_ak_communication_8h

Wwise SDK 2023.1.7

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 /// \file AK/Comm/AkCommunication.h
 /// The main communication interface (between the in-game sound engine and
 /// authoring tool).
 /// \sa
 /// - \ref initialization_comm
 /// - \ref termination_comm
  
 #ifndef _AK_COMMUNICATION_H
 #define _AK_COMMUNICATION_H
  
 #include <AK/SoundEngine/Common/AkTypes.h>
  
 #define AK_COMM_SETTINGS_MAX_STRING_SIZE 64
 #define AK_COMM_SETTINGS_MAX_URL_SIZE 128
  
 /// Platform-independent initialization settings of communication module between the Wwise sound engine
 /// and authoring tool.
 /// \sa 
 /// - AK::Comm::Init()
 struct AkCommSettings
 {
     AkCommSettings()
         : commSystem(AkCommSystem_Socket)
     {
         szAppNetworkName[0] = 0;
         szCommProxyServerUrl[0] = 0;
     }
  
     /// Ports used for communication between the Wwise authoring application and your game.
     /// All of these ports are opened in the game when Wwise communication is enabled.
     ///
     /// \sa
     /// - \ref initialization_comm_ports
     /// - AK::Comm::GetDefaultInitSettings()
     /// - AK::Comm::Init()
     struct Ports
     {
         /// Constructor
         Ports()
             : uDiscoveryBroadcast( AK_COMM_DEFAULT_DISCOVERY_PORT )
 #if defined( AK_COMM_NO_DYNAMIC_PORTS )
             , uCommand( AK_COMM_DEFAULT_DISCOVERY_PORT + 1 )
 #else
             , uCommand( 0 )
 #endif
         {
         }
  
         /// This is where the authoring application broadcasts "Game Discovery" requests
         /// to discover games running on the network. Default value: 24024.
         ///
         /// \warning Unlike the other port in this structure, this port cannot be dynamic: setting it
         /// to 0 will disable discovery. Refer to \ref initialization_comm_ports_discovery_broadcast
         /// for more details.
         AkUInt16 uDiscoveryBroadcast;
  
         /// Used by the "command" channel.
         /// \remark Set to 0 to request a dynamic/ephemeral port.
         AkUInt16 uCommand;
     };
  
     /// Ports used for communication between the Wwise authoring application and your game.
     /// \sa
     /// - \ref initialization_comm
     /// - AkCommSettings::Ports
     /// - AK::Comm::Init()
     Ports ports;    
  
     /// Allows selecting the communication system used to connect remotely the Authoring tool on the device.
     enum AkCommSystem
     {
         AkCommSystem_Socket,    /// The recommended default communication system
         AkCommSystem_HTCS       /// HTCS when available only, will default to AkCommSystem_Socket if the HTCS system is not available.
     };
  
     /// Select the device of the communication system.
     /// By default, connecting to the Authoring tool 
     /// \sa
     /// - \ref initialization_comm
     /// - AkCommSettings::AkCommSystem
     /// - AK::Comm::Init()
     AkCommSystem commSystem;
  
     /// Tells if the base console communication library should be initialized.  
     /// If set to false, the game should load/initialize the console's communication library prior to calling this function.
     /// Set to false only if your game already use sockets before the sound engine initialization.
     /// Some consoles have critical requirements for initialization, see \ref initialization_comm_console_lib
     bool bInitSystemLib;
  
     /// Optional name that will be displayed over network remote connection of Wwise.
     /// It must be a NULL terminated string.
     char szAppNetworkName[AK_COMM_SETTINGS_MAX_STRING_SIZE];
  
     /// Optional URL of Comm proxy server (only applicable for platforms incapable of acting as raw UDP/TCP servers)
     char szCommProxyServerUrl[AK_COMM_SETTINGS_MAX_URL_SIZE];
 };
  
 namespace AK
 {
     namespace Comm
     {
         ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
         /// @name Initialization
         //@{
  
         /// Initializes the communication module. When this is called, and AK::SoundEngine::RenderAudio()
         /// is called periodically, you may use the authoring tool to connect to the sound engine.
         ///
         /// \warning This function must be called after the sound engine and memory manager have
         ///          been properly initialized.
         ///
         ///
         /// \remark The AkCommSettings structure should be initialized with
         ///         AK::Comm::GetDefaultInitSettings(). You can then change some of the parameters
         ///         before calling this function.
         ///
         /// \return
         ///      - AK_Success if initialization was successful.
         ///      - AK_InvalidParameter if one of the settings is invalid.
         ///      - AK_InsufficientMemory if the specified pool size is too small for initialization.
         ///      - AK_Fail for other errors.
         ///     
         /// \sa
         /// - \ref initialization_comm
         /// - AK::Comm::GetDefaultInitSettings()
         /// - AkCommSettings::Ports
         AK_EXTERNAPIFUNC( AKRESULT, Init )(
             const AkCommSettings &  in_settings///< Initialization settings.            
             );
  
         /// Gets the last error from the OS-specific communication library.
         /// \return The system error code.  Check the code in the platform manufacturer documentation for details about the error.
         AK_EXTERNAPIFUNC(AkInt32, GetLastError());
  
         /// Gets the communication module's default initialization settings values.
         /// \sa
         /// - \ref initialization_comm 
         /// - AK::Comm::Init()
         AK_EXTERNAPIFUNC( void, GetDefaultInitSettings )(
             AkCommSettings &    out_settings    ///< Returned default initialization settings.
             );
         
         /// Terminates the communication module.
         /// \warning This function must be called before the memory manager is terminated.      
         /// \sa
         /// - \ref termination_comm 
         AK_EXTERNAPIFUNC( void, Term )();
  
         /// Terminates and reinitialize the communication module using current settings.
         ///
         /// \return
         ///      - AK_Success if initialization was successful.
         ///      - AK_InvalidParameter if one of the settings is invalid.
         ///      - AK_InsufficientMemory if the specified pool size is too small for initialization.
         ///      - AK_Fail for other errors.
         ///
         /// \sa
         /// - \ref AK::SoundEngine::iOS::WakeupFromSuspend()
         AK_EXTERNAPIFUNC( AKRESULT, Reset )();
         
  
         /// Get the initialization settings currently in use by the CommunicationSystem
         ///
         /// \return
         ///      - AK_Success if initialization was successful.
         AK_EXTERNAPIFUNC( const AkCommSettings&, GetCurrentSettings )();
  
  
         /// Get the port currently in used by the command channel.
         ///
         /// \return
         ///      - Port number.
         AK_EXTERNAPIFUNC( AkUInt16, GetCommandPort )();
  
         //@}
     }
 }
  
 #endif // _AK_COMMUNICATION_H