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author | David Robillard <d@drobilla.net> | 2011-03-18 07:32:01 +0000 |
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committer | David Robillard <d@drobilla.net> | 2011-03-18 07:32:01 +0000 |
commit | a868e340ed5436e3519329de31cc8ef241857705 (patch) | |
tree | 6b89e002381562400c941ed514f239914dd2db5c | |
parent | 9ea87991e1e91560efd888a59b00e648ed68feed (diff) | |
download | lv2-a868e340ed5436e3519329de31cc8ef241857705.tar.xz |
Refer to "RDF data" rather than "data file" (dynmanifest friendly).
-rw-r--r-- | core.lv2/lv2.h | 18 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/core.lv2/lv2.h b/core.lv2/lv2.h index 650ab2d..b71717f 100644 --- a/core.lv2/lv2.h +++ b/core.lv2/lv2.h @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ typedef struct _LV2_Descriptor { @param features A NULL terminated array of LV2_Feature structs which represent the features the host supports. Plugins may refuse to instantiate if required features are not found here. However, hosts MUST - NOT use this as a discovery mechanism: instead, use the data file to + NOT use this as a discovery mechanism: instead, use the RDF data to determinate what features are required, and do not attempt to load or instantiate unsupported plugins at all. This parameter MUST NOT be NULL, i.e. a host that supports no features MUST pass a single element array @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ typedef struct _LV2_Descriptor { it does, the plugin's behaviour is undefined (a crash is likely). @param data_location Pointer to data of the type defined by the port - type in the plugin's data file (e.g. an array of float for an + type in the plugin's RDF data (e.g. an array of float for an lv2:AudioPort). This pointer must be stored by the plugin instance and used to read/write data when run() is called. Data present at the time of the connect_port() call MUST NOT be considered meaningful. @@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ typedef struct _LV2_Descriptor { @param uri URI of the extension. The plugin MUST return NULL if it does not support the extension, but hosts MUST NOT use this as a discovery mechanism. Hosts should only call this function for extensions known to - be supported by the plugin, as described in the plugin's data file. + be supported by the plugin, as described in the plugin's RDF data. The host is never responsible for freeing the returned value. @@ -280,17 +280,17 @@ typedef struct _LV2_Descriptor { The exact mechanism by which plugin libraries are loaded is host and system dependent, however all hosts need to know is the URI of the plugin they wish - to load. Plugins are discovered via data files (not by loading libraries). - Documentation on best practices for plugin discovery can be found at - <http://lv2plug.in>, however it is expected that hosts use a library to - provide this functionality. + to load. Plugins are discovered via RDF data (not by loading plugin + libraries). Documentation on best practices for plugin discovery can be + found at <http://lv2plug.in>, however it is expected that hosts use a + library to provide this functionality. A plugin library MUST include a function called "lv2_descriptor" with this prototype. This function MUST have C-style linkage (if you are using C++ this is taken care of by the 'extern "C"' clause at the top of this file). - A host will find the plugin's library via data files, get the - lv2_descriptor() function from it, and proceed from there. + A host will find the plugin's library via RDF data, get the lv2_descriptor() + function from it, and proceed from there. Plugins are accessed by index using values from 0 upwards. Out of range indices MUST result in this function returning NULL, so the host can |