtual system as arrays of instruction items. In each array, the
2663 items with the same indices correspond and jointly represent an import instruction for VirtualBox.
2664
2665 The list below identifies the value sets that are possible depending on the
2666 <link to="VirtualSystemDescriptionType" /> enum value in the array item in @a aTypes[]. In each case,
2667 the array item with the same index in @a aOvfValues[] will contain the original value as contained
2668 in the OVF file (just for informational purposes), and the corresponding item in @a aVBoxValues[]
2669 will contain a suggested value to be used for VirtualBox. Depending on the description type,
2670 the @a aExtraConfigValues[] array item may also be used.
2671
2672 <ul>
2673 <li>
2674 "OS": the guest operating system type. There must be exactly one such array item on import. The
2675 corresponding item in @a aVBoxValues[] contains the suggested guest operating system for VirtualBox.
2676 This will be one of the values listed in <link to="IVirtualBox::guestOSTypes" />. The corresponding
2677 item in @a aOvfValues[] will contain a numerical value that described the operating system in the OVF.
2678 </li>
2679 <li>
2680 "Name": the name to give to the new virtual machine. There can be at most one such array item;
2681 if none is present on import, then an automatic name will be created from the operating system
2682 type. The corresponding item im @a aOvfValues[] will contain the suggested virtual machine name
2683 from the OVF file, and @a aVBoxValues[] will contain a suggestion for a unique VirtualBox
2684 <link to="IMachine" /> name that does not exist yet.
2685 </li>
2686 <li>
2687 "Description": an arbitrary description.
2688 </li>
2689 <li>
2690 "License": the EULA section from the OVF, if present. It is the responsibility of the calling
2691 code to display such a license for agreement; the Main API does not enforce any such policy.
2692 </li>
2693 <li>
2694 Miscellaneous: reserved for future use.
2695 </li>
2696 <li>
2697 "CPU": the number of CPUs. There can be at most one such item, which will presently be ignored.
2698 </li>
2699 <li>
2700 "Memory": the amount of guest RAM, in bytes. There can be at most one such array item; if none
2701 is present on import, then VirtualBox will set a meaningful default based on the operating system
2702 type.
2703 </li>
2704 <li>
2705 "HardDiskControllerIDE": an IDE hard disk controller. There can be at most two such items.
2706 An optional value in @a aOvfValues[] and @a aVBoxValues[] can be "PIIX3" or "PIIX4" to specify
2707 the type of IDE controller; this corresponds to the ResourceSubType element which VirtualBox
2708 writes into the OVF.
2709 The matching item in the @a aRefs[] array will contain an integer that items of the "Harddisk"
2710 type can use to specify which hard disk controller a virtual disk should be connected to.
2711 Note that in OVF, an IDE controller has two channels, corresponding to "master" and "slave"
2712 in traditional terminology, whereas the IDE storage controller that VirtualBox supports in
2713 its virtual machines supports four channels (primary master, primary slave, secondary master,
2714 secondary slave) and thus maps to two IDE controllers in the OVF sense.
2715 </li>
2716 <li>
2717 "HardDiskControllerSATA": an SATA hard disk controller. There can be at most one such item. This
2718 has no value in @a aOvfValues[] or @a aVBoxValues[].
2719 The matching item in the @a aRefs[] array will be used as with IDE controllers (see above).
2720 </li>
2721 <li>
2722 "HardDiskControllerSCSI": a SCSI hard disk controller. There can be at most one such item.
2723 The items in @a aOvfValues[] and @a aVBoxValues[] will either be "LsiLogic", "BusLogic" or
2724 "LsiLogicSas". (Note that in OVF, the LsiLogicSas controller is treated as a SCSI controller
2725 whereas VirtualBox considers it a class of storage controllers of its own; see
2726 <link to="StorageControllerType" />).
2727 The matching item in the @a aRefs[] array will be used as with IDE controllers (see above).
2728 </li>
2729 <li>
2730 "HardDiskImage": a virtual hard disk, most probably as a reference to an image file. There can be an
2731 arbitrary number of these items, one for each virtual disk image that accompanies the OVF.
2732
2733 The array item in @a aOvfValues[] will contain the file specification from the OVF file (without
2734 a path since the image file should be in the same location as the OVF file itself), whereas the
2735 item in @a aVBoxValues[] will contain a qualified path specification to where VirtualBox uses the
2736 hard disk image. This means that on import the image will be copied and converted from the
2737 "ovf" location to the "vbox" location; on export, this will be handled the other way round.
2738
2739 The matching item in the @a aExtraConfigValues[] array must contain a string of the following
2740 format: "controller=&lt;index&gt;;channel=&lt;c&gt;"
2741 In this string, &lt;index&gt; must be an integer specifying the hard disk controller to connect
2742 the image to. That number must be the index of an array item with one of the hard disk controller
2743 types (HardDiskControllerSCSI, HardDiskControllerSATA, HardDiskControllerIDE).
2744 In addition, &lt;c&gt; must specify the channel to use on that controller. For IDE controllers,
2745 this can be 0 or 1 for master or slave, respectively. For compatibility with VirtualBox versions
2746 before 3.2, the values 2 and 3 (for secondary master and secondary slave) are also supported, but
2747 no longer exported. For SATA and SCSI controllers, the channel can range from 0-29.
2748 </li>
2749 <li>
2750 "CDROM": a virtual CD-ROM drive. The matching item in @a aExtraConfigValue[] contains the same
2751 attachment information as with "HardDiskImage" items.
2752 </li>
2753 <li>
2754 "CDROM": a virtual floppy drive. The matching item in @a aExtraConfigValue[] contains the same
2755 attachment information as with "HardDiskImage" items.
2756 </li>
2757 <li>
2758 "NetworkAdapter": a network adapter. The array item in @a aVBoxValues[] will specify the hardware
2759 for the network adapter, whereas the array item in @a aExtraConfigValues[] will have a string
2760 of the "type=&lt;X&gt;" format, where &lt;X&gt; must be either "NAT" or "Bridged".
2761 </li>
2762 <li>
2763 "USBController": a USB controller. There can be at most one such item. If and only if such an
2764 item ispresent, USB support will be enabled for the new virtual machine.
2765 </li>
2766 <li>
2767 "SoundCard": a sound card. There can be at most one such item. If and only if such an item is
2768 present, sound support will be enabled for the new virtual machine. Note that the virtual
2769 machine in VirtualBox will always be presented with the standard VirtualBox soundcard, which
2770 may be different from the virtual soundcard expected by the appliance.
2771 </li>
2772 </ul>
2773
2774 </desc>
2775
2776 <param name="aTypes" type="VirtualSystemDescriptionType" dir="out" safearray="yes">
2777 <desc></desc>
2778 </param>
2779
2780 <param name="aRefs" type="wstring" dir="out" safearray="yes">
2781 <desc></desc>
2782 </param>
2783
2784 <param name="aOvfValues" type="wstring" dir="out" safearray="yes">
2785 <desc></desc>
2786 </param>
2787
2788 <param name="aVBoxValues" type="wstring" dir="out" safearray="yes">
2789 <desc></desc>
2790 </param>
2791
2792 <param name="aExtraConfigValues" type="wstring" dir="out" safearray="yes">
2793 <desc></desc>
2794 </param>
2795
2796 </method>
2797
2798 <method name="getDescriptionByType">
2799 <desc>This is the same as <link to="#getDescription" /> except that you can specify which types
2800 should be returned.</desc>
2801
2802 <param name="aType" type="VirtualSystemDescriptionType" dir="in">
2803 <desc></desc>
2804 </param>
2805
2806 <param name="aTypes" type="VirtualSystemDescriptionType" dir="out" safearray="yes">
2807 <desc></desc>
2808 </param>
2809
2810 <param name="aRefs" type="wstring" dir="out" safearray="yes">
2811 <desc></desc>
2812 </param>
2813
2814 <param name="aOvfValues" type="wstring" dir="out" safearray="yes">
2815 <desc></desc>
2816 </param>
2817
2818 <param name="aVBoxValues" type="wstring" dir="out" safearray="yes">
2819 <desc></desc>
2820 </param>
2821
2822 <param name="aExtraConfigValues" type="wstring" dir="out" safearray="yes">
2823 <desc></desc>
2824 </param>
2825
2826 </method>
2827
2828 <method name="getValuesByType">
2829 <desc>This is the same as <link to="#getDescriptionByType" /> except that you can specify which
2830 value types should be returned. See <link to="VirtualSystemDescriptionValueType" /> for possible
2831 values.</desc>
2832
2833 <param name="aType" type="VirtualSystemDescriptionType" dir="in">
2834 <desc></desc>
2835 </param>
2836
2837 <param name="aWhich" type="VirtualSystemDescriptionValueType" dir="in">
2838 <desc></desc>
2839 </param>
2840
2841 <param name="aValues" type="wstring" dir="return" safearray="yes">
2842 <desc></desc>
2843 </param>
2844
2845 </method>
2846
2847 <method name="setFinalValues">
2848 <desc>
2849 This method allows the appliance's user to change the configuration for the virtual
2850 system descriptions. For each array item returned from <link to="#getDescription" />,
2851 you must pass in one boolean value and one configuration value.
2852
2853 Each item in the boolean array determines whether the particular configuration item
2854 should be enabled.
2855 You can only disable items of the types HardDiskControllerIDE, HardDiskControllerSATA,
2856 HardDiskControllerSCSI, HardDiskImage, CDROM, Floppy, NetworkAdapter, USBController
2857 and SoundCard.
2858
2859 For the "vbox" and "extra configuration" values, if you pass in the same arrays
2860 as returned in the aVBoxValues and aExtraConfigValues arrays from getDescription(),
2861 the configuration remains unchanged. Please see the documentation for getDescription()
2862 for valid configuration values for the individual array item types. If the
2863 corresponding item in the aEnabled array is @c false, the configuration value is ignored.
2864 </desc>
2865
2866 <param name="aEnabled" type="boolean" dir="in" safearray="yes">
2867 <desc></desc>
2868 </param>
2869
2870 <param name="aVBoxValues" type="wstring" dir="in" safearray="yes">
2871 <desc></desc>
2872 </param>
2873
2874 <param name="aExtraConfigValues" type="wstring" dir="in" safearray="yes">
2875 <desc></desc>
2876 </param>
2877 </method>
2878
2879 <method name="addDescription">
2880 <desc>
2881 This method adds an additional description entry to the stack of already
2882 available descriptions for this virtual system. This is handy for writing
2883 values which aren't directly supported by VirtualBox. One example would
2884 be the License type of <link to="VirtualSystemDescriptionType" />.
2885 </desc>
2886
2887 <param name="aType" type="VirtualSystemDescriptionType" dir="in">
2888 <desc></desc>
2889 </param>
2890
2891 <param name="aVBoxValue" type="wstring" dir="in">
2892 <desc></desc>
2893 </param>
2894
2895 <param name="aExtraConfigValue" type="wstring" dir="in">
2896 <desc></desc>
2897 </param>
2898 </method>
2899 </interface>
2900
2901
2902 <!--
2903 // IMachine
2904 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2905 -->
2906
2907 <interface
2908 name="IInternalMachineControl" extends="$unknown"
2909 uuid="476126af-e223-4490-a8a0-b1f1575be013"
2910 internal="yes"
2911 wsmap="suppress"
2912 >
2913 <method name="setRemoveSavedStateFile">
2914 <desc>
2915 Updates the flag whether the saved state file is removed on a
2916 machine state change from Saved to PoweredOff.
2917 </desc>
2918 <param name="aRemove" type="boolean" dir="in"/>
2919 </method>
2920
2921 <method name="updateState">
2922 <desc>
2923 Updates the VM state.
2924 <note>
2925 This operation will also update the settings file with the correct
2926 information about the saved state file and delete this file from disk
2927 when appropriate.
2928 </note>
2929 </desc>
2930 <param name="state" type="MachineState" dir="in"/>
2931 </method>
2932
2933 <method name="getIPCId">
2934 <param name="id" type="wstring" dir="return"/>
2935 </method>
2936
2937 <method name="beginPowerUp">
2938 <desc>
2939 Tells VBoxSVC that <link to="IConsole::powerUp"/> is under ways and
2940 gives it the progress object that should be part of any pending
2941 <link to="IMachine::launchVMProcess"/> operations. The progress
2942 object may be called back to reflect an early cancelation, so some care
2943 have to be taken with respect to any cancelation callbacks. The console
2944 object will call <link to="IInternalMachineControl::endPowerUp"/>
2945 to signal the completion of the progress object.
2946 </desc>
2947 <param name="aProgress" type="IProgress" dir="in" />
2948 </method>
2949
2950 <method name="endPowerUp">
2951 <desc>
2952 Tells VBoxSVC that <link to="IConsole::powerUp"/> has completed.
2953 This method may query status information from the progress object it
2954 received in <link to="IInternalMachineControl::beginPowerUp"/> and copy
2955 it over to any in-progress <link to="IMachine::launchVMProcess"/>
2956 call in order to complete that progress object.
2957 </desc>
2958 <param name="result" type="long" dir="in"/>
2959 </method>
2960
2961 <method name="runUSBDeviceFilters">
2962 <desc>
2963 Asks the server to run USB devices filters of the associated
2964 machine against the given USB device and tell if there is
2965 a match.
2966 <note>
2967 Intended to be used only for remote USB devices. Local
2968 ones don't require to call this method (this is done
2969 implicitly by the Host and USBProxyService).
2970 </note>
2971 </desc>
2972 <param name="device" type="IUSBDevice" dir="in"/>
2973 <param name="matched" type="boolean" dir="out"/>
2974 <param name="maskedInterfaces" type="unsigned long" dir="out"/>
2975 </method>
2976
2977 <method name="captureUSBDevice">
2978 <desc>
2979 Requests a capture of the given host USB device.
2980 When the request is completed, the VM process will
2981 get a <link to="IInternalSessionControl::onUSBDeviceAttach"/>
2982 notification.
2983 </desc>
2984 <param name="id" type="uuid" mod="string" dir="in"/>
2985 </method>
2986
2987 <method name="detachUSBDevice">
2988 <desc>
2989 Notification that a VM is going to detach (@a done = @c false) or has
2990 already detached (@a done = @c true) the given USB device.
2991 When the @a done = @c true request is completed, the VM process will
2992 get a <link to="IInternalSessionControl::onUSBDeviceDetach"/>
2993 notification.
2994 <note>
2995 In the @a done = @c true case, the server must run its own filters
2996 and filters of all VMs but this one on the detached device
2997 as if it were just attached to the host computer.
2998 </note>
2999 </desc>
3000 <param name="id" type="uuid" mod="string" dir="in"/>
3001 <param name="done" type="boolean" dir="in"/>
3002 </method>
3003
3004 <method name="autoCaptureUSBDevices">
3005 <desc>
3006 Requests a capture all matching USB devices attached to the host.
3007 When the request is completed, the VM process will
3008 get a <link to="IInternalSessionControl::onUSBDeviceAttach"/>
3009 notification per every captured device.
3010 </desc>
3011 </method>
3012
3013 <method name="detachAllUSBDevices">
3014 <desc>
3015 Notification that a VM that is being powered down. The done
3016 parameter indicates whether which stage of the power down
3017 we're at. When @a done = @c false the VM is announcing its
3018 intentions, while when @a done = @c true the VM is reporting
3019 what it has done.
3020 <note>
3021 In the @a done = @c true case, the server must run its own filters
3022 and filters of all VMs but this one on all detach devices as
3023 if they were just attached to the host computer.
3024 </note>
3025 </desc>
3026 <param name="done" type="boolean" dir="in"/>
3027 </method>
3028
3029 <method name="onSessionEnd">
3030 <desc>
3031 Triggered by the given session object when the session is about
3032 to close normally.
3033 </desc>
3034 <param name="session" type="ISession" dir="in">
3035 <desc>Session that is being closed</desc>
3036 </param>
3037 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
3038 <desc>
3039 Used to wait until the corresponding machine is actually
3040 dissociated from the given session on the server.
3041 Returned only when this session is a direct one.
3042 </desc>
3043 </param>
3044 </method>
3045
3046 <method name="beginSavingState">
3047 <desc>
3048 Called by the VM process to inform the server it wants to
3049 save the current state and stop the VM execution.
3050 </desc>
3051 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="out">
3052 <desc>
3053 Progress object created by VBoxSVC to wait until
3054 the state is saved.
3055 </desc>
3056 </param>
3057 <param name="stateFilePath" type="wstring" dir="out">
3058 <desc>
3059 File path the VM process must save the execution state to.
3060 </desc>
3061 </param>
3062 </method>
3063
3064 <method name="endSavingState">
3065 <desc>
3066 Called by the VM process to inform the server that saving
3067 the state previously requested by #beginSavingState is either
3068 successfully finished or there was a failure.
3069
3070 <result name="VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR">
3071 Settings file not accessible.
3072 </result>
3073 <result name="VBOX_E_XML_ERROR">
3074 Could not parse the settings file.
3075 </result>
3076
3077 </desc>
3078
3079 <param name="result" type="long" dir="in">
3080 <desc>@c S_OK to indicate success.
3081 </desc>
3082 </param>
3083 <param name="errMsg" type="wstring" dir="in">
3084 <desc>@c human readable error message in case of failure.
3085 </desc>
3086 </param>
3087 </method>
3088
3089 <method name="adoptSavedState">
3090 <desc>
3091 Gets called by IConsole::adoptSavedState.
3092 <result name="VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR">
3093 Invalid saved state file path.
3094 </result>
3095 </desc>
3096 <param name="savedStateFile" type="wstring" dir="in">
3097 <desc>Path to the saved state file to adopt.</desc>
3098 </param>
3099 </method>
3100
3101 <method name="beginTakingSnapshot">
3102 <desc>
3103 Called from the VM process to request from the server to perform the
3104 server-side actions of creating a snapshot (creating differencing images
3105 and the snapshot object).
3106
3107 <result name="VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR">
3108 Settings file not accessible.
3109 </result>
3110 <result name="VBOX_E_XML_ERROR">
3111 Could not parse the settings file.
3112 </result>
3113 </desc>
3114 <param name="initiator" type="IConsole" dir="in">
3115 <desc>The console object that initiated this call.</desc>
3116 </param>
3117 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
3118 <desc>Snapshot name.</desc>
3119 </param>
3120 <param name="description" type="wstring" dir="in">
3121 <desc>Snapshot description.</desc>
3122 </param>
3123 <param name="consoleProgress" type="IProgress" dir="in">
3124 <desc>
3125 Progress object created by the VM process tracking the
3126 snapshot's progress. This has the following sub-operations:
3127 <ul>
3128 <li>setting up (weight 1);</li>
3129 <li>one for each medium attachment that needs a differencing image (weight 1 each);</li>
3130 <li>another one to copy the VM state (if offline with saved state, weight is VM memory size in MB);</li>
3131 <li>another one to save the VM state (if online, weight is VM memory size in MB);</li>
3132 <li>finishing up (weight 1)</li>
3133 </ul>
3134 </desc>
3135 </param>
3136 <param name="fTakingSnapshotOnline" type="boolean" dir="in">
3137 <desc>
3138 Whether this is an online snapshot (i.e. the machine is running).
3139 </desc>
3140 </param>
3141 <param name="stateFilePath" type="wstring" dir="out">
3142 <desc>
3143 File path the VM process must save the execution state to.
3144 </desc>
3145 </param>
3146 </method>
3147
3148 <method name="endTakingSnapshot">
3149 <desc>
3150 Called by the VM process to inform the server that the snapshot
3151 previously requested by #beginTakingSnapshot is either
3152 successfully taken or there was a failure.
3153 </desc>
3154
3155 <param name="success" type="boolean" dir="in">
3156 <desc>@c true to indicate success and @c false otherwise</desc>
3157 </param>
3158 </method>
3159
3160 <method name="deleteSnapshot">
3161 <desc>
3162 Gets called by IConsole::deleteSnapshot.
3163 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
3164 Snapshot has more than one child snapshot.
3165 </result>
3166 </desc>
3167 <param name="initiator" type="IConsole" dir="in">
3168 <desc>The console object that initiated this call.</desc>
3169 </param>
3170 <param name="id" type="uuid" mod="string" dir="in">
3171 <desc>UUID of the snapshot to delete.</desc>
3172 </param>
3173 <param name="machineState" type="MachineState" dir="out">
3174 <desc>New machine state after this operation is started.</desc>
3175 </param>
3176 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
3177 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
3178 </param>
3179 </method>
3180
3181 <method name="finishOnlineMergeMedium">
3182 <desc>
3183 Gets called by IConsole::onlineMergeMedium.
3184 </desc>
3185 <param name="mediumAttachment" type="IMediumAttachment" dir="in">
3186 <desc>The medium attachment which needs to be cleaned up.</desc>
3187 </param>
3188 <param name="source" type="IMedium" dir="in">
3189 <desc>Merge source medium.</desc>
3190 </param>
3191 <param name="target" type="IMedium" dir="in">
3192 <desc>Merge target medium.</desc>
3193 </param>
3194 <param name="mergeForward" type="boolean" dir="in">
3195 <desc>Merge direction.</desc>
3196 </param>
3197 <param name="parentForTarget" type="IMedium" dir="in">
3198 <desc>For forward merges: new parent for target medium.</desc>
3199 </param>
3200 <param name="childrenToReparent" type="IMedium" safearray="yes" dir="in">
3201 <desc>For backward merges: list of media which need their parent UUID
3202 updated.</desc>
3203 </param>
3204 </method>
3205
3206 <method name="restoreSnapshot">
3207 <desc>
3208 Gets called by IConsole::RestoreSnapshot.
3209 </desc>
3210 <param name="initiator" type="IConsole" dir="in">
3211 <desc>The console object that initiated this call.</desc>
3212 </param>
3213 <param name="snapshot" type="ISnapshot" dir="in">
3214 <desc>The snapshot to restore the VM state from.</desc>
3215 </param>
3216 <param name="machineState" type="MachineState" dir="out">
3217 <desc>New machine state after this operation is started.</desc>
3218 </param>
3219 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
3220 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
3221 </param>
3222 </method>
3223
3224 <method name="pullGuestProperties">
3225 <desc>
3226 Get the list of the guest properties matching a set of patterns along
3227 with their values, time stamps and flags and give responsibility for
3228 managing properties to the console.
3229 </desc>
3230 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="out" safearray="yes">
3231 <desc>
3232 The names of the properties returned.
3233 </desc>
3234 </param>
3235 <param name="value" type="wstring" dir="out" safearray="yes">
3236 <desc>
3237 The values of the properties returned. The array entries match the
3238 corresponding entries in the @a name array.
3239 </desc>
3240 </param>
3241 <param name="timestamp" type="long long" dir="out" safearray="yes">
3242 <desc>
3243 The time stamps of the properties returned. The array entries match
3244 the corresponding entries in the @a name array.
3245 </desc>
3246 </param>
3247 <param name="flags" type="wstring" dir="out" safearray="yes">
3248 <desc>
3249 The flags of the properties returned. The array entries match the
3250 corresponding entries in the @a name array.
3251 </desc>
3252 </param>
3253 </method>
3254
3255 <method name="pushGuestProperty">
3256 <desc>
3257 Update a single guest property in IMachine.
3258 </desc>
3259 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
3260 <desc>
3261 The name of the property to be updated.
3262 </desc>
3263 </param>
3264 <param name="value" type="wstring" dir="in">
3265 <desc>
3266 The value of the property.
3267 </desc>
3268 </param>
3269 <param name="timestamp" type="long long" dir="in">
3270 <desc>
3271 The timestamp of the property.
3272 </desc>
3273 </param>
3274 <param name="flags" type="wstring" dir="in">
3275 <desc>
3276 The flags of the property.
3277 </desc>
3278 </param>
3279 </method>
3280
3281 <method name="lockMedia">
3282 <desc>
3283 Locks all media attached to the machine for writing and parents of
3284 attached differencing media (if any) for reading. This operation is
3285 atomic so that if it fails no media is actually locked.
3286
3287 This method is intended to be called when the machine is in Starting or
3288 Restoring state. The locked media will be automatically unlocked when
3289 the machine is powered off or crashed.
3290 </desc>
3291 </method>
3292 <method name="unlockMedia">
3293 <desc>
3294 Unlocks all media previously locked using
3295 <link to="IInternalMachineControl::lockMedia"/>.
3296
3297 This method is intended to be used with teleportation so that it is
3298 possible to teleport between processes on the same machine.
3299 </desc>
3300 </method>
3301 </interface>
3302
3303 <interface
3304 name="IBIOSSettings" extends="$unknown"
3305 uuid="38b54279-dc35-4f5e-a431-835b867c6b5e"
3306 wsmap="managed"
3307 >
3308 <desc>
3309 The IBIOSSettings interface represents BIOS settings of the virtual
3310 machine. This is used only in the <link to="IMachine::BIOSSettings" /> attribute.
3311 </desc>
3312 <attribute name="logoFadeIn" type="boolean">
3313 <desc>Fade in flag for BIOS logo animation.</desc>
3314 </attribute>
3315
3316 <attribute name="logoFadeOut" type="boolean">
3317 <desc>Fade out flag for BIOS logo animation.</desc>
3318 </attribute>
3319
3320 <attribute name="logoDisplayTime" type="unsigned long">
3321 <desc>BIOS logo display time in milliseconds (0 = default).</desc>
3322 </attribute>
3323
3324 <attribute name="logoImagePath" type="wstring">
3325 <desc>
3326 Local file system path for external BIOS splash image. Empty string
3327 means the default image is shown on boot.
3328 </desc>
3329 </attribute>
3330
3331 <attribute name="bootMenuMode" type="BIOSBootMenuMode">
3332 <desc>Mode of the BIOS boot device menu.</desc>
3333 </attribute>
3334
3335 <attribute name="ACPIEnabled" type="boolean">
3336 <desc>ACPI support flag.</desc>
3337 </attribute>
3338
3339 <attribute name="IOAPICEnabled" type="boolean">
3340 <desc>
3341 IO APIC support flag. If set, VirtualBox will provide an IO APIC
3342 and support IRQs above 15.
3343 </desc>
3344 </attribute>
3345
3346 <attribute name="timeOffset" type="long long">
3347 <desc>
3348 Offset in milliseconds from the host system time. This allows for
3349 guests running with a different system date/time than the host.
3350 It is equivalent to setting the system date/time in the BIOS except
3351 it is not an absolute value but a relative one. Guest Additions
3352 time synchronization honors this offset.
3353 </desc>
3354 </attribute>
3355
3356 <attribute name="PXEDebugEnabled" type="boolean">
3357 <desc>
3358 PXE debug logging flag. If set, VirtualBox will write extensive
3359 PXE trace information to the release log.
3360 </desc>
3361 </attribute>
3362
3363 </interface>
3364
3365 <enum
3366 name="CleanupMode"
3367 uuid="67897c50-7cca-47a9-83f6-ce8fd8eb5441"
3368 >
3369 <desc>Cleanup mode, used with <link to="IMachine::unregister" />.
3370 </desc>
3371 <const name="UnregisterOnly" value="1">
3372 <desc>Unregister only the machine, but neither delete snapshots nor detach media.</desc>
3373 </const>
3374 <const name="DetachAllReturnNone" value="2">
3375 <desc>Delete all snapshots and detach all media but return none; this will keep all media registered.</desc>
3376 </const>
3377 <const name="DetachAllReturnHardDisksOnly" value="3">
3378 <desc>Delete all snapshots, detach all media and return hard disks for closing, but not removeable media.</desc>
3379 </const>
3380 <const name="Full" value="4">
3381 <desc>Delete all snapshots, detach all media and return all media for closing.</desc>
3382 </const>
3383 </enum>
3384
3385 <interface
3386 name="IEventContext" extends="$unknown"
3387 uuid="7563F4E7-1583-40F7-B4C4-C9BA02CB0AE3"
3388 wsmap="managed"
3389 >
3390 <desc>
3391 Placeholder class for event contexts.
3392 </desc>
3393 </interface>
3394
3395
3396 <interface
3397 name="IPciAddress" extends="$unknown"
3398 uuid="D88B324F-DB19-4D3B-A1A9-BF5B127199A8"
3399 wsmap="struct"
3400 >
3401
3402 <desc>
3403 Address on the PCI bus.
3404 </desc>
3405
3406 <attribute name="bus" type="short">
3407 <desc>
3408 Bus number.
3409 </desc>
3410 </attribute>
3411
3412 <attribute name="device" type="short">
3413 <desc>
3414 Device number.
3415 </desc>
3416 </attribute>
3417
3418 <attribute name="devFunction" type="short">
3419 <desc>
3420 Device function number.
3421 </desc>
3422 </attribute>
3423
3424 <method name="asLong">
3425 <desc>
3426 Convert PCI address into long.
3427 </desc>
3428 <param name="result" type="long" dir="return" />
3429 </method>
3430
3431 <method name="fromLong">
3432 <desc>
3433 Make PCI address from long.
3434 </desc>
3435 <param name="number" type="long" dir="in" />
3436 </method>
3437 </interface>
3438
3439 <interface
3440 name="IPciDeviceAttachment" extends="$unknown"
3441 uuid="91f33d6f-e621-4f70-a77e-15f0e3c714d5"
3442 wsmap="struct"
3443 >
3444
3445 <desc>
3446 Information about PCI attachments.
3447 </desc>
3448
3449 <attribute name="name" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
3450 <desc>
3451 Device name.
3452 </desc>
3453 </attribute>
3454
3455 <attribute name="isPhysicalDevice" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
3456 <desc>
3457 If this is physical or virtual device.
3458 </desc>
3459 </attribute>
3460
3461 <attribute name="hostAddress" type="long" readonly="yes">
3462 <desc>
3463 Address of device on the host, applicable only to host devices.
3464 </desc>
3465 </attribute>
3466
3467 <attribute name="guestAddress" type="long" readonly="yes">
3468 <desc>
3469 Address of device on the guest.
3470 </desc>
3471 </attribute>
3472
3473 </interface>
3474
3475
3476 <interface
3477 name="IMachine" extends="$unknown"
3478 uuid="662c175e-a69d-40b8-a77a-1d719d0ab062"
3479 wsmap="managed"
3480 >
3481 <desc>
3482 The IMachine interface represents a virtual machine, or guest, created
3483 in VirtualBox.
3484
3485 This interface is used in two contexts. First of all, a collection of
3486 objects implementing this interface is stored in the
3487 <link to="IVirtualBox::machines"/> attribute which lists all the virtual
3488 machines that are currently registered with this VirtualBox
3489 installation. Also, once a session has been opened for the given virtual
3490 machine (e.g. the virtual machine is running), the machine object
3491 associated with the open session can be queried from the session object;
3492 see <link to="ISession"/> for details.
3493
3494 The main role of this interface is to expose the settings of the virtual
3495 machine and provide methods to change various aspects of the virtual
3496 machine's configuration. For machine objects stored in the
3497 <link to="IVirtualBox::machines"/> collection, all attributes are
3498 read-only unless explicitly stated otherwise in individual attribute
3499 and method descriptions.
3500
3501 In order to change a machine setting, a session for this machine must be
3502 opened using one of the <link to="IMachine::lockMachine" /> or
3503 <link to="IMachine::launchVMProcess"/> methods. After the
3504 machine has been successfully locked for a session, a mutable machine object
3505 needs to be queried from the session object and then the desired settings
3506 changes can be applied to the returned object using IMachine attributes and
3507 methods. See the <link to="ISession"/> interface description for more
3508 information about sessions.
3509
3510 Note that IMachine does not provide methods to control virtual machine
3511 execution (such as start the machine, or power it down) -- these methods
3512 are grouped in a separate interface called <link to="IConsole" />.
3513
3514 <see>ISession, IConsole</see>
3515 </desc>
3516
3517 <attribute name="parent" type="IVirtualBox" readonly="yes">
3518 <desc>Associated parent object.</desc>
3519 </attribute>
3520
3521 <attribute name="accessible" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
3522 <desc>
3523 Whether this virtual machine is currently accessible or not.
3524
3525 A machine is always deemed accessible unless it is registered <i>and</i>
3526 its settings file cannot be read or parsed (either because the file itself
3527 is unavailable or has invalid XML contents).
3528
3529 Every time this property is read, the accessibility state of
3530 this machine is re-evaluated. If the returned value is @c false,
3531 the <link to="#accessError"/> property may be used to get the
3532 detailed error information describing the reason of
3533 inaccessibility, including XML error messages.
3534
3535 When the machine is inaccessible, only the following properties
3536 can be used on it:
3537 <ul>
3538 <li><link to="#parent"/></li>
3539 <li><link to="#id"/></li>
3540 <li><link to="#settingsFilePath"/></li>
3541 <li><link to="#accessible"/></li>
3542 <li><link to="#accessError"/></li>
3543 </ul>
3544
3545 An attempt to access any other property or method will return
3546 an error.
3547
3548 The only possible action you can perform on an inaccessible
3549 machine is to unregister it using the
3550 <link to="IMachine::unregister"/> call (or, to check
3551 for the accessibility state once more by querying this
3552 property).
3553
3554 <note>
3555 In the current implementation, once this property returns
3556 @c true, the machine will never become inaccessible
3557 later, even if its settings file cannot be successfully
3558 read/written any more (at least, until the VirtualBox
3559 server is restarted). This limitation may be removed in
3560 future releases.
3561 </note>
3562 </desc>
3563 </attribute>
3564
3565 <attribute name="accessError" type="IVirtualBoxErrorInfo" readonly="yes">
3566 <desc>
3567 Error information describing the reason of machine
3568 inaccessibility.
3569
3570 Reading this property is only valid after the last call to
3571 <link to="#accessible"/> returned @c false (i.e. the
3572 machine is currently inaccessible). Otherwise, a @c null
3573 IVirtualBoxErrorInfo object will be returned.
3574 </desc>
3575 </attribute>
3576
3577 <attribute name="name" type="wstring">
3578 <desc>
3579 Name of the virtual machine.
3580
3581 Besides being used for human-readable identification purposes
3582 everywhere in VirtualBox, the virtual machine name is also used
3583 as a name of the machine's settings file and as a name of the
3584 subdirectory this settings file resides in. Thus, every time you
3585 change the value of this property, the settings file will be
3586 renamed once you call <link to="#saveSettings"/> to confirm the
3587 change. The containing subdirectory will be also renamed, but
3588 only if it has exactly the same name as the settings file
3589 itself prior to changing this property (for backward compatibility
3590 with previous API releases). The above implies the following
3591 limitations:
3592 <ul>
3593 <li>The machine name cannot be empty.</li>
3594 <li>The machine name can contain only characters that are valid
3595 file name characters according to the rules of the file
3596 system used to store VirtualBox configuration.</li>
3597 <li>You cannot have two or more machines with the same name
3598 if they use the same subdirectory for storing the machine
3599 settings files.</li>
3600 <li>You cannot change the name of the machine if it is running,
3601 or if any file in the directory containing the settings file
3602 is being used by another running machine or by any other
3603 process in the host operating system at a time when
3604 <link to="#saveSettings"/> is called.
3605 </li>
3606 </ul>
3607 If any of the above limitations are hit, <link to="#saveSettings"/>
3608 will return an appropriate error message explaining the exact
3609 reason and the changes you made to this machine will not be saved.
3610
3611 Starting with VirtualBox 4.0, a “.vbox” extension of the settings
3612 file is recommended, but not enforced. (Previous versions always
3613 used a generic ".xml" extension.)
3614 </desc>
3615 </attribute>
3616
3617 <attribute name="description" type="wstring">
3618 <desc>
3619 Description of the virtual machine.
3620
3621 The description attribute can contain any text and is
3622 typically used to describe the hardware and software
3623 configuration of the virtual machine in detail (i.e. network
3624 settings, versions of the installed software and so on).
3625 </desc>
3626 </attribute>
3627
3628 <attribute name="id" type="uuid" mod="string" readonly="yes">
3629 <desc>UUID of the virtual machine.</desc>
3630 </attribute>
3631
3632 <attribute name="OSTypeId" type="wstring">
3633 <desc>
3634 User-defined identifier of the Guest OS type.
3635 You may use <link to="IVirtualBox::getGuestOSType"/> to obtain
3636 an IGuestOSType object representing details about the given
3637 Guest OS type.
3638 <note>
3639 This value may differ from the value returned by
3640 <link to="IGuest::OSTypeId"/> if Guest Additions are
3641 installed to the guest OS.
3642 </note>
3643 </desc>
3644 </attribute>
3645
3646 <attribute name="HardwareVersion" type="wstring">
3647 <desc>Hardware version identifier. Internal use only for now.</desc>
3648 </attribute>
3649
3650 <attribute name="hardwareUUID" type="uuid" mod="string">
3651 <desc>
3652 The UUID presented to the guest via memory tables, hardware and guest
3653 properties. For most VMs this is the same as the @a id, but for VMs
3654 which have been cloned or teleported it may be the same as the source
3655 VM. This latter is because the guest shouldn't notice that it was
3656 cloned or teleported.
3657 </desc>
3658 </attribute>
3659
3660 <attribute name="CPUCount" type="unsigned long">
3661 <desc>Number of virtual CPUs in the VM.</desc>
3662 </attribute>
3663
3664 <attribute name="CPUHotPlugEnabled" type="boolean">
3665 <desc>
3666 This setting determines whether VirtualBox allows CPU
3667 hotplugging for this machine.</desc>
3668 </attribute>
3669
3670 <attribute name="CPUExecutionCap" type="unsigned long">
3671 <desc>
3672 Means to limit the number of CPU cycles a guest can use. The unit
3673 is percentage of host CPU cycles per second. The valid range
3674 is 1 - 100. 100 (the default) implies no limit.
3675 </desc>
3676 </attribute>
3677
3678 <attribute name="memorySize" type="unsigned long">
3679 <desc>System memory size in megabytes.</desc>
3680 </attribute>
3681
3682 <attribute name="memoryBalloonSize" type="unsigned long">
3683 <desc>Memory balloon size in megabytes.</desc>
3684 </attribute>
3685
3686 <attribute name="PageFusionEnabled" type="boolean">
3687 <desc>
3688 This setting determines whether VirtualBox allows page
3689 fusion for this machine (64 bits host only).
3690 </desc>
3691 </attribute>
3692
3693 <attribute name="VRAMSize" type="unsigned long">
3694 <desc>Video memory size in megabytes.</desc>
3695 </attribute>
3696
3697 <attribute name="accelerate3DEnabled" type="boolean" default="false">
3698 <desc>
3699 This setting determines whether VirtualBox allows this machine to make
3700 use of the 3D graphics support available on the host.</desc>
3701 </attribute>
3702
3703 <attribute name="accelerate2DVideoEnabled" type="boolean" default="false">
3704 <desc>
3705 This setting determines whether VirtualBox allows this machine to make
3706 use of the 2D video acceleration support available on the host.</desc>
3707 </attribute>
3708
3709 <attribute name="monitorCount" type="unsigned long">
3710 <desc>
3711 Number of virtual monitors.
3712 <note>
3713 Only effective on Windows XP and later guests with
3714 Guest Additions installed.
3715 </note>
3716 </desc>
3717 </attribute>
3718
3719 <attribute name="BIOSSettings" type="IBIOSSettings" readonly="yes">
3720 <desc>Object containing all BIOS settings.</desc>
3721 </attribute>
3722
3723 <attribute name="firmwareType" type="FirmwareType">
3724 <desc>Type of firmware (such as legacy BIOS or EFI), used for initial
3725 bootstrap in this VM.</desc>
3726 </attribute>
3727
3728 <attribute name="pointingHidType" type="PointingHidType">
3729 <desc>Type of pointing HID (such as mouse or tablet) used in this VM.
3730 The default is typically "PS2Mouse" but can vary depending on the
3731 requirements of the guest operating system.</desc>
3732 </attribute>
3733
3734 <attribute name="keyboardHidType" type="KeyboardHidType">
3735 <desc>Type of keyboard HID used in this VM.
3736 The default is typically "PS2Keyboard" but can vary depending on the
3737 requirements of the guest operating system.</desc>
3738 </attribute>
3739
3740 <attribute name="hpetEnabled" type="boolean">
3741 <desc>This attribute controls if High Precision Event Timer (HPET) is
3742 enabled in this VM. Use this property if you want to provide guests
3743 with additional time source, or if guest requires HPET to function correctly.
3744 Default is false.</desc>
3745 </attribute>
3746
3747 <attribute name="chipsetType" type="ChipsetType">
3748 <desc>Chipset type used in this VM.</desc>
3749 </attribute>
3750
3751 <attribute name="snapshotFolder" type="wstring">
3752 <desc>
3753 Full path to the directory used to store snapshot data
3754 (differencing media and saved state files) of this machine.
3755
3756 The initial value of this property is
3757 <tt>&lt;</tt><link to="#settingsFilePath">
3758 path_to_settings_file</link><tt>&gt;/&lt;</tt>
3759 <link to="#id">machine_uuid</link>
3760 <tt>&gt;</tt>.
3761
3762 Currently, it is an error to try to change this property on
3763 a machine that has snapshots (because this would require to
3764 move possibly large files to a different location).
3765 A separate method will be available for this purpose later.
3766
3767 <note>
3768 Setting this property to @c null or to an empty string will restore
3769 the initial value.
3770 </note>
3771 <note>
3772 When setting this property, the specified path can be
3773 absolute (full path) or relative to the directory where the
3774 <link to="#settingsFilePath">machine settings file</link>
3775 is located. When reading this property, a full path is
3776 always returned.
3777 </note>
3778 <note>
3779 The specified path may not exist, it will be created
3780 when necessary.
3781 </note>
3782 </desc>
3783 </attribute>
3784
3785 <attribute name="VRDEServer" type="IVRDEServer" readonly="yes">
3786 <desc>VirtualBox Remote Desktop Extension (VRDE) server object.</desc>
3787 </attribute>
3788
3789 <attribute name="mediumAttachments" type="IMediumAttachment" readonly="yes" safearray="yes">
3790 <desc>Array of media attached to this machine.</desc>
3791 </attribute>
3792
3793 <attribute name="USBController" type="IUSBController" readonly="yes">
3794 <desc>
3795 Associated USB controller object.
3796
3797 <note>
3798 If USB functionality is not available in the given edition of
3799 VirtualBox, this method will set the result code to @c E_NOTIMPL.
3800 </note>
3801 </desc>
3802 </attribute>
3803
3804 <attribute name="audioAdapter" type="IAudioAdapter" readonly="yes">
3805 <desc>Associated audio adapter, always present.</desc>
3806 </attribute>
3807
3808 <attribute name="storageControllers" type="IStorageController" readonly="yes" safearray="yes">
3809 <desc>Array of storage controllers attached to this machine.</desc>
3810 </attribute>
3811
3812 <attribute name="settingsFilePath" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
3813 <desc>
3814 Full name of the file containing machine settings data.
3815 </desc>
3816 </attribute>
3817
3818 <attribute name="settingsModified" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
3819 <desc>
3820 Whether the settings of this machine have been modified
3821 (but neither yet saved nor discarded).
3822 <note>
3823 Reading this property is only valid on instances returned
3824 by <link to="ISession::machine"/> and on new machines
3825 created by <link to="IVirtualBox::createMachine"/> or opened
3826 by <link to="IVirtualBox::openMachine"/> but not
3827 yet registered, or on unregistered machines after calling
3828 <link to="IMachine::unregister"/>. For all other
3829 cases, the settings can never be modified.
3830 </note>
3831 <note>
3832 For newly created unregistered machines, the value of this
3833 property is always @c true until <link to="#saveSettings"/>
3834 is called (no matter if any machine settings have been
3835 changed after the creation or not). For opened machines
3836 the value is set to @c false (and then follows to normal rules).
3837 </note>
3838 </desc>
3839 </attribute>
3840
3841 <attribute name="sessionState" type="SessionState" readonly="yes">
3842 <desc>Current session state for this machine.</desc>
3843 </attribute>
3844
3845 <attribute name="sessionType" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
3846 <desc>
3847 Type of the session. If <link to="#sessionState"/> is
3848 Spawning or Locked, this attribute contains the
3849 same value as passed to the
3850 <link to="IMachine::launchVMProcess"/> method in the
3851 @a type parameter. If the session was used with
3852 <link to="IMachine::lockMachine" />, or if
3853 <link to="#sessionState"/> is SessionClosed, the value of this
3854 attribute is an empty string.
3855 </desc>
3856 </attribute>
3857
3858 <attribute name="sessionPid" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
3859 <desc>
3860 Identifier of the session process. This attribute contains the
3861 platform-dependent identifier of the process whose session was
3862 used with <link to="IMachine::lockMachine" /> call. The returned
3863 value is only valid if <link to="#sessionState"/> is Locked or
3864 Unlocking by the time this property is read.
3865 </desc>
3866 </attribute>
3867
3868 <attribute name="state" type="MachineState" readonly="yes">
3869 <desc>Current execution state of this machine.</desc>
3870 </attribute>
3871
3872 <attribute name="lastStateChange" type="long long" readonly="yes">
3873 <desc>
3874 Time stamp of the last execution state change,
3875 in milliseconds since 1970-01-01 UTC.
3876 </desc>
3877 </attribute>
3878
3879 <attribute name="stateFilePath" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
3880 <desc>
3881 Full path to the file that stores the execution state of
3882 the machine when it is in the <link to="MachineState_Saved"/> state.
3883 <note>
3884 When the machine is not in the Saved state, this attribute is
3885 an empty string.
3886 </note>
3887 </desc>
3888 </attribute>
3889
3890 <attribute name="logFolder" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
3891 <desc>
3892 Full path to the folder that stores a set of rotated log files
3893 recorded during machine execution. The most recent log file is
3894 named <tt>VBox.log</tt>, the previous log file is
3895 named <tt>VBox.log.1</tt> and so on (up to <tt>VBox.log.3</tt>
3896 in the current version).
3897 </desc>
3898 </attribute>
3899
3900 <attribute name="currentSnapshot" type="ISnapshot" readonly="yes">
3901 <desc>
3902 Current snapshot of this machine. This is @c null if the machine
3903 currently has no snapshots. If it is not @c null, then it was
3904 set by one of <link to="IConsole::takeSnapshot" />,
3905 <link to="IConsole::deleteSnapshot" />
3906 or <link to="IConsole::restoreSnapshot" />, depending on which
3907 was called last. See <link to="ISnapshot"/> for details.
3908 </desc>
3909 </attribute>
3910
3911 <attribute name="snapshotCount" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
3912 <desc>
3913 Number of snapshots taken on this machine. Zero means the
3914 machine doesn't have any snapshots.
3915 </desc>
3916 </attribute>
3917
3918 <attribute name="currentStateModified" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
3919 <desc>
3920 Returns @c true if the current state of the machine is not
3921 identical to the state stored in the current snapshot.
3922
3923 The current state is identical to the current snapshot only
3924 directly after one of the following calls are made:
3925
3926 <ul>
3927 <li><link to="IConsole::restoreSnapshot"/>
3928 </li>
3929 <li><link to="IConsole::takeSnapshot"/> (issued on a
3930 "powered off" or "saved" machine, for which
3931 <link to="#settingsModified"/> returns @c false)
3932 </li>
3933 </ul>
3934
3935 The current state remains identical until one of the following
3936 happens:
3937 <ul>
3938 <li>settings of the machine are changed</li>
3939 <li>the saved state is deleted</li>
3940 <li>the current snapshot is deleted</li>
3941 <li>an attempt to execute the machine is made</li>
3942 </ul>
3943
3944 <note>
3945 For machines that don't have snapshots, this property is
3946 always @c false.
3947 </note>
3948 </desc>
3949 </attribute>
3950
3951 <attribute name="sharedFolders" type="ISharedFolder" readonly="yes" safearray="yes">
3952 <desc>
3953 Collection of shared folders for this machine (permanent shared
3954 folders). These folders are shared automatically at machine startup
3955 and available only to the guest OS installed within this machine.
3956
3957 New shared folders are added to the collection using
3958 <link to="#createSharedFolder"/>. Existing shared folders can be
3959 removed using <link to="#removeSharedFolder"/>.
3960 </desc>
3961 </attribute>
3962
3963 <attribute name="clipboardMode" type="ClipboardMode">
3964 <desc>
3965 Synchronization mode between the host OS clipboard
3966 and the guest OS clipboard.
3967 </desc>
3968 </attribute>
3969
3970 <attribute name="guestPropertyNotificationPatterns" type="wstring">
3971 <desc>
3972 A comma-separated list of simple glob patterns. Changes to guest
3973 properties whose name matches one of the patterns will generate an
3974 <link to="IGuestPropertyChangedEvent"/> signal.
3975 </desc>
3976 </attribute>
3977
3978 <attribute name="teleporterEnabled" type="boolean">
3979 <desc>
3980 When set to @a true, the virtual machine becomes a target teleporter
3981 the next time it is powered on. This can only set to @a true when the
3982 VM is in the @a PoweredOff or @a Aborted state.
3983
3984 <!-- This property is automatically set to @a false when the VM is powered
3985 on. (bird: This doesn't work yet ) -->
3986 </desc>
3987 </attribute>
3988
3989 <attribute name="teleporterPort" type="unsigned long">
3990 <desc>
3991 The TCP port the target teleporter will listen for incoming
3992 teleportations on.
3993
3994 0 means the port is automatically selected upon power on. The actual
3995 value can be read from this property while the machine is waiting for
3996 incoming teleportations.
3997 </desc>
3998 </attribute>
3999
4000 <attribute name="teleporterAddress" type="wstring">
4001 <desc>
4002 The address the target teleporter will listen on. If set to an empty
4003 string, it will listen on all addresses.
4004 </desc>
4005 </attribute>
4006
4007 <attribute name="teleporterPassword" type="wstring">
4008 <desc>
4009 The password to check for on the target teleporter. This is just a
4010 very basic measure to prevent simple hacks and operators accidentally
4011 beaming a virtual machine to the wrong place.
4012 </desc>
4013 </attribute>
4014
4015 <attribute name="faultToleranceState" type="FaultToleranceState">
4016 <desc>
4017 Fault tolerance state; disabled, source or target.
4018 This property can be changed at any time. If you change it for a running
4019 VM, then the fault tolerance address and port must be set beforehand.
4020 </desc>
4021 </attribute>
4022
4023 <attribute name="faultTolerancePort" type="unsigned long">
4024 <desc>
4025 The TCP port the fault tolerance source or target will use for
4026 communication.
4027 </desc>
4028 </attribute>
4029
4030 <attribute name="faultToleranceAddress" type="wstring">
4031 <desc>
4032 The address the fault tolerance source or target.
4033 </desc>
4034 </attribute>
4035
4036 <attribute name="faultTolerancePassword" type="wstring">
4037 <desc>
4038 The password to check for on the standby VM. This is just a
4039 very basic measure to prevent simple hacks and operators accidentally
4040 choosing the wrong standby VM.
4041 </desc>
4042 </attribute>
4043
4044 <attribute name="faultToleranceSyncInterval" type="unsigned long">
4045 <desc>
4046 The interval in ms used for syncing the state between source and target.
4047 </desc>
4048 </attribute>
4049
4050 <attribute name="RTCUseUTC" type="boolean">
4051 <desc>
4052 When set to @a true, the RTC device of the virtual machine will run
4053 in UTC time, otherwise in local time. Especially Unix guests prefer
4054 the time in UTC.
4055 </desc>
4056 </attribute>
4057
4058 <attribute name="ioCacheEnabled" type="boolean">
4059 <desc>
4060 When set to @a true, the builtin I/O cache of the virtual machine
4061 will be enabled.
4062 </desc>
4063 </attribute>
4064
4065 <attribute name="ioCacheSize" type="unsigned long">
4066 <desc>
4067 Maximum size of the I/O cache in MB.
4068 </desc>
4069 </attribute>
4070
4071 <attribute name="bandwidthControl" type="IBandwidthControl" readonly="yes">
4072 <desc>
4073 Bandwidth control manager.
4074 </desc>
4075 </attribute>
4076
4077 <attribute name="pciDeviceAssignments" type="IPciDeviceAttachment" readonly="yes" safearray="yes">
4078 <desc>Array of PCI devices assigned to this machine, to get list of all PCI devices
4079 attached to the machine use IConsole::attachedPciDevices attribute, as
4080 this attribute is intended to list only devices additional to what
4081 described in virtual hardware config. Usually, this list keeps host's
4082 physical devices assigned to the particular machine.
4083 </desc>
4084 </attribute>
4085
4086 <method name="lockMachine">
4087 <desc>
4088 Locks the machine for the given session to enable the caller
4089 to make changes to the machine or start the VM or control
4090 VM execution.
4091
4092 There are two ways to lock a machine for such uses:
4093
4094 <ul>
4095 <li>If you want to make changes to the machine settings,
4096 you must obtain an exclusive write lock on the machine
4097 by setting @a lockType to @c Write.
4098
4099 This will only succeed if no other process has locked
4100 the machine to prevent conflicting changes. Only after
4101 an exclusive write lock has been obtained using this method, one
4102 can change all VM settings or execute the VM in the process
4103 space of the session object. (Note that the latter is only of
4104 interest if you actually want to write a new front-end for
4105 virtual machines; but this API gets called internally by
4106 the existing front-ends such as VBoxHeadless and the VirtualBox
4107 GUI to acquire a write lock on the machine that they are running.)
4108
4109 On success, write-locking the machine for a session creates
4110 a second copy of the IMachine object. It is this second object
4111 upon which changes can be made; in VirtualBox terminology, the
4112 second copy is "mutable". It is only this second, mutable machine
4113 object upon which you can call methods that change the
4114 machine state. After having called this method, you can
4115 obtain this second, mutable machine object using the
4116 <link to="ISession::machine" /> attribute.
4117 </li>
4118 <li>If you only want to check the machine state or control
4119 machine execution without actually changing machine
4120 settings (e.g. to get access to VM statistics or take
4121 a snapshot or save the machine state), then set the
4122 @a lockType argument to @c Shared.
4123
4124 If no other session has obtained a lock, you will obtain an
4125 exclusive write lock as described above. However, if another
4126 session has already obtained such a lock, then a link to that
4127 existing session will be established which allows you
4128 to control that existing session.
4129
4130 To find out which type of lock was obtained, you can
4131 inspect <link to="ISession::type" />, which will have been
4132 set to either @c WriteLock or @c Shared.
4133 </li>
4134 </ul>
4135
4136 In either case, you can get access to the <link to="IConsole" />
4137 object which controls VM execution.
4138
4139 Also in all of the above cases, one must always call
4140 <link to="ISession::unlockMachine" /> to release the lock on the machine, or
4141 the machine's state will eventually be set to "Aborted".
4142
4143 To change settings on a machine, the following sequence is typically
4144 performed:
4145
4146 <ol>
4147 <li>Call this method to obtain an exclusive write lock for the current session.</li>
4148
4149 <li>Obtain a mutable IMachine object from <link to="ISession::machine" />.</li>
4150
4151 <li>Change the settings of the machine by invoking IMachine methods.</li>
4152
4153 <li>Call <link to="IMachine::saveSettings" />.</li>
4154
4155 <li>Release the write lock by calling <link to="ISession::unlockMachine"/>.</li>
4156 </ol>
4157
4158 <result name="E_UNEXPECTED">
4159 Virtual machine not registered.
4160 </result>
4161 <result name="E_ACCESSDENIED">
4162 Process not started by OpenRemoteSession.
4163 </result>
4164 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
4165 Session already open or being opened.
4166 </result>
4167 <result name="VBOX_E_VM_ERROR">
4168 Failed to assign machine to session.
4169 </result>
4170 </desc>
4171 <param name="session" type="ISession" dir="in">
4172 <desc>
4173 Session object for which the machine will be locked.
4174 </desc>
4175 </param>
4176 <param name="lockType" type="LockType" dir="in">
4177 <desc>
4178 If set to @c Write, then attempt to acquire an exclusive write lock or fail.
4179 If set to @c Shared, then either acquire an exclusive write lock or establish
4180 a link to an existing session.
4181 </desc>
4182 </param>
4183 </method>
4184
4185 <method name="launchVMProcess">
4186 <desc>
4187 Spawns a new process that will execute the virtual machine and obtains a shared
4188 lock on the machine for the calling session.
4189
4190 If launching the VM succeeds, the new VM process will create its own session
4191 and write-lock the machine for it, preventing conflicting changes from other
4192 processes. If the machine is already locked (because it is already running or
4193 because another session has a write lock), launching the VM process will therefore
4194 fail. Reversely, future attempts to obtain a write lock will also fail while the
4195 machine is running.
4196
4197 The caller's session object remains separate from the session opened by the new
4198 VM process. It receives its own <link to="IConsole" /> object which can be used
4199 to control machine execution, but it cannot be used to change all VM settings
4200 which would be available after a <link to="#lockMachine" /> call.
4201
4202 The caller must eventually release the session's shared lock by calling
4203 <link to="ISession::unlockMachine" /> on the local session object once this call
4204 has returned. However, the session's state (see <link to="ISession::state" />)
4205 will not return to "Unlocked" until the remote session has also unlocked
4206 the machine (i.e. the machine has stopped running).
4207
4208 Launching a VM process can take some time (a new VM is started in a new process,
4209 for which memory and other resources need to be set up). Because of this,
4210 an <link to="IProgress" /> object is returned to allow the caller to wait
4211 for this asynchronous operation to be completed. Until then, the caller's
4212 session object remains in the "Unlocked" state, and its <link to="ISession::machine" />
4213 and <link to="ISession::console" /> attributes cannot be accessed.
4214 It is recommended to use <link to="IProgress::waitForCompletion" /> or
4215 similar calls to wait for completion. Completion is signalled when the VM
4216 is powered on. If launching the VM fails, error messages can be queried
4217 via the progress object, if available.
4218
4219 The progress object will have at least 2 sub-operations. The first
4220 operation covers the period up to the new VM process calls powerUp.
4221 The subsequent operations mirror the <link to="IConsole::powerUp"/>
4222 progress object. Because <link to="IConsole::powerUp"/> may require
4223 some extra sub-operations, the <link to="IProgress::operationCount"/>
4224 may change at the completion of operation.
4225
4226 For details on the teleportation progress operation, see
4227 <link to="IConsole::powerUp"/>.
4228
4229 The @a environment argument is a string containing definitions of
4230 environment variables in the following format:
4231 @code
4232 NAME[=VALUE]\n
4233 NAME[=VALUE]\n
4234 ...
4235 @endcode
4236 where <tt>\\n</tt> is the new line character. These environment
4237 variables will be appended to the environment of the VirtualBox server
4238 process. If an environment variable exists both in the server process
4239 and in this list, the value from this list takes precedence over the
4240 server's variable. If the value of the environment variable is
4241 omitted, this variable will be removed from the resulting environment.
4242 If the environment string is @c null or empty, the server environment
4243 is inherited by the started process as is.
4244
4245 <result name="E_UNEXPECTED">
4246 Virtual machine not registered.
4247 </result>
4248 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
4249 Invalid session type @a type.
4250 </result>
4251 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND">
4252 No machine matching @a machineId found.
4253 </result>
4254 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
4255 Session already open or being opened.
4256 </result>
4257 <result name="VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR">
4258 Launching process for machine failed.
4259 </result>
4260 <result name="VBOX_E_VM_ERROR">
4261 Failed to assign machine to session.
4262 </result>
4263 </desc>
4264 <param name="session" type="ISession" dir="in">
4265 <desc>
4266 Client session object to which the VM process will be connected (this
4267 must be in "Unlocked" state).
