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1<?xml version="1.0" ?>
2
3<!--
4 * :tabSize=2:indentSize=2:noTabs=true:
5 * :folding=explicit:collapseFolds=1:
6 *
7 * Master declaration for VirtualBox's Main API, represented
8 * by COM/XPCOM and web service interfaces.
9 *
10 * From this document, the build system generates several files
11 * via XSLT that are then used during the build process:
12 *
13 * - out/<platform>/bin/sdk/idl/VirtualBox[_XPCOM].idl, a
14 * COM/XPCOM interface definition file (IDL)
15 *
16 * - out/<platform>/bin/sdk/include/VirtualBox[_XPCOM].h, which
17 * gets included from the include/VBox/com/VirtualBox.h
18 * wrapper, to allow clients to access the COM/XPCOM API;
19 *
20 * - also, another intermediate file that is then used to
21 * produce the official Doxygen documentation of the API.
22 *
23 * - a lot of files for the web service by XSLT stylesheets
24 * in the ../webservice directory; the targets include a
25 * WSDL file that describes the web service and C++ method
26 * mappers that map SOAP messages to COM calls.
27 *
28 * Copyright (C) 2006-2007 innotek GmbH
29 *
30 * This file is part of VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE), as
31 * available from http://www.virtualbox.org. This file is free software;
32 * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
33 * General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
34 * in version 2 as it comes in the "COPYING" file of the VirtualBox OSE
35 * distribution. VirtualBox OSE is distributed in the hope that it will
36 * be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY of any kind.
37 *
38 * If you received this file as part of a commercial VirtualBox
39 * distribution, then only the terms of your commercial VirtualBox
40 * license agreement apply instead of the previous paragraph.
41-->
42
43<idl>
44
45<if target="midl">
46 <cpp line="enum {"/>
47 <cpp line=" kTypeLibraryMajorVersion = 1,"/>
48 <cpp line=" kTypeLibraryMinorVersion = 0"/>
49 <cpp line="};"/>
50</if>
51
52<if target="xpidl">
53 <!-- NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_ISUPPORTSxx_CI macros are placed here, for convenience -->
54 <cpp>
55// currenty, nsISupportsImpl.h lacks the below-like macros
56#ifndef NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_ISUPPORTS1_CI
57#define NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_ISUPPORTS1_CI(_class, _interface) \
58 NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_ADDREF(_class) \
59 NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_RELEASE(_class) \
60 NS_IMPL_QUERY_INTERFACE1_CI(_class, _interface) \
61 NS_IMPL_CI_INTERFACE_GETTER1(_class, _interface)
62#endif
63#ifndef NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_ISUPPORTS2_CI
64#define NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_ISUPPORTS2_CI(_class, _i1, _i2) \
65 NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_ADDREF(_class) \
66 NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_RELEASE(_class) \
67 NS_IMPL_QUERY_INTERFACE2_CI(_class, _i1, _i2) \
68 NS_IMPL_CI_INTERFACE_GETTER2(_class, _i1, _i2)
69#endif
70 </cpp>
71</if>
72
73<module
74 name="VirtualBox"
75 uuid="46137EEC-703B-4fe5-AFD4-7C9BBBBA0259"
76 version="1.3"
77 desc="innotek VirtualBox Type Library"
78 supportsErrorInfo="yes"
79>
80
81 <!--
82 // all common enums
83 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
84 -->
85
86 <enum
87 name="TriStateBool"
88 uuid="523ff64d-842a-4b1a-80e7-c311b028cb3a"
89 >
90 <desc>
91 This represents a boolean variable having a third state, default.
92 </desc>
93
94 <const name="False" value="0"/>
95 <const name="True" value="1"/>
96 <const name="Default" value="2"/>
97 </enum>
98
99 <enum
100 name="MachineState"
101 uuid="b8bb15f7-4fa2-4e84-87a8-b4677dd87deb"
102 >
103 <desc>
104 Virtual machine execution state. This enumeration represents possible
105 values of the <link to="IMachine::state"/> attribute.
106 </desc>
107
108 <const name="InvalidMachineState" value="0"/>
109 <const name="PoweredOff" value="1">
110 <desc>
111 The machine is not running.
112 </desc>
113 </const>
114 <const name="Saved" value="2">
115 <desc>
116 The machine is not currently running, but the execution state
117 of the machine has been saved to an external file when it
118 was running.
119 <note>
120 No any machine settings can be altered when the machine
121 is in this state.
122 </note>
123 </desc>
124 </const>
125 <const name="Aborted" value="3">
126 <desc>
127 A process that run the machine has abnormally terminated.
128 Other than that, this value is equivalent to #PoweredOff.
129 </desc>
130 </const>
131 <const name="Running" value="4">
132 <desc>
133 The machine is currently being executed.
134 <note>
135 This value can be used in comparison expressions:
136 all state values below it describe a virtual machine that is
137 not currently being executed (i.e., it is completely out of
138 action).
139 </note>
140 </desc>
141 </const>
142 <const name="Paused" value="5">
143 <desc>
144 The execution of the machine has been paused.
145 <note>
146 This value can be used in comparison expressions:
147 all state values above it represent unstable states of the
148 virtual machine. No any settings can be altered when the
149 VM is in one of the unstable sates.
150 </note>
151 </desc>
152 </const>
153 <const name="Starting" value="6">
154 <desc>
155 The machine is being started after
156 <link to="IConsole::powerUp">powering it on</link> from a
157 zero execution state.
158 </desc>
159 </const>
160 <const name="Stopping" value="7">
161 <desc>
162 The machine is being normally stopped
163 (after explicitly <link to="IConsole::powerDown">powering it off</link>,
164 or after the guest OS has initiated a shutdown sequence).
165 </desc>
166 </const>
167 <const name="Saving" value="8">
168 <desc>
169 The machine is saving its execution state to a file as a
170 result of calling <link to="IConsole::saveState"/> or an online
171 snapshot of the machine is being taken using
172 <link to="IConsole::takeSnapshot"/>.
173 </desc>
174 </const>
175 <const name="Restoring" value="9">
176 <desc>
177 The execution state of the machine is being restored from a file
178 after <link to="IConsole::powerUp">powering it on</link> from
179 a saved execution state.
180 </desc>
181 </const>
182 <const name="Discarding" value="10">
183 <desc>
184 A snapshot of the machine is being discarded after calling
185 <link to="IConsole::discardSnapshot"/> or its current state is
186 being discarded after <link to="IConsole::discardCurrentState"/>.
187 </desc>
188 </const>
189 </enum>
190
191 <enum
192 name="SessionState"
193 uuid="CF2700C0-EA4B-47ae-9725-7810114B94D8"
194 >
195 <desc>
196 Session state. This enumeration represents possible values of
197 <link to="IMachine::sessionState"/> and <link to="ISession::state"/>
198 attributes. Idividual value descriptions contain the appropriate
199 meaning for every case.
200 </desc>
201
202 <const name="InvalidSessionState" value="0"/>
203 <const name="SessionClosed" value="1">
204 <desc>
205 The machine has no open sessions (<link to="IMachine::sessionState"/>);
206 the session is closed (<link to="ISession::state"/>)
207 </desc>
208 </const>
209 <const name="SessionOpen" value="2">
210 <desc>
211 The machine has an open direct session (<link to="IMachine::sessionState"/>);
212 the session is open (<link to="ISession::state"/>)
213 </desc>
214 </const>
215 <const name="SessionSpawning" value="3">
216 <desc>
217 A new (direct) session is being opened for the machine
218 as a result of <link to="IVirtualBox::openRemoteSession()"/>
219 call (<link to="IMachine::sessionState"/>);
220 the session is currently being opened
221 as a result of <link to="IVirtualBox::openRemoteSession()"/>
222 call (<link to="ISession::state"/>)
223 </desc>
224 </const>
225 <const name="SessionClosing" value="4">
226 <desc>
227 The direct session is being closed (<link to="IMachine::sessionState"/>);
228 the session is being closed (<link to="ISession::state"/>)
229 </desc>
230 </const>
231 </enum>
232
233 <enum
234 name="SessionType"
235 uuid="A13C02CB-0C2C-421E-8317-AC0E8AAA153A"
236 >
237 <desc>
238 Session type. This enumeration represents possible values of the
239 <link to="ISession::type"/> attribute.
240 </desc>
241
242 <const name="InvalidSessionType" value="0"/>
243 <const name="DirectSession" value="1">
244 <desc>
245 Direct session
246 (opened by <link to="IVirtualBox::openSession()"/>)
247 </desc>
248 </const>
249 <const name="RemoteSession" value="2">
250 <desc>
251 Remote session
252 (opened by <link to="IVirtualBox::openRemoteSession()"/>)
253 </desc>
254 </const>
255 <const name="ExistingSession" value="3">
256 <desc>
257 Existing session
258 (opened by <link to="IVirtualBox::openExistingSession()"/>)
259 </desc>
260 </const>
261 </enum>
262
263 <enum
264 name="DeviceType"
265 uuid="8B7F8ADE-E8F7-42a4-9661-9F5092C4DB4C"
266 >
267 <desc>
268 Device type.
269 </desc>
270 <const name="NoDevice" value="0">
271 <desc>
272 No Device. This value is not used by
273 <link to="IConsole::getDeviceActivity"/>
274 </desc>
275 </const>
276 <const name="FloppyDevice" value="1">
277 <desc>Floppy device.</desc>
278 </const>
279 <const name="DVDDevice" value="2">
280 <desc>CD/DVD-ROM device.</desc>
281 </const>
282 <const name="HardDiskDevice" value="3">
283 <desc>Hard disk device.</desc>
284 </const>
285 <const name="NetworkDevice" value="4">
286 <desc>Network device.</desc>
287 </const>
288 <const name="USBDevice" value="5">
289 <desc>USB device.</desc>
290 </const>
291 </enum>
292
293 <enum
294 name="DeviceActivity"
295 uuid="6FC8AEAA-130A-4eb5-8954-3F921422D707"
296 >
297 <const name="InvalidActivity" value="0"/>
298 <const name="DeviceIdle" value="1"/>
299 <const name="DeviceReading" value="2"/>
300 <const name="DeviceWriting" value="3"/>
301 </enum>
302
303 <enum
304 name="ResourceUsage"
305 uuid="FC56E4B6-B195-48e2-A5E1-A667B0D9F809"
306 >
307 <desc>
308 Usage type constants for
309 <link to="IVirtualBox::getDVDImageUsage"/> and
310 <link to="IVirtualBox::getFloppyImageUsage"/>.
311 </desc>
312 <const name="InvalidUsage" value="0"/>
313 <const name="PermanentUsage" value="1">
314 <desc>
315 Scopes the VMs that use the resource permanently
316 (the information about this usage is stored in the VM
317 settings file).
318 </desc>
319 </const>
320 <const name="TemporaryUsage" value="2">
321 <desc>
322 Scopes the VMs that are temporarily using the resource
323 (the information about the usage is not yet saved in the VM
324 settings file). Temporary usage can take place only in the
325 context of an open session.
326 </desc>
327 </const>
328 <const name="AllUsage" value="3">
329 <desc>
330 Combines PermanentUsage and TemporaryUsage.
331 </desc>
332 </const>
333 </enum>
334
335 <enum
336 name="DiskControllerType"
337 uuid="1115b810-2ee7-4ebd-8b39-92e98c9a2b48"
338 >
339 <const name="InvalidController" value="0"/>
340 <const name="IDE0Controller" value="1"/>
341 <const name="IDE1Controller" value="2"/>
342 </enum>
343
344 <enum
345 name="ClipboardMode"
346 uuid="33364716-4008-4701-8f14-be0fa3d62950"
347 >
348 <const name="ClipDisabled" value="0"/>
349 <const name="ClipHostToGuest" value="1"/>
350 <const name="ClipGuestToHost" value="2"/>
351 <const name="ClipBidirectional" value="3"/>
352 </enum>
353
354 <!--
355 // IVirtualBoxErrorInfo
356 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
357 -->
358
359 <interface
360 name="IVirtualBoxErrorInfo" extends="$errorinfo"
361 uuid="e98b5376-8eb4-4eea-812a-3964bf3bb26f"
362 supportsErrorInfo="no"
363 wsmap="suppress"
364 >
365 <desc>
366 The IVirtualBoxErrorInfo interface represents extended error information
367 that can be set by components after unsuccessful method invocation and
368 returned to the client in addition to the result code.
369
370 In MS COM, this interface extends the IErrorInfo interface,
371 in XPCOM, it extends the nsIException interface. In both cases,
372 it provides a set of common attributes to retrieve error
373 information.
374
375 Sometimes invocation of some component's method may involve
376 methods of other components that may also fail (independently of
377 this method's failure), or a series of non-fatal errors may
378 precede a fatal error that causes method failure. In cases like
379 that, it may be desirable to preserve information about all errors
380 happened during method invocation and deliver it to the
381 caller. The <link to="#next"/> attribute is intended specifically
382 for this purpose and allows to represent a chain of errors through
383 a single IVirtualBoxErrorInfo instance set after method
384 invocation. Note that errors are stored to a chain in the reverse
385 order, i.e. the initial error object you query right after method
386 invocation is the last error set by the callee, the object it
387 points to in the @a next attribute is the previous error and so
388 on, up to the first error (which is the last in the chain).
389 </desc>
390
391 <attribute name="resultCode" type="result" readonly="yes">
392 <desc>
393 Result code of the error.
394 Usually, it will be the same as the result code returned
395 by the method that provided this error information, but not
396 always. For example, on Win32, CoCreateInstance() will most
397 likely return E_NOINTERFACE upon unsuccessful component
398 instantiation attempt, but not the value the component factory
399 returned.
400 <note>
401 In MS COM, there is no equivalent.
402 In XPCOM, it is the same as nsIException::result.
403 </note>
404 </desc>
405 </attribute>
406
407 <attribute name="interfaceID" type="uuid" readonly="yes">
408 <desc>
409 UUID of the interface that defined the error.
410 <note>
411 In MS COM, it is the same as IErrorInfo::GetGUID.
412 In XPCOM, there is no equivalent.
413 </note>
414 </desc>
415 </attribute>
416
417 <attribute name="component" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
418 <desc>
419 Name of the component that generated the error.
420 <note>
421 In MS COM, it is the same as IErrorInfo::GetSource.
422 In XPCOM, there is no equivalent.
423 </note>
424 </desc>
425 </attribute>
426
427 <attribute name="text" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
428 <desc>
429 Text description of the error.
430 <note>
431 In MS COM, it is the same as IErrorInfo::GetDescription.
432 In XPCOM, it is the same as nsIException::message.
433 </note>
434 </desc>
435 </attribute>
436
437 <attribute name="next" type="IVirtualBoxErrorInfo" readonly="yes">
438 <desc>
439 Next error object if there is any, or @c null otherwise.
440 <note>
441 In MS COM, there is no equivalent.
442 In XPCOM, it is the same as nsIException::inner.
443 </note>
444 </desc>
445 </attribute>
446
447 </interface>
448
449
450 <!--
451 // IVirtualBox
452 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
453 -->
454
455 <interface
456 name="IVirtualBoxCallback" extends="$unknown"
457 uuid="ee95ffc2-b6c6-4ce8-9e9e-ceadbb5019fe"
458 wsmap="suppress"
459 >
460 <method name="onMachineStateChange">
461 <desc>
462 The execution state of the given machine has changed.
463 <see>IMachine::state</see>
464 </desc>
465 <param name="machineId" type="uuid" dir="in">
466 <desc>ID of the machine this event relates to.</desc>
467 </param>
468 <param name="state" type="MachineState" dir="in">
469 <desc>New execution state.</desc>
470 </param>
471 </method>
472
473 <method name="onMachineDataChange">
474 <desc>
475 Any of the settings of the given machine has changed.
476 </desc>
477 <param name="machineId" type="uuid" dir="in">
478 <desc>ID of the machine this event relates to.</desc>
479 </param>
480 </method>
481
482 <method name="onExtraDataCanChange">
483 <desc>
484 Notification when someone tries to change extra data for
485 either the given machine or (if null) global extra data.
486 This gives the chance to veto against changes.
487 </desc>
488 <param name="machineId" type="uuid" dir="in">
489 <desc>
490 ID of the machine this event relates to
491 (null ID for global extra data change requests).
492 </desc>
493 </param>
494 <param name="key" type="wstring" dir="in">
495 <desc>
496 Extra data key for the attempted write.
497 </desc>
498 </param>
499 <param name="value" type="wstring" dir="in">
500 <desc>
501 Extra data value for the given key.
502 </desc>
503 </param>
504 <param name="error" type="wstring" dir="out">
505 <desc>
506 Optional error message describing the reason of the
507 veto (ignored if this notification returns @c true).
508 </desc>
509 </param>
510 <param name="allowChange" type="boolean" dir="return">
511 <desc>
512 Flag to indicate whether the callee agrees (@ true)
513 or vetoes against the change (@ false).
514 </desc>
515 </param>
516 </method>
517
518 <method name="onExtraDataChange">
519 <desc>
520 Notification when machine specific or global extra data
521 has changed.
522 </desc>
523 <param name="machineId" type="uuid" dir="in">
524 <desc>
525 ID of the machine this event relates to.
526 Null for global extra data changes.
527 </desc>
528 </param>
529 <param name="key" type="wstring" dir="in">
530 <desc>
531 Extra data key that has changed.
532 </desc>
533 </param>
534 <param name="value" type="wstring" dir="in">
535 <desc>
536 Extra data value for the given key.
537 </desc>
538 </param>
539 </method>
540
541 <method name="onMediaRegistered">
542 <desc>
543 The given media was registered or unregistered
544 within this VirtualBox installation.
545
546 The @a mediaType parameter describes what type of
547 media the specified @a mediaId refers to. Possible
548 values are:
549
550 - <link to="HardDiskDevice"/>: the media is a hard disk
551 that, if registered, can be obtained using the
552 <link to="IVirtualBox::getHardDisk"/> call.
553 - <link to="DVDDevice"/>: the media is a CD/DVD image
554 that, if registered, can be obtained using the
555 <link to="IVirtualBox::getDVDImage"/> call.
556 - <link to="FloppyDevice"/>: the media is a Floppy image
557 that, if registered, can be obtained using the
558 <link to="IVirtualBox::getFloppyImage"/> call.
559
560 Note that if this is a deregistration notification,
561 there is no way to access the object representing the
562 unregistered media. It is supposed that the
563 application will do required cleanup based on the @a
564 mediaId value.
565 </desc>
566 <param name="mediaId" type="uuid" dir="in">
567 <desc>ID of the media this event relates to.</desc>
568 </param>
569 <param name="mediaType" type="DeviceType" dir="in">
570 <desc>Type of the media this event relates to.</desc>
571 </param>
572 <param name="registered" type="boolean" dir="in">
573 <desc>
574 If true, the media was registered, otherwise it was
575 unregistered.
576 </desc>
577 </param>
578 </method>
579
580 <method name="onMachineRegistered">
581 <desc>
582 The given machine was registered or unregistered
583 within this VirtualBox installation.
584 </desc>
585 <param name="machineId" type="uuid" dir="in">
586 <desc>ID of the machine this event relates to.</desc>
587 </param>
588 <param name="registered" type="boolean" dir="in">
589 <desc>
590 If true, the machine was registered, otherwise it was
591 unregistered.
592 </desc>
593 </param>
594 </method>
595
596 <method name="onSessionStateChange">
597 <desc>
598 The state of the session for the given machine was changed.
599 <see>IMachine::sessionState</see>
600 </desc>
601 <param name="machineId" type="uuid" dir="in">
602 <desc>ID of the machine this event relates to.</desc>
603 </param>
604 <param name="state" type="SessionState" dir="in">
605 <desc>New session state.</desc>
606 </param>
607 </method>
608
609 <method name="onSnapshotTaken">
610 <desc>
611 A new snapshot of the machine has been taken.
612 <see>ISnapshot</see>
613 </desc>
614 <param name="machineId" type="uuid" dir="in">
615 <desc>ID of the machine this event relates to.</desc>
616 </param>
617 <param name="snapshotId" type="uuid" dir="in">
618 <desc>ID of the new snapshot.</desc>
619 </param>
620 </method>
621
622 <method name="onSnapshotDiscarded">
623 <desc>
624 Snapshot of the given machine has been discarded.
625
626 <note>
627 This notification is delivered <b>after</b> the snapshot
628 object has been uninitialized on the server (so that any
629 attempt to call its methods will return an error).
630 </note>
631
632 <see>ISnapshot</see>
633 </desc>
634 <param name="machineId" type="uuid" dir="in">
635 <desc>ID of the machine this event relates to.</desc>
636 </param>
637 <param name="snapshotId" type="uuid" dir="in">
638 <desc>
639 ID of the discarded snapshot. <tt>null</tt> means the
640 current machine state has been discarded (restored from
641 the current snapshot).
642 </desc>
643 </param>
644 </method>
645
646 <method name="onSnapshotChange">
647 <desc>
648 Snapshot properties (name and/or description) have been changed.
649 <see>ISnapshot</see>
650 </desc>
651 <param name="machineId" type="uuid" dir="in">
652 <desc>ID of the machine this event relates to.</desc>
653 </param>
654 <param name="snapshotId" type="uuid" dir="in">
655 <desc>ID of the changed snapshot.</desc>
656 </param>
657 </method>
658
659 </interface>
660
661 <interface
662 name="IVirtualBox" extends="$dispatched"
663 uuid="d1a2295c-d257-4a4c-a9a6-843d87db6f45"
664 wsmap="global"
665 >
666 <desc> The main interface exposed by the product that provides virtual
667 machine management.
668
669 An instance of IVirtualBox is required for the product to do anything
670 useful. Even though the interface does not expose this, internally, IVirtualBox
671 is implemented as a singleton and actually lives in the process of the
672 VirtualBox server (VBoxSVC.exe). This makes sure that IVirtualBox can
673 track the state of all virtual machines on a particular host, regardless
674 of which frontend started them.
675
676 To enumerate all the virtual machines on the host, use the <link to="IVirtualBox::machines" />
677 attribute.</desc>
678
679 <attribute name="version" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
680 <desc>
681 A string representing the version number of the product. The
682 format is 3 integer numbers divided by dots (e.g. 1.0.1). The
683 last number represents the build number and will frequently change.
684 </desc>
685 </attribute>
686
687 <attribute name="homeFolder" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
688 <desc>
689 Full path to the directory where the global settings file,
690 <tt>VirtualBox.xml</tt>, is stored.
691
692 In this version of VirtualBox, the value of this property is
693 always <tt>&lt;user_dir&gt;/.VirtualBox</tt> (where
694 <tt>&lt;user_dir&gt;</tt> is the path to the user directory,
695 as determined by the host OS), and cannot be changed.
696
697 This path is also used as the base to resolve relative paths in
698 places where relative paths are allowed (unless otherwise
699 expressly indicated).
700 </desc>
701 </attribute>
702
703 <attribute name="host" type="IHost" readonly="yes">
704 <desc>Associated host object.</desc>
705 </attribute>
706
707 <attribute name="systemProperties" type="ISystemProperties" readonly="yes">
708 <desc>Associated system information object.</desc>
709 </attribute>
710
711 <attribute name="machines" type="IMachineCollection" readonly="yes"/>
712
713 <attribute name="hardDisks" type="IHardDiskCollection" readonly="yes">
714 <desc>
715 A collection of hard disk objects registered within this
716 VirtualBox instance.
717 This collection contains only "top-level" (basic or independent)
718 hard disk images, but not differencing ones. All differencing
719 images of the given top-level image (i.e. all its children) can
720 be enumerated using <link to="IHardDisk::children"/>.
721 </desc>
722 </attribute>
723
724 <attribute name="DVDImages" type="IDVDImageCollection" readonly="yes"/>
725
726 <attribute name="FloppyImages" type="IFloppyImageCollection" readonly="yes"/>
727
728 <attribute name="progressOperations" type="IProgressCollection" readonly="yes"/>
729
730 <attribute name="guestOSTypes" type="IGuestOSTypeCollection" readonly="yes"/>
731
732 <attribute name="sharedFolders" type="ISharedFolderCollection" readonly="yes">
733 <desc>
734 Collection of globally shared folders. These folders
735 are shared automatically upon VirtualBox server startup and
736 available only to every virtual machine.
737
738 New folders to share are added to the collection using
739 <link to="#createSharedFolder"/>. An existing shared folder can
740 be removed using <link to="#removeSharedFolder"/>.
741 </desc>
742 </attribute>
743
744 <method name="createMachine">
745 <desc>
746 Creates a new virtual machine.
747
748 Every machine has a <i>settings file</i> that is used to store
749 the machine configuration. This file is stored in the directory
750 called <i>machine settings subfolder</i>. Both the subfolder
751 and the settings file have the same name that corresponds to the
752 name of the virtual machine. You can specify where
753 to create the machine settings subfolder using the @a
754 baseFolder argument. The base folder can be absolute (full path)
755 or relative to the <link to="IVirtualBox::homeFolder">
756 VirtualBox home directory</link>.
757
758 If a null or empty string is given as the base folder (which is
759 recommended), the <link to="ISystemProperties::defaultMachineFolder">
760 default machine settings folder</link> will be used as the base
761 folder to create the machine settings subfolder and file. In
762 any case, the full path to the settings file will look like:
763 <pre>
764 &lt;base_folder&gt;/&lt;machine_name&gt;/&lt;machine_name&gt;.xml</pre>
765
766 Note that the configuration of the newly created machine is not
767 saved to disk (and therefore no settings subfolder and file are
768 created) until <link to="IMachine::saveSettings()"/> is called.
769
770 You should also specify a valid name for the machine.
771 See the <link to="IMachine::name"/> property
772 description for more details about the machine name.
773
774 The created machine remains
775 unregistered until you call <link to="#registerMachine()"/>.
776
777 <note>
778 There is no way to change the name of the settings file or
779 subfolder of the created machine directly.
780 </note>
781 </desc>
782 <param name="baseFolder" type="wstring" dir="in">
783 <desc>
784 Name of the folder where to create the machine settings
785 subfolder containing the settings file.
786 </desc>
787 </param>
788 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
789 <desc>Machine name.</desc>
790 </param>
791 <param name="machine" type="IMachine" dir="return">
792 <desc>Created machine object.</desc>
793 </param>
794 </method>
795
796 <method name="createLegacyMachine">
797 <desc>
798 Creates a new virtual machine in "legacy" mode, using the
799 specified settings file to store machine settings.
800
801 As opposed to machines created by <link to="#createMachine()"/>,
802 the settings file of the machine created in "legacy" mode
803 is not automatically renamed when the machine name is
804 changed -- it will always remain the same as specified in this
805 method call.
806
807 The specified settings file name can be absolute
808 (full path) or relative to the <link to="IVirtualBox::homeFolder">
809 VirtualBox home directory</link>. If the file name doesn't
810 contain an extension, the default extension (.xml) will be
811 appended.
812
813 Note that the configuration of the newly created machine is not
814 saved to disk (and therefore no settings file is created)
815 until <link to="IMachine::saveSettings()"/> is called. If the
816 specified settings file already exists,
817 <link to="IMachine::saveSettings()"/> will return an error.
818
819 You should also specify a valid name for the machine.
820 See the <link to="IMachine::name"/> property
821 description for more details about the machine name.
822
823 The created machine remains
824 unregistered until you call <link to="#registerMachine()"/>.
825
826 @deprecated This method may be removed later. It is better
827 to use <link to="IVirtualBox::createMachine()"/>.
828
829 <note>
830 There is no way to change the name of the settings file
831 of the created machine.
832 </note>
833 </desc>
834 <param name="settingsFile" type="wstring" dir="in">
835 <desc>
836 Name of the file where to store machine settings.
837 </desc>
838 </param>
839 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
840 <desc>Machine name.</desc>
841 </param>
842 <param name="machine" type="IMachine" dir="return">
843 <desc>Created machine object.</desc>
844 </param>
845 </method>
846
847 <method name="openMachine">
848 <desc>
849 Opens a virtual machine from the existing settings file.
850 The opened machine remains unregistered until you call
851 <link to="#registerMachine()"/>.
852
853 The specified settings file name can be absolute
854 (full path) or relative to the <link to="IVirtualBox::homeFolder">
855 VirtualBox home directory</link>. This file must exist
856 and must be a valid machine settings file whose contents
857 will be used to construct the machine object.
858
859 @deprecated Will be removed soon.
860 </desc>
861 <param name="settingsFile" type="wstring" dir="in">
862 <desc>
863 Name of the machine settings file.
864 </desc>
865 </param>
866 <param name="machine" type="IMachine" dir="return">
867 <desc>Opened machine object.</desc>
868 </param>
869 <note>
870 <link to="IMachine::settingsModified"/> will return
871 false for the created machine, until any of machine settigs
872 are changed.
873 </note>
874 </method>
875
876 <method name="registerMachine">
877 <desc>
878
879 Registers the machine previously created using
880 <link to="#createMachine()"/> or opened using
881 <link to="#openMachine()"/> within this VirtualBox installation. After
882 successful method invocation, the
883 <link to="IVirtualBoxCallback::onMachineRegistered"/> signal is sent
884 to all registered callbacks.
885
886 <note>
887 This method implicitly calls <link to="IMachine::saveSettings"/>
888 to save all current machine settings before registering it.
889 </note>
890
891 </desc>
892 <param name="machine" type="IMachine" dir="in"/>
893 </method>
894
895 <method name="getMachine">
896 <param name="id" type="uuid" dir="in"/>
897 <param name="machine" type="IMachine" dir="return"/>
898 </method>
899
900 <method name="findMachine">
901 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in"/>
902 <param name="machine" type="IMachine" dir="return"/>
903 </method>
904
905 <method name="unregisterMachine">
906 <desc>
907
908 Unregisters the machine previously registered using
909 <link to="#registerMachine"/>. After successful method invocation, the
910 <link to="IVirtualBoxCallback::onMachineRegistered"/> signal is sent
911 to all registered callbacks.
912
913 <note>
914 The specified machine must not be in the Saved state, have an open
915 (or a spawning) direct session associated with it, have snapshots or
916 have hard disks attached.
917 </note>
918
919 <note>
920 This method implicitly calls <link to="IMachine::saveSettings"/> to
921 save all current machine settings before unregistering it.
922 </note>
923
924 <note>
925 If the given machine is inaccessible (see
926 <link to="IMachine::accessible"/>), it will be unregistered and
927 fully uninitialized right afterwards. As a result, the returned
928 machine object will be unusable and an attempt to call
929 <b>any</b> method will return the "Object not ready" error.
930 </note>
931
932 </desc>
933 <param name="id" type="uuid" dir="in">
934 <desc>UUID of the machine to unregister.</desc>
935 </param>
936 <param name="machine" type="IMachine" dir="return">
937 <desc>Unregistered machine object.</desc>
938 </param>
939 </method>
940
941 <method name="createHardDisk">
942 <desc>
943
944 Creates a new unregistered hard disk that will use the given
945 storage type.
946
947 Most properties of the created hard disk object are
948 uninitialized. Valid values must be assigned to them (and probalby
949 some actions performed) to make the actual usage of this hard disk
950 (<link to="#registerHardDisk()">register</link>, attach to a virtual
951 machine, etc.). See the description of <link to="IHardDisk"/> and
952 descriptions of storage type specific interfaces for more information.
953
954 <note>
955 For hard disks using
956 the <link
957 to="HardDiskStorageType::VirtualDiskImage">VirtualDiskImage</link>
958 storage type, an image file is not actually created until you call
959 <link to="IVirtualDiskImage::createDynamicImage()"/> or
960 <link to="IVirtualDiskImage::createFixedImage()"/>.
961 </note>
962
963 </desc>
964
965 <param name="storageType" type="HardDiskStorageType" dir="in">
966 <desc>Storage type of the hard disk image to create.</desc>
967 </param>
968 <param name="hardDisk" type="IHardDisk" dir="return">
969 <desc>Created hard disk object of the given storage type.</desc>
970 </param>
971
972 </method>
973
974 <method name="openHardDisk">
975 <desc>
976
977 Opens a hard disk from an existing location.
978
979 This method tries to guess the
980 <link to="HardDiskStorageType">hard disk storage type</link> from the
981 format of the location string and from the contens of the resource the
982 location points to. Currently, a <i>file path</i> is the only
983 supported format for the location string which must point to either a
984 VDI file or to a VMDK file. On success, an IHardDisk object will be
985 returned that also implements the corresponding interface
986 (IVirtualDiskImage or IVMDKImage, respectively). The
987 <link to="IHardDisk::storageType"/> property may also be used to
988 determine the storage type of the returned object (instead of trying
989 to query one of these interfaces).
990
991 <note>
992 The specified file path can be absolute (full path) or relative to
993 the <link to="IVirtualBox::homeFolder">VirtualBox home
994 directory</link>. If only a file name without any path is given,
995 the <link to="ISystemProperties::defaultVDIFolder"> default VDI
996 folder</link> will be used as a path to the image file.
997 </note>
998
999 The opened hard disk remains unregistered
1000 until <link to="#registerHardDisk()"/> is called.
1001
1002 </desc>
1003
1004 <param name="location" type="wstring" dir="in">
1005 <desc>
1006 Location of the resource that contains a valid hard disk.
1007 </desc>
1008 </param>
1009 <param name="hardDisk" type="IHardDisk" dir="return">
1010 <desc>Opened hard disk object.</desc>
1011 </param>
1012 </method>
1013
1014 <method name="openVirtualDiskImage">
1015 <desc>
1016
1017 Opens a hard disk from an existing Virtual Disk Image file.
1018 The opened hard disk remains unregistered
1019 until <link to="#registerHardDisk()"/> is called.
1020
1021 @deprecated Use <link to="IVirtualBox::openHardDisk()"/> instead.
1022
1023 <note>Opening differencing images is not supported.</note>
1024
1025 <note>The specified file path can be absolute (full path) or
1026 relative to the <link to="IVirtualBox::homeFolder"> VirtualBox
1027 home directory</link>. If only a file name without any path is
1028 given, the <link to="ISystemProperties::defaultVDIFolder">
1029 default VDI folder</link> will be used as a path to the image
1030 file.</note>
1031
1032 </desc>
1033
1034 <param name="filePath" type="wstring" dir="in">
1035 <desc>
1036 Name of the file that contains a valid Virtual Disk Image.
1037 </desc>
1038 </param>
1039 <param name="image" type="IVirtualDiskImage" dir="return">
1040 <desc>Opened hard disk object.</desc>
1041 </param>
1042 </method>
1043
1044 <method name="registerHardDisk">
1045 <desc>
1046
1047 Registers the given hard disk within this VirtualBox
1048 installation. The hard disk must not be registered, must be
1049 <link to="IHardDisk::accessible"/> and must not be a
1050 differencing hard disk, otherwise the registration will fail.
