1 EMBEDDING THE LIBEV CODE INTO YOUR OWN PROGRAMS
3 Instead of building the libev library you can also include the code
4 as-is into your programs. To update, you only have to copy a few files
13 To include only the libev core (all the ev_* functions):
15 #define EV_STANDALONE 1
18 This will automatically include ev.h, too, and should be done in a
19 single C source file only to provide the function implementations. To
20 use it, do the same for ev.h in all files wishing to use this API
21 (best done by writing a wrapper around ev.h that you can include
22 instead and where you can put other configuration options):
24 #define EV_STANDALONE 1
27 Both header files and implementation files can be compiled with a C++
28 compiler (at least, thats a stated goal, and breakage will be treated
31 You need the following files in your source tree, or in a directory
32 in your include path (e.g. in libev/ when using -Ilibev):
40 ev_select.c only when select backend is enabled (which is is by default)
41 ev_poll.c only when poll backend is enabled (disabled by default)
42 ev_epoll.c only when the epoll backend is enabled (disabled by default)
43 ev_kqueue.c only when the kqueue backend is enabled (disabled by default)
45 "ev.c" includes the backend files directly when enabled.
47 LIBEVENT COMPATIBILITY API
49 To include the libevent compatibility API, also include:
53 in the file including "ev.c", and:
57 in the files that want to use the libevent API. This also includes "ev.h".
59 You need the following additional files for this:
66 Instead of using EV_STANDALONE=1 and providing your config in whatever
67 way you want, you can also m4_include([libev.m4]) in your configure.ac
68 and leave EV_STANDALONE off. ev.c will then include "config.h" and
69 configure itself accordingly.
73 Libev can be configured via a variety of preprocessor symbols you have to define
74 before including any of its files. The default is not to build for multiplicity
75 and only include the select backend.
79 Must always be "1", which keeps libev from including config.h or
80 other files, and it also defines dummy implementations for some
81 libevent functions (such as logging, which is not supported). It
82 will also not define any of the structs usually found in "event.h"
83 that are not directly supported by libev code alone.
87 If undefined or defined to be "1", libev will try to detect the
88 availability of the monotonic clock option at both compiletime and
89 runtime. Otherwise no use of the monotonic clock option will be
94 If defined to be "1", libev will try to detect the availability
95 of the realtime clock option at compiletime (and assume its
96 availability at runtime if successful). Otherwise no use of the
97 realtime clock option will be attempted. This effectively replaces
98 gettimeofday by clock_get (CLOCK_REALTIME, ...) and will not normally
103 If undefined or defined to be "1", libev will compile in support
104 for the select(2) backend. No attempt at autodetection will be
105 done: if no other method takes over, select will be it. Otherwise
106 the select backend will not be compiled in.
108 EV_SELECT_USE_WIN32_HANDLES
110 When defined to 1, the select backend will assume that select
111 doesn't understand file descriptors but wants osf handles on
112 win32 (this is the case when the select to be used is the winsock
113 select). This means that it will call _get_osfhandle on the fd to
114 convert it to an OS handle. Should not be defined on non-win32
119 If defined to be "1", libev will compile in support for the poll(2)
120 backend. No attempt at autodetection will be done. poll usually
121 performs worse than select, so its not enabled by default (it is
122 also slightly less portable).
126 If defined to be "1", libev will compile in support for the Linux
127 epoll backend. Its availability will be detected at runtime,
128 otherwise another method will be used as fallback. This is the
129 preferred backend for GNU/Linux systems.
133 If defined to be "1", libev will compile in support for the BSD
134 style kqueue backend. Its availability will be detected at runtime,
135 otherwise another method will be used as fallback. This is the
136 preferred backend for BSD and BSd-like systems. Darwin brokenness
137 will be detected at runtime and routed around by disabling this
142 The name of the ev.h header file used to include it. The default
143 if undefined is <ev.h> in event.h and "ev.h" in ev.c. This can
144 be used to virtually rename the ev.h header file in case of
149 Similarly to EV_H, this macro cna be used to override event.c's idea
150 of how the event.h header can be found.
154 If defined to be "0", then "ev.h" will not define any function
155 prototypes, but still define all the structs and other
156 symbols. This is occasionally useful.
160 If undefined or defined to "1", then all event-loop-specific
161 functions will have the "struct ev_loop *" as first argument, and
162 you can create additional independent event loops. Otherwise there
163 will be no support for multiple event loops and there is no first
164 event loop pointer argument. Instead, all functions act on the
169 If undefined or defined to be "1", then periodic timers are
170 supported, otherwise not. This saves a few kb of code.
174 By default, all watchers have a "void *data" member. By redefining
175 this macro to a something else you can include more and other types
176 of members. You have to define it each time you include one of the
177 files, though, and it must be identical each time.
179 For example, the perl EV module uses this:
182 SV *self; /* contains this struct */ \
183 SV *cb_sv, *fh /* note no trailing ";" */
186 EV_CB_INVOKE(watcher,revents)
189 Can be used to change the callback member declaration in each
190 watcher, and the way callbacks are invoked and set. Must expand
191 to a struct member definition and a statement, respectively. See
192 the ev.v header file for their default definitions. One possible
193 use for overriding these is to avoid the ev_loop pointer as first
194 argument in all cases, or to use method calls instead of plain
195 function calls in C++.
199 For a real-world example of a program the includes libev
200 verbatim, you can have a look at the EV perl module
201 (http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/EV.html). It has the libev files in
202 the libev/ subdirectory and includes them in the EV/EVAPI.h (public
203 interface) and EV.xs (implementation) files. Only the EV.xs file will