4268 </desc>
4269 </param>
4270 <param name="type" type="wstring" dir="in">
4271 <desc>
4272 Front-end to use for the new VM process. The following are currently supported:
4273 <ul>
4274 <li><tt>"gui"</tt>: VirtualBox Qt GUI front-end</li>
4275 <li><tt>"headless"</tt>: VBoxHeadless (VRDE Server) front-end</li>
4276 <li><tt>"sdl"</tt>: VirtualBox SDL front-end</li>
4277 </ul>
4278 </desc>
4279 </param>
4280 <param name="environment" type="wstring" dir="in">
4281 <desc>
4282 Environment to pass to the VM process.
4283 </desc>
4284 </param>
4285 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
4286 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
4287 </param>
4288 </method>
4289
4290 <method name="setBootOrder">
4291 <desc>
4292 Puts the given device to the specified position in
4293 the boot order.
4294
4295 To indicate that no device is associated with the given position,
4296 <link to="DeviceType_Null"/> should be used.
4297
4298 @todo setHardDiskBootOrder(), setNetworkBootOrder()
4299
4300 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
4301 Boot @a position out of range.
4302 </result>
4303 <result name="E_NOTIMPL">
4304 Booting from USB @a device currently not supported.
4305 </result>
4306
4307 </desc>
4308 <param name="position" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
4309 <desc>
4310 Position in the boot order (@c 1 to the total number of
4311 devices the machine can boot from, as returned by
4312 <link to="ISystemProperties::maxBootPosition"/>).
4313 </desc>
4314 </param>
4315 <param name="device" type="DeviceType" dir="in">
4316 <desc>
4317 The type of the device used to boot at the given position.
4318 </desc>
4319 </param>
4320 </method>
4321
4322 <method name="getBootOrder" const="yes">
4323 <desc>
4324 Returns the device type that occupies the specified
4325 position in the boot order.
4326
4327 @todo [remove?]
4328 If the machine can have more than one device of the returned type
4329 (such as hard disks), then a separate method should be used to
4330 retrieve the individual device that occupies the given position.
4331
4332 If here are no devices at the given position, then
4333 <link to="DeviceType_Null"/> is returned.
4334
4335 @todo getHardDiskBootOrder(), getNetworkBootOrder()
4336
4337 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
4338 Boot @a position out of range.
4339 </result>
4340
4341 </desc>
4342 <param name="position" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
4343 <desc>
4344 Position in the boot order (@c 1 to the total number of
4345 devices the machine can boot from, as returned by
4346 <link to="ISystemProperties::maxBootPosition"/>).
4347 </desc>
4348 </param>
4349 <param name="device" type="DeviceType" dir="return">
4350 <desc>
4351 Device at the given position.
4352 </desc>
4353 </param>
4354 </method>
4355
4356 <method name="attachDevice">
4357 <desc>
4358 Attaches a device and optionally mounts a medium to the given storage
4359 controller (<link to="IStorageController" />, identified by @a name),
4360 at the indicated port and device.
4361
4362 This method is intended for managing storage devices in general while a
4363 machine is powered off. It can be used to attach and detach fixed
4364 and removeable media. The following kind of media can be attached
4365 to a machine:
4366
4367 <ul>
4368 <li>For fixed and removable media, you can pass in a medium that was
4369 previously opened using <link to="IVirtualBox::openMedium" />.
4370 </li>
4371
4372 <li>Only for storage devices supporting removable media (such as
4373 DVDs and floppies), you can also specify a null pointer to
4374 indicate an empty drive or one of the medium objects listed
4375 in the <link to="IHost::DVDDrives" /> and <link to="IHost::floppyDrives"/>
4376 arrays to indicate a host drive.
4377 For removeable devices, you can also use <link to="IMachine::mountMedium"/>
4378 to change the media while the machine is running.
4379 </li>
4380 </ul>
4381
4382 In a VM's default configuration of virtual machines, the secondary
4383 master of the IDE controller is used for a CD/DVD drive.
4384
4385 After calling this returns successfully, a new instance of
4386 <link to="IMediumAttachment"/> will appear in the machine's list of medium
4387 attachments (see <link to="IMachine::mediumAttachments"/>).
4388
4389 See <link to="IMedium"/> and <link to="IMediumAttachment"/> for more
4390 information about attaching media.
4391
4392 The specified device slot must not have a device attached to it,
4393 or this method will fail.
4394
4395 <note>
4396 You cannot attach a device to a newly created machine until
4397 this machine's settings are saved to disk using
4398 <link to="#saveSettings"/>.
4399 </note>
4400 <note>
4401 If the medium is being attached indirectly, a new differencing medium
4402 will implicitly be created for it and attached instead. If the
4403 changes made to the machine settings (including this indirect
4404 attachment) are later cancelled using <link to="#discardSettings"/>,
4405 this implicitly created differencing medium will implicitly
4406 be deleted.
4407 </note>
4408
4409 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
4410 SATA device, SATA port, IDE port or IDE slot out of range, or
4411 file or UUID not found.
4412 </result>
4413 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
4414 Machine must be registered before media can be attached.
4415 </result>
4416 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
4417 Invalid machine state.
4418 </result>
4419 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_IN_USE">
4420 A medium is already attached to this or another virtual machine.
4421 </result>
4422
4423 </desc>
4424 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
4425 <desc>Name of the storage controller to attach the device to.</desc>
4426 </param>
4427 <param name="controllerPort" type="long" dir="in">
4428 <desc>Port to attach the device to. For an IDE controller, 0 specifies
4429 the primary controller and 1 specifies the secondary controller.
4430 For a SCSI controller, this must range from 0 to 15; for a SATA controller,
4431 from 0 to 29; for an SAS controller, from 0 to 7.</desc>
4432 </param>
4433 <param name="device" type="long" dir="in">
4434 <desc>Device slot in the given port to attach the device to. This is only
4435 relevant for IDE controllers, for which 0 specifies the master device and
4436 1 specifies the slave device. For all other controller types, this must
4437 be 0.</desc>
4438 </param>
4439 <param name="type" type="DeviceType" dir="in">
4440 <desc>Device type of the attached device. For media opened by
4441 <link to="IVirtualBox::openMedium" />, this must match the device type
4442 specified there.</desc>
4443 </param>
4444 <param name="medium" type="IMedium" dir="in">
4445 <desc>Medium to mount or NULL for an empty drive.</desc>
4446 </param>
4447 </method>
4448
4449 <method name="detachDevice">
4450 <desc>
4451 Detaches the device attached to a device slot of the specified bus.
4452
4453 Detaching the device from the virtual machine is deferred. This means
4454 that the medium remains associated with the machine when this method
4455 returns and gets actually de-associated only after a successful
4456 <link to="#saveSettings"/> call. See <link to="IMedium"/>
4457 for more detailed information about attaching media.
4458
4459 <note>
4460 You cannot detach a device from a running machine.
4461 </note>
4462 <note>
4463 Detaching differencing media implicitly created by <link
4464 to="#attachDevice"/> for the indirect attachment using this
4465 method will <b>not</b> implicitly delete them. The
4466 <link to="IMedium::deleteStorage"/> operation should be
4467 explicitly performed by the caller after the medium is successfully
4468 detached and the settings are saved with
4469 <link to="#saveSettings"/>, if it is the desired action.
4470 </note>
4471
4472 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
4473 Attempt to detach medium from a running virtual machine.
4474 </result>
4475 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND">
4476 No medium attached to given slot/bus.
4477 </result>
4478 <result name="VBOX_E_NOT_SUPPORTED">
4479 Medium format does not support storage deletion.
4480 </result>
4481
4482 </desc>
4483 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
4484 <desc>Name of the storage controller to detach the medium from.</desc>
4485 </param>
4486 <param name="controllerPort" type="long" dir="in">
4487 <desc>Port number to detach the medium from.</desc>
4488 </param>
4489 <param name="device" type="long" dir="in">
4490 <desc>Device slot number to detach the medium from.</desc>
4491 </param>
4492 </method>
4493
4494 <method name="passthroughDevice">
4495 <desc>
4496 Sets the passthrough mode of an existing DVD device. Changing the
4497 setting while the VM is running is forbidden. The setting is only used
4498 if at VM start the device is configured as a host DVD drive, in all
4499 other cases it is ignored. The device must already exist; see
4500 <link to="IMachine::attachDevice"/> for how to attach a new device.
4501
4502 The @a controllerPort and @a device parameters specify the device slot and
4503 have have the same meaning as with <link to="IMachine::attachDevice" />.
4504
4505 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
4506 SATA device, SATA port, IDE port or IDE slot out of range.
4507 </result>
4508 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
4509 Attempt to modify an unregistered virtual machine.
4510 </result>
4511 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
4512 Invalid machine state.
4513 </result>
4514
4515 </desc>
4516 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
4517 <desc>Name of the storage controller.</desc>
4518 </param>
4519 <param name="controllerPort" type="long" dir="in">
4520 <desc>Storage controller port.</desc>
4521 </param>
4522 <param name="device" type="long" dir="in">
4523 <desc>Device slot in the given port.</desc>
4524 </param>
4525 <param name="passthrough" type="boolean" dir="in">
4526 <desc>New value for the passthrough setting.</desc>
4527 </param>
4528 </method>
4529
4530 <method name="setBandwidthGroupForDevice">
4531 <desc>
4532 Sets the passthrough mode of an existing DVD device. Changing the
4533 setting while the VM is running is forbidden. The setting is only used
4534 if at VM start the device is configured as a host DVD drive, in all
4535 other cases it is ignored. The device must already exist; see
4536 <link to="IMachine::attachDevice"/> for how to attach a new device.
4537
4538 The @a controllerPort and @a device parameters specify the device slot and
4539 have have the same meaning as with <link to="IMachine::attachDevice" />.
4540
4541 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
4542 SATA device, SATA port, IDE port or IDE slot out of range.
4543 </result>
4544 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
4545 Attempt to modify an unregistered virtual machine.
4546 </result>
4547 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
4548 Invalid machine state.
4549 </result>
4550
4551 </desc>
4552 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
4553 <desc>Name of the storage controller.</desc>
4554 </param>
4555 <param name="controllerPort" type="long" dir="in">
4556 <desc>Storage controller port.</desc>
4557 </param>
4558 <param name="device" type="long" dir="in">
4559 <desc>Device slot in the given port.</desc>
4560 </param>
4561 <param name="bandwidthGroup" type="IBandwidthGroup" dir="in">
4562 <desc>New value for the bandwidth group or NULL for no group.</desc>
4563 </param>
4564 </method>
4565
4566 <method name="mountMedium">
4567 <desc>
4568 Mounts a medium (<link to="IMedium" />, identified
4569 by the given UUID @a id) to the given storage controller
4570 (<link to="IStorageController" />, identified by @a name),
4571 at the indicated port and device. The device must already exist;
4572 see <link to="IMachine::attachDevice"/> for how to attach a new device.
4573
4574 This method is intended only for managing removable media, where the
4575 device is fixed but media is changeable at runtime (such as DVDs
4576 and floppies). It cannot be used for fixed media such as hard disks.
4577
4578 The @a controllerPort and @a device parameters specify the device slot and
4579 have have the same meaning as with <link to="IMachine::attachDevice" />.
4580
4581 The specified device slot can have a medium mounted, which will be
4582 unmounted first. Specifying a zero UUID (or an empty string) for
4583 @a medium does just an unmount.
4584
4585 See <link to="IMedium"/> for more detailed information about
4586 attaching media.
4587
4588 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
4589 SATA device, SATA port, IDE port or IDE slot out of range.
4590 </result>
4591 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
4592 Attempt to attach medium to an unregistered virtual machine.
4593 </result>
4594 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
4595 Invalid machine state.
4596 </result>
4597 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_IN_USE">
4598 Medium already attached to this or another virtual machine.
4599 </result>
4600
4601 </desc>
4602 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
4603 <desc>Name of the storage controller to attach the medium to.</desc>
4604 </param>
4605 <param name="controllerPort" type="long" dir="in">
4606 <desc>Port to attach the medium to.</desc>
4607 </param>
4608 <param name="device" type="long" dir="in">
4609 <desc>Device slot in the given port to attach the medium to.</desc>
4610 </param>
4611 <param name="medium" type="IMedium" dir="in">
4612 <desc>Medium to mount or NULL for an empty drive.</desc>
4613 </param>
4614 <param name="force" type="boolean" dir="in">
4615 <desc>Allows to force unmount/mount of a medium which is locked by
4616 the device slot in the given port to attach the medium to.</desc>
4617 </param>
4618 </method>
4619
4620 <method name="getMedium" const="yes">
4621 <desc>
4622 Returns the virtual medium attached to a device slot of the specified
4623 bus.
4624
4625 Note that if the medium was indirectly attached by
4626 <link to="#mountMedium"/> to the given device slot then this
4627 method will return not the same object as passed to the
4628 <link to="#mountMedium"/> call. See <link to="IMedium"/> for
4629 more detailed information about mounting a medium.
4630
4631 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND">
4632 No medium attached to given slot/bus.
4633 </result>
4634
4635 </desc>
4636 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
4637 <desc>Name of the storage controller the medium is attached to.</desc>
4638 </param>
4639 <param name="controllerPort" type="long" dir="in">
4640 <desc>Port to query.</desc>
4641 </param>
4642 <param name="device" type="long" dir="in">
4643 <desc>Device slot in the given port to query.</desc>
4644 </param>
4645 <param name="medium" type="IMedium" dir="return">
4646 <desc>Attached medium object.</desc>
4647 </param>
4648 </method>
4649
4650 <method name="getMediumAttachmentsOfController" const="yes">
4651 <desc>
4652 Returns an array of medium attachments which are attached to the
4653 the controller with the given name.
4654
4655 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND">
4656 A storage controller with given name doesn't exist.
4657 </result>
4658 </desc>
4659 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in"/>
4660 <param name="mediumAttachments" type="IMediumAttachment" safearray="yes" dir="return"/>
4661 </method>
4662
4663 <method name="getMediumAttachment" const="yes">
4664 <desc>
4665 Returns a medium attachment which corresponds to the controller with
4666 the given name, on the given port and device slot.
4667
4668 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND">
4669 No attachment exists for the given controller/port/device combination.
4670 </result>
4671 </desc>
4672 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in"/>
4673 <param name="controllerPort" type="long" dir="in"/>
4674 <param name="device" type="long" dir="in"/>
4675 <param name="attachment" type="IMediumAttachment" dir="return"/>
4676 </method>
4677
4678 <method name="attachHostPciDevice">
4679 <desc>
4680 Attaches host PCI device with the given (host) PCI address to the
4681 PCI bus of the virtual machine. Please note, that this operation
4682 is two phase, as real attachment will happen when VM will start,
4683 and most information will be delivered as IHostPciDevicePlugEvent
4684 on IVirtualBox event source.
4685 <note>
4686 Not yet implemented.
4687 </note>
4688
4689 <see>IHostPciDevicePlugEvent</see>
4690
4691 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
4692 Virtual machine state is not stopped (PCI hotplug not yet implemented).
4693 </result>
4694 <result name="VBOX_E_PDM_ERROR">
4695 Virtual machine does not have a PCI controller allowing attachment of physical devices.
4696 </result>
4697 <result name="VBOX_E_NOT_SUPPORTED">
4698 Hardware or host OS doesn't allow PCI device passthrought.
4699 </result>
4700 </desc>
4701 <param name="hostAddress" type="long" dir="in">
4702 <desc>Address of the host PCI device.</desc>
4703 </param>
4704 <param name="desiredGuestAddress" type="long" dir="in">
4705 <desc>Desired position of this device on guest PCI bus.</desc>
4706 </param>
4707 <param name="eventContext" type="IEventContext" dir="in">
4708 <desc>Context passed into IHostPciDevicePlugEvent event.</desc>
4709 </param>
4710 <param name="tryToUnbind" type="boolean" dir="in">
4711 <desc>If VMM shall try to unbind existing drivers from the
4712 device before attaching it to the guest.</desc>
4713 </param>
4714 </method>
4715
4716 <method name="detachHostPciDevice">
4717 <desc>
4718 Detach host PCI device from the virtual machine.
4719 Also HostPciDevicePlugEvent on IVirtualBox event source
4720 will be delivered.
4721
4722 <note>
4723 Not yet implemented.
4724 </note>
4725
4726 <see>IHostPciDevicePlugEvent</see>
4727
4728 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
4729 Virtual machine state is not stopped (PCI hotplug not yet implemented).
4730 </result>
4731 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND">
4732 This host device is not attached to this machine.
4733 </result>
4734 <result name="VBOX_E_PDM_ERROR">
4735 Virtual machine does not have a PCI controller allowing attachment of physical devices.
4736 </result>
4737 <result name="VBOX_E_NOT_SUPPORTED">
4738 Hardware or host OS doesn't allow PCI device passthrought.
4739 </result>
4740 </desc>
4741 <param name="hostAddress" type="long" dir="in">
4742 <desc>Address of the host PCI device.</desc>
4743 </param>
4744 </method>
4745
4746 <method name="getNetworkAdapter" const="yes">
4747 <desc>
4748 Returns the network adapter associated with the given slot.
4749 Slots are numbered sequentially, starting with zero. The total
4750 number of adapters per machine is defined by the
4751 <link to="ISystemProperties::networkAdapterCount"/> property,
4752 so the maximum slot number is one less than that property's value.
4753
4754 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
4755 Invalid @a slot number.
4756 </result>
4757
4758 </desc>
4759 <param name="slot" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
4760 <param name="adapter" type="INetworkAdapter" dir="return"/>
4761 </method>
4762
4763 <method name="addStorageController">
4764 <desc>
4765 Adds a new storage controller (SCSI, SAS or SATA controller) to the
4766 machine and returns it as an instance of
4767 <link to="IStorageController" />.
4768
4769 @a name identifies the controller for subsequent calls such as
4770 <link to="#getStorageControllerByName" />,
4771 <link to="#getStorageControllerByInstance" />,
4772 <link to="#removeStorageController" />,
4773 <link to="#attachDevice" /> or <link to="#mountMedium" />.
4774
4775 After the controller has been added, you can set its exact
4776 type by setting the <link to="IStorageController::controllerType" />.
4777
4778 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_IN_USE">
4779 A storage controller with given name exists already.
4780 </result>
4781 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
4782 Invalid @a controllerType.
4783 </result>
4784 </desc>
4785 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in"/>
4786 <param name="connectionType" type="StorageBus" dir="in"/>
4787 <param name="controller" type="IStorageController" dir="return"/>
4788 </method>
4789
4790 <method name="getStorageControllerByName" const="yes">
4791 <desc>
4792 Returns a storage controller with the given name.
4793
4794 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND">
4795 A storage controller with given name doesn't exist.
4796 </result>
4797 </desc>
4798 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in"/>
4799 <param name="storageController" type="IStorageController" dir="return"/>
4800 </method>
4801
4802 <method name="getStorageControllerByInstance" const="yes">
4803 <desc>
4804 Returns a storage controller with the given instance number.
4805
4806 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND">
4807 A storage controller with given instance number doesn't exist.
4808 </result>
4809 </desc>
4810 <param name="instance" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
4811 <param name="storageController" type="IStorageController" dir="return"/>
4812 </method>
4813
4814 <method name="removeStorageController">
4815 <desc>
4816 Removes a storage controller from the machine.
4817
4818 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND">
4819 A storage controller with given name doesn't exist.
4820 </result>
4821 </desc>
4822 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in"/>
4823 </method>
4824
4825 <method name="setStorageControllerBootable">
4826 <desc>
4827 Sets the bootable flag of the storage controller with the given name.
4828
4829 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND">
4830 A storage controller with given name doesn't exist.
4831 </result>
4832 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_IN_USE">
4833 Another storage controller is marked as bootable already.
4834 </result>
4835 </desc>
4836 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in"/>
4837 <param name="bootable" type="boolean" dir="in"/>
4838 </method>
4839
4840 <method name="getSerialPort" const="yes">
4841 <desc>
4842 Returns the serial port associated with the given slot.
4843 Slots are numbered sequentially, starting with zero. The total
4844 number of serial ports per machine is defined by the
4845 <link to="ISystemProperties::serialPortCount"/> property,
4846 so the maximum slot number is one less than that property's value.
4847
4848 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
4849 Invalid @a slot number.
4850 </result>
4851
4852 </desc>
4853 <param name="slot" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
4854 <param name="port" type="ISerialPort" dir="return"/>
4855 </method>
4856
4857 <method name="getParallelPort" const="yes">
4858 <desc>
4859 Returns the parallel port associated with the given slot.
4860 Slots are numbered sequentially, starting with zero. The total
4861 number of parallel ports per machine is defined by the
4862 <link to="ISystemProperties::parallelPortCount"/> property,
4863 so the maximum slot number is one less than that property's value.
4864
4865 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
4866 Invalid @a slot number.
4867 </result>
4868
4869 </desc>
4870 <param name="slot" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
4871 <param name="port" type="IParallelPort" dir="return"/>
4872 </method>
4873
4874 <method name="getExtraDataKeys">
4875 <desc>
4876 Returns an array representing the machine-specific extra data keys
4877 which currently have values defined.
4878 </desc>
4879 <param name="value" type="wstring" dir="return" safearray="yes">
4880 <desc>Array of extra data keys.</desc>
4881 </param>
4882 </method>
4883
4884 <method name="getExtraData">
4885 <desc>
4886 Returns associated machine-specific extra data.
4887
4888 If the requested data @a key does not exist, this function will
4889 succeed and return an empty string in the @a value argument.
4890
4891 <result name="VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR">
4892 Settings file not accessible.
4893 </result>
4894 <result name="VBOX_E_XML_ERROR">
4895 Could not parse the settings file.
4896 </result>
4897
4898 </desc>
4899 <param name="key" type="wstring" dir="in">
4900 <desc>Name of the data key to get.</desc>
4901 </param>
4902 <param name="value" type="wstring" dir="return">
4903 <desc>Value of the requested data key.</desc>
4904 </param>
4905 </method>
4906
4907 <method name="setExtraData">
4908 <desc>
4909 Sets associated machine-specific extra data.
4910
4911 If you pass @c null or an empty string as a key @a value, the given
4912 @a key will be deleted.
4913
4914 <note>
4915 Before performing the actual data change, this method will ask all
4916 registered listeners using the
4917 <link to="IExtraDataCanChangeEvent"/>
4918 notification for a permission. If one of the listeners refuses the
4919 new value, the change will not be performed.
4920 </note>
4921 <note>
4922 On success, the
4923 <link to="IExtraDataChangedEvent"/> notification
4924 is called to inform all registered listeners about a successful data
4925 change.
4926 </note>
4927 <note>
4928 This method can be called outside the machine session and therefore
4929 it's a caller's responsibility to handle possible race conditions
4930 when several clients change the same key at the same time.
4931 </note>
4932
4933 <result name="VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR">
4934 Settings file not accessible.
4935 </result>
4936 <result name="VBOX_E_XML_ERROR">
4937 Could not parse the settings file.
4938 </result>
4939
4940 </desc>
4941 <param name="key" type="wstring" dir="in">
4942 <desc>Name of the data key to set.</desc>
4943 </param>
4944 <param name="value" type="wstring" dir="in">
4945 <desc>Value to assign to the key.</desc>
4946 </param>
4947 </method>
4948
4949 <method name="getCPUProperty" const="yes">
4950 <desc>
4951 Returns the virtual CPU boolean value of the specified property.
4952
4953 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
4954 Invalid property.
4955 </result>
4956
4957 </desc>
4958 <param name="property" type="CPUPropertyType" dir="in">
4959 <desc>
4960 Property type to query.
4961 </desc>
4962 </param>
4963 <param name="value" type="boolean" dir="return">
4964 <desc>
4965 Property value.
4966 </desc>
4967 </param>
4968 </method>
4969
4970 <method name="setCPUProperty">
4971 <desc>
4972 Sets the virtual CPU boolean value of the specified property.
4973
4974 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
4975 Invalid property.
4976 </result>
4977
4978 </desc>
4979 <param name="property" type="CPUPropertyType" dir="in">
4980 <desc>
4981 Property type to query.
4982 </desc>
4983 </param>
4984 <param name="value" type="boolean" dir="in">
4985 <desc>
4986 Property value.
4987 </desc>
4988 </param>
4989 </method>
4990
4991 <method name="getCPUIDLeaf" const="yes">
4992 <desc>
4993 Returns the virtual CPU cpuid information for the specified leaf.
4994
4995 Currently supported index values for cpuid:
4996 Standard CPUID leafs: 0 - 0xA
4997 Extended CPUID leafs: 0x80000000 - 0x8000000A
4998
4999 See the Intel and AMD programmer's manuals for detailed information
5000 about the cpuid instruction and its leafs.
5001 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
5002 Invalid id.
5003 </result>
5004
5005 </desc>
5006 <param name="id" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
5007 <desc>
5008 CPUID leaf index.
5009 </desc>
5010 </param>
5011 <param name="valEax" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
5012 <desc>
5013 CPUID leaf value for register eax.
5014 </desc>
5015 </param>
5016 <param name="valEbx" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
5017 <desc>
5018 CPUID leaf value for register ebx.
5019 </desc>
5020 </param>
5021 <param name="valEcx" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
5022 <desc>
5023 CPUID leaf value for register ecx.
5024 </desc>
5025 </param>
5026 <param name="valEdx" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
5027 <desc>
5028 CPUID leaf value for register edx.
5029 </desc>
5030 </param>
5031 </method>
5032
5033 <method name="setCPUIDLeaf">
5034 <desc>
5035 Sets the virtual CPU cpuid information for the specified leaf. Note that these values
5036 are not passed unmodified. VirtualBox clears features that it doesn't support.
5037
5038 Currently supported index values for cpuid:
5039 Standard CPUID leafs: 0 - 0xA
5040 Extended CPUID leafs: 0x80000000 - 0x8000000A
5041
5042 See the Intel and AMD programmer's manuals for detailed information
5043 about the cpuid instruction and its leafs.
5044
5045 Do not use this method unless you know exactly what you're doing. Misuse can lead to
5046 random crashes inside VMs.
5047 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
5048 Invalid id.
5049 </result>
5050
5051 </desc>
5052 <param name="id" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
5053 <desc>
5054 CPUID leaf index.
5055 </desc>
5056 </param>
5057 <param name="valEax" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
5058 <desc>
5059 CPUID leaf value for register eax.
5060 </desc>
5061 </param>
5062 <param name="valEbx" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
5063 <desc>
5064 CPUID leaf value for register ebx.
5065 </desc>
5066 </param>
5067 <param name="valEcx" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
5068 <desc>
5069 CPUID leaf value for register ecx.
5070 </desc>
5071 </param>
5072 <param name="valEdx" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
5073 <desc>
5074 CPUID leaf value for register edx.
5075 </desc>
5076 </param>
5077 </method>
5078
5079 <method name="removeCPUIDLeaf">
5080 <desc>
5081 Removes the virtual CPU cpuid leaf for the specified index
5082
5083 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
5084 Invalid id.
5085 </result>
5086
5087 </desc>
5088 <param name="id" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
5089 <desc>
5090 CPUID leaf index.
5091 </desc>
5092 </param>
5093 </method>
5094
5095 <method name="removeAllCPUIDLeaves">
5096 <desc>
5097 Removes all the virtual CPU cpuid leaves
5098 </desc>
5099 </method>
5100
5101 <method name="getHWVirtExProperty" const="yes">
5102 <desc>
5103 Returns the value of the specified hardware virtualization boolean property.
5104
5105 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
5106 Invalid property.
5107 </result>
5108
5109 </desc>
5110 <param name="property" type="HWVirtExPropertyType" dir="in">
5111 <desc>
5112 Property type to query.
5113 </desc>
5114 </param>
5115 <param name="value" type="boolean" dir="return">
5116 <desc>
5117 Property value.
5118 </desc>
5119 </param>
5120 </method>
5121
5122 <method name="setHWVirtExProperty">
5123 <desc>
5124 Sets a new value for the specified hardware virtualization boolean property.
5125
5126 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
5127 Invalid property.
5128 </result>
5129
5130 </desc>
5131 <param name="property" type="HWVirtExPropertyType" dir="in">
5132 <desc>
5133 Property type to set.
5134 </desc>
5135 </param>
5136 <param name="value" type="boolean" dir="in">
5137 <desc>
5138 New property value.
5139 </desc>
5140 </param>
5141 </method>
5142
5143 <method name="saveSettings">
5144 <desc>
5145 Saves any changes to machine settings made since the session
5146 has been opened or a new machine has been created, or since the
5147 last call to <link to="#saveSettings"/> or <link to="#discardSettings"/>.
5148 For registered machines, new settings become visible to all
5149 other VirtualBox clients after successful invocation of this
5150 method.
5151 <note>
5152 The method sends <link to="IMachineDataChangedEvent"/>
5153 notification event after the configuration has been successfully
5154 saved (only for registered machines).
5155 </note>
5156 <note>
5157 Calling this method is only valid on instances returned
5158 by <link to="ISession::machine"/> and on new machines
5159 created by <link to="IVirtualBox::createMachine"/> but not
5160 yet registered, or on unregistered machines after calling
5161 <link to="IMachine::unregister"/>.
5162 </note>
5163
5164 <result name="VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR">
5165 Settings file not accessible.
5166 </result>
5167 <result name="VBOX_E_XML_ERROR">
5168 Could not parse the settings file.
5169 </result>
5170 <result name="E_ACCESSDENIED">
5171 Modification request refused.
5172 </result>
5173
5174 </desc>
5175 </method>
5176
5177 <method name="discardSettings">
5178 <desc>
5179 Discards any changes to the machine settings made since the session
5180 has been opened or since the last call to <link to="#saveSettings"/>
5181 or <link to="#discardSettings"/>.
5182 <note>
5183 Calling this method is only valid on instances returned
5184 by <link to="ISession::machine"/> and on new machines
5185 created by <link to="IVirtualBox::createMachine"/> or
5186 opened by <link to="IVirtualBox::openMachine"/> but not
5187 yet registered, or on unregistered machines after calling
5188 <link to="IMachine::unregister"/>.
5189 </note>
5190
5191 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
5192 Virtual machine is not mutable.
5193 </result>
5194
5195 </desc>
5196 </method>
5197
5198 <method name="unregister">
5199 <desc>
5200 Unregisters the machine, which must have been previously registered using
5201 <link to="IVirtualBox::registerMachine"/>, and optionally do additional
5202 cleanup before the machine is unregistered.
5203
5204 This method does not delete any files. It only changes the machine configuration and
5205 the list of registered machines in the VirtualBox object. To delete the files which
5206 belonged to the machine, including the XML file of the machine itself, call
5207 <link to="#delete"/>, optionally with the array of IMedium objects which was returned
5208 from this method.
5209
5210 How thoroughly this method cleans up the machine configuration before unregistering
5211 the machine depends on the @a cleanupMode argument.
5212
5213 <ul>
5214 <li>With "UnregisterOnly", the machine will only be unregistered, but no additional
5215 cleanup will be performed. The call will fail if the machine is in "Saved" state
5216 or has any snapshots or any media attached (see <link to="IMediumAttachment" />.
5217 It is the responsibility of the caller to delete all such configuration in this mode.
5218 In this mode, the API behaves like the former @c IVirtualBox::unregisterMachine() API
5219 which it replaces.</li>
5220 <li>With "DetachAllReturnNone", the call will succeed even if the machine is in "Saved"
5221 state or if it has snapshots or media attached. All media attached to the current machine
5222 state or in snapshots will be detached. No medium objects will be returned; all of the
5223 machine's media will remain open.</li>
5224 <li>With "DetachAllReturnHardDisksOnly", the call will behave like with "DetachAllReturnNone",
5225 except that all the hard disk medium objects which were detached from the machine will
5226 be returned as an array. This allows for quickly passing them to the <link to="#delete" />
5227 API for closing and deletion.</li>
5228 <li>With "Full", the call will behave like with "DetachAllReturnHardDisksOnly", except
5229 that all media will be returned in the array, including removeable media like DVDs and
5230 floppies. This might be useful if the user wants to inspect in detail which media were
5231 attached to the machine. Be careful when passing the media array to <link to="#delete" />
5232 in that case because users will typically want to preserve ISO and RAW image files.</li>
5233 </ul>
5234
5235 This API does not verify whether the media files returned in the array are still
5236 attached to other machines (i.e. shared between several machines). If such a shared
5237 image is passed to <link to="#delete" /> however, closing the image will fail there
5238 and the image will be silently skipped.
5239
5240 A typical implementation will use "DetachAllReturnHardDisksOnly" and then pass the
5241 resulting IMedia array to <link to="#delete"/>. This way, the machine is completely
5242 deleted with all its saved states and hard disk images, but images for removeable
5243 drives (such as ISO and RAW files) will remain on disk.
5244
5245 The call will fail if the machine is currently locked (see <link to="ISession" />).
5246 It implicitly calls <link to="#saveSettings"/> to save all current machine settings
5247 before unregistering it.
5248
5249 After successful method invocation, the <link to="IMachineRegisteredEvent"/> event
5250 is fired.
5251
5252 <note>
5253 If the given machine is inaccessible (see <link to="#accessible"/>), it
5254 will be unregistered and fully uninitialized right afterwards. As a result,
5255 the returned machine object will be unusable and an attempt to call
5256 <b>any</b> method will return the "Object not ready" error.
5257 </note>
5258
5259 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
5260 Machine is currently locked for a session.
5261 </result>
5262 </desc>
5263
5264 <param name="cleanupMode" type="CleanupMode" dir="in">
5265 <desc>How to clean up after the machine has been unregistered.</desc>
5266 </param>
5267 <param name="aMedia" type="IMedium" safearray="yes" dir="return">
5268 <desc>List of media detached from the machine, depending on the @a cleanupMode parameter.</desc>
5269 </param>
5270 </method>
5271
5272 <method name="delete">
5273 <desc>
5274 Deletes the files associated with this machine from disk. If medium objects are passed
5275 in with the @a aMedia argument, they are closed and, if closing was successful, their
5276 storage files are deleted as well. For convenience, this array of media files can be
5277 the same as the one returned from a previous <link to="#unregister" /> call.
5278
5279 This method must only be called on machines which are either write-locked (i.e. on instances
5280 returned by <link to="ISession::machine"/>) or on unregistered machines (i.e. not yet
5281 registered machines created by <link to="IVirtualBox::createMachine"/> or opened by
5282 <link to="IVirtualBox::openMachine"/>, or after having called <link to="#unregister"/>).
5283
5284 The following files will be deleted by this method:
5285 <ul>
5286 <li>If <link to="#unregister" /> had been previously called with a @a cleanupMode
5287 argument other than "UnregisterOnly", this will delete all saved state files that
5288 the machine had in use; possibly one if the machine was in "Saved" state and one
5289 for each online snapshot that the machine had.</li>
5290 <li>On each medium object passed in the @a aMedia array, this will call
5291 <link to="IMedium::close" />. If that succeeds, this will attempt to delete the
5292 medium's storage on disk. Since the close() call will fail if the medium is still
5293 in use, e.g. because it is still attached to a second machine; in that case the
5294 storage will not be deleted.</li>
5295 <li>Finally, the machine's own XML file will be deleted.</li>
5296 </ul>
5297
5298 Since deleting large disk image files can be a time-consuming I/O operation, this
5299 method operates asynchronously and returns an IProgress object to allow the caller
5300 to monitor the progress. There will be one sub-operation for each file that is
5301 being deleted (saved state or medium storage file).
5302
5303 <note>
5304 <link to="#settingsModified"/> will return @c true after this
5305 method successfully returns.
5306 </note>
5307
5308 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
5309 Machine is registered but not write-locked.
5310 </result>
5311 <result name="VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR">
5312 Could not delete the settings file.
5313 </result>
5314 </desc>
5315 <param name="aMedia" type="IMedium" safearray="yes" dir="in">
5316 <desc>List of media to be closed and whose storage files will be deleted.</desc>
5317 </param>
5318 <param name="aProgress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
5319 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
5320 </param>
5321 </method>
5322
5323 <method name="export">
5324 <desc>Exports the machine to an OVF appliance. See <link to="IAppliance" /> for the
5325 steps required to export VirtualBox machines to OVF.
5326 </desc>
5327
5328 <param name="aAppliance" type="IAppliance" dir="in">
5329 <desc>Appliance to export this machine to.</desc>
5330 </param>
5331 <param name="location" type="wstring" dir="in">
5332 <desc>The target location.</desc>
5333 </param>
5334 <param name="aDescription" type="IVirtualSystemDescription" dir="return">
5335 <desc>VirtualSystemDescription object which is created for this machine.</desc>
5336 </param>
5337 </method >
5338
5339 <method name="findSnapshot">
5340 <desc>
5341 Returns a snapshot of this machine with the given name or UUID.
5342
5343 Returns a snapshot of this machine with the given UUID.
5344 A @c null argument can be used to obtain the first snapshot
5345 taken on this machine. This is useful if you want to traverse
5346 the whole tree of snapshots starting from the root.
5347
5348 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND">
5349 Virtual machine has no snapshots or snapshot not found.
5350 </result>
5351
5352 </desc>
5353 <param name="nameOrId" type="wstring" dir="in">
5354 <desc>What to search for. Name or UUID of the snapshot to find</desc>
5355 </param>
5356 <param name="snapshot" type="ISnapshot" dir="return">
5357 <desc>Snapshot object with the given name.</desc>
5358 </param>
5359 </method>
5360
5361 <method name="createSharedFolder">
5362 <desc>
5363 Creates a new permanent shared folder by associating the given logical
5364 name with the given host path, adds it to the collection of shared
5365 folders and starts sharing it. Refer to the description of
5366 <link to="ISharedFolder"/> to read more about logical names.
5367
5368 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_IN_USE">
5369 Shared folder already exists.
5370 </result>
5371 <result name="VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR">
5372 Shared folder @a hostPath not accessible.
5373 </result>
5374
5375 </desc>
5376 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
5377 <desc>Unique logical name of the shared folder.</desc>
5378 </param>
5379 <param name="hostPath" type="wstring" dir="in">
5380 <desc>Full path to the shared folder in the host file system.</desc>
5381 </param>
5382 <param name="writable" type="boolean" dir="in">
5383 <desc>Whether the share is writable or readonly.</desc>
5384 </param>
5385 <param name="automount" type="boolean" dir="in">
5386 <desc>Whether the share gets automatically mounted by the guest
5387 or not.</desc>
5388 </param>
5389 </method>
5390
5391 <method name="removeSharedFolder">
5392 <desc>
5393 Removes the permanent shared folder with the given name previously
5394 created by <link to="#createSharedFolder"/> from the collection of
5395 shared folders and stops sharing it.
5396
5397 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
5398 Virtual machine is not mutable.
5399 </result>
5400 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND">
5401 Shared folder @a name does not exist.
5402 </result>
5403
5404 </desc>
5405 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
5406 <desc>Logical name of the shared folder to remove.</desc>
5407 </param>
5408 </method>
5409
5410 <method name="canShowConsoleWindow">
5411 <desc>
5412 Returns @c true if the VM console process can activate the
5413 console window and bring it to foreground on the desktop of
5414 the host PC.
5415 <note>
5416 This method will fail if a session for this machine is not
5417 currently open.
5418 </note>
5419
5420 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
5421 Machine session is not open.
5422 </result>
5423
5424 </desc>
5425 <param name="canShow" type="boolean" dir="return">
5426 <desc>
5427 @c true if the console window can be shown and @c false otherwise.
5428 </desc>
5429 </param>
5430 </method>
5431
5432 <method name="showConsoleWindow">
5433 <desc>
5434 Activates the console window and brings it to foreground on
5435 the desktop of the host PC. Many modern window managers on
5436 many platforms implement some sort of focus stealing
5437 prevention logic, so that it may be impossible to activate
5438 a window without the help of the currently active
5439 application. In this case, this method will return a non-zero
5440 identifier that represents the top-level window of the VM
5441 console process. The caller, if it represents a currently
5442 active process, is responsible to use this identifier (in a
5443 platform-dependent manner) to perform actual window
5444 activation.
5445 <note>
5446 This method will fail if a session for this machine is not
5447 currently open.
5448 </note>
5449
5450 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
5451 Machine session is not open.
5452 </result>
5453
5454 </desc>
5455 <param name="winId" type="long long" dir="return">
5456 <desc>
5457 Platform-dependent identifier of the top-level VM console
5458 window, or zero if this method has performed all actions
5459 necessary to implement the <i>show window</i> semantics for
5460 the given platform and/or VirtualBox front-end.
5461 </desc>
5462 </param>
5463 </method>
5464
5465 <method name="getGuestProperty" const="yes">
5466 <desc>
5467 Reads an entry from the machine's guest property store.
5468
5469 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
5470 Machine session is not open.
5471 </result>
5472
5473 </desc>
5474 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
5475 <desc>
5476 The name of the property to read.
5477 </desc>
5478 </param>
5479 <param name="value" type="wstring" dir="out">
5480 <desc>
5481 The value of the property. If the property does not exist then this
5482 will be empty.
5483 </desc>
5484 </param>
5485 <param name="timestamp" type="long long" dir="out">
5486 <desc>
5487 The time at which the property was last modified, as seen by the
5488 server process.
5489 </desc>
5490 </param>
5491 <param name="flags" type="wstring" dir="out">
5492 <desc>
5493 Additional property parameters, passed as a comma-separated list of
5494 "name=value" type entries.
5495 </desc>
5496 </param>
5497 </method>
5498
5499 <method name="getGuestPropertyValue" const="yes">
5500 <desc>
5501 Reads a value from the machine's guest property store.
5502
5503 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
5504 Machine session is not open.
5505 </result>
5506
5507 </desc>
5508 <param name="property" type="wstring" dir="in">
5509 <desc>
5510 The name of the property to read.
5511 </desc>
5512 </param>
5513 <param name="value" type="wstring" dir="return">
5514 <desc>
5515 The value of the property. If the property does not exist then this
5516 will be empty.
5517 </desc>
5518 </param>
5519 </method>
5520
5521 <method name="getGuestPropertyTimestamp" const="yes">
5522 <desc>
5523 Reads a property timestamp from the machine's guest property store.
5524
5525 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
5526 Machine session is not open.
5527 </result>
5528
5529 </desc>
5530 <param name="property" type="wstring" dir="in">
5531 <desc>
5532 The name of the property to read.
5533 </desc>
5534 </param>
5535 <param name="value" type="long long" dir="return">
5536 <desc>
5537 The timestamp. If the property does not exist then this will be
5538 empty.
5539 </desc>
5540 </param>
5541 </method>
5542
5543 <method name="setGuestProperty">
5544 <desc>
5545 Sets, changes or deletes an entry in the machine's guest property
5546 store.
5547
5548 <result name="E_ACCESSDENIED">
5549 Property cannot be changed.
5550 </result>
5551 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
5552 Invalid @a flags.
5553 </result>
5554 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
5555 Virtual machine is not mutable or session not open.
5556 </result>
5557 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
5558 Cannot set transient property when machine not running.
5559 </result>
5560
5561 </desc>
5562 <param name="property" type="wstring" dir="in">
5563 <desc>
5564 The name of the property to set, change or delete.
5565 </desc>
5566 </param>
5567 <param name="value" type="wstring" dir="in">
5568 <desc>
5569 The new value of the property to set, change or delete. If the
5570 property does not yet exist and value is non-empty, it will be
5571 created. If the value is @c null or empty, the property will be
5572 deleted if it exists.
5573 </desc>
5574 </param>
5575 <param name="flags" type="wstring" dir="in">
5576 <desc>
5577 Additional property parameters, passed as a comma-separated list of
5578 "name=value" type entries.
5579 </desc>
5580 </param>
5581 </method>
5582
5583 <method name="setGuestPropertyValue">
5584 <desc>
5585 Sets, changes or deletes a value in the machine's guest property
5586 store. The flags field will be left unchanged or created empty for a
5587 new property.
5588
5589 <result name="E_ACCESSDENIED">
5590 Property cannot be changed.
5591 </result>
5592 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
5593 Virtual machine is not mutable or session not open.
5594 </result>
5595 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
5596 Cannot set transient property when machine not running.
5597 </result>
5598 </desc>
5599
5600 <param name="property" type="wstring" dir="in">
5601 <desc>
5602 The name of the property to set, change or delete.
5603 </desc>
5604 </param>
5605 <param name="value" type="wstring" dir="in">
5606 <desc>
5607 The new value of the property to set, change or delete. If the
5608 property does not yet exist and value is non-empty, it will be
5609 created. If the value is @c null or empty, the property will be
5610 deleted if it exists.
5611 </desc>
5612 </param>
5613 </method>
5614
5615 <method name="enumerateGuestProperties">
5616 <desc>
5617 Return a list of the guest properties matching a set of patterns along
5618 with their values, time stamps and flags.
5619 </desc>
5620 <param name="patterns" type="wstring" dir="in">
5621 <desc>
5622 The patterns to match the properties against, separated by '|'
5623 characters. If this is empty or @c null, all properties will match.
5624 </desc>
5625 </param>
5626 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="out" safearray="yes">
5627 <desc>
5628 The names of the properties returned.
5629 </desc>
5630 </param>
5631 <param name="value" type="wstring" dir="out" safearray="yes">
5632 <desc>
5633 The values of the properties returned. The array entries match the
5634 corresponding entries in the @a name array.
5635 </desc>
5636 </param>
5637 <param name="timestamp" type="long long" dir="out" safearray="yes">
5638 <desc>
5639 The time stamps of the properties returned. The array entries match
5640 the corresponding entries in the @a name array.
5641 </desc>
5642 </param>
5643 <param name="flags" type="wstring" dir="out" safearray="yes">
5644 <desc>
5645 The flags of the properties returned. The array entries match the
5646 corresponding entries in the @a name array.
5647 </desc>
5648 </param>
5649 </method>
5650
5651 <method name="querySavedGuestSize">
5652 <desc>
5653 Returns the guest dimensions from the saved state.
5654 </desc>
5655 <param name="screenId" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
5656 <desc>
5657 Saved guest screen to query info from.
5658 </desc>
5659 </param>
5660 <param name="width" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
5661 <desc>
5662 Guest width at the time of the saved state was taken.
5663 </desc>
5664 </param>
5665 <param name="height" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
5666 <desc>
5667 Guest height at the time of the saved state was taken.
5668 </desc>
5669 </param>
5670 </method>
5671
5672 <method name="querySavedThumbnailSize">
5673 <desc>
5674 Returns size in bytes and dimensions in pixels of a saved thumbnail bitmap from saved state.
5675 </desc>
5676 <param name="screenId" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
5677 <desc>
5678 Saved guest screen to query info from.
5679 </desc>
5680 </param>
5681 <param name="size" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
5682 <desc>
5683 Size of buffer required to store the bitmap.
5684 </desc>
5685 </param>
5686 <param name="width" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
5687 <desc>
5688 Bitmap width.
5689 </desc>
5690 </param>
5691 <param name="height" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
5692 <desc>
5693 Bitmap height.
5694 </desc>
5695 </param>
5696 </method>
5697
5698 <method name="readSavedThumbnailToArray">
5699 <desc>
5700 Thumbnail is retrieved to an array of bytes in uncompressed 32-bit BGRA or RGBA format.
5701 </desc>
5702 <param name="screenId" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
5703 <desc>
5704 Saved guest screen to read from.
5705 </desc>
5706 </param>
5707 <param name="BGR" type="boolean" dir="in">
5708 <desc>
5709 How to order bytes in the pixel. A pixel consists of 4 bytes. If this parameter is true, then
5710 bytes order is: B, G, R, 0xFF. If this parameter is false, then bytes order is: R, G, B, 0xFF.
5711 </desc>
5712 </param>
5713 <param name="width" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
5714 <desc>
5715 Bitmap width.
5716 </desc>
5717 </param>
5718 <param name="height" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
5719 <desc>
5720 Bitmap height.
5721 </desc>
5722 </param>
5723 <param name="data" type="octet" safearray="yes" dir="return">
5724 <desc>
5725 Array with resulting bitmap data.
5726 </desc>
5727 </param>
5728 </method>
5729
5730 <method name="readSavedThumbnailPNGToArray">
5731 <desc>
5732 Thumbnail in PNG format is retrieved to an array of bytes.
5733 </desc>
5734 <param name="screenId" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
5735 <desc>
5736 Saved guest screen to read from.
5737 </desc>
5738 </param>
5739 <param name="width" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
5740 <desc>
5741 Image width.
5742 </desc>
5743 </param>
5744 <param name="height" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
5745 <desc>
5746 Image height.
5747 </desc>
5748 </param>
5749 <param name="data" type="octet" dir="return" safearray="yes">
5750 <desc>
5751 Array with resulting PNG data.
5752 </desc>
5753 </param>
5754 </method>
5755
5756 <method name="querySavedScreenshotPNGSize">
5757 <desc>
5758 Returns size in bytes and dimensions of a saved PNG image of screenshot from saved state.
5759 </desc>
5760 <param name="screenId" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
5761 <desc>
5762 Saved guest screen to query info from.
5763 </desc>
5764 </param>
5765 <param name="size" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
5766 <desc>
5767 Size of buffer required to store the PNG binary data.
5768 </desc>
5769 </param>
5770 <param name="width" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
5771 <desc>
5772 Image width.
5773 </desc>
5774 </param>
5775 <param name="height" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
5776 <desc>
5777 Image height.
5778 </desc>
5779 </param>
5780 </method>
5781
5782 <method name="readSavedScreenshotPNGToArray">
5783 <desc>
5784 Screenshot in PNG format is retrieved to an array of bytes.
5785 </desc>
5786 <param name="screenId" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
5787 <desc>
5788 Saved guest screen to read from.
5789 </desc>
5790 </param>
5791 <param name="width" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
5792 <desc>
5793 Image width.
5794 </desc>
5795 </param>
5796 <param name="height" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
5797 <desc>
5798 Image height.
5799 </desc>
5800 </param>
5801 <param name="data" type="octet" dir="return" safearray="yes">
5802 <desc>
5803 Array with resulting PNG data.
5804 </desc>
5805 </param>
5806 </method>
5807
5808 <method name="hotPlugCPU">
5809 <desc>
5810 Plugs a CPU into the machine.
5811 </desc>
5812 <param name="cpu" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
5813 <desc>
5814 The CPU id to insert.
5815 </desc>
5816 </param>
5817 </method>
5818
5819 <method name="hotUnplugCPU">
5820 <desc>
5821 Removes a CPU from the machine.
5822 </desc>
5823 <param name="cpu" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
5824 <desc>
5825 The CPU id to remove.
5826 </desc>
5827 </param>
5828 </method>
5829
5830 <method name="getCPUStatus">
5831 <desc>
5832 Returns the current status of the given CPU.
5833 </desc>
5834 <param name="cpu" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
5835 <desc>
5836 The CPU id to check for.
5837 </desc>
5838 </param>
5839 <param name="attached" type="boolean" dir="return">
5840 <desc>
5841 Status of the CPU.
5842 </desc>
5843 </param>
5844 </method>
5845
5846 <method name="queryLogFilename">
5847 <desc>
5848 Queries for the VM log file name of an given index. Returns an empty
5849 string if a log file with that index doesn't exists.
5850 </desc>
5851 <param name="idx" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
5852 <desc>
5853 Which log file name to query. 0=current log file.
5854 </desc>
5855 </param>
5856 <param name="filename" type="wstring" dir="return">
5857 <desc>
5858 On return the full path to the log file or an empty string on error.
5859 </desc>
5860 </param>
5861 </method>
5862
5863 <method name="readLog">
5864 <desc>
5865 Reads the VM log file. The chunk size is limited, so even if you
5866 ask for a big piece there might be less data returned.
5867 </desc>
5868 <param name="idx" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
5869 <desc>
5870 Which log file to read. 0=current log file.
5871 </desc>
5872 </param>
5873 <param name="offset" type="long long" dir="in">
5874 <desc>
5875 Offset in the log file.
5876 </desc>
5877 </param>
5878 <param name="size" type="long long" dir="in">
5879 <desc>
5880 Chunk size to read in the log file.
5881 </desc>
5882 </param>
5883 <param name="data" type="octet" dir="return" safearray="yes">
5884 <desc>
5885 Data read from the log file. A data size of 0 means end of file
5886 if the requested chunk size was not 0. This is the unprocessed
5887 file data, i.e. the line ending style depends on the platform of
5888 the system the server is running on.
5889 </desc>
5890 </param>
5891 </method>
5892 </interface>
5893
5894 <!--
5895 // IConsole
5896 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
5897 -->
5898
5899 <interface
5900 name="IVRDEServerInfo" extends="$unknown"
5901 uuid="714434a1-58c3-4aab-9049-7652c5df113b"
5902 wsmap="struct"
5903 >
5904 <desc>
5905 Contains information about the remote desktop (VRDE) server capabilities and status.
5906 This is used in the <link to="IConsole::VRDEServerInfo" /> attribute.
5907 </desc>
5908
5909 <attribute name="active" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
5910 <desc>
5911 Whether the remote desktop connection is active.
5912 </desc>
5913 </attribute>
5914
5915 <attribute name="port" type="long" readonly="yes">
5916 <desc>
5917 VRDE server port number. If this property is equal to <tt>0</tt>, then
5918 the VRDE server failed to start, usually because there are no free IP
5919 ports to bind to. If this property is equal to <tt>-1</tt>, then the VRDE
5920 server has not yet been started.
5921 </desc>
5922 </attribute>
5923
5924 <attribute name="numberOfClients" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
5925 <desc>
5926 How many times a client connected.
5927 </desc>
5928 </attribute>
5929
5930 <attribute name="beginTime" type="long long" readonly="yes">
5931 <desc>
5932 When the last connection was established, in milliseconds since 1970-01-01 UTC.
5933 </desc>
5934 </attribute>
5935
5936 <attribute name="endTime" type="long long" readonly="yes">
5937 <desc>
5938 When the last connection was terminated or the current time, if
5939 connection is still active, in milliseconds since 1970-01-01 UTC.
5940 </desc>
5941 </attribute>
5942
5943 <attribute name="bytesSent" type="long long" readonly="yes">
5944 <desc>
5945 How many bytes were sent in last or current, if still active, connection.
5946 </desc>
5947 </attribute>
5948
5949 <attribute name="bytesSentTotal" type="long long" readonly="yes">
5950 <desc>
5951 How many bytes were sent in all connections.
5952 </desc>
5953 </attribute>
5954
5955 <attribute name="bytesReceived" type="long long" readonly="yes">
5956 <desc>
5957 How many bytes were received in last or current, if still active, connection.
5958 </desc>
5959 </attribute>
5960
5961 <attribute name="bytesReceivedTotal" type="long long" readonly="yes">
5962 <desc>
5963 How many bytes were received in all connections.
5964 </desc>
5965 </attribute>
5966
5967 <attribute name="user" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
5968 <desc>
5969 Login user name supplied by the client.
5970 </desc>
5971 </attribute>
5972
5973 <attribute name="domain" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
5974 <desc>
5975 Login domain name supplied by the client.
5976 </desc>
5977 </attribute>
5978
5979 <attribute name="clientName" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
5980 <desc>
5981 The client name supplied by the client.
5982 </desc>
5983 </attribute>
5984
5985 <attribute name="clientIP" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
5986 <desc>
5987 The IP address of the client.
5988 </desc>
5989 </attribute>
5990
5991 <attribute name="clientVersion" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
5992 <desc>
5993 The client software version number.
5994 </desc>
5995 </attribute>
5996
5997 <attribute name="encryptionStyle" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
5998 <desc>
5999 Public key exchange method used when connection was established.
6000 Values: 0 - RDP4 public key exchange scheme.
6001 1 - X509 certificates were sent to client.
6002 </desc>
6003 </attribute>
6004
6005 </interface>
6006
6007 <interface
6008 name="IConsole" extends="$unknown"
6009 uuid="515e8e8d-f932-4d8e-9f32-79a52aead882"
6010 wsmap="managed"
6011 >
6012 <desc>
6013 The IConsole interface represents an interface to control virtual
6014 machine execution.
6015
6016 A console object gets created when a machine has been locked for a
6017 particular session (client process) using <link to="IMachine::lockMachine" />
6018 or <link to="IMachine::launchVMProcess"/>. The console object can
6019 then be found in the session's <link to="ISession::console" /> attribute.
6020
6021 Methods of the IConsole interface allow the caller to query the current
6022 virtual machine execution state, pause the machine or power it down, save
6023 the machine state or take a snapshot, attach and detach removable media
6024 and so on.
6025
6026 <see>ISession</see>
6027 </desc>
6028
6029 <attribute name="machine" type="IMachine" readonly="yes">
6030 <desc>
6031 Machine object for this console session.
6032 <note>
6033 This is a convenience property, it has the same value as
6034 <link to="ISession::machine"/> of the corresponding session
6035 object.
6036 </note>
6037 </desc>
6038 </attribute>
6039
6040 <attribute name="state" type="MachineState" readonly="yes">
6041 <desc>
6042 Current execution state of the machine.
6043 <note>
6044 This property always returns the same value as the corresponding
6045 property of the IMachine object for this console session.
6046 For the process that owns (executes) the VM, this is the
6047 preferable way of querying the VM state, because no IPC
6048 calls are made.
6049 </note>
6050 </desc>
6051 </attribute>
6052
6053 <attribute name="guest" type="IGuest" readonly="yes">
6054 <desc>Guest object.</desc>
6055 </attribute>
6056
6057 <attribute name="keyboard" type="IKeyboard" readonly="yes">
6058 <desc>
6059 Virtual keyboard object.
6060 <note>
6061 If the machine is not running, any attempt to use
6062 the returned object will result in an error.
6063 </note>
6064 </desc>
6065 </attribute>
6066
6067 <attribute name="mouse" type="IMouse" readonly="yes">
6068 <desc>
6069 Virtual mouse object.
6070 <note>
6071 If the machine is not running, any attempt to use
6072 the returned object will result in an error.
6073 </note>
6074 </desc>
6075 </attribute>
6076
6077 <attribute name="display" type="IDisplay" readonly="yes">
6078 <desc>Virtual display object.
6079 <note>
6080 If the machine is not running, any attempt to use
6081 the returned object will result in an error.
6082 </note>
6083 </desc>
6084 </attribute>
6085
6086 <attribute name="debugger" type="IMachineDebugger" readonly="yes">
6087 <desc>Debugging interface.</desc>
6088 </attribute>
6089
6090 <attribute name="USBDevices" type="IUSBDevice" readonly="yes" safearray="yes">
6091 <desc>
6092 Collection of USB devices currently attached to the virtual
6093 USB controller.
6094 <note>
6095 The collection is empty if the machine is not running.
6096 </note>
6097 </desc>
6098 </attribute>
6099
6100 <attribute name="remoteUSBDevices" type="IHostUSBDevice" readonly="yes" safearray="yes">
6101 <desc>
6102 List of USB devices currently attached to the remote VRDE client.
6103 Once a new device is physically attached to the remote host computer,
6104 it appears in this list and remains there until detached.
