src/auto/wayland/protocols/ext-data-control-v1.xml

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<protocol name="ext_data_control_v1">
  <copyright>
    Copyright © 2018 Simon Ser
    Copyright © 2019 Ivan Molodetskikh
    Copyright © 2024 Neal Gompa

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  <description summary="control data devices">
    This protocol allows a privileged client to control data devices. In
    particular, the client will be able to manage the current selection and take
    the role of a clipboard manager.

    Warning! The protocol described in this file is currently in the testing
    phase. Backward compatible changes may be added together with the
    corresponding interface version bump. Backward incompatible changes can
    only be done by creating a new major version of the extension.
  </description>

  <interface name="ext_data_control_manager_v1" version="1">
    <description summary="manager to control data devices">
      This interface is a manager that allows creating per-seat data device
      controls.
    </description>

    <request name="create_data_source">
      <description summary="create a new data source">
        Create a new data source.
      </description>
      <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="ext_data_control_source_v1"
        summary="data source to create"/>
    </request>

    <request name="get_data_device">
      <description summary="get a data device for a seat">
        Create a data device that can be used to manage a seat's selection.
      </description>
      <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="ext_data_control_device_v1"/>
      <arg name="seat" type="object" interface="wl_seat"/>
    </request>

    <request name="destroy" type="destructor">
      <description summary="destroy the manager">
        All objects created by the manager will still remain valid, until their
        appropriate destroy request has been called.
      </description>
    </request>
  </interface>

  <interface name="ext_data_control_device_v1" version="1">
    <description summary="manage a data device for a seat">
      This interface allows a client to manage a seat's selection.

      When the seat is destroyed, this object becomes inert.
    </description>

    <request name="set_selection">
      <description summary="copy data to the selection">
        This request asks the compositor to set the selection to the data from
        the source on behalf of the client.

        The given source may not be used in any further set_selection or
        set_primary_selection requests. Attempting to use a previously used
        source triggers the used_source protocol error.

        To unset the selection, set the source to NULL.
      </description>
      <arg name="source" type="object" interface="ext_data_control_source_v1"
        allow-null="true"/>
    </request>

    <request name="destroy" type="destructor">
      <description summary="destroy this data device">
        Destroys the data device object.
      </description>
    </request>

    <event name="data_offer">
      <description summary="introduce a new ext_data_control_offer">
        The data_offer event introduces a new ext_data_control_offer object,
        which will subsequently be used in either the
        ext_data_control_device.selection event (for the regular clipboard
        selections) or the ext_data_control_device.primary_selection event (for
        the primary clipboard selections). Immediately following the
        ext_data_control_device.data_offer event, the new data_offer object
        will send out ext_data_control_offer.offer events to describe the MIME
        types it offers.
      </description>
      <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="ext_data_control_offer_v1"/>
    </event>

    <event name="selection">
      <description summary="advertise new selection">
        The selection event is sent out to notify the client of a new
        ext_data_control_offer for the selection for this device. The
        ext_data_control_device.data_offer and the ext_data_control_offer.offer
        events are sent out immediately before this event to introduce the data
        offer object. The selection event is sent to a client when a new
        selection is set. The ext_data_control_offer is valid until a new
        ext_data_control_offer or NULL is received. The client must destroy the
        previous selection ext_data_control_offer, if any, upon receiving this
        event. Regardless, the previous selection will be ignored once a new
        selection ext_data_control_offer is received.

        The first selection event is sent upon binding the
        ext_data_control_device object.
      </description>
      <arg name="id" type="object" interface="ext_data_control_offer_v1"
        allow-null="true"/>
    </event>

    <event name="finished">
      <description summary="this data control is no longer valid">
        This data control object is no longer valid and should be destroyed by
        the client.
      </description>
    </event>

    <event name="primary_selection">
      <description summary="advertise new primary selection">
        The primary_selection event is sent out to notify the client of a new
        ext_data_control_offer for the primary selection for this device. The
        ext_data_control_device.data_offer and the ext_data_control_offer.offer
        events are sent out immediately before this event to introduce the data
        offer object. The primary_selection event is sent to a client when a
        new primary selection is set. The ext_data_control_offer is valid until
        a new ext_data_control_offer or NULL is received. The client must
        destroy the previous primary selection ext_data_control_offer, if any,
        upon receiving this event. Regardless, the previous primary selection
        will be ignored once a new primary selection ext_data_control_offer is
        received.

