tympan-aspl 0.1.0

Rust framework for macOS AudioServerPlugins
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//! Minimal CoreFoundation FFI.
//!
//! The framework speaks Core Audio's C ABI almost entirely through
//! plain scalars and `#[repr(C)]` structs — but one property value
//! shape, the text property, crosses the boundary as a
//! `CFStringRef`: a CoreFoundation object pointer. Building one is
//! the single place the framework genuinely calls into
//! CoreFoundation.
//!
//! This module hand-declares exactly the two `CFString` entry
//! points the property layer needs — `CFStringCreateWithBytes` to
//! mint a string and `CFRelease` to drop one — and links
//! `CoreFoundation` for them. It is `cfg(target_os = "macos")`:
//! there is no CoreFoundation elsewhere, and the property layer's
//! text path is stubbed off macOS.

use std::ffi::c_void;

/// An opaque `CFStringRef` — a CoreFoundation string object.
///
/// The framework never inspects one; it only mints a string and
/// forwards the pointer to the HAL, which takes ownership of the
/// `+1` reference and releases it.
pub type CFStringRef = *const c_void;

/// `kCFStringEncodingUTF8` — from `<CoreFoundation/CFString.h>`.
const ENCODING_UTF8: u32 = 0x0800_0100;

#[link(name = "CoreFoundation", kind = "framework")]
extern "C" {
    /// `CFStringCreateWithBytes` — mint a `CFStringRef` from a byte
    /// range in a known encoding. Returns a `+1`-retained string,
    /// or null on failure.
    fn CFStringCreateWithBytes(
        alloc: *const c_void,
        bytes: *const u8,
        num_bytes: isize,
        encoding: u32,
        is_external_representation: u8,
    ) -> CFStringRef;

    /// `CFRelease` — drop one reference to a CoreFoundation object.
    fn CFRelease(cf: *const c_void);
}

/// Mint a `CFStringRef` from a UTF-8 string.
///
/// The returned string carries a `+1` reference the caller owns —
/// the property getter hands it to the HAL, which releases it.
/// Returns null if CoreFoundation could not allocate the string.
#[must_use]
pub fn create_string(text: &str) -> CFStringRef {
    // Safety: `text.as_ptr()` / `text.len()` describe a valid UTF-8
    // byte range; `CFStringCreateWithBytes` copies those bytes and
    // does not retain the pointer. A null allocator selects the
    // default allocator.
    unsafe {
        CFStringCreateWithBytes(
            core::ptr::null(),
            text.as_ptr(),
            text.len() as isize,
            ENCODING_UTF8,
            0,
        )
    }
}

/// Drop one reference to a CoreFoundation object.
///
/// # Safety
///
/// `cf` must be a non-null pointer to a live CoreFoundation object
/// the caller owns a reference to. After this call the caller must
/// not use `cf` again unless it holds another reference.
pub unsafe fn release(cf: *const c_void) {
    // Safety: forwarded from the caller's contract.
    unsafe { CFRelease(cf) };
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use super::*;

    #[test]
    fn create_string_returns_a_live_object_that_releases() {
        let cfstr = create_string("Tympan Minimal Loopback");
        assert!(!cfstr.is_null(), "CFStringCreateWithBytes should succeed");
        // Safety: `cfstr` is the `+1`-retained string we just
        // created and have not yet released.
        unsafe { release(cfstr) };
    }

    #[test]
    fn create_string_handles_an_empty_string() {
        let cfstr = create_string("");
        assert!(
            !cfstr.is_null(),
            "an empty CFString is still a valid object"
        );
        // Safety: as above.
        unsafe { release(cfstr) };
    }

    #[test]
    fn create_string_handles_non_ascii() {
        // The UID and name strings are arbitrary UTF-8.
        let cfstr = create_string("Tympan — 鼓膜 — loopback");
        assert!(!cfstr.is_null());
        // Safety: as above.
        unsafe { release(cfstr) };
    }
}