1051
1052 </desc>
1053 <param name="hardDisk" type="IHardDisk" dir="in">
1054 <desc>Hard disk object to register.</desc>
1055 </param>
1056 </method>
1057
1058 <method name="getHardDisk" const="yes">
1059 <desc>
1060 Returns the registered hard disk with the given UUID.
1061 </desc>
1062 <param name="id" type="uuid" dir="in">
1063 <desc>UUID of the hard disk to look for.</desc>
1064 </param>
1065 <param name="hardDisk" type="IHardDisk" dir="return">
1066 <desc>Found hard disk object.</desc>
1067 </param>
1068 </method>
1069
1070 <method name="findHardDisk">
1071 <desc>
1072
1073 Returns a registered hard disk that uses the given location to
1074 store data. The search is done by comparing the
1075 value of the @a location argument to the
1076 <link to="IHardDisk::location"/> attribute of each registered
1077 hard disk.
1078
1079 For locations repesented by file paths (such as VDI and VMDK
1080 images), the specified location can be either an absolute file
1081 path or a path relative to
1082 the <link to="IVirtualBox::homeFolder"> VirtualBox home
1083 directory</link>. If only a file name without any path is
1084 given, the <link to="ISystemProperties::defaultVDIFolder">
1085 default VDI folder</link> will be used as a path to construct
1086 the absolute image file name to search for. Note that on host
1087 systems with case sensitive filesystems, a case sensitive
1088 comparison is performed, otherwise the case of symbols in the
1089 file path is ignored.
1090
1091 </desc>
1092 <param name="location" type="wstring" dir="in">
1093 <desc>Hard disk location specification to search for.</desc>
1094 </param>
1095 <param name="hardDisk" type="IHardDisk" dir="return">
1096 <desc>Found hard disk object.</desc>
1097 </param>
1098 </method>
1099
1100 <method name="findVirtualDiskImage">
1101 <desc>
1102
1103 Returns a registered hard disk that uses the given image file.
1104
1105 @deprecated Use <link to="IVirtualBox::findHardDisk()"/> instead.
1106
1107 <note>The specified file path can be absolute (full path) or
1108 relative to the <link to="IVirtualBox::homeFolder"> VirtualBox
1109 home directory</link>. If only a file name without any path is
1110 given, the <link to="ISystemProperties::defaultVDIFolder">
1111 default VDI folder</link> will be used as a path to the image
1112 file.</note>
1113
1114 <note>On host systems with case sensitive filesystems, a case
1115 sensitive comparison is performed, otherwise the case of symbols
1116 in the file path is ignored.</note>
1117
1118 </desc>
1119 <param name="filePath" type="wstring" dir="in">
1120 <desc>Virtual Disk Image file path to look for.</desc>
1121 </param>
1122 <param name="image" type="IVirtualDiskImage" dir="return">
1123 <desc>Found hard disk object.</desc>
1124 </param>
1125 </method>
1126
1127 <method name="unregisterHardDisk">
1128 <desc>
1129 Unregisters a hard disk previously registered using
1130 <link to="#registerHardDisk()"/>.
1131 <note>
1132 The specified hard disk must not be attached to any of
1133 the existing virtual machines and must not have children
1134 (differencing) hard disks.
1135 </note>
1136 </desc>
1137 <param name="id" type="uuid" dir="in">
1138 <desc>UUID of the hard disk to unregister.</desc>
1139 </param>
1140 <param name="hardDisk" type="IHardDisk" dir="return">
1141 <desc>Unregistered hard disk object.</desc>
1142 </param>
1143 </method>
1144
1145 <method name="openDVDImage">
1146 <desc>
1147 Opens the CD/DVD image contained in the specified file of
1148 the supported format and assigns it the given UUID. The opened
1149 image remains unregistered
1150 until <link to="#registerDVDImage()"/> is called.
1151 </desc>
1152 <param name="filePath" type="wstring" dir="in">
1153 <desc>
1154 Full name of the file that contains a valid
1155 CD/DVD image. Currently, only ISO images are supported.
1156 <note>
1157 The specified file name can be absolute or relative
1158 to the <link to="IVirtualBox::homeFolder">
1159 VirtualBox home directory</link>.
1160 </note>
1161 </desc>
1162 </param>
1163 <param name="id" type="uuid" dir="in">
1164 <desc>
1165 UUID to assign to the given image file within this
1166 VirtualBox installation. If an empty (null) UUID is
1167 specified, the system will randomly generate an UUID.
1168 </desc>
1169 </param>
1170 <param name="image" type="IDVDImage" dir="return">
1171 <desc>Opened CD/DVD image object.</desc>
1172 </param>
1173 </method>
1174
1175 <method name="registerDVDImage">
1176 <desc>
1177 Registers a CD/DVD image within this VirtualBox
1178 installation. The image must not be registered and must not
1179 be associated with the same image file as any of the already
1180 registered images, otherwise the registration will fail.
1181 </desc>
1182 <param name="image" type="IDVDImage" dir="in">
1183 <desc>CD/DVD image object to register.</desc>
1184 </param>
1185 </method>
1186
1187 <method name="getDVDImage">
1188 <desc>
1189 Returns a registered CD/DVD image with the given UUID.
1190 </desc>
1191 <param name="id" type="uuid" dir="in">
1192 <desc>UUID of the image to look for.</desc>
1193 </param>
1194 <param name="image" type="IDVDImage" dir="return">
1195 <desc>Found CD/DVD image object.</desc>
1196 </param>
1197 </method>
1198
1199 <method name="findDVDImage">
1200 <desc>
1201 Returns a registered CD/DVD image with the given image file.
1202 <note>
1203 On host systems with case sensitive filesystems, a case
1204 sensitive comparison is performed, otherwise the case of
1205 symbols in the file path is ignored.
1206 </note>
1207 </desc>
1208 <param name="filePath" type="wstring" dir="in">
1209 <desc>CD/DVD image file path to look for.</desc>
1210 </param>
1211 <param name="image" type="IDVDImage" dir="return">
1212 <desc>Found CD/DVD image object.</desc>
1213 </param>
1214 </method>
1215
1216 <method name="getDVDImageUsage">
1217 <desc>
1218 Returns the list of of UUIDs of all virtual machines that use
1219 the given CD/DVD image.
1220 </desc>
1221 <param name="id" type="uuid" dir="in">
1222 <desc>UUID of the image to get the usage information for.</desc>
1223 </param>
1224 <param name="usage" type="ResourceUsage" dir="in">
1225 <desc>Type of the usage (permanent, temporary or all).</desc>
1226 </param>
1227 <param name="machineIDs" type="wstring" dir="return">
1228 <desc>
1229 List of UUIDs of all machines that use the given image
1230 in the way specified by the usage parameter.
1231 The list is returned as a string containing UUIDs separated
1232 by spaces. A null string means that the image is not used.
1233 <note>
1234 When the usage type is <link to="ResourceUsage::AllUsage"/>
1235 and the image is used by the VM both permanently
1236 and temporarily, the VM's UUID will be present only
1237 once in the list.
1238 </note>
1239 </desc>
1240 </param>
1241 </method>
1242
1243 <method name="unregisterDVDImage">
1244 <desc>
1245 Unregisters the CD/DVD image previously registered using
1246 <link to="#registerDVDImage()"/>.
1247 <note>
1248 The specified image must not be mounted to any of
1249 the existing virtual machines.
1250 </note>
1251 </desc>
1252 <param name="id" type="uuid" dir="in">
1253 <desc>UUID of the CD/DVD image to unregister.</desc>
1254 </param>
1255 <param name="image" type="IDVDImage" dir="return">
1256 <desc>Unregistered image object.</desc>
1257 </param>
1258 </method>
1259
1260 <method name="openFloppyImage">
1261 <desc>
1262 Opens a floppy image contained in the specified file of
1263 the supported format and assigns it the given UUID. The opened
1264 image remains unregistered
1265 until <link to="#registerFloppyImage()"/> is called.
1266 </desc>
1267 <param name="filePath" type="wstring" dir="in">
1268 <desc>
1269 Full name of the file that contains a valid
1270 floppy image.
1271 <note>
1272 The specified file name can be absolute or relative
1273 to the <link to="IVirtualBox::homeFolder">
1274 VirtualBox home directory</link>.
1275 </note>
1276 </desc>
1277 </param>
1278 <param name="id" type="uuid" dir="in">
1279 <desc>
1280 UUID to assign to the given image file within this
1281 VirtualBox installation. If an empty (null) UUID is
1282 specified, the system will randomly generate an UUID.
1283 </desc>
1284 </param>
1285 <param name="image" type="IFloppyImage" dir="return">
1286 <desc>Opened CD/DVD image object.</desc>
1287 </param>
1288 </method>
1289
1290 <method name="registerFloppyImage">
1291 <desc>
1292 Registers a floppy image within this VirtualBox
1293 installation. The image must not be registered and must not
1294 be associated with the same image file as any of the already
1295 registered images, otherwise the registration will fail.
1296 </desc>
1297 <param name="image" type="IFloppyImage" dir="in">
1298 <desc>Floppy image object to register.</desc>
1299 </param>
1300 </method>
1301
1302 <method name="getFloppyImage">
1303 <desc>
1304 Returns a registered floppy image with the given UUID.
1305 </desc>
1306 <param name="id" type="uuid" dir="in">
1307 <desc>UUID of the image to look for.</desc>
1308 </param>
1309 <param name="image" type="IFloppyImage" dir="return">
1310 <desc>Found floppy image object.</desc>
1311 </param>
1312 </method>
1313
1314 <method name="findFloppyImage">
1315 <desc>
1316 Returns a registered floppy image with the given image file.
1317 <note>
1318 On host systems with case sensitive filesystems, a case
1319 sensitive comparison is performed, otherwise the case of
1320 symbols in the file path is ignored.
1321 </note>
1322 </desc>
1323 <param name="filePath" type="wstring" dir="in">
1324 <desc>Floppy image file path to look for.</desc>
1325 </param>
1326 <param name="image" type="IFloppyImage" dir="return">
1327 <desc>Found floppy image object.</desc>
1328 </param>
1329 </method>
1330
1331 <method name="getFloppyImageUsage">
1332 <desc>
1333 Returns the list of of UUIDs of all virtual machines that use
1334 the given floppy image.
1335 </desc>
1336 <param name="id" type="uuid" dir="in">
1337 <desc>UUID of the image to get the usage information for.</desc>
1338 </param>
1339 <param name="usage" type="ResourceUsage" dir="in">
1340 <desc>Type of the usage (permanent, temporary or all).</desc>
1341 </param>
1342 <param name="machineIDs" type="wstring" dir="return">
1343 <desc>
1344 List of UUIDs of all machines that use the given image
1345 in the way specified by the usage parameter.
1346 The list is returned as a string containing UUIDs separated
1347 by spaces. A null string means that the image is not used.
1348 <note>
1349 When the usage type is <link to="ResourceUsage::AllUsage"/>
1350 and the image is used by the VM both permanently
1351 and temporarily, the VM's UUID will be present only
1352 once in the list.
1353 </note>
1354 </desc>
1355 </param>
1356 </method>
1357
1358 <method name="unregisterFloppyImage">
1359 <desc>
1360 Unregisters the floppy image previously registered using
1361 <link to="#registerFloppyImage()"/>.
1362 <note>
1363 The specified image must not be mounted to any of
1364 the existing virtual machines.
1365 </note>
1366 </desc>
1367 <param name="id" type="uuid" dir="in">
1368 <desc>UUID of the floppy image to unregister.</desc>
1369 </param>
1370 <param name="image" type="IFloppyImage" dir="return">
1371 <desc>Unregistered image object.</desc>
1372 </param>
1373 </method>
1374
1375 <method name="getGuestOSType">
1376 <param name="id" type="wstring" dir="in"/>
1377 <param name="type" type="IGuestOSType" dir="return"/>
1378 </method>
1379
1380 <method name="createSharedFolder">
1381 <desc>
1382 Creates a new shared folder by associating the given logical
1383 name with the given host path, adds it to the collection of
1384 shared folders and starts sharing it.
1385 Refer to the description of <link to="ISharedFolder"/> to read
1386 about logical name unicity.
1387 </desc>
1388 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
1389 <desc>Unique logical name of the shared folder.</desc>
1390 </param>
1391 <param name="hostPath" type="wstring" dir="in">
1392 <desc>Full path to the shared folder in the host file system.</desc>
1393 </param>
1394 </method>
1395
1396 <method name="removeSharedFolder">
1397 <desc>
1398 Removes a shared folder with the given name previously created
1399 by <link to="#createSharedFolder"/> from the collection of
1400 shared folders and stops sharing it.
1401 </desc>
1402 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
1403 <desc>Logical name of the shared folder to remove.</desc>
1404 </param>
1405 </method>
1406
1407 <method name="getNextExtraDataKey">
1408 <desc>
1409 Returns the extra data key name following the supplied key.
1410 An error is returned if the supplied key does not exist.
1411 @c NULL is returned if the supplied key is the last key.
1412 When supplying @c NULL for the key, the first item is returned.
1413 @a nextValue is an optional parameter and if supplied, the next
1414 key's value is returned in it.
1415 </desc>
1416 <param name="key" type="wstring" dir="in">
1417 <desc>Name of the data key to follow.</desc>
1418 </param>
1419 <param name="nextKey" type="wstring" dir="out">
1420 <desc>Name of the next data key.</desc>
1421 </param>
1422 <param name="nextValue" type="wstring" dir="out">
1423 <desc>Value of the next data key.</desc>
1424 </param>
1425 </method>
1426
1427 <method name="getExtraData">
1428 <desc>
1429 Returns associated extra data.
1430 If the reuqested key does not exist, this function will
1431 succeed and return @c null in the @a value argument.
1432 </desc>
1433 <param name="key" type="wstring" dir="in">
1434 <desc>Name of the data key to get.</desc>
1435 </param>
1436 <param name="value" type="wstring" dir="return">
1437 <desc>Value of the requested data key.</desc>
1438 </param>
1439 </method>
1440
1441 <method name="setExtraData">
1442 <desc>
1443 Sets associated extra data.
1444 If you pass @c NULL as a key @a vaule, the given key will be
1445 deleted.
1446 <note>
1447 This method can be called outside a machine session and
1448 therefore it's a caller's responsibility to handle race
1449 condition when several clients change the same key at the
1450 same time.
1451 </note>
1452 </desc>
1453 <param name="key" type="wstring" dir="in">
1454 <desc>Name of the data key to set.</desc>
1455 </param>
1456 <param name="value" type="wstring" dir="in">
1457 <desc>Value to assign to the key.</desc>
1458 </param>
1459 </method>
1460
1461 <method name="openSession">
1462 <desc>
1463 <p>Opens a new direct session with the given virtual machine.
1464 Within the direct session context, it is possible to change
1465 all VM settings, as well as to execute the VM in the process
1466 space of the session object. There can be only one direct
1467 session open at a time for every virtual machine.</p>
1468 <p>Upon successful return, the session object can be used to
1469 get access to the machine and to the VM console.
1470 </p>
1471 </desc>
1472 <param name="session" type="ISession" dir="in">
1473 <desc>
1474 Session object that will represent the opened session after
1475 successful method invocation. This object must not represent
1476 the already open session.
1477 <note>
1478 This session will be automatically closed if the
1479 VirtualBox server is terminated for some reason.
1480 </note>
1481 </desc>
1482 </param>
1483 <param name="machineId" type="uuid" dir="in">
1484 <desc>ID of the virtual machine to open a session with.</desc>
1485 </param>
1486 </method>
1487
1488 <method name="openRemoteSession">
1489 <desc>
1490 <p>Opens a new remote session with the given virtual
1491 machine. Opening the remote session causes the server to start
1492 a new process that opens a direct session with the given VM.
1493 The remote session provides some level of control over the VM
1494 execution (using the IConsole interface) to the caller. Within
1495 the remote session context, it is not possible to change any
1496 static VM settings (such as name, HDD configuration, etc.).</p>
1497 <p>This operation can take some time, so the progress object
1498 is returned to let the caller be informed when the session is
1499 actually open. Until then, the remote session object remains in
1500 the closed state and accessing the machine or its console through
1501 it is invalid.
1502 </p>
1503
1504 Currently supported session types (values of the @a type
1505 parameter) are:
1506 <ul>
1507 <li><tt>gui</tt>: VirtualBox Qt GUI session</li>
1508 <li><tt>vrdp</tt>: VirtualBox VRDP Server session</li>
1509 </ul>
1510
1511 <note>
1512 It is impossible to open a remote session with the machine
1513 that already has an open direct session or waits until the
1514 previous request to open the remote session is completed
1515 (see <link to="IMachine::sessionState"/>).
1516 </note>
1517
1518 <note>
1519 The opened @a session will be automatically closed when
1520 the corresponding direct session dies or gets closed.
1521 </note>
1522
1523 <see>openExistingSession</see>
1524 </desc>
1525 <param name="session" type="ISession" dir="in">
1526 <desc>
1527 Session object that will represent the opened remote session
1528 after successful method invocation (this object must not
1529 represent an already open session).
1530 </desc>
1531 </param>
1532 <param name="machineId" type="uuid" dir="in">
1533 <desc>ID of the virtual machine to open a session with.</desc>
1534 </param>
1535 <param name="type" type="wstring" dir="in">
1536 <desc>
1537 Type of the remote session (case sensitive).
1538 </desc>
1539 </param>
1540 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
1541 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
1542 </param>
1543 </method>
1544
1545 <method name="openExistingSession">
1546 <desc>
1547 <p>Opens a new remote session with the virtual machine for
1548 which a direct session is already open.
1549 The remote session provides some level of control over the VM
1550 execution (using the IConsole interface) to the caller. Within
1551 the remote session context, it is not possible to change any
1552 static VM settings (such as name, HDD configuration, etc.).</p>
1553 <p>As opposed to <link to="#openRemoteSession()"/>, the number of
1554 remote sessions opened this way is not limited by the API.</p>
1555 <note>
1556 It is impossible to open a remote session with the machine
1557 that doesn't have an open direct session.
1558 </note>
1559 <see>openRemoteSession</see>
1560 </desc>
1561 <param name="session" type="ISession" dir="in">
1562 <desc>
1563 Session object that will represent the open remote session
1564 after successful method invocation. This object must not
1565 represent an already open session.
1566 <note>
1567 This session will be automatically closed when the peer
1568 (direct) session dies or gets closed.
1569 </note>
1570 </desc>
1571 </param>
1572 <param name="machineId" type="uuid" dir="in">
1573 <desc>ID of the virtual machine to open a session with.</desc>
1574 </param>
1575 </method>
1576
1577 <method name="registerCallback">
1578 <param name="callback" type="IVirtualBoxCallback" dir="in"/>
1579 </method>
1580
1581 <method name="unregisterCallback">
1582 <param name="callback" type="IVirtualBoxCallback" dir="in"/>
1583 </method>
1584
1585 </interface>
1586
1587 <class name="VirtualBox" uuid="B1A7A4F2-47B9-4A1E-82B2-07CCD5323C3F"
1588 namespace="virtualbox.org">
1589 <interface name="IVirtualBox" default="yes"/>
1590 </class>
1591
1592 <!--
1593 // IMachine
1594 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
1595 -->
1596
1597 <enumerator
1598 name="IMachineEnumerator" type="IMachine"
1599 uuid="1b554149-be0a-4465-9252-9ff8f420af55"
1600 />
1601
1602 <collection
1603 name="IMachineCollection" type="IMachine" enumerator="IMachineEnumerator"
1604 uuid="FD443EC1-3007-4F5B-9282-D72760A66916"
1605 readonly="yes"
1606 />
1607
1608 <interface
1609 name="IInternalMachineControl" extends="$unknown"
1610 uuid="83c4e00c-be0b-4c10-a48e-7bf832615f7b"
1611 internal="yes"
1612 wsmap="suppress"
1613 >
1614 <method name="updateState">
1615 <desc>
1616 Updates the VM state.
1617 <note>
1618 This operation will also update the settings file with
1619 the correct information about the saved state file
1620 and delete this file from disk when appropriate.
1621 </note>
1622 </desc>
1623 <param name="state" type="MachineState" dir="in"/>
1624 </method>
1625
1626 <method name="getIPCId">
1627 <param name="id" type="wstring" dir="return"/>
1628 </method>
1629
1630 <method name="runUSBDeviceFilters">
1631 <desc>
1632 Asks the server to run USB devices filters of the associated
1633 machine against the given USB device and tell if there is
1634 a match.
1635 <note>
1636 Intended to be used only for remote USB devices. Local
1637 ones don't require to call this method (this is done
1638 implicitly by the Host and USBProxyService).
1639 </note>
1640 </desc>
1641 <param name="device" type="IUSBDevice" dir="in"/>
1642 <param name="matched" type="boolean" dir="return"/>
1643 </method>
1644
1645 <method name="captureUSBDevice">
1646 <desc>
1647 Requests a capture of the given host USB device.
1648 When the request is completed, the VM process will
1649 get a <link to="IInternalSessionControl::onUSBDeviceAttach"/>
1650 notification.
1651 </desc>
1652 <param name="id" type="uuid" dir="in"/>
1653 </method>
1654
1655 <method name="detachUSBDevice">
1656 <desc>
1657 Notification that a VM is going to detach (done = false) or has
1658 already detached (done = true) the given USB device.
1659 When the done = true request is completed, the VM process will
1660 get a <link to="IInternalSessionControl::onUSBDeviceDetach"/>
1661 notification.
1662 <note>
1663 In the done = true case, the server must run its own filters
1664 and filters of all VMs but this one on the detached device
1665 as if it were just attached to the host computer.
1666 </note>
1667 </desc>
1668 <param name="id" type="uuid" dir="in"/>
1669 <param name="done" type="boolean" dir="in"/>
1670 </method>
1671
1672 <method name="autoCaptureUSBDevices">
1673 <desc>
1674 Requests a capture all matching USB devices attached to the host.
1675 When the request is completed, the VM process will
1676 get a <link to="IInternalSessionControl::onUSBDeviceAttach"/>
1677 notification per every captured device.
1678 </desc>
1679 </method>
1680
1681 <method name="detachAllUSBDevices">
1682 <desc>
1683 Notification that a VM that is being powered down. The done
1684 parameter indicates whether which stage of the power down
1685 we're at. When done = false the VM is announcing its
1686 intentions, while when done = true the VM is reporting
1687 what it has done.
1688 <note>
1689 In the done = true case, the server must run its own filters
1690 and filters of all VMs but this one on all detach devices as
1691 if they were just attached to the host computer.
1692 </note>
1693 </desc>
1694 <param name="done" type="boolean" dir="in"/>
1695 </method>
1696
1697 <method name="onSessionEnd">
1698 <desc>
1699 Triggered by the given session object when the session is about
1700 to close normally.
1701 </desc>
1702 <param name="session" type="ISession" dir="in">
1703 <desc>Session that is being closed</desc>
1704 </param>
1705 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
1706 <desc>
1707 Used to wait until the corresponding machine is actually
1708 deassociated from the given session on the server.
1709 Returned only when this session is a direct one.
1710 </desc>
1711 </param>
1712 </method>
1713
1714 <method name="beginSavingState">
1715 <desc>
1716 Called by the VM process to inform the server it wants to
1717 save the current state and stop the VM execution.
1718 </desc>
1719 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="in">
1720 <desc>
1721 Progress object created by the VM process to wait until
1722 the state is saved.
1723 </desc>
1724 </param>
1725 <param name="stateFilePath" type="wstring" dir="out">
1726 <desc>
1727 File path the VM process must save the execution state to.
1728 </desc>
1729 </param>
1730 </method>
1731
1732 <method name="endSavingState">
1733 <desc>
1734 Called by the VM process to inform the server that saving
1735 the state previously requested by #beginSavingState is either
1736 successfully finished or there was a failure.
1737 </desc>
1738
1739 <param name="success" type="boolean" dir="in">
1740 <desc><tt>true</tt> to indicate success and <tt>false</tt> otherwise</desc>
1741 </param>
1742 </method>
1743
1744 <method name="beginTakingSnapshot">
1745 <desc>
1746 Called by the VM process to inform the server it wants to
1747 take a snapshot.
1748 </desc>
1749 <param name="initiator" type="IConsole" dir="in">
1750 <desc>The console object that initiated this call.</desc>
1751 </param>
1752 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
1753 <desc>Snapshot name</desc>
1754 </param>
1755 <param name="description" type="wstring" dir="in">
1756 <desc>Snapshot description</desc>
1757 </param>
1758 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="in">
1759 <desc>
1760 Progress object created by the VM process to wait until
1761 the state is saved (only for online snapshots).
1762 </desc>
1763 </param>
1764 <param name="stateFilePath" type="wstring" dir="out">
1765 <desc>
1766 File path the VM process must save the execution state to.
1767 </desc>
1768 </param>
1769 <param name="serverProgress" type="IProgress" dir="out">
1770 <desc>
1771 Progress object created by the server process to wait until
1772 the snapshot is taken (VDI diff creation, etc.).
1773 </desc>
1774 </param>
1775 </method>
1776
1777 <method name="endTakingSnapshot">
1778 <desc>
1779 Called by the VM process to inform the server that the snapshot
1780 previously requested by #beginTakingSnapshot is either
1781 successfully taken or there was a failure.
1782 </desc>
1783
1784 <param name="success" type="boolean" dir="in">
1785 <desc><tt>true</tt> to indicate success and <tt>false</tt> otherwise</desc>
1786 </param>
1787 </method>
1788
1789 <method name="discardSnapshot">
1790 <desc>
1791 Gets called by IConsole::discardSnapshot.
1792 </desc>
1793 <param name="initiator" type="IConsole" dir="in">
1794 <desc>The console object that initiated this call.</desc>
1795 </param>
1796 <param name="id" type="uuid" dir="in">
1797 <desc>UUID of the snapshot to discard.</desc>
1798 </param>
1799 <param name="machineState" type="MachineState" dir="out">
1800 <desc>New machine state after this operation is started.</desc>
1801 </param>
1802 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
1803 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
1804 </param>
1805 </method>
1806
1807 <method name="discardCurrentState">
1808 <desc>
1809 Gets called by IConsole::discardCurrentState.
1810 </desc>
1811 <param name="initiator" type="IConsole" dir="in">
1812 <desc>The console object that initiated this call.</desc>
1813 </param>
1814 <param name="machineState" type="MachineState" dir="out">
1815 <desc>New machine state after this operation is started.</desc>
1816 </param>
1817 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
1818 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
1819 </param>
1820 </method>
1821
1822 <method name="discardCurrentSnapshotAndState">
1823 <desc>
1824 Gets called by IConsole::discardCurrentSnapshotAndState.
1825 </desc>
1826 <param name="initiator" type="IConsole" dir="in">
1827 <desc>The console object that initiated this call.</desc>
1828 </param>
1829 <param name="machineState" type="MachineState" dir="out">
1830 <desc>New machine state after this operation is started.</desc>
1831 </param>
1832 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
1833 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
1834 </param>
1835 </method>
1836
1837 </interface>
1838
1839 <enum
1840 name="BIOSBootMenuMode"
1841 uuid="ae4fb9f7-29d2-45b4-b2c7-d579603135d5"
1842 >
1843 <desc>
1844 This represents the BIOS boot menu state.
1845 </desc>
1846
1847 <const name="Disabled" value="0"/>
1848 <const name="MenuOnly" value="1"/>
1849 <const name="MessageAndMenu" value="2"/>
1850 </enum>
1851
1852 <interface
1853 name="IBIOSSettings" extends="$unknown"
1854 uuid="38b54279-dc35-4f5e-a431-835b867c6b5e"
1855 wsmap="struct"
1856 >
1857 <attribute name="logoFadeIn" type="boolean">
1858 <desc>Fade in flag for BIOS logo animation.</desc>
1859 </attribute>
1860
1861 <attribute name="logoFadeOut" type="boolean">
1862 <desc>Fade out flag for BIOS logo animation.</desc>
1863 </attribute>
1864
1865 <attribute name="logoDisplayTime" type="unsigned long">
1866 <desc>BIOS logo display time in milliseconds (0 = default).</desc>
1867 </attribute>
1868
1869 <attribute name="logoImagePath" type="wstring">
1870 <desc>Local file system path for external BIOS image.</desc>
1871 </attribute>
1872
1873 <attribute name="bootMenuMode" type="BIOSBootMenuMode">
1874 <desc>Mode of the BIOS boot device menu.</desc>
1875 </attribute>
1876
1877 <attribute name="ACPIEnabled" type="boolean">
1878 <desc>ACPI support flag.</desc>
1879 </attribute>
1880
1881 <attribute name="IOAPICEnabled" type="boolean">
1882 <desc>
1883 IO APIC support flag. If set, VirtualBox will provide an IO APIC
1884 and support IRQs above 15.
1885 </desc>
1886 </attribute>
1887
1888 <attribute name="timeOffset" type="long long">
1889 <desc>
1890 Offset in milliseconds from the host system time. This allows for
1891 guests running with a different system date/time than the host.
1892 It is equivalent to setting the system date/time in the BIOS other
1893 than it's not an absolute value but a relative one. Guest Additions
1894 time synchronization also honors this offset.
1895 </desc>
1896 </attribute>
1897
1898 </interface>
1899
1900 <interface
1901 name="IMachine" extends="$unknown"
1902 uuid="31f7169f-14da-4c55-8cb6-a3665186e35e"
1903 wsmap="managed"
1904 >
1905 <attribute name="parent" type="IVirtualBox" readonly="yes">
1906 <desc>Associated parent obect.</desc>
1907 </attribute>
1908
1909 <attribute name="accessible" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
1910 <desc>
1911 Whether this virtual machine is currently accessible or not.
1912
1913 The machine is considered to be inaccessible when:
1914 <ul>
1915 <li>It is a registered virtual machine, and
1916 </li>
1917 <li>Its settings file is inaccessible (for example, it is
1918 located on a network share that is not accessible during
1919 VirtualBox startup, or becomes inaccessible later, or if
1920 the settings file can be read but is invalid).
1921 </li>
1922 </ul>
1923
1924 Otherwise, the value of this property is always <tt>true</tt>.
1925
1926 Every time this property is read, the accessibility state of
1927 this machine is re-evaluated. If the returned value is |false|,
1928 the <link to="#accessError"/> property may be used to get the
1929 detailed error information describing the reason of
1930 inaccessibility.
1931
1932 When the machine is inaccessible, only the following properties
1933 can be used on it:
1934 <ul>
1935 <li><link to="#parent"/></li>
1936 <li><link to="#id"/></li>
1937 <li><link to="#settingsFilePath"/></li>
1938 <li><link to="#accessible"/></li>
1939 <li><link to="#accessError"/></li>
1940 </ul>
1941
1942 An attempt to access any other property or method will return
1943 an error.
1944
1945 The only possible action you can perform on an inaccessible
1946 machine is to unregister it using the
1947 <link to="IVirtualBox::unregisterMachine"/> call (or, to check
1948 for the accessibility state once more by querying this
1949 property).
1950
1951 <note>
1952 In the current implementation, once this property returns
1953 <tt>true</tt>, the machine will never become inaccessible
1954 later, even if its settings file cannot be successfully
1955 read/written any more (at least, until the VirtualBox
1956 server is restarted). This limitation may be removed in
1957 future releases.
1958 </note>
1959 </desc>
1960 </attribute>
1961
1962 <attribute name="accessError" type="IVirtualBoxErrorInfo" readonly="yes">
1963 <desc>
1964 Error information describing the reason of machine
1965 inaccessibility.
1966
1967 Reading this property is only valid after the last call to
1968 <link to="#accessible"/> returned <tt>false</tt> (i.e. the
1969 machine is currently unaccessible). Otherwise, a null
1970 IVirtualBoxErrorInfo object will be returned.
1971 </desc>
1972 </attribute>
1973
1974 <attribute name="name" type="wstring">
1975 <desc>
1976 Name of the virtual machine.
1977
1978 Besides being used for human-readable identification purposes
1979 everywhere in VirtualBox, the virtual machine name is also used
1980 as a name of the machine's settings file and as a name of the
1981 subdirectory this settings file resides in. Thus, every time you
1982 change the value of this property, the settings file will be
1983 renamed once you call <link to="#saveSettings()"/> to confirm the
1984 change. The containing subdirectory will be also renamed, but
1985 only if it has exactly the same name as the settings file
1986 itself prior to changing this property (for backward compatibility
1987 with previous API releases). The above implies the following
1988 limitations:
1989 <ul>
1990 <li>The machine name cannot be empty.</li>
1991 <li>The machine name can contain only characters that are valid
1992 file name characters according to the rules of the file
1993 system used to store VirtualBox configuration.</li>
1994 <li>You cannot have two or more machines with the same name
1995 if they use the same subdirectory for storing the machine
1996 settings files.</li>
1997 <li>You cannot change the name of the machine if it is running,
1998 or if any file in the directory containing the settings file
1999 is being used by another running machine or by any other
2000 process in the host operating system at a time when
2001 <link to="#saveSettings()"/> is called.
2002 </li>
2003 </ul>
2004 If any of the above limitations are hit, <link to="#saveSettings()"/>
2005 will return an appropriate error message explaining the exact
2006 reason and the changes you made to this machine will not be
2007 saved.
2008 <note>
2009 For "legacy" machines created using the
2010 <link to="IVirtualBox::createLegacyMachine()"/> call,
2011 the above naming limitations do not apply because the
2012 machine name does not affect the settings file name.
2013 The settings file name remains the same as it was specified
2014 during machine creation and never changes.
2015 </note>
2016 </desc>
2017 </attribute>
2018
2019 <attribute name="description" type="wstring">
2020 <desc>
2021 Description of the virtual machine.
2022
2023 The description attribute can contain any text and is
2024 typically used to describe the hardware and software
2025 configuration of the virtual machine in detail (i.e. network
2026 settings, versions of the installed software and so on).
2027 </desc>
2028 </attribute>
2029
2030 <attribute name="id" type="uuid" readonly="yes">
2031 <desc>UUID of the virtual machine.</desc>
2032 </attribute>
2033
2034 <attribute name="OSTypeId" type="wstring">
2035 <desc>
2036 User-defined identifier of the Guest OS type.
2037 You may use <link to="IVirtualBox::getGuestOSType"/> to obtain
2038 an IGuestOSType object representing details about the given
2039 Guest OS type.
2040 <note>
2041 This value may differ from the value returned by
2042 <link to="IGuest::OSTypeId"/> if Guest Additions are
2043 installed to the guest OS.
