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+/* Copyright (c) 2007 Mark Nevill
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
+ * obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
+ * files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
+ * restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
+ * copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+ * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
+ * conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+ * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+ * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
+ * OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+ * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
+ * HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
+ * WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
+ * OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+/** @mainpage
+ *
+ * <div style="margin: 2em 5em 2em 5em; border: 1px solid #CCC; padding: 1em; background: #E8EEF2;">
+ * Various specifications specify files and file formats. The <a
+ * href="http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html">
+ * XDG Base Directory specification</a> defines where these files should
+ * be looked for by defining one or more base directories relative to
+ * which files should be located.
+ * </div>
+ *
+ * This library implements functions to list the directories according
+ * to the specification and provides a few higher-level functions for
+ * use with the specification.
+ */
+
+/** @file basedir.h
+ * Functions for using the XDG Base Directory specification. */
+
+#ifndef XDG_BASEDIR_H
+#define XDG_BASEDIR_H
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/** Version of XDG Base Directory specification implemented in this library. */
+#define XDG_BASEDIR_SPEC 0.6
+
+/** @name XDG data cache management */
+/*@{*/
+
+/** Handle to XDG data cache.
+ * Handles are initialized with xdgInitHandle() and
+ * freed with xdgWipeHandle(). */
+typedef struct /*_xdgHandle*/ {
+ /** Reserved for internal use, do not modify. */
+ void *reserved;
+} xdgHandle;
+
+/** Initialize a handle to an XDG data cache and initialize the cache.
+ * Use xdgWipeHandle() to free the handle.
+ * @return a pointer to the handle if initialization was successful, else 0 */
+xdgHandle * xdgInitHandle(xdgHandle *handle);
+
+/** Wipe handle of XDG data cache.
+ * Wipe handle initialized using xdgInitHandle(). */
+void xdgWipeHandle(xdgHandle *handle);
+
+/** Update the data cache.
+ * This should not be done frequently as it reallocates the cache.
+ * Even if updating the cache fails the handle remains valid and can
+ * be used to access XDG data as it was before xdgUpdateData() was called.
+ * @return 0 if update failed, non-0 if successful.*/
+int xdgUpdateData(xdgHandle *handle);
+
+/*@}*/
+/** @name Basic XDG Base Directory Queries */
+/*@{*/
+
+/** Base directory for user specific data files.
+ * @param handle Handle to data cache, initialized with xdgInitHandle().
+ * @return a path as described by the standards. */
+const char * xdgDataHome(xdgHandle *handle);
+
+/** Base directory for user specific configuration files.
+ * @param handle Handle to data cache, initialized with xdgInitHandle().
+ * @return a path as described by the standards. */
+const char * xdgConfigHome(xdgHandle *handle);
+
+/** Preference-ordered set of base directories to search for data files
+ * in addition to the $XDG_DATA_HOME base directory.
+ * @param handle Handle to data cache, initialized with xdgInitHandle().
+ * @return A null-terminated list of directory strings. */
+const char * const * xdgDataDirectories(xdgHandle *handle);
+
+/** Preference-ordered set of base directories to search for data files
+ * with $XDG_DATA_HOME prepended.
+ * The base directory defined by $XDG_DATA_HOME is considered more
+ * important than any of the base directories defined by $XDG_DATA_DIRS.
+ * @param handle Handle to data cache, initialized with xdgInitHandle().
+ * @return A null-terminated list of directory strings. */
+const char * const * xdgSearchableDataDirectories(xdgHandle *handle);
+
+/** Preference-ordered set of base directories to search for configuration
+ * files in addition to the $XDG_CONFIG_HOME base directory.
+ * @param handle Handle to data cache, initialized with xdgInitHandle().
+ * @return A null-terminated list of directory strings. */
+const char * const * xdgConfigDirectories(xdgHandle *handle);
+
+/** Preference-ordered set of base directories to search for configuration
+ * files with $XDG_CONFIG_HOME prepended.
+ * The base directory defined by $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is considered more
+ * important than any of the base directories defined by $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS.
+ * @param handle Handle to data cache, initialized with xdgInitHandle().
+ * @return A null-terminated list of directory strings. */
+const char * const * xdgSearchableConfigDirectories(xdgHandle *handle);
+
+/** Base directory for user specific non-essential data files.
+ * @param handle Handle to data cache, initialized with xdgInitHandle().
+ * @return a path as described by the standards. */
+const char * xdgCacheHome(xdgHandle *handle);
+
+/*@}*/
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+} // extern "C"
+#endif
+
+#endif /*XDG_BASEDIR_H*/