## gimpwire gimpwire — The lowlevel I/O protocol used for communication between GIMP and it's plug-ins. |

## Synopsis

                WireMessage;
    void        (*WireReadFunc)                 (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 WireMessage *msg,
                                                 gpointer user_data);
    void        (*WireWriteFunc)                (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 WireMessage *msg,
                                                 gpointer user_data);
    void        (*WireDestroyFunc)              (WireMessage *msg);
    gboolean    (*WireIOFunc)                   (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 guint8 *buf,
                                                 gulong count,
                                                 gpointer user_data);
    gboolean    (*WireFlushFunc)                (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 gpointer user_data);
    void        wire_register                   (guint32 type,
                                                 WireReadFunc read_func,
                                                 WireWriteFunc write_func,
                                                 WireDestroyFunc destroy_func);
    void        wire_set_reader                 (WireIOFunc read_func);
    void        wire_set_writer                 (WireIOFunc write_func);
    void        wire_set_flusher                (WireFlushFunc flush_func);
    gboolean    wire_read                       (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 guint8 *buf,
                                                 gsize count,
                                                 gpointer user_data);
    gboolean    wire_write                      (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 guint8 *buf,
                                                 gsize count,
                                                 gpointer user_data);
    gboolean    wire_flush                      (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 gpointer user_data);
    gboolean    wire_error                      (void);
    void        wire_clear_error                (void);
    gboolean    wire_read_msg                   (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 WireMessage *msg,
                                                 gpointer user_data);
    gboolean    wire_write_msg                  (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 WireMessage *msg,
                                                 gpointer user_data);
    void        wire_destroy                    (WireMessage *msg);
    gboolean    wire_read_int32                 (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 guint32 *data,
                                                 gint count,
                                                 gpointer user_data);
    gboolean    wire_read_int16                 (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 guint16 *data,
                                                 gint count,
                                                 gpointer user_data);
    gboolean    wire_read_int8                  (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 guint8 *data,
                                                 gint count,
                                                 gpointer user_data);
    gboolean    wire_read_double                (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 gdouble *data,
                                                 gint count,
                                                 gpointer user_data);
    gboolean    wire_read_string                (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 gchar **data,
                                                 gint count,
                                                 gpointer user_data);
    gboolean    wire_write_int32                (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 guint32 *data,
                                                 gint count,
                                                 gpointer user_data);
    gboolean    wire_write_int16                (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 guint16 *data,
                                                 gint count,
                                                 gpointer user_data);
    gboolean    wire_write_int8                 (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 guint8 *data,
                                                 gint count,
                                                 gpointer user_data);
    gboolean    wire_write_double               (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 gdouble *data,
                                                 gint count,
                                                 gpointer user_data);
    gboolean    wire_write_string               (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 gchar **data,
                                                 gint count,
                                                 gpointer user_data);

## Description

The lowlevel I/O protocol used for communication between GIMP and it's plug-ins.

## Details

### WireMessage

    typedef struct {
      guint32  type;
      gpointer data;
    } WireMessage;

### WireReadFunc ()

    void        (*WireReadFunc)                 (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 WireMessage *msg,
                                                 gpointer user_data);

`channel` : |
`msg` : |
`user_data` : |

### WireWriteFunc ()

    void        (*WireWriteFunc)                (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 WireMessage *msg,
                                                 gpointer user_data);

`channel` : |
`msg` : |
`user_data` : |

### WireDestroyFunc ()

    void        (*WireDestroyFunc)              (WireMessage *msg);

`msg` : |

### WireIOFunc ()

    gboolean    (*WireIOFunc)                   (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 guint8 *buf,
                                                 gulong count,
                                                 gpointer user_data);

`channel` : |
`buf` : |
`count` : |
`user_data` : |
Returns : |

### WireFlushFunc ()

    gboolean    (*WireFlushFunc)                (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 gpointer user_data);

`channel` : |
`user_data` : |
Returns : |

### wire_register ()

    void        wire_register                   (guint32 type,
                                                 WireReadFunc read_func,
                                                 WireWriteFunc write_func,
                                                 WireDestroyFunc destroy_func);