2044 </note>
2045 </desc>
2046 </attribute>
2047
2048 <attribute name="memorySize" type="unsigned long">
2049 <desc>Sytem memory size in megabytes.</desc>
2050 </attribute>
2051
2052 <attribute name="VRAMSize" type="unsigned long">
2053 <desc>Video memory size in megabytes.</desc>
2054 </attribute>
2055
2056 <attribute name="MonitorCount" type="unsigned long">
2057 <desc>
2058 Number of virtual monitors.
2059 <note>
2060 Only effective on Windows XP and later guests with
2061 Guest Additions installed.
2062 </note>
2063 </desc>
2064 </attribute>
2065
2066 <attribute name="BIOSSettings" type="IBIOSSettings" readonly="yes">
2067 <desc>Object containing all BIOS settings.</desc>
2068 </attribute>
2069
2070 <attribute name="HWVirtExEnabled" type="TriStateBool">
2071 <desc>
2072 This setting determines whether VirtualBox will try to make use of
2073 the host CPU's hardware virtualization extensions such as Intel VT-x
2074 and AMD SVM. Note that in case such extensions are not available,
2075 they will not be used.
2076 </desc>
2077 </attribute>
2078
2079 <attribute name="snapshotFolder" type="wstring">
2080 <desc>
2081 Full path to the directory used to store snapshot data
2082 (difrerencing hard disks and saved state files) of this machine.
2083
2084 The initial value of this property is
2085 <tt>&lt;</tt><link to="#settingsFilePath">
2086 path_to_settings_file</link><tt>&gt;/&lt;</tt>
2087 <link to="#id">machine_uuid</link>
2088 <tt>&gt;</tt>.
2089
2090 Currently, it is an error to try to change this property on
2091 a machine that has snapshots (because this would require to
2092 move possibly large files to a different location).
2093 A separate method will be available for this purpose later.
2094
2095 <note>
2096 Setting this property to <tt>null</tt> will restore the
2097 initial value.
2098 </note>
2099 <note>
2100 When setting this property, the specified path can be
2101 absolute (full path) or relative to the directory where the
2102 <link to="#settingsFilePath">machine settings file</link>
2103 is located. When reading this property, a full path is
2104 always returned.
2105 </note>
2106 <note>
2107 The specified path may not exist, it will be created
2108 when necessary.
2109 </note>
2110 </desc>
2111 </attribute>
2112
2113 <attribute name="VRDPServer" type="IVRDPServer" readonly="yes">
2114 <desc>VRDP server object.</desc>
2115 </attribute>
2116
2117 <attribute name="hardDiskAttachments" type="IHardDiskAttachmentCollection" readonly="yes">
2118 <desc>Collection of hard disks attached to the machine.</desc>
2119 </attribute>
2120
2121 <attribute name="DVDDrive" type="IDVDDrive" readonly="yes">
2122 <desc>Associated DVD drive object.</desc>
2123 </attribute>
2124
2125 <attribute name="FloppyDrive" type="IFloppyDrive" readonly="yes">
2126 <desc>Associated floppy drive object.</desc>
2127 </attribute>
2128
2129 <attribute name="USBController" type="IUSBController" readonly="yes">
2130 <desc>Associated USB controller object.</desc>
2131 </attribute>
2132
2133 <attribute name="audioAdapter" type="IAudioAdapter" readonly="yes">
2134 <desc>Associated audio adapter, always present.</desc>
2135 </attribute>
2136
2137 <attribute name="settingsFilePath" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
2138 <desc>
2139 Full name of the file containing machine settings data.
2140 </desc>
2141 </attribute>
2142
2143 <attribute name="settingsModified" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
2144 <desc>
2145 Whether the settings of this machine have been modified
2146 (but neither yet saved nor discarded).
2147 <note>
2148 Reading this property is only valid on instances returned
2149 by <link to="ISession::machine"/> and on new machines
2150 created by <link to="IVirtualBox::createMachine"/> or opened
2151 by <link to="IVirtualBox::openMachine"/> but not
2152 yet registered, or on unregistered machines after calling
2153 <link to="IVirtualBox::unregisterMachine"/>. For all other
2154 cases, the settigs can never be modified.
2155 </note>
2156 <note>
2157 For newly created unregistered machines, the value of this
2158 property is always TRUE until <link to="#saveSettings"/>
2159 is called (no matter if any machine settings have been
2160 changed after the creation or not). For opened machines
2161 the value is set to FALSE (and then follows to normal rules).
2162 </note>
2163 </desc>
2164 </attribute>
2165
2166 <attribute name="sessionState" type="SessionState" readonly="yes">
2167 <desc>Current session state for this machine.</desc>
2168 </attribute>
2169
2170 <attribute name="sessionType" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
2171 <desc>
2172 Type of the session. If <link to="#sessionState"/> is
2173 SessionSpawning or SessionOpen, this attribute contains the
2174 same value as passed to the
2175 <link to="IVirtualBox::openRemoteSession()"/> method in the @a
2176 type parameter. If the session was opened directly using
2177 <link to="IVirtualBox::openSession()"/>, or if
2178 <link to="#sessionState"/> is SessionClosed, the value of this
2179 attribute is @c null.
2180 </desc>
2181 </attribute>
2182
2183 <attribute name="sessionPid" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
2184 <desc>
2185 Identifier of the session process. This attribute contains the
2186 platform-dependent identifier of the process that has opened a
2187 direct session for this machine using the
2188 <link to="IVirtualBox::openSession()"/> call. The returned value
2189 is only valid if <link to="#sessionState"/> is SessionOpen or
2190 SessionClosing (i.e. a session is currently open or being
2191 closed) by the time this property is read.
2192 </desc>
2193 </attribute>
2194
2195 <attribute name="state" type="MachineState" readonly="yes">
2196 <desc>Current execution state of this machine.</desc>
2197 </attribute>
2198
2199 <attribute name="lastStateChange" type="long long" readonly="yes">
2200 <desc>
2201 Time stamp of the last execution state change,
2202 in milliseconds since 1970-01-01 UTC.
2203 </desc>
2204 </attribute>
2205
2206 <attribute name="stateFilePath" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
2207 <desc>
2208 Full path to the file that stores the execution state of
2209 the machine when it is in the <link to="MachineState::Saved"/>
2210 state.
2211 <note>
2212 When the machine is not in the Saved state, this attribute
2213 <tt>null</tt>.
2214 </note>
2215 </desc>
2216 </attribute>
2217
2218 <attribute name="logFolder" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
2219 <desc>
2220 Full path to the folder that stores a set of rotated log files
2221 recorded during machine execution. The most recent log file is
2222 named <tt>VBox.log</tt>, the previous log file is
2223 named <tt>VBox.log.1</tt> and so on (upto <tt>VBox.log.3</tt>
2224 in the current version).
2225 </desc>
2226 </attribute>
2227
2228 <attribute name="currentSnapshot" type="ISnapshot" readonly="yes">
2229 <desc>
2230 Current snapshot of this machine.
2231 <note>
2232 A <tt>null</tt> object is returned if the machine doesn't
2233 have snapshots.
2234 </note>
2235 <see><link to="ISnapshot"/></see>
2236 </desc>
2237 </attribute>
2238
2239 <attribute name="snapshotCount" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
2240 <desc>
2241 Number of snapshots taken on this machine. Zero means the
2242 machine doesn't have any snapshots.
2243 </desc>
2244 </attribute>
2245
2246 <attribute name="currentStateModified" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
2247 <desc>
2248 Returns <tt>true</tt> if the current state of the machine is not
2249 identical to the state stored in the current snapshot.
2250
2251 The current state is identical to the current snapshot right
2252 after one of the following calls are made:
2253 <ul>
2254 <li><link to="IConsole::discardCurrentState"/> or
2255 <link to="IConsole::discardCurrentSnapshotAndState"/>
2256 </li>
2257 <li><link to="IConsole::takeSnapshot"/> (issued on a
2258 powered off or saved machine, for which
2259 <link to="#settingsModified"/> returns <tt>false</tt>)
2260 </li>
2261 <li><link to="IMachine::setCurrentSnapshot"/>
2262 </li>
2263 </ul>
2264
2265 The current state remains identical until one of the following
2266 happens:
2267 <ul>
2268 <li>settings of the machine are changed</li>
2269 <li>the saved state is discarded</li>
2270 <li>the current snapshot is discarded</li>
2271 <li>an attempt to execute the machine is made</li>
2272 </ul>
2273
2274 <note>
2275 For machines that don't have snapshots, this property is
2276 always <tt>false</tt>.
2277 </note>
2278 </desc>
2279 </attribute>
2280
2281 <attribute name="sharedFolders" type="ISharedFolderCollection" readonly="yes">
2282 <desc>
2283 Collection of shared folders for this machine. These folders
2284 are shared automatically upon machine startup and available only
2285 to the guest OS installed within this machine.
2286
2287 New folders to share are added to the collection using
2288 <link to="#createSharedFolder"/>. An existing shared folder can
2289 be removed using <link to="#removeSharedFolder"/>.
2290 </desc>
2291 </attribute>
2292
2293 <attribute name="clipboardMode" type="ClipboardMode">
2294 <desc>
2295 Synchronization mode between the host OS clipboard
2296 and the guest OS clipboard.
2297 </desc>
2298 </attribute>
2299
2300 <method name="setBootOrder">
2301 <desc>
2302 Puts the given device to the specified position in
2303 the boot order.
2304
2305 @todo [remove?]
2306 If the machine can have more than one device of the given type
2307 (such as hard disks), then a separate method should be used to
2308 specify the boot order for individual devices. Using this method
2309 in such cases will put the first device in the group
2310 (for example, a hard disk attached as Master on the primary
2311 IDE controller) to the given position.
2312
2313 To indicate that no any device is associated with the
2314 given position, <link to="DeviceType::NoDevice"/> should be used.
2315
2316 @todo setHardDiskBootOrder(), setNetworkBootOrder()
2317 </desc>
2318 <param name="position" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
2319 <desc>
2320 Position in the boot order (<tt>1</tt> to the total number of
2321 devices the machine can boot from, as returned by
2322 <link to="ISystemProperties::maxBootPosition"/>).
2323 </desc>
2324 </param>
2325 <param name="device" type="DeviceType" dir="in">
2326 <desc>
2327 The type of the device used to boot at the given position.
2328 </desc>
2329 </param>
2330 </method>
2331
2332 <method name="getBootOrder" const="yes">
2333 <desc>
2334 Returns the device type that occupies the specified
2335 position in the boot order.
2336
2337 @todo [remove?]
2338 If the machine can have more than one device of the returned type
2339 (such as hard disks), then a separate method should be used to
2340 retrieve the individual device that occupies the given position.
2341
2342 If here are no devices at the given position, then
2343 <link to="DeviceType::NoDevice"/> is returned.
2344
2345 @todo getHardDiskBootOrder(), getNetworkBootOrder()
2346 </desc>
2347 <param name="order" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
2348 <desc>
2349 Position in the boot order (<tt>1</tt> to the total number of
2350 devices the machine can boot from, as returned by
2351 <link to="ISystemProperties::maxBootPosition"/>).
2352 </desc>
2353 </param>
2354 <param name="device" type="DeviceType" dir="return">
2355 <desc>
2356 Device at the given position.
2357 </desc>
2358 </param>
2359 </method>
2360
2361 <method name="attachHardDisk">
2362 <desc>
2363
2364 Attaches a virtual hard disk identified by the given UUID to the
2365 given device slot of the given controller. The specified device
2366 must not have another disk attached and the given hard disk must
2367 not be already attached to this machine.
2368
2369 See <link to="IHardDisk"/> for detailed information about
2370 attaching hard disks.
2371
2372 <note>You cannot attach a hard disk to a running machine. Also,
2373 you cannot attach a hard disk to a newly created machine until
2374 it is registered.</note>
2375
2376 <note>Attaching a hard disk to a machine creates a <i>lazy</i>
2377 attachment. In particular, no differeincing images are
2378 actually created until <link to="#saveSettings"/> is called to
2379 commit all changed settings.</note>
2380
2381 </desc>
2382 <param name="diskID" type="uuid" dir="in">
2383 <desc>UUID of the hard disk to attach.</desc>
2384 </param>
2385 <param name="controller" type="DiskControllerType" dir="in">
2386 <desc>Controller to attach the hard disk to.</desc>
2387 </param>
2388 <param name="device" type="long" dir="in">
2389 <desc>Device slot to attach the hard disk to.</desc>
2390 </param>
2391 </method>
2392
2393 <method name="getHardDisk" const="yes">
2394 <desc>
2395 Returns the hard disk attached to the
2396 given controller under the specified device number.
2397 </desc>
2398 <param name="controller" type="DiskControllerType" dir="in"/>
2399 <param name="deviceNumber" type="long" dir="in"/>
2400 <param name="hardDisk" type="IHardDisk" dir="return"/>
2401 </method>
2402
2403 <method name="detachHardDisk">
2404 <desc>
2405
2406 Detaches the hard disk drive attached to the given device slot
2407 of the given controller.
2408
2409 See <link to="IHardDisk"/> for detailed information about
2410 attaching hard disks.
2411
2412 <note>You cannot detach a hard disk from a running
2413 machine.</note>
2414
2415 <note>
2416 Detaching a hard disk from a machine creates a <i>lazy</i>
2417 detachment. In particular, if the detached hard disk is a
2418 differencing hard disk, it is not actually deleted until
2419 <link to="#saveSettings"/> is called to commit all changed settings.
2420 Keep in mind, that doing <link to="#saveSettings"/> will
2421 <b>physically delete</b> all detached differencing hard disks,
2422 so be careful.
2423 </note>
2424
2425 </desc>
2426 <param name="controller" type="DiskControllerType" dir="in">
2427 <desc>Controller to dettach the hard disk from.</desc>
2428 </param>
2429 <param name="device" type="long" dir="in">
2430 <desc>Device slot to dettach the hard disk from.</desc>
2431 </param>
2432 </method>
2433
2434 <method name="getNetworkAdapter" const="yes">
2435 <desc>
2436 Returns the network adapter associated with the given slot.
2437 Slots are numbered sequentially, starting with zero. The total
2438 number of adapters per every machine is defined by the
2439 <link to="ISystemProperties::networkAdapterCount"/> property,
2440 so the maximum slot number is one less than that property's value.
2441 </desc>
2442 <param name="slot" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
2443 <param name="adapter" type="INetworkAdapter" dir="return"/>
2444 </method>
2445
2446 <method name="getSerialPort" const="yes">
2447 <desc>
2448 Returns the serial port associated with the given slot.
2449 Slots are numbered sequentially, starting with zero. The total
2450 number of serial ports per every machine is defined by the
2451 <link to="ISystemProperties::serialPortCount"/> property,
2452 so the maximum slot number is one less than that property's value.
2453 </desc>
2454 <param name="slot" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
2455 <param name="port" type="ISerialPort" dir="return"/>
2456 </method>
2457
2458 <method name="getParallelPort" const="yes">
2459 <desc>
2460 Returns the parallel port associated with the given slot.
2461 Slots are numbered sequentially, starting with zero. The total
2462 number of parallel ports per every machine is defined by the
2463 <link to="ISystemProperties::parallelPortCount"/> property,
2464 so the maximum slot number is one less than that property's value.
2465 </desc>
2466 <param name="slot" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
2467 <param name="port" type="IParallelPort" dir="return"/>
2468 </method>
2469
2470 <method name="getNextExtraDataKey">
2471 <desc>
2472 Returns the extra data key name following the supplied key.
2473 An error is returned if the supplied key does not exist.
2474 NULL is returned if the supplied key is the last key.
2475 When supplying NULL for the key, the first item is returned.
2476 NextValue is an optional parameter and if supplied, the next
2477 key's value is returned as well.
2478 </desc>
2479 <param name="key" type="wstring" dir="in"/>
2480 <param name="nextKey" type="wstring" dir="out"/>
2481 <param name="nextValue" type="wstring" dir="out"/>
2482 </method>
2483
2484 <method name="getExtraData">
2485 <desc>Returns associated extra data.</desc>
2486 <param name="key" type="wstring" dir="in"/>
2487 <param name="value" type="wstring" dir="return"/>
2488 </method>
2489
2490 <method name="setExtraData">
2491 <desc>Sets associated extra data.</desc>
2492 <param name="key" type="wstring" dir="in"/>
2493 <param name="value" type="wstring" dir="in"/>
2494 </method>
2495
2496 <method name="saveSettings">
2497 <desc>
2498 Saves any changes to machine settings made since the session
2499 has been opened or a new machine has been created, or since the
2500 last call to <link to="#saveSettings"/> or <link to="#discardSettings"/>.
2501 For registered machines, new settings become visible to all
2502 other VirtualBox clients after successful invocation of this
2503 method.
2504 <note>
2505 The method sends <link to="IVirtualBoxCallback::onMachineDataChange"/>
2506 notification event after the configuration has been successfully
2507 saved (only for registered machines).
2508 </note>
2509 <note>
2510 Calling this method is only valid on instances returned
2511 by <link to="ISession::machine"/> and on new machines
2512 created by <link to="IVirtualBox::createMachine"/> but not
2513 yet registered, or on unregistered machines after calling
2514 <link to="IVirtualBox::unregisterMachine"/>.
2515 </note>
2516 </desc>
2517 </method>
2518
2519 <method name="discardSettings">
2520 <desc>
2521 Discards any changes to the machine settings made since the session
2522 has been opened or since the last call to <link to="#saveSettings"/>
2523 or <link to="#discardSettings"/>.
2524 <note>
2525 Calling this method is only valid on instances returned
2526 by <link to="ISession::machine"/> and on new machines
2527 created by <link to="IVirtualBox::createMachine"/> or
2528 opened by <link to="IVirtualBox::openMachine"/> but not
2529 yet registered, or on unregistered machines after calling
2530 <link to="IVirtualBox::unregisterMachine"/>.
2531 </note>
2532 </desc>
2533 </method>
2534
2535 <method name="deleteSettings">
2536 <desc>
2537 Deletes the settings file of this machine from disk.
2538 The machine must not be registered in order for this operation
2539 to succeed.
2540 <note>
2541 <link to="#settingsModified"/> will return TRUE after this
2542 method successfully returns.
2543 </note>
2544 <note>
2545 Calling this method is only valid on instances returned
2546 by <link to="ISession::machine"/> and on new machines
2547 created by <link to="IVirtualBox::createMachine"/> or
2548 opened by <link to="IVirtualBox::openMachine"/> but not
2549 yet registered, or on unregistered machines after calling
2550 <link to="IVirtualBox::unregisterMachine"/>.
2551 </note>
2552 <note>
2553 The deleted machine settings file can be restored (saved again)
2554 by calling <link to="#saveSettings"/>.
2555 </note>
2556 </desc>
2557 </method>
2558
2559 <method name="getSnapshot">
2560 <desc>
2561 Returns a snapshot of this machine with the given UUID.
2562 A <tt>null</tt> UUID can be used to obtain the first snapshot
2563 taken on this machine. This is useful if you want to traverse
2564 the whole tree of snapshots starting from the root.
2565 </desc>
2566 <param name="id" type="uuid" dir="in">
2567 <desc>UUID of the snapshot to get</desc>
2568 </param>
2569 <param name="snapshot" type="ISnapshot" dir="return">
2570 <desc>Snapshot object with the given UUID.</desc>
2571 </param>
2572 </method>
2573
2574 <method name="findSnapshot">
2575 <desc>
2576 Returns a snapshot of this machine with the given name.
2577 </desc>
2578 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
2579 <desc>Name of the snapshot to find</desc>
2580 </param>
2581 <param name="snapshot" type="ISnapshot" dir="return">
2582 <desc>Snapshot object with the given name.</desc>
2583 </param>
2584 </method>
2585
2586 <method name="setCurrentSnapshot">
2587 <desc>
2588 Sets the current snapshot of this machine.
2589 <note>
2590 In the current implementation, this operation is not
2591 implemented.
2592 </note>
2593 </desc>
2594 <param name="id" type="uuid" dir="in">
2595 <desc>UUID of the snapshot to set as the current snapshot.</desc>
2596 </param>
2597 </method>
2598
2599 <method name="createSharedFolder">
2600 <desc>
2601 Creates a new shared folder by associating the given logical
2602 name with the given host path, adds it to the collection of
2603 shared folders and starts sharing it.
2604 Refer to the description of <link to="ISharedFolder"/> to read
2605 about logical name unicity.
2606 </desc>
2607 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
2608 <desc>Unique logical name of the shared folder.</desc>
2609 </param>
2610 <param name="hostPath" type="wstring" dir="in">
2611 <desc>Full path to the shared folder in the host file system.</desc>
2612 </param>
2613 </method>
2614
2615 <method name="removeSharedFolder">
2616 <desc>
2617 Removes a shared folder with the given name previously created
2618 by <link to="#createSharedFolder"/> from the collection of
2619 shared folders and stops sharing it.
2620 </desc>
2621 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
2622 <desc>Logical name of the shared folder to remove.</desc>
2623 </param>
2624 </method>
2625
2626 <method name="canShowConsoleWindow">
2627 <desc>
2628 Returns @c true if the VM console process can activate the
2629 console window and bring it to foreground on the desktop of
2630 the host PC.
2631 <note>
2632 This method will fail if a session for this machine is not
2633 currently open.
2634 </note>
2635 </desc>
2636 <param name="canShow" type="boolean" dir="return">
2637 <desc>
2638 @c true if the console window can be shown and @c
2639 false otherwise.
2640 </desc>
2641 </param>
2642 </method>
2643
2644 <method name="showConsoleWindow">
2645 <desc>
2646 Activates the console window and brings it to foreground on
2647 the desktop of the host PC. Many modern window managers on
2648 many platforms implement some sort of focus stealing
2649 prevention logic, so that it may be impossible to activate
2650 a window without the help of the currently active
2651 application. In this case, this method will return a non-zero
2652 identifier that represents the top-level window of the VM
2653 console process. The caller, if it represents a currently
2654 active process, is responsible to use this identifier (in a
2655 platform-dependent manner) to perform actual window
2656 activation.
2657 <note>
2658 This method will fail if a session for this machine is not
2659 currently open.
2660 </note>
2661 </desc>
2662 <param name="winId" type="unsigned long long" dir="return">
2663 <desc>
2664 Platform-dependent identifier of the top-level VM console
2665 window, or zero if this method has performed all actions
2666 necessary to implement the <i>show window</i> semantics for
2667 the given platform and/or VirtualBox front-end.
2668 </desc>
2669 </param>
2670 </method>
2671
2672 </interface>
2673
2674 <!--
2675 // IConsole
2676 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2677 -->
2678
2679 <interface
2680 name="IConsoleCallback" extends="$unknown"
2681 uuid="ebd0c5f2-7b11-4508-803f-012099caee03"
2682 wsmap="suppress"
2683 >
2684
2685 <method name="onMousePointerShapeChange">
2686 <desc>
2687 Notification when the guest mouse pointer shape has
2688 changed. The new shape data is given.
2689 </desc>
2690 <param name="visible" type="boolean" dir="in">
2691 <desc>
2692 Flag whether the pointer is visible.
2693 </desc>
2694 </param>
2695 <param name="alpha" type="boolean" dir="in">
2696 <desc>
2697 Flag whether the pointer has an alpha channel.
2698 </desc>
2699 </param>
2700 <param name="xHot" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
2701 <desc>
2702 The pointer hot spot x coordinate.
2703 </desc>
2704 </param>
2705 <param name="yHot" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
2706 <desc>
2707 The pointer hot spot y coordinate.
2708 </desc>
2709 </param>
2710 <param name="width" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
2711 <desc>
2712 Width of the pointer shape in pixels.
2713 </desc>
2714 </param>
2715 <param name="height" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
2716 <desc>
2717 Height of the pointer shape in pixels.
2718 </desc>
2719 </param>
2720 <param name="shape" type="octet" mod="ptr" dir="in">
2721 <desc>
2722 Address of the shape buffer.
2723
2724 The buffer contains 1 bpp (bits per pixel) AND mask followed by 32 bpp XOR (color) mask.
2725
2726 For pointers without alpha channel the XOR mask pixels are 32 bit values: (lsb)BGR0(msb).
2727 For pointers with alpha channel the XOR mask consists of (lsb)BGRA(msb) 32 bit values.
2728
2729 AND mask presents for pointers with alpha channel, so if the callback does not
2730 support alpha, the pointer could be displayed as a normal color pointer.
2731
2732 The AND mask is 1 bpp bitmap with byte aligned scanlines. Size of AND mask,
2733 therefore, is <tt>cbAnd = (width + 7) / 8 * height</tt>. The padding bits at the
2734 end of any scanline are undefined.
2735
2736 The XOR mask follows the AND mask on the next 4 bytes aligned offset:
2737 <tt>uint8_t *pXor = pAnd + (cbAnd + 3) &amp; ~3</tt>
2738 Bytes in the gap between the AND and the XOR mask are undefined.
2739 XOR mask scanlines have no gap between them and size of XOR mask is:
2740 <tt>cXor = width * 4 * height</tt>.
2741
2742 <note>
2743 If 'shape' is equal to 0, only pointer visibility is being changed.
2744 </note>
2745 </desc>
2746 </param>
2747 </method>
2748
2749 <method name="onMouseCapabilityChange">
2750 <desc>
2751 Notification when the mouse capabilities reported by the
2752 guest have changed. The new capabilities are passed.
2753 </desc>
2754 <param name="supportsAbsolute" type="boolean" dir="in"/>
2755 <param name="needsHostCursor" type="boolean" dir="in"/>
2756 </method>
2757
2758 <method name="onKeyboardLedsChange">
2759 <desc>
2760 Notification of the host if the guest executed the KBD_CMD_SET_LEDS
2761 command to alter the state of the keyboard LEDs.
2762 </desc>
2763 <param name="numLock" type="boolean" dir="in"/>
2764 <param name="capsLock" type="boolean" dir="in"/>
2765 <param name="scrollLock" type="boolean" dir="in"/>
2766 </method>
2767
2768 <method name="onStateChange">
2769 <desc>
2770 Notification when the execution state of the machine has changed.
2771 The new state will be given.
2772 </desc>
2773 <param name="state" type="MachineState" dir="in"/>
2774 </method>
2775
2776 <method name="onAdditionsStateChange">
2777 <desc>
2778 Notification when a Guest Additions property changes.
2779 Interested callees should query IGuest's properties to
2780 find out what has changed.
2781 </desc>
2782 </method>
2783
2784 <method name="onUSBDeviceStateChange">
2785 <desc>
2786 Notification when a USB device is attached to or detached from
2787 the virtual USB controller.
2788
2789 This notification is sent as a result of the indirect
2790 request to attach the device because it matches one of the
2791 machine USB filters, or as a result of the direct request
2792 issued by <link to="IConsole::attachUSBDevice"/> or
2793 <link to="IConsole::detachUSBDevice"/>.
2794
2795 This notification is sent in case of both a succeeded and a
2796 failed request completion. When the request succeeds, the @a
2797 error parameter is @c null, and the given device has been
2798 already added to (when @a attached is @c true) or removed from
2799 (when @a attached is @c false) the collection represented by
2800 <link to="IConsole::USBDevices"/>. On failure, the collection
2801 doesn't change and the @a error perameter represents the error
2802 message describing the failure.
2803
2804 </desc>
2805 <param name="device" type="IUSBDevice" dir="in">
2806 <desc>Device that is subject to state change.</desc>
2807 </param>
2808 <param name="attached" type="boolean" dir="in">
2809 <desc>
2810 <tt>true</tt> if the device was attached
2811 and <tt>false</tt> otherwise.
2812 </desc>
2813 </param>
2814 <param name="error" type="IVirtualBoxErrorInfo" dir="in">
2815 <desc>
2816 <tt>null</tt> on success or an error message object on
2817 failure.
2818 </desc>
2819 </param>
2820 </method>
2821
2822 <method name="onRuntimeError">
2823 <desc>
2824 Notification when an error happens during the virtual
2825 machine execution.
2826
2827 There are three kinds of runtime errors:
2828 <ul>
2829 <li><i>fatal</i></li>
2830 <li><i>non-fatal with retry</i></li>
2831 <li><i>non-fatal warnings</i></li>
2832 </ul>
2833
2834 <b>Fatal</b> errors are indicated by the @a fatal parameter set
2835 to <tt>true</tt>. In case of fatal errors, the virtual machine
2836 execution is always paused before calling this notification, and
2837 the notification handler is supposed either to immediately save
2838 the virtual machine state using <link to="IConsole::saveState()"/>
2839 or power it off using <link to="IConsole::powerDown()"/>.
2840 Resuming the execution can lead to unpredictable results.
2841
2842 <b>Non-fatal</b> errors and warnings are indicated by the
2843 @a fatal parameter set to <tt>false</tt>. If the virtual machine
2844 is in the Paused state by the time the error notification is
2845 received, it means that the user can <i>try to resume</i> the machine
2846 execution after attempting to solve the probem that caused the
2847 error. In this case, the notification handler is supposed
2848 to show an appropriate message to the user (depending on the
2849 value of the @a id parameter) that offers several actions such
2850 as <i>Retry</i>, <i>Save</i> or <i>Power Off</i>. If the user
2851 wants to retry, the notification handler should continue
2852 the machine execution using the <link to="IConsole::resume()"/>
2853 call. If the machine execution is not Paused during this
2854 notification, then it means this notification is a <i>warning</i>
2855 (for example, about a fatal condition that can happen very soon);
2856 no immediate action is required from the user, the machine
2857 continues its normal execution.
2858
2859 Note that in either case the notification handler
2860 <b>must not</b> perform any action directly on a thread
2861 where this notification is called. Everything it is allowed to
2862 do is to post a message to another thread that will then talk
2863 to the user and take the corresponding action.
2864
2865 Currently, the following error identificators are known:
2866 <ul>
2867 <li><tt>"HostMemoryLow"</tt></li>
2868 <li><tt>"HostAudioNotResponding"</tt></li>
2869 <li><tt>"VDIStorageFull"</tt></li>
2870 </ul>
2871
2872 <note>
2873 This notification is not designed to be implemented by
2874 more than one callback at a time. If you have multiple
2875 IConsoleCallback instances registered on the given
2876 IConsole object, make sure you simply do nothing but
2877 return @c S_OK from all but one of them that does actual
2878 user notification and performs necessary actions.
2879 </note>
2880
2881 </desc>
2882 <param name="fatal" type="boolean" dir="in">
2883 <desc>Whether the error is fatal or not</desc>
2884 </param>
2885 <param name="id" type="wstring" dir="in">
2886 <desc>Error identificator</desc>
2887 </param>
2888 <param name="message" type="wstring" dir="in">
2889 <desc>Optional error message</desc>
2890 </param>
2891 </method>
2892
2893 <method name="onCanShowWindow">
2894 <desc>
2895 Notification when a call to
2896 <link to="IMachine::canShowConsoleWindow()"/> is made by a
2897 front-end to check if a subsequent call to
2898 <link to="IMachine::showConsoleWindow()"/> can succeed.
2899
2900 The callee should give an answer appropriate to the current
2901 machine state in the @a canShow argument. This answer must
2902 remain valid at least until the next
2903 <link to="IConsole::state">machine state</link> change.
2904
2905 <note>
2906 This notification is not designed to be implemented by
2907 more than one callback at a time. If you have multiple
2908 IConsoleCallback instances registered on the given
2909 IConsole object, make sure you simply do nothing but
2910 return @c true and @c S_OK from all but one of them that
2911 actually manages console window activation.
2912 </note>
2913 </desc>
2914 <param name="canShow" type="boolean" dir="return">
2915 <desc>
2916 @c true if the console window can be shown and @c
2917 false otherwise.
2918 </desc>
2919 </param>
2920 </method>
2921
2922 <method name="onShowWindow">
2923 <desc>
2924 Notification when a call to
2925 <link to="IMachine::showConsoleWindow()"/>
2926 requests the console window to be activated and brought to
2927 foreground on the desktop of the host PC.
2928
2929 This notification should cause the VM console process to
2930 perform the requested action as described above. If it is
2931 impossible to do it at a time of this notification, this
2932 method should return a failure.
2933
2934 Note that many modern window managers on many platforms
2935 implement some sort of focus stealing prevention logic, so
2936 that it may be impossible to activate a window without the
2937 help of the currently active application (which is supposedly
2938 an initiator of this notification). In this case, this method
2939 must return a non-zero identifier that represents the
2940 top-level window of the VM console process. The caller, if it
2941 represents a currently active process, is responsible to use
2942 this identifier (in a platform-dependent manner) to perform
2943 actual window activation.
2944
2945 This method must set @a winId to zero if it has performed all
2946 actions necessary to complete the request and the console
2947 window is now active and in foreground, to indicate that no
2948 further action is required on the caller's side.
2949
2950 <note>
2951 This notification is not designed to be implemented by
2952 more than one callback at a time. If you have multiple
2953 IConsoleCallback instances registered on the given
2954 IConsole object, make sure you simply do nothing but
2955 return@c S_OK from all but one of them that actually
2956 manages console window activation.
2957 </note>
2958 </desc>
2959 <param name="winId" type="unsigned long long" dir="return">
2960 <desc>
2961 Platform-dependent identifier of the top-level VM console
2962 window, or zero if this method has performed all actions
2963 necessary to implement the <i>show window</i> semantics for
2964 the given platform and/or this VirtualBox front-end.
2965 </desc>
2966 </param>
2967 </method>
2968
2969 </interface>
2970
2971 <interface
2972 name="IRemoteDisplayInfo" extends="$unknown"
2973 uuid="550104cd-2dfd-4a6c-857d-f6f8e088e62c"
2974 wsmap="struct"
2975 >
2976 <attribute name="active" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
2977 <desc>
2978 Whether the remote display connection is active.
2979 </desc>
2980 </attribute>
2981
2982 <attribute name="numberOfClients" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
2983 <desc>
2984 How many times a client connected.
2985 </desc>
2986 </attribute>
2987
2988 <attribute name="beginTime" type="long long" readonly="yes">
2989 <desc>
2990 When the last connection was established, in milliseconds since 1970-01-01 UTC.
2991 </desc>
2992 </attribute>
2993
2994 <attribute name="endTime" type="long long" readonly="yes">
2995 <desc>
2996 When the last connection was terminated or the current time, if
2997 connection is still active, in milliseconds since 1970-01-01 UTC.