6105 </desc>
6106 </attribute>
6107
6108 <attribute name="sharedFolders" type="ISharedFolder" readonly="yes" safearray="yes">
6109 <desc>
6110 Collection of shared folders for the current session. These folders
6111 are called transient shared folders because they are available to the
6112 guest OS running inside the associated virtual machine only for the
6113 duration of the session (as opposed to
6114 <link to="IMachine::sharedFolders"/> which represent permanent shared
6115 folders). When the session is closed (e.g. the machine is powered down),
6116 these folders are automatically discarded.
6117
6118 New shared folders are added to the collection using
6119 <link to="#createSharedFolder"/>. Existing shared folders can be
6120 removed using <link to="#removeSharedFolder"/>.
6121 </desc>
6122 </attribute>
6123
6124 <attribute name="VRDEServerInfo" type="IVRDEServerInfo" readonly="yes">
6125 <desc>
6126 Interface that provides information on Remote Desktop Extension (VRDE) connection.
6127 </desc>
6128 </attribute>
6129
6130 <attribute name="eventSource" type="IEventSource" readonly="yes">
6131 <desc>
6132 Event source for console events.
6133 </desc>
6134 </attribute>
6135
6136 <attribute name="attachedPciDevices" type="IPciDeviceAttachment" readonly="yes" safearray="yes">
6137 <desc>Array of PCI devices attached to this machine.</desc>
6138 </attribute>
6139
6140 <method name="powerUp">
6141 <desc>
6142 Starts the virtual machine execution using the current machine
6143 state (that is, its current execution state, current settings and
6144 current storage devices).
6145
6146 <note>
6147 This method is only useful for front-ends that want to actually
6148 execute virtual machines in their own process (like the VirtualBox
6149 or VBoxSDL front-ends). Unless you are intending to write such a
6150 front-end, do not call this method. If you simply want to
6151 start virtual machine execution using one of the existing front-ends
6152 (for example the VirtualBox GUI or headless server), use
6153 <link to="IMachine::launchVMProcess"/> instead; these
6154 front-ends will power up the machine automatically for you.
6155 </note>
6156
6157 If the machine is powered off or aborted, the execution will
6158 start from the beginning (as if the real hardware were just
6159 powered on).
6160
6161 If the machine is in the <link to="MachineState_Saved"/> state,
6162 it will continue its execution the point where the state has
6163 been saved.
6164
6165 If the machine <link to="IMachine::teleporterEnabled"/> property is
6166 enabled on the machine being powered up, the machine will wait for an
6167 incoming teleportation in the <link to="MachineState_TeleportingIn"/>
6168 state. The returned progress object will have at least three
6169 operations where the last three are defined as: (1) powering up and
6170 starting TCP server, (2) waiting for incoming teleportations, and
6171 (3) perform teleportation. These operations will be reflected as the
6172 last three operations of the progress objected returned by
6173 <link to="IMachine::launchVMProcess"/> as well.
6174
6175 <see>#saveState</see>
6176
6177 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
6178 Virtual machine already running.
6179 </result>
6180 <result name="VBOX_E_HOST_ERROR">
6181 Host interface does not exist or name not set.
6182 </result>
6183 <result name="VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR">
6184 Invalid saved state file.
6185 </result>
6186 </desc>
6187 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
6188 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
6189 </param>
6190 </method>
6191
6192 <method name="powerUpPaused">
6193 <desc>
6194 Identical to powerUp except that the VM will enter the
6195 <link to="MachineState_Paused"/> state, instead of
6196 <link to="MachineState_Running"/>.
6197
6198 <see>#powerUp</see>
6199 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
6200 Virtual machine already running.
6201 </result>
6202 <result name="VBOX_E_HOST_ERROR">
6203 Host interface does not exist or name not set.
6204 </result>
6205 <result name="VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR">
6206 Invalid saved state file.
6207 </result>
6208 </desc>
6209 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
6210 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
6211 </param>
6212 </method>
6213
6214 <method name="powerDown">
6215 <desc>
6216 Initiates the power down procedure to stop the virtual machine
6217 execution.
6218
6219 The completion of the power down procedure is tracked using the returned
6220 IProgress object. After the operation is complete, the machine will go
6221 to the PoweredOff state.
6222 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
6223 Virtual machine must be Running, Paused or Stuck to be powered down.
6224 </result>
6225 </desc>
6226 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
6227 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
6228 </param>
6229 </method>
6230
6231 <method name="reset">
6232 <desc>Resets the virtual machine.
6233 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
6234 Virtual machine not in Running state.
6235 </result>
6236 <result name="VBOX_E_VM_ERROR">
6237 Virtual machine error in reset operation.
6238 </result>
6239 </desc>
6240 </method>
6241
6242 <method name="pause">
6243 <desc>Pauses the virtual machine execution.
6244 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
6245 Virtual machine not in Running state.
6246 </result>
6247 <result name="VBOX_E_VM_ERROR">
6248 Virtual machine error in suspend operation.
6249 </result>
6250 </desc>
6251 </method>
6252
6253 <method name="resume">
6254 <desc>Resumes the virtual machine execution.
6255 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
6256 Virtual machine not in Paused state.
6257 </result>
6258 <result name="VBOX_E_VM_ERROR">
6259 Virtual machine error in resume operation.
6260 </result>
6261 </desc>
6262 </method>
6263
6264 <method name="powerButton">
6265 <desc>Sends the ACPI power button event to the guest.
6266 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
6267 Virtual machine not in Running state.
6268 </result>
6269 <result name="VBOX_E_PDM_ERROR">
6270 Controlled power off failed.
6271 </result>
6272 </desc>
6273 </method>
6274
6275 <method name="sleepButton">
6276 <desc>Sends the ACPI sleep button event to the guest.
6277 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
6278 Virtual machine not in Running state.
6279 </result>
6280 <result name="VBOX_E_PDM_ERROR">
6281 Sending sleep button event failed.
6282 </result>
6283 </desc>
6284 </method>
6285
6286 <method name="getPowerButtonHandled">
6287 <desc>Checks if the last power button event was handled by guest.
6288 <result name="VBOX_E_PDM_ERROR">
6289 Checking if the event was handled by the guest OS failed.
6290 </result>
6291 </desc>
6292 <param name="handled" type="boolean" dir="return"/>
6293 </method>
6294
6295 <method name="getGuestEnteredACPIMode">
6296 <desc>Checks if the guest entered the ACPI mode G0 (working) or
6297 G1 (sleeping). If this method returns @c false, the guest will
6298 most likely not respond to external ACPI events.
6299 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
6300 Virtual machine not in Running state.
6301 </result>
6302 </desc>
6303 <param name="entered" type="boolean" dir="return"/>
6304 </method>
6305
6306 <method name="saveState">
6307 <desc>
6308 Saves the current execution state of a running virtual machine
6309 and stops its execution.
6310
6311 After this operation completes, the machine will go to the
6312 Saved state. Next time it is powered up, this state will
6313 be restored and the machine will continue its execution from
6314 the place where it was saved.
6315
6316 This operation differs from taking a snapshot to the effect
6317 that it doesn't create new differencing media. Also, once
6318 the machine is powered up from the state saved using this method,
6319 the saved state is deleted, so it will be impossible to return
6320 to this state later.
6321
6322 <note>
6323 On success, this method implicitly calls
6324 <link to="IMachine::saveSettings"/> to save all current machine
6325 settings (including runtime changes to the DVD medium, etc.).
6326 Together with the impossibility to change any VM settings when it is
6327 in the Saved state, this guarantees adequate hardware
6328 configuration of the machine when it is restored from the saved
6329 state file.
6330 </note>
6331
6332 <note>
6333 The machine must be in the Running or Paused state, otherwise
6334 the operation will fail.
6335 </note>
6336 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
6337 Virtual machine state neither Running nor Paused.
6338 </result>
6339 <result name="VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR">
6340 Failed to create directory for saved state file.
6341 </result>
6342
6343 <see><link to="#takeSnapshot"/></see>
6344 </desc>
6345 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
6346 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
6347 </param>
6348 </method>
6349
6350 <method name="adoptSavedState">
6351 <desc>
6352 Associates the given saved state file to the virtual machine.
6353
6354 On success, the machine will go to the Saved state. Next time it is
6355 powered up, it will be restored from the adopted saved state and
6356 continue execution from the place where the saved state file was
6357 created.
6358
6359 The specified saved state file path may be absolute or relative to the
6360 folder the VM normally saves the state to (usually,
6361 <link to="IMachine::snapshotFolder"/>).
6362
6363 <note>
6364 It's a caller's responsibility to make sure the given saved state
6365 file is compatible with the settings of this virtual machine that
6366 represent its virtual hardware (memory size, storage disk configuration
6367 etc.). If there is a mismatch, the behavior of the virtual machine
6368 is undefined.
6369 </note>
6370 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
6371 Virtual machine state neither PoweredOff nor Aborted.
6372 </result>
6373 </desc>
6374 <param name="savedStateFile" type="wstring" dir="in">
6375 <desc>Path to the saved state file to adopt.</desc>
6376 </param>
6377 </method>
6378
6379 <method name="discardSavedState">
6380 <desc>
6381 Forcibly resets the machine to "Powered Off" state if it is
6382 currently in the "Saved" state (previously created by <link to="#saveState"/>).
6383 Next time the machine is powered up, a clean boot will occur.
6384 <note>
6385 This operation is equivalent to resetting or powering off
6386 the machine without doing a proper shutdown of the guest
6387 operating system; as with resetting a running phyiscal
6388 computer, it can can lead to data loss.
6389 </note>
6390 If @a fRemoveFile is @c true, the file in the machine directory
6391 into which the machine state was saved is also deleted. If
6392 this is @c false, then the state can be recovered and later
6393 re-inserted into a machine using <link to="#adoptSavedState" />.
6394 The location of the file can be found in the
6395 <link to="IMachine::stateFilePath" /> attribute.
6396 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
6397 Virtual machine not in state Saved.
6398 </result>
6399 </desc>
6400 <param name="fRemoveFile" type="boolean" dir="in" >
6401 <desc>Whether to also remove the saved state file.</desc>
6402 </param>
6403 </method>
6404
6405 <method name="getDeviceActivity">
6406 <desc>
6407 Gets the current activity type of a given device or device group.
6408 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
6409 Invalid device type.
6410 </result>
6411 </desc>
6412 <param name="type" type="DeviceType" dir="in"/>
6413 <param name="activity" type="DeviceActivity" dir="return"/>
6414 </method>
6415
6416 <method name="attachUSBDevice">
6417 <desc>
6418 Attaches a host USB device with the given UUID to the
6419 USB controller of the virtual machine.
6420
6421 The device needs to be in one of the following states:
6422 <link to="USBDeviceState_Busy"/>,
6423 <link to="USBDeviceState_Available"/> or
6424 <link to="USBDeviceState_Held"/>,
6425 otherwise an error is immediately returned.
6426
6427 When the device state is
6428 <link to="USBDeviceState_Busy">Busy</link>, an error may also
6429 be returned if the host computer refuses to release it for some reason.
6430
6431 <see>IUSBController::deviceFilters, USBDeviceState</see>
6432 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
6433 Virtual machine state neither Running nor Paused.
6434 </result>
6435 <result name="VBOX_E_PDM_ERROR">
6436 Virtual machine does not have a USB controller.
6437 </result>
6438 </desc>
6439 <param name="id" type="uuid" mod="string" dir="in">
6440 <desc>UUID of the host USB device to attach.</desc>
6441 </param>
6442 </method>
6443
6444 <method name="detachUSBDevice">
6445 <desc>
6446 Detaches an USB device with the given UUID from the USB controller
6447 of the virtual machine.
6448
6449 After this method succeeds, the VirtualBox server re-initiates
6450 all USB filters as if the device were just physically attached
6451 to the host, but filters of this machine are ignored to avoid
6452 a possible automatic re-attachment.
6453
6454 <see>IUSBController::deviceFilters, USBDeviceState</see>
6455
6456 <result name="VBOX_E_PDM_ERROR">
6457 Virtual machine does not have a USB controller.
6458 </result>
6459 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
6460 USB device not attached to this virtual machine.
6461 </result>
6462 </desc>
6463 <param name="id" type="uuid" mod="string" dir="in">
6464 <desc>UUID of the USB device to detach.</desc>
6465 </param>
6466 <param name="device" type="IUSBDevice" dir="return">
6467 <desc>Detached USB device.</desc>
6468 </param>
6469 </method>
6470
6471 <method name="findUSBDeviceByAddress">
6472 <desc>
6473 Searches for a USB device with the given host address.
6474
6475 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND">
6476 Given @c name does not correspond to any USB device.
6477 </result>
6478
6479 <see>IUSBDevice::address</see>
6480 </desc>
6481 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
6482 <desc>
6483 Address of the USB device (as assigned by the host) to
6484 search for.
6485 </desc>
6486 </param>
6487 <param name="device" type="IUSBDevice" dir="return">
6488 <desc>Found USB device object.</desc>
6489 </param>
6490 </method>
6491
6492 <method name="findUSBDeviceById">
6493 <desc>
6494 Searches for a USB device with the given UUID.
6495
6496 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND">
6497 Given @c id does not correspond to any USB device.
6498 </result>
6499
6500 <see>IUSBDevice::id</see>
6501 </desc>
6502 <param name="id" type="uuid" mod="string" dir="in">
6503 <desc>UUID of the USB device to search for.</desc>
6504 </param>
6505 <param name="device" type="IUSBDevice" dir="return">
6506 <desc>Found USB device object.</desc>
6507 </param>
6508 </method>
6509
6510 <method name="createSharedFolder">
6511 <desc>
6512 Creates a transient new shared folder by associating the given logical
6513 name with the given host path, adds it to the collection of shared
6514 folders and starts sharing it. Refer to the description of
6515 <link to="ISharedFolder"/> to read more about logical names.
6516
6517 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
6518 Virtual machine in Saved state or currently changing state.
6519 </result>
6520 <result name="VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR">
6521 Shared folder already exists or not accessible.
6522 </result>
6523 </desc>
6524 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
6525 <desc>Unique logical name of the shared folder.</desc>
6526 </param>
6527 <param name="hostPath" type="wstring" dir="in">
6528 <desc>Full path to the shared folder in the host file system.</desc>
6529 </param>
6530 <param name="writable" type="boolean" dir="in">
6531 <desc>Whether the share is writable or readonly</desc>
6532 </param>
6533 <param name="automount" type="boolean" dir="in">
6534 <desc>Whether the share gets automatically mounted by the guest
6535 or not.</desc>
6536 </param>
6537 </method>
6538
6539 <method name="removeSharedFolder">
6540 <desc>
6541 Removes a transient shared folder with the given name previously
6542 created by <link to="#createSharedFolder"/> from the collection of
6543 shared folders and stops sharing it.
6544 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
6545 Virtual machine in Saved state or currently changing state.
6546 </result>
6547 <result name="VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR">
6548 Shared folder does not exists.
6549 </result>
6550 </desc>
6551 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
6552 <desc>Logical name of the shared folder to remove.</desc>
6553 </param>
6554 </method>
6555
6556 <method name="takeSnapshot">
6557 <desc>
6558 Saves the current execution state
6559 and all settings of the machine and creates differencing images
6560 for all normal (non-independent) media.
6561 See <link to="ISnapshot" /> for an introduction to snapshots.
6562
6563 This method can be called for a PoweredOff, Saved (see
6564 <link to="#saveState"/>), Running or
6565 Paused virtual machine. When the machine is PoweredOff, an
6566 offline snapshot is created. When the machine is Running a live
6567 snapshot is created, and an online snapshot is is created when Paused.
6568
6569 The taken snapshot is always based on the
6570 <link to="IMachine::currentSnapshot">current snapshot</link>
6571 of the associated virtual machine and becomes a new current snapshot.
6572
6573 <note>
6574 This method implicitly calls <link to="IMachine::saveSettings"/> to
6575 save all current machine settings before taking an offline snapshot.
6576 </note>
6577
6578 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
6579 Virtual machine currently changing state.
6580 </result>
6581 </desc>
6582 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
6583 <desc>Short name for the snapshot.</desc>
6584 </param>
6585 <param name="description" type="wstring" dir="in">
6586 <desc>Optional description of the snapshot.</desc>
6587 </param>
6588 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
6589 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
6590 </param>
6591 </method>
6592
6593 <method name="deleteSnapshot">
6594 <desc>
6595 Starts deleting the specified snapshot asynchronously.
6596 See <link to="ISnapshot" /> for an introduction to snapshots.
6597
6598 The execution state and settings of the associated machine stored in
6599 the snapshot will be deleted. The contents of all differencing media of
6600 this snapshot will be merged with the contents of their dependent child
6601 media to keep the medium chain valid (in other words, all changes
6602 represented by media being deleted will be propagated to their child
6603 medium). After that, this snapshot's differencing medium will be
6604 deleted. The parent of this snapshot will become a new parent for all
6605 its child snapshots.
6606
6607 If the deleted snapshot is the current one, its parent snapshot will
6608 become a new current snapshot. The current machine state is not directly
6609 affected in this case, except that currently attached differencing
6610 media based on media of the deleted snapshot will be also merged as
6611 described above.
6612
6613 If the deleted snapshot is the first or current snapshot, then the
6614 respective IMachine attributes will be adjusted. Deleting the current
6615 snapshot will also implicitly call <link to="IMachine::saveSettings"/>
6616 to make all current machine settings permanent.
6617
6618 Deleting a snapshot has the following preconditions:
6619
6620 <ul>
6621 <li>Child media of all normal media of the deleted snapshot
6622 must be accessible (see <link to="IMedium::state"/>) for this
6623 operation to succeed. In particular, this means that all virtual
6624 machines whose media are directly or indirectly based on the
6625 media of deleted snapshot must be powered off.</li>
6626
6627 <li>You cannot delete the snapshot if a medium attached to it has
6628 more than once child medium (differencing images) because otherwise
6629 merging would be impossible. This might be the case if there is
6630 more than one child snapshot or differencing images were created
6631 for other reason (e.g. implicitly because of multiple machine
6632 attachments).</li>
6633 </ul>
6634
6635
6636 The virtual machine's <link to="IMachine::state">state</link> is
6637 changed to "DeletingSnapshot", "DeletingSnapshotOnline" or
6638 "DeletingSnapshotPaused" while this operation is in progress.
6639
6640 <note>
6641 Merging medium contents can be very time and disk space
6642 consuming, if these media are big in size and have many
6643 children. However, if the snapshot being deleted is the last
6644 (head) snapshot on the branch, the operation will be rather
6645 quick.
6646 </note>
6647 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
6648 The running virtual machine prevents deleting this snapshot. This
6649 happens only in very specific situations, usually snapshots can be
6650 deleted without trouble while a VM is running. The error message
6651 text explains the reason for the failure.
6652 </result>
6653 </desc>
6654 <param name="id" type="uuid" mod="string" dir="in">
6655 <desc>UUID of the snapshot to delete.</desc>
6656 </param>
6657 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
6658 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
6659 </param>
6660 </method>
6661
6662 <method name="restoreSnapshot">
6663 <desc>
6664 Starts resetting the machine's current state to the state contained
6665 in the given snapshot, asynchronously. All current settings of the
6666 machine will be reset and changes stored in differencing media
6667 will be lost.
6668 See <link to="ISnapshot" /> for an introduction to snapshots.
6669
6670 After this operation is successfully completed, new empty differencing
6671 media are created for all normal media of the machine.
6672
6673 If the given snapshot is an online snapshot, the machine will go to
6674 the <link to="MachineState_Saved"> saved state</link>, so that the
6675 next time it is powered on, the execution state will be restored
6676 from the state of the snapshot.
6677
6678 <note>
6679 The machine must not be running, otherwise the operation will fail.
6680 </note>
6681
6682 <note>
6683 If the machine state is <link to="MachineState_Saved">Saved</link>
6684 prior to this operation, the saved state file will be implicitly
6685 deleted (as if <link to="IConsole::discardSavedState"/> were
6686 called).
6687 </note>
6688
6689 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
6690 Virtual machine is running.
6691 </result>
6692 </desc>
6693 <param name="snapshot" type="ISnapshot" dir="in">
6694 <desc>The snapshot to restore the VM state from.</desc>
6695 </param>
6696 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
6697 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
6698 </param>
6699 </method>
6700
6701 <method name="teleport">
6702 <desc>
6703 Teleport the VM to a different host machine or process.
6704
6705 TODO explain the details.
6706
6707 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
6708 Virtual machine not running or paused.
6709 </result>
6710 </desc>
6711 <param name="hostname" type="wstring" dir="in">
6712 <desc>The name or IP of the host to teleport to.</desc>
6713 </param>
6714 <param name="tcpport" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
6715 <desc>The TCP port to connect to (1..65535).</desc>
6716 </param>
6717 <param name="password" type="wstring" dir="in">
6718 <desc>The password.</desc>
6719 </param>
6720 <param name="maxDowntime" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
6721 <desc>
6722 The maximum allowed downtime given as milliseconds. 0 is not a valid
6723 value. Recommended value: 250 ms.
6724
6725 The higher the value is, the greater the chance for a successful
6726 teleportation. A small value may easily result in the teleportation
6727 process taking hours and eventually fail.
6728
6729 <note>
6730 The current implementation treats this a guideline, not as an
6731 absolute rule.
6732 </note>
6733 </desc>
6734 </param>
6735 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
6736 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
6737 </param>
6738 </method>
6739
6740 </interface>
6741
6742 <!--
6743 // IHost
6744 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
6745 -->
6746
6747 <enum
6748 name="HostNetworkInterfaceMediumType"
6749 uuid="1aa54aaf-2497-45a2-bfb1-8eb225e93d5b"
6750 >
6751 <desc>
6752 Type of encapsulation. Ethernet encapsulation includes both wired and
6753 wireless Ethernet connections.
6754 <see>IHostNetworkInterface</see>
6755 </desc>
6756
6757 <const name="Unknown" value="0">
6758 <desc>
6759 The type of interface cannot be determined.
6760 </desc>
6761 </const>
6762 <const name="Ethernet" value="1">
6763 <desc>
6764 Ethernet frame encapsulation.
6765 </desc>
6766 </const>
6767 <const name="PPP" value="2">
6768 <desc>
6769 Point-to-point protocol encapsulation.
6770 </desc>
6771 </const>
6772 <const name="SLIP" value="3">
6773 <desc>
6774 Serial line IP encapsulation.
6775 </desc>
6776 </const>
6777 </enum>
6778
6779 <enum
6780 name="HostNetworkInterfaceStatus"
6781 uuid="CC474A69-2710-434B-8D99-C38E5D5A6F41"
6782 >
6783 <desc>
6784 Current status of the interface.
6785 <see>IHostNetworkInterface</see>
6786 </desc>
6787
6788 <const name="Unknown" value="0">
6789 <desc>
6790 The state of interface cannot be determined.
6791 </desc>
6792 </const>
6793 <const name="Up" value="1">
6794 <desc>
6795 The interface is fully operational.
6796 </desc>
6797 </const>
6798 <const name="Down" value="2">
6799 <desc>
6800 The interface is not functioning.
6801 </desc>
6802 </const>
6803 </enum>
6804
6805 <enum
6806 name="HostNetworkInterfaceType"
6807 uuid="67431b00-9946-48a2-bc02-b25c5919f4f3"
6808 >
6809 <desc>
6810 Network interface type.
6811 </desc>
6812 <const name="Bridged" value="1"/>
6813 <const name="HostOnly" value="2"/>
6814 </enum>
6815
6816 <interface
6817 name="IHostNetworkInterface" extends="$unknown"
6818 uuid="ce6fae58-7642-4102-b5db-c9005c2320a8"
6819 wsmap="managed"
6820 >
6821 <desc>
6822 Represents one of host's network interfaces. IP V6 address and network
6823 mask are strings of 32 hexdecimal digits grouped by four. Groups are
6824 separated by colons.
6825 For example, fe80:0000:0000:0000:021e:c2ff:fed2:b030.
6826 </desc>
6827 <attribute name="name" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
6828 <desc>Returns the host network interface name.</desc>
6829 </attribute>
6830
6831 <attribute name="id" type="uuid" mod="string" readonly="yes">
6832 <desc>Returns the interface UUID.</desc>
6833 </attribute>
6834
6835 <attribute name="networkName" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
6836 <desc>Returns the name of a virtual network the interface gets attached to.</desc>
6837 </attribute>
6838
6839 <attribute name="dhcpEnabled" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
6840 <desc>Specifies whether the DHCP is enabled for the interface.</desc>
6841 </attribute>
6842
6843 <attribute name="IPAddress" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
6844 <desc>Returns the IP V4 address of the interface.</desc>
6845 </attribute>
6846
6847 <attribute name="networkMask" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
6848 <desc>Returns the network mask of the interface.</desc>
6849 </attribute>
6850
6851 <attribute name="IPV6Supported" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
6852 <desc>Specifies whether the IP V6 is supported/enabled for the interface.</desc>
6853 </attribute>
6854
6855 <attribute name="IPV6Address" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
6856 <desc>Returns the IP V6 address of the interface.</desc>
6857 </attribute>
6858
6859 <attribute name="IPV6NetworkMaskPrefixLength" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
6860 <desc>Returns the length IP V6 network mask prefix of the interface.</desc>
6861 </attribute>
6862
6863 <attribute name="hardwareAddress" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
6864 <desc>Returns the hardware address. For Ethernet it is MAC address.</desc>
6865 </attribute>
6866
6867 <attribute name="mediumType" type="HostNetworkInterfaceMediumType" readonly="yes">
6868 <desc>Type of protocol encapsulation used.</desc>
6869 </attribute>
6870
6871 <attribute name="status" type="HostNetworkInterfaceStatus" readonly="yes">
6872 <desc>Status of the interface.</desc>
6873 </attribute>
6874
6875 <attribute name="interfaceType" type="HostNetworkInterfaceType" readonly="yes">
6876 <desc>specifies the host interface type.</desc>
6877 </attribute>
6878
6879 <method name="enableStaticIpConfig">
6880 <desc>sets and enables the static IP V4 configuration for the given interface.</desc>
6881 <param name="IPAddress" type="wstring" dir="in">
6882 <desc>
6883 IP address.
6884 </desc>
6885 </param>
6886 <param name="networkMask" type="wstring" dir="in">
6887 <desc>
6888 network mask.
6889 </desc>
6890 </param>
6891 </method>
6892
6893 <method name="enableStaticIpConfigV6">
6894 <desc>sets and enables the static IP V6 configuration for the given interface.</desc>
6895 <param name="IPV6Address" type="wstring" dir="in">
6896 <desc>
6897 IP address.
6898 </desc>
6899 </param>
6900 <param name="IPV6NetworkMaskPrefixLength" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
6901 <desc>
6902 network mask.
6903 </desc>
6904 </param>
6905 </method>
6906
6907 <method name="enableDynamicIpConfig">
6908 <desc>enables the dynamic IP configuration.</desc>
6909 </method>
6910
6911 <method name="dhcpRediscover">
6912 <desc>refreshes the IP configuration for dhcp-enabled interface.</desc>
6913 </method>
6914
6915 </interface>
6916
6917 <interface
6918 name="IHost" extends="$unknown"
6919 uuid="35b004f4-7806-4009-bfa8-d1308adba7e5"
6920 wsmap="managed"
6921 >
6922 <desc>
6923 The IHost interface represents the physical machine that this VirtualBox
6924 installation runs on.
6925
6926 An object implementing this interface is returned by the
6927 <link to="IVirtualBox::host" /> attribute. This interface contains
6928 read-only information about the host's physical hardware (such as what
6929 processors and disks are available, what the host operating system is,
6930 and so on) and also allows for manipulating some of the host's hardware,
6931 such as global USB device filters and host interface networking.
6932
6933 </desc>
6934 <attribute name="DVDDrives" type="IMedium" readonly="yes" safearray="yes">
6935 <desc>List of DVD drives available on the host.</desc>
6936 </attribute>
6937
6938 <attribute name="floppyDrives" type="IMedium" readonly="yes" safearray="yes">
6939 <desc>List of floppy drives available on the host.</desc>
6940 </attribute>
6941
6942 <attribute name="USBDevices" type="IHostUSBDevice" readonly="yes" safearray="yes">
6943 <desc>
6944 List of USB devices currently attached to the host.
6945 Once a new device is physically attached to the host computer,
6946 it appears in this list and remains there until detached.
6947
6948 <note>
6949 If USB functionality is not available in the given edition of
6950 VirtualBox, this method will set the result code to @c E_NOTIMPL.
6951 </note>
6952 </desc>
6953 </attribute>
6954
6955 <attribute name="USBDeviceFilters" type="IHostUSBDeviceFilter" readonly="yes" safearray="yes">
6956 <desc>
6957 List of USB device filters in action.
6958 When a new device is physically attached to the host computer,
6959 filters from this list are applied to it (in order they are stored
6960 in the list). The first matched filter will determine the
6961 <link to="IHostUSBDeviceFilter::action">action</link>
6962 performed on the device.
6963
6964 Unless the device is ignored by these filters, filters of all
6965 currently running virtual machines
6966 (<link to="IUSBController::deviceFilters"/>) are applied to it.
6967
6968 <note>
6969 If USB functionality is not available in the given edition of
6970 VirtualBox, this method will set the result code to @c E_NOTIMPL.
6971 </note>
6972
6973 <see>IHostUSBDeviceFilter, USBDeviceState</see>
6974 </desc>
6975 </attribute>
6976
6977 <attribute name="networkInterfaces" type="IHostNetworkInterface" safearray="yes" readonly="yes">
6978 <desc>List of host network interfaces currently defined on the host.</desc>
6979 </attribute>
6980
6981 <attribute name="processorCount" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
6982 <desc>Number of (logical) CPUs installed in the host system.</desc>
6983 </attribute>
6984
6985 <attribute name="processorOnlineCount" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
6986 <desc>Number of (logical) CPUs online in the host system.</desc>
6987 </attribute>
6988
6989 <attribute name="processorCoreCount" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
6990 <desc>Number of physical processor cores installed in the host system.</desc>
6991 </attribute>
6992
6993 <method name="getProcessorSpeed">
6994 <desc>Query the (approximate) maximum speed of a specified host CPU in
6995 Megahertz.
6996 </desc>
6997 <param name="cpuId" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
6998 <desc>
6999 Identifier of the CPU.
7000 </desc>
7001 </param>
7002 <param name="speed" type="unsigned long" dir="return">
7003 <desc>
7004 Speed value. 0 is returned if value is not known or @a cpuId is
7005 invalid.
7006 </desc>
7007 </param>
7008 </method>
7009
7010 <method name="getProcessorFeature">
7011 <desc>Query whether a CPU feature is supported or not.</desc>
7012 <param name="feature" type="ProcessorFeature" dir="in">
7013 <desc>
7014 CPU Feature identifier.
7015 </desc>
7016 </param>
7017 <param name="supported" type="boolean" dir="return">
7018 <desc>
7019 Feature is supported or not.
7020 </desc>
7021 </param>
7022 </method>
7023
7024 <method name="getProcessorDescription">
7025 <desc>Query the model string of a specified host CPU.
7026 </desc>
7027 <param name="cpuId" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
7028 <desc>
7029 Identifier of the CPU.
7030 <note>
7031 The current implementation might not necessarily return the
7032 description for this exact CPU.
7033 </note>
7034 </desc>
7035 </param>
7036 <param name="description" type="wstring" dir="return">
7037 <desc>
7038 Model string. An empty string is returned if value is not known or
7039 @a cpuId is invalid.
7040 </desc>
7041 </param>
7042 </method>
7043
7044 <method name="getProcessorCPUIDLeaf">
7045 <desc>
7046 Returns the CPU cpuid information for the specified leaf.
7047 </desc>
7048 <param name="cpuId" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
7049 <desc>
7050 Identifier of the CPU. The CPU most be online.
7051 <note>
7052 The current implementation might not necessarily return the
7053 description for this exact CPU.
7054 </note>
7055 </desc>
7056 </param>
7057 <param name="leaf" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
7058 <desc>
7059 CPUID leaf index (eax).
7060 </desc>
7061 </param>
7062 <param name="subLeaf" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
7063 <desc>
7064 CPUID leaf sub index (ecx). This currently only applies to cache
7065 information on Intel CPUs. Use 0 if retrieving values for
7066 <link to="IMachine::setCPUIDLeaf"/>.
7067 </desc>
7068 </param>
7069 <param name="valEax" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
7070 <desc>
7071 CPUID leaf value for register eax.
7072 </desc>
7073 </param>
7074 <param name="valEbx" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
7075 <desc>
7076 CPUID leaf value for register ebx.
7077 </desc>
7078 </param>
7079 <param name="valEcx" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
7080 <desc>
7081 CPUID leaf value for register ecx.
7082 </desc>
7083 </param>
7084 <param name="valEdx" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
7085 <desc>
7086 CPUID leaf value for register edx.
7087 </desc>
7088 </param>
7089 </method>
7090
7091 <attribute name="memorySize" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
7092 <desc>Amount of system memory in megabytes installed in the host system.</desc>
7093 </attribute>
7094
7095 <attribute name="memoryAvailable" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
7096 <desc>Available system memory in the host system.</desc>
7097 </attribute>
7098
7099 <attribute name="operatingSystem" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
7100 <desc>Name of the host system's operating system.</desc>
7101 </attribute>
7102
7103 <attribute name="OSVersion" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
7104 <desc>Host operating system's version string.</desc>
7105 </attribute>
7106
7107 <attribute name="UTCTime" type="long long" readonly="yes">
7108 <desc>Returns the current host time in milliseconds since 1970-01-01 UTC.</desc>
7109 </attribute>
7110
7111 <attribute name="Acceleration3DAvailable" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
7112 <desc>Returns @c true when the host supports 3D hardware acceleration.</desc>
7113 </attribute>
7114
7115 <method name="createHostOnlyNetworkInterface">
7116 <desc>
7117 Creates a new adapter for Host Only Networking.
7118 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
7119 Host network interface @a name already exists.
7120 </result>
7121 </desc>
7122 <param name="hostInterface" type="IHostNetworkInterface" dir="out">
7123 <desc>
7124 Created host interface object.
7125 </desc>
7126 </param>
7127 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
7128 <desc>
7129 Progress object to track the operation completion.
7130 </desc>
7131 </param>
7132 </method>
7133
7134 <method name="removeHostOnlyNetworkInterface">
7135 <desc>
7136 Removes the given Host Only Networking interface.
7137 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND">
7138 No host network interface matching @a id found.
7139 </result>
7140 </desc>
7141 <param name="id" type="uuid" mod="string" dir="in">
7142 <desc>
7143 Adapter GUID.
7144 </desc>
7145 </param>
7146 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
7147 <desc>
7148 Progress object to track the operation completion.
7149 </desc>
7150 </param>
7151 </method>
7152
7153 <method name="createUSBDeviceFilter">
7154 <desc>
7155 Creates a new USB device filter. All attributes except
7156 the filter name are set to empty (any match),
7157 <i>active</i> is @c false (the filter is not active).
7158
7159 The created filter can be added to the list of filters using
7160 <link to="#insertUSBDeviceFilter"/>.
7161
7162 <see>#USBDeviceFilters</see>
7163 </desc>
7164 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
7165 <desc>
7166 Filter name. See <link to="IUSBDeviceFilter::name"/> for more information.
7167 </desc>
7168 </param>
7169 <param name="filter" type="IHostUSBDeviceFilter" dir="return">
7170 <desc>Created filter object.</desc>
7171 </param>
7172 </method>
7173
7174 <method name="insertUSBDeviceFilter">
7175 <desc>
7176 Inserts the given USB device to the specified position
7177 in the list of filters.
7178
7179 Positions are numbered starting from @c 0. If the specified
7180 position is equal to or greater than the number of elements in
7181 the list, the filter is added at the end of the collection.
7182
7183 <note>
7184 Duplicates are not allowed, so an attempt to insert a
7185 filter already in the list is an error.
7186 </note>
7187 <note>
7188 If USB functionality is not available in the given edition of
7189 VirtualBox, this method will set the result code to @c E_NOTIMPL.
7190 </note>
7191
7192 <see>#USBDeviceFilters</see>
7193
7194 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
7195 USB device filter is not created within this VirtualBox instance.
7196 </result>
7197 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
7198 USB device filter already in list.
7199 </result>
7200
7201 </desc>
7202 <param name="position" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
7203 <desc>Position to insert the filter to.</desc>
7204 </param>
7205 <param name="filter" type="IHostUSBDeviceFilter" dir="in">
7206 <desc>USB device filter to insert.</desc>
7207 </param>
7208 </method>
7209
7210 <method name="removeUSBDeviceFilter">
7211 <desc>
7212 Removes a USB device filter from the specified position in the
7213 list of filters.
7214
7215 Positions are numbered starting from @c 0. Specifying a
7216 position equal to or greater than the number of elements in
7217 the list will produce an error.
7218
7219 <note>
7220 If USB functionality is not available in the given edition of
7221 VirtualBox, this method will set the result code to @c E_NOTIMPL.
7222 </note>
7223
7224 <see>#USBDeviceFilters</see>
7225
7226 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
7227 USB device filter list empty or invalid @a position.
7228 </result>
7229
7230 </desc>
7231 <param name="position" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
7232 <desc>Position to remove the filter from.</desc>
7233 </param>
7234 </method>
7235
7236 <method name="findHostDVDDrive">
7237 <desc>
7238 Searches for a host DVD drive with the given @c name.
7239
7240 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND">
7241 Given @c name does not correspond to any host drive.
7242 </result>
7243
7244 </desc>
7245 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
7246 <desc>Name of the host drive to search for</desc>
7247 </param>
7248 <param name="drive" type="IMedium" dir="return">
7249 <desc>Found host drive object</desc>
7250 </param>
7251 </method>
7252
7253 <method name="findHostFloppyDrive">
7254 <desc>
7255 Searches for a host floppy drive with the given @c name.
7256
7257 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND">
7258 Given @c name does not correspond to any host floppy drive.
7259 </result>
7260
7261 </desc>
7262 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
7263 <desc>Name of the host floppy drive to search for</desc>
7264 </param>
7265 <param name="drive" type="IMedium" dir="return">
7266 <desc>Found host floppy drive object</desc>
7267 </param>
7268 </method>
7269
7270 <method name="findHostNetworkInterfaceByName">
7271 <desc>
7272 Searches through all host network interfaces for an interface with
7273 the given @c name.
7274 <note>
7275 The method returns an error if the given @c name does not
7276 correspond to any host network interface.
7277 </note>
7278 </desc>
7279 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
7280 <desc>Name of the host network interface to search for.</desc>
7281 </param>
7282 <param name="networkInterface" type="IHostNetworkInterface" dir="return">
7283 <desc>Found host network interface object.</desc>
7284 </param>
7285 </method>
7286 <method name="findHostNetworkInterfaceById">
7287 <desc>
7288 Searches through all host network interfaces for an interface with
7289 the given GUID.
7290 <note>
7291 The method returns an error if the given GUID does not
7292 correspond to any host network interface.
7293 </note>
7294 </desc>
7295 <param name="id" type="uuid" mod="string" dir="in">
7296 <desc>GUID of the host network interface to search for.</desc>
7297 </param>
7298 <param name="networkInterface" type="IHostNetworkInterface" dir="return">
7299 <desc>Found host network interface object.</desc>
7300 </param>
7301 </method>
7302 <method name="findHostNetworkInterfacesOfType">
7303 <desc>
7304 Searches through all host network interfaces and returns a list of interfaces of the specified type
7305 </desc>
7306 <param name="type" type="HostNetworkInterfaceType" dir="in">
7307 <desc>type of the host network interfaces to search for.</desc>
7308 </param>
7309 <param name="networkInterfaces" type="IHostNetworkInterface" safearray="yes" dir="return">
7310 <desc>Found host network interface objects.</desc>
7311 </param>
7312 </method>
7313
7314 <method name="findUSBDeviceById">
7315 <desc>
7316 Searches for a USB device with the given UUID.
7317
7318 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND">
7319 Given @c id does not correspond to any USB device.
7320 </result>
7321
7322 <see>IHostUSBDevice::id</see>
7323 </desc>
7324 <param name="id" type="uuid" mod="string" dir="in">
7325 <desc>UUID of the USB device to search for.</desc>
7326 </param>
7327 <param name="device" type="IHostUSBDevice" dir="return">
7328 <desc>Found USB device object.</desc>
7329 </param>
7330 </method>
7331
7332 <method name="findUSBDeviceByAddress">
7333 <desc>
7334 Searches for a USB device with the given host address.
7335
7336 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND">
7337 Given @c name does not correspond to any USB device.
7338 </result>
7339
7340 <see>IHostUSBDevice::address</see>
7341 </desc>
7342 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
7343 <desc>
7344 Address of the USB device (as assigned by the host) to
7345 search for.
7346 </desc>
7347 </param>
7348 <param name="device" type="IHostUSBDevice" dir="return">
7349 <desc>Found USB device object.</desc>
7350 </param>
7351 </method>
7352
7353 </interface>
7354
7355 <!--
7356 // ISystemProperties
7357 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
7358 -->
7359
7360 <interface
7361 name="ISystemProperties"
7362 extends="$unknown"
7363 uuid="51c81048-b261-4fa2-a44e-fd756f0db589"
7364 wsmap="managed"
7365 >
7366 <desc>
7367 The ISystemProperties interface represents global properties of the given
7368 VirtualBox installation.
7369
7370 These properties define limits and default values for various attributes
7371 and parameters. Most of the properties are read-only, but some can be
7372 changed by a user.
7373 </desc>
7374
7375 <attribute name="minGuestRAM" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
7376 <desc>Minimum guest system memory in Megabytes.</desc>
7377 </attribute>
7378
7379 <attribute name="maxGuestRAM" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
7380 <desc>Maximum guest system memory in Megabytes.</desc>
7381 </attribute>
7382
7383 <attribute name="minGuestVRAM" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
7384 <desc>Minimum guest video memory in Megabytes.</desc>
7385 </attribute>
7386
7387 <attribute name="maxGuestVRAM" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
7388 <desc>Maximum guest video memory in Megabytes.</desc>
7389 </attribute>
7390
7391 <attribute name="minGuestCPUCount" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
7392 <desc>Minimum CPU count.</desc>
7393 </attribute>
7394
7395 <attribute name="maxGuestCPUCount" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
7396 <desc>Maximum CPU count.</desc>
7397 </attribute>
7398
7399 <attribute name="maxGuestMonitors" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
7400 <desc>Maximum of monitors which could be connected.</desc>
7401 </attribute>
7402
7403 <attribute name="infoVDSize" type="long long" readonly="yes">
7404 <desc>Maximum size of a virtual disk image in bytes. Informational value,
7405 does not reflect the limits of any virtual disk image format.</desc>
7406 </attribute>
7407
7408 <attribute name="networkAdapterCount" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
7409 <desc>
7410 Number of network adapters associated with every
7411 <link to="IMachine"/> instance.
7412 </desc>
7413 </attribute>
7414
7415 <attribute name="serialPortCount" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
7416 <desc>
7417 Number of serial ports associated with every
7418 <link to="IMachine"/> instance.
7419 </desc>
7420 </attribute>
7421
7422 <attribute name="parallelPortCount" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
7423 <desc>
7424 Number of parallel ports associated with every
7425 <link to="IMachine"/> instance.
7426 </desc>
7427 </attribute>
7428
7429 <attribute name="maxBootPosition" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
7430 <desc>
7431 Maximum device position in the boot order. This value corresponds
7432 to the total number of devices a machine can boot from, to make it
7433 possible to include all possible devices to the boot list.
7434 <see><link to="IMachine::setBootOrder"/></see>
7435 </desc>
7436 </attribute>
7437
7438 <attribute name="defaultMachineFolder" type="wstring">
7439 <desc>
7440 Full path to the default directory used to create new or open
7441 existing machines when a machine settings file name contains no
7442 path.
7443
7444 Starting with VirtualBox 4.0, by default, this attribute contains
7445 the full path of folder named "VirtualBox VMs" in the user's
7446 home directory, which depends on the host platform.
7447
7448 When setting this attribute, a full path must be specified.
7449 Setting this property to @c null or an empty string or the
7450 special value "Machines" (for compatibility reasons) will restore
7451 that default value.
7452
7453 If the folder specified herein does not exist, it will be created
7454 automatically as needed.
7455
7456 <see>
7457 <link to="IVirtualBox::createMachine"/>,
7458 <link to="IVirtualBox::openMachine"/>
7459 </see>
7460 </desc>
7461 </attribute>
7462
7463 <attribute name="mediumFormats" type="IMediumFormat" safearray="yes" readonly="yes">
7464 <desc>
7465 List of all medium storage formats supported by this VirtualBox
7466 installation.
7467
7468 Keep in mind that the medium format identifier
7469 (<link to="IMediumFormat::id"/>) used in other API calls like
7470 <link to="IVirtualBox::createHardDisk"/> to refer to a particular
7471 medium format is a case-insensitive string. This means that, for
7472 example, all of the following strings:
7473 <pre>
7474 "VDI"
7475 "vdi"
7476 "VdI"</pre>
7477 refer to the same medium format.
7478
7479 Note that the virtual medium framework is backend-based, therefore
7480 the list of supported formats depends on what backends are currently
7481 installed.
7482
7483 <see>
7484 <link to="IMediumFormat"/>,
7485 </see>
7486 </desc>
7487 </attribute>
7488
7489 <attribute name="defaultHardDiskFormat" type="wstring">
7490 <desc>
7491 Identifier of the default medium format used by VirtualBox.
7492
7493 The medium format set by this attribute is used by VirtualBox
7494 when the medium format was not specified explicitly. One example is
7495 <link to="IVirtualBox::createHardDisk"/> with the empty
7496 format argument. A more complex example is implicit creation of
7497 differencing media when taking a snapshot of a virtual machine:
7498 this operation will try to use a format of the parent medium first
7499 and if this format does not support differencing media the default
7500 format specified by this argument will be used.
7501
7502 The list of supported medium formats may be obtained by the
7503 <link to="#mediumFormats"/> call. Note that the default medium
7504 format must have a capability to create differencing media;
7505 otherwise operations that create media implicitly may fail
7506 unexpectedly.
7507
7508 The initial value of this property is <tt>"VDI"</tt> in the current
7509 version of the VirtualBox product, but may change in the future.
7510
7511 <note>
7512 Setting this property to @c null or empty string will restore the
7513 initial value.
7514 </note>
7515
7516 <see>
7517 <link to="#mediumFormats"/>,
7518 <link to="IMediumFormat::id"/>,
7519 <link to="IVirtualBox::createHardDisk"/>
7520 </see>
7521 </desc>
7522 </attribute>
7523
7524 <attribute name="freeDiskSpaceWarning" type="long long">
7525 <desc>Issue a warning if the free disk space is below (or in some disk
7526 intensive operation is expected to go below) the given size in
7527 bytes.</desc>
7528 </attribute>
7529
7530 <attribute name="freeDiskSpacePercentWarning" type="unsigned long">
7531 <desc>Issue a warning if the free disk space is below (or in some disk
7532 intensive operation is expected to go below) the given percentage.</desc>
7533 </attribute>
7534
7535 <attribute name="freeDiskSpaceError" type="long long">
7536 <desc>Issue an error if the free disk space is below (or in some disk
7537 intensive operation is expected to go below) the given size in
7538 bytes.</desc>
7539 </attribute>
7540
7541 <attribute name="freeDiskSpacePercentError" type="unsigned long">
7542 <desc>Issue an error if the free disk space is below (or in some disk
7543 intensive operation is expected to go below) the given percentage.</desc>
7544 </attribute>
7545
7546 <attribute name="VRDEAuthLibrary" type="wstring">
7547 <desc>
7548 Library that provides authentication for Remote Desktop clients. The library
7549 is used if a virtual machine's authentication type is set to "external"
7550 in the VM RemoteDisplay configuration.
7551
7552 The system library extension (".DLL" or ".so") must be omitted.
7553 A full path can be specified; if not, then the library must reside on the
7554 system's default library path.
7555
7556 The default value of this property is <tt>"VBoxAuth"</tt>. There is a library
7557 of that name in one of the default VirtualBox library directories.
7558
7559 For details about VirtualBox authentication libraries and how to implement
7560 them, please refer to the VirtualBox manual.
7561
7562 <note>
7563 Setting this property to @c null or empty string will restore the
7564 initial value.
7565 </note>
7566 </desc>
7567 </attribute>
7568
7569 <attribute name="webServiceAuthLibrary" type="wstring">
7570 <desc>
7571 Library that provides authentication for webservice clients. The library
7572 is used if a virtual machine's authentication type is set to "external"
7573 in the VM RemoteDisplay configuration and will be called from
7574 within the <link to="IWebsessionManager::logon" /> implementation.
7575
7576 As opposed to <link to="ISystemProperties::VRDEAuthLibrary" />,
7577 there is no per-VM setting for this, as the webservice is a global
7578 resource (if it is running). Only for this setting (for the webservice),
7579 setting this value to a literal <tt>"null"</tt> string disables authentication,
7580 meaning that <link to="IWebsessionManager::logon" /> will always succeed,
7581 no matter what user name and password are supplied.
7582
7583 The initial value of this property is <tt>"VBoxAuth"</tt>,
7584 meaning that the webservice will use the same authentication
7585 library that is used by default for VRDE (again, see
7586 <link to="ISystemProperties::VRDEAuthLibrary" />).
7587 The format and calling convention of authentication libraries
7588 is the same for the webservice as it is for VRDE.
7589
7590 <note>
7591 Setting this property to @c null or empty string will restore the
7592 initial value.
7593 </note>
7594 </desc>
7595 </attribute>
7596
7597 <attribute name="defaultVRDEExtPack" type="wstring">
7598 <desc>
7599 The name of the extension pack providing the default VRDE.
7600
7601 This attribute is for choosing between multiple extension packs
7602 providing VRDE. If only one is installed, it will automatically be the
7603 default one. The attribute value can be empty if no VRDE extension
7604 pack is installed.
7605
7606 For details about VirtualBox Remote Desktop Extension and how to
7607 implement one, please refer to the VirtualBox SDK.
7608 </desc>
7609 </attribute>
7610
7611 <attribute name="LogHistoryCount" type="unsigned long">
7612 <desc>
7613 This value specifies how many old release log files are kept.
7614 </desc>
7615 </attribute>
7616
7617 <attribute name="defaultAudioDriver" type="AudioDriverType" readonly="yes">
7618 <desc>This value hold the default audio driver for the current
7619 system.</desc>
7620 </attribute>
7621
7622 <method name="getMaxDevicesPerPortForStorageBus">
7623 <desc>Returns the maximum number of devices which can be attached to a port
7624 for the given storage bus.</desc>
7625
7626 <param name="bus" type="StorageBus" dir="in">
7627 <desc>The storage bus type to get the value for.</desc>
7628 </param>
7629
7630 <param name="maxDevicesPerPort" type="unsigned long" dir="return">
7631 <desc>The maximum number of devices which can eb attached to the port for the given
7632 storage bus.</desc>
7633 </param>
7634 </method>
7635
7636 <method name="getMinPortCountForStorageBus">
7637 <desc>Returns the minimum number of ports the given storage bus supports.</desc>
7638
7639 <param name="bus" type="StorageBus" dir="in">
7640 <desc>The storage bus type to get the value for.</desc>
7641 </param>
7642
7643 <param name="minPortCount" type="unsigned long" dir="return">
7644 <desc>The minimum number of ports for the given storage bus.</desc>
7645 </param>
7646 </method>
7647
7648 <method name="getMaxPortCountForStorageBus">
7649 <desc>Returns the maximum number of ports the given storage bus supports.</desc>
7650
7651 <param name="bus" type="StorageBus" dir="in">
7652 <desc>The storage bus type to get the value for.</desc>
7653 </param>
7654
7655 <param name="maxPortCount" type="unsigned long" dir="return">
7656 <desc>The maximum number of ports for the given storage bus.</desc>
7657 </param>
7658 </method>
7659
7660 <method name="getMaxInstancesOfStorageBus">
7661 <desc>Returns the maximum number of storage bus instances which
7662 can be configured for each VM. This corresponds to the number of
7663 storage controllers one can have. Value may depend on chipset type
7664 used.</desc>
7665
7666 <param name="chipset" type="ChipsetType" dir="in">
7667 <desc>The chipset type to get the value for.</desc>
7668 </param>
7669
7670 <param name="bus" type="StorageBus" dir="in">
7671 <desc>The storage bus type to get the value for.</desc>
7672 </param>
7673
7674 <param name="maxInstances" type="unsigned long" dir="return">
7675 <desc>The maximum number of instances for the given storage bus.</desc>
7676 </param>
7677 </method>
7678
7679 <method name="getDeviceTypesForStorageBus">
7680 <desc>Returns list of all the supported device types
7681 (<link to="DeviceType"/>) for the given type of storage
7682 bus.</desc>
7683
7684 <param name="bus" type="StorageBus" dir="in">
7685 <desc>The storage bus type to get the value for.</desc>
7686 </param>
7687
7688 <param name="deviceTypes" type="DeviceType" safearray="yes" dir="return">
7689 <desc>The list of all supported device types for the given storage bus.</desc>
7690 </param>
7691 </method>
7692
7693 <method name="getDefaultIoCacheSettingForStorageController">
7694 <desc>Returns the default I/O cache setting for the
7695 given storage controller</desc>
7696
7697 <param name="controllerType" type="StorageControllerType" dir="in">
7698 <desc>The storage controller to the setting for.</desc>
7699 </param>
7700
7701 <param name="enabled" type="boolean" dir="return">
7702 <desc>Returned flag indicating the default value</desc>
7703 </param>
7704 </method>
7705 </interface>
7706
7707 <!--
7708 // IGuest
7709 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
7710 -->
7711
7712 <interface
7713 name="IGuestOSType" extends="$unknown"
7714 uuid="432c1546-1354-4abf-bf08-878a32a373f5"
7715 wsmap="struct"
7716 >
7717 <desc>
7718 </desc>
7719
7720 <attribute name="familyId" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
7721 <desc>Guest OS family identifier string.</desc>
7722 </attribute>
7723
7724 <attribute name="familyDescription" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
7725 <desc>Human readable description of the guest OS family.</desc>
7726 </attribute>
7727
7728 <attribute name="id" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
7729 <desc>Guest OS identifier string.</desc>
7730 </attribute>
7731
7732 <attribute name="description" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
7733 <desc>Human readable description of the guest OS.</desc>
7734 </attribute>
7735
7736 <attribute name="is64Bit" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
7737 <desc>Returns @c true if the given OS is 64-bit</desc>
7738 </attribute>
7739
7740 <attribute name="recommendedIOAPIC" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
7741 <desc>Returns @c true if IO APIC recommended for this OS type.</desc>
7742 </attribute>
7743
7744 <attribute name="recommendedVirtEx" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
7745 <desc>Returns @c true if VT-x or AMD-V recommended for this OS type.</desc>
7746 </attribute>
7747
7748 <attribute name="recommendedRAM" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
7749 <desc>Recommended RAM size in Megabytes.</desc>
7750 </attribute>
7751
7752 <attribute name="recommendedVRAM" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
7753 <desc>Recommended video RAM size in Megabytes.</desc>
7754 </attribute>
7755
7756 <attribute name="recommendedHDD" type="long long" readonly="yes">
7757 <desc>Recommended hard disk size in bytes.</desc>
7758 </attribute>
7759
7760 <attribute name="adapterType" type="NetworkAdapterType" readonly="yes">
7761 <desc>Returns recommended network adapter for this OS type.</desc>
7762 </attribute>
7763
7764 <attribute name="recommendedPae" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
7765 <desc>Returns @c true if using PAE is recommended for this OS type.</desc>
7766 </attribute>
7767
7768 <attribute name="recommendedDvdStorageController" type="StorageControllerType" readonly="yes">
7769 <desc>Recommended storage controller type for DVD/CD drives.</desc>
7770 </attribute>
7771
7772 <attribute name="recommendedDvdStorageBus" type="StorageBus" readonly="yes">
7773 <desc>Recommended storage bus type for DVD/CD drives.</desc>
7774 </attribute>
7775
7776 <attribute name="recommendedHdStorageController" type="StorageControllerType" readonly="yes">
7777 <desc>Recommended storage controller type for HD drives.</desc>
7778 </attribute>
7779
7780 <attribute name="recommendedHdStorageBus" type="StorageBus" readonly="yes">
7781 <desc>Recommended storage bus type for HD drives.</desc>
7782 </attribute>
7783
7784 <attribute name="recommendedFirmware" type="FirmwareType" readonly="yes">
7785 <desc>Recommended firmware type.</desc>
7786 </attribute>
7787
7788 <attribute name="recommendedUsbHid" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
7789 <desc>Returns @c true if using USB Human Interface Devices, such as keyboard and mouse recommended.</desc>
7790 </attribute>
7791
7792 <attribute name="recommendedHpet" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
7793 <desc>Returns @c true if using HPET is recommended for this OS type.</desc>
7794 </attribute>
7795
7796 <attribute name="recommendedUsbTablet" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
7797 <desc>Returns @c true if using a USB Tablet is recommended.</desc>
7798 </attribute>
7799
7800 <attribute name="recommendedRtcUseUtc" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
7801 <desc>Returns @c true if the RTC of this VM should be set to UTC</desc>
7802 </attribute>
7803
7804 <attribute name="recommendedChipset" type="ChipsetType" readonly="yes">
7805 <desc>Recommended chipset type.</desc>
7806 </attribute>
7807
7808 <attribute name="recommendedAudioController" type="AudioControllerType" readonly="yes">
7809 <desc>Recommended audio type.</desc>
7810 </attribute>
7811
7812 </interface>
7813
7814 <enum
7815 name="AdditionsRunLevelType"
7816 uuid="a25417ee-a9dd-4f5b-b0dc-377860087754"
7817 >
7818 <desc>
7819 Guest Additions run level type.
7820 </desc>
7821
7822 <const name="None" value="0">
7823 <desc>Guest Additions are not loaded.</desc>
7824 </const>
7825 <const name="System" value="1">
7826 <desc>Guest drivers are loaded.</desc>
7827 </const>
7828 <const name="Userland" value="2">
7829 <desc>Common components (such as application services) are loaded.</desc>
7830 </const>
7831 <const name="Desktop" value="3">
7832 <desc>Per-user desktop components are loaded.</desc>
7833 </const>
7834 </enum>
7835
7836 <enum
7837 name="AdditionsUpdateFlag"
7838 uuid="726a818d-18d6-4389-94e8-3e9e6826171a"
7839 >
7840 <desc>
7841 Guest Additions update flags.
7842 </desc>
7843
7844 <const name="None" value="0">
7845 <desc>No flag set.</desc>
7846 </const>
7847 <const name="WaitForUpdateStartOnly" value="1">
7848 <desc>Only wait for the update process being started and do not
7849 wait while peforming the actual update.</desc>
7850 </const>
7851 </enum>
7852
7853 <enum
7854 name="ExecuteProcessFlag"
7855 uuid="3258e8a5-ba0c-43d5-86b5-cf91405fddc0"
7856 >
7857 <desc>
7858 Guest process execution flags.
7859 </desc>
7860
7861 <const name="None" value="0">
7862 <desc>No flag set.</desc>
7863 </const>
7864
7865 <const name="WaitForProcessStartOnly" value="1">
7866 <desc>Only use the specified timeout value to wait for starting the guest process - the guest
7867 process itself then uses an infinite timeout.</desc>
7868 </const>
7869
7870 <const name="IgnoreOrphanedProcesses" value="2">
7871 <desc>Do not report an error when executed processes are still alive when VBoxService or the guest OS is shutting down.</desc>
7872 </const>
7873
7874 <const name="Hidden" value="4">
7875 <desc>Don't show the started process according to the guest OS guidelines.</desc>
7876 </const>
7877 </enum>
7878
7879 <enum
7880 name="ProcessInputFlag"
7881 uuid="5d38c1dd-2604-4ddf-92e5-0c0cdd3bdbd5"
7882 >
7883 <desc>
7884 Guest process input flags.
7885 </desc>
7886
7887 <const name="None" value="0">
7888 <desc>No flag set.</desc>
7889 </const>
7890 <const name="EndOfFile" value="1">
7891 <desc>End of file (input) reached.</desc>
7892 </const>
7893 </enum>
7894
7895 <enum
7896 name="CopyFileFlag"
7897 uuid="23f79fdf-738a-493d-b80b-42d607c9b916"
7898 >
7899 <desc>
7900 Host/Guest copy flags. At the moment none of these flags
7901 are implemented.
