/*****************************************************************************
 * libvlc.h:  libvlc external API
 *****************************************************************************
 * Copyright (C) 1998-2009 the VideoLAN team
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 *
 * Authors: Clément Stenac <zorglub@videolan.org>
 *          Jean-Paul Saman <jpsaman@videolan.org>
 *          Pierre d'Herbemont <pdherbemont@videolan.org>
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/**
 * \file
 * This file defines libvlc_media_library external API
 */

#ifndef VLC_LIBVLC_MEDIA_LIBRARY_H
#define VLC_LIBVLC_MEDIA_LIBRARY_H 1

# ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
# endif

/*****************************************************************************
 * Media Library
 *****************************************************************************/
/** \defgroup libvlc_media_library libvlc_media_library
 * \ingroup libvlc
 * LibVLC Media Library
 * @{
 */

typedef struct libvlc_media_library_t libvlc_media_library_t;

/**
 * Create an new Media Library object
 *
 * \param p_instance the libvlc instance
 * \return a new object or NULL on error
 */
VLC_PUBLIC_API libvlc_media_library_t *
    libvlc_media_library_new( libvlc_instance_t * p_instance );

/**
 * Release media library object. This functions decrements the
 * reference count of the media library object. If it reaches 0,
 * then the object will be released.
 *
 * \param p_mlib media library object
 */
VLC_PUBLIC_API void
    libvlc_media_library_release( libvlc_media_library_t * p_mlib );

/**
 * Retain a reference to a media library object. This function will
 * increment the reference counting for this object. Use
 * libvlc_media_library_release() to decrement the reference count.
 *
 * \param p_mlib media library object
 */
VLC_PUBLIC_API void
    libvlc_media_library_retain( libvlc_media_library_t * p_mlib );

/**
 * Load media library.
 *
 * \param p_mlib media library object
 * \return 0 on success, -1 on error
 */
VLC_PUBLIC_API int
    libvlc_media_library_load( libvlc_media_library_t * p_mlib );

/**
 * Get media library subitems.
 *
 * \param p_mlib media library object
 * \return media list subitems
 */
VLC_PUBLIC_API libvlc_media_list_t *
    libvlc_media_library_media_list( libvlc_media_library_t * p_mlib );


/** @} */

# ifdef __cplusplus
}
# endif

#endif /* VLC_LIBVLC_MEDIA_LIBRARY_H */
