1 files changed, 26 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/inputPlugin.h b/src/inputPlugin.h
index dc2e2219e..78268a7f3 100644
--- a/src/inputPlugin.h
+++ b/src/inputPlugin.h
@@ -25,30 +25,53 @@
 #include "outputBuffer.h"
 #include "tag.h"
 
+/* valid values for streamTypes in the InputPlugin struct: */
 #define INPUT_PLUGIN_STREAM_FILE	0x01
 #define INPUT_PLUGIN_STREAM_URL		0x02
 
+/* optional, set this to NULL if the InputPlugin doesn't have/need one
+ * this must return < 0 if there is an error and >= 0 otherwise */
 typedef int (* InputPlugin_initFunc) ();
 
+/* optional, set this to NULL if the InputPlugin doesn't have/need one */
 typedef void (* InputPlugin_finishFunc) ();
 
+/* boolean return value, returns 1 if the InputStream is decodable by
+ * the InputPlugin, 0 if not */
+typedef unsigned int (* InputPlugin_tryDecodeFunc) (InputStream *);
+
+/* this will be used to decode InputStreams, and is recommended for files
+ * and networked (HTTP) connections.
+ *
+ * returns -1 on error, 0 on success */
 typedef int (* InputPlugin_streamDecodeFunc) (OutputBuffer *, DecoderControl *,
 		InputStream *);
 
+/* use this if and only if your InputPlugin can only be passed a filename or
+ * handle as input, and will not allow callbacks to be set (like Ogg-Vorbis
+ * and FLAC libraries allow)
+ *
+ * returns -1 on error, 0 on success */
 typedef int (* InputPlugin_fileDecodeFunc) (OutputBuffer *, DecoderControl *,
 		char * path);
 
-/* file should be the full path! */
+/* file should be the full path!  Returns NULL if a tag cannot be found
+ * or read */
 typedef MpdTag * (* InputPlugin_tagDupFunc) (char * file);
 
 typedef struct _InputPlugin {
 	char * name;
 	InputPlugin_initFunc initFunc;
 	InputPlugin_finishFunc finishFunc;
+	InputPlugin_tryDecodeFunc tryDecodeFunc;
 	InputPlugin_streamDecodeFunc streamDecodeFunc;
 	InputPlugin_fileDecodeFunc fileDecodeFunc;
 	InputPlugin_tagDupFunc tagDupFunc;
+
+	/* one or more of the INPUT_PLUGIN_STREAM_* values OR'd together */
 	unsigned char streamTypes;
+
+	/* last element in these arrays must always be a NULL: */
 	char ** suffixes;
 	char ** mimeTypes;
 } InputPlugin;
@@ -59,9 +82,9 @@ void unloadInputPlugin(InputPlugin * inputPlugin);
 
 /* interface for using plugins */
 
-InputPlugin * getInputPluginFromSuffix(char * suffix);
+InputPlugin * getInputPluginFromSuffix(char * suffix, unsigned int next);
 
-InputPlugin * getInputPluginFromMimeType(char * mimeType);
+InputPlugin * getInputPluginFromMimeType(char * mimeType, unsigned int next);
 
 InputPlugin * getInputPluginFromName(char * name);