7902 </desc>
7903
7904 <const name="None" value="0">
7905 <desc>No flag set.</desc>
7906 </const>
7907
7908 <const name="Recursive" value="1">
7909 <desc>Copy directories recursively.</desc>
7910 </const>
7911
7912 <const name="Update" value="2">
7913 <desc>Only copy when the source file is newer than the destination file or when the destination file is missing.</desc>
7914 </const>
7915
7916 <const name="FollowLinks" value="4">
7917 <desc>Follow symbolic links.</desc>
7918 </const>
7919 </enum>
7920
7921 <enum
7922 name="CreateDirectoryFlag"
7923 uuid="26ff5bdd-c81f-4304-857b-b8be5e3f9cd6"
7924 >
7925 <desc>
7926 Directory creation flags.
7927 </desc>
7928
7929 <const name="None" value="0">
7930 <desc>No flag set.</desc>
7931 </const>
7932
7933 <const name="Parents" value="1">
7934 <desc>No error if existing, make parent directories as needed.</desc>
7935 </const>
7936 </enum>
7937
7938 <interface
7939 name="IGuest" extends="$unknown"
7940 uuid="1039b0cc-9bc1-4c6d-8d12-864aa48aa5b9"
7941 wsmap="managed"
7942 >
7943 <desc>
7944 The IGuest interface represents information about the operating system
7945 running inside the virtual machine. Used in
7946 <link to="IConsole::guest"/>.
7947
7948 IGuest provides information about the guest operating system, whether
7949 Guest Additions are installed and other OS-specific virtual machine
7950 properties.
7951 </desc>
7952
7953 <attribute name="OSTypeId" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
7954 <desc>
7955 Identifier of the Guest OS type as reported by the Guest
7956 Additions.
7957 You may use <link to="IVirtualBox::getGuestOSType"/> to obtain
7958 an IGuestOSType object representing details about the given
7959 Guest OS type.
7960 <note>
7961 If Guest Additions are not installed, this value will be
7962 the same as <link to="IMachine::OSTypeId"/>.
7963 </note>
7964 </desc>
7965 </attribute>
7966
7967 <attribute name="additionsRunLevel" type="AdditionsRunLevelType" readonly="yes">
7968 <desc>
7969 Current run level of the Guest Additions.
7970 </desc>
7971 </attribute>
7972
7973 <attribute name="additionsVersion" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
7974 <desc>
7975 Version of the Guest Additions including the revision (3 decimal numbers
7976 separated by dots + revision number) installed on the guest or empty
7977 when the Additions are not installed.
7978 </desc>
7979 </attribute>
7980
7981 <attribute name="supportsSeamless" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
7982 <desc>
7983 Flag whether seamless guest display rendering (seamless desktop
7984 integration) is supported.
7985 </desc>
7986 </attribute>
7987
7988 <attribute name="supportsGraphics" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
7989 <desc>
7990 Flag whether the guest is in graphics mode. If it is not, then
7991 seamless rendering will not work, resize hints are not immediately
7992 acted on and guest display resizes are probably not initiated by
7993 the guest additions.
7994 </desc>
7995 </attribute>
7996
7997 <attribute name="memoryBalloonSize" type="unsigned long">
7998 <desc>Guest system memory balloon size in megabytes (transient property).</desc>
7999 </attribute>
8000
8001 <attribute name="statisticsUpdateInterval" type="unsigned long">
8002 <desc>Interval to update guest statistics in seconds.</desc>
8003 </attribute>
8004
8005 <method name="internalGetStatistics">
8006 <desc>
8007 Internal method; do not use as it might change at any time
8008 </desc>
8009 <param name="cpuUser" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
8010 <desc>Percentage of processor time spent in user mode as seen by the guest</desc>
8011 </param>
8012 <param name="cpuKernel" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
8013 <desc>Percentage of processor time spent in kernel mode as seen by the guest</desc>
8014 </param>
8015 <param name="cpuIdle" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
8016 <desc>Percentage of processor time spent idling as seen by the guest</desc>
8017 </param>
8018 <param name="memTotal" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
8019 <desc>Total amount of physical guest RAM</desc>
8020 </param>
8021 <param name="memFree" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
8022 <desc>Free amount of physical guest RAM</desc>
8023 </param>
8024 <param name="memBalloon" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
8025 <desc>Amount of ballooned physical guest RAM</desc>
8026 </param>
8027 <param name="memShared" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
8028 <desc>Amount of shared physical guest RAM</desc>
8029 </param>
8030 <param name="memCache" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
8031 <desc>Total amount of guest (disk) cache memory</desc>
8032 </param>
8033 <param name="pagedTotal" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
8034 <desc>Total amount of space in the page file</desc>
8035 </param>
8036 <param name="memAllocTotal" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
8037 <desc>Total amount of memory allocated by the hypervisor</desc>
8038 </param>
8039 <param name="memFreeTotal" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
8040 <desc>Total amount of free memory available in the hypervisor</desc>
8041 </param>
8042 <param name="memBalloonTotal" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
8043 <desc>Total amount of memory ballooned by the hypervisor</desc>
8044 </param>
8045 <param name="memSharedTotal" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
8046 <desc>Total amount of shared memory in the hypervisor</desc>
8047 </param>
8048 </method>
8049
8050 <method name="getAdditionsStatus">
8051 <desc>
8052 Retrieve the current status of a certain Guest Additions run level.
8053
8054 <result name="VBOX_E_NOT_SUPPORTED">
8055 Wrong status level specified.
8056 </result>
8057
8058 </desc>
8059 <param name="level" type="AdditionsRunLevelType" dir="in">
8060 <desc>Status level to check</desc>
8061 </param>
8062 <param name="active" type="boolean" dir="return">
8063 <desc>Flag whether the status level has been reached or not</desc>
8064 </param>
8065 </method>
8066
8067 <method name="setCredentials">
8068 <desc>
8069 Store login credentials that can be queried by guest operating
8070 systems with Additions installed. The credentials are transient
8071 to the session and the guest may also choose to erase them. Note
8072 that the caller cannot determine whether the guest operating system
8073 has queried or made use of the credentials.
8074
8075 <result name="VBOX_E_VM_ERROR">
8076 VMM device is not available.
8077 </result>
8078
8079 </desc>
8080 <param name="userName" type="wstring" dir="in">
8081 <desc>User name string, can be empty</desc>
8082 </param>
8083 <param name="password" type="wstring" dir="in">
8084 <desc>Password string, can be empty</desc>
8085 </param>
8086 <param name="domain" type="wstring" dir="in">
8087 <desc>Domain name (guest logon scheme specific), can be empty</desc>
8088 </param>
8089 <param name="allowInteractiveLogon" type="boolean" dir="in">
8090 <desc>
8091 Flag whether the guest should alternatively allow the user to
8092 interactively specify different credentials. This flag might
8093 not be supported by all versions of the Additions.
8094 </desc>
8095 </param>
8096 </method>
8097
8098 <method name="executeProcess">
8099 <desc>
8100 Executes an existing program inside the guest VM.
8101
8102 <result name="VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR">
8103 Could not execute process.
8104 </result>
8105
8106 </desc>
8107 <param name="execName" type="wstring" dir="in">
8108 <desc>
8109 Full path name of the command to execute on the guest; the
8110 commands has to exists in the guest VM in order to be executed.
8111 </desc>
8112 </param>
8113 <param name="flags" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
8114 <desc>
8115 Execution flags - currently not supported and therefore
8116 has to be set to 0.
8117 </desc>
8118 </param>
8119 <param name="arguments" type="wstring" safearray="yes" dir="in">
8120 <desc>
8121 Array of arguments passed to the execution command.
8122 </desc>
8123 </param>
8124 <param name="environment" type="wstring" safearray="yes" dir="in">
8125 <desc>
8126 Environment variables that can be set while the command is being
8127 executed, in form of "NAME=VALUE"; one pair per entry. To unset a
8128 variable just set its name ("NAME") without a value.
8129 </desc>
8130 </param>
8131 <param name="userName" type="wstring" dir="in">
8132 <desc>
8133 User name under which the command will be executed; has to exist
8134 and have the appropriate rights to execute programs in the VM.
8135 </desc>
8136 </param>
8137 <param name="password" type="wstring" dir="in">
8138 <desc>
8139 Password of the user account specified.
8140 </desc>
8141 </param>
8142 <param name="timeoutMS" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
8143 <desc>
8144 The maximum timeout value (in msec) to wait for finished program
8145 execution. Pass 0 for an infinite timeout.
8146 </desc>
8147 </param>
8148 <param name="pid" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
8149 <desc>
8150 The PID (process ID) of the started command for later reference.
8151 </desc>
8152 </param>
8153 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
8154 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
8155 </param>
8156 </method>
8157
8158 <method name="getProcessOutput">
8159 <desc>
8160 Retrieves output of a formerly started process.
8161
8162 <result name="VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR">
8163 Could not retrieve output.
8164 </result>
8165
8166 </desc>
8167 <param name="pid" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
8168 <desc>
8169 Process id returned by earlier executeProcess() call.
8170 </desc>
8171 </param>
8172 <param name="flags" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
8173 <desc>
8174 Flags describing which output to retrieve.
8175 </desc>
8176 </param>
8177 <param name="timeoutMS" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
8178 <desc>
8179 The maximum timeout value (in msec) to wait for output
8180 data. Pass 0 for an infinite timeout.
8181 </desc>
8182 </param>
8183 <param name="size" type="long long" dir="in">
8184 <desc>
8185 Size in bytes to read in the buffer.
8186 </desc>
8187 </param>
8188 <param name="data" type="octet" dir="return" safearray="yes">
8189 <desc>
8190 Buffer for retrieving the actual output. A data size of 0 means end of file
8191 if the requested size was not 0. This is the unprocessed
8192 output data, i.e. the line ending style depends on the platform of
8193 the system the server is running on.
8194 </desc>
8195 </param>
8196 </method>
8197
8198 <method name="getProcessStatus">
8199 <desc>
8200 Retrieves status, exit code and the exit reason of a formerly started process.
8201
8202 <result name="VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR">
8203 Process with specified PID was not found.
8204 </result>
8205
8206 </desc>
8207 <param name="pid" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
8208 <desc>
8209 Process id returned by earlier executeProcess() call.
8210 </desc>
8211 </param>
8212 <param name="exitcode" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
8213 <desc>
8214 The exit code (if available).
8215 </desc>
8216 </param>
8217 <param name="flags" type="unsigned long" dir="out">
8218 <desc>
8219 Additional flags of process status. Not used at the moment and
8220 must be set to 0.
8221 </desc>
8222 </param>
8223 <param name="reason" type="unsigned long" dir="return">
8224 <desc>
8225 The current process status.
8226 </desc>
8227 </param>
8228 </method>
8229
8230 <method name="copyToGuest">
8231 <desc>
8232 Copies files/directories from host to the guest.
8233
8234 <result name="VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR">
8235 Error while copying.
8236 </result>
8237
8238 </desc>
8239 <param name="source" type="wstring" dir="in">
8240 <desc>
8241 Source file on the host to copy.
8242 </desc>
8243 </param>
8244 <param name="dest" type="wstring" dir="in">
8245 <desc>
8246 Destination path on the guest.
8247 </desc>
8248 </param>
8249 <param name="userName" type="wstring" dir="in">
8250 <desc>
8251 User name under which the copy command will be executed; the
8252 user has to exist and have the appropriate rights to write to
8253 the destination path.
8254 </desc>
8255 </param>
8256 <param name="password" type="wstring" dir="in">
8257 <desc>
8258 Password of the user account specified.
8259 </desc>
8260 </param>
8261 <param name="flags" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
8262 <desc>
8263 Copy flags. Not used at the moment and must be set to 0.
8264 </desc>
8265 </param>
8266 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
8267 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
8268 </param>
8269 </method>
8270
8271 <method name="createDirectory">
8272 <desc>
8273 Creates a directory on the guest.
8274
8275 <result name="VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR">
8276 Error while creating directory.
8277 </result>
8278
8279 </desc>
8280 <param name="directory" type="wstring" dir="in">
8281 <desc>
8282 Directory to create.
8283 </desc>
8284 </param>
8285 <param name="userName" type="wstring" dir="in">
8286 <desc>
8287 User name under which the directory creation will be executed; the
8288 user has to exist and have the appropriate rights to create the
8289 desired directory.
8290 </desc>
8291 </param>
8292 <param name="password" type="wstring" dir="in">
8293 <desc>
8294 Password of the user account specified.
8295 </desc>
8296 </param>
8297 <param name="mode" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
8298 <desc>
8299 File mode.
8300 </desc>
8301 </param>
8302 <param name="flags" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
8303 <desc>
8304 Additional flags. Not used at the moment and must be set to 0.
8305 </desc>
8306 </param>
8307 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
8308 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
8309 </param>
8310 </method>
8311
8312 <method name="setProcessInput">
8313 <desc>
8314 Sends input into a formerly started process.
8315
8316 <result name="VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR">
8317 Could not send input.
8318 </result>
8319
8320 </desc>
8321 <param name="pid" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
8322 <desc>
8323 Process id returned by earlier executeProcess() call.
8324 </desc>
8325 </param>
8326 <param name="flags" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
8327 <desc>
8328 Not used, must be set to zero.
8329 </desc>
8330 </param>
8331 <param name="data" type="octet" dir="in" safearray="yes">
8332 <desc>
8333 Buffer of input data to send to the started process to.
8334 </desc>
8335 </param>
8336 <param name="written" type="unsigned long" dir="return">
8337 <desc>
8338 Number of bytes written.
8339 </desc>
8340 </param>
8341 </method>
8342
8343 <method name="updateGuestAdditions">
8344 <desc>
8345 Updates already installed Guest Additions in a VM
8346 (Windows guests only).
8347
8348 <result name="VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR">
8349 Error while updating.
8350 </result>
8351
8352 </desc>
8353 <param name="source" type="wstring" dir="in">
8354 <desc>
8355 Path to the Guest Additions .ISO file to use for the upate.
8356 </desc>
8357 </param>
8358 <param name="flags" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
8359 <desc>
8360 Flags for Guest Additions update.
8361 </desc>
8362 </param>
8363 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
8364 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
8365 </param>
8366 </method>
8367
8368 </interface>
8369
8370
8371 <!--
8372 // IProgress
8373 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8374 -->
8375
8376 <interface
8377 name="IProgress" extends="$unknown"
8378 uuid="A163C98F-8635-4AA8-B770-A9941737F3EF"
8379 wsmap="managed"
8380 >
8381 <desc>
8382 The IProgress interface is used to track and control
8383 asynchronous tasks within VirtualBox.
8384
8385 An instance of this is returned every time VirtualBox starts
8386 an asynchronous task (in other words, a separate thread) which
8387 continues to run after a method call returns. For example,
8388 <link to="IConsole::saveState" />, which saves the state of
8389 a running virtual machine, can take a long time to complete.
8390 To be able to display a progress bar, a user interface such as
8391 the VirtualBox graphical user interface can use the IProgress
8392 object returned by that method.
8393
8394 Note that IProgress is a "read-only" interface in the sense
8395 that only the VirtualBox internals behind the Main API can
8396 create and manipulate progress objects, whereas client code
8397 can only use the IProgress object to monitor a task's
8398 progress and, if <link to="#cancelable" /> is @c true,
8399 cancel the task by calling <link to="#cancel" />.
8400
8401 A task represented by IProgress consists of either one or
8402 several sub-operations that run sequentially, one by one (see
8403 <link to="#operation" /> and <link to="#operationCount" />).
8404 Every operation is identified by a number (starting from 0)
8405 and has a separate description.
8406
8407 You can find the individual percentage of completion of the current
8408 operation in <link to="#operationPercent" /> and the
8409 percentage of completion of the task as a whole
8410 in <link to="#percent" />.
8411
8412 Similarly, you can wait for the completion of a particular
8413 operation via <link to="#waitForOperationCompletion" /> or
8414 for the completion of the whole task via
8415 <link to="#waitForCompletion" />.
8416 </desc>
8417
8418 <attribute name="id" type="uuid" mod="string" readonly="yes">
8419 <desc>ID of the task.</desc>
8420 </attribute>
8421
8422 <attribute name="description" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
8423 <desc>Description of the task.</desc>
8424 </attribute>
8425
8426 <attribute name="initiator" type="$unknown" readonly="yes">
8427 <desc>Initiator of the task.</desc>
8428 </attribute>
8429
8430 <attribute name="cancelable" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
8431 <desc>Whether the task can be interrupted.</desc>
8432 </attribute>
8433
8434 <attribute name="percent" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
8435 <desc>
8436 Current progress value of the task as a whole, in percent.
8437 This value depends on how many operations are already complete.
8438 Returns 100 if <link to="#completed" /> is @c true.
8439 </desc>
8440 </attribute>
8441
8442 <attribute name="timeRemaining" type="long" readonly="yes">
8443 <desc>
8444 Estimated remaining time until the task completes, in
8445 seconds. Returns 0 once the task has completed; returns -1
8446 if the remaining time cannot be computed, in particular if
8447 the current progress is 0.
8448
8449 Even if a value is returned, the estimate will be unreliable
8450 for low progress values. It will become more reliable as the
8451 task progresses; it is not recommended to display an ETA
8452 before at least 20% of a task have completed.
8453 </desc>
8454 </attribute>
8455
8456 <attribute name="completed" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
8457 <desc>Whether the task has been completed.</desc>
8458 </attribute>
8459
8460 <attribute name="canceled" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
8461 <desc>Whether the task has been canceled.</desc>
8462 </attribute>
8463
8464 <attribute name="resultCode" type="long" readonly="yes">
8465 <desc>
8466 Result code of the progress task.
8467 Valid only if <link to="#completed"/> is @c true.
8468 </desc>
8469 </attribute>
8470
8471 <attribute name="errorInfo" type="IVirtualBoxErrorInfo" readonly="yes">
8472 <desc>
8473 Extended information about the unsuccessful result of the
8474 progress operation. May be @c null if no extended information
8475 is available.
8476 Valid only if <link to="#completed"/> is @c true and
8477 <link to="#resultCode"/> indicates a failure.
8478 </desc>
8479 </attribute>
8480
8481 <attribute name="operationCount" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
8482 <desc>
8483 Number of sub-operations this task is divided into.
8484 Every task consists of at least one suboperation.
8485 </desc>
8486 </attribute>
8487
8488 <attribute name="operation" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
8489 <desc>Number of the sub-operation being currently executed.</desc>
8490 </attribute>
8491
8492 <attribute name="operationDescription" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
8493 <desc>
8494 Description of the sub-operation being currently executed.
8495 </desc>
8496 </attribute>
8497
8498 <attribute name="operationPercent" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
8499 <desc>Progress value of the current sub-operation only, in percent.</desc>
8500 </attribute>
8501
8502 <attribute name="operationWeight" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
8503 <desc>Weight value of the current sub-operation only.</desc>
8504 </attribute>
8505
8506 <attribute name="timeout" type="unsigned long">
8507 <desc>
8508 When non-zero, this specifies the number of milliseconds after which
8509 the operation will automatically be canceled. This can only be set on
8510 cancelable objects.
8511 </desc>
8512 </attribute>
8513
8514 <method name="setCurrentOperationProgress">
8515 <desc>Internal method, not to be called externally.</desc>
8516 <param name="percent" type="unsigned long" dir="in" />
8517 </method>
8518 <method name="setNextOperation">
8519 <desc>Internal method, not to be called externally.</desc>
8520 <param name="nextOperationDescription" type="wstring" dir="in" />
8521 <param name="nextOperationsWeight" type="unsigned long" dir="in" />
8522 </method>
8523
8524 <method name="waitForCompletion">
8525 <desc>
8526 Waits until the task is done (including all sub-operations)
8527 with a given timeout in milliseconds; specify -1 for an indefinite wait.
8528
8529 Note that the VirtualBox/XPCOM/COM/native event queues of the calling
8530 thread are not processed while waiting. Neglecting event queues may
8531 have dire consequences (degrade performance, resource hogs,
8532 deadlocks, etc.), this is specially so for the main thread on
8533 platforms using XPCOM. Callers are adviced wait for short periods
8534 and service their event queues between calls, or to create a worker
8535 thread to do the waiting.
8536
8537 <result name="VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR">
8538 Failed to wait for task completion.
8539 </result>
8540 </desc>
8541
8542 <param name="timeout" type="long" dir="in">
8543 <desc>
8544 Maximum time in milliseconds to wait or -1 to wait indefinitely.
8545 </desc>
8546 </param>
8547 </method>
8548
8549 <method name="waitForOperationCompletion">
8550 <desc>
8551 Waits until the given operation is done with a given timeout in
8552 milliseconds; specify -1 for an indefinite wait.
8553
8554 See <link to="#waitForCompletion"> for event queue considerations.</link>
8555
8556 <result name="VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR">
8557 Failed to wait for operation completion.
8558 </result>
8559
8560 </desc>
8561 <param name="operation" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
8562 <desc>
8563 Number of the operation to wait for.
8564 Must be less than <link to="#operationCount"/>.
8565 </desc>
8566 </param>
8567 <param name="timeout" type="long" dir="in">
8568 <desc>
8569 Maximum time in milliseconds to wait or -1 to wait indefinitely.
8570 </desc>
8571 </param>
8572 </method>
8573
8574 <method name="cancel">
8575 <desc>
8576 Cancels the task.
8577 <note>
8578 If <link to="#cancelable"/> is @c false, then this method will fail.
8579 </note>
8580
8581 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
8582 Operation cannot be canceled.
8583 </result>
8584
8585 </desc>
8586 </method>
8587
8588 </interface>
8589
8590 <!--
8591 // ISnapshot
8592 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8593 -->
8594
8595 <interface
8596 name="ISnapshot" extends="$unknown"
8597 uuid="1a2d0551-58a4-4107-857e-ef414fc42ffc"
8598 wsmap="managed"
8599 >
8600 <desc>
8601 The ISnapshot interface represents a snapshot of the virtual
8602 machine.
8603
8604 Together with the differencing media that are created
8605 when a snapshot is taken, a machine can be brought back to
8606 the exact state it was in when the snapshot was taken.
8607
8608 The ISnapshot interface has no methods, only attributes; snapshots
8609 are controlled through methods of the <link to="IConsole" /> interface
8610 which also manage the media associated with the snapshot.
8611 The following operations exist:
8612
8613 <ul>
8614 <li><link to="IConsole::takeSnapshot"/> creates a new snapshot
8615 by creating new, empty differencing images for the machine's
8616 media and saving the VM settings and (if the VM is running)
8617 the current VM state in the snapshot.
8618
8619 The differencing images will then receive all data written to
8620 the machine's media, while their parent (base) images
8621 remain unmodified after the snapshot has been taken (see
8622 <link to="IMedium" /> for details about differencing images).
8623 This simplifies restoring a machine to the state of a snapshot:
8624 only the differencing images need to be deleted.
8625
8626 The current machine state is not changed by taking a snapshot.
8627 If the machine is running, it will resume execution after the
8628 snapshot has been taken. After calling this,
8629 <link to="IMachine::currentSnapshot" /> is set to the snapshot
8630 just created.
8631 </li>
8632
8633 <li><link to="IConsole::restoreSnapshot"/> resets a machine to
8634 the state of a previous snapshot by deleting the differencing
8635 image of each of the machine's media and setting the machine's
8636 settings and state to the state that was saved in the snapshot (if any).
8637
8638 This destroys the machine's current state. After calling this,
8639 <link to="IMachine::currentSnapshot" /> is set to the snapshot that was
8640 restored.
8641 </li>
8642
8643 <li><link to="IConsole::deleteSnapshot"/> deletes a snapshot
8644 without affecting the current machine state.
8645
8646 This does not change the current machine state, but instead frees the
8647 resources allocated when the snapshot was taken: the settings and machine
8648 state file are deleted (if any), and the snapshot's differencing image for
8649 each of the machine's media gets merged with its parent image.
8650
8651 Neither the current machine state nor other snapshots are affected
8652 by this operation, except that parent media will be modified
8653 to contain the disk data associated with the snapshot being deleted.
8654
8655 When deleting the current snapshot, the <link to="IMachine::currentSnapshot" />
8656 attribute is set to the current snapshot's parent or NULL if it
8657 has no parent. Otherwise the attribute is unchanged.
8658 </li>
8659 </ul>
8660
8661 Each snapshot contains the settings of the virtual machine (hardware
8662 configuration etc.). In addition, if the machine was running when the
8663 snapshot was taken (<link to="IMachine::state"/> is <link to="MachineState_Running"/>),
8664 the current VM state is saved in the snapshot (similarly to what happens
8665 when a VM's state is saved). The snapshot is then said to
8666 be <i>online</i> because when restoring it, the VM will be running.
8667
8668 If the machine is saved (<link to="MachineState_Saved"/>), the snapshot
8669 receives a copy of the execution state file (<link to="IMachine::stateFilePath"/>).
8670
8671 Otherwise, if the machine was not running (<link to="MachineState_PoweredOff"/>
8672 or <link to="MachineState_Aborted"/>), the snapshot is <i>offline</i>;
8673 it then contains a so-called "zero execution state", representing a
8674 machine that is powered off.
8675 </desc>
8676
8677 <attribute name="id" type="uuid" mod="string" readonly="yes">
8678 <desc>UUID of the snapshot.</desc>
8679 </attribute>
8680
8681 <attribute name="name" type="wstring">
8682 <desc>Short name of the snapshot.</desc>
8683 </attribute>
8684
8685 <attribute name="description" type="wstring">
8686 <desc>Optional description of the snapshot.</desc>
8687 </attribute>
8688
8689 <attribute name="timeStamp" type="long long" readonly="yes">
8690 <desc>
8691 Time stamp of the snapshot, in milliseconds since 1970-01-01 UTC.
8692 </desc>
8693 </attribute>
8694
8695 <attribute name="online" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
8696 <desc>
8697 @c true if this snapshot is an online snapshot and @c false otherwise.
8698
8699 When this attribute is @c true, the
8700 <link to="IMachine::stateFilePath"/> attribute of the
8701 <link to="#machine"/> object associated with this snapshot
8702 will point to the saved state file. Otherwise, it will be
8703 an empty string.
8704 </desc>
8705 </attribute>
8706
8707 <attribute name="machine" type="IMachine" readonly="yes">
8708 <desc>
8709 Virtual machine this snapshot is taken on. This object
8710 stores all settings the machine had when taking this snapshot.
8711 <note>
8712 The returned machine object is immutable, i.e. no
8713 any settings can be changed.
8714 </note>
8715 </desc>
8716 </attribute>
8717
8718 <attribute name="parent" type="ISnapshot" readonly="yes">
8719 <desc>
8720 Parent snapshot (a snapshot this one is based on), or
8721 @c null if the snapshot has no parent (i.e. is the first snapshot).
8722 </desc>
8723 </attribute>
8724
8725 <attribute name="children" type="ISnapshot" readonly="yes" safearray="yes">
8726 <desc>
8727 Child snapshots (all snapshots having this one as a parent).
8728 </desc>
8729 </attribute>
8730
8731 </interface>
8732
8733
8734 <!--
8735 // IMedium
8736 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8737 -->
8738
8739 <enum
8740 name="MediumState"
8741 uuid="ef41e980-e012-43cd-9dea-479d4ef14d13"
8742 >
8743 <desc>
8744 Virtual medium state.
8745 <see>IMedium</see>
8746 </desc>
8747
8748 <const name="NotCreated" value="0">
8749 <desc>
8750 Associated medium storage does not exist (either was not created yet or
8751 was deleted).
8752 </desc>
8753 </const>
8754 <const name="Created" value="1">
8755 <desc>
8756 Associated storage exists and accessible; this gets set if the
8757 accessibility check performed by <link to="IMedium::refreshState" />
8758 was successful.
8759 </desc>
8760 </const>
8761 <const name="LockedRead" value="2">
8762 <desc>
8763 Medium is locked for reading (see <link to="IMedium::lockRead"/>),
8764 no data modification is possible.
8765 </desc>
8766 </const>
8767 <const name="LockedWrite" value="3">
8768 <desc>
8769 Medium is locked for writing (see <link to="IMedium::lockWrite"/>),
8770 no concurrent data reading or modification is possible.
8771 </desc>
8772 </const>
8773 <const name="Inaccessible" value="4">
8774 <desc>
8775 Medium accessibility check (see <link to="IMedium::refreshState" />) has
8776 not yet been performed, or else, associated medium storage is not
8777 accessible. In the first case, <link to="IMedium::lastAccessError"/>
8778 is empty, in the second case, it describes the error that occurred.
8779 </desc>
8780 </const>
8781 <const name="Creating" value="5">
8782 <desc>
8783 Associated medium storage is being created.
8784 </desc>
8785 </const>
8786 <const name="Deleting" value="6">
8787 <desc>
8788 Associated medium storage is being deleted.
8789 </desc>
8790 </const>
8791 </enum>
8792
8793 <enum
8794 name="MediumType"
8795 uuid="19388a99-8e70-4bd4-9a95-90cbc513ef6d"
8796 >
8797 <desc>
8798 Virtual medium type.
8799 <see>IMedium</see>
8800 </desc>
8801
8802 <const name="Normal" value="0">
8803 <desc>
8804 Normal medium (attached directly or indirectly, preserved
8805 when taking snapshots).
8806 </desc>
8807 </const>
8808 <const name="Immutable" value="1">
8809 <desc>
8810 Immutable medium (attached indirectly, changes are wiped out
8811 the next time the virtual machine is started).
8812 </desc>
8813 </const>
8814 <const name="Writethrough" value="2">
8815 <desc>
8816 Write through medium (attached directly, ignored when
8817 taking snapshots).
8818 </desc>
8819 </const>
8820 <const name="Shareable" value="3">
8821 <desc>
8822 Allow using this medium concurrently by several machines.
8823 <note>Present since VirtualBox 3.2.0, and accepted since 3.2.8.</note>
8824 </desc>
8825 </const>
8826 <const name="Readonly" value="4">
8827 <desc>
8828 A readonly medium, which can of course be used by several machines.
8829 <note>Present and accepted since VirtualBox 4.0.</note>
8830 </desc>
8831 </const>
8832 </enum>
8833
8834 <enum
8835 name="MediumVariant"
8836 uuid="584ea502-143b-4ab0-ad14-d1028fdf0316"
8837 >
8838 <desc>
8839 Virtual medium image variant. More than one flag may be set.
8840 <see>IMedium</see>
8841 </desc>
8842
8843 <const name="Standard" value="0">
8844 <desc>
8845 No particular variant requested, results in using the backend default.
8846 </desc>
8847 </const>
8848 <const name="VmdkSplit2G" value="0x01">
8849 <desc>
8850 VMDK image split in chunks of less than 2GByte.
8851 </desc>
8852 </const>
8853 <const name="VmdkStreamOptimized" value="0x04">
8854 <desc>
8855 VMDK streamOptimized image. Special import/export format which is
8856 read-only/append-only.
8857 </desc>
8858 </const>
8859 <const name="VmdkESX" value="0x08">
8860 <desc>
8861 VMDK format variant used on ESX products.
8862 </desc>
8863 </const>
8864 <const name="Fixed" value="0x10000">
8865 <desc>
8866 Fixed image. Only allowed for base images.
8867 </desc>
8868 </const>
8869 <const name="Diff" value="0x20000">
8870 <desc>
8871 Differencing image. Only allowed for child images.
8872 </desc>
8873 </const>
8874 </enum>
8875
8876 <interface
8877 name="IMediumAttachment" extends="$unknown"
8878 uuid="aa4b4840-934f-454d-9a28-23e8f4235edf"
8879 wsmap="struct"
8880 >
8881 <desc>
8882 The IMediumAttachment interface links storage media to virtual machines.
8883 For each medium (<link to="IMedium"/>) which has been attached to a
8884 storage controller (<link to="IStorageController"/>) of a machine
8885 (<link to="IMachine"/>) via the <link to="IMachine::attachDevice" />
8886 method, one instance of IMediumAttachment is added to the machine's
8887 <link to="IMachine::mediumAttachments"/> array attribute.
8888
8889 Each medium attachment specifies the storage controller as well as a
8890 port and device number and the IMedium instance representing a virtual
8891 hard disk or floppy or DVD image.
8892
8893 For removeable media (DVDs or floppies), there are two additional
8894 options. For one, the IMedium instance can be @c null to represent
8895 an empty drive with no media inserted (see <link to="IMachine::mountMedium" />);
8896 secondly, the medium can be one of the pseudo-media for host drives
8897 listed in <link to="IHost::DVDDrives"/> or <link to="IHost::floppyDrives"/>.
8898 </desc>
8899
8900 <attribute name="medium" type="IMedium" readonly="yes">
8901 <desc>Medium object associated with this attachment; it
8902 can be @c null for removable devices.</desc>
8903 </attribute>
8904
8905 <attribute name="controller" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
8906 <desc>Name of the storage controller of this attachment; this
8907 refers to one of the controllers in <link to="IMachine::storageControllers" />
8908 by name.</desc>
8909 </attribute>
8910
8911 <attribute name="port" type="long" readonly="yes">
8912 <desc>Port number of this attachment.
8913 See <link to="IMachine::attachDevice" /> for the meaning of this value for the different controller types.
8914 </desc>
8915 </attribute>
8916
8917 <attribute name="device" type="long" readonly="yes">
8918 <desc>Device slot number of this attachment.
8919 See <link to="IMachine::attachDevice" /> for the meaning of this value for the different controller types.
8920 </desc>
8921 </attribute>
8922
8923 <attribute name="type" type="DeviceType" readonly="yes">
8924 <desc>Device type of this attachment.</desc>
8925 </attribute>
8926
8927 <attribute name="passthrough" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
8928 <desc>Pass I/O requests through to a device on the host.</desc>
8929 </attribute>
8930
8931 <attribute name="bandwidthGroup" type="IBandwidthGroup" readonly="yes">
8932 <desc>The bandwidth group this medium attachment is assigned to.</desc>
8933 </attribute>
8934
8935 </interface>
8936
8937 <interface
8938 name="IMedium" extends="$unknown"
8939 uuid="bfcf5b8c-5155-4f24-9414-9457054b16db"
8940 wsmap="managed"
8941 >
8942 <desc>
8943 The IMedium interface represents virtual storage for a machine's
8944 hard disks, CD/DVD or floppy drives. It will typically represent
8945 a disk image on the host, for example a VDI or VMDK file representing
8946 a virtual hard disk, or an ISO or RAW file representing virtual
8947 removable media, but can also point to a network location (e.g.
8948 for iSCSI targets).
8949
8950 Instances of IMedium are connected to virtual machines by way of
8951 medium attachments (see <link to="IMediumAttachment" />), which link
8952 the storage medium to a particular device slot of a storage controller
8953 of the virtual machine.
8954 In the VirtualBox API, virtual storage is therefore always represented
8955 by the following chain of object links:
8956
8957 <ul>
8958 <li><link to="IMachine::storageControllers"/> contains an array of
8959 storage controllers (IDE, SATA, SCSI, SAS or a floppy controller;
8960 these are instances of <link to="IStorageController"/>).</li>
8961 <li><link to="IMachine::mediumAttachments"/> contains an array of
8962 medium attachments (instances of <link to="IMediumAttachment"/>),
8963 each containing a storage controller from the above array, a
8964 port/device specification, and an instance of IMedium representing
8965 the medium storage (image file).
8966
8967 For removable media, the storage medium is optional; a medium
8968 attachment with no medium represents a CD/DVD or floppy drive
8969 with no medium inserted. By contrast, hard disk attachments
8970 will always have an IMedium object attached.</li>
8971 <li>Each IMedium in turn points to a storage unit (such as a file
8972 on the host computer or a network resource) that holds actual
8973 data. This location is represented by the <link to="#location"/>
8974 attribute.</li>
8975 </ul>
8976
8977 Existing media are opened using <link to="IVirtualBox::openMedium"/>;
8978 new hard disk media can be created with the VirtualBox API using the
8979 <link to="IVirtualBox::createHardDisk"/> method.
8980
8981 CD/DVD and floppy images (ISO and RAW files) are usually created outside
8982 VirtualBox, e.g. by storing a copy of the real medium of the corresponding
8983 type in a regular file.
8984
8985 Only for CD/DVDs and floppies, an IMedium instance can also represent a host
8986 drive; in that case the <link to="#id" /> attribute contains the UUID of
8987 one of the drives in <link to="IHost::DVDDrives" /> or <link to="IHost::floppyDrives" />.
8988
8989 <h3>Known media</h3>
8990
8991 When an existing medium is opened and attached to a virtual machine, it
8992 is automatically added to a media registry. If the medium has first
8993 been attached to a machine which was created by VirtualBox 4.0 or later,
8994 it is added to that machine's media registry (in the machine XML settings
8995 file; this way all information about a machine's media attachments is
8996 contained in a single file). For older media attachments (i.e. if the
8997 medium was first attached to a machine which was created with a VirtualBox
8998 version before 4.0), media continue to be registered in the global
8999 VirtualBox settings file, for backwards compatibility.
9000
9001 See <link to="IVirtualBox::openMedium" /> for more information.
9002
9003 All known media can be enumerated using
9004 <link to="IVirtualBox::hardDisks"/>,
9005 <link to="IVirtualBox::DVDImages"/> and
9006 <link to="IVirtualBox::floppyImages"/> attributes. Individual media can be
9007 quickly found using the <link to="IVirtualBox::findMedium"/> method.
9008
9009 Only known media can be attached to virtual machines.
9010
9011 Removing known media from the media registry is performed when the given
9012 medium is closed using the <link to="#close"/> method or when its
9013 associated storage unit is deleted.
9014
9015 <h3>Accessibility checks</h3>
9016
9017 VirtualBox defers media accessibility checks until the <link to="#refreshState" />
9018 method is called explicitly on a medium. This is done to make the VirtualBox object
9019 ready for serving requests as fast as possible and let the end-user
9020 application decide if it needs to check media accessibility right away or not.
9021
9022 As a result, when VirtualBox starts up (e.g. the VirtualBox
9023 object gets created for the first time), all known media are in the
9024 "Inaccessible" state, but the value of the <link to="#lastAccessError"/>
9025 attribute is an empty string because no actual accessibility check has
9026 been made yet.
9027
9028 After calling <link to="#refreshState" />, a medium is considered
9029 <i>accessible</i> if its storage unit can be read. In that case, the
9030 <link to="#state"/> attribute has a value of "Created". If the storage
9031 unit cannot be read (for example, because it is located on a disconnected
9032 network resource, or was accidentally deleted outside VirtualBox),
9033 the medium is considered <i>inaccessible</i>, which is indicated by the
9034 "Inaccessible" state. The exact reason why the medium is inaccessible can be
9035 obtained by reading the <link to="#lastAccessError"/> attribute.
9036
9037 <h3>Medium types</h3>
9038
9039 There are four types of medium behavior (see <link to="MediumType" />):
9040 "normal", "immutable", "writethrough" and "shareable", represented by the
9041 <link to="#type"/> attribute. The type of the medium defines how the
9042 medium is attached to a virtual machine and what happens when a
9043 <link to="ISnapshot">snapshot</link> of the virtual machine with the
9044 attached medium is taken. At the moment DVD and floppy media are always
9045 of type "writethrough".
9046
9047 All media can be also divided in two groups: <i>base</i> media and
9048 <i>differencing</i> media. A base medium contains all sectors of the
9049 medium data in its own storage and therefore can be used independently.
9050 In contrast, a differencing medium is a "delta" to some other medium and
9051 contains only those sectors which differ from that other medium, which is
9052 then called a <i>parent</i>. The differencing medium is said to be
9053 <i>linked to</i> that parent. The parent may be itself a differencing
9054 medium, thus forming a chain of linked media. The last element in that
9055 chain must always be a base medium. Note that several differencing
9056 media may be linked to the same parent medium.
9057
9058 Differencing media can be distinguished from base media by querying the
9059 <link to="#parent"/> attribute: base media do not have parents they would
9060 depend on, so the value of this attribute is always @c null for them.
9061 Using this attribute, it is possible to walk up the medium tree (from the
9062 child medium to its parent). It is also possible to walk down the tree
9063 using the <link to="#children"/> attribute.
9064
9065 Note that the type of all differencing media is "normal"; all other
9066 values are meaningless for them. Base media may be of any type.
9067
9068 <h3>Creating hard disks</h3>
9069
9070 New base hard disks are created using
9071 <link to="IVirtualBox::createHardDisk"/>. Existing hard disks are
9072 opened using <link to="IVirtualBox::openMedium"/>. Differencing hard
9073 disks are usually implicitly created by VirtualBox when needed but may
9074 also be created explicitly using <link to="#createDiffStorage"/>.
9075
9076 After the hard disk is successfully created (including the storage unit)
9077 or opened, it becomes a known hard disk (remembered in the internal media
9078 registry). Known hard disks can be attached to a virtual machine, accessed
9079 through <link to="IVirtualBox::findMedium"/> or enumerated using the
9080 <link to="IVirtualBox::hardDisks"/> array (only for base hard disks).
9081
9082 The following methods, besides <link to="IMedium::close"/>,
9083 automatically remove the hard disk from the media registry:
9084 <ul>
9085 <li><link to="#deleteStorage"/></li>
9086 <li><link to="#mergeTo"/></li>
9087 </ul>
9088
9089 If the storage unit of the hard disk is a regular file in the host's
9090 file system then the rules stated in the description of the
9091 <link to="IMedium::location"/> attribute apply when setting its value.
9092
9093 <h4>Automatic composition of the file name part</h4>
9094
9095 Another extension to the <link to="IMedium::location"/> attribute is that
9096 there is a possibility to cause VirtualBox to compose a unique value for
9097 the file name part of the location using the UUID of the hard disk. This
9098 applies only to hard disks in <link to="MediumState_NotCreated"/> state,
9099 e.g. before the storage unit is created, and works as follows. You set the
9100 value of the <link to="IMedium::location"/> attribute to a location
9101 specification which only contains the path specification but not the file
9102 name part and ends with either a forward slash or a backslash character.
9103 In response, VirtualBox will generate a new UUID for the hard disk and
9104 compose the file name using the following pattern:
9105 <pre>
9106 &lt;path&gt;/{&lt;uuid&gt;}.&lt;ext&gt;
9107 </pre>
9108 where <tt>&lt;path&gt;</tt> is the supplied path specification,
9109 <tt>&lt;uuid&gt;</tt> is the newly generated UUID and <tt>&lt;ext&gt;</tt>
9110 is the default extension for the storage format of this hard disk. After
9111 that, you may call any of the methods that create a new hard disk storage
9112 unit and they will use the generated UUID and file name.
9113
9114 <h3>Attaching Hard Disks</h3>
9115
9116 Hard disks are attached to virtual machines using the
9117 <link to="IMachine::attachDevice"/> method and detached using the
9118 <link to="IMachine::detachDevice"/> method. Depending on their
9119 <link to="#type"/>, hard disks are attached either
9120 <i>directly</i> or <i>indirectly</i>.
9121
9122 When a hard disk is being attached directly, it is associated with the
9123 virtual machine and used for hard disk operations when the machine is
9124 running. When a hard disk is being attached indirectly, a new differencing
9125 hard disk linked to it is implicitly created and this differencing hard
9126 disk is associated with the machine and used for hard disk operations.
9127 This also means that if <link to="IMachine::attachDevice"/> performs
9128 a direct attachment then the same hard disk will be returned in response
9129 to the subsequent <link to="IMachine::getMedium"/> call; however if
9130 an indirect attachment is performed then
9131 <link to="IMachine::getMedium"/> will return the implicitly created
9132 differencing hard disk, not the original one passed to <link
9133 to="IMachine::attachDevice"/>. In detail:
9134
9135 <ul>
9136 <li><b>Normal base</b> hard disks that do not have children (i.e.
9137 differencing hard disks linked to them) and that are not already
9138 attached to virtual machines in snapshots are attached <b>directly</b>.
9139 Otherwise, they are attached <b>indirectly</b> because having
9140 dependent children or being part of the snapshot makes it impossible
9141 to modify hard disk contents without breaking the integrity of the
9142 dependent party. The <link to="#readOnly"/> attribute allows to
9143 quickly determine the kind of the attachment for the given hard
9144 disk. Note that if a normal base hard disk is to be indirectly
9145 attached to a virtual machine with snapshots then a special
9146 procedure called <i>smart attachment</i> is performed (see below).</li>
9147 <li><b>Normal differencing</b> hard disks are like normal base hard disks:
9148 they are attached <b>directly</b> if they do not have children and are
9149 not attached to virtual machines in snapshots, and <b>indirectly</b>
9150 otherwise. Note that the smart attachment procedure is never performed
9151 for differencing hard disks.</li>
9152 <li><b>Immutable</b> hard disks are always attached <b>indirectly</b> because
9153 they are designed to be non-writable. If an immutable hard disk is
9154 attached to a virtual machine with snapshots then a special
9155 procedure called smart attachment is performed (see below).</li>
9156 <li><b>Writethrough</b> hard disks are always attached <b>directly</b>,
9157 also as designed. This also means that writethrough hard disks cannot
9158 have other hard disks linked to them at all.</li>
9159 <li><b>Shareable</b> hard disks are always attached <b>directly</b>,
9160 also as designed. This also means that shareable hard disks cannot
9161 have other hard disks linked to them at all. They behave almost
9162 like writethrough hard disks, except that shareable hard disks can
9163 be attached to several virtual machines which are running, allowing
9164 concurrent accesses. You need special cluster software running in
9165 the virtual machines to make use of such disks.</li>
9166 </ul>
9167
9168 Note that the same hard disk, regardless of its type, may be attached to
9169 more than one virtual machine at a time. In this case, the machine that is
9170 started first gains exclusive access to the hard disk and attempts to
9171 start other machines having this hard disk attached will fail until the
9172 first machine is powered down.
9173
9174 Detaching hard disks is performed in a <i>deferred</i> fashion. This means
9175 that the given hard disk remains associated with the given machine after a
9176 successful <link to="IMachine::detachDevice"/> call until
9177 <link to="IMachine::saveSettings"/> is called to save all changes to
9178 machine settings to disk. This deferring is necessary to guarantee that
9179 the hard disk configuration may be restored at any time by a call to
9180 <link to="IMachine::discardSettings"/> before the settings
9181 are saved (committed).
9182
9183 Note that if <link to="IMachine::discardSettings"/> is called after
9184 indirectly attaching some hard disks to the machine but before a call to
9185 <link to="IMachine::saveSettings"/> is made, it will implicitly delete
9186 all differencing hard disks implicitly created by
9187 <link to="IMachine::attachDevice"/> for these indirect attachments.
9188 Such implicitly created hard disks will also be immediately deleted when
9189 detached explicitly using the <link to="IMachine::detachDevice"/>
9190 call if it is made before <link to="IMachine::saveSettings"/>. This
9191 implicit deletion is safe because newly created differencing hard
9192 disks do not contain any user data.
9193
9194 However, keep in mind that detaching differencing hard disks that were
9195 implicitly created by <link to="IMachine::attachDevice"/>
9196 before the last <link to="IMachine::saveSettings"/> call will
9197 <b>not</b> implicitly delete them as they may already contain some data
9198 (for example, as a result of virtual machine execution). If these hard
9199 disks are no more necessary, the caller can always delete them explicitly
9200 using <link to="#deleteStorage"/> after they are actually de-associated
9201 from this machine by the <link to="IMachine::saveSettings"/> call.
9202
9203 <h3>Smart Attachment</h3>
9204
9205 When normal base or immutable hard disks are indirectly attached to a
9206 virtual machine then some additional steps are performed to make sure the
9207 virtual machine will have the most recent "view" of the hard disk being
9208 attached. These steps include walking through the machine's snapshots
9209 starting from the current one and going through ancestors up to the first
9210 snapshot. Hard disks attached to the virtual machine in all
9211 of the encountered snapshots are checked whether they are descendants of
9212 the given normal base or immutable hard disk. The first found child (which
9213 is the differencing hard disk) will be used instead of the normal base or
9214 immutable hard disk as a parent for creating a new differencing hard disk
9215 that will be actually attached to the machine. And only if no descendants
9216 are found or if the virtual machine does not have any snapshots then the
9217 normal base or immutable hard disk will be used itself as a parent for
9218 this differencing hard disk.
9219
9220 It is easier to explain what smart attachment does using the
9221 following example:
9222 <pre>
9223BEFORE attaching B.vdi: AFTER attaching B.vdi:
9224
9225Snapshot 1 (B.vdi) Snapshot 1 (B.vdi)
9226 Snapshot 2 (D1->B.vdi) Snapshot 2 (D1->B.vdi)
9227 Snapshot 3 (D2->D1.vdi) Snapshot 3 (D2->D1.vdi)
9228 Snapshot 4 (none) Snapshot 4 (none)
9229 CurState (none) CurState (D3->D2.vdi)
9230
9231 NOT
9232 ...
9233 CurState (D3->B.vdi)
9234 </pre>
9235 The first column is the virtual machine configuration before the base hard
9236 disk <tt>B.vdi</tt> is attached, the second column shows the machine after
9237 this hard disk is attached. Constructs like <tt>D1->B.vdi</tt> and similar
9238 mean that the hard disk that is actually attached to the machine is a
9239 differencing hard disk, <tt>D1.vdi</tt>, which is linked to (based on)
9240 another hard disk, <tt>B.vdi</tt>.
9241
9242 As we can see from the example, the hard disk <tt>B.vdi</tt> was detached
9243 from the machine before taking Snapshot 4. Later, after Snapshot 4 was
9244 taken, the user decides to attach <tt>B.vdi</tt> again. <tt>B.vdi</tt> has
9245 dependent child hard disks (<tt>D1.vdi</tt>, <tt>D2.vdi</tt>), therefore
9246 it cannot be attached directly and needs an indirect attachment (i.e.
9247 implicit creation of a new differencing hard disk). Due to the smart
9248 attachment procedure, the new differencing hard disk
9249 (<tt>D3.vdi</tt>) will be based on <tt>D2.vdi</tt>, not on
9250 <tt>B.vdi</tt> itself, since <tt>D2.vdi</tt> is the most recent view of
9251 <tt>B.vdi</tt> existing for this snapshot branch of the given virtual
9252 machine.
9253
9254 Note that if there is more than one descendant hard disk of the given base
9255 hard disk found in a snapshot, and there is an exact device, channel and
9256 bus match, then this exact match will be used. Otherwise, the youngest
9257 descendant will be picked up.
9258
9259 There is one more important aspect of the smart attachment procedure which
9260 is not related to snapshots at all. Before walking through the snapshots
9261 as described above, the backup copy of the current list of hard disk
9262 attachment is searched for descendants. This backup copy is created when
9263 the hard disk configuration is changed for the first time after the last
9264 <link to="IMachine::saveSettings"/> call and used by
9265 <link to="IMachine::discardSettings"/> to undo the recent hard disk
9266 changes. When such a descendant is found in this backup copy, it will be
9267 simply re-attached back, without creating a new differencing hard disk for
9268 it. This optimization is necessary to make it possible to re-attach the
9269 base or immutable hard disk to a different bus, channel or device slot
9270 without losing the contents of the differencing hard disk actually
9271 attached to the machine in place of it.
9272 </desc>
9273
9274 <attribute name="id" type="uuid" mod="string" readonly="yes">
9275 <desc>
9276 UUID of the medium. For a newly created medium, this value is a randomly
9277 generated UUID.
9278
9279 <note>
9280 For media in one of MediumState_NotCreated, MediumState_Creating or
9281 MediumState_Deleting states, the value of this property is undefined
9282 and will most likely be an empty UUID.
9283 </note>
9284 </desc>
9285 </attribute>
9286
9287 <attribute name="description" type="wstring">
9288 <desc>
9289 Optional description of the medium. For a newly created medium the value
9290 of this attribute is an empty string.
9291
9292 Medium types that don't support this attribute will return E_NOTIMPL in
9293 attempt to get or set this attribute's value.
9294
9295 <note>
9296 For some storage types, reading this attribute may return an outdated
9297 (last known) value when <link to="#state"/> is <link
9298 to="MediumState_Inaccessible"/> or <link
9299 to="MediumState_LockedWrite"/> because the value of this attribute is
9300 stored within the storage unit itself. Also note that changing the
9301 attribute value is not possible in such case, as well as when the
9302 medium is the <link to="MediumState_LockedRead"/> state.
9303 </note>
9304 </desc>
9305 </attribute>
9306
9307 <attribute name="state" type="MediumState" readonly="yes">
9308 <desc>
9309 Returns the current medium state, which is the last state set by
9310 the accessibility check performed by <link to="#refreshState"/>.
9311 If that method has not yet been called on the medium, the state
9312 is "Inaccessible"; as opposed to truly inaccessible media, the
9313 value of <link to="#lastAccessError"/> will be an empty string in
9314 that case.
9315
9316 <note>As of version 3.1, this no longer performs an accessibility check
9317 automatically; call <link to="#refreshState"/> for that.
9318 </note>
9319 </desc>
9320 </attribute>
9321
9322 <attribute name="variant" type="MediumVariant" readonly="yes">
9323 <desc>
9324 Returns the storage format variant information for this medium.
9325 Before <link to="#refreshState"/> is called this method returns
9326 an undefined value.
9327 </desc>
9328 </attribute>
9329
9330 <attribute name="location" type="wstring">
9331 <desc>
9332 Location of the storage unit holding medium data.
9333
9334 The format of the location string is medium type specific. For medium
9335 types using regular files in a host's file system, the location
9336 string is the full file name.
9337
9338 Some medium types may support changing the storage unit location by
9339 simply changing the value of this property. If this operation is not
9340 supported, the implementation will return E_NOTIMPL in attempt to set
9341 this attribute's value.
9342
9343 When setting a value of the location attribute which is a regular file
9344 in the host's file system, the given file name may be either relative to
9345 the <link to="IVirtualBox::homeFolder">VirtualBox home folder</link> or
9346 absolute. Note that if the given location specification does not contain
9347 the file extension part then a proper default extension will be
9348 automatically appended by the implementation depending on the medium type.
9349 </desc>
9350 </attribute>
9351
9352 <attribute name="name" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
9353 <desc>
9354 Name of the storage unit holding medium data.
9355
9356 The returned string is a short version of the <link to="#location"/>
9357 attribute that is suitable for representing the medium in situations
9358 where the full location specification is too long (such as lists
9359 and comboboxes in GUI frontends). This string is also used by frontends
9360 to sort the media list alphabetically when needed.
9361
9362 For example, for locations that are regular files in the host's file
9363 system, the value of this attribute is just the file name (+ extension),
9364 without the path specification.
9365
9366 Note that as opposed to the <link to="#location"/> attribute, the name
9367 attribute will not necessary be unique for a list of media of the
9368 given type and format.
9369 </desc>
9370 </attribute>
9371
9372 <attribute name="deviceType" type="DeviceType" readonly="yes">
9373 <desc>Kind of device (DVD/Floppy/HardDisk) which is applicable to this
9374 medium.</desc>
9375 </attribute>
9376
9377 <attribute name="hostDrive" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
9378 <desc>True if this corresponds to a drive on the host.</desc>
9379 </attribute>
9380
9381 <attribute name="size" type="long long" readonly="yes">
9382 <desc>
9383 Physical size of the storage unit used to hold medium data (in bytes).
9384
9385 <note>
9386 For media whose <link to="#state"/> is <link
9387 to="MediumState_Inaccessible"/>, the value of this property is the
9388 last known size. For <link to="MediumState_NotCreated"/> media,
9389 the returned value is zero.
9390 </note>
9391 </desc>
9392 </attribute>
9393
9394 <attribute name="format" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
9395 <desc>
9396 Storage format of this medium.
9397
9398 The value of this attribute is a string that specifies a backend used
9399 to store medium data. The storage format is defined when you create a
9400 new medium or automatically detected when you open an existing medium,
9401 and cannot be changed later.
9402
9403 The list of all storage formats supported by this VirtualBox
9404 installation can be obtained using
9405 <link to="ISystemProperties::mediumFormats"/>.
9406 </desc>
9407 </attribute>
9408
9409 <attribute name="mediumFormat" type="IMediumFormat" readonly="yes">
9410 <desc>
9411 Storage medium format object corresponding to this medium.
9412
9413 The value of this attribute is a reference to the medium format object
9414 that specifies the backend properties used to store medium data. The
9415 storage format is defined when you create a new medium or automatically
9416 detected when you open an existing medium, and cannot be changed later.
9417
9418 <note>@c null is returned if there is no associated medium format
9419 object. This can e.g. happen for medium objects representing host
9420 drives and other special medium objects.</note>
9421 </desc>
9422 </attribute>
9423
9424 <attribute name="type" type="MediumType">
9425 <desc>
9426 Type (role) of this medium.
9427
9428 The following constraints apply when changing the value of this
9429 attribute:
9430 <ul>
9431 <li>If a medium is attached to a virtual machine (either in the
9432 current state or in one of the snapshots), its type cannot be
9433 changed.
9434 </li>
9435 <li>As long as the medium has children, its type cannot be set
9436 to <link to="MediumType_Writethrough"/>.
9437 </li>
9438 <li>The type of all differencing media is
9439 <link to="MediumType_Normal"/> and cannot be changed.
9440 </li>
9441 </ul>
9442
9443 The type of a newly created or opened medium is set to
9444 <link to="MediumType_Normal"/>, except for DVD and floppy media,
9445 which have a type of <link to="MediumType_Writethrough"/>.
9446 </desc>
9447 </attribute>
9448
9449 <attribute name="parent" type="IMedium" readonly="yes">
9450 <desc>
9451 Parent of this medium (the medium this medium is directly based
9452 on).
9453
9454 Only differencing media have parents. For base (non-differencing)
9455 media, @c null is returned.
9456 </desc>
9457 </attribute>
9458
9459 <attribute name="children" type="IMedium" safearray="yes" readonly="yes">
9460 <desc>
9461 Children of this medium (all differencing media directly based
9462 on this medium). A @c null array is returned if this medium
9463 does not have any children.