        If the compositor supports primary selection, the first
        primary_selection event is sent upon binding the
        ext_data_control_device object.
      </description>
      <arg name="id" type="object" interface="ext_data_control_offer_v1"
        allow-null="true"/>
    </event>

    <request name="set_primary_selection">
      <description summary="copy data to the primary selection">
        This request asks the compositor to set the primary selection to the
        data from the source on behalf of the client.

        The given source may not be used in any further set_selection or
        set_primary_selection requests. Attempting to use a previously used
        source triggers the used_source protocol error.

        To unset the primary selection, set the source to NULL.

        The compositor will ignore this request if it does not support primary
        selection.
      </description>
      <arg name="source" type="object" interface="ext_data_control_source_v1"
        allow-null="true"/>
    </request>

    <enum name="error">
      <entry name="used_source" value="1"
        summary="source given to set_selection or set_primary_selection was already used before"/>
    </enum>
  </interface>

  <interface name="ext_data_control_source_v1" version="1">
    <description summary="offer to transfer data">
      The ext_data_control_source object is the source side of a
      ext_data_control_offer. It is created by the source client in a data
      transfer and provides a way to describe the offered data and a way to
      respond to requests to transfer the data.
    </description>

    <enum name="error">
      <entry name="invalid_offer" value="1"
        summary="offer sent after ext_data_control_device.set_selection"/>
    </enum>

    <request name="offer">
      <description summary="add an offered MIME type">
        This request adds a MIME type to the set of MIME types advertised to
        targets. Can be called several times to offer multiple types.

        Calling this after ext_data_control_device.set_selection is a protocol
        error.
      </description>
      <arg name="mime_type" type="string"
        summary="MIME type offered by the data source"/>
    </request>

    <request name="destroy" type="destructor">
      <description summary="destroy this source">
        Destroys the data source object.
      </description>
    </request>

    <event name="send">
      <description summary="send the data">
        Request for data from the client. Send the data as the specified MIME
        type over the passed file descriptor, then close it.
      </description>
      <arg name="mime_type" type="string" summary="MIME type for the data"/>
      <arg name="fd" type="fd" summary="file descriptor for the data"/>
    </event>

    <event name="cancelled">
      <description summary="selection was cancelled">
        This data source is no longer valid. The data source has been replaced
        by another data source.

        The client should clean up and destroy this data source.
      </description>
    </event>
  </interface>

  <interface name="ext_data_control_offer_v1" version="1">
    <description summary="offer to transfer data">
      A ext_data_control_offer represents a piece of data offered for transfer
      by another client (the source client). The offer describes the different
      MIME types that the data can be converted to and provides the mechanism
      for transferring the data directly from the source client.
    </description>

    <request name="receive">
      <description summary="request that the data is transferred">
        To transfer the offered data, the client issues this request and
        indicates the MIME type it wants to receive. The transfer happens
        through the passed file descriptor (typically created with the pipe
        system call). The source client writes the data in the MIME type
        representation requested and then closes the file descriptor.

        The receiving client reads from the read end of the pipe until EOF and
        then closes its end, at which point the transfer is complete.

        This request may happen multiple times for different MIME types.
      </description>
      <arg name="mime_type" type="string"
        summary="MIME type desired by receiver"/>
      <arg name="fd" type="fd" summary="file descriptor for data transfer"/>
    </request>

    <request name="destroy" type="destructor">
      <description summary="destroy this offer">
        Destroys the data offer object.
      </description>
    </request>

    <event name="offer">
      <description summary="advertise offered MIME type">
        Sent immediately after creating the ext_data_control_offer object.
        One event per offered MIME type.
      </description>
      <arg name="mime_type" type="string" summary="offered MIME type"/>
    </event>
  </interface>
</protocol>