SDL/include/SDL3/SDL_clipboard.h

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/**
 * # CategoryClipboard
 *
 * SDL provides access to the system clipboard, both for reading information
 * from other processes and publishing information of its own.
 *
 * This is not just text! SDL apps can access and publish data by mimetype.
 */

#ifndef SDL_clipboard_h_
#define SDL_clipboard_h_

#include <SDL3/SDL_stdinc.h>
#include <SDL3/SDL_error.h>

#include <SDL3/SDL_begin_code.h>
/* Set up for C function definitions, even when using C++ */
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/* Function prototypes */

/**
 * Put UTF-8 text into the clipboard.
 *
 * \param text the text to store in the clipboard.
 * \returns 0 on success or a negative error code on failure; call
 *          SDL_GetError() for more information.
 *
 * \since This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.
 *
 * \sa SDL_GetClipboardText
 * \sa SDL_HasClipboardText
 */
extern SDL_DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_SetClipboardText(const char *text);

/**
 * Get UTF-8 text from the clipboard.
 *
 * This functions returns empty string if there was not enough memory left for
 * a copy of the clipboard's content.
 *
 * The returned string follows the SDL_GetStringRule, and will be automatically freed later.
 *
 * \returns the clipboard text on success or an empty string on failure; call
 *          SDL_GetError() for more information.
 *
 * \since This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.
 *
 * \sa SDL_HasClipboardText
 * \sa SDL_SetClipboardText
 */
extern SDL_DECLSPEC const char * SDLCALL SDL_GetClipboardText(void);

/**
 * Query whether the clipboard exists and contains a non-empty text string.
 *
 * \returns SDL_TRUE if the clipboard has text, or SDL_FALSE if it does not.
 *
 * \since This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.
 *
 * \sa SDL_GetClipboardText
 * \sa SDL_SetClipboardText
 */
extern SDL_DECLSPEC SDL_bool SDLCALL SDL_HasClipboardText(void);

/**
 * Put UTF-8 text into the primary selection.
 *
 * \param text the text to store in the primary selection.
 * \returns 0 on success or a negative error code on failure; call
 *          SDL_GetError() for more information.
 *
 * \since This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.
 *
 * \sa SDL_GetPrimarySelectionText
 * \sa SDL_HasPrimarySelectionText
 */
extern SDL_DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_SetPrimarySelectionText(const char *text);

/**
 * Get UTF-8 text from the primary selection.
 *
 * This functions returns empty string if there was not enough memory left for
 * a copy of the primary selection's content.
 *
 * The returned string follows the SDL_GetStringRule, and will be automatically freed later.
 *
 * \returns the primary selection text on success or an empty string on
 *          failure; call SDL_GetError() for more information.
 *
 * \since This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.
 *
 * \sa SDL_HasPrimarySelectionText
 * \sa SDL_SetPrimarySelectionText
 */
extern SDL_DECLSPEC const char * SDLCALL SDL_GetPrimarySelectionText(void);

/**
 * Query whether the primary selection exists and contains a non-empty text
 * string.
 *
 * \returns SDL_TRUE if the primary selection has text, or SDL_FALSE if it
 *          does not.
 *
 * \since This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.
 *
 * \sa SDL_GetPrimarySelectionText
 * \sa SDL_SetPrimarySelectionText
 */
extern SDL_DECLSPEC SDL_bool SDLCALL SDL_HasPrimarySelectionText(void);

/**
 * Callback function that will be called when data for the specified mime-type
 * is requested by the OS.
 *
 * The callback function is called with NULL as the mime_type when the
 * clipboard is cleared or new data is set. The clipboard is automatically
 * cleared in SDL_Quit().
 *
 * \param userdata a pointer to provided user data.
 * \param mime_type the requested mime-type.
 * \param size a pointer filled in with the length of the returned data.
 * \returns a pointer to the data for the provided mime-type. Returning NULL
 *          or setting length to 0 will cause no data to be sent to the
 *          "receiver". It is up to the receiver to handle this. Essentially
 *          returning no data is more or less undefined behavior and may cause
 *          breakage in receiving applications. The returned data will not be
 *          freed so it needs to be retained and dealt with internally.
 *
 * \since This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.
 *
 * \sa SDL_SetClipboardData
 */
typedef const void *(SDLCALL *SDL_ClipboardDataCallback)(void *userdata, const char *mime_type, size_t *size);

/**
 * Callback function that will be called when the clipboard is cleared, or new
 * data is set.
 *
 * \param userdata a pointer to provided user data.
 *
 * \since This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.
 *
 * \sa SDL_SetClipboardData
 */
typedef void (SDLCALL *SDL_ClipboardCleanupCallback)(void *userdata);

/**
 * Offer clipboard data to the OS.
 *
 * Tell the operating system that the application is offering clipboard data
 * for each of the proivded mime-types. Once another application requests the
 * data the callback function will be called allowing it to generate and
 * respond with the data for the requested mime-type.
 *
 * The size of text data does not include any terminator, and the text does
 * not need to be null terminated (e.g. you can directly copy a portion of a
 * document)
 *
 * \param callback a function pointer to the function that provides the
 *                 clipboard data.
 * \param cleanup a function pointer to the function that cleans up the
 *                clipboard data.
 * \param userdata an opaque pointer that will be forwarded to the callbacks.
 * \param mime_types a list of mime-types that are being offered.
 * \param num_mime_types the number of mime-types in the mime_types list.
 * \returns 0 on success or a negative error code on failure; call
 *          SDL_GetError() for more information.
 *
 * \since This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.
 *
 * \sa SDL_ClearClipboardData
 * \sa SDL_GetClipboardData
 * \sa SDL_HasClipboardData
 */
extern SDL_DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_SetClipboardData(SDL_ClipboardDataCallback callback, SDL_ClipboardCleanupCallback cleanup, void *userdata, const char **mime_types, size_t num_mime_types);

/**
 * Clear the clipboard data.
 *
 * \returns 0 on success or a negative error code on failure; call
 *          SDL_GetError() for more information.
 *
 * \since This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.
 *
 * \sa SDL_SetClipboardData
 */
extern SDL_DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_ClearClipboardData(void);

/**
 * Get the data from clipboard for a given mime type.
 *
 * The size of text data does not include the terminator, but the text is
 * guaranteed to be null terminated.
 *
 * \param mime_type the mime type to read from the clipboard.
 * \param size a pointer filled in with the length of the returned data.
 * \returns the retrieved data buffer or NULL on failure; call SDL_GetError()
 *          for more information. Caller must call SDL_free() on the returned
 *          pointer when done with it.
 *
 * \since This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.
 *
 * \sa SDL_HasClipboardData
 * \sa SDL_SetClipboardData
 */
extern SDL_DECLSPEC void *SDLCALL SDL_GetClipboardData(const char *mime_type, size_t *size);

/**
 * Query whether there is data in the clipboard for the provided mime type.
 *
 * \param mime_type the mime type to check for data for.
 * \returns SDL_TRUE if there exists data in clipboard for the provided mime
 *          type, SDL_FALSE if it does not.
 *
 * \since This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.
 *
 * \sa SDL_SetClipboardData
 * \sa SDL_GetClipboardData
 */
extern SDL_DECLSPEC SDL_bool SDLCALL SDL_HasClipboardData(const char *mime_type);

/* Ends C function definitions when using C++ */
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
#include <SDL3/SDL_close_code.h>

#endif /* SDL_clipboard_h_ */