9464 </desc>
9465 </attribute>
9466
9467 <attribute name="base" type="IMedium" readonly="yes">
9468 <desc>
9469 Base medium of this medium.
9470
9471 If this is a differencing medium, its base medium is the medium
9472 the given medium branch starts from. For all other types of media, this
9473 property returns the medium object itself (i.e. the same object this
9474 property is read on).
9475 </desc>
9476 </attribute>
9477
9478 <attribute name="readOnly" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
9479 <desc>
9480 Returns @c true if this medium is read-only and @c false otherwise.
9481
9482 A medium is considered to be read-only when its contents cannot be
9483 modified without breaking the integrity of other parties that depend on
9484 this medium such as its child media or snapshots of virtual machines
9485 where this medium is attached to these machines. If there are no
9486 children and no such snapshots then there is no dependency and the
9487 medium is not read-only.
9488
9489 The value of this attribute can be used to determine the kind of the
9490 attachment that will take place when attaching this medium to a
9491 virtual machine. If the value is @c false then the medium will
9492 be attached directly. If the value is @c true then the medium
9493 will be attached indirectly by creating a new differencing child
9494 medium for that. See the interface description for more information.
9495
9496 Note that all <link to="MediumType_Immutable">Immutable</link> media
9497 are always read-only while all
9498 <link to="MediumType_Writethrough">Writethrough</link> media are
9499 always not.
9500
9501 <note>
9502 The read-only condition represented by this attribute is related to
9503 the medium type and usage, not to the current
9504 <link to="IMedium::state">medium state</link> and not to the read-only
9505 state of the storage unit.
9506 </note>
9507 </desc>
9508 </attribute>
9509
9510 <attribute name="logicalSize" type="long long" readonly="yes">
9511 <desc>
9512 Logical size of this medium (in bytes), as reported to the
9513 guest OS running inside the virtual machine this medium is
9514 attached to. The logical size is defined when the medium is created
9515 and cannot be changed later.
9516
9517 <note>
9518 Reading this property on a differencing medium will return the size
9519 of its <link to="#base"/> medium.
9520 </note>
9521 <note>
9522 For media whose state is <link to="#state"/> is <link
9523 to="MediumState_Inaccessible"/>, the value of this property is the
9524 last known logical size. For <link to="MediumState_NotCreated"/>
9525 media, the returned value is zero.
9526 </note>
9527 </desc>
9528 </attribute>
9529
9530 <attribute name="autoReset" type="boolean">
9531 <desc>
9532 Whether this differencing medium will be automatically reset each
9533 time a virtual machine it is attached to is powered up. This
9534 attribute is automatically set to @c true for the last
9535 differencing image of an "immutable" medium (see
9536 <link to="MediumType" />).
9537
9538 See <link to="#reset"/> for more information about resetting
9539 differencing media.
9540
9541 <note>
9542 Reading this property on a base (non-differencing) medium will
9543 always @c false. Changing the value of this property in this
9544 case is not supported.
9545 </note>
9546
9547 <result name="VBOX_E_NOT_SUPPORTED">
9548 This is not a differencing medium (when changing the attribute
9549 value).
9550 </result>
9551 </desc>
9552 </attribute>
9553
9554 <attribute name="lastAccessError" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
9555 <desc>
9556 Text message that represents the result of the last accessibility
9557 check performed by <link to="#refreshState"/>.
9558
9559 An empty string is returned if the last accessibility check
9560 was successful or has not yet been called. As a result, if
9561 <link to="#state" /> is "Inaccessible" and this attribute is empty,
9562 then <link to="#refreshState"/> has yet to be called; this is the
9563 default value of media after VirtualBox initialization.
9564 A non-empty string indicates a failure and should normally describe
9565 a reason of the failure (for example, a file read error).
9566 </desc>
9567 </attribute>
9568
9569 <attribute name="machineIds" type="uuid" mod="string" safearray="yes" readonly="yes">
9570 <desc>
9571 Array of UUIDs of all machines this medium is attached to.
9572
9573 A @c null array is returned if this medium is not attached to any
9574 machine or to any machine's snapshot.
9575
9576 <note>
9577 The returned array will include a machine even if this medium is not
9578 attached to that machine in the current state but attached to it in
9579 one of the machine's snapshots. See <link to="#getSnapshotIds"/> for
9580 details.
9581 </note>
9582 </desc>
9583 </attribute>
9584
9585 <method name="setIDs">
9586 <desc>
9587 Changes the UUID and parent UUID for a hard disk medium.
9588 </desc>
9589 <param name="setImageId" type="boolean" dir="in">
9590 <desc>
9591 Select whether a new image UUID is set or not.
9592 </desc>
9593 </param>
9594 <param name="imageId" type="uuid" mod="string" dir="in">
9595 <desc>
9596 New UUID for the image. If an empty string is passed, then a new
9597 UUID is automatically created, provided that @a setImageId is @c true.
9598 Specifying a zero UUID is not allowed.
9599 </desc>
9600 </param>
9601 <param name="setParentId" type="boolean" dir="in">
9602 <desc>
9603 Select whether a new parent UUID is set or not.
9604 </desc>
9605 </param>
9606 <param name="parentId" type="uuid" mod="string" dir="in">
9607 <desc>
9608 New parent UUID for the image. If an empty string is passed, then a
9609 new UUID is automatically created, provided @a setParentId is
9610 @c true. A zero UUID is valid.
9611 </desc>
9612 </param>
9613 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
9614 Invalid parameter combination.
9615 </result>
9616 <result name="VBOX_E_NOT_SUPPORTED">
9617 Medium is not a hard disk medium.
9618 </result>
9619 </method>
9620
9621 <method name="refreshState">
9622 <desc>
9623 If the current medium state (see <link to="MediumState"/>) is one of
9624 "Created", "Inaccessible" or "LockedRead", then this performs an
9625 accessibility check on the medium and sets the value of the <link to="#state"/>
9626 attribute accordingly; that value is also returned for convenience.
9627
9628 For all other state values, this does not perform a refresh but returns
9629 the state only.
9630
9631 The refresh, if performed, may take a long time (several seconds or even
9632 minutes, depending on the storage unit location and format) because it performs an
9633 accessibility check of the storage unit. This check may cause a significant
9634 delay if the storage unit of the given medium is, for example, a file located
9635 on a network share which is not currently accessible due to connectivity
9636 problems. In that case, the call will not return until a timeout
9637 interval defined by the host OS for this operation expires. For this reason,
9638 it is recommended to never read this attribute on the main UI thread to avoid
9639 making the UI unresponsive.
9640
9641 If the last known state of the medium is "Created" and the accessibility
9642 check fails, then the state would be set to "Inaccessible", and
9643 <link to="#lastAccessError"/> may be used to get more details about the
9644 failure. If the state of the medium is "LockedRead", then it remains the
9645 same, and a non-empty value of <link to="#lastAccessError"/> will
9646 indicate a failed accessibility check in this case.
9647
9648 Note that not all medium states are applicable to all medium types.
9649 </desc>
9650 <param name="state" type="MediumState" dir="return">
9651 <desc>
9652 New medium state.
9653 </desc>
9654 </param>
9655 </method>
9656
9657 <method name="getSnapshotIds">
9658 <desc>
9659 Returns an array of UUIDs of all snapshots of the given machine where
9660 this medium is attached to.
9661
9662 If the medium is attached to the machine in the current state, then the
9663 first element in the array will always be the ID of the queried machine
9664 (i.e. the value equal to the @c machineId argument), followed by
9665 snapshot IDs (if any).
9666
9667 If the medium is not attached to the machine in the current state, then
9668 the array will contain only snapshot IDs.
9669
9670 The returned array may be @c null if this medium is not attached
9671 to the given machine at all, neither in the current state nor in one of
9672 the snapshots.
9673 </desc>
9674 <param name="machineId" type="uuid" mod="string" dir="in">
9675 <desc>
9676 UUID of the machine to query.
9677 </desc>
9678 </param>
9679 <param name="snapshotIds" type="uuid" mod="string" safearray="yes" dir="return">
9680 <desc>
9681 Array of snapshot UUIDs of the given machine using this medium.
9682 </desc>
9683 </param>
9684 </method>
9685
9686 <method name="lockRead">
9687 <desc>
9688 Locks this medium for reading.
9689
9690 A read lock is shared: many clients can simultaneously lock the
9691 same medium for reading unless it is already locked for writing (see
9692 <link to="#lockWrite"/>) in which case an error is returned.
9693
9694 When the medium is locked for reading, it cannot be modified
9695 from within VirtualBox. This means that any method that changes
9696 the properties of this medium or contents of the storage unit
9697 will return an error (unless explicitly stated otherwise). That
9698 includes an attempt to start a virtual machine that wants to
9699 write to the the medium.
9700
9701 When the virtual machine is started up, it locks for reading all
9702 media it uses in read-only mode. If some medium cannot be locked
9703 for reading, the startup procedure will fail.
9704 A medium is typically locked for reading while it is used by a running
9705 virtual machine but has a depending differencing image that receives
9706 the actual write operations. This way one base medium can have
9707 multiple child differencing images which can be written to
9708 simultaneously. Read-only media such as DVD and floppy images are
9709 also locked for reading only (so they can be in use by multiple
9710 machines simultaneously).
9711
9712 A medium is also locked for reading when it is the source of a
9713 write operation such as <link to="#cloneTo"/> or <link to="#mergeTo"/>.
9714
9715 The medium locked for reading must be unlocked using the <link
9716 to="#unlockRead"/> method. Calls to <link to="#lockRead"/>
9717 can be nested and must be followed by the same number of paired
9718 <link to="#unlockRead"/> calls.
9719
9720 This method sets the medium state (see <link to="#state"/>) to
9721 "LockedRead" on success. The medium's previous state must be
9722 one of "Created", "Inaccessible" or "LockedRead".
9723
9724 Locking an inaccessible medium is not an error; this method performs
9725 a logical lock that prevents modifications of this medium through
9726 the VirtualBox API, not a physical file-system lock of the underlying
9727 storage unit.
9728
9729 This method returns the current state of the medium
9730 <i>before</i> the operation.
9731
9732 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
9733 Invalid medium state (e.g. not created, locked, inaccessible,
9734 creating, deleting).
9735 </result>
9736
9737 </desc>
9738 <param name="state" type="MediumState" dir="return">
9739 <desc>
9740 State of the medium after the operation.
9741 </desc>
9742 </param>
9743 </method>
9744
9745 <method name="unlockRead">
9746 <desc>
9747 Cancels the read lock previously set by <link to="#lockRead"/>.
9748
9749 For both success and failure, this method returns the current state
9750 of the medium <i>after</i> the operation.
9751
9752 See <link to="#lockRead"/> for more details.
9753
9754 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
9755 Medium not locked for reading.
9756 </result>
9757
9758 </desc>
9759 <param name="state" type="MediumState" dir="return">
9760 <desc>
9761 State of the medium after the operation.
9762 </desc>
9763 </param>
9764 </method>
9765
9766 <method name="lockWrite">
9767 <desc>
9768 Locks this medium for writing.
9769
9770 A write lock, as opposed to <link to="#lockRead"/>, is
9771 exclusive: there may be only one client holding a write lock,
9772 and there may be no read locks while the write lock is held.
9773 As a result, read-locking fails if a write lock is held, and
9774 write-locking fails if either a read or another write lock is held.
9775
9776 When a medium is locked for writing, it cannot be modified
9777 from within VirtualBox, and it is not guaranteed that the values
9778 of its properties are up-to-date. Any method that changes the
9779 properties of this medium or contents of the storage unit will
9780 return an error (unless explicitly stated otherwise).
9781
9782 When a virtual machine is started up, it locks for writing all
9783 media it uses to write data to. If any medium could not be locked
9784 for writing, the startup procedure will fail. If a medium has
9785 differencing images, then while the machine is running, only
9786 the last ("leaf") differencing image is locked for writing,
9787 whereas its parents are locked for reading only.
9788
9789 A medium is also locked for writing when it is the target of a
9790 write operation such as <link to="#cloneTo"/> or <link to="#mergeTo"/>.
9791
9792 The medium locked for writing must be unlocked using the <link
9793 to="#unlockWrite"/> method. Write locks <i>cannot</i> be nested.
9794
9795 This method sets the medium state (see <link to="#state"/>) to
9796 "LockedWrite" on success. The medium's previous state must be
9797 either "Created" or "Inaccessible".
9798
9799 Locking an inaccessible medium is not an error; this method performs
9800 a logical lock that prevents modifications of this medium through
9801 the VirtualBox API, not a physical file-system lock of the underlying
9802 storage unit.
9803
9804 For both, success and failure, this method returns the current
9805 state of the medium <i>before</i> the operation.
9806
9807 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
9808 Invalid medium state (e.g. not created, locked, inaccessible,
9809 creating, deleting).
9810 </result>
9811
9812 </desc>
9813 <param name="state" type="MediumState" dir="return">
9814 <desc>
9815 State of the medium after the operation.
9816 </desc>
9817 </param>
9818 </method>
9819
9820 <method name="unlockWrite">
9821 <desc>
9822 Cancels the write lock previously set by <link to="#lockWrite"/>.
9823
9824 For both success and failure, this method returns the current
9825 state of the medium <i>after</i> the operation.
9826
9827 See <link to="#lockWrite"/> for more details.
9828
9829 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
9830 Medium not locked for writing.
9831 </result>
9832
9833 </desc>
9834 <param name="state" type="MediumState" dir="return">
9835 <desc>
9836 State of the medium after the operation.
9837 </desc>
9838 </param>
9839 </method>
9840
9841 <method name="close">
9842 <desc>
9843 Closes this medium.
9844
9845 The medium must not be attached to any known virtual machine
9846 and must not have any known child media, otherwise the
9847 operation will fail.
9848
9849 When the medium is successfully closed, it is removed from
9850 the list of registered media, but its storage unit is not
9851 deleted. In particular, this means that this medium can
9852 later be opened again using the <link to="IVirtualBox::openMedium"/>
9853 call.
9854
9855 Note that after this method successfully returns, the given medium
9856 object becomes uninitialized. This means that any attempt
9857 to call any of its methods or attributes will fail with the
9858 <tt>"Object not ready" (E_ACCESSDENIED)</tt> error.
9859
9860 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
9861 Invalid medium state (other than not created, created or
9862 inaccessible).
9863 </result>
9864 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_IN_USE">
9865 Medium attached to virtual machine.
9866 </result>
9867 <result name="VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR">
9868 Settings file not accessible.
9869 </result>
9870 <result name="VBOX_E_XML_ERROR">
9871 Could not parse the settings file.
9872 </result>
9873
9874 </desc>
9875 </method>
9876
9877 <!-- storage methods -->
9878
9879 <method name="getProperty">
9880 <desc>
9881 Returns the value of the custom medium property with the given name.
9882
9883 The list of all properties supported by the given medium format can
9884 be obtained with <link to="IMediumFormat::describeProperties"/>.
9885
9886 Note that if this method returns an empty string in @a value, the
9887 requested property is supported but currently not assigned any value.
9888
9889 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND">
9890 Requested property does not exist (not supported by the format).
9891 </result>
9892 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">@a name is @c null or empty.</result>
9893 </desc>
9894 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
9895 <desc>Name of the property to get.</desc>
9896 </param>
9897 <param name="value" type="wstring" dir="return">
9898 <desc>Current property value.</desc>
9899 </param>
9900 </method>
9901
9902 <method name="setProperty">
9903 <desc>
9904 Sets the value of the custom medium property with the given name.
9905
9906 The list of all properties supported by the given medium format can
9907 be obtained with <link to="IMediumFormat::describeProperties"/>.
9908
9909 Note that setting the property value to @c null or an empty string is
9910 equivalent to deleting the existing value. A default value (if it is
9911 defined for this property) will be used by the format backend in this
9912 case.
9913
9914 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND">
9915 Requested property does not exist (not supported by the format).
9916 </result>
9917 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">@a name is @c null or empty.</result>
9918 </desc>
9919 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
9920 <desc>Name of the property to set.</desc>
9921 </param>
9922 <param name="value" type="wstring" dir="in">
9923 <desc>Property value to set.</desc>
9924 </param>
9925 </method>
9926
9927 <method name="getProperties">
9928 <desc>
9929 Returns values for a group of properties in one call.
9930
9931 The names of the properties to get are specified using the @a names
9932 argument which is a list of comma-separated property names or
9933 an empty string if all properties are to be returned. Note that currently
9934 the value of this argument is ignored and the method always returns all
9935 existing properties.
9936
9937 The list of all properties supported by the given medium format can
9938 be obtained with <link to="IMediumFormat::describeProperties"/>.
9939
9940 The method returns two arrays, the array of property names corresponding
9941 to the @a names argument and the current values of these properties.
9942 Both arrays have the same number of elements with each elemend at the
9943 given index in the first array corresponds to an element at the same
9944 index in the second array.
9945
9946 Note that for properties that do not have assigned values,
9947 an empty string is returned at the appropriate index in the
9948 @a returnValues array.
9949
9950 </desc>
9951 <param name="names" type="wstring" dir="in">
9952 <desc>
9953 Names of properties to get.
9954 </desc>
9955 </param>
9956 <param name="returnNames" type="wstring" safearray="yes" dir="out">
9957 <desc>Names of returned properties.</desc>
9958 </param>
9959 <param name="returnValues" type="wstring" safearray="yes" dir="return">
9960 <desc>Values of returned properties.</desc>
9961 </param>
9962 </method>
9963
9964 <method name="setProperties">
9965 <desc>
9966 Sets values for a group of properties in one call.
9967
9968 The names of the properties to set are passed in the @a names
9969 array along with the new values for them in the @a values array. Both
9970 arrays have the same number of elements with each elemend at the given
9971 index in the first array corresponding to an element at the same index
9972 in the second array.
9973
9974 If there is at least one property name in @a names that is not valid,
9975 the method will fail before changing the values of any other properties
9976 from the @a names array.
9977
9978 Using this method over <link to="#setProperty"/> is preferred if you
9979 need to set several properties at once since it will result into less
9980 IPC calls.
9981
9982 The list of all properties supported by the given medium format can
9983 be obtained with <link to="IMediumFormat::describeProperties"/>.
9984
9985 Note that setting the property value to @c null or an empty string is
9986 equivalent to deleting the existing value. A default value (if it is
9987 defined for this property) will be used by the format backend in this
9988 case.
9989 </desc>
9990 <param name="names" type="wstring" safearray="yes" dir="in">
9991 <desc>Names of properties to set.</desc>
9992 </param>
9993 <param name="values" type="wstring" safearray="yes" dir="in">
9994 <desc>Values of properties to set.</desc>
9995 </param>
9996 </method>
9997
9998 <!-- storage methods -->
9999
10000 <method name="createBaseStorage">
10001 <desc>
10002 Starts creating a hard disk storage unit (fixed/dynamic, according
10003 to the variant flags) in in the background. The previous storage unit
10004 created for this object, if any, must first be deleted using
10005 <link to="#deleteStorage"/>, otherwise the operation will fail.
10006
10007 Before the operation starts, the medium is placed in
10008 <link to="MediumState_Creating"/> state. If the create operation
10009 fails, the medium will be placed back in <link to="MediumState_NotCreated"/>
10010 state.
10011
10012 After the returned progress object reports that the operation has
10013 successfully completed, the medium state will be set to <link
10014 to="MediumState_Created"/>, the medium will be remembered by this
10015 VirtualBox installation and may be attached to virtual machines.
10016
10017 <result name="VBOX_E_NOT_SUPPORTED">
10018 The variant of storage creation operation is not supported. See <link
10019 to="IMediumFormat::capabilities"/>.
10020 </result>
10021 </desc>
10022 <param name="logicalSize" type="long long" dir="in">
10023 <desc>Maximum logical size of the medium in bytes.</desc>
10024 </param>
10025 <param name="variant" type="MediumVariant" dir="in">
10026 <desc>Exact image variant which should be created.</desc>
10027 </param>
10028 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
10029 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
10030 </param>
10031 </method>
10032
10033 <method name="deleteStorage">
10034 <desc>
10035 Starts deleting the storage unit of this medium.
10036
10037 The medium must not be attached to any known virtual machine and must
10038 not have any known child media, otherwise the operation will fail.
10039 It will also fail if there is no storage unit to delete or if deletion
10040 is already in progress, or if the medium is being in use (locked for
10041 read or for write) or inaccessible. Therefore, the only valid state for
10042 this operation to succeed is <link to="MediumState_Created"/>.
10043
10044 Before the operation starts, the medium is placed in
10045 <link to="MediumState_Deleting"/> state and gets removed from the list
10046 of remembered hard disks (media registry). If the delete operation
10047 fails, the medium will be remembered again and placed back to
10048 <link to="MediumState_Created"/> state.
10049
10050 After the returned progress object reports that the operation is
10051 complete, the medium state will be set to
10052 <link to="MediumState_NotCreated"/> and you will be able to use one of
10053 the storage creation methods to create it again.
10054
10055 <see>#close()</see>
10056
10057 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_IN_USE">
10058 Medium is attached to a virtual machine.
10059 </result>
10060 <result name="VBOX_E_NOT_SUPPORTED">
10061 Storage deletion is not allowed because neither of storage creation
10062 operations are supported. See
10063 <link to="IMediumFormat::capabilities"/>.
10064 </result>
10065
10066 <note>
10067 If the deletion operation fails, it is not guaranteed that the storage
10068 unit still exists. You may check the <link to="IMedium::state"/> value
10069 to answer this question.
10070 </note>
10071 </desc>
10072 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
10073 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
10074 </param>
10075 </method>
10076
10077 <!-- diff methods -->
10078
10079 <method name="createDiffStorage">
10080 <desc>
10081 Starts creating an empty differencing storage unit based on this
10082 medium in the format and at the location defined by the @a target
10083 argument.
10084
10085 The target medium must be in <link to="MediumState_NotCreated"/>
10086 state (i.e. must not have an existing storage unit). Upon successful
10087 completion, this operation will set the type of the target medium to
10088 <link to="MediumType_Normal"/> and create a storage unit necessary to
10089 represent the differencing medium data in the given format (according
10090 to the storage format of the target object).
10091
10092 After the returned progress object reports that the operation is
10093 successfully complete, the target medium gets remembered by this
10094 VirtualBox installation and may be attached to virtual machines.
10095
10096 <note>
10097 The medium will be set to <link to="MediumState_LockedRead"/>
10098 state for the duration of this operation.
10099 </note>
10100 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_IN_USE">
10101 Medium not in @c NotCreated state.
10102 </result>
10103 </desc>
10104 <param name="target" type="IMedium" dir="in">
10105 <desc>Target medium.</desc>
10106 </param>
10107 <param name="variant" type="MediumVariant" dir="in">
10108 <desc>Exact image variant which should be created.</desc>
10109 </param>
10110 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
10111 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
10112 </param>
10113 </method>
10114
10115 <method name="mergeTo">
10116 <desc>
10117 Starts merging the contents of this medium and all intermediate
10118 differencing media in the chain to the given target medium.
10119
10120 The target medium must be either a descendant of this medium or
10121 its ancestor (otherwise this method will immediately return a failure).
10122 It follows that there are two logical directions of the merge operation:
10123 from ancestor to descendant (<i>forward merge</i>) and from descendant to
10124 ancestor (<i>backward merge</i>). Let us consider the following medium
10125 chain:
10126
10127 <pre>Base &lt;- Diff_1 &lt;- Diff_2</pre>
10128
10129 Here, calling this method on the <tt>Base</tt> medium object with
10130 <tt>Diff_2</tt> as an argument will be a forward merge; calling it on
10131 <tt>Diff_2</tt> with <tt>Base</tt> as an argument will be a backward
10132 merge. Note that in both cases the contents of the resulting medium
10133 will be the same, the only difference is the medium object that takes
10134 the result of the merge operation. In case of the forward merge in the
10135 above example, the result will be written to <tt>Diff_2</tt>; in case of
10136 the backward merge, the result will be written to <tt>Base</tt>. In
10137 other words, the result of the operation is always stored in the target
10138 medium.
10139
10140 Upon successful operation completion, the storage units of all media in
10141 the chain between this (source) medium and the target medium, including
10142 the source medium itself, will be automatically deleted and the
10143 relevant medium objects (including this medium) will become
10144 uninitialized. This means that any attempt to call any of
10145 their methods or attributes will fail with the
10146 <tt>"Object not ready" (E_ACCESSDENIED)</tt> error. Applied to the above
10147 example, the forward merge of <tt>Base</tt> to <tt>Diff_2</tt> will
10148 delete and uninitialize both <tt>Base</tt> and <tt>Diff_1</tt> media.
10149 Note that <tt>Diff_2</tt> in this case will become a base medium
10150 itself since it will no longer be based on any other medium.
10151
10152 Considering the above, all of the following conditions must be met in
10153 order for the merge operation to succeed:
10154 <ul>
10155 <li>
10156 Neither this (source) medium nor any intermediate
10157 differencing medium in the chain between it and the target
10158 medium is attached to any virtual machine.
10159 </li>
10160 <li>
10161 Neither the source medium nor the target medium is an
10162 <link to="MediumType_Immutable"/> medium.
10163 </li>
10164 <li>
10165 The part of the medium tree from the source medium to the
10166 target medium is a linear chain, i.e. all medium in this
10167 chain have exactly one child which is the next medium in this
10168 chain. The only exception from this rule is the target medium in
10169 the forward merge operation; it is allowed to have any number of
10170 child media because the merge operation will not change its
10171 logical contents (as it is seen by the guest OS or by children).
10172 </li>
10173 <li>
10174 None of the involved media are in
10175 <link to="MediumState_LockedRead"/> or
10176 <link to="MediumState_LockedWrite"/> state.
10177 </li>
10178 </ul>
10179
10180 <note>
10181 This (source) medium and all intermediates will be placed to <link
10182 to="MediumState_Deleting"/> state and the target medium will be
10183 placed to <link to="MediumState_LockedWrite"/> state and for the
10184 duration of this operation.
10185 </note>
10186 </desc>
10187 <param name="target" type="IMedium" dir="in">
10188 <desc>Target medium.</desc>
10189 </param>
10190 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
10191 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
10192 </param>
10193 </method>
10194
10195 <!-- clone method -->
10196
10197 <method name="cloneTo">
10198 <desc>
10199 Starts creating a clone of this medium in the format and at the
10200 location defined by the @a target argument.
10201
10202 The target medium must be either in <link to="MediumState_NotCreated"/>
10203 state (i.e. must not have an existing storage unit) or in
10204 <link to="MediumState_Created"/> state (i.e. created and not locked, and
10205 big enough to hold the data or else the copy will be partial). Upon
10206 successful completion, the cloned medium will contain exactly the
10207 same sector data as the medium being cloned, except that in the
10208 first case a new UUID for the clone will be randomly generated, and in
10209 the second case the UUID will remain unchanged.
10210
10211 The @a parent argument defines which medium will be the parent
10212 of the clone. Passing a @c null reference indicates that the clone will
10213 be a base image, i.e. completely independent. It is possible to specify
10214 an arbitrary medium for this parameter, including the parent of the
10215 medium which is being cloned. Even cloning to a child of the source
10216 medium is possible. Note that when cloning to an existing image, the
10217 @a parent irgument is ignored.
10218
10219 After the returned progress object reports that the operation is
10220 successfully complete, the target medium gets remembered by this
10221 VirtualBox installation and may be attached to virtual machines.
10222
10223 <note>
10224 This medium will be placed to <link to="MediumState_LockedRead"/>
10225 state for the duration of this operation.
10226 </note>
10227 <result name="E_NOTIMPL">
10228 The specified cloning variant is not supported at the moment.
10229 </result>
10230 </desc>
10231 <param name="target" type="IMedium" dir="in">
10232 <desc>Target medium.</desc>
10233 </param>
10234 <param name="variant" type="MediumVariant" dir="in">
10235 <desc>Exact image variant which should be created.</desc>
10236 </param>
10237 <param name="parent" type="IMedium" dir="in">
10238 <desc>Parent of the cloned medium.</desc>
10239 </param>
10240 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
10241 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
10242 </param>
10243 </method>
10244
10245 <!-- other methods -->
10246
10247 <method name="compact">
10248 <desc>
10249 Starts compacting of this medium. This means that the medium is
10250 transformed into a possibly more compact storage representation.
10251 This potentially creates temporary images, which can require a
10252 substantial amount of additional disk space.
10253
10254 This medium will be placed to <link to="MediumState_LockedWrite"/>
10255 state and all its parent media (if any) will be placed to
10256 <link to="MediumState_LockedRead"/> state for the duration of this
10257 operation.
10258
10259 Please note that the results can be either returned straight away,
10260 or later as the result of the background operation via the object
10261 returned via the @a progress parameter.
10262
10263 <result name="VBOX_E_NOT_SUPPORTED">
10264 Medium format does not support compacting (but potentially
10265 needs it).
10266 </result>
10267 </desc>
10268 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
10269 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
10270 </param>
10271 </method>
10272
10273 <method name="resize">
10274 <desc>
10275 Starts resizing this medium. This means that the nominal size of the
10276 medium is set to the new value. Both increasing and decreasing the
10277 size is possible, and there are no safety checks, since VirtualBox
10278 does not make any assumptions about the medium contents.
10279
10280 Resizing usually needs additional disk space, and possibly also
10281 some temporary disk space. Note that resize does not create a full
10282 temporary copy of the medium, so the additional disk space requirement
10283 is usually much lower than using the clone operation.
10284
10285 This medium will be placed to <link to="MediumState_LockedWrite"/>
10286 state for the duration of this operation.
10287
10288 Please note that the results can be either returned straight away,
10289 or later as the result of the background operation via the object
10290 returned via the @a progress parameter.
10291
10292 <result name="VBOX_E_NOT_SUPPORTED">
10293 Medium format does not support resizing.
10294 </result>
10295 </desc>
10296 <param name="logicalSize" type="long long" dir="in">
10297 <desc>New nominal capacity of the medium in bytes.</desc>
10298 </param>
10299 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
10300 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
10301 </param>
10302 </method>
10303
10304 <method name="reset">
10305 <desc>
10306 Starts erasing the contents of this differencing medium.
10307
10308 This operation will reset the differencing medium to its initial
10309 state when it does not contain any sector data and any read operation is
10310 redirected to its parent medium. This automatically gets called
10311 during VM power-up for every medium whose <link to="#autoReset" />
10312 attribute is @c true.
10313
10314 The medium will be write-locked for the duration of this operation (see
10315 <link to="#lockWrite" />).
10316
10317 <result name="VBOX_E_NOT_SUPPORTED">
10318 This is not a differencing medium.
10319 </result>
10320 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
10321 Medium is not in <link to="MediumState_Created"/> or
10322 <link to="MediumState_Inaccessible"/> state.
10323 </result>
10324 </desc>
10325 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
10326 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
10327 </param>
10328 </method>
10329
10330 </interface>
10331
10332
10333 <!--
10334 // IMediumFormat
10335 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
10336 -->
10337
10338 <enum
10339 name="DataType"
10340 uuid="d90ea51e-a3f1-4a01-beb1-c1723c0d3ba7"
10341 >
10342 <const name="Int32" value="0"/>
10343 <const name="Int8" value="1"/>
10344 <const name="String" value="2"/>
10345 </enum>
10346
10347 <enum
10348 name="DataFlags"
10349 uuid="86884dcf-1d6b-4f1b-b4bf-f5aa44959d60"
10350 >
10351 <const name="None" value="0x00"/>
10352 <const name="Mandatory" value="0x01"/>
10353 <const name="Expert" value="0x02"/>
10354 <const name="Array" value="0x04"/>
10355 <const name="FlagMask" value="0x07"/>
10356 </enum>
10357
10358 <enum
10359 name="MediumFormatCapabilities"
10360 uuid="7342ba79-7ce0-4d94-8f86-5ed5a185d9bd"
10361 >
10362 <desc>
10363 Medium format capability flags.
10364 </desc>
10365
10366 <const name="Uuid" value="0x01">
10367 <desc>
10368 Supports UUIDs as expected by VirtualBox code.
10369 </desc>
10370 </const>
10371
10372 <const name="CreateFixed" value="0x02">
10373 <desc>
10374 Supports creating fixed size images, allocating all space instantly.
10375 </desc>
10376 </const>
10377
10378 <const name="CreateDynamic" value="0x04">
10379 <desc>
10380 Supports creating dynamically growing images, allocating space on
10381 demand.
10382 </desc>
10383 </const>
10384
10385 <const name="CreateSplit2G" value="0x08">
10386 <desc>
10387 Supports creating images split in chunks of a bit less than 2 GBytes.
10388 </desc>
10389 </const>
10390
10391 <const name="Differencing" value="0x10">
10392 <desc>
10393 Supports being used as a format for differencing media (see <link
10394 to="IMedium::createDiffStorage"/>).
10395 </desc>
10396 </const>
10397
10398 <const name="Asynchronous" value="0x20">
10399 <desc>
10400 Supports asynchronous I/O operations for at least some configurations.
10401 </desc>
10402 </const>
10403
10404 <const name="File" value="0x40">
10405 <desc>
10406 The format backend operates on files (the <link to="IMedium::location"/>
10407 attribute of the medium specifies a file used to store medium
10408 data; for a list of supported file extensions see
10409 <link to="IMediumFormat::describeFileExtensions"/>).
10410 </desc>
10411 </const>
10412
10413 <const name="Properties" value="0x80">
10414 <desc>
10415 The format backend uses the property interface to configure the storage
10416 location and properties (the <link to="IMediumFormat::describeProperties"/>
10417 method is used to get access to properties supported by the given medium format).
10418 </desc>
10419 </const>
10420
10421 <const name="TcpNetworking" value="0x100">
10422 <desc>
10423 The format backend uses the TCP networking interface for network access.
10424 </desc>
10425 </const>
10426
10427 <const name="VFS" value="0x200">
10428 <desc>
10429 The format backend supports virtual filesystem functionality.
10430 </desc>
10431 </const>
10432
10433 <const name="CapabilityMask" value="0x3FF"/>
10434 </enum>
10435
10436 <interface
10437 name="IMediumFormat" extends="$unknown"
10438 uuid="4e9a873f-0599-434a-8345-619ef3fb3111"
10439 wsmap="managed"
10440 >
10441 <desc>
10442 The IMediumFormat interface represents a medium format.
10443
10444 Each medium format has an associated backend which is used to handle
10445 media stored in this format. This interface provides information
10446 about the properties of the associated backend.
10447
10448 Each medium format is identified by a string represented by the
10449 <link to="#id"/> attribute. This string is used in calls like
10450 <link to="IVirtualBox::createHardDisk"/> to specify the desired
10451 format.
10452
10453 The list of all supported medium formats can be obtained using
10454 <link to="ISystemProperties::mediumFormats"/>.
10455
10456 <see>IMedium</see>
10457 </desc>
10458
10459 <attribute name="id" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
10460 <desc>
10461 Identifier of this format.
10462
10463 The format identifier is a non-@c null non-empty ASCII string. Note that
10464 this string is case-insensitive. This means that, for example, all of
10465 the following strings:
10466 <pre>
10467 "VDI"
10468 "vdi"
10469 "VdI"</pre>
10470 refer to the same medium format.
10471
10472 This string is used in methods of other interfaces where it is necessary
10473 to specify a medium format, such as
10474 <link to="IVirtualBox::createHardDisk"/>.
10475 </desc>
10476 </attribute>
10477
10478 <attribute name="name" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
10479 <desc>
10480 Human readable description of this format.
10481
10482 Mainly for use in file open dialogs.
10483 </desc>
10484 </attribute>
10485
10486 <attribute name="capabilities" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
10487 <desc>
10488 Capabilities of the format as a set of bit flags.
10489
10490 For the meaning of individual capability flags see
10491 <link to="MediumFormatCapabilities"/>.
10492 </desc>
10493 </attribute>
10494
10495 <method name="describeFileExtensions">
10496 <desc>
10497 Returns two arrays describing the supported file extensions.
10498
10499 The first array contains the supported extensions and the seconds one
10500 the type each extension supports. Both have the same size.
10501
10502 Note that some backends do not work on files, so this array may be
10503 empty.
10504
10505 <see>IMediumFormat::capabilities</see>
10506 </desc>
10507 <param name="extensions" type="wstring" safearray="yes" dir="out">
10508 <desc>The array of supported extensions.</desc>
10509 </param>
10510 <param name="type" type="DeviceType" safearray="yes" dir="out">
10511 <desc>The array which indicates the device type for every given extension.</desc>
10512 </param>
10513 </method>
10514
10515 <method name="describeProperties">
10516 <desc>
10517 Returns several arrays describing the properties supported by this
10518 format.
10519
10520 An element with the given index in each array describes one
10521 property. Thus, the number of elements in each returned array is the
10522 same and corresponds to the number of supported properties.
10523
10524 The returned arrays are filled in only if the
10525 <link to="MediumFormatCapabilities_Properties"/> flag is set.
10526 All arguments must be non-@c null.
10527
10528 <see>DataType</see>
10529 <see>DataFlags</see>
10530 </desc>
10531
10532 <param name="names" type="wstring" safearray="yes" dir="out">
10533 <desc>Array of property names.</desc>
10534 </param>
10535 <param name="description" type="wstring" safearray="yes" dir="out">
10536 <desc>Array of property descriptions.</desc>
10537 </param>
10538 <param name="types" type="DataType" safearray="yes" dir="out">
10539 <desc>Array of property types.</desc>
10540 </param>
10541 <param name="flags" type="unsigned long" safearray="yes" dir="out">
10542 <desc>Array of property flags.</desc>
10543 </param>
10544 <param name="defaults" type="wstring" safearray="yes" dir="out">
10545 <desc>Array of default property values.</desc>
10546 </param>
10547 </method>
10548
10549 </interface>
10550
10551
10552 <!--
10553 // IKeyboard
10554 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
10555 -->
10556
10557 <interface
10558 name="IKeyboard" extends="$unknown"
10559 uuid="f6916ec5-a881-4237-898f-7de58cf88672"
10560 wsmap="managed"
10561 >
10562 <desc>
10563 The IKeyboard interface represents the virtual machine's keyboard. Used
10564 in <link to="IConsole::keyboard"/>.
10565
10566 Use this interface to send keystrokes or the Ctrl-Alt-Del sequence
10567 to the virtual machine.
10568
10569 </desc>
10570 <method name="putScancode">
10571 <desc>Sends a scancode to the keyboard.
10572
10573 <result name="VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR">
10574 Could not send scan code to virtual keyboard.
10575 </result>
10576
10577 </desc>
10578 <param name="scancode" type="long" dir="in"/>
10579 </method>
10580
10581 <method name="putScancodes">
10582 <desc>Sends an array of scancodes to the keyboard.
10583
10584 <result name="VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR">
10585 Could not send all scan codes to virtual keyboard.
10586 </result>
10587
10588 </desc>
10589 <param name="scancodes" type="long" dir="in" safearray="yes"/>
10590 <param name="codesStored" type="unsigned long" dir="return"/>
10591 </method>
10592
10593 <method name="putCAD">
10594 <desc>Sends the Ctrl-Alt-Del sequence to the keyboard. This
10595 function is nothing special, it is just a convenience function
10596 calling <link to="IKeyboard::putScancodes"/> with the proper scancodes.
10597
10598 <result name="VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR">
10599 Could not send all scan codes to virtual keyboard.
10600 </result>
10601
10602 </desc>
10603 </method>
10604
10605 <attribute name="eventSource" type="IEventSource" readonly="yes">
10606 <desc>
10607 Event source for keyboard events.
10608 </desc>
10609 </attribute>
10610
10611 </interface>
10612
10613
10614 <!--
10615 // IMouse
10616 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
10617 -->
10618
10619 <enum
10620 name="MouseButtonState"
10621 uuid="9ee094b8-b28a-4d56-a166-973cb588d7f8"
10622 >
10623 <desc>
10624 Mouse button state.
10625 </desc>
10626
10627 <const name="LeftButton" value="0x01"/>
10628 <const name="RightButton" value="0x02"/>
10629 <const name="MiddleButton" value="0x04"/>
10630 <const name="WheelUp" value="0x08"/>
10631 <const name="WheelDown" value="0x10"/>
10632 <const name="XButton1" value="0x20"/>
10633 <const name="XButton2" value="0x40"/>
10634 <const name="MouseStateMask" value="0x7F"/>
10635 </enum>
10636
10637 <interface
10638 name="IMouse" extends="$unknown"
10639 uuid="05044a52-7811-4f00-ae3a-0ab7ff707b10"
10640 wsmap="managed"
10641 >
10642 <desc>
10643 The IMouse interface represents the virtual machine's mouse. Used in
10644 <link to="IConsole::mouse"/>.
10645
10646 Through this interface, the virtual machine's virtual mouse can be
10647 controlled.
10648 </desc>
10649
10650 <attribute name="absoluteSupported" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
10651 <desc>
10652 Whether the guest OS supports absolute mouse pointer positioning
10653 or not.
10654 <note>
10655 You can use the <link to="IMouseCapabilityChangedEvent"/>
10656 event to be instantly informed about changes of this attribute
10657 during virtual machine execution.
10658 </note>
10659 <see><link to="#putMouseEventAbsolute"/></see>
10660 </desc>
10661 </attribute>
10662
10663 <attribute name="relativeSupported" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
10664 <desc>
10665 Whether the guest OS supports relative mouse pointer positioning
10666 or not.
10667 <note>
10668 You can use the <link to="IMouseCapabilityChangedEvent"/>
10669 event to be instantly informed about changes of this attribute
10670 during virtual machine execution.
10671 </note>
10672 <see><link to="#putMouseEvent"/></see>
10673 </desc>
10674 </attribute>
10675
10676 <attribute name="needsHostCursor" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
10677 <desc>
10678 Whether the guest OS can currently switch to drawing it's own mouse
10679 cursor on demand.
10680 <note>
10681 You can use the <link to="IMouseCapabilityChangedEvent"/>
10682 event to be instantly informed about changes of this attribute
10683 during virtual machine execution.
10684 </note>
10685 <see><link to="#putMouseEvent"/></see>
10686 </desc>
10687 </attribute>
10688
10689 <method name="putMouseEvent">
10690 <desc>
10691 Initiates a mouse event using relative pointer movements
10692 along x and y axis.
10693
10694 <result name="E_ACCESSDENIED">
10695 Console not powered up.
10696 </result>
10697 <result name="VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR">
10698 Could not send mouse event to virtual mouse.
10699 </result>
10700
10701 </desc>
10702
10703 <param name="dx" type="long" dir="in">
10704 <desc>
10705 Amount of pixels the mouse should move to the right.
10706 Negative values move the mouse to the left.
10707 </desc>
10708 </param>
10709 <param name="dy" type="long" dir="in">
10710 <desc>
10711 Amount of pixels the mouse should move downwards.
10712 Negative values move the mouse upwards.
10713 </desc>
10714 </param>
10715 <param name="dz" type="long" dir="in">
10716 <desc>
10717 Amount of mouse wheel moves.
10718 Positive values describe clockwise wheel rotations,
10719 negative values describe counterclockwise rotations.
10720 </desc>
10721 </param>
10722 <param name="dw" type="long" dir="in">
10723 <desc>
10724 Amount of horizontal mouse wheel moves.
10725 Positive values describe a movement to the left,
10726 negative values describe a movement to the right.
10727 </desc>
10728 </param>
10729 <param name="buttonState" type="long" dir="in">
10730 <desc>
10731 The current state of mouse buttons. Every bit represents
10732 a mouse button as follows:
10733 <table>
10734 <tr><td>Bit 0 (<tt>0x01</tt>)</td><td>left mouse button</td></tr>
10735 <tr><td>Bit 1 (<tt>0x02</tt>)</td><td>right mouse button</td></tr>
10736 <tr><td>Bit 2 (<tt>0x04</tt>)</td><td>middle mouse button</td></tr>
10737 </table>
10738 A value of <tt>1</tt> means the corresponding button is pressed.
10739 otherwise it is released.
10740 </desc>
10741 </param>
10742 </method>
10743
10744 <method name="putMouseEventAbsolute">
10745 <desc>
10746 Positions the mouse pointer using absolute x and y coordinates.
10747 These coordinates are expressed in pixels and
10748 start from <tt>[1,1]</tt> which corresponds to the top left
10749 corner of the virtual display.
10750
10751 <result name="E_ACCESSDENIED">
10752 Console not powered up.
10753 </result>
10754 <result name="VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR">
10755 Could not send mouse event to virtual mouse.
10756 </result>
10757
10758 <note>
10759 This method will have effect only if absolute mouse
10760 positioning is supported by the guest OS.
10761 </note>
10762
10763 <see><link to="#absoluteSupported"/></see>
10764 </desc>
10765
10766 <param name="x" type="long" dir="in">
10767 <desc>
10768 X coordinate of the pointer in pixels, starting from @c 1.
10769 </desc>
10770 </param>
10771 <param name="y" type="long" dir="in">
10772 <desc>
10773 Y coordinate of the pointer in pixels, starting from @c 1.
10774 </desc>
10775 </param>
10776 <param name="dz" type="long" dir="in">
10777 <desc>
10778 Amount of mouse wheel moves.
10779 Positive values describe clockwise wheel rotations,
10780 negative values describe counterclockwise rotations.
10781 </desc>
10782 </param>
10783 <param name="dw" type="long" dir="in">
10784 <desc>
10785 Amount of horizontal mouse wheel moves.
10786 Positive values describe a movement to the left,
10787 negative values describe a movement to the right.
10788 </desc>
10789 </param>
10790 <param name="buttonState" type="long" dir="in">
10791 <desc>
10792 The current state of mouse buttons. Every bit represents
10793 a mouse button as follows:
10794 <table>
10795 <tr><td>Bit 0 (<tt>0x01</tt>)</td><td>left mouse button</td></tr>
10796 <tr><td>Bit 1 (<tt>0x02</tt>)</td><td>right mouse button</td></tr>
10797 <tr><td>Bit 2 (<tt>0x04</tt>)</td><td>middle mouse button</td></tr>
10798 </table>
10799 A value of @c 1 means the corresponding button is pressed.
10800 otherwise it is released.
10801 </desc>
10802 </param>
10803 </method>
10804
10805 <attribute name="eventSource" type="IEventSource" readonly="yes">
10806 <desc>
10807 Event source for mouse events.
10808 </desc>
10809 </attribute>
10810
10811 </interface>
10812
10813 <!--
10814 // IDisplay
10815 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
10816 -->
10817
10818 <enum
10819 name="FramebufferPixelFormat"
10820 uuid="7acfd5ed-29e3-45e3-8136-73c9224f3d2d"
10821 >
10822 <desc>
10823 Format of the video memory buffer. Constants represented by this enum can
10824 be used to test for particular values of <link
10825 to="IFramebuffer::pixelFormat"/>. See also <link
10826 to="IFramebuffer::requestResize"/>.
10827
10828 See also www.fourcc.org for more information about FOURCC pixel formats.
10829 </desc>
10830
10831 <const name="Opaque" value="0">
10832 <desc>
10833 Unknown buffer format (the user may not assume any particular format of
10834 the buffer).
10835 </desc>
10836 </const>
10837 <const name="FOURCC_RGB" value="0x32424752">
10838 <desc>
10839 Basic RGB format (<link to="IFramebuffer::bitsPerPixel"/> determines the
10840 bit layout).
10841 </desc>
10842 </const>
10843 </enum>
10844
10845 <interface
10846 name="IFramebuffer" extends="$unknown"
10847 uuid="b7ed347a-5765-40a0-ae1c-f543eb4ddeaf"
10848 wsmap="suppress"
10849 >
10850 <attribute name="address" type="octet" mod="ptr" readonly="yes">
10851 <desc>Address of the start byte of the frame buffer.</desc>
10852 </attribute>
10853
10854 <attribute name="width" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
10855 <desc>Frame buffer width, in pixels.</desc>
10856 </attribute>
10857
10858 <attribute name="height" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
10859 <desc>Frame buffer height, in pixels.</desc>
10860 </attribute>
10861
10862 <attribute name="bitsPerPixel" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
10863 <desc>
10864 Color depth, in bits per pixel. When <link to="#pixelFormat"/> is <link
10865 to="FramebufferPixelFormat_FOURCC_RGB">FOURCC_RGB</link>, valid values
10866 are: 8, 15, 16, 24 and 32.
10867 </desc>
10868 </attribute>
10869
10870 <attribute name="bytesPerLine" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
10871 <desc>
10872 Scan line size, in bytes. When <link to="#pixelFormat"/> is <link
10873 to="FramebufferPixelFormat_FOURCC_RGB">FOURCC_RGB</link>, the
10874 size of the scan line must be aligned to 32 bits.
10875 </desc>
10876 </attribute>
10877
10878 <attribute name="pixelFormat" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
10879 <desc>
10880 Frame buffer pixel format. It's either one of the values defined by <link
10881 to="FramebufferPixelFormat"/> or a raw FOURCC code.
10882 <note>
10883 This attribute must never return <link
10884 to="FramebufferPixelFormat_Opaque"/> -- the format of the buffer
10885 <link to="#address"/> points to must be always known.
10886 </note>
10887 </desc>
10888 </attribute>
10889
10890 <attribute name="usesGuestVRAM" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
10891 <desc>
10892 Defines whether this frame buffer uses the virtual video card's memory
10893 buffer (guest VRAM) directly or not. See <link
10894 to="IFramebuffer::requestResize"/> for more information.
10895 </desc>
10896 </attribute>
10897
10898 <attribute name="heightReduction" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
10899 <desc>
10900 Hint from the frame buffer about how much of the standard
10901 screen height it wants to use for itself. This information is
10902 exposed to the guest through the VESA BIOS and VMMDev interface
10903 so that it can use it for determining its video mode table. It
10904 is not guaranteed that the guest respects the value.
10905 </desc>
10906 </attribute>
10907
10908 <attribute name="overlay" type="IFramebufferOverlay" readonly="yes">
10909 <desc>
10910 An alpha-blended overlay which is superposed over the frame buffer.
10911 The initial purpose is to allow the display of icons providing
10912 information about the VM state, including disk activity, in front
10913 ends which do not have other means of doing that. The overlay is
10914 designed to controlled exclusively by IDisplay. It has no locking
10915 of its own, and any changes made to it are not guaranteed to be
10916 visible until the affected portion of IFramebuffer is updated. The
10917 overlay can be created lazily the first time it is requested. This
10918 attribute can also return @c null to signal that the overlay is not
10919 implemented.
10920 </desc>
10921 </attribute>
10922
10923 <attribute name="winId" type="long long" readonly="yes">
10924 <desc>
10925 Platform-dependent identifier of the window where context of this
10926 frame buffer is drawn, or zero if there's no such window.
10927 </desc>
10928 </attribute>
10929
10930 <method name="lock">
10931 <desc>
10932 Locks the frame buffer.
10933 Gets called by the IDisplay object where this frame buffer is
10934 bound to.
10935 </desc>
10936 </method>
10937
10938 <method name="unlock">
10939 <desc>
10940 Unlocks the frame buffer.
10941 Gets called by the IDisplay object where this frame buffer is
10942 bound to.
10943 </desc>
10944 </method>
10945
10946 <method name="notifyUpdate">
10947 <desc>
10948 Informs about an update.
10949 Gets called by the display object where this buffer is
10950 registered.
10951 </desc>
10952 <param name="x" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
10953 <param name="y" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
10954 <param name="width" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
10955 <param name="height" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
10956 </method>
10957
10958 <method name="requestResize">
10959 <desc>
10960 Requests a size and pixel format change.
10961
10962 There are two modes of working with the video buffer of the virtual
10963 machine. The <i>indirect</i> mode implies that the IFramebuffer
10964 implementation allocates a memory buffer for the requested display mode
10965 and provides it to the virtual machine. In <i>direct</i> mode, the
10966 IFramebuffer implementation uses the memory buffer allocated and owned
10967 by the virtual machine. This buffer represents the video memory of the
10968 emulated video adapter (so called <i>guest VRAM</i>). The direct mode is
10969 usually faster because the implementation gets a raw pointer to the
10970 guest VRAM buffer which it can directly use for visualizing the contents
10971 of the virtual display, as opposed to the indirect mode where the
10972 contents of guest VRAM are copied to the memory buffer provided by
10973 the implementation every time a display update occurs.
10974
10975 It is important to note that the direct mode is really fast only when
10976 the implementation uses the given guest VRAM buffer directly, for
10977 example, by blitting it to the window representing the virtual machine's
10978 display, which saves at least one copy operation comparing to the
10979 indirect mode. However, using the guest VRAM buffer directly is not
10980 always possible: the format and the color depth of this buffer may be
10981 not supported by the target window, or it may be unknown (opaque) as in
10982 case of text or non-linear multi-plane VGA video modes. In this case,
10983 the indirect mode (that is always available) should be used as a
10984 fallback: when the guest VRAM contents are copied to the
10985 implementation-provided memory buffer, color and format conversion is
10986 done automatically by the underlying code.
10987
10988 The @a pixelFormat parameter defines whether the direct mode is
10989 available or not. If @a pixelFormat is <link
10990 to="FramebufferPixelFormat_Opaque"/> then direct access to the guest
10991 VRAM buffer is not available -- the @a VRAM, @a bitsPerPixel and
10992 @a bytesPerLine parameters must be ignored and the implementation must use
10993 the indirect mode (where it provides its own buffer in one of the
10994 supported formats). In all other cases, @a pixelFormat together with
10995 @a bitsPerPixel and @a bytesPerLine define the format of the video memory
10996 buffer pointed to by the @a VRAM parameter and the implementation is
10997 free to choose which mode to use. To indicate that this frame buffer uses
10998 the direct mode, the implementation of the <link to="#usesGuestVRAM"/>
10999 attribute must return @c true and <link to="#address"/> must
11000 return exactly the same address that is passed in the @a VRAM parameter
11001 of this method; otherwise it is assumed that the indirect strategy is
11002 chosen.
11003
11004 The @a width and @a height parameters represent the size of the
11005 requested display mode in both modes. In case of indirect mode, the
11006 provided memory buffer should be big enough to store data of the given
11007 display mode. In case of direct mode, it is guaranteed that the given
11008 @a VRAM buffer contains enough space to represent the display mode of the
11009 given size. Note that this frame buffer's <link to="#width"/> and <link
11010 to="#height"/> attributes must return exactly the same values as
11011 passed to this method after the resize is completed (see below).
11012
11013 The @a finished output parameter determines if the implementation has
11014 finished resizing the frame buffer or not. If, for some reason, the
11015 resize cannot be finished immediately during this call, @a finished
11016 must be set to @c false, and the implementation must call
11017 <link to="IDisplay::resizeCompleted"/> after it has returned from
11018 this method as soon as possible. If @a finished is @c false, the
11019 machine will not call any frame buffer methods until
11020 <link to="IDisplay::resizeCompleted"/> is called.
11021
11022 Note that if the direct mode is chosen, the <link to="#bitsPerPixel"/>,
11023 <link to="#bytesPerLine"/> and <link to="#pixelFormat"/> attributes of
11024 this frame buffer must return exactly the same values as specified in the
11025 parameters of this method, after the resize is completed. If the
11026 indirect mode is chosen, these attributes must return values describing
11027 the format of the implementation's own memory buffer <link
11028 to="#address"/> points to. Note also that the <link to="#bitsPerPixel"/>
11029 value must always correlate with <link to="#pixelFormat"/>. Note that
11030 the <link to="#pixelFormat"/> attribute must never return <link
11031 to="FramebufferPixelFormat_Opaque"/> regardless of the selected mode.
11032
11033 <note>
11034 This method is called by the IDisplay object under the
11035 <link to="#lock"/> provided by this IFramebuffer
11036 implementation. If this method returns @c false in @a finished, then
11037 this lock is not released until
11038 <link to="IDisplay::resizeCompleted"/> is called.
11039 </note>
11040 </desc>
11041 <param name="screenId" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
11042 <desc>
11043 Logical screen number. Must be used in the corresponding call to
11044 <link to="IDisplay::resizeCompleted"/> if this call is made.
11045 </desc>
11046 </param>
11047 <param name="pixelFormat" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
11048 <desc>
11049 Pixel format of the memory buffer pointed to by @a VRAM.
11050 See also <link to="FramebufferPixelFormat"/>.
11051 </desc>
11052 </param>
11053 <param name="VRAM" type="octet" mod="ptr" dir="in">
11054 <desc>Pointer to the virtual video card's VRAM (may be @c null).</desc>
11055 </param>
11056 <param name="bitsPerPixel" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
11057 <desc>Color depth, bits per pixel.</desc>
11058 </param>
11059 <param name="bytesPerLine" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
11060 <desc>Size of one scan line, in bytes.</desc>
11061 </param>
11062 <param name="width" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
11063 <desc>Width of the guest display, in pixels.</desc>
11064 </param>
11065 <param name="height" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
11066 <desc>Height of the guest display, in pixels.</desc>
11067 </param>
11068 <param name="finished" type="boolean" dir="return">
11069 <desc>
11070 Can the VM start using the new frame buffer immediately
11071 after this method returns or it should wait for
11072 <link to="IDisplay::resizeCompleted"/>.
11073 </desc>
11074 </param>
11075 </method>
11076
11077 <method name="videoModeSupported">
11078 <desc>
11079 Returns whether the frame buffer implementation is willing to
11080 support a given video mode. In case it is not able to render
11081 the video mode (or for some reason not willing), it should
11082 return @c false. Usually this method is called when the guest
11083 asks the VMM device whether a given video mode is supported
11084 so the information returned is directly exposed to the guest.
11085 It is important that this method returns very quickly.
11086 </desc>
11087 <param name="width" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
11088 <param name="height" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
11089 <param name="bpp" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
11090 <param name="supported" type="boolean" dir="return"/>
11091 </method>
11092
11093 <method name="getVisibleRegion">
11094 <desc>
11095 Returns the visible region of this frame buffer.
11096
11097 If the @a rectangles parameter is @c null then the value of the
11098 @a count parameter is ignored and the number of elements necessary to
11099 describe the current visible region is returned in @a countCopied.
11100
11101 If @a rectangles is not @c null but @a count is less
11102 than the required number of elements to store region data, the method
11103 will report a failure. If @a count is equal or greater than the
11104 required number of elements, then the actual number of elements copied
11105 to the provided array will be returned in @a countCopied.
11106
11107 <note>
11108 The address of the provided array must be in the process space of
11109 this IFramebuffer object.
11110 </note>
11111 <note>
11112 Method not yet implemented.
11113 </note>
11114 </desc>
11115 <param name="rectangles" type="octet" mod="ptr" dir="in">
11116 <desc>Pointer to the @c RTRECT array to receive region data.</desc>
11117 </param>
11118 <param name="count" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
11119 <desc>Number of @c RTRECT elements in the @a rectangles array.</desc>
11120 </param>
11121 <param name="countCopied" type="unsigned long" dir="return">
11122 <desc>Number of elements copied to the @a rectangles array.</desc>
11123 </param>
11124 </method>
11125
11126 <method name="setVisibleRegion">
11127 <desc>
11128 Suggests a new visible region to this frame buffer. This region
11129 represents the area of the VM display which is a union of regions of
11130 all top-level windows of the guest operating system running inside the
11131 VM (if the Guest Additions for this system support this
11132 functionality). This information may be used by the frontends to
11133 implement the seamless desktop integration feature.