`type` : |
`read_func` : |
`write_func` : |
`destroy_func` : |

### wire_set_reader ()

    void        wire_set_reader                 (WireIOFunc read_func);

`read_func` : |

### wire_set_writer ()

    void        wire_set_writer                 (WireIOFunc write_func);

`write_func` : |

### wire_set_flusher ()

    void        wire_set_flusher                (WireFlushFunc flush_func);

`flush_func` : |

### wire_read ()

    gboolean    wire_read                       (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 guint8 *buf,
                                                 gsize count,
                                                 gpointer user_data);

`channel` : |
`buf` : |
`count` : |
`user_data` : |
Returns : |

### wire_write ()

    gboolean    wire_write                      (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 guint8 *buf,
                                                 gsize count,
                                                 gpointer user_data);

`channel` : |
`buf` : |
`count` : |
`user_data` : |
Returns : |

### wire_flush ()

    gboolean    wire_flush                      (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 gpointer user_data);

`channel` : |
`user_data` : |
Returns : |

### wire_error ()

    gboolean    wire_error                      (void);

Returns : |

### wire_clear_error ()

    void        wire_clear_error                (void);

### wire_read_msg ()

    gboolean    wire_read_msg                   (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 WireMessage *msg,
                                                 gpointer user_data);

`channel` : |
`msg` : |
`user_data` : |
Returns : |

### wire_write_msg ()

    gboolean    wire_write_msg                  (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 WireMessage *msg,
                                                 gpointer user_data);

`channel` : |
`msg` : |
`user_data` : |
Returns : |

### wire_destroy ()

    void        wire_destroy                    (WireMessage *msg);

`msg` : |

### wire_read_int32 ()

    gboolean    wire_read_int32                 (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 guint32 *data,
                                                 gint count,
                                                 gpointer user_data);

`channel` : |
`data` : |
`count` : |
`user_data` : |
Returns : |

### wire_read_int16 ()

    gboolean    wire_read_int16                 (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 guint16 *data,
                                                 gint count,
                                                 gpointer user_data);

`channel` : |
`data` : |
`count` : |
`user_data` : |
Returns : |

### wire_read_int8 ()

    gboolean    wire_read_int8                  (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 guint8 *data,
                                                 gint count,
                                                 gpointer user_data);

`channel` : |
`data` : |
`count` : |
`user_data` : |
Returns : |

### wire_read_double ()

    gboolean    wire_read_double                (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 gdouble *data,
                                                 gint count,
                                                 gpointer user_data);

`channel` : |
`data` : |
`count` : |
`user_data` : |
Returns : |

### wire_read_string ()

    gboolean    wire_read_string                (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 gchar **data,
                                                 gint count,
                                                 gpointer user_data);

`channel` : |
`data` : |
`count` : |
`user_data` : |
Returns : |

### wire_write_int32 ()

    gboolean    wire_write_int32                (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 guint32 *data,
                                                 gint count,
                                                 gpointer user_data);

`channel` : |
`data` : |
`count` : |
`user_data` : |
Returns : |

### wire_write_int16 ()

    gboolean    wire_write_int16                (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 guint16 *data,
                                                 gint count,
                                                 gpointer user_data);

`channel` : |
`data` : |
`count` : |
`user_data` : |
Returns : |

### wire_write_int8 ()

    gboolean    wire_write_int8                 (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 guint8 *data,
                                                 gint count,
                                                 gpointer user_data);

`channel` : |
`data` : |
`count` : |
`user_data` : |
Returns : |

### wire_write_double ()

    gboolean    wire_write_double               (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 gdouble *data,
                                                 gint count,
                                                 gpointer user_data);

`channel` : |
`data` : |
`count` : |
`user_data` : |
Returns : |

### wire_write_string ()

    gboolean    wire_write_string               (GIOChannel *channel,
                                                 gchar **data,
                                                 gint count,
                                                 gpointer user_data);

`channel` : |
`data` : |
`count` : |
`user_data` : |
Returns : |

## See Also

libgimp-gimpprotocol