2998 </desc>
2999 </attribute>
3000
3001 <attribute name="bytesSent" type="unsigned long long" readonly="yes">
3002 <desc>
3003 How many bytes were sent in last or current, if still active, connection.
3004 </desc>
3005 </attribute>
3006
3007 <attribute name="bytesSentTotal" type="unsigned long long" readonly="yes">
3008 <desc>
3009 How many bytes were sent in all connections.
3010 </desc>
3011 </attribute>
3012
3013 <attribute name="bytesReceived" type="unsigned long long" readonly="yes">
3014 <desc>
3015 How many bytes were received in last or current, if still active, connection.
3016 </desc>
3017 </attribute>
3018
3019 <attribute name="bytesReceivedTotal" type="unsigned long long" readonly="yes">
3020 <desc>
3021 How many bytes were received in all connections.
3022 </desc>
3023 </attribute>
3024
3025 <attribute name="user" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
3026 <desc>
3027 Login user name supplied by the client.
3028 </desc>
3029 </attribute>
3030
3031 <attribute name="domain" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
3032 <desc>
3033 Login domain name supplied by the client.
3034 </desc>
3035 </attribute>
3036
3037 <attribute name="clientName" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
3038 <desc>
3039 The client name supplied by the client.
3040 </desc>
3041 </attribute>
3042
3043 <attribute name="clientIP" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
3044 <desc>
3045 The IP address of the client.
3046 </desc>
3047 </attribute>
3048
3049 <attribute name="clientVersion" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
3050 <desc>
3051 The client software version number.
3052 </desc>
3053 </attribute>
3054
3055 <attribute name="encryptionStyle" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
3056 <desc>
3057 Public key exchange method used when connection was established.
3058 Values: 0 - RDP4 public key exchange scheme.
3059 1 - X509 sertificates were sent to client.
3060 </desc>
3061 </attribute>
3062
3063 </interface>
3064
3065 <interface
3066 name="IConsole" extends="$unknown"
3067 uuid="1DEA5C4B-0753-4193-B909-22330F64EC45"
3068 wsmap="managed"
3069 >
3070 <attribute name="machine" type="IMachine" readonly="yes">
3071 <desc>
3072 Machine object this console is sessioned with.
3073 <note>
3074 This is a convenience property, it has the same value as
3075 <link to="ISession::machine"/> of the corresponding session
3076 object.
3077 </note>
3078 </desc>
3079 </attribute>
3080
3081 <attribute name="state" type="MachineState" readonly="yes">
3082 <desc>
3083 Current execution state of the machine.
3084 <note>
3085 This property always returns the same value as the corresponding
3086 property of the IMachine object this console is sessioned with.
3087 For the process, that owns (executes) the VM, this is the
3088 preferrable way of quierying the VM state, because no IPC
3089 calls are made.
3090 </note>
3091 </desc>
3092 </attribute>
3093
3094 <attribute name="guest" type="IGuest" readonly="yes">
3095 <desc>Guest object.</desc>
3096 </attribute>
3097
3098 <attribute name="keyboard" type="IKeyboard" readonly="yes">
3099 <desc>
3100 Virtual keyboard object.
3101 <note>
3102 If the machine is not running, any attempt to use
3103 the returned object will result in an error.
3104 </note>
3105 </desc>
3106 </attribute>
3107
3108 <attribute name="mouse" type="IMouse" readonly="yes">
3109 <desc>
3110 Virtual mouse object.
3111 <note>
3112 If the machine is not running, any attempt to use
3113 the returned object will result in an error.
3114 </note>
3115 </desc>
3116 </attribute>
3117
3118 <attribute name="display" type="IDisplay" readonly="yes">
3119 <desc>Virtual display object.
3120 <note>
3121 If the machine is not running, any attempt to use
3122 the returned object will result in an error.
3123 </note>
3124 </desc>
3125 </attribute>
3126
3127 <attribute name="debugger" type="IMachineDebugger" readonly="yes">
3128 <desc>Debugging interface.</desc>
3129 </attribute>
3130
3131 <attribute name="USBDevices" type="IUSBDeviceCollection" readonly="yes">
3132 <desc>
3133 Collection of USB devices currently attached to the virtual
3134 USB controller.
3135 <note>
3136 The collection is empty if the machine is not running.
3137 </note>
3138 </desc>
3139 </attribute>
3140
3141 <attribute name="remoteUSBDevices" type="IHostUSBDeviceCollection" readonly="yes">
3142 <desc>
3143 List of USB devices currently attached to the remote VRDP client.
3144 Once a new device is physically attached to the remote host computer,
3145 it appears in this list and remains there until detached.
3146 </desc>
3147 </attribute>
3148
3149 <attribute name="sharedFolders" type="ISharedFolderCollection" readonly="yes">
3150 <desc>
3151 Collection of shared folders for the current session.
3152 This collection is initially empty and is cleared once the
3153 session is closed. On other words, this collection represents
3154 transient shares (as opposed to <link to="IMachine::sharedFolders"/>
3155 that stores permanent shares stored in the settings file).
3156
3157 New folders to share are added to the collection using
3158 <link to="#createSharedFolder"/>. An existing shared folder can
3159 be removed using <link to="#removeSharedFolder"/>.
3160 </desc>
3161 </attribute>
3162
3163 <attribute name="remoteDisplayInfo" type="IRemoteDisplayInfo" readonly="yes">
3164 <desc>
3165 Interface that provides information on Remote Display (VRDP) connection.
3166 </desc>
3167 </attribute>
3168
3169 <method name="powerUp">
3170 <desc>
3171 Starts the virtual machine execution using the current machine
3172 state (i.e. its current execution state, current settings and
3173 current hard disks).
3174
3175 If the machine is powered off or aborted, the execution will
3176 start from the beginning (as if the real hardware were just
3177 powered on).
3178
3179 If the machine is in the <link to="MachineState::Saved"/> state,
3180 it will continue its execution the point where the state has
3181 beem saved.
3182
3183 <see>#saveState</see>
3184 </desc>
3185 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
3186 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
3187 </param>
3188 </method>
3189
3190 <method name="powerDown">
3191 <desc>
3192 Stops the virtual machine execution.
3193 After this operation completes, the machine will go to the
3194 PoweredOff state.
3195 </desc>
3196 </method>
3197
3198 <method name="reset">
3199 <desc>Resets the virtual machine.</desc>
3200 </method>
3201
3202 <method name="pause">
3203 <desc>Pauses the virtual machine execution.</desc>
3204 </method>
3205
3206 <method name="resume">
3207 <desc>Resumes the virtual machine execution.</desc>
3208 </method>
3209
3210 <method name="powerButton">
3211 <desc>Send the ACPI power button event to the guest.</desc>
3212 </method>
3213
3214 <method name="saveState">
3215 <desc>
3216 Saves the current execution state of a running virtual machine
3217 and stops its executiuon.
3218
3219 After this operation completes, the machine will go to the
3220 Saved state. Next time it is powered up, this state will
3221 be restored and the machine will continue its execution from
3222 the place where it was saved.
3223
3224 This operation differs from taking a snapshot to the effect
3225 that it doesn't create new differencing hard disks. Also, once
3226 the machine is powered up from the state saved using this method,
3227 the saved state is deleted, so it will be impossible to return
3228 to this state later.
3229
3230 <note>
3231 On success, this method implicitly calls
3232 <link to="IMachine::saveSettings"/> to save all current machine
3233 settings (including runtime changes to the DVD drive, etc.).
3234 Together with the impossibility to change any VM settings when it is
3235 in the Saved state, this guarantees the adequate hardware
3236 configuration of the machine when it is restored from the saved
3237 state file.
3238 </note>
3239
3240 <note>
3241 The machine must be in the Running or Paused state, otherwise
3242 the operation will fail.
3243 </note>
3244
3245 <see><link to="#takeSnapshot"/></see>
3246 </desc>
3247 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
3248 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
3249 </param>
3250 </method>
3251
3252 <method name="discardSavedState">
3253 <desc>
3254 Discards (deletes) the saved state of the virtual machine
3255 previously created by <link to="#saveState"/>. Next time the
3256 machine is powered up, a clean boot will occur.
3257 <note>
3258 This operation is equivalent to resetting or powering off
3259 the machine without doing a proper shutdown in the guest OS.
3260 </note>
3261 </desc>
3262 </method>
3263
3264 <method name="getDeviceActivity">
3265 <desc>
3266 Gets the current activity type of a given device or device group.
3267 </desc>
3268 <param name="type" type="DeviceType" dir="in"/>
3269 <param name="activity" type="DeviceActivity" dir="return"/>
3270 </method>
3271
3272 <method name="attachUSBDevice">
3273 <desc>
3274 Attaches a host USB device with the given UUID to the
3275 USB controller of the virtual machine.
3276
3277 The device needs to be in one of the following states:
3278 <link to="USBDeviceState::USBDeviceBusy">USBDeviceBusy</link>,
3279 <link to="USBDeviceState::USBDeviceAvailable">USBDeviceAvailable</link> or
3280 <link to="USBDeviceState::USBDeviceHeld">USBDeviceHeld</link>,
3281 otherwise an error is immediately returned.
3282
3283 When the device state is
3284 <link to="USBDeviceState::USBDeviceBusy">USBDeviceBusy</link>,
3285 an error may also be returned if the host computer
3286 refuses to release it for some reason.
3287
3288 <see>IUSBController::deviceFilters, USBDeviceState</see>
3289 </desc>
3290 <param name="id" type="uuid" dir="in">
3291 <desc>UUID of the host USB device to attach.</desc>
3292 </param>
3293 </method>
3294
3295 <method name="detachUSBDevice">
3296 <desc>
3297 Detaches an USB device with the given UUID from the USB controller
3298 oif the virtual machine.
3299
3300 After this method succeeds, the VirtualBox server reinitiates
3301 all USB filters as if the device were just physically attached
3302 to the host, but filters of this machine are ignored to avoid
3303 a possible automatic reattachment.
3304
3305 <see>IUSBController::deviceFilters, USBDeviceState</see>
3306 </desc>
3307 <param name="id" type="uuid" dir="in">
3308 <desc>UUID of the USB device to detach.</desc>
3309 </param>
3310 <param name="device" type="IUSBDevice" dir="return">
3311 <desc>Detached USB device.</desc>
3312 </param>
3313 </method>
3314
3315 <method name="createSharedFolder">
3316 <desc>
3317 Creates a new shared folder by associating the given logical
3318 name with the given host path, adds it to the collection of
3319 shared folders and starts sharing it.
3320 Refer to the description of <link to="ISharedFolder"/> to read
3321 about logical name unicity.
3322 </desc>
3323 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
3324 <desc>Unique logical name of the shared folder.</desc>
3325 </param>
3326 <param name="hostPath" type="wstring" dir="in">
3327 <desc>Full path to the shared folder in the host file system.</desc>
3328 </param>
3329 </method>
3330
3331 <method name="removeSharedFolder">
3332 <desc>
3333 Removes a shared folder with the given name previously created
3334 by <link to="#createSharedFolder"/> from the collection of
3335 shared folders and stops sharing it.
3336 </desc>
3337 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
3338 <desc>Logical name of the shared folder to remove.</desc>
3339 </param>
3340 </method>
3341
3342 <method name="takeSnapshot">
3343 <desc>
3344 Saves the current execution state and all settings of the
3345 machine and creates differencing images for all
3346 normal (non-independent) hard disks.
3347
3348 This method can be called for a PoweredOff, Saved, Running or
3349 Paused virtual machine. When the machine is PoweredOff, an
3350 offline <link to="ISnapshot">snapshot</link> is created,
3351 in all other cases -- an online snapshot.
3352
3353 The taken snapshot is always based on the
3354 <link to="IMachine::currentSnapshot">current
3355 snapshot</link> of the associated virtual machine and becomes
3356 a new current snapshot.
3357
3358 <note>
3359 This method implicitly calls <link to="IMachine::saveSettings"/> to
3360 save all current machine settings before taking an offline snapshot.
3361 </note>
3362
3363 <see>ISnapshot, <link to="#saveState"/></see>
3364 </desc>
3365 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
3366 <desc>Short name for the snapshot.</desc>
3367 </param>
3368 <param name="description" type="wstring" dir="in">
3369 <desc>Optional description of the snapshot.</desc>
3370 </param>
3371 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
3372 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
3373 </param>
3374 </method>
3375
3376 <method name="discardSnapshot">
3377 <desc>
3378
3379 Starts discarding the specified snapshot. The execution state
3380 and settings of the associated machine stored in the snapshot
3381 will be deleted. The contents of all differencing hard disks of
3382 this snapshot will be merged with the contents of their
3383 dependent child hard disks to keep the, disks valid (in other
3384 words, all changes represented by hard disks being discarded
3385 will be propagated to their child hard disks). After that, this
3386 snapshot's differencing hard disks will be deleted. The parent
3387 of this snapshot will become a new parent for all its child
3388 snapshots.
3389
3390 If the discarded snapshot is the current one, its parent
3391 snapshot will become a new current snapshot. The current machine
3392 state is not directly affected in this case, except that
3393 currently attached differencing hard disks based on hard disks
3394 of the discarded snapshot will be also merged as described
3395 above.
3396
3397 If the discarded snapshot is the first one (the root snapshot)
3398 and it has exactly one child snapshot, this child snapshot will
3399 become the first snapshot after discarding. If there are no
3400 children at all (i.e. the first snapshot is the only snapshot of
3401 the machine), both the current and the first snapshot of the
3402 machine will be set to null. In all other cases, the first
3403 snapshot cannot be discarded.
3404
3405 You cannot discard the snapshot if it
3406 stores <link to="HardDiskType::NormalHardDisk">normal</link>
3407 (non-differencing) hard disks that have differencing hard disks based
3408 on them. Snapshots of such kind can be discarded only when every
3409 normal hard disk has either no children at all or exactly one
3410 child. In the former case, the normal hard disk simply becomes unused
3411 (i.e. not attached to any VM). In the latter case, it receives all the
3412 changes strored in the child hard disk, and then it replaces the child
3413 hard disk in the configuration of the corresponding snapshot or
3414 machine.
3415
3416 Also, you cannot discard the snapshot if it stores hard disks
3417 (of any type) having differencing child hard disks that belong
3418 to other machines. Such snapshots can be only discarded after
3419 you discard all snapshots of other machines containing "foreign"
3420 child disks, or detach these "foreign" child disks from machines
3421 they are attached to.
3422
3423 One particular example of the snapshot storing normal hard disks
3424 is the first snapshot of a virtual machine that had normal hard
3425 disks attached when taking the snapshot. Be careful when
3426 discarding such snapshots because this implicitly commits
3427 changes (made since the snapshot being discarded has been taken)
3428 to normal hard disks (as described above), which may be not what
3429 you want.
3430
3431 The virtual machine is put to
3432 the <link to="MachineState::Discarding">Discarding</link> state until
3433 the discard operation is completed.
3434
3435 <note>
3436 The machine must not be running, otherwise the operation
3437 will fail.
3438 </note>
3439
3440 <note>
3441 Child hard disks of all normal hard disks of the discarded snapshot
3442 must be <link to="IHardDisk::accessible">accessible</link> for this
3443 operation to succeed. In particular, this means that all virtual
3444 machines, whose hard disks are directly or indirectly based on the
3445 hard disks of discarded snapshot, must be powered off.
3446 </note>
3447 <note>
3448 Merging hard disk contents can be very time and disk space
3449 consuming, if these disks are big in size and have many
3450 children. However, if the snapshot being discarded is the last
3451 (head) snapshot on the branch, the operation will be rather
3452 quick.
3453 </note>
3454 <note>
3455 Note that discarding the current snapshot
3456 will imlicitly call <link to="IMachine::saveSettings()"/> to
3457 make all current machine settings permanent.
3458 </note>
3459 </desc>
3460 <param name="id" type="uuid" dir="in">
3461 <desc>UUID of the snapshot to discard.</desc>
3462 </param>
3463 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
3464 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
3465 </param>
3466 </method>
3467
3468 <method name="discardCurrentState">
3469 <desc>
3470 This operation is similar to <link to="#discardSnapshot()"/> but
3471 affects the current machine state. This means that the state stored
3472 in the current snapshot will become a new current state, and
3473 all current settings of the machine and changes stored in
3474 differencing hard disks will be lost.
3475
3476 After this operation is successfully completed, new empty
3477 differencing hard disks are created for all normal hard disks
3478 of the machine.
3479
3480 If the current snapshot of the machine is an online snapshot,
3481 the machine will go to the <link to="MachineState::Saved">
3482 saved state</link>, so that the next time it is powered on,
3483 the execution state will be restored from the current snapshot.
3484
3485 <note>The machine must not be running, otherwise the operation
3486 will fail.</note>
3487
3488 <note>If the machine state is <link
3489 to="MachineState::Saved">Saved</link> prior to this operation,
3490 the saved state file will be implicitly discarded (as if <link
3491 to="IConsole::discardSavedState()"/> were called).</note>
3492
3493 </desc>
3494 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
3495 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
3496 </param>
3497 </method>
3498
3499 <method name="discardCurrentSnapshotAndState">
3500 <desc>
3501
3502 This method is equivalent to
3503 doing <link to="#discardSnapshot">discardSnapshot</link>
3504 (<link
3505 to="IMachine::currentSnapshot">currentSnapshot</link>.<link
3506 to="ISnapshot::id">id()</link>, ...) followed by
3507 <link to="#discardCurrentState()"/>.
3508
3509 As a result, the machine will be fully restored from the
3510 snapshot preceeding the current snapshot, while both the current
3511 snapshot and the current machine state will be discarded.
3512
3513 If the current snapshot is the first snapshot of the machine (i.e. it
3514 has the only snapshot), the current machine state will be
3515 discarded <b>before</b> discarding the snapshot. In other words, the
3516 machine will be restored from its last snapshot, before discarding
3517 it. This differs from performing a single
3518 <link to="#discardSnapshot()"/> call (note that no
3519 <link to="#discardCurrentState()"/> will be possible after it) to the
3520 effect that the latter will preserve the current state instead of
3521 discarding it.
3522
3523 Unless explicitly mentioned otherwise, all remarks and
3524 limitations of the above two methods also apply to this method.
3525
3526 <note>
3527 The machine must not be running, otherwise the operation
3528 will fail.
3529 </note>
3530
3531 <note>
3532 If the machine state is <link to="MachineState::Saved">Saved</link>
3533 prior to this operation, the saved state file will be implicitly
3534 discarded (as if <link to="IConsole::discardSavedState()"/> were
3535 called).</note>
3536
3537 <note>
3538 This method is more efficient than calling two above
3539 methods separately: it requires less IPC calls and provides
3540 a single progress object.
3541 </note>
3542
3543 </desc>
3544 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
3545 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
3546 </param>
3547 </method>
3548
3549 <method name="registerCallback">
3550 <desc>
3551 Registers a new console callback on this instance. The methods of the
3552 callback interface will be called by this instance when the appropriate
3553 event occurs.
3554 </desc>
3555 <param name="callback" type="IConsoleCallback" dir="in"/>
3556 </method>
3557
3558 <method name="unregisterCallback">
3559 <desc>
3560 Unregisters the console callback previously registered using
3561 <link to="#registerCallback"/>.
3562 </desc>
3563 <param name="callback" type="IConsoleCallback" dir="in"/>
3564 </method>
3565
3566 </interface>
3567
3568 <!--
3569 // IHost
3570 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3571 -->
3572
3573 <interface
3574 name="IHostDVDDrive" extends="$unknown"
3575 uuid="21f86694-202d-4ce4-8b05-a63ff82dbf4c"
3576 wsmap="managed"
3577 >
3578 <attribute name="name" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
3579 <desc>
3580 Returns the platform-specific device identifier.
3581 On DOS-like platforms, it is a drive name (e.g. R:).
3582 On Unix-like platforms, it is a device name (e.g. /dev/hdc).
3583 </desc>
3584 </attribute>
3585 <attribute name="description" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
3586 <desc>
3587 Returns a human readable description for the drive. This
3588 description usually contains the product and vendor name. A
3589 @c null string is returned if the description is not available.
3590 </desc>
3591 </attribute>
3592 <attribute name="udi" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
3593 <desc>
3594 Returns the unique device identifier for the drive. This
3595 attribute is reserved for future use instead of
3596 <link to="#name"/>. Currently it is not used and may return
3597 @c null on some platforms.
3598 </desc>
3599 </attribute>
3600
3601 </interface>
3602
3603 <enumerator
3604 name="IHostDVDDriveEnumerator" type="IHostDVDDrive"
3605 uuid="1ed7cfaf-c363-40df-aa4e-89c1afb7d96b"
3606 />
3607
3608 <collection
3609 name="IHostDVDDriveCollection" type="IHostDVDDrive"
3610 enumerator="IHostDVDDriveEnumerator"
3611 uuid="1909c533-1a1e-445f-a4e1-a267cffc30ed"
3612 readonly="yes"
3613 >
3614 <method name="findByName">
3615 <desc>
3616 Searches this collection for a host drive with the given name.
3617 <note>
3618 The method returns an error if the given name does not
3619 correspond to any host drive in the collection.
3620 </note>
3621 </desc>
3622 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
3623 <desc>Name of the host drive to search for</desc>
3624 </param>
3625 <param name="drive" type="IHostDVDDrive" dir="return">
3626 <desc>Found host drive object</desc>
3627 </param>
3628 </method>
3629 </collection>
3630
3631 <interface
3632 name="IHostFloppyDrive" extends="$unknown"
3633 uuid="b6a4d1a9-4221-43c3-bd52-021a5daa9ed2"
3634 wsmap="managed"
3635 >
3636 <attribute name="name" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
3637 <desc>
3638 Returns the platform-specific device identifier.
3639 On DOS-like platforms, it is a drive name (e.g. A:).
3640 On Unix-like platforms, it is a device name (e.g. /dev/fd0).
3641 </desc>
3642 </attribute>
3643 <attribute name="description" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
3644 <desc>
3645 Returns a human readable description for the drive. This
3646 description usually contains the product and vendor name. A
3647 @c null string is returned if the description is not available.
3648 </desc>
3649 </attribute>
3650 <attribute name="udi" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
3651 <desc>
3652 Returns the unique device identifier for the drive. This
3653 attribute is reserved for future use instead of
3654 <link to="#name"/>. Currently it is not used and may return
3655 @c null on some platforms.
3656 </desc>
3657 </attribute>
3658 </interface>
3659
3660 <enumerator
3661 name="IHostFloppyDriveEnumerator" type="IHostFloppyDrive"
3662 uuid="ce04c924-4f54-432a-9dec-11fddc3ea875"
3663 />
3664
3665 <collection
3666 name="IHostFloppyDriveCollection" type="IHostFloppyDrive"
3667 enumerator="IHostFloppyDriveEnumerator"
3668 uuid="fd84bb86-c59a-4037-a557-755ff263a460"
3669 readonly="yes"
3670 >
3671 <method name="findByName">
3672 <desc>
3673 Searches this collection for a host drive with the given name.
3674 <note>
3675 The method returns an error if the given name does not
3676 correspond to any host drive in the collection.
3677 </note>
3678 </desc>
3679 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
3680 <desc>Name of the host drive to search for</desc>
3681 </param>
3682 <param name="drive" type="IHostFloppyDrive" dir="return">
3683 <desc>Found host drive object</desc>
3684 </param>
3685 </method>
3686 </collection>
3687
3688<if target="midl">
3689 <interface
3690 name="IHostNetworkInterface" extends="$unknown"
3691 uuid="F4512D7C-B074-4e97-99B8-6D2BD27C3F5A"
3692 wsmap="managed"
3693 >
3694 <attribute name="name" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
3695 <desc>Returns the host network interface name.</desc>
3696 </attribute>
3697
3698 <attribute name="id" type="uuid" readonly="yes">
3699 <desc>Returns the interface UUID.</desc>
3700 </attribute>
3701 </interface>
3702
3703 <enumerator
3704 name="IHostNetworkInterfaceEnumerator" type="IHostNetworkInterface"
3705 uuid="7B52FEF7-56E8-4aec-92F5-15E6D11EC630"
3706 />
3707
3708 <collection
3709 name="IHostNetworkInterfaceCollection" type="IHostNetworkInterface"
3710 enumerator="IHostNetworkInterfaceEnumerator"
3711 uuid="BF1D41F2-B97B-4314-A0FB-D4823AF42FB5"
3712 readonly="yes"
3713 >
3714 <method name="findByName">
3715 <desc>
3716 Searches this collection for a host network interface with the given name.
3717 <note>
3718 The method returns an error if the given name does not
3719 correspond to any host network interface in the collection.
3720 </note>
3721 </desc>
3722 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
3723 <desc>Name of the host network interface to search for.</desc>
3724 </param>
3725 <param name="networkInterface" type="IHostNetworkInterface" dir="return">
3726 <desc>Found host network interface object.</desc>
3727 </param>
3728 </method>
3729 <method name="findById">
3730 <desc>
3731 Searches this collection for a host network interface with the given GUID.
3732 <note>
3733 The method returns an error if the given GUID does not
3734 correspond to any host network interface in the collection.
3735 </note>
3736 </desc>
3737 <param name="id" type="uuid" dir="in">
3738 <desc>GUID of the host network interface to search for.</desc>
3739 </param>
3740 <param name="networkInterface" type="IHostNetworkInterface" dir="return">
3741 <desc>Found host network interface object.</desc>
3742 </param>
3743 </method>
3744 </collection>
3745</if>
3746
3747 <interface
3748 name="IHost" extends="$unknown"
3749 uuid="81729c26-1aec-46f5-b7c0-cc7364738fdb"
3750 wsmap="managed"
3751 >
3752 <attribute name="DVDDrives" type="IHostDVDDriveCollection" readonly="yes">
3753 <desc>List of DVD drives available on the host.</desc>
3754 </attribute>
3755
3756 <attribute name="floppyDrives" type="IHostFloppyDriveCollection" readonly="yes">
3757 <desc>List of floppy drives available on the host.</desc>
3758 </attribute>
3759
3760 <attribute name="USBDevices" type="IHostUSBDeviceCollection" readonly="yes">
3761 <desc>
3762 List of USB devices currently attached to the host.
3763 Once a new device is physically attached to the host computer,
3764 it appears in this list and remains there until detached.
3765 </desc>
3766 </attribute>
3767
3768 <attribute name="USBDeviceFilters" type="IHostUSBDeviceFilterCollection" readonly="yes">
3769 <desc>
3770 List of USB device filters in action.
3771 When a new device is physically attached to the host computer,
3772 filters from this list are applied to it (in order they are stored
3773 in the list). The first matched filter will determine the
3774 <link to="IHostUSBDeviceFilter::action">action</link>
3775 performed on the device.
3776
3777 Unless the device is ignored by these filters, filters of all
3778 currently running virtual machines
3779 (<link to="IUSBController::deviceFilters"/>) are applied to it.
3780
3781 <see>IHostUSBDeviceFilter, USBDeviceState</see>
3782 </desc>
3783 </attribute>
3784
3785<if target="midl">
3786 <attribute name="networkInterfaces" type="IHostNetworkInterfaceCollection" readonly="yes">
3787 <desc>List of host network interfaces currently defined on the host.</desc>
3788 </attribute>
3789</if>
3790
3791 <attribute name="processorCount" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
3792 <desc>Number of (logical) CPUs installed in the host system.</desc>
3793 </attribute>
3794
3795 <attribute name="processorSpeed" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
3796 <desc>(Approximate) speed of the host CPU in Megahertz.</desc>
3797 </attribute>
3798
3799 <attribute name="processorDescription" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
3800 <desc>Description string of the host CPU.</desc>
3801 </attribute>
3802
3803 <attribute name="memorySize" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
3804 <desc>Amount of system memory in megabytes installed in the host system.</desc>
3805 </attribute>
3806
3807 <attribute name="memoryAvailable" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
3808 <desc>Available system memory in the host system.</desc>
3809 </attribute>
3810
3811 <attribute name="operatingSystem" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
3812 <desc>Name of the host system's operating system.</desc>
3813 </attribute>
3814
3815 <attribute name="OSVersion" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
3816 <desc>Host operating system's version string.</desc>
3817 </attribute>
3818
3819 <attribute name="UTCTime" type="long long" readonly="yes">
3820 <desc>Returns the current host time in milliseconds since 1970-01-01 UTC.</desc>
3821 </attribute>
3822
3823<if target="midl">
3824 <method name="createHostNetworkInterface">
3825 <desc>
3826 Creates a new adapter for Host Interface Networking.
3827 </desc>
3828 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
3829 <desc>
3830 Adapter name.
3831 </desc>
3832 </param>
3833 <param name="hostInterface" type="IHostNetworkInterface" dir="out">
3834 <desc>
3835 Created host interface object.
3836 </desc>
3837 </param>
3838 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
3839 <desc>
3840 Progress object to track the operation completion.
3841 </desc>
3842 </param>
3843 </method>
3844 <method name="removeHostNetworkInterface">
3845 <desc>
3846 Removes the given host network interface.
3847 </desc>
3848 <param name="id" type="uuid" dir="in">
3849 <desc>
3850 Adapter GUID.
3851 </desc>
3852 </param>
3853 <param name="hostInterface" type="IHostNetworkInterface" dir="out">
3854 <desc>
3855 Removed host interface object.
3856 </desc>
3857 </param>
3858 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
3859 <desc>
3860 Progress object to track the operation completion.
3861 </desc>
3862 </param>
3863 </method>
3864</if>
3865
3866 <method name="createUSBDeviceFilter">
3867 <desc>
3868 Creates a new USB device filter. All attributes except
3869 the filter name are set to <tt>null</tt> (any match),
3870 <i>active</i> is <tt>false</tt> (the filter is not active).
3871
3872 The created filter can be added to the list of filters using
3873 <link to="#insertUSBDeviceFilter()"/>.
3874
3875 <see>#USBDeviceFilters</see>
3876 </desc>
3877 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
3878 <desc>
3879 Filter name. See <link to="IHostUSBDeviceFilter::name"/>
3880 for more info.
3881 </desc>
3882 </param>
3883 <param name="filter" type="IHostUSBDeviceFilter" dir="return">
3884 <desc>Created filter object.</desc>
3885 </param>
3886 </method>
3887
3888 <method name="insertUSBDeviceFilter">
3889 <desc>
3890 Inserts the given USB device to the specified position
3891 in the list of filters.
3892
3893 Positions are numbered starting from <tt>0</tt>. If the specified
3894 position is equal to or greater than the number of elements in
3895 the list, the filter is added to the end of the collection.
3896
3897 <note>
3898 Duplicates are not allowed, so an attempt to insert a
3899 filter that is already in the list, will return an
3900 error.
3901 </note>
3902
3903 <see>#USBDeviceFilters</see>
3904 </desc>
3905 <param name="position" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
3906 <desc>Position to insert the filter to.</desc>
3907 </param>
3908 <param name="filter" type="IHostUSBDeviceFilter" dir="in">
3909 <desc>USB device filter to insert.</desc>
3910 </param>
3911 </method>
3912
3913 <method name="removeUSBDeviceFilter">
3914 <desc>
3915 Removes a USB device filter from the specified position in the
3916 list of filters.
3917
3918 Positions are numbered starting from <tt>0</tt>. Specifying a
3919 position equal to or greater than the number of elements in
3920 the list will produce an error.
3921
3922 <see>#USBDeviceFilters</see>
3923 </desc>
3924 <param name="position" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
3925 <desc>Position to remove the filter from.</desc>
3926 </param>
3927 <param name="filter" type="IHostUSBDeviceFilter" dir="return">
3928 <desc>Removed USB device filter.</desc>
3929 </param>
3930 </method>
3931
3932 </interface>
3933
3934 <!--
3935 // ISystemProperties
3936 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3937 -->
3938
3939 <interface
3940 name="ISystemProperties"
3941 extends="$unknown"
3942 uuid="12c2e31e-247f-4d51-82e5-5b9d4a6c7d5b"
3943 wsmap="struct"
3944 >
3945 <desc>
3946 The ISystemProperties interface represents global properties
3947 of the given VirtualBox installation.
3948
3949 These properties define limits and default values for various
3950 attributes and parameters.
3951
3952 Most of the properties are read-only, but some can be changed by
3953 a user.
3954 </desc>
3955
3956 <attribute name="minGuestRAM" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
3957 <desc>Minium guest system memory in Megabytes.</desc>
3958 </attribute>
3959
3960 <attribute name="maxGuestRAM" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
3961 <desc>Maximum guest system memory in Megabytes.</desc>
3962 </attribute>
3963
3964 <attribute name="minGuestVRAM" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
3965 <desc>Minimum guest video memory in Megabytes.</desc>
3966 </attribute>
3967
3968 <attribute name="maxGuestVRAM" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
3969 <desc>Maximum guest video memory in Megabytes.</desc>
3970 </attribute>
3971
3972 <attribute name="maxVDISize" type="unsigned long long" readonly="yes">
3973 <desc>Maximum size of a virtual disk image in Megabytes.</desc>
3974 </attribute>
3975
3976 <attribute name="networkAdapterCount" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
3977 <desc>
3978 Number of network adapters associated with every
3979 <link to="IMachine"/> instance.
3980 </desc>
3981 </attribute>
3982
3983 <attribute name="serialPortCount" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
3984 <desc>
3985 Number of serial ports associated with every
3986 <link to="IMachine"/> instance.
3987 </desc>
3988 </attribute>
3989
3990 <attribute name="parallelPortCount" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
3991 <desc>
3992 Number of parallel ports associated with every
3993 <link to="IMachine"/> instance.
3994 </desc>
3995 </attribute>
3996
3997 <attribute name="maxBootPosition" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
3998 <desc>
3999 Maximum device position in the boot order. This value corresponds
4000 to the total number of devices a machine can boot from, to make it
4001 possible to include all possible devices to the boot list.
4002 <see><link to="IMachine::setBootOrder()"/></see>
4003 </desc>
4004 </attribute>
4005
4006 <attribute name="defaultVDIFolder" type="wstring">
4007 <desc>
4008 Full path to the default directory used to create new or open
4009 existing virtual disk images when an image file name contains no
4010 path.
4011
4012 The initial value of this property is
4013 <tt>&lt;</tt><link to="IVirtualBox::homeFolder">
4014 VirtualBox_home</link><tt>&gt;/VDI</tt>.
4015
4016 <note>
4017 Setting this property to <tt>null</tt> will restore the
4018 initial value.
4019 </note>
4020 <note>
4021 When settings this property, the specified path can be
4022 absolute (full path) or relative
4023 to the <link to="IVirtualBox::homeFolder">
4024 VirtualBox home directory</link>.
4025 When reading this property, a full path is
4026 always returned.
4027 </note>
4028 <note>
4029 The specified path may not exist, it will be created
4030 when necessary.
4031 </note>
4032
4033 <see>
4034 <link to="IVirtualBox::createHardDisk()"/>,
4035 <link to="IVirtualBox::openVirtualDiskImage()"/>
4036 </see>
4037 </desc>
4038 </attribute>
4039
4040 <attribute name="defaultMachineFolder" type="wstring">
4041 <desc>
4042 Full path to the default directory used to create new or open
4043 existing machines when a settings file name contains no
4044 path.
4045
4046 The initial value of this property is
4047 <tt>&lt;</tt><link to="IVirtualBox::homeFolder">
4048 VirtualBox_home</link><tt>&gt;/Machines</tt>.
4049
4050 <note>
4051 Setting this property to <tt>null</tt> will restore the
4052 initial value.
4053 </note>
4054 <note>
4055 When settings this property, the specified path can be
4056 absolute (full path) or relative
4057 to the <link to="IVirtualBox::homeFolder">
4058 VirtualBox home directory</link>.
4059 When reading this property, a full path is
4060 always returned.