11134
11135 <note>
11136 The address of the provided array must be in the process space of
11137 this IFramebuffer object.
11138 </note>
11139 <note>
11140 The IFramebuffer implementation must make a copy of the provided
11141 array of rectangles.
11142 </note>
11143 <note>
11144 Method not yet implemented.
11145 </note>
11146 </desc>
11147 <param name="rectangles" type="octet" mod="ptr" dir="in">
11148 <desc>Pointer to the @c RTRECT array.</desc>
11149 </param>
11150 <param name="count" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
11151 <desc>Number of @c RTRECT elements in the @a rectangles array.</desc>
11152 </param>
11153 </method>
11154
11155 <method name="processVHWACommand">
11156 <desc>
11157 Posts a Video HW Acceleration Command to the frame buffer for processing.
11158 The commands used for 2D video acceleration (DDraw surface creation/destroying, blitting, scaling, color conversion, overlaying, etc.)
11159 are posted from quest to the host to be processed by the host hardware.
11160
11161 <note>
11162 The address of the provided command must be in the process space of
11163 this IFramebuffer object.
11164 </note>
11165 </desc>
11166
11167 <param name="command" type="octet" mod="ptr" dir="in">
11168 <desc>Pointer to VBOXVHWACMD containing the command to execute.</desc>
11169 </param>
11170 </method>
11171
11172 </interface>
11173
11174 <interface
11175 name="IFramebufferOverlay" extends="IFramebuffer"
11176 uuid="0bcc1c7e-e415-47d2-bfdb-e4c705fb0f47"
11177 wsmap="suppress"
11178 >
11179 <desc>
11180 The IFramebufferOverlay interface represents an alpha blended overlay
11181 for displaying status icons above an IFramebuffer. It is always created
11182 not visible, so that it must be explicitly shown. It only covers a
11183 portion of the IFramebuffer, determined by its width, height and
11184 co-ordinates. It is always in packed pixel little-endian 32bit ARGB (in
11185 that order) format, and may be written to directly. Do re-read the
11186 width though, after setting it, as it may be adjusted (increased) to
11187 make it more suitable for the front end.
11188 </desc>
11189 <attribute name="x" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
11190 <desc>X position of the overlay, relative to the frame buffer.</desc>
11191 </attribute>
11192
11193 <attribute name="y" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
11194 <desc>Y position of the overlay, relative to the frame buffer.</desc>
11195 </attribute>
11196
11197 <attribute name="visible" type="boolean" readonly="no">
11198 <desc>
11199 Whether the overlay is currently visible.
11200 </desc>
11201 </attribute>
11202
11203 <attribute name="alpha" type="unsigned long" readonly="no">
11204 <desc>
11205 The global alpha value for the overlay. This may or may not be
11206 supported by a given front end.
11207 </desc>
11208 </attribute>
11209
11210 <method name="move">
11211 <desc>
11212 Changes the overlay's position relative to the IFramebuffer.
11213 </desc>
11214 <param name="x" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
11215 <param name="y" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
11216 </method>
11217
11218 </interface>
11219
11220 <interface
11221 name="IDisplay" extends="$unknown"
11222 uuid="09EED313-CD56-4D06-BD56-FAC0F716B5DD"
11223 wsmap="managed"
11224 >
11225 <desc>
11226 The IDisplay interface represents the virtual machine's display.
11227
11228 The object implementing this interface is contained in each
11229 <link to="IConsole::display"/> attribute and represents the visual
11230 output of the virtual machine.
11231
11232 The virtual display supports pluggable output targets represented by the
11233 IFramebuffer interface. Examples of the output target are a window on
11234 the host computer or an RDP session's display on a remote computer.
11235 </desc>
11236 <method name="getScreenResolution">
11237 <desc>Queries display width, height and color depth for given screen.</desc>
11238 <param name="screenId" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
11239 <param name="width" type="unsigned long" dir="out"/>
11240 <param name="height" type="unsigned long" dir="out"/>
11241 <param name="bitsPerPixel" type="unsigned long" dir="out"/>
11242 </method>
11243
11244 <method name="setFramebuffer">
11245 <desc>
11246 Sets the framebuffer for given screen.
11247 </desc>
11248 <param name="screenId" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
11249 <param name="framebuffer" type="IFramebuffer" dir="in"/>
11250 </method>
11251
11252 <method name="getFramebuffer">
11253 <desc>
11254 Queries the framebuffer for given screen.
11255 </desc>
11256 <param name="screenId" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
11257 <param name="framebuffer" type="IFramebuffer" dir="out"/>
11258 <param name="xOrigin" type="long" dir="out"/>
11259 <param name="yOrigin" type="long" dir="out"/>
11260 </method>
11261
11262 <method name="setVideoModeHint">
11263 <desc>
11264 Asks VirtualBox to request the given video mode from
11265 the guest. This is just a hint and it cannot be guaranteed
11266 that the requested resolution will be used. Guest Additions
11267 are required for the request to be seen by guests. The caller
11268 should issue the request and wait for a resolution change and
11269 after a timeout retry.
11270
11271 Specifying @c 0 for either @a width, @a height or @a bitsPerPixel
11272 parameters means that the corresponding values should be taken from the
11273 current video mode (i.e. left unchanged).
11274
11275 If the guest OS supports multi-monitor configuration then the @a display
11276 parameter specifies the number of the guest display to send the hint to:
11277 @c 0 is the primary display, @c 1 is the first secondary and
11278 so on. If the multi-monitor configuration is not supported, @a display
11279 must be @c 0.
11280
11281 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
11282 The @a display is not associated with any monitor.
11283 </result>
11284
11285 </desc>
11286 <param name="width" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
11287 <param name="height" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
11288 <param name="bitsPerPixel" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
11289 <param name="display" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
11290 </method>
11291
11292 <method name="setSeamlessMode">
11293 <desc>
11294 Enables or disables seamless guest display rendering (seamless desktop
11295 integration) mode.
11296 <note>
11297 Calling this method has no effect if <link
11298 to="IGuest::supportsSeamless"/> returns @c false.
11299 </note>
11300 </desc>
11301 <param name="enabled" type="boolean" dir="in"/>
11302 </method>
11303
11304 <method name="takeScreenShot">
11305 <desc>
11306 Takes a screen shot of the requested size and copies it to the
11307 32-bpp buffer allocated by the caller and pointed to by @a address.
11308 A pixel consists of 4 bytes in order: B, G, R, 0.
11309
11310 <note>This API can be used only by the COM/XPCOM C++ API as it
11311 requires pointer support. Use <link to="#takeScreenShotToArray" />
11312 with other language bindings.
11313 </note>
11314
11315 <result name="E_NOTIMPL">
11316 Feature not implemented.
11317 </result>
11318 <result name="VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR">
11319 Could not take a screenshot.
11320 </result>
11321
11322 </desc>
11323 <param name="screenId" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
11324 <param name="address" type="octet" mod="ptr" dir="in"/>
11325 <param name="width" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
11326 <param name="height" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
11327 </method>
11328
11329 <method name="takeScreenShotToArray">
11330 <desc>
11331 Takes a guest screen shot of the requested size and returns it as
11332 an array of bytes in uncompressed 32-bit RGBA format.
11333 A pixel consists of 4 bytes in order: R, G, B, 0xFF.
11334
11335 This API is slow, but could be the only option to get guest screenshot
11336 for scriptable languages not allowed to manipulate with addresses
11337 directly.
11338
11339 <result name="E_NOTIMPL">
11340 Feature not implemented.
11341 </result>
11342 <result name="VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR">
11343 Could not take a screenshot.
11344 </result>
11345 </desc>
11346 <param name="screenId" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
11347 <desc>
11348 Monitor to take screenshot from.
11349 </desc>
11350 </param>
11351 <param name="width" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
11352 <desc>
11353 Desired image width.
11354 </desc>
11355 </param>
11356 <param name="height" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
11357 <desc>
11358 Desired image height.
11359 </desc>
11360 </param>
11361 <param name="screenData" type="octet" dir="return" safearray="yes">
11362 <desc>
11363 Array with resulting screen data.
11364 </desc>
11365 </param>
11366 </method>
11367
11368 <method name="takeScreenShotPNGToArray">
11369 <desc>
11370 Takes a guest screen shot of the requested size and returns it as
11371 PNG image in array.
11372
11373 <result name="E_NOTIMPL">
11374 Feature not implemented.
11375 </result>
11376 <result name="VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR">
11377 Could not take a screenshot.
11378 </result>
11379 </desc>
11380 <param name="screenId" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
11381 <desc>
11382 Monitor to take the screenshot from.
11383 </desc>
11384 </param>
11385 <param name="width" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
11386 <desc>
11387 Desired image width.
11388 </desc>
11389 </param>
11390 <param name="height" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
11391 <desc>
11392 Desired image height.
11393 </desc>
11394 </param>
11395 <param name="screenData" type="octet" dir="return" safearray="yes">
11396 <desc>
11397 Array with resulting screen data.
11398 </desc>
11399 </param>
11400 </method>
11401
11402 <method name="drawToScreen">
11403 <desc>
11404 Draws a 32-bpp image of the specified size from the given buffer
11405 to the given point on the VM display.
11406
11407 <result name="E_NOTIMPL">
11408 Feature not implemented.
11409 </result>
11410 <result name="VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR">
11411 Could not draw to screen.
11412 </result>
11413
11414 </desc>
11415 <param name="screenId" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
11416 <desc>
11417 Monitor to take the screenshot from.
11418 </desc>
11419 </param>
11420 <param name="address" type="octet" mod="ptr" dir="in">
11421 <desc>
11422 Address to store the screenshot to
11423 </desc>
11424 </param>
11425 <param name="x" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
11426 <desc>
11427 Relative to the screen top left corner.
11428 </desc>
11429 </param>
11430 <param name="y" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
11431 <desc>
11432 Relative to the screen top left corner.
11433 </desc>
11434 </param>
11435 <param name="width" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
11436 <desc>
11437 Desired image width.
11438 </desc>
11439 </param>
11440 <param name="height" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
11441 <desc>
11442 Desired image height.
11443 </desc>
11444 </param>
11445 </method>
11446
11447 <method name="invalidateAndUpdate">
11448 <desc>
11449 Does a full invalidation of the VM display and instructs the VM
11450 to update it.
11451
11452 <result name="VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR">
11453 Could not invalidate and update screen.
11454 </result>
11455
11456 </desc>
11457 </method>
11458
11459 <method name="resizeCompleted">
11460 <desc>
11461 Signals that a framebuffer has completed the resize operation.
11462
11463 <result name="VBOX_E_NOT_SUPPORTED">
11464 Operation only valid for external frame buffers.
11465 </result>
11466
11467 </desc>
11468 <param name="screenId" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
11469 </method>
11470
11471 <method name="completeVHWACommand">
11472 <desc>
11473 Signals that the Video HW Acceleration command has completed.
11474 </desc>
11475
11476 <param name="command" type="octet" mod="ptr" dir="in">
11477 <desc>Pointer to VBOXVHWACMD containing the completed command.</desc>
11478 </param>
11479 </method>
11480
11481 </interface>
11482
11483 <!--
11484 // INetworkAdapter
11485 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11486 -->
11487
11488 <enum
11489 name="NetworkAttachmentType"
11490 uuid="44bce1ee-99f7-4e8e-89fc-80597fd9eeaf"
11491 >
11492 <desc>
11493 Network attachment type.
11494 </desc>
11495
11496 <const name="Null" value="0">
11497 <desc>Null value, also means "not attached".</desc>
11498 </const>
11499 <const name="NAT" value="1"/>
11500 <const name="Bridged" value="2"/>
11501 <const name="Internal" value="3"/>
11502 <const name="HostOnly" value="4"/>
11503 <const name="VDE" value="5"/>
11504 </enum>
11505
11506 <enum
11507 name="NetworkAdapterType"
11508 uuid="3c2281e4-d952-4e87-8c7d-24379cb6a81c"
11509 >
11510 <desc>
11511 Network adapter type.
11512 </desc>
11513
11514 <const name="Null" value="0">
11515 <desc>Null value (never used by the API).</desc>
11516 </const>
11517 <const name="Am79C970A" value="1">
11518 <desc>AMD PCNet-PCI II network card (Am79C970A).</desc>
11519 </const>
11520 <const name="Am79C973" value="2">
11521 <desc>AMD PCNet-FAST III network card (Am79C973).</desc>
11522 </const>
11523 <const name="I82540EM" value="3">
11524 <desc>Intel PRO/1000 MT Desktop network card (82540EM).</desc>
11525 </const>
11526 <const name="I82543GC" value="4">
11527 <desc>Intel PRO/1000 T Server network card (82543GC).</desc>
11528 </const>
11529 <const name="I82545EM" value="5">
11530 <desc>Intel PRO/1000 MT Server network card (82545EM).</desc>
11531 </const>
11532 <const name="Virtio" value="6">
11533 <desc>Virtio network device.</desc>
11534 </const>
11535 </enum>
11536
11537 <interface
11538 name="INetworkAdapter" extends="$unknown"
11539 uuid="9bf58a46-c3f7-4f31-80fa-dde9a5dc0b7b"
11540 wsmap="managed"
11541 >
11542 <desc>
11543 Represents a virtual network adapter that is attached to a virtual machine.
11544 Each virtual machine has a fixed number of network adapter slots with one
11545 instance of this attached to each of them. Call
11546 <link to="IMachine::getNetworkAdapter" /> to get the network adapter that
11547 is attached to a given slot in a given machine.
11548
11549 Each network adapter can be in one of five attachment modes, which are
11550 represented by the <link to="NetworkAttachmentType" /> enumeration;
11551 see the <link to="#attachmentType" /> attribute.
11552 </desc>
11553
11554 <attribute name="adapterType" type="NetworkAdapterType">
11555 <desc>
11556 Type of the virtual network adapter. Depending on this value,
11557 VirtualBox will provide a different virtual network hardware
11558 to the guest.
11559 </desc>
11560 </attribute>
11561
11562 <attribute name="slot" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
11563 <desc>
11564 Slot number this adapter is plugged into. Corresponds to
11565 the value you pass to <link to="IMachine::getNetworkAdapter"/>
11566 to obtain this instance.
11567 </desc>
11568 </attribute>
11569
11570 <attribute name="enabled" type="boolean">
11571 <desc>
11572 Flag whether the network adapter is present in the
11573 guest system. If disabled, the virtual guest hardware will
11574 not contain this network adapter. Can only be changed when
11575 the VM is not running.
11576 </desc>
11577 </attribute>
11578
11579 <attribute name="MACAddress" type="wstring">
11580 <desc>
11581 Ethernet MAC address of the adapter, 12 hexadecimal characters. When setting
11582 it to @c null or an empty string, VirtualBox will generate a unique MAC address.
11583 </desc>
11584 </attribute>
11585
11586 <attribute name="attachmentType" type="NetworkAttachmentType" readonly="yes"/>
11587
11588 <attribute name="hostInterface" type="wstring">
11589 <desc>
11590 Name of the host network interface the VM is attached to.
11591 </desc>
11592 </attribute>
11593
11594 <attribute name="internalNetwork" type="wstring">
11595 <desc>
11596 Name of the internal network the VM is attached to.
11597 </desc>
11598 </attribute>
11599
11600 <attribute name="NATNetwork" type="wstring">
11601 <desc>
11602 Name of the NAT network the VM is attached to.
11603 </desc>
11604 </attribute>
11605
11606 <attribute name="VDENetwork" type="wstring">
11607 <desc>
11608 Name of the VDE switch the VM is attached to.
11609 </desc>
11610 </attribute>
11611
11612 <attribute name="cableConnected" type="boolean">
11613 <desc>
11614 Flag whether the adapter reports the cable as connected or not.
11615 It can be used to report offline situations to a VM.
11616 </desc>
11617 </attribute>
11618
11619 <attribute name="lineSpeed" type="unsigned long">
11620 <desc>
11621 Line speed reported by custom drivers, in units of 1 kbps.
11622 </desc>
11623 </attribute>
11624
11625 <attribute name="traceEnabled" type="boolean">
11626 <desc>
11627 Flag whether network traffic from/to the network card should be traced.
11628 Can only be toggled when the VM is turned off.
11629 </desc>
11630 </attribute>
11631
11632 <attribute name="traceFile" type="wstring">
11633 <desc>
11634 Filename where a network trace will be stored. If not set, VBox-pid.pcap
11635 will be used.
11636 </desc>
11637 </attribute>
11638
11639 <attribute name="natDriver" type="INATEngine" readonly="yes">
11640 <desc>
11641 Points to the NAT engine which handles the network address translation
11642 for this interface. This is active only when the interface actually uses
11643 NAT (see <link to="#attachToNAT" />).
11644 </desc>
11645 </attribute>
11646
11647 <attribute name="bootPriority" type="unsigned long">
11648 <desc>
11649 Network boot priority of the adapter. Priority 1 is highest. If not set,
11650 the priority is considered to be at the lowest possible setting.
11651 </desc>
11652 </attribute>
11653
11654 <attribute name="bandwidthLimit" type="unsigned long">
11655 <desc>
11656 Maximum throughput allowed for this network adapter, in units of 1 mbps.
11657 A zero value means uncapped/unlimited.
11658 </desc>
11659 </attribute>
11660
11661 <method name="attachToNAT">
11662 <desc>
11663 Attach the network adapter to the Network Address Translation (NAT) interface.
11664 </desc>
11665 </method>
11666
11667 <method name="attachToBridgedInterface">
11668 <desc>
11669 Attach the network adapter to a bridged host interface.
11670 </desc>
11671 </method>
11672
11673 <method name="attachToInternalNetwork">
11674 <desc>
11675 Attach the network adapter to an internal network.
11676 </desc>
11677 </method>
11678
11679 <method name="attachToHostOnlyInterface">
11680 <desc>
11681 Attach the network adapter to the host-only network.
11682 </desc>
11683 </method>
11684
11685 <method name="attachToVDE">
11686 <desc>
11687 Attach the network adapter to a VDE network.
11688 </desc>
11689 </method>
11690
11691 <method name="detach">
11692 <desc>
11693 Detach the network adapter
11694 </desc>
11695 </method>
11696 </interface>
11697
11698
11699 <!--
11700 // ISerialPort
11701 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11702 -->
11703
11704 <enum
11705 name="PortMode"
11706 uuid="533b5fe3-0185-4197-86a7-17e37dd39d76"
11707 >
11708 <desc>
11709 The PortMode enumeration represents possible communication modes for
11710 the virtual serial port device.
11711 </desc>
11712
11713 <const name="Disconnected" value="0">
11714 <desc>Virtual device is not attached to any real host device.</desc>
11715 </const>
11716 <const name="HostPipe" value="1">
11717 <desc>Virtual device is attached to a host pipe.</desc>
11718 </const>
11719 <const name="HostDevice" value="2">
11720 <desc>Virtual device is attached to a host device.</desc>
11721 </const>
11722 <const name="RawFile" value="3">
11723 <desc>Virtual device is attached to a raw file.</desc>
11724 </const>
11725 </enum>
11726
11727 <interface
11728 name="ISerialPort" extends="$unknown"
11729 uuid="937f6970-5103-4745-b78e-d28dcf1479a8"
11730 wsmap="managed"
11731 >
11732
11733 <desc>
11734 The ISerialPort interface represents the virtual serial port device.
11735
11736 The virtual serial port device acts like an ordinary serial port
11737 inside the virtual machine. This device communicates to the real
11738 serial port hardware in one of two modes: host pipe or host device.
11739
11740 In host pipe mode, the #path attribute specifies the path to the pipe on
11741 the host computer that represents a serial port. The #server attribute
11742 determines if this pipe is created by the virtual machine process at
11743 machine startup or it must already exist before starting machine
11744 execution.
11745
11746 In host device mode, the #path attribute specifies the name of the
11747 serial port device on the host computer.
11748
11749 There is also a third communication mode: the disconnected mode. In this
11750 mode, the guest OS running inside the virtual machine will be able to
11751 detect the serial port, but all port write operations will be discarded
11752 and all port read operations will return no data.
11753
11754 <see>IMachine::getSerialPort</see>
11755 </desc>
11756
11757 <attribute name="slot" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
11758 <desc>
11759 Slot number this serial port is plugged into. Corresponds to
11760 the value you pass to <link to="IMachine::getSerialPort"/>
11761 to obtain this instance.
11762 </desc>
11763 </attribute>
11764
11765 <attribute name="enabled" type="boolean">
11766 <desc>
11767 Flag whether the serial port is enabled. If disabled,
11768 the serial port will not be reported to the guest OS.
11769 </desc>
11770 </attribute>
11771
11772 <attribute name="IOBase" type="unsigned long">
11773 <desc>Base I/O address of the serial port.</desc>
11774 </attribute>
11775
11776 <attribute name="IRQ" type="unsigned long">
11777 <desc>IRQ number of the serial port.</desc>
11778 </attribute>
11779
11780 <attribute name="hostMode" type="PortMode">
11781 <desc>
11782 How is this port connected to the host.
11783 <note>
11784 Changing this attribute may fail if the conditions for
11785 <link to="#path"/> are not met.
11786 </note>
11787 </desc>
11788 </attribute>
11789
11790 <attribute name="server" type="boolean">
11791 <desc>
11792 Flag whether this serial port acts as a server (creates a new pipe on
11793 the host) or as a client (uses the existing pipe). This attribute is
11794 used only when <link to="#hostMode"/> is PortMode_HostPipe.
11795 </desc>
11796 </attribute>
11797
11798 <attribute name="path" type="wstring">
11799 <desc>
11800 Path to the serial port's pipe on the host when <link to="ISerialPort::hostMode"/> is
11801 PortMode_HostPipe, or the host serial device name when
11802 <link to="ISerialPort::hostMode"/> is PortMode_HostDevice. For both
11803 cases, setting a @c null or empty string as the attribute's value
11804 is an error. Otherwise, the value of this property is ignored.
11805 </desc>
11806 </attribute>
11807
11808 </interface>
11809
11810 <!--
11811 // IParallelPort
11812 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11813 -->
11814
11815 <interface
11816 name="IParallelPort" extends="$unknown"
11817 uuid="0c925f06-dd10-4b77-8de8-294d738c3214"
11818 wsmap="managed"
11819 >
11820
11821 <desc>
11822 The IParallelPort interface represents the virtual parallel port device.
11823
11824 The virtual parallel port device acts like an ordinary parallel port
11825 inside the virtual machine. This device communicates to the real
11826 parallel port hardware using the name of the parallel device on the host
11827 computer specified in the #path attribute.
11828
11829 Each virtual parallel port device is assigned a base I/O address and an
11830 IRQ number that will be reported to the guest operating system and used
11831 to operate the given parallel port from within the virtual machine.
11832
11833 <see>IMachine::getParallelPort</see>
11834 </desc>
11835
11836 <attribute name="slot" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
11837 <desc>
11838 Slot number this parallel port is plugged into. Corresponds to
11839 the value you pass to <link to="IMachine::getParallelPort"/>
11840 to obtain this instance.
11841 </desc>
11842 </attribute>
11843
11844 <attribute name="enabled" type="boolean">
11845 <desc>
11846 Flag whether the parallel port is enabled. If disabled,
11847 the parallel port will not be reported to the guest OS.
11848 </desc>
11849 </attribute>
11850
11851 <attribute name="IOBase" type="unsigned long">
11852 <desc>Base I/O address of the parallel port.</desc>
11853 </attribute>
11854
11855 <attribute name="IRQ" type="unsigned long">
11856 <desc>IRQ number of the parallel port.</desc>
11857 </attribute>
11858
11859 <attribute name="path" type="wstring">
11860 <desc>
11861 Host parallel device name. If this parallel port is enabled, setting a
11862 @c null or an empty string as this attribute's value will result into
11863 an error.
11864 </desc>
11865 </attribute>
11866
11867 </interface>
11868
11869
11870 <!--
11871 // IMachineDebugger
11872 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11873 -->
11874
11875 <interface
11876 name="IMachineDebugger" extends="$unknown"
11877 uuid="373a5f51-67c1-4a31-be43-1e29ebe8ef85"
11878 wsmap="suppress"
11879 >
11880 <method name="resetStats">
11881 <desc>
11882 Reset VM statistics.
11883 </desc>
11884 <param name="pattern" type="wstring" dir="in">
11885 <desc>The selection pattern. A bit similar to filename globbing.</desc>
11886 </param>
11887 </method>
11888
11889 <method name="dumpStats">
11890 <desc>
11891 Dumps VM statistics.
11892 </desc>
11893 <param name="pattern" type="wstring" dir="in">
11894 <desc>The selection pattern. A bit similar to filename globbing.</desc>
11895 </param>
11896 </method>
11897
11898 <method name="getStats">
11899 <desc>
11900 Get the VM statistics in a XMLish format.
11901 </desc>
11902 <param name="pattern" type="wstring" dir="in">
11903 <desc>The selection pattern. A bit similar to filename globbing.</desc>
11904 </param>
11905 <param name="withDescriptions" type="boolean" dir="in">
11906 <desc>Whether to include the descriptions.</desc>
11907 </param>
11908 <param name="stats" type="wstring" dir="out">
11909 <desc>The XML document containing the statistics.</desc>
11910 </param>
11911 </method>
11912
11913 <method name="injectNMI">
11914 <desc>
11915 Inject an NMI into a running VT-x/AMD-V VM.
11916 </desc>
11917 </method>
11918
11919 <method name="dumpGuestCore">
11920 <desc>
11921 Takes a core dump of the guest.
11922
11923 See include/VBox/dbgfcorefmt.h for details on the file format.
11924 </desc>
11925 <param name="filename" type="wstring" dir="in">
11926 <desc>
11927 The name of the output file. The file must not exist.
11928 </desc>
11929 </param>
11930 </method>
11931
11932 <attribute name="singlestep" type="boolean">
11933 <desc>Switch for enabling singlestepping.</desc>
11934 </attribute>
11935
11936 <attribute name="recompileUser" type="boolean">
11937 <desc>Switch for forcing code recompilation for user mode code.</desc>
11938 </attribute>
11939
11940 <attribute name="recompileSupervisor" type="boolean">
11941 <desc>Switch for forcing code recompilation for supervisor mode code.</desc>
11942 </attribute>
11943
11944 <attribute name="PATMEnabled" type="boolean">
11945 <desc>Switch for enabling and disabling the PATM component.</desc>
11946 </attribute>
11947
11948 <attribute name="CSAMEnabled" type="boolean">
11949 <desc>Switch for enabling and disabling the CSAM component.</desc>
11950 </attribute>
11951
11952 <attribute name="logEnabled" type="boolean">
11953 <desc>Switch for enabling and disabling logging.</desc>
11954 </attribute>
11955
11956 <attribute name="HWVirtExEnabled" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
11957 <desc>
11958 Flag indicating whether the VM is currently making use of CPU hardware
11959 virtualization extensions.
11960 </desc>
11961 </attribute>
11962
11963 <attribute name="HWVirtExNestedPagingEnabled" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
11964 <desc>
11965 Flag indicating whether the VM is currently making use of the nested paging
11966 CPU hardware virtualization extension.
11967 </desc>
11968 </attribute>
11969
11970 <attribute name="HWVirtExVPIDEnabled" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
11971 <desc>
11972 Flag indicating whether the VM is currently making use of the VPID
11973 VT-x extension.
11974 </desc>
11975 </attribute>
11976
11977 <attribute name="PAEEnabled" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
11978 <desc>
11979 Flag indicating whether the VM is currently making use of the Physical
11980 Address Extension CPU feature.
11981 </desc>
11982 </attribute>
11983
11984 <attribute name="virtualTimeRate" type="unsigned long">
11985 <desc>
11986 The rate at which the virtual time runs expressed as a percentage.
11987 The accepted range is 2% to 20000%.
11988 </desc>
11989 </attribute>
11990
11991 <!-- @todo method for setting log flags, groups and destination! -->
11992
11993 <attribute name="VM" type="long long" readonly="yes">
11994 <desc>
11995 Gets the VM handle. This is only for internal use while
11996 we carve the details of this interface.
11997 </desc>
11998 </attribute>
11999
12000 </interface>
12001
12002 <!--
12003 // IUSBController
12004 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
12005 -->
12006
12007 <interface
12008 name="IUSBController" extends="$unknown"
12009 uuid="6fdcccc5-abd3-4fec-9387-2ad3914fc4a8"
12010 wsmap="managed"
12011 >
12012 <attribute name="enabled" type="boolean">
12013 <desc>
12014 Flag whether the USB controller is present in the
12015 guest system. If disabled, the virtual guest hardware will
12016 not contain any USB controller. Can only be changed when
12017 the VM is powered off.
12018 </desc>
12019 </attribute>
12020
12021 <attribute name="enabledEhci" type="boolean">
12022 <desc>
12023 Flag whether the USB EHCI controller is present in the
12024 guest system. If disabled, the virtual guest hardware will
12025 not contain a USB EHCI controller. Can only be changed when
12026 the VM is powered off.
12027 </desc>
12028 </attribute>
12029
12030 <attribute name="proxyAvailable" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
12031 <desc>
12032 Flag whether there is an USB proxy available.
12033 </desc>
12034 </attribute>
12035
12036 <attribute name="USBStandard" type="unsigned short" readonly="yes">
12037 <desc>
12038 USB standard version which the controller implements.
12039 This is a BCD which means that the major version is in the
12040 high byte and minor version is in the low byte.
12041 </desc>
12042 </attribute>
12043
12044 <attribute name="deviceFilters" type="IUSBDeviceFilter" readonly="yes" safearray="yes">
12045 <desc>
12046 List of USB device filters associated with the machine.
12047
12048 If the machine is currently running, these filters are activated
12049 every time a new (supported) USB device is attached to the host
12050 computer that was not ignored by global filters
12051 (<link to="IHost::USBDeviceFilters"/>).
12052
12053 These filters are also activated when the machine is powered up.
12054 They are run against a list of all currently available USB
12055 devices (in states
12056 <link to="USBDeviceState_Available"/>,
12057 <link to="USBDeviceState_Busy"/>,
12058 <link to="USBDeviceState_Held"/>) that were not previously
12059 ignored by global filters.
12060
12061 If at least one filter matches the USB device in question, this
12062 device is automatically captured (attached to) the virtual USB
12063 controller of this machine.
12064
12065 <see>IUSBDeviceFilter, ::IUSBController</see>
12066 </desc>
12067 </attribute>
12068
12069 <method name="createDeviceFilter">
12070 <desc>
12071 Creates a new USB device filter. All attributes except
12072 the filter name are set to empty (any match),
12073 <i>active</i> is @c false (the filter is not active).
12074
12075 The created filter can then be added to the list of filters using
12076 <link to="#insertDeviceFilter"/>.
12077
12078 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
12079 The virtual machine is not mutable.
12080 </result>
12081
12082 <see>#deviceFilters</see>
12083 </desc>
12084 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
12085 <desc>
12086 Filter name. See <link to="IUSBDeviceFilter::name"/>
12087 for more info.
12088 </desc>
12089 </param>
12090 <param name="filter" type="IUSBDeviceFilter" dir="return">
12091 <desc>Created filter object.</desc>
12092 </param>
12093 </method>
12094
12095 <method name="insertDeviceFilter">
12096 <desc>
12097 Inserts the given USB device to the specified position
12098 in the list of filters.
12099
12100 Positions are numbered starting from <tt>0</tt>. If the specified
12101 position is equal to or greater than the number of elements in
12102 the list, the filter is added to the end of the collection.
12103
12104 <note>
12105 Duplicates are not allowed, so an attempt to insert a
12106 filter that is already in the collection, will return an
12107 error.
12108 </note>
12109
12110 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
12111 Virtual machine is not mutable.
12112 </result>
12113 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
12114 USB device filter not created within this VirtualBox instance.
12115 </result>
12116 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
12117 USB device filter already in list.
12118 </result>
12119
12120 <see>#deviceFilters</see>
12121 </desc>
12122 <param name="position" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
12123 <desc>Position to insert the filter to.</desc>
12124 </param>
12125 <param name="filter" type="IUSBDeviceFilter" dir="in">
12126 <desc>USB device filter to insert.</desc>
12127 </param>
12128 </method>
12129
12130 <method name="removeDeviceFilter">
12131 <desc>
12132 Removes a USB device filter from the specified position in the
12133 list of filters.
12134
12135 Positions are numbered starting from <tt>0</tt>. Specifying a
12136 position equal to or greater than the number of elements in
12137 the list will produce an error.
12138
12139 <see>#deviceFilters</see>
12140
12141 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
12142 Virtual machine is not mutable.
12143 </result>
12144 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
12145 USB device filter list empty or invalid @a position.
12146 </result>
12147
12148 </desc>
12149 <param name="position" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
12150 <desc>Position to remove the filter from.</desc>
12151 </param>
12152 <param name="filter" type="IUSBDeviceFilter" dir="return">
12153 <desc>Removed USB device filter.</desc>
12154 </param>
12155 </method>
12156
12157 </interface>
12158
12159
12160 <!--
12161 // IUSBDevice
12162 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
12163 -->
12164
12165 <interface
12166 name="IUSBDevice" extends="$unknown"
12167 uuid="f8967b0b-4483-400f-92b5-8b675d98a85b"
12168 wsmap="managed"
12169 >
12170 <desc>
12171 The IUSBDevice interface represents a virtual USB device attached to the
12172 virtual machine.
12173
12174 A collection of objects implementing this interface is stored in the
12175 <link to="IConsole::USBDevices"/> attribute which lists all USB devices
12176 attached to a running virtual machine's USB controller.
12177 </desc>
12178
12179 <attribute name="id" type="uuid" mod="string" readonly="yes">
12180 <desc>
12181 Unique USB device ID. This ID is built from #vendorId,
12182 #productId, #revision and #serialNumber.
12183 </desc>
12184 </attribute>
12185
12186 <attribute name="vendorId" type="unsigned short" readonly="yes">
12187 <desc>Vendor ID.</desc>
12188 </attribute>
12189
12190 <attribute name="productId" type="unsigned short" readonly="yes">
12191 <desc>Product ID.</desc>
12192 </attribute>
12193
12194 <attribute name="revision" type="unsigned short" readonly="yes">
12195 <desc>
12196 Product revision number. This is a packed BCD represented as
12197 unsigned short. The high byte is the integer part and the low
12198 byte is the decimal.
12199 </desc>
12200 </attribute>
12201
12202 <attribute name="manufacturer" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
12203 <desc>Manufacturer string.</desc>
12204 </attribute>
12205
12206 <attribute name="product" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
12207 <desc>Product string.</desc>
12208 </attribute>
12209
12210 <attribute name="serialNumber" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
12211 <desc>Serial number string.</desc>
12212 </attribute>
12213
12214 <attribute name="address" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
12215 <desc>Host specific address of the device.</desc>
12216 </attribute>
12217
12218 <attribute name="port" type="unsigned short" readonly="yes">
12219 <desc>
12220 Host USB port number the device is physically
12221 connected to.
12222 </desc>
12223 </attribute>
12224
12225 <attribute name="version" type="unsigned short" readonly="yes">
12226 <desc>
12227 The major USB version of the device - 1 or 2.
12228 </desc>
12229 </attribute>
12230
12231 <attribute name="portVersion" type="unsigned short" readonly="yes">
12232 <desc>
12233 The major USB version of the host USB port the device is
12234 physically connected to - 1 or 2. For devices not connected to
12235 anything this will have the same value as the version attribute.
12236 </desc>
12237 </attribute>
12238
12239 <attribute name="remote" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
12240 <desc>
12241 Whether the device is physically connected to a remote VRDE
12242 client or to a local host machine.
12243 </desc>
12244 </attribute>
12245
12246 </interface>
12247
12248
12249 <!--
12250 // IUSBDeviceFilter
12251 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
12252 -->
12253
12254 <interface
12255 name="IUSBDeviceFilter" extends="$unknown"
12256 uuid="d6831fb4-1a94-4c2c-96ef-8d0d6192066d"
12257 wsmap="managed"
12258 >
12259 <desc>
12260 The IUSBDeviceFilter interface represents an USB device filter used
12261 to perform actions on a group of USB devices.
12262
12263 This type of filters is used by running virtual machines to
12264 automatically capture selected USB devices once they are physically
12265 attached to the host computer.
12266
12267 A USB device is matched to the given device filter if and only if all
12268 attributes of the device match the corresponding attributes of the
12269 filter (that is, attributes are joined together using the logical AND
12270 operation). On the other hand, all together, filters in the list of
12271 filters carry the semantics of the logical OR operation. So if it is
12272 desirable to create a match like "this vendor id OR this product id",
12273 one needs to create two filters and specify "any match" (see below)
12274 for unused attributes.
12275
12276 All filter attributes used for matching are strings. Each string
12277 is an expression representing a set of values of the corresponding
12278 device attribute, that will match the given filter. Currently, the
12279 following filtering expressions are supported:
12280
12281 <ul>
12282 <li><i>Interval filters</i>. Used to specify valid intervals for
12283 integer device attributes (Vendor ID, Product ID and Revision).
12284 The format of the string is:
12285
12286 <tt>int:((m)|([m]-[n]))(,(m)|([m]-[n]))*</tt>
12287
12288 where <tt>m</tt> and <tt>n</tt> are integer numbers, either in octal
12289 (starting from <tt>0</tt>), hexadecimal (starting from <tt>0x</tt>)
12290 or decimal (otherwise) form, so that <tt>m &lt; n</tt>. If <tt>m</tt>
12291 is omitted before a dash (<tt>-</tt>), the minimum possible integer
12292 is assumed; if <tt>n</tt> is omitted after a dash, the maximum
12293 possible integer is assumed.
12294 </li>
12295 <li><i>Boolean filters</i>. Used to specify acceptable values for
12296 boolean device attributes. The format of the string is:
12297
12298 <tt>true|false|yes|no|0|1</tt>
12299
12300 </li>
12301 <li><i>Exact match</i>. Used to specify a single value for the given
12302 device attribute. Any string that doesn't start with <tt>int:</tt>
12303 represents the exact match. String device attributes are compared to
12304 this string including case of symbols. Integer attributes are first
12305 converted to a string (see individual filter attributes) and then
12306 compared ignoring case.
12307
12308 </li>
12309 <li><i>Any match</i>. Any value of the corresponding device attribute
12310 will match the given filter. An empty or @c null string is
12311 used to construct this type of filtering expressions.
12312
12313 </li>
12314 </ul>
12315
12316 <note>
12317 On the Windows host platform, interval filters are not currently
12318 available. Also all string filter attributes
12319 (<link to="#manufacturer"/>, <link to="#product"/>,
12320 <link to="#serialNumber"/>) are ignored, so they behave as
12321 <i>any match</i> no matter what string expression is specified.
12322 </note>
12323
12324 <see>IUSBController::deviceFilters, IHostUSBDeviceFilter</see>
12325 </desc>
12326
12327 <attribute name="name" type="wstring">
12328 <desc>
12329 Visible name for this filter.
12330 This name is used to visually distinguish one filter from another,
12331 so it can neither be @c null nor an empty string.
12332 </desc>
12333 </attribute>
12334
12335 <attribute name="active" type="boolean">
12336 <desc>Whether this filter active or has been temporarily disabled.</desc>
12337 </attribute>
12338
12339 <attribute name="vendorId" type="wstring">
12340 <desc>
12341 <link to="IUSBDevice::vendorId">Vendor ID</link> filter.
12342 The string representation for the <i>exact matching</i>
12343 has the form <tt>XXXX</tt>, where <tt>X</tt> is the hex digit
12344 (including leading zeroes).
12345 </desc>
12346 </attribute>
12347
12348 <attribute name="productId" type="wstring">
12349 <desc>
12350 <link to="IUSBDevice::productId">Product ID</link> filter.
12351 The string representation for the <i>exact matching</i>
12352 has the form <tt>XXXX</tt>, where <tt>X</tt> is the hex digit
12353 (including leading zeroes).
12354 </desc>
12355 </attribute>
12356
12357 <attribute name="revision" type="wstring">
12358 <desc>
12359 <link to="IUSBDevice::productId">Product revision number</link>
12360 filter. The string representation for the <i>exact matching</i>
12361 has the form <tt>IIFF</tt>, where <tt>I</tt> is the decimal digit
12362 of the integer part of the revision, and <tt>F</tt> is the
12363 decimal digit of its fractional part (including leading and
12364 trailing zeros).
12365 Note that for interval filters, it's best to use the hexadecimal
12366 form, because the revision is stored as a 16 bit packed BCD value;
12367 so the expression <tt>int:0x0100-0x0199</tt> will match any
12368 revision from <tt>1.0</tt> to <tt>1.99</tt>.
12369 </desc>
12370 </attribute>
12371
12372 <attribute name="manufacturer" type="wstring">
12373 <desc>
12374 <link to="IUSBDevice::manufacturer">Manufacturer</link> filter.
12375 </desc>
12376 </attribute>
12377
12378 <attribute name="product" type="wstring">
12379 <desc>
12380 <link to="IUSBDevice::product">Product</link> filter.
12381 </desc>
12382 </attribute>
12383
12384 <attribute name="serialNumber" type="wstring">
12385 <desc>
12386 <link to="IUSBDevice::serialNumber">Serial number</link> filter.
12387 </desc>
12388 </attribute>
12389
12390 <attribute name="port" type="wstring">
12391 <desc>
12392 <link to="IUSBDevice::port">Host USB port</link> filter.
12393 </desc>
12394 </attribute>
12395
12396 <attribute name="remote" type="wstring">
12397 <desc>
12398 <link to="IUSBDevice::remote">Remote state</link> filter.
12399 <note>
12400 This filter makes sense only for machine USB filters,
12401 i.e. it is ignored by IHostUSBDeviceFilter objects.
12402 </note>
12403 </desc>
12404 </attribute>
12405
12406 <attribute name="maskedInterfaces" type="unsigned long">
12407 <desc>
12408 This is an advanced option for hiding one or more USB interfaces
12409 from the guest. The value is a bit mask where the bits that are set
12410 means the corresponding USB interface should be hidden, masked off
12411 if you like.
12412 This feature only works on Linux hosts.
12413 </desc>
12414 </attribute>
12415
12416 </interface>
12417
12418
12419 <!--
12420 // IHostUSBDevice
12421 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
12422 -->
12423
12424 <enum
12425 name="USBDeviceState"
12426 uuid="b99a2e65-67fb-4882-82fd-f3e5e8193ab4"
12427 >
12428 <desc>
12429 USB device state. This enumeration represents all possible states
12430 of the USB device physically attached to the host computer regarding
12431 its state on the host computer and availability to guest computers
12432 (all currently running virtual machines).
12433
12434 Once a supported USB device is attached to the host, global USB
12435 filters (<link to="IHost::USBDeviceFilters"/>) are activated. They can
12436 either ignore the device, or put it to USBDeviceState_Held state, or do
12437 nothing. Unless the device is ignored by global filters, filters of all
12438 currently running guests (<link to="IUSBController::deviceFilters"/>) are
12439 activated that can put it to USBDeviceState_Captured state.
12440
12441 If the device was ignored by global filters, or didn't match
12442 any filters at all (including guest ones), it is handled by the host
12443 in a normal way. In this case, the device state is determined by
12444 the host and can be one of USBDeviceState_Unavailable, USBDeviceState_Busy
12445 or USBDeviceState_Available, depending on the current device usage.
12446
12447 Besides auto-capturing based on filters, the device can be manually
12448 captured by guests (<link to="IConsole::attachUSBDevice"/>) if its
12449 state is USBDeviceState_Busy, USBDeviceState_Available or
12450 USBDeviceState_Held.
12451
12452 <note>
12453 Due to differences in USB stack implementations in Linux and Win32,
12454 states USBDeviceState_Busy and USBDeviceState_Unavailable are applicable
12455 only to the Linux version of the product. This also means that (<link
12456 to="IConsole::attachUSBDevice"/>) can only succeed on Win32 if the
12457 device state is USBDeviceState_Held.
12458 </note>
12459
12460 <see>IHostUSBDevice, IHostUSBDeviceFilter</see>
12461 </desc>
12462
12463 <const name="NotSupported" value="0">
12464 <desc>
12465 Not supported by the VirtualBox server, not available to guests.
12466 </desc>
12467 </const>
12468 <const name="Unavailable" value="1">
12469 <desc>
12470 Being used by the host computer exclusively,
12471 not available to guests.
12472 </desc>
12473 </const>
12474 <const name="Busy" value="2">
12475 <desc>
12476 Being used by the host computer, potentially available to guests.
12477 </desc>
12478 </const>
12479 <const name="Available" value="3">
12480 <desc>
12481 Not used by the host computer, available to guests (the host computer
12482 can also start using the device at any time).
12483 </desc>
12484 </const>
12485 <const name="Held" value="4">
12486 <desc>
12487 Held by the VirtualBox server (ignored by the host computer),
12488 available to guests.
12489 </desc>
12490 </const>
12491 <const name="Captured" value="5">
12492 <desc>
12493 Captured by one of the guest computers, not available
12494 to anybody else.
12495 </desc>
12496 </const>
12497 </enum>
12498
12499 <interface
12500 name="IHostUSBDevice" extends="IUSBDevice"
12501 uuid="173b4b44-d268-4334-a00d-b6521c9a740a"
12502 wsmap="managed"
12503 >
12504 <desc>
12505 The IHostUSBDevice interface represents a physical USB device attached
12506 to the host computer.
12507
12508 Besides properties inherited from IUSBDevice, this interface adds the
12509 <link to="#state"/> property that holds the current state of the USB
12510 device.
12511
12512 <see>IHost::USBDevices, IHost::USBDeviceFilters</see>
12513 </desc>
12514
12515 <attribute name="state" type="USBDeviceState" readonly="yes">
12516 <desc>
12517 Current state of the device.
12518 </desc>
12519 </attribute>
12520
12521 <!-- @todo add class, subclass, bandwidth, configs, interfaces endpoints and such later. -->
12522
12523 </interface>
12524
12525
12526 <!--
12527 // IHostUSBDeviceFilter
12528 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
12529 -->
12530
12531 <enum
12532 name="USBDeviceFilterAction"
12533 uuid="cbc30a49-2f4e-43b5-9da6-121320475933"
12534 >
12535 <desc>
12536 Actions for host USB device filters.
12537 <see>IHostUSBDeviceFilter, USBDeviceState</see>
12538 </desc>
12539
12540 <const name="Null" value="0">
12541 <desc>Null value (never used by the API).</desc>
12542 </const>
12543 <const name="Ignore" value="1">
12544 <desc>Ignore the matched USB device.</desc>
12545 </const>
12546 <const name="Hold" value="2">
12547 <desc>Hold the matched USB device.</desc>
12548 </const>
12549 </enum>
12550
12551 <interface
12552 name="IHostUSBDeviceFilter" extends="IUSBDeviceFilter"
12553 uuid="4cc70246-d74a-400f-8222-3900489c0374"
12554 wsmap="managed"
12555 >
12556 <desc>
12557 The IHostUSBDeviceFilter interface represents a global filter for a
12558 physical USB device used by the host computer. Used indirectly in
12559 <link to="IHost::USBDeviceFilters"/>.
12560
12561 Using filters of this type, the host computer determines the initial
12562 state of the USB device after it is physically attached to the
12563 host's USB controller.
12564
12565 <note>
12566 The <link to="IUSBDeviceFilter::remote"/> attribute is ignored by this type of
12567 filters, because it makes sense only for
12568 <link to="IUSBController::deviceFilters">machine USB filters</link>.
12569 </note>
12570
12571 <see>IHost::USBDeviceFilters</see>
12572 </desc>
12573
12574 <attribute name="action" type="USBDeviceFilterAction">
12575 <desc>
12576 Action performed by the host when an attached USB device
12577 matches this filter.
12578 </desc>
12579 </attribute>
12580
12581 </interface>
12582
12583 <!--
12584 // IAudioAdapter
12585 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
12586 -->
12587
12588 <enum
12589 name="AudioDriverType"
12590 uuid="4bcc3d73-c2fe-40db-b72f-0c2ca9d68496"
12591 >
12592 <desc>
12593 Host audio driver type.
12594 </desc>
12595
12596 <const name="Null" value="0">
12597 <desc>Null value, also means "dummy audio driver".</desc>
12598 </const>
12599 <const name="WinMM" value="1">
12600 <desc>Windows multimedia (Windows hosts only).</desc>
12601 </const>
12602 <const name="OSS" value="2">
12603 <desc>Open Sound System (Linux hosts only).</desc>
12604 </const>
12605 <const name="ALSA" value="3">
12606 <desc>Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (Linux hosts only).</desc>
12607 </const>
12608 <const name="DirectSound" value="4">
12609 <desc>DirectSound (Windows hosts only).</desc>
12610 </const>
12611 <const name="CoreAudio" value="5">
12612 <desc>CoreAudio (Mac hosts only).</desc>
12613 </const>
12614 <const name="MMPM" value="6">
12615 <desc>Reserved for historical reasons.</desc>
12616 </const>
12617 <const name="Pulse" value="7">
12618 <desc>PulseAudio (Linux hosts only).</desc>
12619 </const>
12620 <const name="SolAudio" value="8">
12621 <desc>Solaris audio (Solaris hosts only).</desc>
12622 </const>
12623 </enum>
12624
12625 <enum
12626 name="AudioControllerType"
12627 uuid="7afd395c-42c3-444e-8788-3ce80292f36c"
12628 >
12629 <desc>
12630 Virtual audio controller type.
12631 </desc>
12632
12633 <const name="AC97" value="0"/>
12634 <const name="SB16" value="1"/>
12635 <const name="HDA" value="2"/>
12636 </enum>
12637
12638 <interface
12639 name="IAudioAdapter" extends="$unknown"
12640 uuid="921873db-5f3f-4b69-91f9-7be9e535a2cb"
12641 wsmap="managed"
12642 >
12643 <desc>
12644 The IAudioAdapter interface represents the virtual audio adapter of
12645 the virtual machine. Used in <link to="IMachine::audioAdapter"/>.
12646 </desc>
12647 <attribute name="enabled" type="boolean">
12648 <desc>
12649 Flag whether the audio adapter is present in the
12650 guest system. If disabled, the virtual guest hardware will
12651 not contain any audio adapter. Can only be changed when
12652 the VM is not running.
12653 </desc>
12654 </attribute>
12655 <attribute name="audioController" type="AudioControllerType">
12656 <desc>
12657 The audio hardware we emulate.
12658 </desc>
12659 </attribute>
12660 <attribute name="audioDriver" type="AudioDriverType">
12661 <desc>
12662 Audio driver the adapter is connected to. This setting
12663 can only be changed when the VM is not running.
12664 </desc>
12665 </attribute>
12666 </interface>
12667
12668 <enum
12669 name="AuthType"
12670 uuid="7eef6ef6-98c2-4dc2-ab35-10d2b292028d"
12671 >
12672 <desc>
12673 VirtualBox authentication type.
12674 </desc>
12675
12676 <const name="Null" value="0">
12677 <desc>Null value, also means "no authentication".</desc>
12678 </const>
12679 <const name="External" value="1"/>
12680 <const name="Guest" value="2"/>
12681 </enum>
12682
12683 <!--
12684 // IVRDEServer
12685 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
12686 -->
12687
12688 <interface
12689 name="IVRDEServer" extends="$unknown"
12690 uuid="444e5d4a-ecd9-4c38-af95-a2fbfd69b486"
12691 wsmap="managed"
12692 >
12693 <attribute name="enabled" type="boolean">
12694 <desc>VRDE server status.</desc>
12695 </attribute>
12696
12697 <attribute name="authType" type="AuthType">
12698 <desc>VRDE authentication method.</desc>
12699 </attribute>
12700
12701 <attribute name="authTimeout" type="unsigned long">
12702 <desc>Timeout for guest authentication. Milliseconds.</desc>
12703 </attribute>
12704
12705 <attribute name="allowMultiConnection" type="boolean">
12706 <desc>
12707 Flag whether multiple simultaneous connections to the VM are permitted.
12708 Note that this will be replaced by a more powerful mechanism in the future.
12709 </desc>
12710 </attribute>
12711
12712 <attribute name="reuseSingleConnection" type="boolean">
12713 <desc>
12714 Flag whether the existing connection must be dropped and a new connection
12715 must be established by the VRDE server, when a new client connects in single
12716 connection mode.
12717 </desc>
12718 </attribute>
12719
12720 <attribute name="videoChannel" type="boolean">
12721 <desc>
12722 Flag whether video redirectiron channel is enabled.
12723 </desc>
12724 </attribute>
12725
12726 <attribute name="videoChannelQuality" type="unsigned long">
12727 <desc>
12728 Image quality in percents.
12729 </desc>
12730 </attribute>
12731
12732 <attribute name="VRDEExtPack" type="wstring">
12733 <desc>
12734 The name of Extension Pack providing VRDE for this VM. Overrides
12735 <link to="ISystemProperties::defaultVRDEExtPack"/>.
12736 </desc>
12737 </attribute>
12738
12739 <attribute name="AuthLibrary" type="wstring">
12740 <desc>
12741 Library used for authentication of RDP clients by this VM. Overrides
12742 <link to="ISystemProperties::VRDEAuthLibrary"/>.
12743 </desc>
12744 </attribute>
12745
12746 <method name="setVRDEProperty">
12747 <desc>
12748 Sets a VRDE specific property string.
12749
12750 If you pass @c null or empty string as a key @a value, the given @a key
12751 will be deleted.
12752
12753 </desc>
12754 <param name="key" type="wstring" dir="in">
12755 <desc>Name of the key to set.</desc>
12756 </param>
12757 <param name="value" type="wstring" dir="in">
12758 <desc>Value to assign to the key.</desc>
12759 </param>
12760 </method>
12761
12762 <method name="getVRDEProperty">
12763 <desc>
12764 Returns a VRDE specific property string.
12765
12766 If the requested data @a key does not exist, this function will
12767 succeed and return an empty string in the @a value argument.
12768
12769 </desc>
12770 <param name="key" type="wstring" dir="in">
12771 <desc>Name of the key to get.</desc>
12772 </param>
12773 <param name="value" type="wstring" dir="return">
12774 <desc>Value of the requested key.</desc>
12775 </param>
12776 </method>
12777
12778 </interface>
12779
12780
12781 <!--
12782 // ISharedFolder
12783 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
12784 -->
12785
12786 <interface
12787 name="ISharedFolder" extends="$unknown"
12788 uuid="8388da11-b559-4574-a5b7-2bd7acd5cef8"
12789 wsmap="struct"
12790 >
12791 <desc>
12792 The ISharedFolder interface represents a folder in the host computer's
12793 file system accessible from the guest OS running inside a virtual
12794 machine using an associated logical name.
12795
12796 There are three types of shared folders:
12797 <ul>
12798 <li><i>Global</i> (<link to="IVirtualBox::sharedFolders"/>), shared
12799 folders available to all virtual machines.</li>
12800 <li><i>Permanent</i> (<link to="IMachine::sharedFolders"/>),
12801 VM-specific shared folders available to the given virtual machine at
12802 startup.</li>
12803 <li><i>Transient</i> (<link to="IConsole::sharedFolders"/>),
12804 VM-specific shared folders created in the session context (for
12805 example, when the virtual machine is running) and automatically
12806 discarded when the session is closed (the VM is powered off).</li>
12807 </ul>
12808
12809 Logical names of shared folders must be unique within the given scope
12810 (global, permanent or transient). However, they do not need to be unique
12811 across scopes. In this case, the definition of the shared folder in a
12812 more specific scope takes precedence over definitions in all other
12813 scopes. The order of precedence is (more specific to more general):
12814 <ol>
12815 <li>Transient definitions</li>
12816 <li>Permanent definitions</li>
12817 <li>Global definitions</li>
12818 </ol>
12819
12820 For example, if MyMachine has a shared folder named
12821 <tt>C_DRIVE</tt> (that points to <tt>C:\\</tt>), then creating a
12822 transient shared folder named <tt>C_DRIVE</tt> (that points
12823 to <tt>C:\\\\WINDOWS</tt>) will change the definition
12824 of <tt>C_DRIVE</tt> in the guest OS so
12825 that <tt>\\\\VBOXSVR\\C_DRIVE</tt> will give access
12826 to <tt>C:\\WINDOWS</tt> instead of <tt>C:\\</tt> on the host
12827 PC. Removing the transient shared folder <tt>C_DRIVE</tt> will restore
12828 the previous (permanent) definition of <tt>C_DRIVE</tt> that points
12829 to <tt>C:\\</tt> if it still exists.
12830
12831 Note that permanent and transient shared folders of different machines
12832 are in different name spaces, so they don't overlap and don't need to
12833 have unique logical names.
12834
12835 <note>
12836 Global shared folders are not implemented in the current version of the
12837 product.
12838 </note>
12839 </desc>
12840
12841 <attribute name="name" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
12842 <desc>Logical name of the shared folder.</desc>
12843 </attribute>
12844
12845 <attribute name="hostPath" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
12846 <desc>Full path to the shared folder in the host file system.</desc>
12847 </attribute>
12848
12849 <attribute name="accessible" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
12850 <desc>
12851 Whether the folder defined by the host path is currently
12852 accessible or not.
12853 For example, the folder can be inaccessible if it is placed
12854 on the network share that is not available by the time
12855 this property is read.
12856 </desc>
12857 </attribute>
12858
12859 <attribute name="writable" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
12860 <desc>
12861 Whether the folder defined by the host path is writable or
12862 not.
12863 </desc>
12864 </attribute>
12865
12866 <attribute name="autoMount" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
12867 <desc>
12868 Whether the folder gets automatically mounted by the guest or not.
12869 </desc>
12870 </attribute>
12871
12872 <attribute name="lastAccessError" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
12873 <desc>
12874 Text message that represents the result of the last accessibility
12875 check.
12876
12877 Accessibility checks are performed each time the <link to="#accessible"/>
12878 attribute is read. An empty string is returned if the last
12879 accessibility check was successful. A non-empty string indicates a
12880 failure and should normally describe a reason of the failure (for
12881 example, a file read error).
12882 </desc>
12883 </attribute>
12884
12885 </interface>
12886
12887 <!--
12888 // ISession
12889 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
12890 -->
12891
12892 <interface
12893 name="IInternalSessionControl" extends="$unknown"
12894 uuid="a2fbf834-149d-41da-ae52-0dc3b0f032b3"
12895 internal="yes"
12896 wsmap="suppress"
12897 >
12898 <method name="getPID">
12899 <desc>PID of the process that has created this Session object.
12900 </desc>
12901 <param name="pid" type="unsigned long" dir="return"/>
12902 </method>
12903
12904 <method name="getRemoteConsole">
12905 <desc>
12906 Returns the console object suitable for remote control.
12907
12908 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
12909 Session state prevents operation.
12910 </result>
12911 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
12912 Session type prevents operation.
12913 </result>
12914
12915 </desc>
12916 <param name="console" type="IConsole" dir="return"/>
12917 </method>
12918
12919 <method name="assignMachine">
12920 <desc>
12921 Assigns the machine object associated with this direct-type
12922 session or informs the session that it will be a remote one
12923 (if @a machine == @c null).
