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27 /**
28  * \brief Wwise Authoring Plug-ins - API for general Audio Plug-in's backend (Source, Effect, Mixer).
29  * \file AK/Wwise/Plugin/AudioPlugin.h
30  */
31 
32 #pragma once
33 
34 #include "HostPropertySet.h"
35 #include "HostDataWriter.h"
36 
37 
38 /**
39  * \brief Wwise API for general Audio Plug-in's backend.
40  *
41  * \sa
42  * - \ref ak_wwise_plugin_audio_plugin_instance_v1 instance type
43  * - \ref AK::Wwise::Plugin::AudioPlugin C++ Interface
44  * - \ref AK_WWISE_PLUGIN_AUDIO_PLUGIN_V1_ID Current ID for interface
45  * - \ref AK_WWISE_PLUGIN_INTERFACE_TYPE_AUDIO_PLUGIN
46  * - \ref wwiseplugin_backend
47  */
48 struct ak_wwise_plugin_audio_plugin_v1
49 #ifdef __cplusplus
50  : public ak_wwise_plugin_base_interface
51 #endif
52 {
53 #ifndef __cplusplus
54  ak_wwise_plugin_base_interface m_baseInterface;
55 #endif
56 
57 #ifdef __cplusplus
58  /// Base instance type for providing audio plug-in backend services.
59  using Instance = ak_wwise_plugin_audio_plugin_instance_v1;
60 
61  ak_wwise_plugin_audio_plugin_v1() :
62  ak_wwise_plugin_base_interface(AK_WWISE_PLUGIN_INTERFACE_TYPE_AUDIO_PLUGIN, 1)
63  {}
64 #endif
65 
66  /**
67  * \brief Obtains parameters that will be written to a bank.
68  *
69  * This is the usual function that gets overridden to provide data from the Authoring plug-in to the
70  * Sound Engine plug-in. Its goal is to retrieve data (usually from the PropertySet) and write it
71  * in the proper format and order, so the Sound Engine part can retrieve it and use it.
72  *
73  * By design, this function is called to store data, as provided in the plug-in definition XML.
74  *
75  * Because these can be changed at run-time, the parameter block should stay relatively small. For example, it
76  * should only provide basic members. Array sets, full sections, binary data or Object Stores might be
77  * better sent using the GetPluginData function, as the system can then ask to update only a portion
78  * of the parameters.
79  *
80  * The design pattern, in that case, is to call GetPluginData at the end of GetBankParameters with some unique
81  * in_idParam (AK::IAkPluginParam::ALL_PLUGIN_DATA_ID) indicating that you want to send all the parameters
82  * to the data writer.
83  *
84  * \aknote In order to use the in_pDataWriter instance, your plugin must request the data writer
85  * interface: ak_wwise_plugin_host_data_writer_v1. \endaknote
86  *
87  * \param[in] in_this Current instance of this interface.
88  * \param[in] in_guidPlatform The unique ID of the queried platform
89  * \param[in] in_pDataWriter A pointer to the data writer instance being used.
90  * \return true if successfully putting some parameters in the bank
91  *
92  * \sa
93  * - \ref wwiseplugin_bank
94  * - \ref wwiseplugin_propertyset
95  */
96  bool(*GetBankParameters)(
97  const struct ak_wwise_plugin_audio_plugin_instance_v1* in_this,
98  const GUID * in_guidPlatform,
99  struct ak_wwise_plugin_host_data_writer_instance_v1* in_pDataWriter);
100 };
101 
102 #define AK_WWISE_PLUGIN_AUDIO_PLUGIN_V1_ID() \
103  AK_WWISE_PLUGIN_BASE_INTERFACE_FROM_ID(AK_WWISE_PLUGIN_INTERFACE_TYPE_AUDIO_PLUGIN, 1)
104 #define AK_WWISE_PLUGIN_AUDIO_PLUGIN_V1_CTOR(/* ak_wwise_plugin_info* */ in_pluginInfo, /* void* */ in_data) \
105 { \
106  .m_baseInterface = AK_WWISE_PLUGIN_BASE_INTERFACE_CTOR(AK_WWISE_PLUGIN_AUDIO_PLUGIN_V1_ID(), in_pluginInfo, in_data) \
107 }
108 
109 #ifdef __cplusplus
110 namespace AK::Wwise::Plugin
111 {
112  namespace V1
113  {
114  using CAudioPlugin = ak_wwise_plugin_audio_plugin_v1;
115 
116  /**
117  * \brief Wwise API for general Audio Plug-in's backend.