4061 </note>
4062 <note>
4063 The specified path may not exist, it will be created
4064 when necessary.
4065 </note>
4066
4067 <see>
4068 <link to="IVirtualBox::createMachine()"/>,
4069 <link to="IVirtualBox::openMachine()"/>
4070 </see>
4071 </desc>
4072 </attribute>
4073
4074 <attribute name="remoteDisplayAuthLibrary" type="wstring">
4075 <desc>
4076 Path to the library that provides authentication
4077 for VRDP clients. The library is used if authentication
4078 type is set to "external" in the VM RemoteDisplay
4079 configuration.
4080
4081 The initial value of this property is <tt>VRDPAuth</tt>.
4082 That is library called VRDPAuth in one of default library
4083 directories. A full path can be used as well.
4084
4085 <note>
4086 The library name does not include the file extension.
4087 </note>
4088 <note>
4089 Setting this property to <tt>null</tt> will restore the
4090 initial value.
4091 </note>
4092 </desc>
4093 </attribute>
4094
4095 <attribute name="HWVirtExEnabled" type="boolean">
4096 <desc>
4097 This specifies the default value for hardware virtualization
4098 extensions. If enabled, virtual machines will make use of
4099 hardware virtualization extensions such as Intel VT-x and
4100 AMD SVM by default. This value can be overridden by each VM
4101 using their <link to="IMachine::HWVirtExEnabled"/> property.
4102 </desc>
4103 </attribute>
4104
4105 </interface>
4106
4107 <!--
4108 // IGuest
4109 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
4110 -->
4111
4112 <interface
4113 name="IGuestOSType" extends="$unknown"
4114 uuid="da94f478-1f37-4726-b750-2235950dc2fe"
4115 wsmap="struct"
4116 >
4117 <attribute name="id" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
4118 <desc>Guest OS identifier string.</desc>
4119 </attribute>
4120
4121 <attribute name="description" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
4122 <desc>Human readable description of the guest OS.</desc>
4123 </attribute>
4124
4125 <attribute name="recommendedRAM" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
4126 <desc>Recommended RAM size in Megabytes.</desc>
4127 </attribute>
4128
4129 <attribute name="recommendedVRAM" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
4130 <desc>Recommended video RAM size in Megabytes.</desc>
4131 </attribute>
4132
4133 <attribute name="recommendedHDD" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
4134 <desc>Recommended hard disk size in Megabytes.</desc>
4135 </attribute>
4136 </interface>
4137
4138
4139 <enumerator
4140 name="IGuestOSTypeEnumerator" type="IGuestOSType"
4141 uuid="a3335e02-4669-4e3c-80c7-c4dc7056a07c"
4142 />
4143
4144 <collection
4145 name="IGuestOSTypeCollection" type="IGuestOSType" enumerator="IGuestOSTypeEnumerator"
4146 uuid="a5e36749-a610-498b-9f29-2e36c1042d65"
4147 readonly="yes"
4148 />
4149
4150 <interface
4151 name="IGuest" extends="$unknown"
4152 uuid="d7a3f7cf-84c4-4628-9267-a1cff0e5f3bc"
4153 wsmap="suppress"
4154 >
4155 <desc>
4156 The IGuest interface represents a guest (virtual machine's) operating
4157 system. It provides information about the Guest Additions and other
4158 guest OS properties.
4159
4160 <see>IConsole::guest</see>
4161 </desc>
4162
4163 <attribute name="OSTypeId" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
4164 <desc>
4165 Identifier of the Guest OS type as reported by the Guest
4166 Additions.
4167 You may use <link to="IVirtualBox::getGuestOSType"/> to obtain
4168 an IGuestOSType object representing details about the given
4169 Guest OS type.
4170 <note>
4171 If Guest Additions are not installed, this value will be
4172 the same as <link to="IMachine::OSTypeId"/>.
4173 </note>
4174 </desc>
4175 </attribute>
4176
4177 <attribute name="additionsActive" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
4178 <desc>
4179 Flag whether the Guest Additions are installed and active
4180 in which case their version will be returned by the
4181 <link to="#additionsVersion"/> property.
4182 </desc>
4183 </attribute>
4184
4185 <attribute name="additionsVersion" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
4186 <desc>
4187 Version of the Guest Additions (3 decimal numbers separated
4188 by dots) or empty when the Additions are not installed. The
4189 Additions may also report a version but yet not be active as
4190 the version might be refused by VirtualBox (incompatible) or
4191 other failures occured.
4192 </desc>
4193 </attribute>
4194
4195 <attribute name="seamlessSupport" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
4196 <desc>
4197 Flag whether seamless guest display rendering is supported.
4198 </desc>
4199 </attribute>
4200
4201 <method name="setCredentials">
4202 <desc>
4203 Store login credentials that can be queried by guest operating
4204 systems with Additions installed. The credentials are transient
4205 to the session and the guest may also choose to erase them. Note
4206 that the caller cannot determine whether the guest operating system
4207 has queried or made use of the credentials.
4208 </desc>
4209 <param name="userName" type="wstring" dir="in">
4210 <desc>User name string, can be empty</desc>
4211 </param>
4212 <param name="password" type="wstring" dir="in">
4213 <desc>Password string, can be empty</desc>
4214 </param>
4215 <param name="domain" type="wstring" dir="in">
4216 <desc>Domain name (guest logon scheme specific), can be emtpy</desc>
4217 </param>
4218 <param name="allowInteractiveLogon" type="boolean" dir="in">
4219 <desc>
4220 Flag whether the guest should alternatively allow the user to
4221 interactively specify different credentials. This flag might
4222 not be supported by all versions of the Additions.
4223 </desc>
4224 </param>
4225 </method>
4226
4227 </interface>
4228
4229
4230 <!--
4231 // IProgress
4232 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
4233 -->
4234
4235 <enumerator
4236 name="IProgressEnumerator" type="IProgress"
4237 uuid="e0380522-4ef1-48f4-856c-e455177ccb2d"
4238 />
4239
4240 <collection
4241 name="IProgressCollection" type="IProgress" enumerator="IProgressEnumerator"
4242 uuid="78B76A7C-F0F2-467c-9F0E-F089A54EE957"
4243 readonly="yes"
4244 />
4245
4246 <interface
4247 name="IProgress" extends="$unknown"
4248 uuid="10CC03A1-717E-429b-992D-C67B56175A51"
4249 wsmap="managed"
4250 >
4251 <desc>
4252 The IProgress interface represents a task progress object that allows
4253 to wait for the completion of some asynchronous task.
4254
4255 The task consists of one or more operations that run sequentially,
4256 one after one. There is an individual percent of completion of the
4257 current operation and the percent of completion of the task as a
4258 whole. Similarly, you can wait for the completion of a particular
4259 operation or for the completion of the whole task.
4260
4261 Every operation is identified by a number (starting from 0)
4262 and has a separate description.
4263 </desc>
4264
4265 <attribute name="id" type="uuid" readonly="yes">
4266 <desc>ID of the task.</desc>
4267 </attribute>
4268
4269 <attribute name="description" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
4270 <desc>Description of the task.</desc>
4271 </attribute>
4272
4273 <attribute name="initiator" type="$unknown" readonly="yes">
4274 <desc>Initiator of the task.</desc>
4275 </attribute>
4276
4277 <attribute name="cancelable" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
4278 <desc>Whether the task can be interrupted.</desc>
4279 </attribute>
4280
4281 <attribute name="percent" type="long" readonly="yes">
4282 <desc>
4283 Current task progress value in percent.
4284 This value depends on how many operations are already complete.
4285 </desc>
4286 </attribute>
4287
4288 <attribute name="completed" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
4289 <desc>Whether the task has been completed.</desc>
4290 </attribute>
4291
4292 <attribute name="canceled" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
4293 <desc>Whether the task has been canceled.</desc>
4294 </attribute>
4295
4296 <attribute name="resultCode" type="result" readonly="yes">
4297 <desc>
4298 Result code of the progress task.
4299 Valid only if <link to="#completed"/> is true.
4300 </desc>
4301 </attribute>
4302
4303 <attribute name="errorInfo" type="IVirtualBoxErrorInfo" readonly="yes">
4304 <desc>
4305 Extended information about the unsuccessful result of the
4306 progress operation. May be NULL when no extended information
4307 is available.
4308 Valid only if <link to="#completed"/> is true and
4309 <link to="#resultCode"/> indicates a failure.
4310 </desc>
4311 </attribute>
4312
4313 <attribute name="operationCount" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
4314 <desc>
4315 Number of operations this task is divided into.
4316 Every task consists of at least one operation.
4317 </desc>
4318 </attribute>
4319
4320 <attribute name="operation" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
4321 <desc>Number of the operation being currently executed.</desc>
4322 </attribute>
4323
4324 <attribute name="operationDescription" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
4325 <desc>
4326 Description of the operation being currently executed.
4327 </desc>
4328 </attribute>
4329
4330 <attribute name="operationPercent" type="long" readonly="yes">
4331 <desc>Current operation progress value in percent.</desc>
4332 </attribute>
4333
4334 <method name="waitForCompletion">
4335 <desc>
4336 Waits until the task is done (including all operations) with a
4337 given timeout.
4338 </desc>
4339 <param name="timeout" type="long" dir="in">
4340 <desc>
4341 Timeout value in milliseconds.
4342 Specify -1 for an indefinite wait.
4343 </desc>
4344 </param>
4345 </method>
4346
4347 <method name="waitForOperationCompletion">
4348 <desc>
4349 Waits until the given operation is done with a given timeout.
4350 </desc>
4351 <param name="operation" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
4352 <desc>
4353 Number of the operation to wait for.
4354 Must be less than <link to="#operationCount"/>.
4355 </desc>
4356 </param>
4357 <param name="timeout" type="long" dir="in">
4358 <desc>
4359 Timeout value in milliseconds.
4360 Specify -1 for an indefinite wait.
4361 </desc>
4362 </param>
4363 </method>
4364
4365 <method name="cancel">
4366 <desc>
4367 Cancels the task.
4368 <note>
4369 If <link to="#cancelable"/> is <tt>false</tt>, then
4370 this method will fail.
4371 </note>
4372 </desc>
4373 </method>
4374
4375 </interface>
4376
4377
4378 <!--
4379 // ISnapshot
4380 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
4381 -->
4382
4383 <enumerator
4384 name="ISnapshotEnumerator" type="ISnapshot"
4385 uuid="25cfa2a4-1f1d-4f05-9658-b7a5894ef1a3"
4386 />
4387
4388 <collection
4389 name="ISnapshotCollection" type="ISnapshot"
4390 enumerator="ISnapshotEnumerator"
4391 uuid="23852e3c-94cd-4801-ab05-ed35675b3894"
4392 readonly="yes"
4393 />
4394
4395 <interface
4396 name="ISnapshot" extends="$unknown"
4397 uuid="9f1bbf79-13b0-4da2-abba-4a992c65c083"
4398 wsmap="managed"
4399 >
4400 <desc>
4401 The ISnapshot interface represents a snapshot of the virtual
4402 machine.
4403
4404 The <i>snapshot</i> stores all the information about a virtual
4405 machine necessary to bring it to exactly the same state as it was at
4406 the time of taking the snapshot. The snapshot includes:
4407
4408 <ul>
4409 <li>all settings of the virtual machine (i.e. its hardware
4410 configuration: RAM size, attached hard disks, etc.)
4411 </li>
4412 <li>the execution state of the virtual machine (memory contents,
4413 CPU state, etc.).
4414 </li>
4415 </ul>
4416
4417 Snapshots can be <i>offline</i> (taken when the VM is powered off)
4418 or <i>online</i> (taken when the VM is running). The execution
4419 state of the offline snapshot is called a <i>zero execution state</i>
4420 (it doesn't actually contain any information about memory contents
4421 or the CPU state, assuming that all hardware is just powered off).
4422
4423 <h3>Snapshot branches</h3>
4424
4425 Snapshots can be chained. Chained snapshots form a branch where
4426 every next snapshot is based on the previous one. This chaining is
4427 mostly related to hard disk branching (see <link to="IHardDisk"/>
4428 description). This means that every time a new snapshot is created,
4429 a new differencing hard disk is implicitly created for all normal
4430 hard disks attached to the given virtual machine. This allows to
4431 fully restore hard disk contents when the machine is later reverted
4432 to a particular snapshot.
4433
4434 In the current implelemtation, multiple snapshot branches within one
4435 virtual machine are not allowed. Every machine has a signle branch,
4436 and <link to="IConsole::takeSnapshot()"/> operation adds a new
4437 snapshot to the top of that branch.
4438
4439 Existings snapshots can be discarded using
4440 <link to="IConsole::discardSnapshot()"/>.
4441
4442 <h3>Current snapshot</h3>
4443
4444 Every virtual machine has a current snapshot, identified by
4445 <link to="IMachine::currentSnapshot"/>. This snapshot is used as
4446 a base for the <i>current machine state</i> (see below), to the effect
4447 that all normal hard disks of the machine and its execution
4448 state are based on this snapshot.
4449
4450 In the current implementation, the current snapshot is always the
4451 last taken snapshot (i.e. the head snapshot on the branch) and it
4452 cannot be changed.
4453
4454 The current snapshot is <tt>null</tt> if the machine doesn't have
4455 snapshots at all; in this case the current machine state is just
4456 current settings of this machine plus its current execution state.
4457
4458 <h3>Current machine state</h3>
4459
4460 The current machine state is what represened by IMachine instances got
4461 directly from IVirtualBox
4462 using <link
4463 to="IVirtualBox::getMachine()">getMachine()</link>, <link
4464 to="IVirtualBox::findMachine()">findMachine()</link>, etc. (as opposed
4465 to instances returned by <link to="ISnapshot::machine"/>). This state
4466 is always used when the machine is <link to="IConsole::powerUp"> powered
4467 on</link>.
4468
4469 The current machine state also includes the current execution state.
4470 If the machine is being currently executed
4471 (<link to="IMachine::state"/> is <link to="MachineState::Running"/>
4472 and above), its execution state is just what's happening now.
4473 If it is powered off (<link to="MachineState::PoweredOff"/> or
4474 <link to="MachineState::Aborted"/>), it has a zero execution state.
4475 If the machine is saved (<link to="MachineState::Saved"/>), its
4476 execution state is what saved in the execution state file
4477 (<link to="IMachine::stateFilePath"/>).
4478
4479 If the machine is in the saved state, then, next time it is powered
4480 on, its execution state will be fully restored from the saved state
4481 file and the execution will continue from the point where the state
4482 was saved.
4483
4484 Similarly to snapshots, the current machine state can be discarded
4485 using <link to="IConsole::discardCurrentState()"/>.
4486
4487 <h3>Taking and discarding snapshots</h3>
4488
4489 The table below briefly explains the meaning of every snapshot
4490 operation:
4491
4492 <table>
4493 <tr><th>Operation</th><th>Meaning</th><th>Remarks</th></tr>
4494
4495 <tr><td><link to="IConsole::takeSnapshot()"/></td>
4496
4497 <td>Save the current state of the virtual machine, including all
4498 settings, contents of normal hard disks and the current modifications
4499 to immutable hard disks (for online snapshots)</td>
4500
4501 <td>The current state is not changed (the machine will continue
4502 execution if it is being executed when the snapshot is
4503 taken)</td></tr>
4504
4505 <tr><td><link to="IConsole::discardSnapshot()"/></td>
4506
4507 <td>Forget the state of the virtual machine stored in the snapshot:
4508 dismiss all saved settings and delete the saved execution state (for
4509 online snapshots)</td>
4510
4511 <td>Other snapshots (including child snapshots, if any) and the
4512 current state are not directly affected</td></tr>
4513
4514 <tr><td><link to="IConsole::discardCurrentState()"/></td>
4515
4516 <td>Restore the current state of the virtual machine from the state
4517 stored in the current snapshot, including all settings and hard disk
4518 contents</td>
4519
4520 <td>The current state of the machine existed prior to this operation
4521 is lost</td></tr>
4522
4523 <tr><td><link to="IConsole::discardCurrentSnapshotAndState()"/></td>
4524
4525 <td>Completely revert the virtual machine to the state it was in
4526 before the current snapshot has been taken</td>
4527
4528 <td>The current state, as well as the current snapshot, are
4529 lost</td></tr>
4530
4531 </table>
4532
4533 </desc>
4534
4535 <attribute name="id" type="uuid" readonly="yes">
4536 <desc>UUID of the snapshot.</desc>
4537 </attribute>
4538
4539 <attribute name="name" type="wstring">
4540 <desc>Short name of the snapshot.</desc>
4541 </attribute>
4542
4543 <attribute name="description" type="wstring">
4544 <desc>Optional description of the snapshot.</desc>
4545 </attribute>
4546
4547 <attribute name="timeStamp" type="long long" readonly="yes">
4548 <desc>
4549 Time stamp of the snapshot, in milliseconds since 1970-01-01 UTC.
4550 </desc>
4551 </attribute>
4552
4553 <attribute name="online" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
4554 <desc>
4555 <tt>true</tt> if this snapshot is an online snapshot and
4556 <tt>false</tt> otherwise.
4557
4558 <note>
4559 When this attribute is <tt>true</tt>, the
4560 <link to="IMachine::stateFilePath"/> attribute of the
4561 <link to="#machine"/> object associated with this snapshot
4562 will point to the saved state file. Otherwise, it will be
4563 <tt>null</tt>.
4564 </note>
4565 </desc>
4566 </attribute>
4567
4568 <attribute name="machine" type="IMachine" readonly="yes">
4569 <desc>
4570 Virtual machine this snapshot is taken on. This object
4571 stores all settings the machine had when taking this snapshot.
4572 <note>
4573 The returned machine object is immutable, i.e. no
4574 any settings can be changed.
4575 </note>
4576 </desc>
4577 </attribute>
4578
4579 <attribute name="parent" type="ISnapshot" readonly="yes">
4580 <desc>
4581 Parent snapshot (a snapshot this one is based on).
4582 <note>
4583 It's not an error to read this attribute on a snapshot
4584 that doesn't have a parent -- a null object will be
4585 returned to indicate this.
4586 </note>
4587 </desc>
4588 </attribute>
4589
4590 <attribute name="children" type="ISnapshotCollection" readonly="yes">
4591 <desc>
4592 Child snapshots (all snapshots having this one as a parent).
4593 <note>
4594 In the current implementation, there can be only one
4595 child snapshot, or no children at all, meaning this is the
4596 last (head) snapshot.
4597 </note>
4598 </desc>
4599 </attribute>
4600
4601 </interface>
4602
4603 <!--
4604 // IHardDisk
4605 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
4606 -->
4607
4608 <enum
4609 name="HardDiskStorageType"
4610 uuid="48138584-ad99-479d-a36f-eb82a7663685"
4611 >
4612 <desc>
4613 Virtual hard disk storage type.
4614 <see>IHardDisk</see>
4615 </desc>
4616 <const name="VirtualDiskImage" value="0">
4617 <desc>
4618 Virtual Disk Image, VDI (a regular file in the file
4619 system of the host OS, see <link to="IVirtualDiskImage"/>)
4620 </desc>
4621 </const>
4622 <const name="ISCSIHardDisk" value="1">
4623 <desc>
4624 iSCSI Remote Disk (a disk accessed via the Internet
4625 SCSI protocol over a TCP/IP network, see
4626 <link to="IISCSIHardDisk"/>)
4627 </desc>
4628 </const>
4629 <const name="VMDKImage" value="2">
4630 <desc>
4631 VMware Virtual Machine Disk image (a regular file in the file
4632 system of the host OS, see <link to="IVMDKImage"/>)
4633 </desc>
4634 </const>
4635 </enum>
4636
4637 <enum
4638 name="HardDiskType"
4639 uuid="a348fafd-a64e-4643-ba65-eb3896bd7e0a"
4640 >
4641 <desc>
4642 Virtual hard disk type.
4643 <see>IHardDisk</see>
4644 </desc>
4645 <const name="NormalHardDisk" value="0">
4646 <desc>
4647 Normal hard disk (attached directly or indirectly, preserved
4648 when taking snapshots).
4649 </desc>
4650 </const>
4651 <const name="ImmutableHardDisk" value="1">
4652 <desc>
4653 Immutable hard disk (attached indirectly, changes are wiped out
4654 after powering off the virtual machine).
4655 </desc>
4656 </const>
4657 <const name="WritethroughHardDisk" value="2">
4658 <desc>
4659 Write through hard disk (attached directly, ignored when
4660 taking snapshots).
4661 </desc>
4662 </const>
4663 </enum>
4664
4665 <interface
4666 name="IHardDiskAttachment" extends="$unknown"
4667 uuid="c0ffe596-21c6-4797-8d8a-b47b66881e7a"
4668 wsmap="struct"
4669 >
4670 <attribute name="hardDisk" type="IHardDisk" readonly="yes">
4671 <desc>Harddisk object this attachment is about.</desc>
4672 </attribute>
4673
4674 <attribute name="controller" type="DiskControllerType" readonly="yes">
4675 <desc>Disk controller ID of this attachment.</desc>
4676 </attribute>
4677
4678 <attribute name="deviceNumber" type="long" readonly="yes">
4679 <desc>Device number of the attachment.</desc>
4680 </attribute>
4681
4682 </interface>
4683
4684 <enumerator
4685 name="IHardDiskAttachmentEnumerator" type="IHardDiskAttachment"
4686 uuid="9955e486-2f0b-432a-99e4-0ebbd338875e"
4687 />
4688
4689 <collection
4690 name="IHardDiskAttachmentCollection" type="IHardDiskAttachment"
4691 enumerator="IHardDiskAttachmentEnumerator"
4692 uuid="8f727842-bb77-45d4-92de-4ec14bf613c9"
4693 readonly="yes"
4694 />
4695
4696 <enumerator
4697 name="IHardDiskEnumerator" type="IHardDisk"
4698 uuid="b976f97b-cdb8-47e3-9860-084031cbd533"
4699 />
4700
4701 <collection
4702 name="IHardDiskCollection" type="IHardDisk"
4703 enumerator="IHardDiskEnumerator"
4704 uuid="43EAC2BC-5C61-40fa-BC38-46DE2C7DB6BB"
4705 readonly="yes"
4706 />
4707
4708 <interface
4709 name="IHardDisk" extends="$unknown"
4710 uuid="FD443EC1-000F-4F5B-9282-D72760A66916"
4711 wsmap="managed"
4712 >
4713 <desc>
4714 The IHardDisk interface represents a virtual hard disk drive
4715 used by virtual machines.
4716
4717 The virtual hard disk drive virtualizes the hard disk hardware and
4718 looks like a regular hard disk inside the virtual machine and
4719 the guest OS.
4720
4721 <h3>Storage Types</h3>
4722
4723 The <link to="HardDiskStorageType">storage type</link> of the
4724 virtual hard disk determines where and how it stores its data
4725 (sectors). Currently, the following storage types are supported:
4726
4727 <ul>
4728
4729 <li>
4730 <i>Virtual Disk Image (VDI)</i>, a regular file in the file system
4731 of the host OS (represented by the <link to="IVirtualDiskImage"/>
4732 interface). This file has a special format optimized so that unused
4733 sectors of data occupy much less space than on a physical hard disk.
4734 </li>
4735
4736 <li>
4737 <i>iSCSI Remote Disk</i>, a disk accessed via the Internet SCSI
4738 protocol over a TCP/IP network link (represented by the
4739 <link to="IISCSIHardDisk"/> interface).
4740 </li>
4741
4742 <li>
4743 <i>VMware VMDK Image</i>, a regular file in the file system of the
4744 host OS (represented by the <link to="IVMDKImage"/> interface).
4745 </li>
4746
4747 </ul>
4748
4749 The storage type of the particular hard disk object is indicated by
4750 the <link to="#storageType"/> property.
4751
4752 Each storage type is represented by its own interface (as shown
4753 above), that allows to query and set properties and perform
4754 operations specific to that storage type. When an IHardDisk object
4755 reports it uses some particular storage type, it also guaranteed to
4756 support the corresponding interface which you can query. And vice
4757 versa, every object that supports a storage-specific interface, also
4758 supports IHardDisk.
4759
4760 <h3>Virtual Hard Disk Types</h3>
4761
4762 The <link to="HardDiskType">type</link> of the virtual hard disk
4763 determines how it is attached to the virtual machine when you call
4764 <link to="IMachine::attachHardDisk()"/> and what happens to it when
4765 a <link to="ISnapshot">snapshot</link> of the virtual machine is
4766 taken.
4767
4768 There are three types of virtual hard disks:
4769
4770 <ul>
4771 <li><i>Normal</i></li>
4772 <li><i>Immutable</i></li>
4773 <li><i>Writethrough</i></li>
4774 </ul>
4775
4776 The virtual disk type is indicated by the <link to="#type"/>
4777 property. Each of the above types is described in detail further
4778 down.
4779
4780 There is also a forth, "hidden" virtual disk type:
4781 <i>Differencing</i>. It is "hidden" because you cannot directly
4782 create hard disks of this type -- they are automatically created by
4783 VirtualBox when necessary.
4784
4785 <b>Differencing Hard Disks</b>
4786
4787 Unlike disks of other types (that are similar to real hard disks),
4788 the differencing hard disk does not store the full range of data
4789 sectors. Instead, it stores only a subset of sectors of some other
4790 disk that were changed since the differencing hard disk has been
4791 created. Thus, every differencing hard disk has a parent hard disk
4792 it is linked to, and represents the difference between the initial
4793 and the current hard disk state. A differencing hard disk can be
4794 linked to another differencing hard disk -- this way, differencing
4795 hard disks can form a branch of changes. More over, a given virtual
4796 hard disk can have more than one differencing hard disk linked to
4797 it.
4798
4799 A disk the differencing hard disk is linked to (or, in other words,
4800 based on) is called a <i>parent</i> hard disk and is accessible through
4801 the <link to="#parent"/> property. Similarly, all existing differencing
4802 hard disks for a given parent hard disk are called its <i>child</i> hard
4803 disks (and accessible through the <link to="#children"/> property).
4804
4805 All differencing hard disks use Virtual Disk Image files to store
4806 changed sectors. They have the <link to="#type"/> property set to
4807 Normal, but can be easily distinguished from normal hard disks using
4808 the <link to="#parent"/> property: all differencing hard disks have
4809 a parent, while all normal hard disks don't.
4810
4811 When the virtual machine makes an attempt to read a sector that is
4812 missing in a differencing hard disk, its parent is accessed to
4813 resolve the sector in question. This process continues until the
4814 sector is found, or until the root hard disk is encountered, which
4815 always contains all sectors. As a consequence,
4816
4817 <ul>
4818
4819 <li>
4820 The virtual hard disk geometry seen by the guest OS is
4821 always defined by the root hard disk.
4822 </li>
4823
4824 <li>
4825 All hard disks on a branch, up to the root, must be
4826 <link to="#accessible"/> for a given differencing hard disk in order
4827 to let it function properly when the virtual machine is
4828 running.
4829 </li>
4830
4831 </ul>
4832
4833 Differencing hard disks can be implicitly created by VirtualBox in
4834 the following cases:
4835
4836 <ul>
4837
4838 <li>
4839 When a hard disk is <i>indirectly</i> attached to the virtual
4840 machine using <link to="IMachine::attachHardDisk()"/>. In this
4841 case, all disk writes performed by the guest OS will go to the
4842 created diffferencing hard disk, as opposed to the
4843 <i>direct</i> attachment, where all changes are written to the
4844 attached hard disk itself.
4845 </li>
4846
4847 <li>
4848 When a <link to="ISnapshot">snapshot</link> of the virtual machine
4849 is taken. After that, disk writes to hard disks the differencing
4850 ones have been created for, will be directed to those differencing
4851 hard disks, to preserve the contents of the original disks.
4852 </li>
4853
4854 </ul>
4855
4856 Whether to create a differencing hard disk or not depends on the
4857 type of the hard disk attached to the virtual machine. This is
4858 explained below.
4859
4860 Note that in the current implementation, only the
4861 <link to="VirtualDiskImage"/> storage type is used to
4862 represent differencing hard disks. In other words, all
4863 differencing hard disks are <link to="IVirtualDiskImage"/>
4864 objects.
4865
4866 <b>Normal Hard Disks</b>
4867
4868 Normal hard disks are the most commonly used virtual hard disk. A
4869 normal hard disk is attached to the machine directly if it is not
4870 already attached to some other machine. Otherwise, an attempt to
4871 make an indirect attachment through a differencing hard disk will be
4872 made. This attempt will fail if the hard disk is attached to a
4873 virtual machine without snapshots (because it's impossible to create
4874 a differencing hard disk based on a hard disk that is subject to
4875 change).
4876
4877 When an indirect attachment takes place, in the simplest case, where
4878 the machine the hard disk is being attached to doesn't have
4879 snapshots, the differencing hard disk will be based on the normal
4880 hard disk being attached. Otherwise, the first (i.e. the most
4881 recent) descendant of the given normal hard disk found in the
4882 current snapshot branch (starting from the current snapshot and
4883 going up to the root) will be actually used as a base.
4884
4885 Note that when you detach an indirectly attached hard disk from the
4886 machine, the created differencing hard disk image is simply
4887 <b>deleted</b>, so <b>all changes are lost</b>. If you attach the
4888 same disk again, a clean differencing disk will be created based on
4889 the most recent child, as described above.
4890
4891 When taking a snapshot, the contents of all normal hard disks (and
4892 all differencing disks whose roots are normal hard disks) currently
4893 attached to the virtual machine is preserved by creating
4894 differencing hard disks based on them.
4895
4896 <b>Immutable Hard Disks</b>
4897
4898 Immutable hard disks can be used to provide a sort of read-only
4899 access. An immutable hard disk is always attached indirectly. The
4900 created differencing hard disk is automatically wiped out (recreated
4901 from scratch) every time you power off the virtual machine. Thus,
4902 the contents of the immutable disk remains unchanged between runs.
4903
4904 Detaching an immutable hard disk deletes the differencing disk
4905 created for it, with the same effect as in case with normal hard
4906 disks.
4907
4908 When taking a snapshot, the differencing part of the immutable
4909 hard disk is cloned (i.e. copied to a separate Virtual Disk Image
4910 file) without any changes. This is necessary to preserve the exact
4911 virtual machine state when you create an online snapshot.
4912
4913 <b>Writethrough Hard Disks</b>
4914
4915 Hard disks of this type are always attached directly. This means
4916 that every given writethrough hard disk can be attached only to one
4917 virtual machine at a time.
4918
4919 It is impossible to take a snapshot of a virtual machine with the
4920 writethrough hard disk attached, because taking a snapshot implies
4921 saving the execution state and preserving the contents of all hard
4922 disks, but writethrough hard disks cannot be preserved. Preserving
4923 hard disk contents is necessary to ensure the guest OS stored in the
4924 snapshot will get the same hard disk state when restored, which is
4925 especially important when it has open file handles or when there are
4926 cached files and directories stored in memory.
4927
4928 <h3>Creating, Opening and Registering Hard Disks</h3>
4929
4930 Non-differencing hard disks are either created from scratch using
4931 <link to="IVirtualBox::createHardDisk()"/> or opened from a VDI file
4932 using <link to="IVirtualBox::openVirtualDiskImage()"/> (only for hard
4933 disks using the VirtualDiskImage storage type). Once a hard disk is
4934 created or opened, it needs to be registered using
4935 <link to="IVirtualBox::registerHardDisk()"/> to make it available for
4936 attaching to virtual machines. See the documentation of individual
4937 interfaces for various storage types to get more information.
4938
4939 Differencing hard disks are never created explicitly and cannot
4940 be registered or unregistered; they are automatically registered
4941 upon creation and deregistered when deleted.
4942
4943 <h3>More about Indirect Hard Disk Attachments</h3>
4944
4945 Normally, when you attach a hard disk to the virtual machine, and then
4946 query the corresponding attachment using
4947 <link to="IMachine::getHardDisk()"/> or
4948 <link to="IMachine::hardDiskAttachments"/> you will get the same hard
4949 disk object, whose UUID you passed earlier to
4950 <link to="IMachine::attachHardDisk()"/>. However, when an indirect
4951 attachment takes place, calling <link to="IMachine::getHardDisk()"/>
4952 will return a differencing hard disk object, that is either based on the
4953 attached hard disk or on another differencing hard disk, the attached
4954 hard disk is eventually a root for (as described above). In both cases
4955 the returned hard disk object is the object the virtual machine actually
4956 uses to perform disk writes to.
4957
4958 Regardless of whether the attachment is direct or indirect, the
4959 <link to="#machineId"/> property of the attached disk will contain an
4960 UUID of the machine object <link to="IMachine::attachHardDisk()"/>
4961 has been called on.
4962
4963 Note that both <link to="IMachine::attachHardDisk()"/> and
4964 <link to="IMachine::detachHardDisk()"/> are <i>lazy</i> operations. In
4965 particular, this means that when an indirect attachment is made,
4966 differencing hard disks are not created until machine settings are
4967 committed using <link to="IMachine::saveSettings()"/>. Similarly, when a
4968 differencing hard disk is detached, it is not deleted until
4969 <link to="IMachine::saveSettings()"/> is called. Calling
4970 <link to="IMachine::discardSettings()"/> cancels all lazy attachments or
4971 detachments made since the last commit and effectively restores the
4972 previous set of hard disks.
4973
4974 <h3>Hard Disk Accessibility</h3>
4975
4976 The <link to="#accessible"/> attribute of the hard disk object
4977 defines the accessibility state of the respective hard disk storage
4978 (for example, the VDI file for IVirtualDiskImage objects). If the
4979 value of this attribute is <tt>false</tt> then some hard disk
4980 attributes may contain invalid or outdated values (for example, the
4981 virtual or the actual hard disk size) until a new accessibility
4982 check is done that returns <tt>true</tt> (see the attribute
4983 description for more details).
4984
4985 <note>
4986 Because of the possible slowness of the accessibility check,
4987 it is not implicitly performed upon the VirtualBox server startup
4988 (to prevent the application freeze). In partcular, this means that
4989 if you try to read hard disk properties that depend on the
4990 accessibility state without first reading the value of the
4991 <link to="#accessible"/> attribute and ensuring it's value is
4992 <tt>true</tt>, you will get wrong (zero) values.
4993 </note>
4994
4995 </desc>
4996
4997 <attribute name="id" type="uuid" readonly="yes">
4998 <desc>
4999
5000 UUID of the hard disk. For newly created hard disk objects,
5001 this value is a randomly generated UUID.
5002
5003 </desc>
5004 </attribute>
5005
5006 <attribute name="description" type="wstring">
5007 <desc>
5008
5009 Optional description of the hard disk. For a newly created hard
5010 disk, this value is <tt>null</tt>.
