include/SDL_guid.h

/*
  Simple DirectMedia Layer
  Copyright (C) 1997-2022 Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org>

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*/

/**
 *  \file SDL_guid.h
 *
 *  Include file for handling ::SDL_GUID values.
 */

#ifndef SDL_guid_h_
#define SDL_guid_h_

#include "SDL_stdinc.h"
#include "SDL_error.h"

#include "begin_code.h"
/* Set up for C function definitions, even when using C++ */
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/**
 * An SDL_GUID is a 128-bit identifier for an input device that
 *   identifies that device across runs of SDL programs on the same
 *   platform.  If the device is detached and then re-attached to a
 *   different port, or if the base system is rebooted, the device
 *   should still report the same GUID.
 *
 * GUIDs are as precise as possible but are not guaranteed to
 *   distinguish physically distinct but equivalent devices.  For
 *   example, two game controllers from the same vendor with the same
 *   product ID and revision may have the same GUID.
 *
 * GUIDs may be platform-dependent (i.e., the same device may report
 *   different GUIDs on different operating systems).
 */
typedef struct {
    Uint8 data[16];
} SDL_GUID;

/* Function prototypes */

/**
 * Get an ASCII string representation for a given ::SDL_GUID.
 *
 * You should supply at least 33 bytes for pszGUID.
 *
 * \param guid the ::SDL_GUID you wish to convert to string
 * \param pszGUID buffer in which to write the ASCII string
 * \param cbGUID the size of pszGUID
 *
 * \since This function is available since SDL 2.24.0.
 *
 * \sa SDL_GUIDFromString
 */
extern DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_GUIDToString(SDL_GUID guid, char *pszGUID, int cbGUID);

/**
 * Convert a GUID string into a ::SDL_GUID structure.
 *
 * Performs no error checking. If this function is given a string containing
 * an invalid GUID, the function will silently succeed, but the GUID generated
 * will not be useful.
 *
 * \param pchGUID string containing an ASCII representation of a GUID
 * \returns a ::SDL_GUID structure.
 *
 * \since This function is available since SDL 2.24.0.
 *
 * \sa SDL_GUIDToString
 */
extern DECLSPEC SDL_GUID SDLCALL SDL_GUIDFromString(const char *pchGUID);

/* Ends C function definitions when using C++ */
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
#include "close_code.h"

#endif /* SDL_guid_h_ */

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