118  *
119  * \sa
120  * - \ref ak_wwise_plugin_audio_plugin_instance_v1 instance type
121  * - \ref ak_wwise_plugin_audio_plugin_v1 C Interface
122  * - \ref AK_WWISE_PLUGIN_AUDIO_PLUGIN_V1_ID Current ID for interface
123  * - \ref AK_WWISE_PLUGIN_INTERFACE_TYPE_AUDIO_PLUGIN
124  * - \ref wwiseplugin_backend
125  *
126  * \aknote The \ref AK::Wwise::Plugin::RequestPropertySet and
127  * \ref AK::Wwise::Plugin::RequestWrite classes are automatically derived when
128  * providing \ref AK::Wwise::Plugin::AudioPlugin in C++. \endaknote
129  */
130  class AudioPlugin : public CAudioPlugin::Instance,
131  public AK::Wwise::Plugin::RequestPropertySet,
132  public AK::Wwise::Plugin::RequestWrite
133  {
134  public:
135  /**
136  * \copydoc CAudioPlugin::Instance
137  */
138  using Instance = CAudioPlugin::Instance;
139 
140  /**
141  * \brief The interface type, as provided by this plug-in.
142  */
143  enum : InterfaceTypeValue
144  {
145  /**
146  * \brief The interface type, as provided by this plug-in.
147  */
148  k_interfaceType = AK_WWISE_PLUGIN_INTERFACE_TYPE_AUDIO_PLUGIN
149  };
150  /**
151  * \brief The interface version, as provided by this plug-in.
152  */
153  enum : InterfaceVersion
154  {
155  /**
156  * \brief The interface version, as provided by this plug-in.
157  */
158  k_interfaceVersion = 1
159  };
160 
161  /**
162  * \brief The C interface, fulfilled by your plug-in.
163  */
164  struct Interface : public CAudioPlugin
165  {
166  using Instance = AudioPlugin;
167  Interface()
168  {
169  CAudioPlugin::GetBankParameters = [](
170  const struct ak_wwise_plugin_audio_plugin_instance_v1* in_this,
171  const GUID * in_guidPlatform,
172  struct ak_wwise_plugin_host_data_writer_instance_v1* in_pDataWriter)
173  {
174  return (bool)static_cast<const Instance*>(in_this)->GetBankParameters(
175  *in_guidPlatform,
176  *static_cast<DataWriter*>(in_pDataWriter));
177  };
178  }
179  };
180 
181  InterfacePtr GetInterfacePointer() {
182  static Interface g_interface;
183  return &g_interface;
184  }
185  CAudioPlugin::Instance* GetInstancePointer() {
186  return this;
187  }
188  const CAudioPlugin::Instance* GetInstancePointer() const {
189  return this;
190  }
191 
192  AudioPlugin() :
193  CAudioPlugin::Instance()
194  {
195  }
196 
197  virtual ~AudioPlugin() {}
198 
199  /**
200  * \brief Obtains parameters that will be written to a bank.
201  *
202  * This is the usual function that gets overridden to provide data from the Authoring plug-in to the
203  * Sound Engine plug-in. Its goal is to retrieve data (usually from the PropertySet) and write it
204  * in the proper format and order, so the Sound Engine part can retrieve it and use it.
205  *
206  * By design, this function is called to store data, as provided in the plug-in definition XML.
207  *
208  * Because these can be changed at run-time, the parameter block should stay relatively small. For example, it
209  * should only provide basic members. Array sets, full sections, binary data or Object Stores might be
210  * better sent using the GetPluginData function, as the system can then ask to update only a portion
211  * of the parameters.
212  *
213  * The design pattern, in that case, is to call GetPluginData at the end of GetBankParameters with some unique
214  * in_idParam (AK::IAkPluginParam::ALL_PLUGIN_DATA_ID) indicating that you want to send all the parameters
215  * to the data writer.
216  *
217  * \aknote In order to use the in_pDataWriter instance, your plugin must request the data writer
218  * interface: AK::Wwise::Plugin::RequestWrite. \endaknote
219  *
220  * \param[in] in_guidPlatform The unique ID of the queried platform
221  * \param[in] in_dataWriter A reference to the data writer instance being used.
222  * \return true if successfully putting some parameters in the bank
223  *
224  * \sa
225  * - \ref wwiseplugin_bank
226  * - \ref wwiseplugin_propertyset
227  */
228  virtual bool GetBankParameters(
229  const GUID & in_guidPlatform,
230  DataWriter & in_dataWriter
231  ) const { return false; }
232  };
233  } // of namespace V1
234 
235  /// Latest version of the C AudioPlugin interface.
236  using CAudioPlugin = V1::CAudioPlugin;
237  /// Latest version of the C++ AudioPlugin interface.