5011
5012 <note>For some storage types, reading this property is
5013 meaningless when <link to="#accessible"/> is <tt>false</tt>.
5014 Also, you cannot assign it a new value in this case.</note>
5015
5016 </desc>
5017 </attribute>
5018
5019 <attribute name="storageType" type="HardDiskStorageType" readonly="yes">
5020 <desc>
5021
5022 Storage type of this hard disk.
5023
5024 Storage type is defined when you open or create a new hard disk
5025 object.
5026
5027 </desc>
5028 </attribute>
5029
5030 <attribute name="location" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
5031 <desc>
5032
5033 Storage location of this hard disk. The returned string serves
5034 for informational purposes only. To access detailed information
5035 about the storage, query the appropriate storage-specific
5036 interface.
5037
5038 </desc>
5039 </attribute>
5040
5041 <attribute name="type" type="HardDiskType">
5042 <desc>
5043
5044 Type (behavior) of this hard disk. For a newly created or opened hard
5045 disk, this value is <link to="HardDiskType::NormalHardDisk"/>.
5046
5047 <note>
5048 In the current implementation, this property can be
5049 changed only on an unregistered hard disk object. This may be
5050 changed later.
5051 </note>
5052
5053 </desc>
5054 </attribute>
5055
5056 <attribute name="parent" type="IHardDisk" readonly="yes">
5057 <desc>
5058
5059 Parent of this hard disk (a hard disk this one is directly based
5060 on).
5061
5062 Only differencing hard disks have parents, so a <tt>null</tt>
5063 object is returned for a hard disk of any other type.
5064 </desc>
5065 </attribute>
5066
5067 <attribute name="children" type="IHardDiskCollection" readonly="yes">
5068 <desc>
5069
5070 Children of this hard disk (all differencing hard disks for
5071 those this one is a parent). An empty collection is returned, if
5072 this hard disk doesn't have any children.
5073
5074 </desc>
5075 </attribute>
5076
5077 <attribute name="root" type="IHardDisk" readonly="yes">
5078 <desc>
5079
5080 Root hard disk of this hard disk. If this hard disk is a
5081 differencing hard disk, its root hard disk is the first disk on
5082 the branch. For all other types of hard disks, this property
5083 returns the hard disk object itself (i.e. the same object you
5084 read this property on).
5085
5086 </desc>
5087 </attribute>
5088
5089 <attribute name="accessible" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
5090 <desc>
5091
5092 Whether the hard disk storage is currently accessible or not.
5093 The storage, for example, can be unaccessible if it doesn't exist
5094 or if it is placed on a network resource that is not available
5095 by the time this attribute is read.
5096
5097 In the current implementation, the value of this property is
5098 also <tt>false</tt> if this hard disk is attached to a running
5099 virtual machine.
5100
5101 The accessibility check is performed automatically every time
5102 this attribute is read. You should keep it in mind that this check
5103 may be slow and can block the calling thread for a long time (for
5104 example, if the network resourse where the hard disk storage is
5105 located is down).
5106
5107 The following attributes of the hard disk object are considered
5108 to be invalid when this attribute is <tt>false</tt>:
5109 <ul>
5110 <li><link to="#size"/></li>
5111 <li><link to="#actualSize"/></li>
5112 </ul>
5113 Individual hard disk storage type interfaces may define
5114 additional attributes that depend on the accessibility state.
5115 </desc>
5116 </attribute>
5117
5118 <attribute name="allAccessible" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
5119 <desc>
5120
5121 Whether the whole hard disk branch, starting from this image and
5122 going through its ancestors up to the root, is accessible or
5123 not.
5124
5125 This property makes sense only for differencing hard disks. For
5126 all other types of hard disks it returns the same value as
5127 <link to="#accessible"/>.
5128
5129 </desc>
5130 </attribute>
5131
5132 <attribute name="lastAccessError" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
5133 <desc>
5134
5135 String describing the reason of inaccessibility of this hard
5136 disk after the last call to <link to="#accessible"/> that
5137 returned <tt>false</tt>. A <tt>null</tt> value of this property
5138 means that the last accessibility check returned <tt>true</tt>.
5139
5140 </desc>
5141 </attribute>
5142
5143 <attribute name="size" type="unsigned long long" readonly="yes">
5144 <desc>
5145
5146 Logical size of this hard disk (in megabytes), as reported to the
5147 guest OS running inside the vurtual machine this disk is
5148 attached to. The logical size is defined when the hard disk is
5149 created.
5150
5151 <note>Reading this property on a differencing hard disk will
5152 return the size of its root hard disk.</note>
5153
5154 <note>Reading this property is meaningless when
5155 <link to="#accessible"/> is <tt>false</tt></note>
5156
5157 </desc>
5158 </attribute>
5159
5160 <attribute name="actualSize" type="unsigned long long" readonly="yes">
5161 <desc>
5162
5163 Physical size of the storage used to store hard disk data (in
5164 bytes). This size is usually less than the logical size of the
5165 hard disk, depending on the storage type and on the size
5166 optimization method used for that storage.
5167
5168 <note>Reading this property is meaningless when
5169 <link to="#accessible"/> is <tt>false</tt></note>
5170
5171 </desc>
5172 </attribute>
5173
5174 <attribute name="machineId" type="uuid" readonly="yes">
5175 <desc>
5176
5177 UUID of the machine this hard disk is attached to (or a
5178 <tt>null</tt> UUID if it is not attached).
5179
5180 <note>Immutable hard disks are never attached directly, so this
5181 attribute is always <tt>null</tt> in this case.</note>
5182
5183 </desc>
5184 </attribute>
5185
5186 <attribute name="snapshotId" type="uuid" readonly="yes">
5187 <desc>
5188
5189 UUID of the <link to="ISnapshot">snapshot</link> this hard disk
5190 is associated with (or <tt>null</tt> UUID if it is not
5191 associated with any snapshot).
5192
5193 <note>
5194 This attribute is always <tt>null</tt> if <link to="#machineId"/>
5195 is <tt>null</tt>.
5196 </note>
5197
5198 <note>
5199 Writethrough hard disks are always attached directly and cannot be
5200 involved when taking snapshots, so this attribute is meaningless and
5201 therefore always <tt>null</tt>.
5202 </note>
5203
5204 </desc>
5205 </attribute>
5206
5207 <method name="cloneToImage">
5208
5209 <desc>
5210
5211 Starts creating a clone of this hard disk. The cloned hard disk
5212 will use the specified Virtual Disk Image file as a storage and
5213 will contain exactly the same sector data as the hard disk being
5214 cloned, except that a new UUID for the clone will be randomly
5215 generated.
5216
5217 The specified image file path can be absolute (full path) or
5218 relative to the <link to="IVirtualBox::homeFolder"> VirtualBox
5219 home directory</link>. If only a file name without any path is
5220 given, the <link to="ISystemProperties::defaultVDIFolder">
5221 default VDI folder</link> will be used as a path to the image
5222 file.
5223
5224 It is an error to use the object returned in the @a image
5225 parameter until the returned @a progress object reports success.
5226
5227 <note>In the current implementation, only non-differencing hard
5228 disks can be cloned.</note>
5229
5230 </desc>
5231
5232 <param name="filePath" type="wstring" dir="in">
5233 <desc>Path to a file where to store the cloned hard disk.</desc>
5234 </param>
5235 <param name="image" type="IVirtualDiskImage" dir="out">
5236 <desc>Cloned hard disk object.</desc>
5237 </param>
5238 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
5239 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
5240 </param>
5241
5242 </method>
5243
5244 </interface>
5245
5246 <!--
5247 // IVirtualDiskImage
5248 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
5249 -->
5250
5251 <interface
5252 name="IVirtualDiskImage" extends="$unknown"
5253 uuid="a8265b5a-0d20-4a46-a02f-65693a4e8239"
5254 wsmap="managed"
5255 >
5256
5257 <desc>
5258
5259 The IVirtualDiskImage interface represents <link to="IHardDisk">virtual
5260 hard disks</link> that use virtual disk image files to store hard disk
5261 data.
5262
5263 Hard disks using virtual disk images can be either opened using
5264 <link to="IVirtualBox::openVirtualDiskImage()"/> or created from
5265 scratch using <link to="IVirtualBox::createHardDisk()"/>.
5266
5267 Objects that support this interface also support the
5268 <link to="IHardDisk"/> interface.
5269
5270 When a new hard disk object is created from scatch, an image file for it
5271 is not automatically created. To do it, you need to specify a
5272 valid <link to="#filePath">file path</link>, and call
5273 <link to="#createFixedImage()"/> or <link to="#createDynamicImage()"/>.
5274 When it is done, the hard disk object can be registered by calling
5275 <link to="IVirtualBox::registerHardDisk()"/> and then
5276 <link to="IMachine::attachHardDisk()">attached</link> to
5277 virtual machines.
5278
5279 The <link to="IHardDisk::description">description</link> of the
5280 Virtual Disk Image is stored in the image file. For this reason,
5281 changing the value of this property requires the hard disk to be
5282 <link to="IHardDisk::accessible">accessible</link>. The description
5283 of a registered hard disk can be changed only if a virtual machine
5284 using it is not running.
5285
5286 </desc>
5287
5288 <attribute name="filePath" type="wstring">
5289 <desc>
5290
5291 Full file name of the virtual disk image of this hard disk. For
5292 newly created hard disk objects, this value is <tt>null</tt>.
5293
5294 When assigning a new path, it can be absolute (full path) or
5295 relative to the <link to="IVirtualBox::homeFolder"> VirtualBox
5296 home directory</link>. If only a file name without any path is
5297 given, the <link to="ISystemProperties::defaultVDIFolder">
5298 default VDI folder</link> will be used as a path to the image
5299 file.
5300
5301 When reading this propery, a full path is always returned.
5302
5303 <note>
5304 This property cannot be changed when <link to="#created"/>
5305 returns <tt>true</tt>. In this case, the specified file name can be
5306 absolute (full path) or relative to
5307 the <link to="IVirtualBox::homeFolder"> VirtualBox home
5308 directory</link>. If only a file name without any path is given,
5309 the <link to="ISystemProperties::defaultVDIFolder"> default VDI
5310 folder</link> will be used as a path to the image file.
5311 </note>
5312
5313 </desc>
5314 </attribute>
5315
5316 <attribute name="created" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
5317 <desc>
5318
5319 Whether the virual disk image is created or not. For newly
5320 created hard disk objects or after a successful invocation of
5321 <link to="#deleteImage()"/>, this value is <tt>false</tt> until
5322 <link to="#createFixedImage()"/> or <link
5323 to="#createDynamicImage()"/> is called.
5324
5325 </desc>
5326 </attribute>
5327
5328 <method name="createDynamicImage">
5329
5330 <desc>
5331
5332 Starts creating a dymically expanding hard disk image in the
5333 background. The previous image associated with this object, if
5334 any, must be deleted using <link to="#deleteImage"/>, otherwise
5335 the operation will fail.
5336
5337 <note>After the returned progress object reports that the
5338 operation is complete, this hard disk object can be
5339 <link to="IVirtualBox::registerHardDisk()">registered</link>
5340 within this VirtualBox installation.</note>
5341
5342 </desc>
5343
5344 <param name="size" type="unsigned long long" dir="in">
5345 <desc>Maximum logical size of the hard disk in megabytes.</desc>
5346 </param>
5347 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
5348 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
5349 </param>
5350
5351 </method>
5352
5353 <method name="createFixedImage">
5354 <desc>
5355
5356 Starts creating a fixed-size hard disk image in the background. The
5357 previous image, if any, must be deleted using
5358 <link to="#deleteImage"/>, otherwise the operation will fail.
5359
5360 <note>
5361 After the returned progress object reports that the
5362 operation is complete, this hard disk object can be
5363 <link to="IVirtualBox::registerHardDisk()">registered</link>
5364 within this VirtualBox installation.
5365 </note>
5366
5367 </desc>
5368
5369 <param name="size" type="unsigned long long" dir="in">
5370 <desc>Logical size of the hard disk in megabytes.</desc>
5371 </param>
5372 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
5373 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
5374 </param>
5375
5376 </method>
5377
5378 <method name="deleteImage">
5379 <desc>
5380
5381 Deletes the existing hard disk image. The hard disk must not be
5382 registered within this VirtualBox installation, otherwise the
5383 operation will fail.
5384
5385 <note>
5386 After this operation succeeds, it will be impossible to
5387 register the hard disk until the image file is created
5388 again.
5389 </note>
5390
5391 <note>
5392 This operation is valid only for non-differencing hard disks, after
5393 they are unregistered using
5394 <link to="IVirtualBox::unregisterHardDisk()"/>.
5395 </note>
5396
5397 </desc>
5398 </method>
5399
5400 </interface>
5401
5402 <!--
5403 // IISCSIHardDisk
5404 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
5405 -->
5406
5407 <interface
5408 name="IISCSIHardDisk" extends="$unknown"
5409 uuid="003f6ca9-3257-4ef9-99c9-c66ce44576cb"
5410 wsmap="managed"
5411 >
5412
5413 <desc>
5414
5415 The IISCSIHardDisk interface represents <link to="IHardDisk">virtual
5416 hard disks</link> that use the Internet SCSI (iSCSI) protocol to store
5417 hard disk data on remote machines.
5418
5419 iSCSI hard disks can be created using
5420 <link to="IVirtualBox::createHardDisk()"/>. When a new hard disk object
5421 is created, all its properties are uninitialized. After you assign some
5422 meaningful values to them, the hard disk object can be registered by
5423 calling <link to="IVirtualBox::registerHardDisk()"/> and
5424 then <link to="IMachine::attachHardDisk()">attached</link> to virtual
5425 machines.
5426
5427 Objects that support this interface also support the
5428 <link to="IHardDisk"/> interface.
5429
5430 The <link to="IHardDisk::description">description</link>
5431 of the iSCSI hard disk is stored in the VirtualBox
5432 configuration file, so it can be changed (at appropriate
5433 times) even when
5434 <link to="IHardDisk::accessible">accessible</link> returns
5435 <tt>false</tt>. However, the hard disk must not be
5436 attached to a running virtual machine.
5437
5438 <note>
5439 In the current imlementation, the type of all iSCSI hard disks
5440 is <link to="HardDiskType::WritethroughHardDisk">Writethrough</link>
5441 and cannot be changed.
5442 </note>
5443
5444 </desc>
5445
5446 <attribute name="server" type="wstring">
5447 <desc>
5448
5449 iSCSI Server name (either a host name or an IP address). For
5450 newly created hard disk objects, this value is <tt>null</tt>.
5451
5452 </desc>
5453 </attribute>
5454
5455 <attribute name="port" type="unsigned short">
5456 <desc>
5457
5458 iSCSI Server port. For newly created hard disk objects, this
5459 value is <tt>0</tt>, which means the default port.
5460
5461 </desc>
5462 </attribute>
5463
5464 <attribute name="target" type="wstring">
5465 <desc>
5466
5467 iSCSI target name. For newly created hard disk objects, this
5468 value is <tt>null</tt>.
5469
5470 </desc>
5471 </attribute>
5472
5473 <attribute name="lun" type="unsigned long long">
5474 <desc>
5475
5476 Logical unit number for this iSCSI disk. For newly created hard
5477 disk objects, this value is <tt>0</tt>.
5478
5479 </desc>
5480 </attribute>
5481
5482 <attribute name="userName" type="wstring">
5483 <desc>
5484
5485 User name for accessing this iSCSI disk. For newly created hard
5486 disk objects, this value is <tt>null</tt>.
5487
5488 </desc>
5489 </attribute>
5490
5491 <attribute name="password" type="wstring">
5492 <desc>
5493
5494 User password for accessing this iSCSI disk. For newly created
5495 hard disk objects, this value is <tt>null</tt>.
5496
5497 </desc>
5498 </attribute>
5499
5500 </interface>
5501
5502 <!--
5503 // IVMDKImage
5504 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
5505 -->
5506
5507 <interface
5508 name="IVMDKImage" extends="$unknown"
5509 uuid="178398f5-8559-4fee-979e-420af5b53eef"
5510 wsmap="managed"
5511 >
5512 <desc>
5513
5514 The IVMDKImage interface represents <link to="IHardDisk">virtual hard
5515 disks</link> that use VMware Virtual Machine Disk image files to store
5516 hard disk data.
5517
5518 Hard disks using VMDK images can be either opened using
5519 <link to="IVirtualBox::openHardDisk()"/> or created from
5520 scratch using <link to="IVirtualBox::createHardDisk()"/>.
5521
5522 Objects that support this interface also support the
5523 <link to="IHardDisk"/> interface.
5524
5525 When a new hard disk object is created from scatch, an image file for it
5526 is not automatically created. To do it, you need to specify a
5527 valid <link to="#filePath">file path</link>, and call
5528 <link to="#createFixedImage()"/> or <link to="#createDynamicImage()"/>.
5529 When it is done, the hard disk object can be registered by calling
5530 <link to="IVirtualBox::registerHardDisk()"/> and then
5531 <link to="IMachine::attachHardDisk()">attached</link> to
5532 virtual machines.
5533
5534 The <link to="IHardDisk::description">description</link>
5535 of the VMDK hard disk is stored in the VirtualBox
5536 configuration file, so it can be changed (at appropriate
5537 times) even when
5538 <link to="IHardDisk::accessible">accessible</link> returns
5539 <tt>false</tt>. However, the hard disk must not be
5540 attached to a running virtual machine.
5541
5542 <note>
5543 In the current imlementation, the type of all VMDK hard disks
5544 is <link to="HardDiskType::WritethroughHardDisk">Writethrough</link>
5545 and cannot be changed.
5546 </note>
5547
5548 </desc>
5549
5550 <attribute name="filePath" type="wstring">
5551 <desc>
5552
5553 Full file name of the VMDK image of this hard disk. For
5554 newly created hard disk objects, this value is <tt>null</tt>.
5555
5556 When assigning a new path, it can be absolute (full path) or relative
5557 to the <link to="IVirtualBox::homeFolder"> VirtualBox home
5558 directory</link>. If only a file name without any path is given,
5559 the <link to="ISystemProperties::defaultVDIFolder"> default VDI
5560 folder</link> will be used as a path to the image file.
5561
5562 When reading this propery, a full path is always returned.
5563
5564 <note>
5565 This property cannot be changed when <link to="#created"/>
5566 returns <tt>true</tt>. In this case, the specified file name can be
5567 absolute (full path) or relative to
5568 the <link to="IVirtualBox::homeFolder"> VirtualBox home
5569 directory</link>. If only a file name without any path is given,
5570 the <link to="ISystemProperties::defaultVDIFolder"> default VDI
5571 folder</link> will be used as a path to the image file.
5572 </note>
5573
5574 </desc>
5575 </attribute>
5576
5577 <attribute name="created" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
5578 <desc>
5579
5580 Whether the virual disk image is created or not. For newly created
5581 hard disk objects or after a successful invocation of
5582 <link to="#deleteImage()"/>, this value is <tt>false</tt> until
5583 <link to="#createFixedImage()"/> or <link to="#createDynamicImage()"/>
5584 is called.
5585
5586 </desc>
5587 </attribute>
5588
5589 <method name="createDynamicImage">
5590
5591 <desc>
5592
5593 Starts creating a dymically expanding hard disk image in the
5594 background. The previous image associated with this object, if
5595 any, must be deleted using <link to="#deleteImage"/>, otherwise
5596 the operation will fail.
5597
5598 <note>
5599 After the returned progress object reports that the
5600 operation is complete, this hard disk object can be
5601 <link to="IVirtualBox::registerHardDisk()">registered</link> within
5602 this VirtualBox installation.
5603 </note>
5604
5605 </desc>
5606
5607 <param name="size" type="unsigned long long" dir="in">
5608 <desc>Maximum logical size of the hard disk in megabytes.</desc>
5609 </param>
5610 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
5611 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
5612 </param>
5613
5614 </method>
5615
5616 <method name="createFixedImage">
5617 <desc>
5618
5619 Starts creating a fixed-size hard disk image in the background. The
5620 previous image, if any, must be deleted using
5621 <link to="#deleteImage"/>, otherwise the operation will fail.
5622
5623 <note>
5624 After the returned progress object reports that the
5625 operation is complete, this hard disk object can be
5626 <link to="IVirtualBox::registerHardDisk()">registered</link> within
5627 this VirtualBox installation.
5628 </note>
5629
5630 </desc>
5631
5632 <param name="size" type="unsigned long long" dir="in">
5633 <desc>Logical size of the hard disk in megabytes.</desc>
5634 </param>
5635 <param name="progress" type="IProgress" dir="return">
5636 <desc>Progress object to track the operation completion.</desc>
5637 </param>
5638
5639 </method>
5640
5641 <method name="deleteImage">
5642 <desc>
5643
5644 Deletes the existing hard disk image. The hard disk must not be
5645 registered within this VirtualBox installation, otherwise the
5646 operation will fail.
5647
5648 <note>
5649 After this operation succeeds, it will be impossible to register the
5650 hard disk until the image file is created again.
5651 </note>
5652
5653 <note>
5654 This operation is valid only for non-differencing hard disks, after
5655 they are unregistered using
5656 <link to="IVirtualBox::unregisterHardDisk()"/>.
5657 </note>
5658
5659 </desc>
5660 </method>
5661
5662 </interface>
5663
5664 <!--
5665 // IDVDImage
5666 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
5667 -->
5668
5669 <enumerator
5670 name="IDVDImageEnumerator" type="IDVDImage"
5671 uuid="9BE77C8D-E1BE-4bf2-A67B-B4DD3D2B0F28"
5672 />
5673
5674 <collection
5675 name="IDVDImageCollection" type="IDVDImage"
5676 enumerator="IDVDImageEnumerator"
5677 uuid="AE7053FA-ADD2-4ea4-AFCF-24D5F8DDED64"
5678 readonly="yes"
5679 >
5680 <method name="findByPath">
5681 <desc>
5682 Searches this collection for a DVD image with the given disk path.
5683 <note>
5684 The method returns an error if the given name does not
5685 correspond to any DVD image in the collection.
5686 </note>
5687 </desc>
5688 <param name="path" type="wstring" dir="in">
5689 <desc>Name of the DVD image's file system location.</desc>
5690 </param>
5691 <param name="image" type="IDVDImage" dir="return">
5692 <desc>Found DVD image object</desc>
5693 </param>
5694 </method>
5695 </collection>
5696
5697 <interface
5698 name="IDVDImage" extends="$unknown"
5699 uuid="140FFF03-E479-4194-8562-ABC4F8171009"
5700 wsmap="managed"
5701 >
5702 <desc>
5703
5704 The IDVDImage interface represents a file containing the image
5705 of the DVD or CD disk.
5706
5707 <h3>Image Accessibility</h3>
5708
5709 The <link to="#accessible"/> attribute of the image object
5710 defines the accessibility state of the image file. If the
5711 value of this attribute is <tt>false</tt> then some image
5712 attributes may contain invalid or outdated values (for example, the
5713 the image file size) until a new accessibility
5714 check is done that returns <tt>true</tt>.
5715
5716 <note>
5717 Because of the possible slowness of the accessibility check,
5718 it is not implicitly performed upon the VirtualBox server startup
5719 (to prevent the application freeze). In partcular, this means that
5720 if you try to read image properties that depend on the
5721 accessibility state without first reading the value of the
5722 <link to="#accessible"/> attribute and ensuring it's value is
5723 <tt>true</tt>, you will get wrong (zero) values.
5724 </note>
5725
5726 </desc>
5727 <attribute name="id" type="uuid" readonly="yes">
5728 <desc>UUID of the CD/DVD image.</desc>
5729 </attribute>
5730
5731 <attribute name="filePath" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
5732 <desc>Full file name of the CD/DVD image.</desc>
5733 </attribute>
5734
5735 <attribute name="accessible" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
5736 <desc>
5737
5738 Whether the CD/DVD image is currently accessible or not.
5739 The image, for example, can be unaccessible if it is placed
5740 on a network share that is not available by the time
5741 this property is read.
5742
5743 The accessibility check is performed automatically every time
5744 this attribute is read. You should keep it in mind that this check
5745 may be slow and can block the calling thread for a long time (for
5746 example, if the network share where the image is located is down).
5747
5748 The following attributes of the image object are considered
5749 to be invalid when this attribute is <tt>false</tt>:
5750 <ul>
5751 <li><link to="#size"/></li>
5752 </ul>
5753
5754 </desc>
5755 </attribute>
5756
5757 <attribute name="size" type="unsigned long long" readonly="yes">
5758 <desc>Size of the ISO image in bytes.</desc>
5759 </attribute>
5760
5761 </interface>
5762
5763
5764 <!--
5765 // IDVDDrive
5766 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
5767 -->
5768
5769 <enum
5770 name="DriveState"
5771 uuid="cb7233b7-c519-42a5-8310-1830953cacbc"
5772 >
5773 <const name="InvalidDriveState" value="0"/>
5774 <const name="NotMounted" value="1"/>
5775 <const name="ImageMounted" value="2"/>
5776 <const name="HostDriveCaptured" value="3"/>
5777 </enum>
5778
5779 <interface
5780 name="IDVDDrive" extends="$unknown"
5781 uuid="d9bd101a-8079-4fb9-bad1-31bf32482b75"
5782 wsmap="managed"
5783 >
5784 <attribute name="state" type="DriveState" readonly="yes">
5785 <desc>Current drive state.</desc>
5786 </attribute>
5787
5788 <attribute name="passthrough" type="boolean">
5789 <desc>
5790 When a host drive is mounted and passthrough is enabled
5791 the guest will be able to directly send SCSI commands to
5792 the host drive. This enables the guest to use CD/DVD writers
5793 but is potentially dangerous.
5794 </desc>
5795 </attribute>
5796
5797 <method name="mountImage">
5798 <desc>Mounts the specified image.</desc>
5799 <param name="imageId" type="uuid" dir="in"/>
5800 </method>
5801
5802 <method name="captureHostDrive">
5803 <desc>Captures the specified host drive.</desc>
5804 <param name="drive" type="IHostDVDDrive" dir="in"/>
5805 </method>
5806
5807 <method name="unmount">
5808 <desc>Unmounts the currently mounted image/device.</desc>
5809 </method>
5810
5811 <method name="getImage">
5812 <desc>Gets the currently mounted image ID.</desc>
5813 <param name="image" type="IDVDImage" dir="return"/>
5814 </method>
5815
5816 <method name="getHostDrive">
5817 <desc>Gets the currently mounted image ID.</desc>
5818 <param name="drive" type="IHostDVDDrive" dir="return"/>
5819 </method>
5820
5821 </interface>
5822
5823 <!--
5824 // IFloppyImage
5825 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
5826 -->
5827
5828 <enumerator
5829 name="IFloppyImageEnumerator" type="IFloppyImage"
5830 uuid="902C4089-76B7-41f1-91E8-49A261A28A2C"
5831 />
5832
5833 <collection
5834 name="IFloppyImageCollection" type="IFloppyImage"
5835 enumerator="IFloppyImageEnumerator"
5836 uuid="327A8928-8572-446e-AD9A-18FE30E81F3F"
5837 readonly="yes">
5838 <method name="findByPath">
5839 <desc>
5840 Searches this collection for a floppy image with the given disk path.
5841 <note>
5842 The method returns an error if the given name does not
5843 correspond to any floppy image in the collection.
5844 </note>
5845 </desc>
5846 <param name="path" type="wstring" dir="in">
5847 <desc>Name of the floppy image's file system location.</desc>
5848 </param>
5849 <param name="image" type="IFloppyImage" dir="return">
5850 <desc>Found Floppy image object</desc>
5851 </param>
5852 </method>
5853 </collection>
5854
5855 <interface
5856 name="IFloppyImage" extends="$unknown"
5857 uuid="CC696755-EA98-4ffe-9DC5-C003047034AB"
5858 wsmap="managed"
5859 >
5860 <desc>
5861
5862 The IFloppyImage interface represents a file containing the image
5863 of a floppy disk.
5864
5865 <h3>Image Accessibility</h3>
5866
5867 The <link to="#accessible"/> attribute of the image object
5868 defines the accessibility state of the image file. If the
5869 value of this attribute is <tt>false</tt> then some image
5870 attributes may contain invalid or outdated values (for example, the
5871 the image file size) until a new accessibility
5872 check is done that returns <tt>true</tt>.
5873
5874 <note>
5875 Because of the possible slowness of the accessibility check,
5876 it is not implicitly performed upon the VirtualBox server startup
5877 (to prevent the application freeze). In partcular, this means that
5878 if you try to read image properties that depend on the
5879 accessibility state without first reading the value of the
5880 <link to="#accessible"/> attribute and ensuring it's value is
5881 <tt>true</tt>, you will get wrong (zero) values.
5882 </note>
5883
5884 </desc>
5885 <attribute name="id" type="uuid" readonly="yes">
5886 <desc>UUID of the floppy image.</desc>
5887 </attribute>
5888
5889 <attribute name="filePath" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
5890 <desc>Full file name of the floppy image.</desc>
5891 </attribute>
5892
5893 <attribute name="accessible" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
5894 <desc>
5895
5896 Whether the floppy image is currently accessible or not.
5897 The image, for example, can be unaccessible if it is placed
5898 on a network share that is not available by the time
5899 this property is read.
5900
5901 The accessibility check is performed automatically every time
5902 this attribute is read. You should keep it in mind that this check
5903 may be slow and can block the calling thread for a long time (for
5904 example, if the network share where the image is located is down).
5905
5906 The following attributes of the image object are considered
5907 to be invalid when this attribute is <tt>false</tt>:
5908 <ul>
5909 <li><link to="#size"/></li>
5910 </ul>
5911
5912 </desc>
5913 </attribute>
5914
5915 <attribute name="size" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
5916 <desc>Size of the floppy image in bytes.</desc>
5917 </attribute>
5918
5919 </interface>
5920
5921
5922 <!--
5923 // IFloppyDrive
5924 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
5925 -->
5926
5927 <interface
5928 name="IFloppyDrive" extends="$unknown"
5929 uuid="E9318F71-78D2-4b00-863C-B7CB0030A2D9"
5930 wsmap="managed"
5931 >
5932 <attribute name="enabled" type="boolean">
5933 <desc>
5934 Flag whether the floppy drive is enabled. If it is disabled,
5935 the floppy drive will not be reported to the guest.
5936 </desc>
5937 </attribute>
5938
5939 <attribute name="state" type="DriveState" readonly="yes">
5940 <desc>Current drive state.</desc>
5941 </attribute>
5942
5943 <method name="mountImage">
5944 <desc>Mounts the specified image.</desc>
5945 <param name="imageId" type="uuid" dir="in"/>
5946 </method>
5947
5948 <method name="captureHostDrive">
5949 <desc>Captures the specified host drive.</desc>
5950 <param name="drive" type="IHostFloppyDrive" dir="in"/>
5951 </method>
5952
5953 <method name="unmount">
5954 <desc>Unmounts the currently mounted image/device.</desc>
5955 </method>
5956
5957 <method name="getImage">
5958 <desc>Gets the currently mounted image ID.</desc>
5959 <param name="image" type="IFloppyImage" dir="return"/>
5960 </method>
5961
5962 <method name="getHostDrive">
5963 <desc>Gets the currently mounted image ID.</desc>
5964 <param name="drive" type="IHostFloppyDrive" dir="return"/>
5965 </method>
5966
5967 </interface>
5968
5969
5970 <!--
5971 // IKeyboard
5972 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
5973 -->
5974
5975 <interface
5976 name="IKeyboard" extends="$unknown"
5977 uuid="FD443EC1-000A-4F5B-9282-D72760A66916"
5978 wsmap="managed"
5979 >
5980 <method name="putScancode">
5981 <desc>Sends a scancode to the keyboard.</desc>
5982 <param name="scancode" type="long" dir="in"/>
5983 </method>
5984
5985 <method name="putScancodes">
5986 <desc>Sends an array of scancode to the keyboard.</desc>
5987 <param name="scancodes" type="long" dir="in" array="count"/>
5988 <param name="count" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
5989 <param name="codesStored" type="unsigned long" dir="return"/>
5990 </method>
5991
5992 <method name="putCAD">
5993 <desc>Sends the Ctrl-Alt-Del sequence to the keyboard.</desc>
5994 </method>
5995
5996 </interface>
5997
5998
5999 <!--
6000 // IMouse
6001 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
6002 -->
6003
6004 <enum
6005 name="MouseButtonState"
6006 uuid="03131722-2EC5-4173-9794-0DACA46673EF"
6007 >
6008 <const name="LeftButton" value="0x01"/>
6009 <const name="RightButton" value="0x02"/>
6010 <const name="MiddleButton" value="0x04"/>
6011 <const name="WheelUp" value="0x08"/>
6012 <const name="WheelDown" value="0x10"/>
6013 <const name="MouseStateMask" value="0x1F"/>
6014 </enum>
6015
6016 <interface
6017 name="IMouse" extends="$unknown"
6018 uuid="FD443EC1-0006-4F5B-9282-D72760A66916"
6019 wsmap="managed"
6020 >
6021 <desc>
6022 The IMouse interface represents a virtual mouse device.
6023 </desc>
6024
6025 <attribute name="absoluteSupported" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
6026 <desc>
6027 Whether the guest OS supports absolute mouse pointer positioning
6028 or not.
6029 <note>
6030 VirtualBox Guest Tools need to be installed to the guest OS
6031 in order to enable absolute mouse positioning support.
6032 You can use the <link to="IConsoleCallback::onMouseCapabilityChange"/>
6033 callback to be instantly informed about changes of this attribute
6034 during virtual machine execution.
6035 </note>
6036 <see><link to="#putMouseEventAbsolute"/></see>
6037 </desc>
6038 </attribute>
6039
6040 <method name="putMouseEvent">
6041 <desc>
6042 Initiates a mouse event using relative pointer movements
6043 along x and y axis.
6044 </desc>
6045
6046 <param name="dx" type="long" dir="in">
6047 <desc>
6048 Amout of pixels the mouse should move to the right.
6049 Negative values move the mouse to the left.
6050 </desc>
6051 </param>
6052 <param name="dy" type="long" dir="in">
6053 <desc>
6054 Amout of pixels the mouse should move downwards.
6055 Negative values move the mouse upwards.
6056 </desc>
6057 </param>
6058 <param name="dz" type="long" dir="in">
6059 <desc>
6060 Amount of mouse wheel moves.
6061 Positive values describe clockwize wheel rotations,
6062 negative values describe counterclockwise rotations.
6063 </desc>
6064 </param>
6065 <param name="buttonState" type="long" dir="in">
6066 <desc>
6067 The current state of mouse buttons. Every bit represents
6068 a mouse button as follows:
6069 <table>
6070 <tr><td>Bit 0 (<tt>0x01</tt>)</td><td>left mouse button</td></tr>
6071 <tr><td>Bit 1 (<tt>0x02</tt>)</td><td>right mouse button</td></tr>
6072 <tr><td>Bit 2 (<tt>0x04</tt>)</td><td>middle mouse button</td></tr>
6073 </table>
6074 A value of <tt>1</tt> means the corresponding button is pressed.
6075 otherwise it is released.
