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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 - Jérémie Galarneau <jeremie.galarneau@efficios.com>
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 only,
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef LTTNG_NOTIFICATION_INTERNAL_H
+#define LTTNG_NOTIFICATION_INTERNAL_H
+
+#include <lttng/notification/notification.h>
+#include <common/macros.h>
+#include <common/buffer-view.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+struct lttng_notification {
+ struct lttng_condition *condition;
+ struct lttng_evaluation *evaluation;
+ /*
+ * The ownership of the notification's inner-elements depends
+ * on the way it was created. The notification owns both
+ * the condition and evaluation if it was obtained from a notification
+ * channel (i.e. created using lttng_notification_create_from_buffer)
+ * as the user may never access the condition and evaluation,
+ * thus never getting a chance to free them.
+ *
+ * However, when the _private_ lttng_notification_create() function
+ * is used, no ownership of condition and evaluation is assumed by
+ * the notification object. The main reason for this change in
+ * behavior is that internal users of this API only use the object
+ * to use its serialization facilities.
+ */
+ bool owns_elements;
+};
+
+struct lttng_notification_comm {
+ /* Size of the payload following this field. */
+ uint32_t length;
+ /* Condition and evaluation objects follow. */
+ char payload[];
+} LTTNG_PACKED;
+
+LTTNG_HIDDEN
+struct lttng_notification *lttng_notification_create(
+ struct lttng_condition *condition,
+ struct lttng_evaluation *evaluation);
+
+LTTNG_HIDDEN
+ssize_t lttng_notification_serialize(struct lttng_notification *notification,
+ char *buf);
+
+LTTNG_HIDDEN
+ssize_t lttng_notification_create_from_buffer(
+ const struct lttng_buffer_view *view,
+ struct lttng_notification **notification);
+
+#endif /* LTTNG_NOTIFICATION_INTERNAL_H */