12924
12925 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
12926 Session state prevents operation.
12927 </result>
12928 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
12929 Session type prevents operation.
12930 </result>
12931
12932 </desc>
12933 <param name="machine" type="IMachine" dir="in"/>
12934 </method>
12935
12936 <method name="assignRemoteMachine">
12937 <desc>
12938 Assigns the machine and the (remote) console object associated with
12939 this remote-type session.
12940
12941 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
12942 Session state prevents operation.
12943 </result>
12944
12945 </desc>
12946 <param name="machine" type="IMachine" dir="in"/>
12947 <param name="console" type="IConsole" dir="in"/>
12948 </method>
12949
12950 <method name="updateMachineState">
12951 <desc>
12952 Updates the machine state in the VM process.
12953 Must be called only in certain cases
12954 (see the method implementation).
12955
12956 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
12957 Session state prevents operation.
12958 </result>
12959 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
12960 Session type prevents operation.
12961 </result>
12962
12963 </desc>
12964 <param name="aMachineState" type="MachineState" dir="in"/>
12965 </method>
12966
12967 <method name="uninitialize">
12968 <desc>
12969 Uninitializes (closes) this session. Used by VirtualBox to close
12970 the corresponding remote session when the direct session dies
12971 or gets closed.
12972
12973 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
12974 Session state prevents operation.
12975 </result>
12976
12977 </desc>
12978 </method>
12979
12980 <method name="onNetworkAdapterChange">
12981 <desc>
12982 Triggered when settings of a network adapter of the
12983 associated virtual machine have changed.
12984
12985 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
12986 Session state prevents operation.
12987 </result>
12988 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
12989 Session type prevents operation.
12990 </result>
12991
12992 </desc>
12993 <param name="networkAdapter" type="INetworkAdapter" dir="in"/>
12994 <param name="changeAdapter" type="boolean" dir="in"/>
12995 </method>
12996
12997 <method name="onSerialPortChange">
12998 <desc>
12999 Triggered when settings of a serial port of the
13000 associated virtual machine have changed.
13001
13002 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
13003 Session state prevents operation.
13004 </result>
13005 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
13006 Session type prevents operation.
13007 </result>
13008
13009 </desc>
13010 <param name="serialPort" type="ISerialPort" dir="in"/>
13011 </method>
13012
13013 <method name="onParallelPortChange">
13014 <desc>
13015 Triggered when settings of a parallel port of the
13016 associated virtual machine have changed.
13017
13018 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
13019 Session state prevents operation.
13020 </result>
13021 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
13022 Session type prevents operation.
13023 </result>
13024
13025 </desc>
13026 <param name="parallelPort" type="IParallelPort" dir="in"/>
13027 </method>
13028
13029 <method name="onStorageControllerChange">
13030 <desc>
13031 Triggered when settings of a storage controller of the
13032 associated virtual machine have changed.
13033
13034 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
13035 Session state prevents operation.
13036 </result>
13037 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
13038 Session type prevents operation.
13039 </result>
13040
13041 </desc>
13042 </method>
13043
13044 <method name="onMediumChange">
13045 <desc>
13046 Triggered when attached media of the
13047 associated virtual machine have changed.
13048
13049 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
13050 Session state prevents operation.
13051 </result>
13052 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
13053 Session type prevents operation.
13054 </result>
13055
13056 </desc>
13057
13058 <param name="mediumAttachment" type="IMediumAttachment" dir="in"/>
13059 <param name="force" type="boolean" dir="in"/>
13060 </method>
13061
13062 <method name="onCPUChange">
13063 <desc>
13064 Notification when a CPU changes.
13065 </desc>
13066 <param name="cpu" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
13067 <desc>The CPU which changed</desc>
13068 </param>
13069 <param name="add" type="boolean" dir="in">
13070 <desc>Flag whether the CPU was added or removed</desc>
13071 </param>
13072 </method>
13073
13074 <method name="onCPUExecutionCapChange">
13075 <desc>
13076 Notification when the CPU execution cap changes.
13077 </desc>
13078 <param name="executionCap" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
13079 <desc>The new CPU execution cap value. (1-100)</desc>
13080 </param>
13081 </method>
13082
13083 <method name="onVRDEServerChange">
13084 <desc>
13085 Triggered when settings of the VRDE server object of the
13086 associated virtual machine have changed.
13087
13088 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
13089 Session state prevents operation.
13090 </result>
13091 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
13092 Session type prevents operation.
13093 </result>
13094
13095 </desc>
13096 <param name="restart" type="boolean" dir="in">
13097 <desc>Flag whether the server must be restarted</desc>
13098 </param>
13099 </method>
13100
13101 <method name="onUSBControllerChange">
13102 <desc>
13103 Triggered when settings of the USB controller object of the
13104 associated virtual machine have changed.
13105
13106 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
13107 Session state prevents operation.
13108 </result>
13109 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
13110 Session type prevents operation.
13111 </result>
13112
13113 </desc>
13114 </method>
13115
13116 <method name="onSharedFolderChange">
13117 <desc>
13118 Triggered when a permanent (global or machine) shared folder has been
13119 created or removed.
13120 <note>
13121 We don't pass shared folder parameters in this notification because
13122 the order in which parallel notifications are delivered is not defined,
13123 therefore it could happen that these parameters were outdated by the
13124 time of processing this notification.
13125 </note>
13126
13127 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
13128 Session state prevents operation.
13129 </result>
13130 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
13131 Session type prevents operation.
13132 </result>
13133
13134 </desc>
13135 <param name="global" type="boolean" dir="in"/>
13136 </method>
13137
13138 <method name="onUSBDeviceAttach">
13139 <desc>
13140 Triggered when a request to capture a USB device (as a result
13141 of matched USB filters or direct call to
13142 <link to="IConsole::attachUSBDevice"/>) has completed.
13143 A @c null @a error object means success, otherwise it
13144 describes a failure.
13145
13146 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
13147 Session state prevents operation.
13148 </result>
13149 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
13150 Session type prevents operation.
13151 </result>
13152
13153 </desc>
13154 <param name="device" type="IUSBDevice" dir="in"/>
13155 <param name="error" type="IVirtualBoxErrorInfo" dir="in"/>
13156 <param name="maskedInterfaces" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
13157 </method>
13158
13159 <method name="onUSBDeviceDetach">
13160 <desc>
13161 Triggered when a request to release the USB device (as a result
13162 of machine termination or direct call to
13163 <link to="IConsole::detachUSBDevice"/>) has completed.
13164 A @c null @a error object means success, otherwise it
13165 describes a failure.
13166
13167 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
13168 Session state prevents operation.
13169 </result>
13170 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
13171 Session type prevents operation.
13172 </result>
13173
13174 </desc>
13175 <param name="id" type="uuid" mod="string" dir="in"/>
13176 <param name="error" type="IVirtualBoxErrorInfo" dir="in"/>
13177 </method>
13178
13179 <method name="onShowWindow">
13180 <desc>
13181 Called by <link to="IMachine::canShowConsoleWindow"/> and by
13182 <link to="IMachine::showConsoleWindow"/> in order to notify
13183 console listeners
13184 <link to="ICanShowWindowEvent"/>
13185 and <link to="IShowWindowEvent"/>.
13186
13187 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
13188 Session type prevents operation.
13189 </result>
13190
13191 </desc>
13192 <param name="check" type="boolean" dir="in"/>
13193 <param name="canShow" type="boolean" dir="out"/>
13194 <param name="winId" type="long long" dir="out"/>
13195 </method>
13196
13197 <method name="onBandwidthGroupChange">
13198 <desc>
13199 Notification when one of the bandwidth groups change.
13200 </desc>
13201 <param name="bandwidthGroup" type="IBandwidthGroup" dir="in">
13202 <desc>The bandwidth group which changed.</desc>
13203 </param>
13204 </method>
13205
13206 <method name="accessGuestProperty">
13207 <desc>
13208 Called by <link to="IMachine::getGuestProperty"/> and by
13209 <link to="IMachine::setGuestProperty"/> in order to read and
13210 modify guest properties.
13211
13212 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
13213 Machine session is not open.
13214 </result>
13215 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
13216 Session type is not direct.
13217 </result>
13218
13219 </desc>
13220 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in"/>
13221 <param name="value" type="wstring" dir="in"/>
13222 <param name="flags" type="wstring" dir="in"/>
13223 <param name="isSetter" type="boolean" dir="in"/>
13224 <param name="retValue" type="wstring" dir="out"/>
13225 <param name="retTimestamp" type="long long" dir="out"/>
13226 <param name="retFlags" type="wstring" dir="out"/>
13227 </method>
13228
13229 <method name="enumerateGuestProperties">
13230 <desc>
13231 Return a list of the guest properties matching a set of patterns along
13232 with their values, time stamps and flags.
13233
13234 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
13235 Machine session is not open.
13236 </result>
13237 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
13238 Session type is not direct.
13239 </result>
13240
13241 </desc>
13242 <param name="patterns" type="wstring" dir="in">
13243 <desc>
13244 The patterns to match the properties against as a comma-separated
13245 string. If this is empty, all properties currently set will be
13246 returned.
13247 </desc>
13248 </param>
13249 <param name="key" type="wstring" dir="out" safearray="yes">
13250 <desc>
13251 The key names of the properties returned.
13252 </desc>
13253 </param>
13254 <param name="value" type="wstring" dir="out" safearray="yes">
13255 <desc>
13256 The values of the properties returned. The array entries match the
13257 corresponding entries in the @a key array.
13258 </desc>
13259 </param>
13260 <param name="timestamp" type="long long" dir="out" safearray="yes">
13261 <desc>
13262 The time stamps of the properties returned. The array entries match
13263 the corresponding entries in the @a key array.
13264 </desc>
13265 </param>
13266 <param name="flags" type="wstring" dir="out" safearray="yes">
13267 <desc>
13268 The flags of the properties returned. The array entries match the
13269 corresponding entries in the @a key array.
13270 </desc>
13271 </param>
13272 </method>
13273
13274 <method name="onlineMergeMedium">
13275 <desc>
13276 Triggers online merging of a hard disk. Used internally when deleting
13277 a snapshot while a VM referring to the same hard disk chain is running.
13278
13279 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE">
13280 Machine session is not open.
13281 </result>
13282 <result name="VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE">
13283 Session type is not direct.
13284 </result>
13285
13286 </desc>
13287 <param name="mediumAttachment" type="IMediumAttachment" dir="in">
13288 <desc>The medium attachment to identify the medium chain.</desc>
13289 </param>
13290 <param name="sourceIdx" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
13291 <desc>The index of the source image in the chain.
13292 Redundant, but drastically reduces IPC.</desc>
13293 </param>
13294 <param name="targetIdx" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
13295 <desc>The index of the target image in the chain.
13296 Redundant, but drastically reduces IPC.</desc>
13297 </param>
13298 <param name="source" type="IMedium" dir="in">
13299 <desc>Merge source medium.</desc>
13300 </param>
13301 <param name="target" type="IMedium" dir="in">
13302 <desc>Merge target medium.</desc>
13303 </param>
13304 <param name="mergeForward" type="boolean" dir="in">
13305 <desc>Merge direction.</desc>
13306 </param>
13307 <param name="parentForTarget" type="IMedium" dir="in">
13308 <desc>For forward merges: new parent for target medium.</desc>
13309 </param>
13310 <param name="childrenToReparent" type="IMedium" safearray="yes" dir="in">
13311 <desc>For backward merges: list of media which need their parent UUID
13312 updated.</desc>
13313 </param>
13314 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="in">
13315 <desc>
13316 Progress object for this operation.
13317 </desc>
13318 </param>
13319 </method>
13320
13321 </interface>
13322
13323 <interface
13324 name="ISession" extends="$unknown"
13325 uuid="12F4DCDB-12B2-4EC1-B7CD-DDD9F6C5BF4D"
13326 wsmap="managed"
13327 >
13328 <desc>
13329 The ISession interface represents a client process and allows for locking
13330 virtual machines (represented by IMachine objects) to prevent conflicting
13331 changes to the machine.
13332
13333 Any caller wishing to manipulate a virtual machine needs to create a session
13334 object first, which lives in its own process space. Such session objects are
13335 then associated with <link to="IMachine" /> objects living in the VirtualBox
13336 server process to coordinate such changes.
13337
13338 There are two typical scenarios in which sessions are used:
13339
13340 <ul>
13341 <li>To alter machine settings or control a running virtual machine, one
13342 needs to lock a machine for a given session (client process) by calling
13343 <link to="IMachine::lockMachine"/>.
13344
13345 Whereas multiple sessions may control a running virtual machine, only
13346 one process can obtain a write lock on the machine to prevent conflicting
13347 changes. A write lock is also needed if a process wants to actually run a
13348 virtual machine in its own context, such as the VirtualBox GUI or
13349 VBoxHeadless front-ends. They must also lock a machine for their own
13350 sessions before they are allowed to power up the virtual machine.
13351
13352 As a result, no machine settings can be altered while another process is
13353 already using it, either because that process is modifying machine settings
13354 or because the machine is running.
13355 </li>
13356 <li>
13357 To start a VM using one of the existing VirtualBox front-ends (e.g. the
13358 VirtualBox GUI or VBoxHeadless), one would use
13359 <link to="IMachine::launchVMProcess"/>, which also takes a session object
13360 as its first parameter. This session then identifies the caller and lets the
13361 caller control the started machine (for example, pause machine execution or
13362 power it down) as well as be notified about machine execution state changes.
13363 </li>
13364 </ul>
13365
13366 How sessions objects are created in a client process depends on whether you use
13367 the Main API via COM or via the webservice:
13368
13369 <ul>
13370 <li>When using the COM API directly, an object of the Session class from the
13371 VirtualBox type library needs to be created. In regular COM C++ client code,
13372 this can be done by calling <tt>createLocalObject()</tt>, a standard COM API.
13373 This object will then act as a local session object in further calls to open
13374 a session.
13375 </li>
13376
13377 <li>In the webservice, the session manager (IWebsessionManager) instead creates
13378 a session object automatically whenever <link to="IWebsessionManager::logon" />
13379 is called. A managed object reference to that session object can be retrieved by
13380 calling <link to="IWebsessionManager::getSessionObject" />.
13381 </li>
13382 </ul>
13383 </desc>
13384
13385 <attribute name="state" type="SessionState" readonly="yes">
13386 <desc>Current state of this session.</desc>
13387 </attribute>
13388
13389 <attribute name="type" type="SessionType" readonly="yes">
13390 <desc>
13391 Type of this session. The value of this attribute is valid only
13392 if the session currently has a machine locked (i.e. its
13393 <link to="#state" /> is Locked), otherwise an error will be returned.
13394 </desc>
13395 </attribute>
13396
13397 <attribute name="machine" type="IMachine" readonly="yes">
13398 <desc>Machine object associated with this session.</desc>
13399 </attribute>
13400
13401 <attribute name="console" type="IConsole" readonly="yes">
13402 <desc>Console object associated with this session.</desc>
13403 </attribute>
13404
13405 <method name="unlockMachine">
13406 <desc>
13407 Unlocks a machine that was previously locked for the current session.
13408
13409 Calling this method is required every time a machine has been locked
13410 for a particular session using the <link to="IMachine::launchVMProcess" />
13411 or <link to="IMachine::lockMachine" /> calls. Otherwise the state of
13412 the machine will be set to <link to="MachineState_Aborted" /> on the
13413 server, and changes made to the machine settings will be lost.
13414
13415 Generally, it is recommended to unlock all machines explicitly
13416 before terminating the application (regardless of the reason for
13417 the termination).
13418
13419 <note>
13420 Do not expect the session state (<link to="ISession::state" />
13421 to return to "Unlocked" immediately after you invoke this method,
13422 particularly if you have started a new VM process. The session
13423 state will automatically return to "Unlocked" once the VM is no
13424 longer executing, which can of course take a very long time.
13425 </note>
13426
13427 <result name="E_UNEXPECTED">
13428 Session is not locked.
13429 </result>
13430
13431 </desc>
13432 </method>
13433
13434 </interface>
13435
13436 <!--
13437 // IStorageController
13438 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
13439 -->
13440
13441 <enum
13442 name="StorageBus"
13443 uuid="eee67ab3-668d-4ef5-91e0-7025fe4a0d7a"
13444 >
13445 <desc>
13446 The bus type of the storage controller (IDE, SATA, SCSI, SAS or Floppy);
13447 see <link to="IStorageController::bus" />.
13448 </desc>
13449 <const name="Null" value="0">
13450 <desc>@c null value. Never used by the API.</desc>
13451 </const>
13452 <const name="IDE" value="1"/>
13453 <const name="SATA" value="2"/>
13454 <const name="SCSI" value="3"/>
13455 <const name="Floppy" value="4"/>
13456 <const name="SAS" value="5"/>
13457 </enum>
13458
13459 <enum
13460 name="StorageControllerType"
13461 uuid="8a412b8a-f43e-4456-bd37-b474f0879a58"
13462 >
13463 <desc>
13464 The exact variant of storage controller hardware presented
13465 to the guest; see <link to="IStorageController::controllerType" />.
13466 </desc>
13467
13468 <const name="Null" value="0">
13469 <desc>@c null value. Never used by the API.</desc>
13470 </const>
13471 <const name="LsiLogic" value="1">
13472 <desc>A SCSI controller of the LsiLogic variant.</desc>
13473 </const>
13474 <const name="BusLogic" value="2">
13475 <desc>A SCSI controller of the BusLogic variant.</desc>
13476 </const>
13477 <const name="IntelAhci" value="3">
13478 <desc>An Intel AHCI SATA controller; this is the only variant for SATA.</desc>
13479 </const>
13480 <const name="PIIX3" value="4">
13481 <desc>An IDE controller of the PIIX3 variant.</desc>
13482 </const>
13483 <const name="PIIX4" value="5">
13484 <desc>An IDE controller of the PIIX4 variant.</desc>
13485 </const>
13486 <const name="ICH6" value="6">
13487 <desc>An IDE controller of the ICH6 variant.</desc>
13488 </const>
13489 <const name="I82078" value="7">
13490 <desc>A floppy disk controller; this is the only variant for floppy drives.</desc>
13491 </const>
13492 <const name="LsiLogicSas" value="8">
13493 <desc>A variant of the LsiLogic controller using SAS.</desc>
13494 </const>
13495 </enum>
13496
13497 <enum
13498 name="ChipsetType"
13499 uuid="8b4096a8-a7c3-4d3b-bbb1-05a0a51ec394"
13500 >
13501 <desc>
13502 Type of emulated chipset (mostly southbridge).
13503 </desc>
13504
13505 <const name="Null" value="0">
13506 <desc>@c null value. Never used by the API.</desc>
13507 </const>
13508 <const name="PIIX3" value="1">
13509 <desc>A PIIX3 (PCI IDE ISA Xcelerator) chipset.</desc>
13510 </const>
13511 <const name="ICH9" value="2">
13512 <desc>A ICH9 (I/O Controller Hub) chipset.</desc>
13513 </const>
13514 </enum>
13515
13516 <interface
13517 name="IStorageController" extends="$unknown"
13518 uuid="a1556333-09b6-46d9-bfb7-fc239b7fbe1e"
13519 wsmap="managed"
13520 >
13521 <desc>
13522 Represents a storage controller that is attached to a virtual machine
13523 (<link to="IMachine" />). Just as drives (hard disks, DVDs, FDs) are
13524 attached to storage controllers in a real computer, virtual drives
13525 (represented by <link to="IMediumAttachment" />) are attached to virtual
13526 storage controllers, represented by this interface.
13527
13528 As opposed to physical hardware, VirtualBox has a very generic concept
13529 of a storage controller, and for purposes of the Main API, all virtual
13530 storage is attached to virtual machines via instances of this interface.
13531 There are five types of such virtual storage controllers: IDE, SCSI, SATA,
13532 SAS and Floppy (see <link to="#bus" />). Depending on which of these four
13533 is used, certain sub-types may be available and can be selected in
13534 <link to="#controllerType" />.
13535
13536 Depending on these settings, the guest operating system might see
13537 significantly different virtual hardware.
13538 </desc>
13539
13540 <attribute name="name" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
13541 <desc>
13542 Name of the storage controller, as originally specified with
13543 <link to="IMachine::addStorageController" />. This then uniquely
13544 identifies this controller with other method calls such as
13545 <link to="IMachine::attachDevice" /> and <link to="IMachine::mountMedium" />.
13546 </desc>
13547 </attribute>
13548
13549 <attribute name="maxDevicesPerPortCount" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
13550 <desc>
13551 Maximum number of devices which can be attached to one port.
13552 </desc>
13553 </attribute>
13554
13555 <attribute name="minPortCount" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
13556 <desc>
13557 Minimum number of ports that <link to="IStorageController::portCount"/> can be set to.
13558 </desc>
13559 </attribute>
13560
13561 <attribute name="maxPortCount" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
13562 <desc>
13563 Maximum number of ports that <link to="IStorageController::portCount"/> can be set to.
13564 </desc>
13565 </attribute>
13566
13567 <attribute name="instance" type="unsigned long">
13568 <desc>
13569 The instance number of the device in the running VM.
13570 </desc>
13571 </attribute>
13572
13573 <attribute name="portCount" type="unsigned long">
13574 <desc>
13575 The number of currently usable ports on the controller.
13576 The minimum and maximum number of ports for one controller are
13577 stored in <link to="IStorageController::minPortCount"/>
13578 and <link to="IStorageController::maxPortCount"/>.
13579 </desc>
13580 </attribute>
13581
13582 <attribute name="bus" type="StorageBus" readonly="yes">
13583 <desc>
13584 The bus type of the storage controller (IDE, SATA, SCSI, SAS or Floppy).
13585 </desc>
13586 </attribute>
13587
13588 <attribute name="controllerType" type="StorageControllerType">
13589 <desc>
13590 The exact variant of storage controller hardware presented
13591 to the guest.
13592 Depending on this value, VirtualBox will provide a different
13593 virtual storage controller hardware to the guest.
13594 For SATA, SAS and floppy controllers, only one variant is
13595 available, but for IDE and SCSI, there are several.
13596
13597 For SCSI controllers, the default type is LsiLogic.
13598 </desc>
13599 </attribute>
13600
13601 <attribute name="useHostIOCache" type="boolean">
13602 <desc>
13603 If true, the storage controller emulation will use a dedicated I/O thread, enable the host I/O
13604 caches and use synchronous file APIs on the host. This was the only option in the API before
13605 VirtualBox 3.2 and is still the default for IDE controllers.
13606
13607 If false, the host I/O cache will be disabled for image files attached to this storage controller.
13608 Instead, the storage controller emulation will use asynchronous I/O APIs on the host. This makes
13609 it possible to turn off the host I/O caches because the emulation can handle unaligned access to
13610 the file. This should be used on OS X and Linux hosts if a high I/O load is expected or many
13611 virtual machines are running at the same time to prevent I/O cache related hangs.
13612 This option new with the API of VirtualBox 3.2 and is now the default for non-IDE storage controllers.
13613 </desc>
13614 </attribute>
13615
13616 <attribute name="bootable" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
13617 <desc>
13618 Returns whether it is possible to boot from disks attached to this controller.
13619 </desc>
13620 </attribute>
13621
13622 <method name="getIDEEmulationPort">
13623 <desc>
13624 Gets the corresponding port number which is emulated as an IDE device.
13625 Works only with SATA controllers.
13626
13627 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
13628 The @a devicePosition is not in the range 0 to 3.
13629 </result>
13630 <result name="E_NOTIMPL">
13631 The storage controller type is not SATAIntelAhci.
13632 </result>
13633
13634 </desc>
13635 <param name="devicePosition" type="long" dir="in"/>
13636 <param name="portNumber" type="long" dir="return"/>
13637 </method>
13638
13639 <method name="setIDEEmulationPort">
13640 <desc>
13641 Sets the port number which is emulated as an IDE device.
13642 Works only with SATA controllers.
13643
13644 <result name="E_INVALIDARG">
13645 The @a devicePosition is not in the range 0 to 3 or the
13646 @a portNumber is not in the range 0 to 29.
13647 </result>
13648 <result name="E_NOTIMPL">
13649 The storage controller type is not SATAIntelAhci.
13650 </result>
13651
13652 </desc>
13653 <param name="devicePosition" type="long" dir="in"/>
13654 <param name="portNumber" type="long" dir="in"/>
13655 </method>
13656
13657 </interface>
13658
13659<if target="wsdl">
13660
13661 <!--
13662 // IManagedObjectRef
13663 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
13664 -->
13665
13666 <interface
13667 name="IManagedObjectRef" extends="$unknown"
13668 uuid="9474d09d-2313-46de-b568-a42b8718e8ed"
13669 internal="yes"
13670 wsmap="managed"
13671 wscpp="hardcoded"
13672 >
13673 <desc>
13674 Managed object reference.
13675
13676 Only within the webservice, a managed object reference (which is really
13677 an opaque number) allows a webservice client to address an object
13678 that lives in the address space of the webservice server.
13679
13680 Behind each managed object reference, there is a COM object that lives
13681 in the webservice server's address space. The COM object is not freed
13682 until the managed object reference is released, either by an explicit
13683 call to <link to="IManagedObjectRef::release" /> or by logging off from
13684 the webservice (<link to="IWebsessionManager::logoff" />), which releases
13685 all objects created during the webservice session.
13686
13687 Whenever a method call of the VirtualBox API returns a COM object, the
13688 webservice representation of that method will instead return a
13689 managed object reference, which can then be used to invoke methods
13690 on that object.
13691 </desc>
13692
13693 <method name="getInterfaceName">
13694 <desc>
13695 Returns the name of the interface that this managed object represents,
13696 for example, "IMachine", as a string.
13697 </desc>
13698 <param name="return" type="wstring" dir="return"/>
13699 </method>
13700
13701 <method name="release">
13702 <desc>
13703 Releases this managed object reference and frees the resources that
13704 were allocated for it in the webservice server process. After calling
13705 this method, the identifier of the reference can no longer be used.
13706 </desc>
13707 </method>
13708
13709 </interface>
13710
13711 <!--
13712 // IWebsessionManager
13713 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
13714 -->
13715
13716 <interface
13717 name="IWebsessionManager" extends="$unknown"
13718 uuid="dea1b4c7-2de3-418a-850d-7868617f7733"
13719 internal="yes"
13720 wsmap="global"
13721 wscpp="hardcoded"
13722 >
13723 <desc>
13724 Websession manager. This provides essential services
13725 to webservice clients.
13726 </desc>
13727 <method name="logon">
13728 <desc>
13729 Logs a new client onto the webservice and returns a managed object reference to
13730 the IVirtualBox instance, which the client can then use as a basis to further
13731 queries, since all calls to the VirtualBox API are based on the IVirtualBox
13732 interface, in one way or the other.
13733 </desc>
13734 <param name="username" type="wstring" dir="in"/>
13735 <param name="password" type="wstring" dir="in"/>
13736 <param name="return" type="IVirtualBox" dir="return"/>
13737 </method>
13738
13739 <method name="getSessionObject">
13740 <desc>
13741 Returns a managed object reference to the internal ISession object that was created
13742 for this web service session when the client logged on.
13743
13744 <see>ISession</see>
13745 </desc>
13746 <param name="refIVirtualBox" type="IVirtualBox" dir="in"/>
13747 <param name="return" type="ISession" dir="return"/>
13748 </method>
13749
13750 <method name="logoff">
13751 <desc>
13752 Logs off the client who has previously logged on with <link to="IWebsessionManager::logoff" />
13753 and destroys all resources associated with the session (most importantly, all
13754 managed objects created in the server while the session was active).
13755 </desc>
13756 <param name="refIVirtualBox" type="IVirtualBox" dir="in"/>
13757 </method>
13758
13759 </interface>
13760
13761</if>
13762
13763 <!--
13764 // IPerformanceCollector & friends
13765 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
13766 -->
13767
13768 <interface
13769 name="IPerformanceMetric" extends="$unknown"
13770 uuid="2a1a60ae-9345-4019-ad53-d34ba41cbfe9" wsmap="managed"
13771 >
13772 <desc>
13773 The IPerformanceMetric interface represents parameters of the given
13774 performance metric.
13775 </desc>
13776
13777 <attribute name="metricName" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
13778 <desc>
13779 Name of the metric.
13780 </desc>
13781 </attribute>
13782
13783 <attribute name="object" type="$unknown" readonly="yes">
13784 <desc>
13785 Object this metric belongs to.
13786 </desc>
13787 </attribute>
13788
13789 <attribute name="description" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
13790 <desc>
13791 Textual description of the metric.
13792 </desc>
13793 </attribute>
13794
13795 <attribute name="period" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
13796 <desc>
13797 Time interval between samples, measured in seconds.
13798 </desc>
13799 </attribute>
13800
13801 <attribute name="count" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
13802 <desc>
13803 Number of recent samples retained by the performance collector for this
13804 metric.
13805
13806 When the collected sample count exceeds this number, older samples
13807 are discarded.
13808 </desc>
13809 </attribute>
13810
13811 <attribute name="unit" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
13812 <desc>
13813 Unit of measurement.
13814 </desc>
13815 </attribute>
13816
13817 <attribute name="minimumValue" type="long" readonly="yes">
13818 <desc>
13819 Minimum possible value of this metric.
13820 </desc>
13821 </attribute>
13822
13823 <attribute name="maximumValue" type="long" readonly="yes">
13824 <desc>
13825 Maximum possible value of this metric.
13826 </desc>
13827 </attribute>
13828 </interface>
13829
13830 <interface
13831 name="IPerformanceCollector" extends="$unknown"
13832 uuid="e22e1acb-ac4a-43bb-a31c-17321659b0c6"
13833 wsmap="managed"
13834 >
13835 <desc>
13836 The IPerformanceCollector interface represents a service that collects
13837 and stores performance metrics data.
13838
13839 Performance metrics are associated with objects of interfaces like IHost
13840 and IMachine. Each object has a distinct set of performance metrics. The
13841 set can be obtained with <link to="IPerformanceCollector::getMetrics"/>.
13842
13843 Metric data is collected at the specified intervals and is retained
13844 internally. The interval and the number of retained samples can be set
13845 with <link to="IPerformanceCollector::setupMetrics" />. Both metric data
13846 and collection settings are not persistent, they are discarded as soon as
13847 VBoxSVC process terminates. Moreover, metric settings and data associated
13848 with a particular VM only exist while VM is running. They disappear as
13849 soon as VM shuts down. It is not possible to set up metrics for machines
13850 that are powered off. One needs to start VM first, then set up metric
13851 collection parameters.
13852
13853 Metrics are organized hierarchically, with each level separated by a
13854 slash (/) character. Generally, the scheme for metric names is like this:
13855
13856 <tt>Category/Metric[/SubMetric][:aggregation]</tt>
13857
13858 "Category/Metric" together form the base metric name. A base metric is
13859 the smallest unit for which a sampling interval and the number of
13860 retained samples can be set. Only base metrics can be enabled and
13861 disabled. All sub-metrics are collected when their base metric is
13862 collected. Collected values for any set of sub-metrics can be queried
13863 with <link to="IPerformanceCollector::queryMetricsData" />.
13864
13865 For example "CPU/Load/User:avg" metric name stands for the "CPU"
13866 category, "Load" metric, "User" submetric, "average" aggregate. An
13867 aggregate function is computed over all retained data. Valid aggregate
13868 functions are:
13869
13870 <ul>
13871 <li>avg -- average</li>
13872 <li>min -- minimum</li>
13873 <li>max -- maximum</li>
13874 </ul>
13875
13876 When setting up metric parameters, querying metric data, enabling or
13877 disabling metrics wildcards can be used in metric names to specify a
13878 subset of metrics. For example, to select all CPU-related metrics
13879 use <tt>CPU/*</tt>, all averages can be queried using <tt>*:avg</tt> and
13880 so on. To query metric values without aggregates <tt>*:</tt> can be used.
13881
13882 The valid names for base metrics are:
13883
13884 <ul>
13885 <li>CPU/Load</li>
13886 <li>CPU/MHz</li>
13887 <li>RAM/Usage</li>
13888 </ul>
13889
13890 The general sequence for collecting and retrieving the metrics is:
13891 <ul>
13892 <li>
13893 Obtain an instance of IPerformanceCollector with
13894 <link to="IVirtualBox::performanceCollector" />
13895 </li>
13896 <li>
13897 Allocate and populate an array with references to objects the metrics
13898 will be collected for. Use references to IHost and IMachine objects.
13899 </li>
13900 <li>
13901 Allocate and populate an array with base metric names the data will
13902 be collected for.
13903 </li>
13904 <li>
13905 Call <link to="IPerformanceCollector::setupMetrics" />. From now on
13906 the metric data will be collected and stored.
13907 </li>
13908 <li>
13909 Wait for the data to get collected.
13910 </li>
13911 <li>
13912 Allocate and populate an array with references to objects the metric
13913 values will be queried for. You can re-use the object array used for
13914 setting base metrics.
13915 </li>
13916 <li>
13917 Allocate and populate an array with metric names the data will be
13918 collected for. Note that metric names differ from base metric names.
13919 </li>
13920 <li>
13921 Call <link to="IPerformanceCollector::queryMetricsData" />. The data
13922 that have been collected so far are returned. Note that the values
13923 are still retained internally and data collection continues.
13924 </li>
13925 </ul>
13926
13927 For an example of usage refer to the following files in VirtualBox SDK:
13928 <ul>
13929 <li>
13930 Java: <tt>bindings/webservice/java/jax-ws/samples/metrictest.java</tt>
13931 </li>
13932 <li>
13933 Python: <tt>bindings/xpcom/python/sample/shellcommon.py</tt>
13934 </li>
13935 </ul>
13936 </desc>
13937
13938 <attribute name="metricNames" type="wstring" readonly="yes" safearray="yes">
13939 <desc>
13940 Array of unique names of metrics.
13941
13942 This array represents all metrics supported by the performance
13943 collector. Individual objects do not necessarily support all of them.
13944 <link to="IPerformanceCollector::getMetrics"/> can be used to get the
13945 list of supported metrics for a particular object.
13946 </desc>
13947 </attribute>
13948
13949 <method name="getMetrics">
13950 <desc>
13951 Returns parameters of specified metrics for a set of objects.
13952 <note>
13953 @c Null metrics array means all metrics. @c Null object array means
13954 all existing objects.
13955 </note>
13956 </desc>
13957 <param name="metricNames" type="wstring" dir="in" safearray="yes">
13958 <desc>
13959 Metric name filter. Currently, only a comma-separated list of metrics
13960 is supported.
13961 </desc>
13962 </param>
13963 <param name="objects" type="$unknown" dir="in" safearray="yes">
13964 <desc>
13965 Set of objects to return metric parameters for.
13966 </desc>
13967 </param>
13968 <param name="metrics" type="IPerformanceMetric" dir="return" safearray="yes">
13969 <desc>
13970 Array of returned metric parameters.
13971 </desc>
13972 </param>
13973 </method>
13974
13975 <method name="setupMetrics">
13976 <desc>
13977 Sets parameters of specified base metrics for a set of objects. Returns
13978 an array of <link to="IPerformanceMetric" /> describing the metrics
13979 have been affected.
13980 <note>
13981 @c Null or empty metric name array means all metrics. @c Null or
13982 empty object array means all existing objects. If metric name array
13983 contains a single element and object array contains many, the single
13984 metric name array element is applied to each object array element to
13985 form metric/object pairs.
13986 </note>
13987 </desc>
13988 <param name="metricNames" type="wstring" dir="in" safearray="yes">
13989 <desc>
13990 Metric name filter. Comma-separated list of metrics with wildcard
13991 support.
13992 </desc>
13993 </param>
13994 <param name="objects" type="$unknown" dir="in" safearray="yes">
13995 <desc>
13996 Set of objects to setup metric parameters for.
13997 </desc>
13998 </param>
13999 <param name="period" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
14000 <desc>
14001 Time interval in seconds between two consecutive samples of
14002 performance data.
14003 </desc>
14004 </param>
14005 <param name="count" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
14006 <desc>
14007 Number of samples to retain in performance data history. Older
14008 samples get discarded.
14009 </desc>
14010 </param>
14011 <param name="affectedMetrics" type="IPerformanceMetric" dir="return" safearray="yes">
14012 <desc>
14013 Array of metrics that have been modified by the call to this method.
14014 </desc>
14015 </param>
14016 </method>
14017
14018 <method name="enableMetrics">
14019 <desc>
14020 Turns on collecting specified base metrics. Returns an array of
14021 <link to="IPerformanceMetric" /> describing the metrics have been
14022 affected.
14023 <note>
14024 @c Null or empty metric name array means all metrics. @c Null or
14025 empty object array means all existing objects. If metric name array
14026 contains a single element and object array contains many, the single
14027 metric name array element is applied to each object array element to
14028 form metric/object pairs.
14029 </note>
14030 </desc>
14031 <param name="metricNames" type="wstring" dir="in" safearray="yes">
14032 <desc>
14033 Metric name filter. Comma-separated list of metrics with wildcard
14034 support.
14035 </desc>
14036 </param>
14037 <param name="objects" type="$unknown" dir="in" safearray="yes">
14038 <desc>
14039 Set of objects to enable metrics for.
14040 </desc>
14041 </param>
14042 <param name="affectedMetrics" type="IPerformanceMetric" dir="return" safearray="yes">
14043 <desc>
14044 Array of metrics that have been modified by the call to this method.
14045 </desc>
14046 </param>
14047 </method>
14048
14049 <method name="disableMetrics">
14050 <desc>
14051 Turns off collecting specified base metrics. Returns an array of
14052 <link to="IPerformanceMetric" /> describing the metrics have been
14053 affected.
14054 <note>
14055 @c Null or empty metric name array means all metrics. @c Null or
14056 empty object array means all existing objects. If metric name array
14057 contains a single element and object array contains many, the single
14058 metric name array element is applied to each object array element to
14059 form metric/object pairs.
14060 </note>
14061 </desc>
14062 <param name="metricNames" type="wstring" dir="in" safearray="yes">
14063 <desc>
14064 Metric name filter. Comma-separated list of metrics with wildcard
14065 support.
14066 </desc>
14067 </param>
14068 <param name="objects" type="$unknown" dir="in" safearray="yes">
14069 <desc>
14070 Set of objects to disable metrics for.
14071 </desc>
14072 </param>
14073 <param name="affectedMetrics" type="IPerformanceMetric" dir="return" safearray="yes">
14074 <desc>
14075 Array of metrics that have been modified by the call to this method.
14076 </desc>
14077 </param>
14078 </method>
14079
14080 <method name="queryMetricsData">
14081 <desc>
14082 Queries collected metrics data for a set of objects.
14083
14084 The data itself and related metric information are returned in seven
14085 parallel and one flattened array of arrays. Elements of
14086 <tt>returnMetricNames, returnObjects, returnUnits, returnScales,
14087 returnSequenceNumbers, returnDataIndices and returnDataLengths</tt> with
14088 the same index describe one set of values corresponding to a single
14089 metric.
14090
14091 The <tt>returnData</tt> parameter is a flattened array of arrays. Each
14092 start and length of a sub-array is indicated by
14093 <tt>returnDataIndices</tt> and <tt>returnDataLengths</tt>. The first
14094 value for metric <tt>metricNames[i]</tt> is at
14095 <tt>returnData[returnIndices[i]]</tt>.
14096
14097 <note>
14098 @c Null or empty metric name array means all metrics. @c Null or
14099 empty object array means all existing objects. If metric name array
14100 contains a single element and object array contains many, the single
14101 metric name array element is applied to each object array element to
14102 form metric/object pairs.
14103 </note>
14104 <note>
14105 Data collection continues behind the scenes after call to @c
14106 queryMetricsData. The return data can be seen as the snapshot of the
14107 current state at the time of @c queryMetricsData call. The internally
14108 kept metric values are not cleared by the call. This makes possible
14109 querying different subsets of metrics or aggregates with subsequent
14110 calls. If periodic querying is needed it is highly suggested to query
14111 the values with @c interval*count period to avoid confusion. This way
14112 a completely new set of data values will be provided by each query.
14113 </note>
14114 </desc>
14115 <param name="metricNames" type="wstring" dir="in" safearray="yes">
14116 <desc>
14117 Metric name filter. Comma-separated list of metrics with wildcard
14118 support.
14119 </desc>
14120 </param>
14121 <param name="objects" type="$unknown" dir="in" safearray="yes">
14122 <desc>
14123 Set of objects to query metrics for.
14124 </desc>
14125 </param>
14126 <param name="returnMetricNames" type="wstring" dir="out" safearray="yes">
14127 <desc>
14128 Names of metrics returned in @c returnData.
14129 </desc>
14130 </param>
14131 <param name="returnObjects" type="$unknown" dir="out" safearray="yes">
14132 <desc>
14133 Objects associated with metrics returned in @c returnData.
14134 </desc>
14135 </param>
14136 <param name="returnUnits" type="wstring" dir="out" safearray="yes">
14137 <desc>
14138 Units of measurement for each returned metric.
14139 </desc>
14140 </param>
14141 <param name="returnScales" type="unsigned long" dir="out" safearray="yes">
14142 <desc>
14143 Divisor that should be applied to return values in order to get
14144 floating point values. For example:
14145 <tt>(double)returnData[returnDataIndices[0]+i] / returnScales[0]</tt>
14146 will retrieve the floating point value of i-th sample of the first
14147 metric.
14148 </desc>
14149 </param>
14150 <param name="returnSequenceNumbers" type="unsigned long" dir="out" safearray="yes">
14151 <desc>
14152 Sequence numbers of the first elements of value sequences of
14153 particular metrics returned in @c returnData. For aggregate metrics
14154 it is the sequence number of the sample the aggregate started
14155 calculation from.
14156 </desc>
14157 </param>
14158 <param name="returnDataIndices" type="unsigned long" dir="out" safearray="yes">
14159 <desc>
14160 Indices of the first elements of value sequences of particular
14161 metrics returned in @c returnData.
14162 </desc>
14163 </param>
14164 <param name="returnDataLengths" type="unsigned long" dir="out" safearray="yes">
14165 <desc>
14166 Lengths of value sequences of particular metrics.
14167 </desc>
14168 </param>
14169 <param name="returnData" type="long" dir="return" safearray="yes">
14170 <desc>
14171 Flattened array of all metric data containing sequences of values for
14172 each metric.
14173 </desc>
14174 </param>
14175 </method>
14176
14177 </interface>
14178
14179 <enum
14180 name="NATAliasMode"
14181 uuid="67772168-50d9-11df-9669-7fb714ee4fa1"
14182 >
14183 <desc></desc>
14184 <const name="AliasLog" value="0x1">
14185 <desc></desc>
14186 </const>
14187 <const name="AliasProxyOnly" value="0x02">
14188 <desc></desc>
14189 </const>
14190 <const name="AliasUseSamePorts" value="0x04">
14191 <desc></desc>
14192 </const>
14193 </enum>
14194
14195 <enum
14196 name="NATProtocol"
14197 uuid="e90164be-eb03-11de-94af-fff9b1c1b19f"
14198 >
14199 <desc>Protocol definitions used with NAT port-forwarding rules.</desc>
14200 <const name="UDP" value="0">
14201 <desc>Port-forwarding uses UDP protocol.</desc>
14202 </const>
14203 <const name="TCP" value="1">
14204 <desc>Port-forwarding uses TCP protocol.</desc>
14205 </const>
14206 </enum>
14207
14208 <interface
14209 name="INATEngine" extends="$unknown"
14210 uuid="4b286616-eb03-11de-b0fb-1701eca42246"
14211 wsmap="managed"
14212 >
14213 <desc>Interface for managing a NAT engine which is used with a virtual machine. This
14214 allows for changing NAT behavior such as port-forwarding rules. This interface is
14215 used in the <link to="INetworkAdapter::natDriver" /> attribute.</desc>
14216 <attribute name="network" type="wstring">
14217 <desc>The network attribute of the NAT engine (the same value is used with built-in
14218 DHCP server to fill corresponding fields of DHCP leases).</desc>
14219 </attribute>
14220 <attribute name="hostIP" type="wstring">
14221 <desc>IP of host interface to bind all opened sockets to.
14222 <note>Changing this does not change binding of port forwarding.</note>
14223 </desc>
14224 </attribute>
14225 <attribute name="tftpPrefix" type="wstring">
14226 <desc>TFTP prefix attribute which is used with the built-in DHCP server to fill
14227 the corresponding fields of DHCP leases.</desc>
14228 </attribute>
14229 <attribute name="tftpBootFile" type="wstring">
14230 <desc>TFTP boot file attribute which is used with the built-in DHCP server to fill
14231 the corresponding fields of DHCP leases.</desc>
14232 </attribute>
14233 <attribute name="tftpNextServer" type="wstring">
14234 <desc>TFTP server attribute which is used with the built-in DHCP server to fill
14235 the corresponding fields of DHCP leases.
14236 <note>The preferred form is IPv4 addresses.</note>
14237 </desc>
14238 </attribute>
14239 <attribute name="aliasMode" type="unsigned long">
14240 <desc></desc>
14241 </attribute>
14242 <attribute name="dnsPassDomain" type="boolean">
14243 <desc>Whether the DHCP server should pass the DNS domain used by the host.</desc>
14244 </attribute>
14245 <attribute name="dnsProxy" type="boolean">
14246 <desc>Whether the DHCP server (and the DNS traffic by NAT) should pass the address
14247 of the DNS proxy and process traffic using DNS servers registered on the host.</desc>
14248 </attribute>
14249 <attribute name="dnsUseHostResolver" type="boolean">
14250 <desc>Whether the DHCP server (and the DNS traffic by NAT) should pass the address
14251 of the DNS proxy and process traffic using the host resolver mechanism.</desc>
14252 </attribute>
14253 <attribute name="redirects" type="wstring" readonly="yes" safearray="yes">
14254 <desc>Array of NAT port-forwarding rules in string representation, in the following
14255 format: "name,protocol id,host ip,host port,guest ip,guest port".</desc>
14256 </attribute>
14257 <method name="setNetworkSettings">
14258 <desc>Sets network configuration of the NAT engine.</desc>
14259 <param name="mtu" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
14260 <desc>MTU (maximum transmission unit) of the NAT engine in bytes.</desc>
14261 </param>
14262 <param name="sockSnd" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
14263 <desc>Capacity of the socket send buffer in bytes when creating a new socket.</desc>
14264 </param>
14265 <param name="sockRcv" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
14266 <desc>Capacity of the socket receive buffer in bytes when creating a new socket.</desc>
14267 </param>
14268 <param name="TcpWndSnd" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
14269 <desc>Initial size of the NAT engine's sending TCP window in bytes when
14270 establishing a new TCP connection.</desc>
14271 </param>
14272 <param name="TcpWndRcv" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
14273 <desc>Initial size of the NAT engine's receiving TCP window in bytes when
14274 establishing a new TCP connection.</desc>
14275 </param>
14276 </method>
14277 <method name="getNetworkSettings">
14278 <desc>Returns network configuration of NAT engine. See <link to="#setNetworkSettings" />
14279 for parameter descriptions.</desc>
14280 <param name="mtu" type="unsigned long" dir="out" />
14281 <param name="sockSnd" type="unsigned long" dir="out" />
14282 <param name="sockRcv" type="unsigned long" dir="out" />
14283 <param name="TcpWndSnd" type="unsigned long" dir="out" />
14284 <param name="TcpWndRcv" type="unsigned long" dir="out" />
14285 </method>
14286 <method name="addRedirect">
14287 <desc>Adds a new NAT port-forwarding rule.</desc>
14288 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
14289 <desc>The name of the rule. An empty name is acceptable, in which case the NAT engine
14290 auto-generates one using the other parameters.</desc>
14291 </param>
14292 <param name="proto" type="NATProtocol" dir="in">
14293 <desc>Protocol handled with the rule.</desc>
14294 </param>
14295 <param name="hostIp" type="wstring" dir="in">
14296 <desc>IP of the host interface to which the rule should apply. An empty ip address is
14297 acceptable, in which case the NAT engine binds the handling socket to any interface.</desc>
14298 </param>
14299 <param name="hostPort" type="unsigned short" dir="in">
14300 <desc>The port number to listen on.</desc>
14301 </param>
14302 <param name="guestIp" type="wstring" dir="in">
14303 <desc>The IP address of the guest which the NAT engine will forward matching packets
14304 to. An empty IP address is acceptable, in which case the NAT engine will forward
14305 packets to the first DHCP lease (x.x.x.15).</desc>
14306 </param>
14307 <param name="guestPort" type="unsigned short" dir="in">
14308 <desc>The port number to forward.</desc>
14309 </param>
14310 </method>
14311 <method name="removeRedirect">
14312 <desc>Removes a port-forwarding rule that was previously registered.</desc>
14313 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
14314 <desc>The name of the rule to delete.</desc>
14315 </param>
14316 </method>
14317 </interface>
14318
14319 <!--
14320 // IExtPackManager
14321 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
14322 -->
14323
14324 <interface
14325 name="IExtPackPlugIn" extends="$unknown"
14326 uuid="58000040-e718-4746-bbce-4b86d96da461"
14327 wsmap="suppress"
14328 >
14329 <desc>
14330 Interface for keeping information about a plug-in that ships with an
14331 extension pack.
14332 </desc>
14333 <attribute name="name" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
14334 <desc>The plug-in name.</desc>
14335 </attribute>
14336 <attribute name="description" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
14337 <desc>The plug-in description.</desc>
14338 </attribute>
14339 <attribute name="frontend" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
14340 <desc>
14341 The name of the frontend or component name this plug-in plugs into.
14342 </desc>
14343 </attribute>
14344 <attribute name="modulePath" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
14345 <desc> The module path. </desc>
14346 </attribute>
14347 </interface>
14348
14349 <interface
14350 name="IExtPackBase" extends="$unknown"
14351 uuid="5ffb0b64-0ad6-467d-af62-1157e7dc3c99"
14352 wsmap="suppress"
14353 >
14354 <desc>
14355 Interface for querying information about an extension pack as well as
14356 accessing COM objects within it.
14357 </desc>
14358 <attribute name="name" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
14359 <desc>The extension pack name. This is unique.</desc>
14360 </attribute>
14361 <attribute name="description" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
14362 <desc>The extension pack description.</desc>
14363 </attribute>
14364 <attribute name="version" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
14365 <desc>
14366 The extension pack version string. This is on the same form as
14367 other VirtualBox version strings, i.e.: "1.2.3", "1.2.3_BETA1",
14368 "1.2.3-OSE", "1.2.3r45678", "1.2.3r45678-OSE", "1.2.3_BETA1-r45678"
14369 or "1.2.3_BETA1-r45678-OSE"
14370 </desc>
14371 </attribute>
14372 <attribute name="revision" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
14373 <desc>The extension pack internal revision number.</desc>
14374 </attribute>
14375 <attribute name="VRDEModule" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
14376 <desc>The name of the VRDE module if the extension pack sports one.</desc>
14377 </attribute>
14378 <attribute name="plugIns" type="IExtPackPlugIn" safearray="yes" readonly="yes">
14379 <desc>Plug-ins provided by this extension pack.</desc>
14380 </attribute>
14381 <attribute name="usable" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
14382 <desc>
14383 Indicates whether the extension pack is usable or not.
14384
14385 There are a number of reasons why an extension pack might be unusable,
14386 typical examples would be broken installation/file or that it is
14387 incompatible with the current VirtualBox version.
14388 </desc>
14389 </attribute>
14390 <attribute name="whyUnusable" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
14391 <desc>
14392 String indicating why the extension pack is not usable. This is an
14393 empty string if usable and always a non-empty string if not usable.
14394 </desc>
14395 </attribute>
14396 <attribute name="showLicense" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
14397 <desc>Whether to show the license before installation</desc>
14398 </attribute>
14399 <attribute name="license" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
14400 <desc>
14401 The default HTML license text for the extension pack. Same as
14402 calling <link to="#queryLicense">queryLicense</link> with
14403 preferredLocale and preferredLanguage as empty strings and format set
14404 to html.
14405 </desc>
14406 </attribute>
14407
14408 <method name="queryLicense">
14409 <desc>
14410 Full feature version of the license attribute.
14411 </desc>
14412 <param name="preferredLocale" type="wstring" dir="in">
14413 <desc>
14414 The preferred license locale. Pass an empty string to get the default
14415 license.
14416 </desc>
14417 </param>
14418 <param name="preferredLanguage" type="wstring" dir="in">
14419 <desc>
14420 The preferred license language. Pass an empty string to get the
14421 default language for the locale.
14422 </desc>
14423 </param>
14424 <param name="format" type="wstring" dir="in">
14425 <desc>
14426 The license format: html, rtf or txt. If a license is present there
14427 will always be an HTML of it, the rich text format (RTF) and plain
14428 text (txt) versions are optional. If
14429 </desc>
14430 </param>
14431 <param name="licenseText" type="wstring" dir="return">
14432 <desc>The license text.</desc>
14433 </param>
14434 </method>
14435
14436 </interface>
14437
14438 <interface
14439 name="IExtPack" extends="IExtPackBase"
14440 uuid="431685da-3618-4ebc-b038-833ba829b4b2"
14441 wsmap="suppress"
14442 >
14443 <desc>
14444 Interface for querying information about an extension pack as well as
14445 accessing COM objects within it.
14446 </desc>
14447 <method name="queryObject">
14448 <desc>
14449 Queries the IUnknown interface to an object in the extension pack
14450 main module. This allows plug-ins and others to talk directly to an
14451 extension pack.
14452 </desc>
14453 <param name="objUuid" type="wstring" dir="in">
14454 <desc>The object ID. What exactly this is </desc>
14455 </param>
14456 <param name="returnInterface" type="$unknown" dir="return">
14457 <desc>The queried interface.</desc>
14458 </param>
14459 </method>
14460 </interface>
14461
14462 <interface
14463 name="IExtPackFile" extends="IExtPackBase"
14464 uuid="e57e5ab7-e0e8-4a55-9241-afa7ad219911"
14465 wsmap="suppress"
14466 >
14467 <desc>
14468 Extension pack file (aka tarball, .vbox-extpack) representation returned
14469 by IExtPackManager::openExtPackFile. This provides the base extension
14470 pack information with the addition of the file name. It also provides an
14471 alternative to IExtPackManager::install.
14472 </desc>
14473 <attribute name="filePath" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
14474 <desc>
14475 The path to the extension pack file.
14476 </desc>
14477 </attribute>
14478
14479 <method name="install">
14480 <desc>
14481 Install the extension pack.
14482 </desc>
14483 </method>
14484 </interface>
14485
14486 <interface
14487 name="IExtPackManager" extends="$unknown"
14488 uuid="70d808a9-176f-4d45-adad-7c509b8309b3"
14489 wsmap="suppress"
14490 >
14491 <desc>
14492 Interface for managing VirtualBox Extension Packs.
14493
14494 TODO: Describe extension packs, how they are managed and how to create
14495 one.
14496 </desc>
14497
14498 <attribute name="installedExtPacks" type="IExtPack" safearray="yes" readonly="yes">
14499 <desc>
14500 List of the installed extension packs.
14501 </desc>
14502 </attribute>
14503
14504 <method name="find">
14505 <desc>
14506 Returns the extension pack with the specified name if found.
14507
14508 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND">
14509 No extension pack matching @a name was found.
14510 </result>
14511 </desc>
14512 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
14513 <desc>The name of the extension pack to locate.</desc>
14514 </param>
14515 <param name="returnData" type="IExtPack" dir="return">
14516 <desc>The extension pack if found.</desc>
14517 </param>
14518 </method>
14519
14520 <method name="openExtPackFile">
14521 <desc>
14522 Attempts to open an extension pack file in preparation for
14523 installation.
14524 </desc>
14525 <param name="path" type="wstring" dir="in">
14526 <desc>The path of the extension pack tarball.</desc>
14527 </param>
14528 <param name="file" type="IExtPackFile" dir="return">
14529 <desc>The interface of the extension pack file object.</desc>
14530 </param>
14531 </method>
14532
14533 <method name="uninstall">
14534 <desc>Uninstalls an extension pack, removing all related files.</desc>
14535 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
14536 <desc>The name of the extension pack to uninstall.</desc>
14537 </param>
14538 <param name="forcedRemoval" type="boolean" dir="in">
14539 <desc>
14540 Forced removal of the extension pack. This means that the uninstall
14541 hook will not be called.
14542 </desc>
14543 </param>
14544 </method>
14545
14546 <method name="cleanup">
14547 <desc>Cleans up failed installs and uninstalls</desc>
14548 </method>
14549
14550 <method name="QueryAllPlugInsForFrontend">
14551 <desc>
14552 Gets the path to all the plug-in modules for a given frontend.
14553
14554 This is a convenience method that is intended to simplify the plug-in
14555 loading process for a frontend.
14556 </desc>
14557 <param name="frontendName" type="wstring" dir="in">
14558 <desc>The name of the frontend or component.</desc>
14559 </param>
14560 <param name="plugInModules" type="wstring" dir="return" safearray="yes">
14561 <desc>Array containing the plug-in modules (full paths).</desc>
14562 </param>
14563 </method>
14564
14565 <method name="IsExtPackUsable">
14566 <desc>Check if the given extension pack is loaded and usable.</desc>
14567 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
14568 <desc>The name of the extension pack to check for.</desc>
14569 </param>
14570 <param name="usable" type="boolean" dir="return"/>
14571 </method>
14572
14573 </interface>
14574
14575 <!--
14576 // BandwidthGroupType
14577 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
14578 -->
14579 <enum
14580 name="BandwidthGroupType"
14581 uuid="1d92b67d-dc69-4be9-ad4c-93a01e1e0c8e">
14582
14583 <desc>
14584 Type of a bandwidth control group.
14585 </desc>
14586
14587 <const name="Null" value="0">
14588 <desc>
14589 Null type, must be first.
14590 </desc>
14591 </const>
14592
14593 <const name="Disk" value="1">
14594 <desc>
14595 The bandwidth group controls disk I/O.
14596 </desc>
14597 </const>
14598
14599 <const name="Network" value="2">
14600 <desc>
14601 The bandwidth group controls network I/O.
14602 </desc>
14603 </const>
14604
14605 </enum>
14606
14607 <!--
14608 // IBandwidthGroup
14609 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
14610 -->
14611 <interface
14612 name="IBandwidthGroup" extends="$unknown"
14613 uuid="badea2d7-0261-4146-89f0-6a57cc34833d"
14614 wsmap="managed"
14615 >
14616 <desc>Represents one bandwidth group.</desc>
14617
14618 <attribute name="name" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
14619 <desc>Name of the group.</desc>
14620 </attribute>
14621
14622 <attribute name="type" type="BandwidthGroupType" readonly="yes">
14623 <desc>Type of the group.</desc>
14624 </attribute>
14625
14626 <attribute name="reference" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
14627 <desc>How many devices/medium attachements use this group.</desc>
14628 </attribute>
14629
14630 <attribute name="maxMbPerSec" type="unsigned long">
14631 <desc>The maximum number of MB which can be transfered by all
14632 entities attached to this group during one second.</desc>
14633 </attribute>
14634
14635 </interface>
14636
14637 <!--
14638 // IBandwidthControl
14639 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
14640 -->
14641 <interface
14642 name="IBandwidthControl" extends="$unknown"
14643 uuid="d0a24db0-f756-11df-98cf-0800200c9a66"
14644 wsmap="managed"
14645 >
14646 <desc>
14647 Controls the bandwidth groups of one machine used to cap I/O done by a VM.
14648 This includes network and disk I/O.
14649 </desc>
14650
14651 <attribute name="numGroups" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
14652 <desc>
14653 The current number of existing bandwidth groups managed.
14654 </desc>
14655 </attribute>
14656
14657 <method name="CreateBandwidthGroup">
14658 <desc>
14659 Creates a new bandwidth group.
14660 </desc>
14661
14662 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
14663 <desc>Name of the bandwidth group.</desc>
14664 </param>
14665 <param name="type" type="BandwidthGroupType" dir="in">
14666 <desc>The type of the bandwidth group (network or disk).</desc>
14667 </param>
14668 <param name="maxBytesPerSec" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
14669 <desc>The maximum number of bytes which can be transfered by all
14670 entities attached to this group during one second.</desc>
14671 </param>
14672 </method>
14673
14674 <method name="DeleteBandwidthGroup">
14675 <desc>
14676 Deletes a new bandwidth group.
14677 </desc>
14678
14679 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
14680 <desc>Name of the bandwidth group to delete.</desc>
14681 </param>
14682 </method>
14683
14684 <method name="GetBandwidthGroup" const="yes">
14685 <desc>
14686 Get a bandwidth group by name.
14687 </desc>
14688
14689 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
14690 <desc>Name of the bandwidth group to get.</desc>
14691 </param>
14692 <param name="bandwidthGroup" type="IBandwidthGroup" dir="return">
14693 <desc>Where to store the bandwidth group on success.</desc>
14694 </param>
14695 </method>
14696
14697 <method name="GetAllBandwidthGroups" const="yes">
14698 <desc>
14699 Get all managed bandwidth groups.
14700 </desc>
14701
14702 <param name="bandwidthGroups" type="IBandwidthGroup" dir="return" safearray="yes">
14703 <desc>The array of managed bandwidth groups.</desc>
14704 </param>
14705 </method>
14706 </interface>
14707
14708 <!--
14709 // IVirtualBoxClient
14710 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
14711 -->
14712
14713 <interface
14714 name="IVirtualBoxClient" extends="$unknown"
14715 uuid="5fe0bd48-1181-40d1-991f-3b02f269a823"
14716 wsmap="suppress"
14717 >
14718 <desc>
14719 Convenience interface for client applications. Treat this as a
14720 singleton, i.e. never create more than one instance of this interface.