6076 </desc>
6077 </param>
6078 </method>
6079
6080 <method name="putMouseEventAbsolute">
6081 <desc>
6082 Positions the mouse pointer using absolute x and y coordinates.
6083 These coordinates are expressed in pixels and
6084 start from <tt>[1,1]</tt> which corresponds to the top left
6085 corner of the virtual display.
6086
6087 <note>
6088 This method will have effect only if absolute mouse
6089 positioning is supported by the guest OS.
6090 </note>
6091
6092 <see><link to="#absoluteSupported"/></see>
6093 </desc>
6094
6095 <param name="x" type="long" dir="in">
6096 <desc>
6097 X coordinate of the pointer in pixels, starting from <tt>1</tt>.
6098 </desc>
6099 </param>
6100 <param name="y" type="long" dir="in">
6101 <desc>
6102 Y coordinate of the pointer in pixels, starting from <tt>1</tt>.
6103 </desc>
6104 </param>
6105 <param name="dz" type="long" dir="in">
6106 <desc>
6107 Amout of mouse wheel moves.
6108 Positive values describe clockwize wheel rotations,
6109 negative values describe counterclockwise rotations.
6110 </desc>
6111 </param>
6112 <param name="buttonState" type="long" dir="in">
6113 <desc>
6114 The current state of mouse buttons. Every bit represents
6115 a mouse button as follows:
6116 <table>
6117 <tr><td>Bit 0 (<tt>0x01</tt>)</td><td>left mouse button</td></tr>
6118 <tr><td>Bit 1 (<tt>0x02</tt>)</td><td>right mouse button</td></tr>
6119 <tr><td>Bit 2 (<tt>0x04</tt>)</td><td>middle mouse button</td></tr>
6120 </table>
6121 A value of <tt>1</tt> means the corresponding button is pressed.
6122 otherwise it is released.
6123 </desc>
6124 </param>
6125 </method>
6126
6127 </interface>
6128
6129 <!--
6130 // IDisplay
6131 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
6132 -->
6133
6134 <enum
6135 name="FramebufferAccelerationOperation"
6136 uuid="f0e5ebbe-dc8e-4e2d-916e-53baa3844df8"
6137 >
6138 <const name="SolidFillAcceleration" value="1"/>
6139 <const name="ScreenCopyAcceleration" value="2"/>
6140 </enum>
6141
6142 <enum
6143 name="FramebufferPixelFormat"
6144 uuid="6b27d1fc-4f2c-4e9c-a166-01d06540305d"
6145 >
6146 <desc>
6147 Format of the video memory buffer. Constants represented by this enum can
6148 be used to test for particular values of <link
6149 to="IFramebuffer::pixelFormat"/>. See also <link
6150 to="IFramebuffer::requestResize()"/>.
6151
6152 See also www.fourcc.org for more informantion about FOURCC pixel formats.
6153 </desc>
6154 <const name="PixelFormatOpaque" value="0xFFFFFFFF">
6155 <desc>
6156 Unknown buffer format. The user may not assume any particular
6157 format of the buffer.
6158 </desc>
6159 </const>
6160 <const name="FOURCC_RGB" value="0x32424752">
6161 <desc>
6162 Basic RGB format. <link to="IFramebuffer::bitsPerPixel"/> determines
6163 the bit layout.
6164 </desc>
6165 </const>
6166 </enum>
6167
6168 <interface
6169 name="IFramebuffer" extends="$unknown"
6170 uuid="af431304-5b09-40e2-94da-3c3cb03822c1"
6171 wsmap="suppress"
6172 >
6173 <attribute name="address" type="octet" mod="ptr" readonly="yes">
6174 <desc>Address of the start byte of the framebuffer.</desc>
6175 </attribute>
6176
6177 <attribute name="width" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
6178 <desc>Framebuffer width, in pixels.</desc>
6179 </attribute>
6180
6181 <attribute name="height" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
6182 <desc>Framebuffer height, in pixels.</desc>
6183 </attribute>
6184
6185 <attribute name="bitsPerPixel" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
6186 <desc>
6187 Color depth, in bits per pixel. When <link to="#pixelFormat"/> is <link
6188 to="FramebufferPixelFormat::FOURCC_RGB">FOURCC_RGB</link>, valid values
6189 are: 8, 15, 16, 24 and 32.
6190 </desc>
6191 </attribute>
6192
6193 <attribute name="bytesPerLine" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
6194 <desc>
6195 Scan line size, in bytes. When <link to="#pixelFormat"/> is <link
6196 to="FramebufferPixelFormat::FOURCC_RGB">FOURCC_RGB</link>, the
6197 size of the scan line must be aligned to 32 bits.
6198 </desc>
6199 </attribute>
6200
6201 <attribute name="pixelFormat" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
6202 <desc>
6203 Framebuffer pixel format. It's either one of the values defined by <link
6204 to="FramebufferPixelFormat"/> or a raw FOURCC code.
6205 <note>
6206 This attribute must never return <link
6207 to="PixelFormat::PixelFormatOpaque"/> -- the format of the buffer
6208 <link to="#address"/> points to must be always known.
6209 </note>
6210 </desc>
6211 </attribute>
6212
6213 <attribute name="usesGuestVRAM" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
6214 <desc>
6215 Defines whether this framebuffer uses the virtual video card's memory
6216 buffer (guest VRAM) directly or not. See <link
6217 to="IFramebuffer::requestResize()"/> for more information.
6218 </desc>
6219 </attribute>
6220
6221 <attribute name="heightReduction" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
6222 <desc>
6223 Hint from the framebuffer about how much of the standard
6224 screen height it wants to use for itself. This information is
6225 exposed to the guest through the VESA BIOS and VMMDev interface
6226 so that it can use it for determining its video mode table. It
6227 is not guaranteed that the guest respects the value.
6228 </desc>
6229 </attribute>
6230
6231 <attribute name="overlay" type="IFramebufferOverlay" readonly="yes">
6232 <desc>
6233 An alpha-blended overlay which is superposed over the framebuffer.
6234 The initial purpose is to allow the display of icons providing
6235 information about the VM state, including disk activity, in front
6236 ends which do not have other means of doing that. The overlay is
6237 designed to controlled exclusively by IDisplay. It has no locking
6238 of its own, and any changes made to it are not guaranteed to be
6239 visible until the affected portion of IFramebuffer is updated. The
6240 overlay can be created lazily the first time it is requested. This
6241 attribute can also return NULL to signal that the overlay is not
6242 implemented.
6243 </desc>
6244 </attribute>
6245
6246 <method name="lock">
6247 <desc>
6248 Locks the framebuffer.
6249 Gets called by the IDisplay object where this framebuffer is
6250 bound to.
6251 </desc>
6252 </method>
6253
6254 <method name="unlock">
6255 <desc>
6256 Unlocks the framebuffer.
6257 Gets called by the IDisplay object where this framebuffer is
6258 bound to.
6259 </desc>
6260 </method>
6261
6262 <method name="notifyUpdate">
6263 <desc>
6264 Informs about an update.
6265 Gets called by the display object where this buffer is
6266 registered.
6267 </desc>
6268 <param name="x" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
6269 <param name="y" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
6270 <param name="width" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
6271 <param name="height" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
6272 <param name="finished" type="boolean" dir="return"/>
6273 </method>
6274
6275 <method name="requestResize">
6276 <desc>
6277 Requests a size and pixel format change.
6278
6279 There are two modes of working with the video buffer of the virtual
6280 machine. The <i>indirect</i> mode implies that the IFramebuffer
6281 implementation allocates a memory buffer for the requested display mode
6282 and provides it to the virtual machine. In <i>direct</i> mode, the
6283 IFramebuffer implementation uses the memory buffer allocated and owned
6284 by the virtual machine. This buffer represents the video memory of the
6285 emulated video adapter (so called <i>guest VRAM</i>). The direct mode is
6286 usually faster because the implementation gets a raw pointer to the
6287 guest VRAM buffer which it can directly use for visualising the contents
6288 of the virtual display, as opposed to the indirect mode where the
6289 contents of guest VRAM are copied to the memory buffer provided by
6290 the implementation every time a display update occurs.
6291
6292 It is important to note that the direct mode is really fast only when
6293 the implementation uses the given guest VRAM buffer directly, for
6294 example, by blitting it to the window representing the virtual machine's
6295 display, which saves at least one copy operation comparing to the
6296 indirect mode. However, using the guest VRAM buffer directly is not
6297 always possible: the format and the color depth of this buffer may be
6298 not supported by the target window, or it may be unknown (opaque) as in
6299 case of text or non-linear multi-plane VGA video modes. In this case,
6300 the indirect mode (that is always available) should be used as a
6301 fallback: when the guest VRAM contents are copied to the
6302 implementation-provided memory buffer, color and format conversion is
6303 done authomatically by the underlying code.
6304
6305 The @a pixelFormat parameter defines whether the direct mode is
6306 available or not. If @a pixelFormat is <link
6307 to="PixelFormat::PixelFormatOpaque"/> then direct access to the guest
6308 VRAM buffer is not available -- the @a VRAM, @a bitsPerPixel and @a
6309 bytesPerLine parameters must be ingored and the implementation must use
6310 the indirect mode (where it provides its own buffer in one of the
6311 supported formats). In all other cases, @a pixelFormat together with @a
6312 bitsPerPixel and @a bytesPerLine define the format of the video memory
6313 buffer pointed to by the @a VRAM parameter and the implementation is
6314 free to choose which mode to use. To indicate that this framebuffer uses
6315 the direct mode, the implementation of the <link to="#usesGuestVRAM"/>
6316 attribute must return <tt>true</tt> and <link to="#address"/> must
6317 return exactly the same address that is passed in the @a VRAM parameter
6318 of this method; otherwise it is assumed that the indirect strategy is
6319 chosen.
6320
6321 The @a width and @a height parameters represent the size of the
6322 requested display mode in both modes. In case of indirect mode, the
6323 provided memory buffer should be big enough to store data of the given
6324 display mode. In case of direct mode, it is guaranteed that the given @a
6325 VRAM buffer contains enough space to represent the display mode of the
6326 given size. Note that this framebuffer's <link to="#width"/> and <link
6327 to="#height"/> attributes must return exactly the same values as
6328 passed to this method after the resize is completed (see below).
6329
6330 The @a finished output parameter determines if the implementation has
6331 finished resizing the framebuffer or not. If, for some reason, the
6332 resize cannot be finished immediately during this call, @a finished
6333 must be set to @c false, and the implementation must call
6334 <link to="IDisplay::resizeCompleted()"/> after it has returned from
6335 this method as soon as possible. If @a finished is @c false, the
6336 machine will not call any framebuffer methods until
6337 <link to="IDisplay::resizeCompleted()"/> is called.
6338
6339 Note that if the direct mode is chosen, the <link to="#bitsPerPixel"/>,
6340 <link to="#bytesPerLine"/> and <link to="#pixelFormat"/> attributes of
6341 this framebuffer must return exactly the same values as specified in the
6342 parameters of this method, after the resize is completed. If the
6343 indirect mode is chosen, these attributes must return values describing
6344 the format of the implementation's own memory buffer <link
6345 to="#address"/> points to. Note also that the <link to="#bitsPerPixel"/>
6346 value must always correlate with <link to="#pixelFormat"/>. Note that
6347 the <link to="#pixelFormat"/> attribute must never return <link
6348 to="PixelFormat::PixelFormatOpaque"/> regardless of the selected mode.
6349
6350 <note>
6351 This method is called by the IDisplay object under the
6352 <link to="#lock()"/> provided by this IFramebuffer
6353 implementation. If this method returns @c false in @a finished, then
6354 this lock is not released until
6355 <link to="IDisplay::resizeCompleted()"/> is called.
6356 </note>
6357 </desc>
6358 <param name="screenId" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
6359 <desc>
6360 Logical screen number. Must be used in the corresponding call to
6361 <link to="IDisplay::resizeCompleted()"/> if this call is made.
6362 </desc>
6363 </param>
6364 <param name="pixelFormat" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
6365 <desc>
6366 Pixel format of the memory buffer pointed to by @a VRAM.
6367 See also <link to="FramebufferPixelFormat"/>.
6368 </desc>
6369 </param>
6370 <param name="VRAM" type="octet" mod="ptr" dir="in">
6371 <desc>Pointer to the virtual video card's VRAM (may be @c null).</desc>
6372 </param>
6373 <param name="bitsPerPixel" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
6374 <desc>Color depth, bits per pixel.</desc>
6375 </param>
6376 <param name="bytesPerLine" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
6377 <desc>Size of one scan line, in bytes.</desc>
6378 </param>
6379 <param name="width" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
6380 <desc>Width of the guest display, in pixels.</desc>
6381 </param>
6382 <param name="height" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
6383 <desc>Height of the guest display, in pixels.</desc>
6384 </param>
6385 <param name="finished" type="boolean" dir="return">
6386 <desc>
6387 Can the VM start using the new framebuffer immediately
6388 after this method returns or it should wait for
6389 <link to="IDisplay::resizeCompleted()"/>.
6390 </desc>
6391 </param>
6392 </method>
6393
6394 <method name="operationSupported">
6395 <desc>
6396 Returns whether the given acceleration operation is supported
6397 by the IFramebuffer implementation. If not, the display object
6398 will not attempt to call the corresponding IFramebuffer entry
6399 point. Even if an operation is indicated to supported, the
6400 IFramebuffer implementation always has the option to return non
6401 supported from the corresponding acceleration method in which
6402 case the operation will be performed by the display engine. This
6403 allows for reduced IFramebuffer implementation complexity where
6404 only common cases are handled.
6405 </desc>
6406 <param name="operation" type="FramebufferAccelerationOperation" dir="in"/>
6407 <param name="supported" type="boolean" dir="return"/>
6408 </method>
6409
6410 <method name="videoModeSupported">
6411 <desc>
6412 Returns whether the framebuffer implementation is willing to
6413 support a given video mode. In case it is not able to render
6414 the video mode (or for some reason not willing), it should
6415 return false. Usually this method is called when the guest
6416 asks the VMM device whether a given video mode is supported
6417 so the information returned is directly exposed to the guest.
6418 It is important that this method returns very quickly.
6419 </desc>
6420 <param name="width" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
6421 <param name="height" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
6422 <param name="bpp" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
6423 <param name="supported" type="boolean" dir="return"/>
6424 </method>
6425
6426 <method name="solidFill">
6427 <desc>
6428 Fills the specified rectangle on screen with a solid color.
6429 </desc>
6430 <param name="x" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
6431 <param name="y" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
6432 <param name="width" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
6433 <param name="height" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
6434 <param name="color" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
6435 <param name="handled" type="boolean" dir="return"/>
6436 </method>
6437
6438 <method name="copyScreenBits">
6439 <desc>
6440 Copies specified rectangle on the screen.
6441 </desc>
6442 <param name="xDst" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
6443 <param name="yDst" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
6444 <param name="xSrc" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
6445 <param name="ySrc" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
6446 <param name="width" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
6447 <param name="height" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
6448 <param name="handled" type="boolean" dir="return"/>
6449 </method>
6450
6451 <method name="getVisibleRegion">
6452 <desc>
6453 Returns the visible region of this framebuffer.
6454
6455 If the @a rectangles parameter is <tt>NULL</tt> then the value of the
6456 @a count parameter is ignored and the number of elements necessary to
6457 describe the current visible region is returned in @a countCopied.
6458
6459 If @a rectangles is not <tt>NULL</tt> but @a count is less
6460 than the required number of elements to store region data, the method
6461 will report a failure. If @a count is equal or greater than the
6462 required number of elements, then the actual number of elements copied
6463 to the provided array will be returned in @a countCopied.
6464
6465 <note>
6466 The address of the provided array must be in the process space of
6467 this IFramebuffer object.
6468 </note>
6469 </desc>
6470 <param name="rectangles" type="octet" mod="ptr" dir="in">
6471 <desc>Pointer to the <tt>RTRECT</tt> array to receive region data.</desc>
6472 </param>
6473 <param name="count" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
6474 <desc>Number of <tt>RTRECT</tt> elements in the @a rectangles array.</desc>
6475 </param>
6476 <param name="countCopied" type="unsigned long" dir="return">
6477 <desc>Number of elements copied to the @a rectangles array.</desc>
6478 </param>
6479 </method>
6480
6481 <method name="setVisibleRegion">
6482 <desc>
6483 Suggests a new visible region to this framebuffer. This region
6484 represents the area of the VM display which is a union of regions of
6485 all top-level windows of the guest operating system running inside the
6486 VM (if the Guest Additions for this system support this
6487 functionality). This information may be used by the frontends to
6488 implement the seamless desktop integration feature.
6489
6490 <note>
6491 The address of the provided array must be in the process space of
6492 this IFramebuffer object.
6493 </note>
6494 <note>
6495 The IFramebuffer implementation must make a copy of the provided
6496 array of rectangles.
6497 </note>
6498 </desc>
6499 <param name="rectangles" type="octet" mod="ptr" dir="in">
6500 <desc>Pointer to the <tt>RTRECT</tt> array.</desc>
6501 </param>
6502 <param name="count" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
6503 <desc>Number of <tt>RTRECT</tt> elements in the @a rectangles array.</desc>
6504 </param>
6505 </method>
6506
6507 </interface>
6508
6509 <interface
6510 name="IFramebufferOverlay" extends="IFrameBuffer"
6511 uuid="0bcc1c7e-e415-47d2-bfdb-e4c705fb0f47"
6512 wsmap="suppress"
6513 >
6514 <desc>
6515 An alpha blended overlay for displaying status icons above an IFramebuffer.
6516 It is always created not visible, so that it must be explicitly shown. It
6517 only covers a portion of the IFramebuffer, determined by its width, height
6518 and co-ordinates. It is always in packed pixel little-endian 32bit ARGB (in
6519 that order) format, and may be written to directly. Do re-read the width
6520 though, after setting it, as it may be adjusted (increased) to make it more
6521 suitable for the front end.
6522 </desc>
6523 <attribute name="x" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
6524 <desc>X position of the overlay, relative to the framebuffer.</desc>
6525 </attribute>
6526
6527 <attribute name="y" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
6528 <desc>Y position of the overlay, relative to the framebuffer.</desc>
6529 </attribute>
6530
6531 <attribute name="visible" type="boolean" readonly="no">
6532 <desc>
6533 Whether the overlay is currently visible.
6534 </desc>
6535 </attribute>
6536
6537 <attribute name="alpha" type="unsigned long" readonly="no">
6538 <desc>
6539 The global alpha value for the overlay. This may or may not be
6540 supported by a given front end.
6541 </desc>
6542 </attribute>
6543
6544 <method name="move">
6545 <desc>
6546 Changes the overlay's position relative to the IFramebuffer.
6547 </desc>
6548 <param name="x" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
6549 <param name="y" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
6550 </method>
6551
6552 </interface>
6553
6554 <interface
6555 name="IDisplay" extends="$unknown"
6556 uuid="09789f63-4525-48e5-a5e4-1080453b0eab"
6557 wsmap="suppress"
6558 >
6559 <attribute name="width" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
6560 <desc>Current display width.</desc>
6561 </attribute>
6562
6563 <attribute name="height" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
6564 <desc>Current display height.</desc>
6565 </attribute>
6566
6567 <attribute name="bitsPerPixel" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
6568 <desc>
6569 Current guest display color depth. Note that this may differ
6570 from <link to="IFramebuffer::bitsPerPixel"/>.
6571 </desc>
6572 </attribute>
6573
6574 <method name="setupInternalFramebuffer">
6575 <desc>
6576 Prepares an internally managed framebuffer.
6577 </desc>
6578 <param name="depth" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
6579 </method>
6580
6581 <method name="lockFramebuffer">
6582 <desc>
6583 Requests access to the internal framebuffer.
6584 </desc>
6585 <param name="address" type="octet" mod="ptr" dir="return"/>
6586 </method>
6587
6588 <method name="unlockFramebuffer">
6589 <desc>
6590 Releases access to the internal framebuffer.
6591 </desc>
6592 </method>
6593
6594 <method name="registerExternalFramebuffer">
6595 <desc>
6596 Registers an external framebuffer.
6597 </desc>
6598 <param name="framebuffer" type="IFramebuffer" dir="in"/>
6599 </method>
6600
6601 <method name="setFramebuffer">
6602 <desc>
6603 Sets the framebuffer for given screen.
6604 </desc>
6605 <param name="screenId" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
6606 <param name="framebuffer" type="IFramebuffer" dir="in"/>
6607 </method>
6608
6609 <method name="getFramebuffer">
6610 <desc>
6611 Queries the framebuffer for given screen.
6612 </desc>
6613 <param name="screenId" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
6614 <param name="framebuffer" type="IFramebuffer" dir="out"/>
6615 <param name="xOrigin" type="long" dir="out"/>
6616 <param name="yOrigin" type="long" dir="out"/>
6617 </method>
6618
6619 <method name="setVideoModeHint">
6620 <desc>
6621 Asks VirtualBox to request the given video mode from
6622 the guest. This is just a hint and it cannot be guaranteed
6623 that the requested resolution will be used. Guest Additions
6624 are required for the request to be seen by guests. The caller
6625 should issue the request and wait for a resolution change and
6626 after a timeout retry.
6627 Specifying "0" for either width and height or the color depth
6628 means that the dimensions or color depth should not be changed.
6629 It is possible to specify the number of the guest display
6630 that has to be resized, if guest supports multimonitor configuration.
6631 The display value 0 means primary display, 1 - first secondary.
6632 </desc>
6633 <param name="width" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
6634 <param name="height" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
6635 <param name="bitsPerPixel" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
6636 <param name="display" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
6637 </method>
6638
6639 <method name="setSeamlessMode">
6640 <desc>
6641 Current guest seamless mode.
6642 </desc>
6643 <param name="enabled" type="boolean" dir="in"/>
6644 </method>
6645
6646 <method name="takeScreenShot">
6647 <desc>
6648 Takes a screen shot of the requested size and copies it to the
6649 32-bpp buffer allocated by the caller.
6650 </desc>
6651 <param name="address" type="octet" mod="ptr" dir="in"/>
6652 <param name="width" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
6653 <param name="height" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
6654 </method>
6655
6656 <method name="drawToScreen">
6657 <desc>
6658 Draws a 32-bpp image of the specified size from the given buffer
6659 to the given point on the VM display.
6660 </desc>
6661 <param name="address" type="octet" mod="ptr" dir="in"/>
6662 <param name="x" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
6663 <param name="y" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
6664 <param name="width" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
6665 <param name="height" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
6666 </method>
6667
6668 <method name="invalidateAndUpdate">
6669 <desc>
6670 Does a full invalidation of the VM display and instructs the VM
6671 to update it.
6672 </desc>
6673 </method>
6674
6675 <method name="resizeCompleted">
6676 <desc>
6677 Signals that a framebuffer has completed the resize operation.
6678 </desc>
6679 <param name="screenId" type="unsigned long" dir="in"/>
6680 </method>
6681
6682 <method name="updateCompleted">
6683 <desc>
6684 Signals that a framebuffer has completed the update operation.
6685 </desc>
6686 </method>
6687
6688 </interface>
6689
6690 <!--
6691 // INetworkAdapter
6692 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
6693 -->
6694
6695 <enum
6696 name="NetworkAttachmentType"
6697 uuid="8730d899-d036-4925-bc63-e58f3486f4bf"
6698 >
6699 <const name="NoNetworkAttachment" value="0"/>
6700 <const name="NATNetworkAttachment" value="1"/>
6701 <const name="HostInterfaceNetworkAttachment" value="2"/>
6702 <const name="InternalNetworkAttachment" value="3"/>
6703 </enum>
6704
6705 <enum
6706 name="NetworkAdapterType"
6707 uuid="156b17b9-5d61-4d54-be90-62e37dda848d"
6708 >
6709 <const name="InvalidNetworkAdapterType" value="0"/>
6710 <const name="NetworkAdapterAm79C970A" value="1"/>
6711 <const name="NetworkAdapterAm79C973" value="2"/>
6712 </enum>
6713
6714 <interface
6715 name="INetworkAdapter" extends="$unknown"
6716 uuid="78dfc978-ecb0-44ee-8b20-54549dd4539e"
6717 wsmap="managed"
6718 >
6719 <attribute name="adapterType" type="NetworkAdapterType">
6720 <desc>
6721 Type of the virtual network adapter. Depending on this value,
6722 VirtualBox will provide a different virtual network hardware
6723 to the guest.
6724 </desc>
6725 </attribute>
6726
6727 <attribute name="slot" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
6728 <desc>
6729 Slot number this adapter is plugged into. Corresponds to
6730 the value you pass to <link to="IMachine::getNetworkAdapter"/>
6731 to obtain this instance.
6732 </desc>
6733 </attribute>
6734
6735 <attribute name="enabled" type="boolean">
6736 <desc>
6737 Flag whether the network adapter is present in the
6738 guest system. If disabled, the virtual guest hardware will
6739 not contain this network adapter. Can only be changed when
6740 the VM is not running.
6741 </desc>
6742 </attribute>
6743
6744 <attribute name="MACAddress" type="wstring">
6745 <desc>
6746 Ethernet MAC address of the adapter, 12 hexadecimal characters. When setting
6747 it to NULL, VirtualBox will generate a unique MAC address.
6748 </desc>
6749 </attribute>
6750
6751 <attribute name="attachmentType" type="NetworkAttachmentType" readonly="yes"/>
6752
6753 <attribute name="hostInterface" type="wstring">
6754 <desc>
6755 Name of the Host Network Interface that is currently in use. NULL will be returned
6756 if no device has been allocated. On Linux, setting this refers to a permanent TAP
6757 device. However, a file descriptor has precedence over the interface name on Linux.
6758 Note that when VBox allocates a TAP device, this property will not be set, i.e. the
6759 interface name would have to be determined using the file descriptor and /proc/self/fd.
6760 </desc>
6761 </attribute>
6762
6763<if target="xpidl">
6764 <attribute name="TAPFileDescriptor" type="long">
6765 <desc>
6766 File descriptor of the TAP device. It can either be setup by the caller
6767 which has to supply an existing valid file handle allocated in the parent
6768 process of the VM process or allocated by VirtualBox. The value is -1 if it
6769 has not been defined. This property is non persistent, i.e. it will not be
6770 stored in the VM's configuration data and thus has to be set at each startup.
6771 </desc>
6772 </attribute>
6773 <attribute name="TAPSetupApplication" type="wstring">
6774 <desc>
6775 Application to start to configure the TAP device.
6776 It is being passed two parameters, 1) the file handle (as ascii),
6777 2) the TAP device name if it is available.
6778 </desc>
6779 </attribute>
6780 <attribute name="TAPTerminateApplication" type="wstring">
6781 <desc>
6782 Application to start before closing a TAP device.
6783 It is being passed two parameters, 1) the file handle (as ascii),
6784 2) the TAP device name if it is available.
6785 </desc>
6786 </attribute>
6787</if>
6788
6789 <attribute name="internalNetwork" type="wstring">
6790 <desc>
6791 Name of the internal network the VM is attached to.
6792 </desc>
6793 </attribute>
6794
6795 <attribute name="cableConnected" type="boolean">
6796 <desc>
6797 Flag whether the adapter reports the cable as connected or not.
6798 It can be used to report offline situations to a VM.
6799 </desc>
6800 </attribute>
6801
6802 <attribute name="traceEnabled" type="boolean">
6803 <desc>
6804 Flag whether network traffic from/to the network card should be traced.
6805 Can only be toggled when the VM is turned off.
6806 </desc>
6807 </attribute>
6808
6809 <attribute name="traceFile" type="wstring">
6810 <desc>
6811 Filename where a network trace will be stored. If not set, VBox-pid.pcap
6812 will be used.
6813 </desc>
6814 </attribute>
6815
6816 <method name="attachToNAT">
6817 <desc>
6818 Attach the network adapter to the Network Address Translation (NAT) interface.
6819 </desc>
6820 </method>
6821
6822 <method name="attachToHostInterface">
6823 <desc>
6824 Attach the network adapter to a host interface. On Linux, the TAP
6825 setup application will be executed if configured and unless a device
6826 name and/or file descriptor has been set, a new TAP interface will be
6827 created.
6828 </desc>
6829 </method>
6830
6831 <method name="attachToInternalNetwork">
6832 <desc>
6833 Attach the network adapter to an internal network.
6834 </desc>
6835 </method>
6836
6837 <method name="detach">
6838 <desc>
6839 Detach the network adapter
6840 </desc>
6841 </method>
6842 </interface>
6843
6844
6845 <!--
6846 // ISerialPort
6847 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
6848 -->
6849
6850 <interface
6851 name="ISerialPort" extends="$unknown"
6852 uuid="a5ab0989-0ca9-4d5e-b565-f7739b92bb0c"
6853 wsmap="managed"
6854 >
6855
6856 <attribute name="slot" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
6857 <desc>
6858 Slot number this serial port is plugged into. Corresponds to
6859 the value you pass to <link to="IMachine::getSerialPort"/>
6860 to obtain this instance.
6861 </desc>
6862 </attribute>
6863
6864 <attribute name="enabled" type="boolean">
6865 <desc>
6866 Flag whether the serial port is enabled. If it is disabled,
6867 the serial port will not be reported to the guest.
6868 </desc>
6869 </attribute>
6870
6871 <attribute name="IOBase" type="unsigned long">
6872 <desc>Gets the I/O base of the serial port.</desc>
6873 </attribute>
6874
6875 <attribute name="IRQ" type="unsigned long">
6876 <desc>Gets the IRQ of the serial port.</desc>
6877 </attribute>
6878
6879 <attribute name="pipe" type="wstring">
6880 <desc>Gets the name of the host pipe connected to the serial port.</desc>
6881 </attribute>
6882
6883 <attribute name="server" type="boolean">
6884 <desc>Flag whether this serial port acts as a server or a client.</desc>
6885 </attribute>
6886
6887 </interface>
6888
6889 <!--
6890 // IParallelPort
6891 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
6892 -->
6893
6894 <interface
6895 name="IParallelPort" extends="$unknown"
6896 uuid="6d7f2385-8ce3-4342-a042-61fa1882354b"
6897 wsmap="managed"
6898 >
6899
6900 <attribute name="slot" type="unsigned long" readonly="yes">
6901 <desc>
6902 Slot number this parallel port is plugged into. Corresponds to
6903 the value you pass to <link to="IMachine::getParallelPort"/>
6904 to obtain this instance.
6905 </desc>
6906 </attribute>
6907
6908 <attribute name="enabled" type="boolean">
6909 <desc>
6910 Flag whether the parallel port is enabled. If it is disabled,
6911 the parallel port will not be reported to the guest.
6912 </desc>
6913 </attribute>
6914
6915 <attribute name="IOBase" type="unsigned long">
6916 <desc>Gets the I/O base of the parallel port.</desc>
6917 </attribute>
6918
6919 <attribute name="IRQ" type="unsigned long">
6920 <desc>Gets the IRQ of the parallel port.</desc>
6921 </attribute>
6922
6923 <attribute name="DevicePath" type="wstring">
6924 <desc>Gets the of the device path connected to the parallel port.</desc>
6925 </attribute>
6926
6927 </interface>
6928
6929
6930 <!--
6931 // IMachineDebugger
6932 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
6933 -->
6934
6935 <interface
6936 name="IMachineDebugger" extends="$unknown"
6937 uuid="358b05cd-6d43-42b9-9c2b-75d466a58cfc"
6938 wsmap="suppress"
6939 >
6940 <method name="resetStats">
6941 <desc>
6942 Reset VM statistics.
6943 </desc>
6944 </method>
6945
6946 <method name="dumpStats">
6947 <desc>
6948 Dumps VM statistics.
6949 </desc>
6950 </method>
6951
6952 <attribute name="singlestep" type="boolean">
6953 <desc>Switch for enabling singlestepping.</desc>
6954 </attribute>
6955
6956 <attribute name="recompileUser" type="boolean">
6957 <desc>Switch for forcing code recompilation for user mode code.</desc>
6958 </attribute>
6959
6960 <attribute name="recompileSupervisor" type="boolean">
6961 <desc>Switch for forcing code recompilation for supervisor mode code.</desc>
6962 </attribute>
6963
6964 <attribute name="PATMEnabled" type="boolean">
6965 <desc>Switch for enabling and disabling the PATM component.</desc>
6966 </attribute>
6967
6968 <attribute name="CSAMEnabled" type="boolean">
6969 <desc>Switch for enabling and disabling the CSAM component.</desc>
6970 </attribute>
6971
6972 <attribute name="logEnabled" type="boolean">
6973 <desc>Switch for enabling and disabling logging.</desc>
6974 </attribute>
6975
6976 <attribute name="HWVirtExEnabled" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
6977 <desc>
6978 Flag indicating whether the VM is currently making use of CPU hardware
6979 virtualization extensions
6980 </desc>
6981 </attribute>
6982
6983 <attribute name="virtualTimeRate" type="unsigned long">
6984 <desc>
6985 The rate at which the virtual time runs expressed as a percentage.
6986 The accepted range is 2% to 20000%.
6987 </desc>
6988 </attribute>
6989
6990 <!-- @todo method for setting log flags, groups and destination! -->
6991
6992 <attribute name="VM" type="unsigned long long" readonly="yes">
6993 <desc>
6994 Gets the VM handle. This is only for internal use while
6995 we carve the details of this interface.
6996 </desc>
6997 </attribute>
6998
6999 </interface>
7000
7001 <!--
7002 // IUSBController
7003 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
7004 -->
7005
7006 <interface
7007 name="IUSBController" extends="$unknown"
7008 uuid="bf21872c-265c-41a9-99d4-ce0dcdc34a91"
7009 wsmap="managed"
7010 >
7011 <attribute name="enabled" type="boolean">
7012 <desc>
7013 Flag whether the USB controller is present in the
7014 guest system. If disabled, the virtual guest hardware will
7015 not contain any USB controller. Can only be changed when
7016 the VM is powered off.
7017 </desc>
7018 </attribute>
7019
7020 <attribute name="USBStandard" type="unsigned short" readonly="yes">
7021 <desc>
7022 USB standard version which the controller implements.
7023 This is a BCD which means that the major version is in the
7024 high byte and minor version is in the low byte.
7025 </desc>
7026 </attribute>
7027
7028 <attribute name="deviceFilters" type="IUSBDeviceFilterCollection" readonly="yes">
7029 <desc>
7030 List of USB device filters associated with the machine.
7031
7032 If the machine is currently running, these filters are activated
7033 every time a new (supported) USB device is attached to the host
7034 computer that was not ignored by global filters
7035 (<link to="IHost::USBDeviceFilters"/>).
