text: /*****************************************************************************
   * modules.h : Module descriptor and load functions
   *****************************************************************************
   * Copyright (C) 2001 the VideoLAN team
   * $Id: 2a1fdd52785c4e4578af0a31e1c2aae789b06425 $
   *
   * Authors: Samuel Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>
   *
   * 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 2 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, write to the Free Software
   * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
   *****************************************************************************/
  
  /**
   * \file
   * This file defines functions for modules in vlc
   */
  
  /*****************************************************************************
   * Exported functions.
   *****************************************************************************/
  
  VLC_EXPORT( module_t *, module_need, ( vlc_object_t *, const char *, const char *, bool ) );
  #define module_need(a,b,c,d) module_need(VLC_OBJECT(a),b,c,d)
  VLC_EXPORT( void, module_unneed, ( vlc_object_t *, module_t * ) );
  #define module_unneed(a,b) module_unneed(VLC_OBJECT(a),b)
  VLC_EXPORT( bool,  module_exists, (const char *) );
  VLC_EXPORT( module_t *, module_find, (const char *) );
  
  VLC_EXPORT( module_config_t *, module_config_get, ( const module_t *, unsigned * ) );
  VLC_EXPORT( void, module_config_free, ( module_config_t * ) );
  
  VLC_EXPORT( module_t *, module_hold, (module_t *module) );
  VLC_EXPORT( void, module_release, (module_t *module) );
  VLC_EXPORT( void, module_list_free, (module_t **) );
  VLC_EXPORT( module_t **, module_list_get, (size_t *n) );
  
  VLC_EXPORT( bool, module_provides, ( const module_t *m, const char *cap ) );
  VLC_EXPORT( const char *, module_get_object, ( const module_t *m ) );
  VLC_EXPORT( const char *, module_get_name, ( const module_t *m, bool long_name ) );
  #define module_GetLongName( m ) module_get_name( m, true )
  VLC_EXPORT( const char *, module_get_help, ( const module_t *m ) );
  VLC_EXPORT( const char *, module_get_capability, ( const module_t *m ) );
  VLC_EXPORT( int, module_get_score, ( const module_t *m ) );
  VLC_EXPORT( const char *, module_gettext, ( const module_t *, const char * ) );
  
  static inline module_t *module_get_main (void)
  {
      return module_find ("main");
  }
  #define module_get_main(a) module_get_main()
  
  static inline bool module_is_main( const module_t * p_module )
  {
      return !strcmp( module_get_object( p_module ), "main" );
  }
  