14721
14722 At the moment only available for clients of the local API (not usable
14723 via the webservice). Once the session logic is redesigned this might
14724 change.
14725 </desc>
14726
14727 <attribute name="virtualBox" type="IVirtualBox" readonly="yes">
14728 <desc>
14729 Reference to the server-side API root object.
14730 </desc>
14731 </attribute>
14732
14733 <attribute name="session" type="ISession" readonly="yes">
14734 <desc>
14735 Create a new session object and return the reference to it.
14736 </desc>
14737 </attribute>
14738
14739 <attribute name="eventSource" type="IEventSource" readonly="yes">
14740 <desc>
14741 Event source for VirtualBoxClient events.
14742 </desc>
14743 </attribute>
14744
14745 </interface>
14746
14747 <!--
14748 // Events
14749 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
14750 -->
14751 <enum
14752 name="VBoxEventType"
14753 uuid="c9412a17-c1e1-46db-b4b7-18de9c967e85"
14754 >
14755
14756 <desc>
14757 Type of an event.
14758 See <link to="IEvent" /> for an introduction to VirtualBox event handling.
14759 </desc>
14760
14761 <const name="Invalid" value="0">
14762 <desc>
14763 Invalid event, must be first.
14764 </desc>
14765 </const>
14766
14767 <const name="Any" value="1">
14768 <desc>
14769 Wildcard for all events.
14770 Events of this type are never delivered, and only used in
14771 registerListener() call to simplify registration.
14772 </desc>
14773 </const>
14774
14775 <const name="Vetoable" value="2">
14776 <desc>
14777 Wildcard for all vetoable events. Events of this type are never delivered, and only
14778 used in registerListener() call to simplify registration.
14779 </desc>
14780 </const>
14781
14782 <const name="MachineEvent" value="3">
14783 <desc>
14784 Wildcard for all machine events. Events of this type are never delivered, and only used in
14785 registerListener() call to simplify registration.
14786 </desc>
14787 </const>
14788
14789 <const name="SnapshotEvent" value="4">
14790 <desc>
14791 Wildcard for all snapshot events. Events of this type are never delivered, and only used in
14792 registerListener() call to simplify registration.
14793 </desc>
14794 </const>
14795
14796 <const name="InputEvent" value="5">
14797 <desc>
14798 Wildcard for all input device (keyboard, mouse) events.
14799 Events of this type are never delivered, and only used in
14800 registerListener() call to simplify registration.
14801 </desc>
14802 </const>
14803
14804 <const name="LastWildcard" value="31">
14805 <desc>
14806 Last wildcard.
14807 </desc>
14808 </const>
14809
14810 <const name="OnMachineStateChanged" value="32">
14811 <desc>
14812 See <link to="IMachineStateChangedEvent">IMachineStateChangedEvent</link>.
14813 </desc>
14814 </const>
14815 <const name="OnMachineDataChanged" value="33">
14816 <desc>
14817 See <link to="IMachineDataChangedEvent">IMachineDataChangedEvent</link>.
14818 </desc>
14819 </const>
14820 <const name="OnExtraDataChanged" value="34">
14821 <desc>
14822 See <link to="IExtraDataChangedEvent">IExtraDataChangedEvent</link>.
14823 </desc>
14824 </const>
14825 <const name="OnExtraDataCanChange" value="35">
14826 <desc>
14827 See <link to="IExtraDataCanChangeEvent">IExtraDataCanChangeEvent</link>.
14828 </desc>
14829 </const>
14830 <const name="OnMediumRegistered" value="36">
14831 <desc>
14832 See <link to="IMediumRegisteredEvent">IMediumRegisteredEvent</link>.
14833 </desc>
14834 </const>
14835 <const name="OnMachineRegistered" value="37">
14836 <desc>
14837 See <link to="IMachineRegisteredEvent">IMachineRegisteredEvent</link>.
14838 </desc>
14839 </const>
14840 <const name="OnSessionStateChanged" value="38">
14841 <desc>
14842 See <link to="ISessionStateChangedEvent">ISessionStateChangedEvent</link>.
14843 </desc>
14844 </const>
14845 <const name="OnSnapshotTaken" value="39">
14846 <desc>
14847 See <link to="ISnapshotTakenEvent">ISnapshotTakenEvent</link>.
14848 </desc>
14849 </const>
14850 <const name="OnSnapshotDeleted" value="40">
14851 <desc>
14852 See <link to="ISnapshotDeletedEvent">ISnapshotDeletedEvent</link>.
14853 </desc>
14854 </const>
14855 <const name="OnSnapshotChanged" value="41">
14856 <desc>
14857 See <link to="ISnapshotChangedEvent">ISnapshotChangedEvent</link>.
14858 </desc>
14859 </const>
14860 <const name="OnGuestPropertyChanged" value="42">
14861 <desc>
14862 See <link to="IGuestPropertyChangedEvent">IGuestPropertyChangedEvent</link>.
14863 </desc>
14864 </const>
14865 <!-- Console events -->
14866 <const name="OnMousePointerShapeChanged" value="43">
14867 <desc>
14868 See <link to="IMousePointerShapeChangedEvent">IMousePointerShapeChangedEvent</link>.
14869 </desc>
14870 </const>
14871 <const name="OnMouseCapabilityChanged" value="44">
14872 <desc>
14873 See <link to="IMouseCapabilityChangedEvent">IMouseCapabilityChangedEvent</link>.
14874 </desc>
14875 </const>
14876 <const name="OnKeyboardLedsChanged" value="45">
14877 <desc>
14878 See <link to="IKeyboardLedsChangedEvent">IKeyboardLedsChangedEvent</link>.
14879 </desc>
14880 </const>
14881 <const name="OnStateChanged" value="46">
14882 <desc>
14883 See <link to="IStateChangedEvent">IStateChangedEvent</link>.
14884 </desc>
14885 </const>
14886 <const name="OnAdditionsStateChanged" value="47">
14887 <desc>
14888 See <link to="IAdditionsStateChangedEvent">IAdditionsStateChangedEvent</link>.
14889 </desc>
14890 </const>
14891 <const name="OnNetworkAdapterChanged" value="48">
14892 <desc>
14893 See <link to="INetworkAdapterChangedEvent">INetworkAdapterChangedEvent</link>.
14894 </desc>
14895 </const>
14896 <const name="OnSerialPortChanged" value="49">
14897 <desc>
14898 See <link to="ISerialPortChangedEvent">ISerialPortChangedEvent</link>.
14899 </desc>
14900 </const>
14901 <const name="OnParallelPortChanged" value="50">
14902 <desc>
14903 See <link to="IParallelPortChangedEvent">IParallelPortChangedEvent</link>.
14904 </desc>
14905 </const>
14906 <const name="OnStorageControllerChanged" value="51">
14907 <desc>
14908 See <link to="IStorageControllerChangedEvent">IStorageControllerChangedEvent</link>.
14909 </desc>
14910 </const>
14911 <const name="OnMediumChanged" value="52">
14912 <desc>
14913 See <link to="IMediumChangedEvent">IMediumChangedEvent</link>.
14914 </desc>
14915 </const>
14916 <const name="OnVRDEServerChanged" value="53">
14917 <desc>
14918 See <link to="IVRDEServerChangedEvent">IVRDEServerChangedEvent</link>.
14919 </desc>
14920 </const>
14921 <const name="OnUSBControllerChanged" value="54">
14922 <desc>
14923 See <link to="IUSBControllerChangedEvent">IUSBControllerChangedEvent</link>.
14924 </desc>
14925 </const>
14926 <const name="OnUSBDeviceStateChanged" value="55">
14927 <desc>
14928 See <link to="IUSBDeviceStateChangedEvent">IUSBDeviceStateChangedEvent</link>.
14929 </desc>
14930 </const>
14931 <const name="OnSharedFolderChanged" value="56">
14932 <desc>
14933 See <link to="ISharedFolderChangedEvent">ISharedFolderChangedEvent</link>.
14934 </desc>
14935 </const>
14936 <const name="OnRuntimeError" value="57">
14937 <desc>
14938 See <link to="IRuntimeErrorEvent">IRuntimeErrorEvent</link>.
14939 </desc>
14940 </const>
14941 <const name="OnCanShowWindow" value="58">
14942 <desc>
14943 See <link to="ICanShowWindowEvent">ICanShowWindowEvent</link>.
14944 </desc>
14945 </const>
14946 <const name="OnShowWindow" value="59">
14947 <desc>
14948 See <link to="IShowWindowEvent">IShowWindowEvent</link>.
14949 </desc>
14950 </const>
14951 <const name="OnCPUChanged" value="60">
14952 <desc>
14953 See <link to="ICPUChangedEvent">ICPUChangedEvent</link>.
14954 </desc>
14955 </const>
14956 <const name="OnVRDEServerInfoChanged" value="61">
14957 <desc>
14958 See <link to="IVRDEServerInfoChangedEvent">IVRDEServerInfoChangedEvent</link>.
14959 </desc>
14960 </const>
14961 <const name="OnEventSourceChanged" value="62">
14962 <desc>
14963 See <link to="IEventSourceChangedEvent">IEventSourceChangedEvent</link>.
14964 </desc>
14965 </const>
14966 <const name="OnCPUExecutionCapChanged" value="63">
14967 <desc>
14968 See <link to="ICPUExecutionCapChangedEvent">ICPUExecutionCapChangedEvent</link>.
14969 </desc>
14970 </const>
14971 <const name="OnGuestKeyboard" value="64">
14972 <desc>
14973 See <link to="IGuestKeyboardEvent">IGuestKeyboardEvent</link>.
14974 </desc>
14975 </const>
14976 <const name="OnGuestMouse" value="65">
14977 <desc>
14978 See <link to="IGuestMouseEvent">IGuestMouseEvent</link>.
14979 </desc>
14980 </const>
14981 <const name="OnNATRedirect" value="66">
14982 <desc>
14983 See <link to="INATRedirectEvent">INATRedirectEvent</link>.
14984 </desc>
14985 </const>
14986 <const name="OnHostPciDevicePlug" value="67">
14987 <desc>
14988 See <link to="IHostPciDevicePlugEvent">IHostPciDevicePlugEvent</link>.
14989 </desc>
14990 </const>
14991 <const name="OnVBoxSVCUnavailable" value="68">
14992 <desc>
14993 See <link to="IVBoxSVCUnavailableEvent">IVBoxSVCUnavailableEvent</link>.
14994 </desc>
14995 </const>
14996 <const name="OnBandwidthGroupChanged" value="69">
14997 <desc>
14998 See <link to="IBandwidthGroupChangedEvent">IBandwidthGroupChangedEvent</link>.
14999 </desc>
15000 </const>
15001
15002 <!-- Last event marker -->
15003 <const name="Last" value="70">
15004 <desc>
15005 Must be last event, used for iterations and structures relying on numerical event values.
15006 </desc>
15007 </const>
15008
15009 </enum>
15010
15011 <interface
15012 name="IEventSource" extends="$unknown"
15013 uuid="9b6e1aee-35f3-4f4d-b5bb-ed0ecefd8538"
15014 wsmap="managed"
15015 >
15016 <desc>
15017 Event source. Generally, any object which could generate events can be an event source,
15018 or aggregate one. To simplify using one-way protocols such as webservices running on top of HTTP(S),
15019 an event source can work with listeners in either active or passive mode. In active mode it is up to
15020 the IEventSource implementation to call <link to="IEventListener::handleEvent" />, in passive mode the
15021 event source keeps track of pending events for each listener and returns available events on demand.
15022
15023 See <link to="IEvent" /> for an introduction to VirtualBox event handling.
15024 </desc>
15025
15026 <method name="createListener">
15027 <desc>
15028 Creates a new listener object, useful for passive mode.
15029 </desc>
15030 <param name="listener" type="IEventListener" dir="return"/>
15031 </method>
15032
15033 <method name="createAggregator">
15034 <desc>
15035 Creates an aggregator event source, collecting events from multiple sources.
15036 This way a single listener can listen for events coming from multiple sources,
15037 using a single blocking getEvent() on the returned aggregator.
15038 </desc>
15039 <param name="subordinates" type="IEventSource" dir="in" safearray="yes">
15040 <desc>
15041 Subordinate event source this one aggregatres.
15042 </desc>
15043 </param>
15044 <param name="result" type="IEventSource" dir="return"/>
15045 </method>
15046
15047 <method name="registerListener">
15048 <desc>
15049 Register an event listener.
15050
15051 <note>
15052 To avoid system overload, the VirtualBox server process checks if passive event
15053 listeners call <link to="IEventSource::getEvent"/> frequently enough. In the
15054 current implementation, if more than 500 pending events are detected for a passive
15055 event listener, it is forcefully unregistered by the system, and further
15056 <link to="#getEvent" /> calls will return @c VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND.
15057 </note>
15058 </desc>
15059 <param name="listener" type="IEventListener" dir="in">
15060 <desc>Listener to register.</desc>
15061 </param>
15062 <param name="interesting" type="VBoxEventType" dir="in" safearray="yes">
15063 <desc>
15064 Event types listener is interested in. One can use wildcards like -
15065 <link to="VBoxEventType_Any"/> to specify wildcards, matching more
15066 than one event.
15067 </desc>
15068 </param>
15069 <param name="active" type="boolean" dir="in">
15070 <desc>
15071 Which mode this listener is operating in.
15072 In active mode, <link to="IEventListener::handleEvent" /> is called directly.
15073 In passive mode, an internal event queue is created for this this IEventListener.
15074 For each event coming in, it is added to queues for all interested registered passive
15075 listeners. It is then up to the external code to call the listener's
15076 <link to="IEventListener::handleEvent" /> method. When done with an event, the
15077 external code must call <link to="#eventProcessed" />.
15078 </desc>
15079 </param>
15080 </method>
15081
15082 <method name="unregisterListener">
15083 <desc>
15084 Unregister an event listener. If listener is passive, and some waitable events are still
15085 in queue they are marked as processed automatically.
15086 </desc>
15087 <param name="listener" type="IEventListener" dir="in">
15088 <desc>Listener to unregister.</desc>
15089 </param>
15090 </method>
15091
15092 <method name="fireEvent">
15093 <desc>
15094 Fire an event for this source.
15095 </desc>
15096 <param name="event" type="IEvent" dir="in">
15097 <desc>Event to deliver.</desc>
15098 </param>
15099 <param name="timeout" type="long" dir="in">
15100 <desc>
15101 Maximum time to wait for event processing (if event is waitable), in ms;
15102 0 = no wait, -1 = indefinite wait.
15103 </desc>
15104 </param>
15105 <param name="result" type="boolean" dir="return">
15106 <desc>true if an event was delivered to all targets, or is non-waitable.</desc>
15107 </param>
15108 </method>
15109
15110 <method name="getEvent">
15111 <desc>
15112 Get events from this peer's event queue (for passive mode). Calling this method
15113 regularly is required for passive event listeners to avoid system overload;
15114 see <link to="IEventSource::registerListener" /> for details.
15115
15116 <result name="VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND">
15117 Listener is not registered, or autounregistered.
15118 </result>
15119 </desc>
15120 <param name="listener" type="IEventListener" dir="in">
15121 <desc>Which listener to get data for.</desc>
15122 </param>
15123 <param name="timeout" type="long" dir="in">
15124 <desc>
15125 Maximum time to wait for events, in ms;
15126 0 = no wait, -1 = indefinite wait.
15127 </desc>
15128 </param>
15129 <param name="event" type="IEvent" dir="return">
15130 <desc>Event retrieved, or null if none available.</desc>
15131 </param>
15132 </method>
15133
15134 <method name="eventProcessed">
15135 <desc>
15136 Must be called for waitable events after a particular listener finished its
15137 event processing. When all listeners of a particular event have called this
15138 method, the system will then call <link to="IEvent::setProcessed" />.
15139 </desc>
15140 <param name="listener" type="IEventListener" dir="in">
15141 <desc>Which listener processed event.</desc>
15142 </param>
15143 <param name="event" type="IEvent" dir="in">
15144 <desc>Which event.</desc>
15145 </param>
15146 </method>
15147
15148 </interface>
15149
15150 <interface
15151 name="IEventListener" extends="$unknown"
15152 uuid="67099191-32e7-4f6c-85ee-422304c71b90"
15153 wsmap="managed"
15154 >
15155 <desc>
15156 Event listener. An event listener can work in either active or passive mode, depending on the way
15157 it was registered.
15158 See <link to="IEvent" /> for an introduction to VirtualBox event handling.
15159 </desc>
15160
15161 <method name="handleEvent">
15162 <desc>
15163 Handle event callback for active listeners. It is not called for passive listeners. After
15164 calling handleEvent() on all active listeners and having received acknowledgement from all
15165 passive listeners via IEventSource::eventProcessed(), the event is marked as processed and
15166 IEvent::waitProcessed() will return immediately.
15167 </desc>
15168 <param name="event" type="IEvent" dir="in">
15169 <desc>Event available.</desc>
15170 </param>
15171 </method>
15172
15173 </interface>
15174
15175 <interface
15176 name="IEvent" extends="$unknown"
15177 uuid="0ca2adba-8f30-401b-a8cd-fe31dbe839c0"
15178 wsmap="managed"
15179 >
15180 <desc>
15181 Abstract parent interface for VirtualBox events. Actual events will typically implement
15182 a more specific interface which derives from this (see below).
15183
15184 <b>Introduction to VirtualBox events</b>
15185
15186 Generally speaking, an event (represented by this interface) signals that something
15187 happened, while an event listener (see <link to="IEventListener" />) represents an
15188 entity that is interested in certain events. In order for this to work with
15189 unidirectional protocols (i.e. web services), the concepts of passive and active
15190 listener are used.
15191
15192 Event consumers can register themselves as listeners, providing an array of
15193 events they are interested in (see <link to="IEventSource::registerListener" />).
15194 When an event triggers, the listener is notified about the event. The exact
15195 mechanism of the notification depends on whether the listener was registered as
15196 an active or passive listener:
15197
15198 <ul>
15199 <li>An active listener is very similar to a callback: it is a function invoked
15200 by the API. As opposed to the callbacks that were used in the API before
15201 VirtualBox 4.0 however, events are now objects with an interface hierarchy.
15202 </li>
15203
15204 <li>Passive listeners are somewhat trickier to implement, but do not require
15205 a client function to be callable, which is not an option with scripting
15206 languages or web service clients. Internally the <link to="IEventSource" />
15207 implementation maintains an event queue for each passive listener, and
15208 newly arrived events are put in this queue. When the listener calls
15209 <link to="IEventSource::getEvent"/>, first element from its internal event
15210 queue is returned. When the client completes processing of an event,
15211 the <link to="IEventSource::eventProcessed" /> function must be called,
15212 acknowledging that the event was processed. It supports implementing
15213 waitable events. On passive listener unregistration, all events from its
15214 queue are auto-acknowledged.
15215 </li>
15216 </ul>
15217
15218 Waitable events are useful in situations where the event generator wants to track
15219 delivery or a party wants to wait until all listeners have completed the event. A
15220 typical example would be a vetoable event (see <link to="IVetoEvent" />) where a
15221 listeners might veto a certain action, and thus the event producer has to make
15222 sure that all listeners have processed the event and not vetoed before taking
15223 the action.
15224
15225 A given event may have both passive and active listeners at the same time.
15226
15227 <b>Using events</b>
15228
15229 Any VirtualBox object capable of producing externally visible events provides an
15230 @c eventSource read-only attribute, which is of the type <link to="IEventSource" />.
15231 This event source object is notified by VirtualBox once something has happened, so
15232 consumers may register event listeners with this event source. To register a listener,
15233 an object implementing the <link to="IEventListener" /> interface must be provided.
15234 For active listeners, such an object is typically created by the consumer, while for
15235 passive listeners <link to="IEventSource::createListener" /> should be used. Please
15236 note that a listener created with @c createListener() must not be used as an active listener.
15237
15238 Once created, the listener must be registered to listen for the desired events
15239 (see <link to="IEventSource::registerListener" />), providing an array of
15240 <link to="VBoxEventType" /> enums. Those elements can either be the individual
15241 event IDs or wildcards matching multiple event IDs.
15242
15243 After registration, the callback's <link to="IEventListener::handleEvent" /> method is
15244 called automatically when the event is triggered, while passive listeners have to call
15245 <link to="IEventSource::getEvent" /> and <link to="IEventSource::eventProcessed" /> in
15246 an event processing loop.
15247
15248 The IEvent interface is an abstract parent interface for all such VirtualBox events
15249 coming in. As a result, the standard use pattern inside <link to="IEventListener::handleEvent" />
15250 or the event processing loop is to check the <link to="#type" /> attribute of the event and
15251 then cast to the appropriate specific interface using @c QueryInterface().
15252 </desc>
15253
15254 <attribute name="type" readonly="yes" type="VBoxEventType">
15255 <desc>
15256 Event type.
15257 </desc>
15258 </attribute>
15259
15260 <attribute name="source" readonly="yes" type="IEventSource">
15261 <desc>
15262 Source of this event.
15263 </desc>
15264 </attribute>
15265
15266 <attribute name="waitable" readonly="yes" type="boolean">
15267 <desc>
15268 If we can wait for this event being processed. If false, waitProcessed() returns immediately,
15269 and setProcessed() doesn't make sense. Non-waitable events are generally better performing,
15270 as no additional overhead associated with waitability imposed.
15271 Waitable events are needed when one need to be able to wait for particular event processed,
15272 for example for vetoable changes, or if event refers to some resource which need to be kept immutable
15273 until all consumers confirmed events.
15274 </desc>
15275 </attribute>
15276
15277 <method name="setProcessed">
15278 <desc>
15279 Internal method called by the system when all listeners of a particular event have called
15280 <link to="IEventSource::eventProcessed" />. This should not be called by client code.
15281 </desc>
15282 </method>
15283
15284 <method name="waitProcessed">
15285 <desc>
15286 Wait until time outs, or this event is processed. Event must be waitable for this operation to have
15287 described semantics, for non-waitable returns true immediately.
15288 </desc>
15289 <param name="timeout" type="long" dir="in">
15290 <desc>
15291 Maximum time to wait for event processeing, in ms;
15292 0 = no wait, -1 = indefinite wait.
15293 </desc>
15294 </param>
15295 <param name="result" type="boolean" dir="return">
15296 <desc>If this event was processed before timeout.</desc>
15297 </param>
15298 </method>
15299 </interface>
15300
15301
15302 <interface
15303 name="IReusableEvent" extends="IEvent"
15304 uuid="69bfb134-80f6-4266-8e20-16371f68fa25"
15305 wsmap="managed"
15306 >
15307 <desc>Base abstract interface for all reusable events.</desc>
15308
15309 <attribute name="generation" readonly="yes" type="unsigned long">
15310 <desc>Current generation of event, incremented on reuse.</desc>
15311 </attribute>
15312
15313 <method name="reuse">
15314 <desc>
15315 Marks an event as reused, increments 'generation', fields shall no
15316 longer be considered valid.
15317 </desc>
15318 </method>
15319 </interface>
15320
15321 <interface
15322 name="IMachineEvent" extends="IEvent"
15323 uuid="92ed7b1a-0d96-40ed-ae46-a564d484325e"
15324 wsmap="managed" id="MachineEvent"
15325 >
15326 <desc>Base abstract interface for all machine events.</desc>
15327
15328 <attribute name="machineId" readonly="yes" type="uuid" mod="string">
15329 <desc>ID of the machine this event relates to.</desc>
15330 </attribute>
15331
15332 </interface>
15333
15334 <interface
15335 name="IMachineStateChangedEvent" extends="IMachineEvent"
15336 uuid="5748F794-48DF-438D-85EB-98FFD70D18C9"
15337 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnMachineStateChanged"
15338 >
15339 <desc>Machine state change event.</desc>
15340
15341 <attribute name="state" readonly="yes" type="MachineState">
15342 <desc>New execution state.</desc>
15343 </attribute>
15344 </interface>
15345
15346 <interface
15347 name="IMachineDataChangedEvent" extends="IMachineEvent"
15348 uuid="6AA70A6C-0DCA-4810-8C5C-457B278E3D49"
15349 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnMachineDataChanged"
15350 >
15351 <desc>
15352 Any of the settings of the given machine has changed.
15353 </desc>
15354 </interface>
15355
15356 <interface
15357 name="IMediumRegisteredEvent" extends="IEvent"
15358 uuid="53fac49a-b7f1-4a5a-a4ef-a11dd9c2a458"
15359 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnMediumRegistered"
15360 >
15361 <desc>
15362 The given medium was registered or unregistered
15363 within this VirtualBox installation.
15364 </desc>
15365
15366 <attribute name="mediumId" readonly="yes" type="uuid" mod="string">
15367 <desc>ID of the medium this event relates to.</desc>
15368 </attribute>
15369
15370 <attribute name="mediumType" readonly="yes" type="DeviceType">
15371 <desc>Type of the medium this event relates to.</desc>
15372 </attribute>
15373
15374 <attribute name="registered" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
15375 <desc>
15376 If @c true, the medium was registered, otherwise it was
15377 unregistered.
15378 </desc>
15379 </attribute>
15380 </interface>
15381
15382 <interface
15383 name="IMachineRegisteredEvent" extends="IMachineEvent"
15384 uuid="c354a762-3ff2-4f2e-8f09-07382ee25088"
15385 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnMachineRegistered"
15386 >
15387 <desc>
15388 The given machine was registered or unregistered
15389 within this VirtualBox installation.
15390 </desc>
15391
15392 <attribute name="registered" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
15393 <desc>
15394 If @c true, the machine was registered, otherwise it was
15395 unregistered.
15396 </desc>
15397 </attribute>
15398 </interface>
15399
15400 <interface
15401 name="ISessionStateChangedEvent" extends="IMachineEvent"
15402 uuid="714a3eef-799a-4489-86cd-fe8e45b2ff8e"
15403 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnSessionStateChanged"
15404 >
15405 <desc>
15406 The state of the session for the given machine was changed.
15407 <see>IMachine::sessionState</see>
15408 </desc>
15409
15410 <attribute name="state" type="SessionState" readonly="yes">
15411 <desc>
15412 New session state.
15413 </desc>
15414 </attribute>
15415 </interface>
15416
15417 <interface
15418 name="IGuestPropertyChangedEvent" extends="IMachineEvent"
15419 uuid="3f63597a-26f1-4edb-8dd2-6bddd0912368"
15420 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnGuestPropertyChanged"
15421 >
15422 <desc>
15423 Notification when a guest property has changed.
15424 </desc>
15425
15426 <attribute name="name" readonly="yes" type="wstring">
15427 <desc>
15428 The name of the property that has changed.
15429 </desc>
15430 </attribute>
15431
15432 <attribute name="value" readonly="yes" type="wstring">
15433 <desc>
15434 The new property value.
15435 </desc>
15436 </attribute>
15437
15438 <attribute name="flags" readonly="yes" type="wstring">
15439 <desc>
15440 The new property flags.
15441 </desc>
15442 </attribute>
15443
15444 </interface>
15445
15446 <interface
15447 name="ISnapshotEvent" extends="IMachineEvent"
15448 uuid="21637b0e-34b8-42d3-acfb-7e96daf77c22"
15449 wsmap="managed" id="SnapshotEvent"
15450 >
15451 <desc>Base interface for all snapshot events.</desc>
15452
15453 <attribute name="snapshotId" readonly="yes" type="uuid" mod="string">
15454 <desc>ID of the snapshot this event relates to.</desc>
15455 </attribute>
15456
15457 </interface>
15458
15459 <interface
15460 name="ISnapshotTakenEvent" extends="ISnapshotEvent"
15461 uuid="d27c0b3d-6038-422c-b45e-6d4a0503d9f1"
15462 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnSnapshotTaken"
15463 >
15464 <desc>
15465 A new snapshot of the machine has been taken.
15466 <see>ISnapshot</see>
15467 </desc>
15468 </interface>
15469
15470 <interface
15471 name="ISnapshotDeletedEvent" extends="ISnapshotEvent"
15472 uuid="c48f3401-4a9e-43f4-b7a7-54bd285e22f4"
15473 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnSnapshotDeleted"
15474 >
15475 <desc>
15476 Snapshot of the given machine has been deleted.
15477
15478 <note>
15479 This notification is delivered <b>after</b> the snapshot
15480 object has been uninitialized on the server (so that any
15481 attempt to call its methods will return an error).
15482 </note>
15483
15484 <see>ISnapshot</see>
15485 </desc>
15486 </interface>
15487
15488 <interface
15489 name="ISnapshotChangedEvent" extends="ISnapshotEvent"
15490 uuid="07541941-8079-447a-a33e-47a69c7980db"
15491 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnSnapshotChanged"
15492 >
15493 <desc>
15494 Snapshot properties (name and/or description) have been changed.
15495 <see>ISnapshot</see>
15496 </desc>
15497 </interface>
15498
15499 <interface
15500 name="IMousePointerShapeChangedEvent" extends="IEvent"
15501 uuid="a6dcf6e8-416b-4181-8c4a-45ec95177aef"
15502 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnMousePointerShapeChanged"
15503 >
15504 <desc>
15505 Notification when the guest mouse pointer shape has
15506 changed. The new shape data is given.
15507 </desc>
15508
15509 <attribute name="visible" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
15510 <desc>
15511 Flag whether the pointer is visible.
15512 </desc>
15513 </attribute>
15514 <attribute name="alpha" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
15515 <desc>
15516 Flag whether the pointer has an alpha channel.
15517 </desc>
15518 </attribute>
15519 <attribute name="xhot" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
15520 <desc>
15521 The pointer hot spot X coordinate.
15522 </desc>
15523 </attribute>
15524 <attribute name="yhot" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
15525 <desc>
15526 The pointer hot spot Y coordinate.
15527 </desc>
15528 </attribute>
15529 <attribute name="width" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
15530 <desc>
15531 Width of the pointer shape in pixels.
15532 </desc>
15533 </attribute>
15534 <attribute name="height" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
15535 <desc>
15536 Height of the pointer shape in pixels.
15537 </desc>
15538 </attribute>
15539 <attribute name="shape" type="octet" safearray="yes" readonly="yes">
15540 <desc>
15541 Shape buffer arrays.
15542
15543 The @a shape buffer contains a 1-bpp (bits per pixel) AND mask
15544 followed by a 32-bpp XOR (color) mask.
15545
15546 For pointers without alpha channel the XOR mask pixels are 32
15547 bit values: (lsb)BGR0(msb). For pointers with alpha channel
15548 the XOR mask consists of (lsb)BGRA(msb) 32 bit values.
15549
15550 An AND mask is used for pointers with alpha channel, so if the
15551 callback does not support alpha, the pointer could be
15552 displayed as a normal color pointer.
15553
15554 The AND mask is a 1-bpp bitmap with byte aligned scanlines. The
15555 size of the AND mask therefore is <tt>cbAnd = (width + 7) / 8 *
15556 height</tt>. The padding bits at the end of each scanline are
15557 undefined.
15558
15559 The XOR mask follows the AND mask on the next 4-byte aligned
15560 offset: <tt>uint8_t *pXor = pAnd + (cbAnd + 3) &amp; ~3</tt>.
15561 Bytes in the gap between the AND and the XOR mask are undefined.
15562 The XOR mask scanlines have no gap between them and the size of
15563 the XOR mask is: <tt>cXor = width * 4 * height</tt>.
15564
15565 <note>
15566 If @a shape is 0, only the pointer visibility is changed.
15567 </note>
15568 </desc>
15569 </attribute>
15570 </interface>
15571
15572 <interface
15573 name="IMouseCapabilityChangedEvent" extends="IEvent"
15574 uuid="d633ad48-820c-4207-b46c-6bd3596640d5"
15575 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnMouseCapabilityChanged"
15576 >
15577 <desc>
15578 Notification when the mouse capabilities reported by the
15579 guest have changed. The new capabilities are passed.
15580 </desc>
15581 <attribute name="supportsAbsolute" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
15582 <desc>
15583 Supports absolute coordinates.
15584 </desc>
15585 </attribute>
15586 <attribute name="supportsRelative" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
15587 <desc>
15588 Supports relative coordinates.
15589 </desc>
15590 </attribute>
15591 <attribute name="needsHostCursor" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
15592 <desc>
15593 If host cursor is needed.
15594 </desc>
15595 </attribute>
15596 </interface>
15597
15598 <interface
15599 name="IKeyboardLedsChangedEvent" extends="IEvent"
15600 uuid="6DDEF35E-4737-457B-99FC-BC52C851A44F"
15601 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnKeyboardLedsChanged"
15602 >
15603 <desc>
15604 Notification when the guest OS executes the KBD_CMD_SET_LEDS command
15605 to alter the state of the keyboard LEDs.
15606 </desc>
15607 <attribute name="numLock" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
15608 <desc>
15609 NumLock status.
15610 </desc>
15611 </attribute>
15612 <attribute name="capsLock" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
15613 <desc>
15614 CapsLock status.
15615 </desc>
15616 </attribute>
15617 <attribute name="scrollLock" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
15618 <desc>
15619 ScrollLock status.
15620 </desc>
15621 </attribute>
15622 </interface>
15623
15624 <interface
15625 name="IStateChangedEvent" extends="IEvent"
15626 uuid="4376693C-CF37-453B-9289-3B0F521CAF27"
15627 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnStateChanged"
15628 >
15629 <desc>
15630 Notification when the execution state of the machine has changed.
15631 The new state is given.
15632 </desc>
15633 <attribute name="state" type="MachineState" readonly="yes">
15634 <desc>
15635 New machine state.
15636 </desc>
15637 </attribute>
15638 </interface>
15639
15640 <interface
15641 name="IAdditionsStateChangedEvent" extends="IEvent"
15642 uuid="D70F7915-DA7C-44C8-A7AC-9F173490446A"
15643 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnAdditionsStateChanged"
15644 >
15645 <desc>
15646 Notification when a Guest Additions property changes.
15647 Interested callees should query IGuest attributes to
15648 find out what has changed.
15649 </desc>
15650 </interface>
15651
15652 <interface
15653 name="INetworkAdapterChangedEvent" extends="IEvent"
15654 uuid="08889892-1EC6-4883-801D-77F56CFD0103"
15655 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnNetworkAdapterChanged"
15656 >
15657 <desc>
15658 Notification when a property of one of the
15659 virtual <link to="IMachine::getNetworkAdapter">network adapters</link>
15660 changes. Interested callees should use INetworkAdapter methods and
15661 attributes to find out what has changed.
15662 </desc>
15663 <attribute name="networkAdapter" type="INetworkAdapter" readonly="yes">
15664 <desc>
15665 Network adapter that is subject to change.
15666 </desc>
15667 </attribute>
15668 </interface>
15669
15670 <interface
15671 name="ISerialPortChangedEvent" extends="IEvent"
15672 uuid="3BA329DC-659C-488B-835C-4ECA7AE71C6C"
15673 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnSerialPortChanged"
15674 >
15675 <desc>
15676 Notification when a property of one of the
15677 virtual <link to="IMachine::getSerialPort">serial ports</link> changes.
15678 Interested callees should use ISerialPort methods and attributes
15679 to find out what has changed.
15680 </desc>
15681 <attribute name="serialPort" type="ISerialPort" readonly="yes">
15682 <desc>
15683 Serial port that is subject to change.
15684 </desc>
15685 </attribute>
15686 </interface>
15687
15688 <interface
15689 name="IParallelPortChangedEvent" extends="IEvent"
15690 uuid="813C99FC-9849-4F47-813E-24A75DC85615"
15691 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnParallelPortChanged"
15692 >
15693 <desc>
15694 Notification when a property of one of the
15695 virtual <link to="IMachine::getParallelPort">parallel ports</link>
15696 changes. Interested callees should use ISerialPort methods and
15697 attributes to find out what has changed.
15698 </desc>
15699 <attribute name="parallelPort" type="IParallelPort" readonly="yes">
15700 <desc>
15701 Parallel port that is subject to change.
15702 </desc>
15703 </attribute>
15704 </interface>
15705
15706 <interface
15707 name="IStorageControllerChangedEvent" extends="IEvent"
15708 uuid="715212BF-DA59-426E-8230-3831FAA52C56"
15709 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnStorageControllerChanged"
15710 >
15711 <desc>
15712 Notification when a
15713 <link to="IMachine::mediumAttachments">medium attachment</link>
15714 changes.
15715 </desc>
15716 </interface>
15717
15718 <interface
15719 name="IMediumChangedEvent" extends="IEvent"
15720 uuid="0FE2DA40-5637-472A-9736-72019EABD7DE"
15721 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnMediumChanged"
15722 >
15723 <desc>
15724 Notification when a
15725 <link to="IMachine::mediumAttachments">medium attachment</link>
15726 changes.
15727 </desc>
15728 <attribute name="mediumAttachment" type="IMediumAttachment" readonly="yes">
15729 <desc>
15730 Medium attachment that is subject to change.
15731 </desc>
15732 </attribute>
15733 </interface>
15734
15735 <interface
15736 name="ICPUChangedEvent" extends="IEvent"
15737 uuid="D0F0BECC-EE17-4D17-A8CC-383B0EB55E9D"
15738 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnCPUChanged"
15739 >
15740 <desc>
15741 Notification when a CPU changes.
15742 </desc>
15743 <attribute name="cpu" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
15744 <desc>
15745 The CPU which changed.
15746 </desc>
15747 </attribute>
15748 <attribute name="add" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
15749 <desc>
15750 Flag whether the CPU was added or removed.
15751 </desc>
15752 </attribute>
15753 </interface>
15754
15755 <interface
15756 name="ICPUExecutionCapChangedEvent" extends="IEvent"
15757 uuid="dfa7e4f5-b4a4-44ce-85a8-127ac5eb59dc"
15758 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnCPUExecutionCapChanged"
15759 >
15760 <desc>
15761 Notification when the CPU execution cap changes.
15762 </desc>
15763 <attribute name="executionCap" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
15764 <desc>
15765 The new CPU execution cap value. (1-100)
15766 </desc>
15767 </attribute>
15768 </interface>
15769
15770 <interface
15771 name="IGuestKeyboardEvent" extends="IEvent"
15772 uuid="88394258-7006-40d4-b339-472ee3801844"
15773 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnGuestKeyboard"
15774 >
15775 <desc>
15776 Notification when guest keyboard event happens.
15777 </desc>
15778 <attribute name="scancodes" type="long" safearray="yes" readonly="yes">
15779 <desc>
15780 Array of scancodes.
15781 </desc>
15782 </attribute>
15783 </interface>
15784
15785 <interface
15786 name="IGuestMouseEvent" extends="IReusableEvent"
15787 uuid="1f85d35c-c524-40ff-8e98-307000df0992"
15788 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnGuestMouse"
15789 >
15790 <desc>
15791 Notification when guest mouse event happens.
15792 </desc>
15793
15794 <attribute name="absolute" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
15795 <desc>
15796 If this event is relative or absolute.
15797 </desc>
15798 </attribute>
15799
15800 <attribute name="x" type="long" readonly="yes">
15801 <desc>
15802 New X position, or X delta.
15803 </desc>
15804 </attribute>
15805
15806 <attribute name="y" type="long" readonly="yes">
15807 <desc>
15808 New Y position, or Y delta.
15809 </desc>
15810 </attribute>
15811
15812 <attribute name="z" type="long" readonly="yes">
15813 <desc>
15814 Z delta.
15815 </desc>
15816 </attribute>
15817
15818 <attribute name="w" type="long" readonly="yes">
15819 <desc>
15820 W delta.
15821 </desc>
15822 </attribute>
15823
15824 <attribute name="buttons" type="long" readonly="yes">
15825 <desc>
15826 Button state bitmask.
15827 </desc>
15828 </attribute>
15829
15830 </interface>
15831
15832
15833 <interface
15834 name="IVRDEServerChangedEvent" extends="IEvent"
15835 uuid="a06fd66a-3188-4c8c-8756-1395e8cb691c"
15836 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnVRDEServerChanged"
15837 >
15838 <desc>
15839 Notification when a property of the
15840 <link to="IMachine::VRDEServer">VRDE server</link> changes.
15841 Interested callees should use IVRDEServer methods and attributes to
15842 find out what has changed.
15843 </desc>
15844 </interface>
15845
15846 <interface
15847 name="IVRDEServerInfoChangedEvent" extends="IEvent"
15848 uuid="dd6a1080-e1b7-4339-a549-f0878115596e"
15849 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnVRDEServerInfoChanged"
15850 >
15851 <desc>
15852 Notification when the status of the VRDE server changes. Interested callees
15853 should use <link to="IConsole::VRDEServerInfo">IVRDEServerInfo</link>
15854 attributes to find out what is the current status.
15855 </desc>
15856 </interface>
15857
15858 <interface
15859 name="IUSBControllerChangedEvent" extends="IEvent"
15860 uuid="93BADC0C-61D9-4940-A084-E6BB29AF3D83"
15861 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnUSBControllerChanged"
15862 >
15863 <desc>
15864 Notification when a property of the virtual
15865 <link to="IMachine::USBController">USB controller</link> changes.
15866 Interested callees should use IUSBController methods and attributes to
15867 find out what has changed.
15868 </desc>
15869 </interface>
15870
15871 <interface
15872 name="IUSBDeviceStateChangedEvent" extends="IEvent"
15873 uuid="806da61b-6679-422a-b629-51b06b0c6d93"
15874 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnUSBDeviceStateChanged"
15875 >
15876 <desc>
15877 Notification when a USB device is attached to or detached from
15878 the virtual USB controller.
15879
15880 This notification is sent as a result of the indirect
15881 request to attach the device because it matches one of the
15882 machine USB filters, or as a result of the direct request
15883 issued by <link to="IConsole::attachUSBDevice"/> or
15884 <link to="IConsole::detachUSBDevice"/>.
15885
15886 This notification is sent in case of both a succeeded and a
15887 failed request completion. When the request succeeds, the
15888 @a error parameter is @c null, and the given device has been
15889 already added to (when @a attached is @c true) or removed from
15890 (when @a attached is @c false) the collection represented by
15891 <link to="IConsole::USBDevices"/>. On failure, the collection
15892 doesn't change and the @a error parameter represents the error
15893 message describing the failure.
15894 </desc>
15895 <attribute name="device" type="IUSBDevice" readonly="yes">
15896 <desc>
15897 Device that is subject to state change.
15898 </desc>
15899 </attribute>
15900 <attribute name="attached" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
15901 <desc>
15902 @c true if the device was attached and @c false otherwise.
15903 </desc>
15904 </attribute>
15905 <attribute name="error" type="IVirtualBoxErrorInfo" readonly="yes">
15906 <desc>
15907 @c null on success or an error message object on failure.
15908 </desc>
15909 </attribute>
15910 </interface>
15911
15912 <interface
15913 name="ISharedFolderChangedEvent" extends="IEvent"
15914 uuid="B66349B5-3534-4239-B2DE-8E1535D94C0B"
15915 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnSharedFolderChanged"
15916 >
15917 <desc>
15918 Notification when a shared folder is added or removed.
15919 The @a scope argument defines one of three scopes:
15920 <link to="IVirtualBox::sharedFolders">global shared folders</link>
15921 (<link to="Scope_Global">Global</link>),
15922 <link to="IMachine::sharedFolders">permanent shared folders</link> of
15923 the machine (<link to="Scope_Machine">Machine</link>) or <link
15924 to="IConsole::sharedFolders">transient shared folders</link> of the
15925 machine (<link to="Scope_Session">Session</link>). Interested callees
15926 should use query the corresponding collections to find out what has
15927 changed.
15928 </desc>
15929 <attribute name="scope" type="Scope" readonly="yes">
15930 <desc>
15931 Scope of the notification.
15932 </desc>
15933 </attribute>
15934 </interface>
15935
15936 <interface
15937 name="IRuntimeErrorEvent" extends="IEvent"
15938 uuid="883DD18B-0721-4CDE-867C-1A82ABAF914C"
15939 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnRuntimeError"
15940 >
15941 <desc>
15942 Notification when an error happens during the virtual
15943 machine execution.
15944
15945 There are three kinds of runtime errors:
15946 <ul>
15947 <li><i>fatal</i></li>
15948 <li><i>non-fatal with retry</i></li>
15949 <li><i>non-fatal warnings</i></li>
15950 </ul>
15951
15952 <b>Fatal</b> errors are indicated by the @a fatal parameter set
15953 to @c true. In case of fatal errors, the virtual machine
15954 execution is always paused before calling this notification, and
15955 the notification handler is supposed either to immediately save
15956 the virtual machine state using <link to="IConsole::saveState"/>
15957 or power it off using <link to="IConsole::powerDown"/>.
15958 Resuming the execution can lead to unpredictable results.
15959
15960 <b>Non-fatal</b> errors and warnings are indicated by the
15961 @a fatal parameter set to @c false. If the virtual machine
15962 is in the Paused state by the time the error notification is
15963 received, it means that the user can <i>try to resume</i> the machine
15964 execution after attempting to solve the problem that caused the
15965 error. In this case, the notification handler is supposed
15966 to show an appropriate message to the user (depending on the
15967 value of the @a id parameter) that offers several actions such
15968 as <i>Retry</i>, <i>Save</i> or <i>Power Off</i>. If the user
15969 wants to retry, the notification handler should continue
15970 the machine execution using the <link to="IConsole::resume"/>
15971 call. If the machine execution is not Paused during this
15972 notification, then it means this notification is a <i>warning</i>
15973 (for example, about a fatal condition that can happen very soon);
15974 no immediate action is required from the user, the machine
15975 continues its normal execution.
15976
15977 Note that in either case the notification handler
15978 <b>must not</b> perform any action directly on a thread
15979 where this notification is called. Everything it is allowed to
15980 do is to post a message to another thread that will then talk
15981 to the user and take the corresponding action.
15982
15983 Currently, the following error identifiers are known:
15984 <ul>
15985 <li><tt>"HostMemoryLow"</tt></li>
15986 <li><tt>"HostAudioNotResponding"</tt></li>
15987 <li><tt>"VDIStorageFull"</tt></li>
15988 <li><tt>"3DSupportIncompatibleAdditions"</tt></li>
15989 </ul>
15990 </desc>
15991 <attribute name="fatal" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
15992 <desc>
15993 Whether the error is fatal or not.
15994 </desc>
15995 </attribute>
15996 <attribute name="id" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
15997 <desc>
15998 Error identifier.
15999 </desc>
16000 </attribute>
16001 <attribute name="message" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
16002 <desc>
16003 Optional error message.
16004 </desc>
16005 </attribute>
16006 </interface>
16007
16008
16009 <interface
16010 name="IEventSourceChangedEvent" extends="IEvent"
16011 uuid="e7932cb8-f6d4-4ab6-9cbf-558eb8959a6a"
16012 waitable="yes"
16013 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnEventSourceChanged"
16014 >
16015 <desc>
16016 Notification when an event source state changes (listener added or removed).
16017 </desc>
16018
16019 <attribute name="listener" type="IEventListener" readonly="yes">
16020 <desc>
16021 Event listener which has changed.
16022 </desc>
16023 </attribute>
16024
16025 <attribute name="add" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
16026 <desc>
16027 Flag whether listener was added or removed.
16028 </desc>
16029 </attribute>
16030 </interface>
16031
16032 <interface
16033 name="IExtraDataChangedEvent" extends="IEvent"
16034 uuid="024F00CE-6E0B-492A-A8D0-968472A94DC7"
16035 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnExtraDataChanged"
16036 >
16037 <desc>
16038 Notification when machine specific or global extra data
16039 has changed.
16040 </desc>
16041 <attribute name="machineId" type="uuid" mod="string" readonly="yes">
16042 <desc>
16043 ID of the machine this event relates to.
16044 Null for global extra data changes.
16045 </desc>
16046 </attribute>
16047 <attribute name="key" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
16048 <desc>
16049 Extra data key that has changed.
16050 </desc>
16051 </attribute>
16052 <attribute name="value" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
16053 <desc>
16054 Extra data value for the given key.
16055 </desc>
16056 </attribute>
16057 </interface>
16058
16059 <interface
16060 name="IVetoEvent" extends="IEvent"
16061 uuid="9a1a4130-69fe-472f-ac10-c6fa25d75007"
16062 wsmap="managed"
16063 >
16064 <desc>Base abstract interface for veto events.</desc>
16065
16066 <method name="addVeto">
16067 <desc>
16068 Adds a veto on this event.
16069 </desc>
16070 <param name="reason" type="wstring" dir="in">
16071 <desc>
16072 Reason for veto, could be null or empty string.
16073 </desc>
16074 </param>
16075 </method>
16076
16077 <method name="isVetoed">
16078 <desc>
16079 If this event was vetoed.
16080 </desc>
16081 <param name="result" type="boolean" dir="return">
16082 <desc>
16083 Reason for veto.
16084 </desc>
16085 </param>
16086 </method>
16087
16088 <method name="getVetos">
16089 <desc>
16090 Current veto reason list, if size is 0 - no veto.
16091 </desc>
16092 <param name="result" type="wstring" dir="return" safearray="yes">
16093 <desc>
16094 Array of reasons for veto provided by different event handlers.
16095 </desc>
16096 </param>
16097 </method>
16098
16099 </interface>
16100
16101 <interface
16102 name="IExtraDataCanChangeEvent" extends="IVetoEvent"
16103 uuid="245d88bd-800a-40f8-87a6-170d02249a55"
16104 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnExtraDataCanChange"
16105 waitable="true"
16106 >
16107 <desc>
16108 Notification when someone tries to change extra data for
16109 either the given machine or (if @c null) global extra data.
16110 This gives the chance to veto against changes.
16111 </desc>
16112 <attribute name="machineId" type="uuid" mod="string" readonly="yes">
16113 <desc>
16114 ID of the machine this event relates to.
16115 Null for global extra data changes.
16116 </desc>
16117 </attribute>
16118 <attribute name="key" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
16119 <desc>
16120 Extra data key that has changed.
16121 </desc>
16122 </attribute>
16123 <attribute name="value" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
16124 <desc>
16125 Extra data value for the given key.
16126 </desc>
16127 </attribute>
16128 </interface>
16129
16130 <interface
16131 name="ICanShowWindowEvent" extends="IVetoEvent"
16132 uuid="adf292b0-92c9-4a77-9d35-e058b39fe0b9"
16133 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnCanShowWindow"
16134 waitable="true"
16135 >
16136 <desc>
16137 Notification when a call to
16138 <link to="IMachine::canShowConsoleWindow"/> is made by a
16139 front-end to check if a subsequent call to
16140 <link to="IMachine::showConsoleWindow"/> can succeed.
16141
16142 The callee should give an answer appropriate to the current
16143 machine state using event veto. This answer must
16144 remain valid at least until the next
16145 <link to="IConsole::state">machine state</link> change.
16146 </desc>
16147 </interface>
16148
16149 <interface
16150 name="IShowWindowEvent" extends="IEvent"
16151 uuid="B0A0904D-2F05-4D28-855F-488F96BAD2B2"
16152 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnShowWindow"
16153 waitable="true"
16154 >
16155 <desc>
16156 Notification when a call to
16157 <link to="IMachine::showConsoleWindow"/>
16158 requests the console window to be activated and brought to
16159 foreground on the desktop of the host PC.
16160
16161 This notification should cause the VM console process to
16162 perform the requested action as described above. If it is
16163 impossible to do it at a time of this notification, this
16164 method should return a failure.
16165
16166 Note that many modern window managers on many platforms
16167 implement some sort of focus stealing prevention logic, so
16168 that it may be impossible to activate a window without the
16169 help of the currently active application (which is supposedly
16170 an initiator of this notification). In this case, this method
16171 must return a non-zero identifier that represents the
16172 top-level window of the VM console process. The caller, if it
16173 represents a currently active process, is responsible to use
16174 this identifier (in a platform-dependent manner) to perform
16175 actual window activation.
16176
16177 This method must set @a winId to zero if it has performed all
16178 actions necessary to complete the request and the console
16179 window is now active and in foreground, to indicate that no
16180 further action is required on the caller's side.
16181 </desc>
16182 <attribute name="winId" type="long long">
16183 <desc>
16184 Platform-dependent identifier of the top-level VM console
16185 window, or zero if this method has performed all actions
16186 necessary to implement the <i>show window</i> semantics for
16187 the given platform and/or this VirtualBox front-end.
16188 </desc>
16189 </attribute>
16190 </interface>
16191
16192 <interface
16193 name="INATRedirectEvent" extends="IMachineEvent"
16194 uuid="57DE97D7-3CBB-42A0-888F-610D5832D16B"
16195 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnNATRedirect"
16196 >
16197 <desc>
16198 Notification when NAT redirect rule added or removed.
16199 </desc>
16200 <attribute name="slot" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
16201 <desc>
16202 Adapter which NAT attached to.
16203 </desc>
16204 </attribute>
16205 <attribute name="remove" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
16206 <desc>
16207 Whether rule remove or add.
16208 </desc>
16209 </attribute>
16210 <attribute name="name" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
16211 <desc>
16212 Name of the rule.
16213 </desc>
16214 </attribute>
16215 <attribute name="proto" type="NATProtocol" readonly="yes">
16216 <desc>
16217 Protocol (TCP or UDP) of the redirect rule.
16218 </desc>
16219 </attribute>
16220 <attribute name="hostIp" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
16221 <desc>
16222 Host ip address to bind socket on.
16223 </desc>
16224 </attribute>
16225 <attribute name="hostPort" type="long" readonly="yes">
16226 <desc>
16227 Host port to bind socket on.
16228 </desc>
16229 </attribute>
16230 <attribute name="guestIp" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
16231 <desc>
16232 Guest ip address to redirect to.
16233 </desc>
16234 </attribute>
16235 <attribute name="guestPort" type="long" readonly="yes">
16236 <desc>
16237 Guest port to redirect to.
16238 </desc>
16239 </attribute>
16240 </interface>
16241
16242 <interface
16243 name="IHostPciDevicePlugEvent" extends="IMachineEvent"
16244 waitable="yes"
16245 uuid="EDD4782B-DB74-43A0-B724-2BAA36F039CC"
16246 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnHostPciDevicePlug"
16247 >
16248 <desc>
16249 Notification when host PCI device is plugged/unplugged.
16250 </desc>
16251
16252 <attribute name="plugged" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
16253 <desc>
16254 If device successfully plugged or unplugged.
16255 </desc>
16256 </attribute>
16257
16258 <attribute name="success" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
16259 <desc>
16260 If operation was successful, if false - 'message' attribute
16261 may be of interest.
16262 </desc>
16263 </attribute>
16264
16265 <attribute name="attachment" type="IPciDeviceAttachment" readonly="yes">
16266 <desc>
16267 Attachment info for this device.
16268 </desc>
16269 </attribute>
16270
16271 <attribute name="eventContext" type="IEventContext" readonly="yes">
16272 <desc>
16273 Context object, passed into attachHostPciDevice() and
16274 attachHostPciDevice().
16275 </desc>
16276 </attribute>
16277
16278 <attribute name="message" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
16279 <desc>
16280 Optional error message.
16281 </desc>
16282 </attribute>
16283
16284 </interface>
16285
16286 <interface
16287 name="IVBoxSVCUnavailableEvent" extends="IEvent"
16288 uuid="99f6b352-f5c1-4d15-9c32-939158da8983"
16289 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnVBoxSVCUnavailable"
16290 >
16291 <desc>
16292 Notification when VBoxSVC becomes unavailable (due to a crash or similar
16293 unexpected circumstances).
16294 </desc>
16295 </interface>
16296
16297 <interface
16298 name="IBandwidthGroupChangedEvent" extends="IEvent"
16299 uuid="334df94a-7556-4cbc-8c04-043096b02d82"
16300 wsmap="managed" autogen="VBoxEvent" id="OnBandwidthGroupChanged"
16301 >
16302 <desc>
16303 Notification when one of the bandwidth groups changed
16304 </desc>
16305 <attribute name="bandwidthGroup" type="IBandwidthGroup" readonly="yes">
16306 <desc>
16307 The changed bandwidth group.
16308 </desc>
16309 </attribute>
16310 </interface>
16311
16312 <module name="VBoxSVC" context="LocalServer">
16313 <class name="VirtualBox" uuid="B1A7A4F2-47B9-4A1E-82B2-07CCD5323C3F"
16314 namespace="virtualbox.org">
16315 <interface name="IVirtualBox" default="yes"/>
16316 </class>
16317 </module>
16318
16319 <module name="VBoxC" context="InprocServer" threadingModel="Free">
16320 <class name="VirtualBoxClient" uuid="dd3fc71d-26c0-4fe1-bf6f-67f633265bba"
16321 namespace="virtualbox.org">
16322 <interface name="IVirtualBoxClient" default="yes"/>
16323 </class>
16324
16325 <class name="Session" uuid="3C02F46D-C9D2-4F11-A384-53F0CF917214"
16326 namespace="virtualbox.org">
16327 <interface name="ISession" default="yes"/>
16328 </class>
16329 </module>
16330
16331</library>
16332
16333</idl>
16334
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