7036
7037 These filters are also activated when the machine is powered up.
7038 They are run against a list of all currently available USB
7039 devices (in states
7040 <link to="USBDeviceState::USBDeviceAvailable">USBDeviceAvailable</link>,
7041 <link to="USBDeviceState::USBDeviceBusy">USBDeviceBusy</link>,
7042 <link to="USBDeviceState::USBDeviceHeld">USBDeviceHeld</link>)
7043 that were not previously ignored by global filters.
7044
7045 If at least one filter matches the USB device in question, this
7046 device is automatically captured (attached to) the virtual USB
7047 controller of this machine.
7048
7049 <see>IUSBDeviceFilter, ::IUSBController</see>
7050 </desc>
7051 </attribute>
7052
7053 <method name="createDeviceFilter">
7054 <desc>
7055 Creates a new USB device filter. All attributes except
7056 the filter name are set to <tt>null</tt> (any match),
7057 <i>active</i> is <tt>false</tt> (the filter is not active).
7058
7059 The created filter can then be added to the list of filters using
7060 <link to="#insertDeviceFilter()"/>.
7061
7062 <see>#deviceFilters</see>
7063 </desc>
7064 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
7065 <desc>
7066 Filter name. See <link to="IUSBDeviceFilter::name"/>
7067 for more info.
7068 </desc>
7069 </param>
7070 <param name="filter" type="IUSBDeviceFilter" dir="return">
7071 <desc>Created filter object.</desc>
7072 </param>
7073 </method>
7074
7075 <method name="insertDeviceFilter">
7076 <desc>
7077 Inserts the given USB device to the specified position
7078 in the list of filters.
7079
7080 Positions are numbered starting from <tt>0</tt>. If the specified
7081 position is equal to or greater than the number of elements in
7082 the list, the filter is added to the end of the collection.
7083
7084 <note>
7085 Duplicates are not allowed, so an attempt to inster a
7086 filter that is already in the collection, will return an
7087 error.
7088 </note>
7089
7090 <see>#deviceFilters</see>
7091 </desc>
7092 <param name="position" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
7093 <desc>Position to insert the filter to.</desc>
7094 </param>
7095 <param name="filter" type="IUSBDeviceFilter" dir="in">
7096 <desc>USB device filter to insert.</desc>
7097 </param>
7098 </method>
7099
7100 <method name="removeDeviceFilter">
7101 <desc>
7102 Removes a USB device filter from the specified position in the
7103 list of filters.
7104
7105 Positions are numbered starting from <tt>0</tt>. Specifying a
7106 position equal to or greater than the number of elements in
7107 the list will produce an error.
7108
7109 <see>#deviceFilters</see>
7110 </desc>
7111 <param name="position" type="unsigned long" dir="in">
7112 <desc>Position to remove the filter from.</desc>
7113 </param>
7114 <param name="filter" type="IUSBDeviceFilter" dir="return">
7115 <desc>Removed USB device filter.</desc>
7116 </param>
7117 </method>
7118
7119 </interface>
7120
7121
7122 <!--
7123 // IUSBDevice
7124 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
7125 -->
7126
7127 <enumerator
7128 name="IUSBDeviceEnumerator" type="IUSBDevice"
7129 uuid="aefe00f7-eb8a-454b-9ea4-fd5ad93c0e99"
7130 />
7131
7132 <collection
7133 name="IUSBDeviceCollection" type="IUSBDevice"
7134 enumerator="IUSBDeviceEnumerator"
7135 uuid="e31f3248-90dd-4ca2-95f0-6b36042d96a2"
7136 readonly="yes"
7137 >
7138 <method name="findById">
7139 <desc>
7140 Searches this collection for a USB device with the given UUID.
7141 <note>
7142 The method returns an error if the given UUID does not
7143 correspond to any USB device in the collection.
7144 </note>
7145 <see>IUSBDevice::id</see>
7146 </desc>
7147 <param name="id" type="uuid" dir="in">
7148 <desc>UUID of the USB device to search for.</desc>
7149 </param>
7150 <param name="device" type="IUSBDevice" dir="return">
7151 <desc>Found USB device object.</desc>
7152 </param>
7153 </method>
7154
7155 <method name="findByAddress">
7156 <desc>
7157 Searches this collection for a USB device with the given
7158 host address.
7159 <note>
7160 The method returns an error if the given address does not
7161 correspond to any USB device in the collection.
7162 </note>
7163 <see>IUSBDevice::address</see>
7164 </desc>
7165 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
7166 <desc>
7167 Address of the USB device (as assigned by the host) to
7168 search for.
7169 </desc>
7170 </param>
7171 <param name="device" type="IUSBDevice" dir="return">
7172 <desc>Found USB device object.</desc>
7173 </param>
7174 </method>
7175
7176 </collection>
7177
7178 <interface
7179 name="IUSBDevice" extends="$unknown"
7180 uuid="c5ab8d05-1999-4e48-ae34-cdeb235aacf0"
7181 wsmap="managed"
7182 >
7183 <desc>
7184 The IUSBDevice interface represents a USB device captured by
7185 (attached to) a running virtual machine's USB controller.
7186 <see>IConsole::USBDevices</see>
7187 </desc>
7188
7189 <attribute name="id" type="uuid" readonly="yes">
7190 <desc>
7191 Unique USB device ID. This ID is built from #vendorId,
7192 #productId, #revision and #serialNumber.
7193 </desc>
7194 </attribute>
7195
7196 <attribute name="vendorId" type="unsigned short" readonly="yes">
7197 <desc>Vendor ID.</desc>
7198 </attribute>
7199
7200 <attribute name="productId" type="unsigned short" readonly="yes">
7201 <desc>Product ID.</desc>
7202 </attribute>
7203
7204 <attribute name="revision" type="unsigned short" readonly="yes">
7205 <desc>
7206 Product revision number. This is a packed BCD represented as
7207 unsigned short. The high byte is the integer part and the low
7208 byte is the decimal.
7209 </desc>
7210 </attribute>
7211
7212 <attribute name="manufacturer" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
7213 <desc>Manufacturer string.</desc>
7214 </attribute>
7215
7216 <attribute name="product" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
7217 <desc>Product string.</desc>
7218 </attribute>
7219
7220 <attribute name="serialNumber" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
7221 <desc>Serial number string.</desc>
7222 </attribute>
7223
7224 <attribute name="address" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
7225 <desc>Host specific address of the device.</desc>
7226 </attribute>
7227
7228 <attribute name="port" type="unsigned short" readonly="yes">
7229 <desc>
7230 Host USB port number the device is physically
7231 coonected to.
7232 </desc>
7233 </attribute>
7234
7235 <attribute name="remote" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
7236 <desc>
7237 Whether the device is physically connected to a remote VRDP
7238 client or to a local host machine.
7239 </desc>
7240 </attribute>
7241
7242 </interface>
7243
7244
7245 <!--
7246 // IUSBDeviceFilter
7247 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
7248 -->
7249
7250 <enumerator
7251 name="IUSBDeviceFilterEnumerator" type="IUSBDeviceFilter"
7252 uuid="8d066d8b-3576-4a22-a387-847840937453"
7253 />
7254
7255 <collection
7256 name="IUSBDeviceFilterCollection" type="IUSBDeviceFilter"
7257 enumerator="IUSBDeviceFilterEnumerator"
7258 uuid="4fa3fc99-ceb1-4bf5-a9cb-e962d825c1ef"
7259 readonly="yes"
7260 />
7261
7262 <interface
7263 name="IUSBDeviceFilter" extends="$unknown"
7264 uuid="d6831fb4-1a94-4c2c-96ef-8d0d6192066d"
7265 wsmap="managed"
7266 >
7267 <desc>
7268 The IUSBDeviceFilter interface represents an USB device filter used
7269 to perform actions on a group of USB devices.
7270
7271 This type of filters is used by running virtual machines to
7272 automatically capture selected USB devices once they are physically
7273 attached to the host computer.
7274
7275 A USB device is matched to the given device filter if and only if all
7276 attributes of the device match the corresponding attributes of the
7277 filter (that is, attributes are joined together using the logical AND
7278 operation). On the other hand, all together, filters in the list of
7279 filters carry the semantics of the logical OR operation. So if it is
7280 desirable to create a match like "this vendor id OR this product id",
7281 one needs to create two filters and specify "any match" (see below)
7282 for unused attributes.
7283
7284 All filter attributes used for matching are strings. Each string
7285 is an expression representing a set of values of the corresponding
7286 device attribute, that will match the given filter. Currently, the
7287 following filtering expressions are supported:
7288
7289 <ul>
7290 <li><i>Interval filters</i>. Used to specify valid intervals for
7291 integer device attributes (Vendor ID, Product ID and Revision).
7292 The format of the string is:
7293
7294 <tt>int:((m)|([m]-[n]))(,(m)|([m]-[n]))*</tt>
7295
7296 where <tt>m</tt> and <tt>n</tt> are integer numbers, either in octal
7297 (starting from <tt>0</tt>), hexadecimal (starting from <tt>0x</tt>)
7298 or decimal (otherwise) form, so that <tt>m &lt; n</tt>. If <tt>m</tt>
7299 is ommitted before a dash (<tt>-</tt>), the minimum possible integer
7300 is assumed; if <tt>n</tt> is ommitted after a dash, the maximum
7301 possible integer is assummed.
7302 </li>
7303 <li><i>Boolean filters</i>. Used to specify acceptable values for
7304 boolean device attributes. The format of the string is:
7305
7306 <tt>true|false|yes|no|0|1</tt>
7307
7308 </li>
7309 <li><i>Exact match</i>. Used to specify a single value for the given
7310 device attribute. Any string that does't start with <tt>int:</tt>
7311 represents the exact match. String device attributes are compared to
7312 this string including case of symbols. Integer attributes are first
7313 converted to a string (see individual filter attributes) and then
7314 compared ignoring case.
7315
7316 </li>
7317 <li><i>Any match</i>. Any value of the corresponding device attribute
7318 will match the given filter. An empty or <tt>null</tt> string is
7319 used to construct this type of filtering expressions.
7320
7321 </li>
7322 </ul>
7323
7324 <note>
7325 On the Windows host platform, interval filters are not currently
7326 available. Also all string filter attributes
7327 (<link to="#manufacturer"/>, <link to="#product"/>,
7328 <link to="#serialNumber"/>) are ignored, so they behave as
7329 <i>any match</i> no matter what string expression is specified.
7330 </note>
7331
7332 <see>IUSBController::deviceFilters, IHostUSBDeviceFilter</see>
7333 </desc>
7334
7335 <attribute name="name" type="wstring">
7336 <desc>
7337 Visible name for this filter.
7338 This name is used to visually distungish one filter from another,
7339 so it can neither be <tt>null</tt> nor an empty string.
7340 </desc>
7341 </attribute>
7342
7343 <attribute name="active" type="boolean">
7344 <desc>Whether this filter active or has been temporarily disabled.</desc>
7345 </attribute>
7346
7347 <attribute name="vendorId" type="wstring">
7348 <desc>
7349 <link to="IUSBDevice::vendorId">Vendor ID</link> filter.
7350 The string representation for the <i>exact matching</i>
7351 has the form <tt>XXXX</tt>, where <tt>X</tt> is the hex digit
7352 (including leading zeroes).
7353 </desc>
7354 </attribute>
7355
7356 <attribute name="productId" type="wstring">
7357 <desc>
7358 <link to="IUSBDevice::productId">Product ID</link> filter.
7359 The string representation for the <i>exact matching</i>
7360 has the form <tt>XXXX</tt>, where <tt>X</tt> is the hex digit
7361 (including leading zeroes).
7362 </desc>
7363 </attribute>
7364
7365 <attribute name="revision" type="wstring">
7366 <desc>
7367 <link to="IUSBDevice::productId">Product revision number</link>
7368 filter. The string representation for the <i>exact matching</i>
7369 has the form <tt>IIFF</tt>, where <tt>I</tt> is the decimal digit
7370 of the integer part of the revision, and <tt>F</tt> is the
7371 decimal digit of its fractional part (including leading and
7372 trailing zeroes).
7373 Note that for interval filters, it's best to use the hexadecimal
7374 form, because the revision is stored as a 16 bit packed BCD value;
7375 so the expression <tt>int:0x0100-0x0199</tt> will match any
7376 revision from <tt>1.0</tt> to <tt>1.99</tt>.
7377 </desc>
7378 </attribute>
7379
7380 <attribute name="manufacturer" type="wstring">
7381 <desc>
7382 <link to="IUSBDevice::manufacturer">Manufacturer</link> filter.
7383 </desc>
7384 </attribute>
7385
7386 <attribute name="product" type="wstring">
7387 <desc>
7388 <link to="IUSBDevice::product">Product</link> filter.
7389 </desc>
7390 </attribute>
7391
7392 <attribute name="serialNumber" type="wstring">
7393 <desc>
7394 <link to="IUSBDevice::serialNumber">Serial number</link> filter.
7395 </desc>
7396 </attribute>
7397
7398 <attribute name="port" type="wstring">
7399 <desc>
7400 <link to="IUSBDevice::port">Host USB port</link> filter.
7401 </desc>
7402 </attribute>
7403
7404 <attribute name="remote" type="wstring">
7405 <desc>
7406 <link to="IUSBDevice::remote">Remote state</link> filter.
7407 <note>
7408 This filter makes sense only for machine USB filters,
7409 i.e. it is ignored by IHostUSBDeviceFilter objects.
7410 </note>
7411 </desc>
7412 </attribute>
7413
7414 </interface>
7415
7416
7417 <!--
7418 // IHostUSBDevice
7419 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
7420 -->
7421
7422 <enum
7423 name="USBDeviceState"
7424 uuid="b99a2e65-67fb-4882-82fd-f3e5e8193ab4"
7425 >
7426 <desc>
7427 USB device state. This enumeration represents all possible states
7428 of the USB device physically attached to the host computer regarding
7429 its state on the host computer and availability to guest computers
7430 (all currently running virtual machines).
7431
7432 Once a supported USB device is attached to the host, global USB
7433 filters (<link to="IHost::USBDeviceFilters"/>) are activated. They can
7434 either ignore the device, or put ot to #USBDeviceHeld state, or do
7435 nothing. Unless the device is ignored by global filters, filters of
7436 all currently running guests (<link to="IUSBController::deviceFilters"/>)
7437 are activated that can put it to #USBDeviceCaptured state.
7438
7439 If the device was ignored by global filters, or didn't match
7440 any filters at all (including guest ones), it is handled by the host
7441 in a normal way. In this case, the device state is determined by
7442 the host and can be one of #USBDeviceUnavailable, #USBDeviceBusy or
7443 #USBDeviceAvailable, depending on the current device usage.
7444
7445 Besides auto-capturing based on filters, the device can be manually
7446 captured by guests (<link to="IConsole::attachUSBDevice()"/>) if its
7447 state is #USBDeviceBusy, #USBDeviceAvailable or #USBDeviceHeld.
7448
7449 <note>
7450 Due to differences in USB stack implementations in Linux and Win32,
7451 states #USBDeviceBusy and #USBDeviceAvailable are applicable
7452 only to the Linux version of the product. This also means that
7453 (<link to="IConsole::attachUSBDevice()"/>) can only succeed
7454 on Win32 if the device state is #USBDeviceHeld.
7455 </note>
7456
7457 <see>IHostUSBDevice, IHostUSBDeviceFilter</see>
7458 </desc>
7459
7460 <const name="USBDeviceNotSupported" value="0">
7461 <desc>
7462 Not supported by the VirtualBox server, not available to guests.
7463 </desc>
7464 </const>
7465 <const name="USBDeviceUnavailable" value="1">
7466 <desc>
7467 Being used by the host computer exclusively,
7468 not available to guests.
7469 </desc>
7470 </const>
7471 <const name="USBDeviceBusy" value="2">
7472 <desc>
7473 Being used by the host computer, potentially available to guests.
7474 </desc>
7475 </const>
7476 <const name="USBDeviceAvailable" value="3">
7477 <desc>
7478 Not used by the host computer, available to guests.
7479 The host computer can also start using the device at any time.
7480 </desc>
7481 </const>
7482 <const name="USBDeviceHeld" value="4">
7483 <desc>
7484 Held by the VirtualBox server (ignored by the host computer),
7485 available to guests.
7486 </desc>
7487 </const>
7488 <const name="USBDeviceCaptured" value="5">
7489 <desc>
7490 Captured by one of the guest computers, not available
7491 to anybody else.
7492 </desc>
7493 </const>
7494 </enum>
7495
7496 <enumerator
7497 name="IHostUSBDeviceEnumerator" type="IHostUSBDevice"
7498 uuid="a0c55136-939f-4d20-b9d3-4d406f08bfa5"
7499 />
7500
7501 <collection
7502 name="IHostUSBDeviceCollection" type="IHostUSBDevice"
7503 enumerator="IHostUSBDeviceEnumerator"
7504 uuid="f9d3f96d-b027-4994-b589-70bb9ee0d364"
7505 readonly="yes"
7506 >
7507 <method name="findById">
7508 <desc>
7509 Searches this collection for a USB device with the given UUID.
7510 <note>
7511 The method returns an error if the given UUID does not
7512 correspond to any USB device in the collection.
7513 </note>
7514 <see>IHostUSBDevice::id</see>
7515 </desc>
7516 <param name="id" type="uuid" dir="in">
7517 <desc>UUID of the USB device to search for.</desc>
7518 </param>
7519 <param name="device" type="IHostUSBDevice" dir="return">
7520 <desc>Found USB device object.</desc>
7521 </param>
7522 </method>
7523
7524 <method name="findByAddress">
7525 <desc>
7526 Searches this collection for a USB device with the given
7527 host address.
7528 <note>
7529 The method returns an error if the given address does not
7530 correspond to any USB device in the collection.
7531 </note>
7532 <see>IHostUSBDevice::address</see>
7533 </desc>
7534 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
7535 <desc>
7536 Address of the USB device (as assigned by the host) to
7537 search for.
7538 </desc>
7539 </param>
7540 <param name="device" type="IHostUSBDevice" dir="return">
7541 <desc>Found USB device object.</desc>
7542 </param>
7543 </method>
7544
7545 </collection>
7546
7547 <interface
7548 name="IHostUSBDevice" extends="IUSBDevice"
7549 uuid="173b4b44-d268-4334-a00d-b6521c9a740a"
7550 wsmap="managed"
7551 >
7552 <desc>
7553 The IHostUSBDevice interface represents a USB device attached to
7554 the host computer.
7555
7556 Among with properties inherited from IUSBDevice,
7557 this interface adds the <link to="#state"/> property
7558 that holds the courrent state of the USB device.
7559
7560 <see>IHost::USBDevices, IHost::USBDeviceFilters</see>
7561 </desc>
7562
7563 <attribute name="state" type="USBDeviceState" readonly="yes">
7564 <desc>
7565 Current state of the device.
7566 </desc>
7567 </attribute>
7568
7569 <!-- @todo add class, subclass, bandwidth, configs, interfaces endpoints and such later. -->
7570
7571 </interface>
7572
7573
7574 <!--
7575 // IHostUSBDeviceFilter
7576 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
7577 -->
7578
7579 <enum
7580 name="USBDeviceFilterAction"
7581 uuid="cbc30a49-2f4e-43b5-9da6-121320475933"
7582 >
7583 <desc>
7584 Actions for host USB device filters.
7585 <see>IHostUSBDeviceFilter, USBDeviceState</see>
7586 </desc>
7587
7588 <const name="InvalidUSBDeviceFilterAction" value="0"/>
7589 <const name="USBDeviceFilterIgnore" value="1">
7590 <desc>Ignore the matched USB device.</desc>
7591 </const>
7592 <const name="USBDeviceFilterHold" value="2">
7593 <desc>Hold the matched USB device.</desc>
7594 </const>
7595 </enum>
7596
7597 <enumerator
7598 name="IHostUSBDeviceFilterEnumerator" type="IHostUSBDeviceFilter"
7599 uuid="ff735211-903e-4642-9c37-189eb44579fe"
7600 />
7601
7602 <collection
7603 name="IHostUSBDeviceFilterCollection" type="IHostUSBDeviceFilter"
7604 enumerator="IHostUSBDeviceFilterEnumerator"
7605 uuid="1a80458b-87f1-4a74-995d-04e2330119e0"
7606 readonly="yes"
7607 />
7608
7609 <interface
7610 name="IHostUSBDeviceFilter" extends="IUSBDeviceFilter"
7611 uuid="4cc70246-d74a-400f-8222-3900489c0374"
7612 wsmap="managed"
7613 >
7614 <desc>
7615 The IHostUSBDeviceFilter interface represents a USB device filter used
7616 by the host computer.
7617
7618 Using filters of this type, the host computer determines the initial
7619 state of the USB device after it is physically attached to the
7620 host's USB controller.
7621
7622 <note>
7623 The <link to="#remote"/> attribute is ignored by this type of
7624 filters, because it makes sense only for
7625 <link to="IUSBController::deviceFilters">machine USB filters</link>.
7626 </note>
7627
7628 <see>IHost::USBDeviceFilters</see>
7629 </desc>
7630
7631 <attribute name="action" type="USBDeviceFilterAction">
7632 <desc>
7633 Action performed by the host when an attached USB device
7634 matches this filter.
7635 </desc>
7636 </attribute>
7637
7638 </interface>
7639
7640 <!--
7641 // IAudioAdapter
7642 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
7643 -->
7644
7645 <enum
7646 name="AudioDriverType"
7647 uuid="4bcc3d73-c2fe-40db-b72f-0c2ca9d68496"
7648 >
7649 <const name="NullAudioDriver" value="0"/>
7650 <const name="WINMMAudioDriver" value="1"/>
7651 <const name="OSSAudioDriver" value="2"/>
7652 <const name="ALSAAudioDriver" value="3"/>
7653 <const name="DSOUNDAudioDriver" value="4"/>
7654 <const name="CoreAudioDriver" value="5"/>
7655 <const name="MMPMAudioDriver" value="6"/>
7656 </enum>
7657
7658 <interface
7659 name="IAudioAdapter" extends="$unknown"
7660 uuid="921873db-5f3f-4b69-91f9-7be9e535a2cb"
7661 wsmap="struct"
7662 >
7663 <attribute name="enabled" type="boolean">
7664 <desc>
7665 Flag whether the audio adapter is present in the
7666 guest system. If disabled, the virtual guest hardware will
7667 not contain any audio adapter. Can only be changed when
7668 the VM is not running.
7669 </desc>
7670 </attribute>
7671 <attribute name="audioDriver" type="AudioDriverType">
7672 <desc>
7673 Audio driver the adapter is connected to. This setting
7674 can only be changed when the VM is not running.
7675 </desc>
7676 </attribute>
7677 </interface>
7678
7679 <!--
7680 // IVRDPServer
7681 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
7682 -->
7683
7684 <enum
7685 name="VRDPAuthType"
7686 uuid="3d91887a-b67f-4b33-85bf-2da7ab1ea83a"
7687 >
7688 <const name="VRDPAuthNull" value="0"/>
7689 <const name="VRDPAuthExternal" value="1"/>
7690 <const name="VRDPAuthGuest" value="2"/>
7691 </enum>
7692
7693 <interface
7694 name="IVRDPServer" extends="$unknown"
7695 uuid="ed9d31ae-867f-45fc-b727-6740084d1883"
7696 wsmap="struct"
7697 >
7698 <attribute name="enabled" type="boolean">
7699 <desc>VRDP server status.</desc>
7700 </attribute>
7701
7702 <attribute name="port" type="unsigned long">
7703 <desc>
7704 VRDP server port number.
7705 <note>
7706 Setting the value of this property to <tt>0</tt> will reset the port
7707 number to the default value which is
7708 currently <tt>3389</tt>. Reading this property will always return a
7709 real port number, even after it has been set to <tt>0</tt> (in which
7710 case the default port is returned).
7711 </note>
7712 </desc>
7713 </attribute>
7714
7715 <attribute name="netAddress" type="wstring">
7716 <desc>VRDP server address.</desc>
7717 </attribute>
7718
7719 <attribute name="authType" type="VRDPAuthType">
7720 <desc>VRDP authentication method.</desc>
7721 </attribute>
7722
7723 <attribute name="authTimeout" type="unsigned long">
7724 <desc>Timeout for guest authentication. Milliseconds.</desc>
7725 </attribute>
7726
7727 <attribute name="allowMultiConnection" type="boolean">
7728 <desc>
7729 Flag whether multiple simultaneous connections to the VM are permitted.
7730 Note that this will be replaced by a more powerful mechanism in the future.
7731 </desc>
7732 </attribute>
7733
7734 </interface>
7735
7736
7737 <!--
7738 // ISharedFolder
7739 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
7740 -->
7741
7742 <enumerator
7743 name="ISharedFolderEnumerator" type="ISharedFolder"
7744 uuid="1d420fd8-e7c1-4511-abf4-a504dc6d0cbf"
7745 />
7746
7747 <collection
7748 name="ISharedFolderCollection" type="ISharedFolder"
7749 enumerator="ISharedFolderEnumerator"
7750 uuid="9c7e2282-bb16-4fa7-9138-f383c5e02353"
7751 readonly="yes">
7752
7753 <method name="findByName">
7754 <desc>
7755 Searches this collection for a shared folder drive with the
7756 given logical name.
7757 <note>
7758 The method returns an error if the given name does not
7759 correspond to any shared folder in the collection.
7760 </note>
7761 </desc>
7762 <param name="name" type="wstring" dir="in">
7763 <desc>Logical name of the shared folder to search for</desc>
7764 </param>
7765 <param name="sharedFolder" type="ISharedFolder" dir="return">
7766 <desc>Found shared folder object</desc>
7767 </param>
7768 </method>
7769
7770 </collection>
7771
7772 <interface
7773 name="ISharedFolder" extends="$unknown"
7774 uuid="8b0c5f70-9139-4f97-a421-64d5e9c335d5"
7775 wsmap="struct"
7776 >
7777 <desc>
7778 The ISharedFolder interface represents a folder in the host
7779 computer's file system accessible from a guest OS running inside a
7780 virtual machine using an associated logical name.
7781
7782 There are three types of shared folders:
7783 <ul>
7784 <li>permanent (<link to="IMachine::sharedFolders"/>)</li>
7785 <li>transient (<link to="IConsole::sharedFolders"/>)</li>
7786 <li>global (<link to="IVirtualBox::sharedFolders"/>)</li>
7787 </ul>
7788
7789 For a given virtual machine, both permanently and transiently
7790 shared folders have the same logical name space which also includes
7791 all globally shared folders. Thus, every folder in this name space
7792 must have an unique logical name. Note that permanent and transient
7793 shares of other machines are in different name spaces, so they don't
7794 have to have unique names.
7795 </desc>
7796
7797 <attribute name="name" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
7798 <desc>Logical name of the shared folder.</desc>
7799 </attribute>
7800
7801 <attribute name="hostPath" type="wstring" readonly="yes">
7802 <desc>Full path to the shared folder in the host file system.</desc>
7803 </attribute>
7804
7805 <attribute name="accessible" type="boolean" readonly="yes">
7806 <desc>
7807 Whether the folder defined by the host path is currently
7808 accessible or not.
7809 For example, the folder can be unaccessible if it is placed
7810 on the network share that is not available by the time
7811 this property is read.
7812 </desc>
7813 </attribute>
7814
7815 </interface>
7816
7817 <!--
7818 // ISession
7819 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
7820 -->
7821
7822 <interface
7823 name="IInternalSessionControl" extends="$unknown"
7824 uuid="80a9b698-cc60-48cf-ab88-a7c2ea4013a6"
7825 internal="yes"
7826 wsmap="suppress"
7827 >
7828 <method name="getPID">
7829 <desc>PID of the process that has created this Session object.
7830 </desc>
7831 <param name="pid" type="unsigned long" dir="return"/>
7832 </method>
7833
7834 <method name="getRemoteConsole">
7835 <desc>Returns the console object suitable for remote control.</desc>
7836 <param name="console" type="IConsole" dir="return"/>
7837 </method>
7838
7839 <method name="assignMachine">
7840 <desc>
7841 Assigns the machine object associated with this direct-type
7842 session or informs the session that it will be a remote one
7843 (if machine = NULL).
7844 </desc>
7845 <param name="machine" type="IMachine" dir="in"/>
7846 </method>
7847
7848 <method name="assignRemoteMachine">
7849 <desc>
7850 Assigns the machine and the (remote) console object associated with
7851 this remote-type session.
7852 </desc>
7853 <param name="machine" type="IMachine" dir="in"/>
7854 <param name="console" type="IConsole" dir="in"/>
7855 </method>
7856
7857 <method name="updateMachineState">
7858 <desc>
7859 Updates the machine state in the VM process.
7860 Must be called only in certain cases
7861 (see the method implementation).
7862 </desc>
7863 <param name="aMachineState" type="MachineState" dir="in"/>
7864 </method>
7865
7866 <method name="uninitialize">
7867 <desc>
7868 Uninitializes (closes) this session. Used by VirtualBox to close
7869 the corresponding remote session when the direct session dies
7870 or gets closed.
7871 </desc>
7872 </method>
7873
7874 <method name="onDVDDriveChange">
7875 <desc>
7876 Triggered when settings of the DVD drive object of the
7877 associated virtual machine have changed.
7878 </desc>
7879 </method>
7880
7881 <method name="onFloppyDriveChange">
7882 <desc>
7883 Triggered when settings of the floppy drive object of the
7884 associated virtual machine have changed.
7885 </desc>
7886 </method>
7887
7888 <method name="onNetworkAdapterChange">
7889 <desc>
7890 Triggered when settions of a network adapter of the
7891 associated virtual machine have changed.
7892 </desc>
7893 <param name="networkAdapter" type="INetworkAdapter" dir="in"/>
7894 </method>
7895
7896 <method name="onSerialPortChange">
7897 <desc>
7898 Triggered when settions of a serial port of the
7899 associated virtual machine have changed.
7900 </desc>
7901 <param name="serialPort" type="ISerialPort" dir="in"/>
7902 </method>
7903
7904 <method name="onParallelPortChange">
7905 <desc>
7906 Triggered when settings of a parallel port of the
7907 associated virtual machine have changed.
7908 </desc>
7909 <param name="parallelPort" type="IParallelPort" dir="in"/>
7910 </method>
7911
7912 <method name="onVRDPServerChange">
7913 <desc>
7914 Triggered when settings of the VRDP server object of the
7915 associated virtual machine have changed.
7916 </desc>
7917 </method>
7918
7919 <method name="onUSBControllerChange">
7920 <desc>
7921 Triggered when settings of the USB controller object of the
7922 associated virtual machine have changed.
7923 </desc>
7924 </method>
7925
7926 <method name="onUSBDeviceAttach">
7927 <desc>
7928 Triggered when a request to capture a USB device (as a result
7929 of matched USB filters or direct call to
7930 <link to="IConsole::attachUSBDevice"/>) has completed.
7931 A @c null @a error object means success, otherwise it
7932 describes a failure.
7933 </desc>
7934 <param name="device" type="IUSBDevice" dir="in"/>
7935 <param name="error" type="IVirtualBoxErrorInfo" dir="in"/>
7936 </method>
7937
7938 <method name="onUSBDeviceDetach">
7939 <desc>
7940 Triggered when a request to release the USB device (as a result
7941 of machine termination or direct call to
7942 <link to="IConsole::detachUSBDevice"/>) has completed.
7943 A @c null @a error object means success, otherwise it
7944 </desc>
7945 <param name="id" type="uuid" dir="in"/>
7946 <param name="error" type="IVirtualBoxErrorInfo" dir="in"/>
7947 </method>
7948
7949 <method name="onShowWindow">
7950 <desc>
7951 Called by <link to="IMachine::canShowConsoleWindow()"/> and by
7952 <link to="IMachine::showConsoleWindow()"/> in order to notify
7953 console callbacks
7954 <link to="IConsoleCallback::onCanShowWindow()"/>
7955 and <link to="IConsoleCallback::onShowWindow()"/>.
7956 </desc>
7957 <param name="check" type="boolean" dir="in"/>
7958 <param name="canShow" type="boolean" dir="out"/>
7959 <param name="winId" type="unsigned long long" dir="out"/>
7960 </method>
7961
7962 </interface>
7963
7964 <interface
7965 name="ISession" extends="$dispatched"
7966 uuid="12F4DCDB-12B2-4ec1-B7CD-DDD9F6C5BF4D"
7967 wsmap="managed"
7968 >
7969 <attribute name="state" type="SessionState" readonly="yes">
7970 <desc>Current state of this session.</desc>
7971 </attribute>
7972
7973 <attribute name="type" type="SessionType" readonly="yes">
7974 <desc>
7975 Type of this session. The value of this attribute is valid only
7976 if the session is currently open (i.e. its #state is SessionType::SessionOpen),
7977 otherwise an error will be returned.
7978 </desc>
7979 </attribute>
7980
7981 <attribute name="machine" type="IMachine" readonly="yes">
7982 <desc>Machine object associated with this session.</desc>
7983 </attribute>
7984
7985 <attribute name="console" type="IConsole" readonly="yes">
7986 <desc>Console object associated with this session.</desc>
7987 </attribute>
7988
7989 <method name="close">
7990 <desc>
7991 Closes this session.
7992 <note>
7993 If a direct session for a machine opened with
7994 <link to="IVirtualBox::openSession()"/> is not explicitly
7995 closed when the application terminates, the state of the
7996 machine will be set to <link to="MachineState::Aborted"/>
7997 on the server. Generally, it is recommended to close all
7998 open sessions explicitly before terminating the application
7999 (no matter what is the reason of the termination).
8000 </note>
8001 </desc>
8002 </method>
8003
8004 </interface>
8005
8006 <class name="Session" uuid="3C02F46D-C9D2-4f11-A384-53F0CF917214"
8007 namespace="virtualbox.org">
8008 <interface name="ISession" default="yes"/>
8009 </class>
8010
8011<if target="wsdl">
8012
8013 <!--
8014 // IManagedObjectRef
8015 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8016 -->
8017
8018 <interface
8019 name="IManagedObjectRef" extends="$unknown"
8020 uuid="9474d09d-2313-46de-b568-a42b8718e8ed"
8021 internal="yes"
8022 wsmap="explicit"
8023 >
8024 <method name="getInterfaceName">
8025 <desc>
8026 Returns the name of the interface that this managed object represents,
8027 for example, "IMachine", as a string.
8028 </desc>
8029 </method>
8030
8031 <method name="release">
8032 <desc>
8033 Releases this managed object reference and frees the resources that
8034 were allocated for it in the web service server process. After calling
8035 this method, the identifier of the reference can no longer be used.
8036 </desc>
8037 </method>
8038
8039 </interface>
8040
8041</if>
8042
8043</module>
8044
8045</idl>
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