// nih-plug: plugins, but rewritten in Rust // Copyright (C) 2022 Robbert van der Helm // // This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify // it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by // the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or // (at your option) any later version. // // This program 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 General Public License for more details. // // You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License // along with this program. If not, see . //! Different contexts the plugin can use to make callbacks to the host in different...contexts. use std::sync::Weak; #[cfg(all(target_family = "unix", not(target_os = "macos")))] mod linux; #[cfg(all(target_family = "unix", not(target_os = "macos")))] pub(crate) use linux::LinuxEventLoop as OsEventLoop; use crate::param::internals::ParamPtr; use crate::param::Param; use crate::plugin::NoteEvent; pub(crate) const TASK_QUEUE_CAPACITY: usize = 512; // TODO: ProcessContext for parameter automation and sending events /// General callbacks the plugin can make during its lifetime. This is passed to the plugin during /// [crate::plugin::Plugin::initialize()] and as part of [crate::plugin::Plugin::process()]. // // # Safety // // The implementing wrapper needs to be able to handle concurrent requests, and it should perform // the actual callback within [MainThreadQueue::do_maybe_async]. pub trait ProcessContext { /// Update the current latency of the plugin. If the plugin is currently processing audio, then /// this may cause audio playback to be restarted. fn set_latency_samples(&self, samples: u32); /// Return the next note event, if there is one. The event contains the timing /// /// TODO: Rethink this API, both in terms of ergonomics, and if we can do this in a way that /// doesn't require locks (because of the thread safe-ness, which we don't really need /// here) fn next_midi_event(&mut self) -> Option; // TODO: Add this, this works similar to [GuiContext::set_parameter] but it adds the parameter // change to a queue (or directly to the VST3 plugin's parameter output queues) instead of // using main thread host automation (and all the locks involved there). // fn set_parameter(&self, param: &P, value: P::Plain); } /// Callbacks the plugin can make when the user interacts with its GUI such as updating parameter /// values. This is passed to the plugin during [crate::plugin::Plugin::create_editor()]. All of /// these functions assume they're being called from the main GUI thread. // // # Safety // // The implementing wrapper can assume that everything is being called from the main thread. Since // NIH-plug doesn't own the GUI event loop, this invariant cannot be part of the interface. pub trait GuiContext: Send + Sync { /// Retrieve a safe setter for updating the plugin's parameters. Modifying parameters here will /// broadcast the changes both to the host and to your plugin's /// [crate::param::internals::Params] object. fn setter(&self) -> ParamSetter where Self: Sized, { ParamSetter { context: self } } /// Inform the host a parameter will be automated. Use [ParamSetter::begin_set_parameter] /// instead for a safe, user friendly API. /// /// # Safety /// /// The implementing function still needs to check if `param` actually exists. This function is /// mostly marked as unsafe for API reasons. unsafe fn raw_begin_set_parameter(&self, param: ParamPtr); /// Inform the host a parameter is being automated with an already normalized value. Use /// [ParamSetter::set_parameter] instead for a safe, user friendly API. /// /// # Safety /// /// The implementing function still needs to check if `param` actually exists. This function is /// mostly marked as unsafe for API reasons. unsafe fn raw_set_parameter_normalized(&self, param: ParamPtr, normalized: f32); /// Inform the host a parameter has been automated. Use [ParamSetter::end_set_parameter] instead /// for a safe, user friendly API. /// /// # Safety /// /// The implementing function still needs to check if `param` actually exists. This function is /// mostly marked as unsafe for API reasons. unsafe fn raw_end_set_parameter(&self, param: ParamPtr); } /// A convenience helper for setting parameter values. Any changes made here will be broadcasted to /// the host and reflected in the plugin's [crate::param::internals::Params] object. These functions /// should only be called from the main thread. pub struct ParamSetter<'a> { context: &'a dyn GuiContext, } impl ParamSetter<'_> { /// Inform the host that you will start automating a parmater. This needs to be called before /// calling [Self::set_parameter()] for the specified parameter. pub fn begin_set_parameter(&self, param: &P) { unsafe { self.context.raw_begin_set_parameter(param.as_ptr()) }; } /// Set a parameter to the specified parameter value. You will need to call /// [Self::begin_set_parameter()] before and [Self::end_set_parameter()] after calling this so /// the host can properly record automation for the parameter. This can be called multiple times /// in a row before calling [Self::end_set_parameter()], for instance when moving a slider /// around. /// /// This function assumes you're already calling this from a GUI thread. Calling any of these /// functions from any other thread may result in unexpected behavior. pub fn set_parameter(&self, param: &P, value: P::Plain) { let ptr = param.as_ptr(); let normalized = param.preview_normalized(value); unsafe { self.context.raw_set_parameter_normalized(ptr, normalized) }; } /// Inform the host that you are done automating a parameter. This needs to be called after one /// or more [Self::set_parameter()] calls for a parameter so the host knows the automation /// gesture has finished. pub fn end_set_parameter(&self, param: &P) { unsafe { self.context.raw_end_set_parameter(param.as_ptr()) }; } } /// A trait describing the functionality of the platform-specific event loop that can execute tasks /// of type `T` in executor `E`. Posting a task to the internal task queue should be realtime safe. /// This event loop should be created during the wrapper's initial initialization on the main /// thread. /// /// This is never used generically, but having this as a trait will cause any missing functions on /// an implementation to show up as compiler errors even when using a different platform. And since /// the tasks and executor will be sent to a thread, they need to have static lifetimes. /// /// TODO: At some point rethink the design to make it possible to have a singleton message queue for /// all instances of a plugin. pub(crate) trait EventLoop where T: Send + 'static, E: MainThreadExecutor + 'static, { /// Create and start a new event loop. The thread this is called on will be designated as the /// main thread, so this should be called when constructing the wrapper. fn new_and_spawn(executor: Weak) -> Self; /// Either post the function to the task queue so it can be delegated to the main thread, or /// execute the task directly if this is the main thread. This function needs to be callable at /// any time without blocking. /// /// If the task queue is full, then this will return false. #[must_use] fn do_maybe_async(&self, task: T) -> bool; /// Whether the calling thread is the event loop's main thread. This is usually the thread the /// event loop instance was initialized on. fn is_main_thread(&self) -> bool; } /// Something that can execute tasks of type `T`. pub(crate) trait MainThreadExecutor: Send + Sync { /// Execute a task on the current thread. This shoudl only be called from the main thread. unsafe fn execute(&self, task: T); }