238  using AudioPlugin = V1::AudioPlugin;
239 
240  AK_WWISE_PLUGIN_SPECIALIZE_INTERFACE_CLASS(AudioPlugin);
241  AK_WWISE_PLUGIN_SPECIALIZE_INTERFACE_VERSION(AudioPlugin);
242 } // of namespace AK::Wwise::Plugin
243 
244 #endif
AK_WWISE_PLUGIN_INTERFACE_TYPE_AUDIO_PLUGIN
@ AK_WWISE_PLUGIN_INTERFACE_TYPE_AUDIO_PLUGIN
2021.1 Audio backend plug-in. ak_wwise_plugin_audio_plugin_v1
Definition: PluginBaseInterface.h:56
AK.Wwise::Plugin::V1::AudioPlugin::GetInstancePointer
CAudioPlugin::Instance * GetInstancePointer()
Definition: AudioPlugin.h:185
AK.Wwise::Plugin::V1::CAudioPlugin
ak_wwise_plugin_audio_plugin_v1 CAudioPlugin
Definition: AudioPlugin.h:114
AK.Wwise::Plugin::V1::DataWriter
Interface used to write data during sound bank generation.
Definition: HostDataWriter.h:245
HostDataWriter.h
Wwise Authoring Plug-ins - API to write data that can be converted for the target platform.
AK.Wwise::Plugin::InterfaceVersion
decltype(BaseInterface::m_version) InterfaceVersion
PluginInfoGenerator: Type for the m_version value in BaseInterface.
Definition: PluginInfoGenerator.h:50
HostPropertySet.h
Wwise Authoring Plug-ins - Plug-in API for property sets.
AK.Wwise::Plugin::V1::AudioPlugin::Interface
The C interface, fulfilled by your plug-in.
Definition: AudioPlugin.h:165
ak_wwise_plugin_audio_plugin_v1::ak_wwise_plugin_audio_plugin_v1
ak_wwise_plugin_audio_plugin_v1()
Definition: AudioPlugin.h:61
ak_wwise_plugin_host_data_writer_instance_v1
Base host-provided instance type for ak_wwise_plugin_host_data_writer_v1.
Definition: PluginDef.h:651
ak_wwise_plugin_audio_plugin_instance_v1
Base instance type for providing audio plug-in backend services through ak_wwise_plugin_audio_plugin_...
Definition: PluginDef.h:730
ak_wwise_plugin_audio_plugin_v1::Instance
ak_wwise_plugin_audio_plugin_instance_v1 Instance
Base instance type for providing audio plug-in backend services.
Definition: AudioPlugin.h:59
AK.Wwise::Plugin::V1::AudioPlugin::GetInstancePointer
const CAudioPlugin::Instance * GetInstancePointer() const
Definition: AudioPlugin.h:188
AK.Wwise::Plugin::InterfacePtr
CInterfacePtr InterfacePtr
Definition: PluginDef.h:1057
AK.Wwise::Plugin::V1::AudioPlugin
Wwise API for general Audio Plug-in's backend.
Definition: AudioPlugin.h:133
AK.Wwise::Plugin::InterfaceTypeValue
std::underlying_type< InterfaceType >::type InterfaceTypeValue
PluginInfoGenerator: Underlying storage type for the m_interface value in BaseInterface.
Definition: PluginInfoGenerator.h:49
AK.Wwise::Plugin::V1::AudioPlugin::k_interfaceVersion
@ k_interfaceVersion
The interface version, as provided by this plug-in.
Definition: AudioPlugin.h:158
AK.Wwise::Plugin::V1::AudioPlugin::k_interfaceType
@ k_interfaceType
The interface type, as provided by this plug-in.
Definition: AudioPlugin.h:148
AK.Wwise::Plugin::AK_WWISE_PLUGIN_SPECIALIZE_INTERFACE_VERSION
AK_WWISE_PLUGIN_SPECIALIZE_INTERFACE_VERSION(AudioPlugin)
ak_wwise_plugin_audio_plugin_v1
Wwise API for general Audio Plug-in's backend.
Definition: AudioPlugin.h:52
ak_wwise_plugin_base_interface
Interface description and base class for every Wwise Authoring plug-in interface.
Definition: PluginBaseInterface.h:120
ak_wwise_plugin_audio_plugin_v1::GetBankParameters
bool(* GetBankParameters)(const struct ak_wwise_plugin_audio_plugin_instance_v1 *in_this, const GUID *in_guidPlatform, struct ak_wwise_plugin_host_data_writer_instance_v1 *in_pDataWriter)
Obtains parameters that will be written to a bank.
Definition: AudioPlugin.h:96
AK.Wwise::Plugin::V1::AudioPlugin::GetBankParameters
virtual bool GetBankParameters(const GUID &in_guidPlatform, DataWriter &in_dataWriter) const
Obtains parameters that will be written to a bank.
Definition: AudioPlugin.h:228
AK.Wwise::Plugin::AudioPlugin
V1::AudioPlugin AudioPlugin
Latest version of the C++ AudioPlugin interface.
Definition: AudioPlugin.h:238
AK.Wwise::Plugin::AK_WWISE_PLUGIN_SPECIALIZE_INTERFACE_CLASS
AK_WWISE_PLUGIN_SPECIALIZE_INTERFACE_CLASS(AudioPlugin)

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