nvdialog_notification.h

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#pragma once
 
#ifndef __nvdialog_notification_h__
#define __nvdialog_notification_h__ 1
 
#include "nvdialog_platform.h"
 
/**
 * @brief Possible types of NvDialog notifications. Each field will create a
 * slightly different dialog matching the requested type.
 * @note Some systems may not provide compatible icons "out-of-the-box", usually minimalist Linux distros.
 * @ingroup Notification
 * @since v0.5.0
 * @sa NvdNotification
 */
typedef enum {
        NVD_NOTIFICATION_SIMPLE,  /**< A simple notification eg. to notify of
                                     something new in the app. */
        NVD_NOTIFICATION_WARNING, /**< A warning notification. */
        NVD_NOTIFICATION_ERROR    /**< An error notification, preferably used
                                     before crashing. */
} NvdNotifyType;
 
/**
 * @brief The base notification type used by NvDialog.
 *
 * @details NvDialog offers since v0.5.0 support for basic notifications that
 * add an extra cross-platform solution. The notification API is cross-platform
 * and should reduce the required setup to send a simple notification. On GNU/Linux and other Unix-like platforms,
 * the DBus interface for notifications is used, making it desktop-agnostic and only requiring libdbus and related daemons
 * to be available.
 * 
 * @ingroup Notification
 * @sa nvd_notification_new
 * @since v0.5.0
 */
typedef struct _NvdNotification NvdNotification;
 
/**
 * @brief  Creates a new notification object and returns it.
 * @param  title The title of the notification, can be NULL if no title is
 desired.
 * @param  msg The message to show (Required, can't be NULL).
 * @param  type The type of the notification, see @ref NvdNotifyType.
 * <b>Example:</b>
 * @code
   #include <nvdialog/nvdialog.h>
   int main(int argc, char** argv) {
       nvd_init(argv[0]);
       NvdNotification *notif = nvd_notification_new("Notification",
                                                     "A notification for your
 app.", NVD_NOTIFICATION_SIMPLE); if (!notif) return -1;
       nvd_send_notification(notif);
       nvd_delete_notification(notif);
       return 0;
   }
 * @endcode
 * @ingroup Notification
 * @return An empty notification object.
 */
NVD_API NvdNotification* nvd_notification_new(const char* title,
                                              const char* msg,
                                              NvdNotifyType type);
 
/**
 * @brief Sends the notification to the system.
 * It's safe to assume that the same notification can be sent multiple times.
 * Just make sure the notification is still valid (Not freed yet).
 *
 * @param notification The notification object to use.
 * @ingroup Notification
 * @since v0.5.0
 */
NVD_API void nvd_send_notification(NvdNotification* notification);
 
/**
 * @brief Deletes a notification object from NvDialog.
 * @note  You should only use this to free notifications. <b>Do not use @ref
 * nvd_free_object please.</b>
 * @param notification The notification object to delete.
 * @ingroup Notification
 */
NVD_API void nvd_delete_notification(NvdNotification* notification);
 
/**
 * @brief Adds another button with a specified action to do when it is clicked.
 * @deprecated This function no longer works since v0.10.0. It was only limited to some platforms before so it has become a no-op.
 * @param notification The notification to add the said action to.
 * @param action A string defining the action as well as the label of the button
 * for the action.
 * @param value_to_set The value to set when the action is triggered.
 * @param value_to_return A pointer to an integer to save the value passed to
 * @ref value_to_set .
 * @ingroup Notification
 */
NVD_API void nvd_add_notification_action(NvdNotification* notification,
                                         const char* action, int value_to_set,
                                         int* value_to_return);
#endif /* __nvdialog_notification_h__ */