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):
39 ev_win32.c required on win32 platforms only
41 ev_select.c only when select backend is enabled (which is is by default)
42 ev_poll.c only when poll backend is enabled (disabled by default)
43 ev_epoll.c only when the epoll backend is enabled (disabled by default)
44 ev_kqueue.c only when the kqueue backend is enabled (disabled by default)
46 "ev.c" includes the backend files directly when enabled.
48 LIBEVENT COMPATIBILITY API
50 To include the libevent compatibility API, also include:
54 in the file including "ev.c", and:
58 in the files that want to use the libevent API. This also includes "ev.h".
60 You need the following additional files for this:
67 Instead of using EV_STANDALONE=1 and providing your config in whatever
68 way you want, you can also m4_include([libev.m4]) in your configure.ac
69 and leave EV_STANDALONE off. ev.c will then include "config.h" and
70 configure itself accordingly.
74 Libev can be configured via a variety of preprocessor symbols you have to define
75 before including any of its files. The default is not to build for multiplicity
76 and only include the select backend.
80 Must always be "1", which keeps libev from including config.h or
81 other files, and it also defines dummy implementations for some
82 libevent functions (such as logging, which is not supported). It
83 will also not define any of the structs usually found in "event.h"
84 that are not directly supported by libev code alone.
88 If undefined or defined to be "1", libev will try to detect the
89 availability of the monotonic clock option at both compiletime and
90 runtime. Otherwise no use of the monotonic clock option will be
95 If defined to be "1", libev will try to detect the availability
96 of the realtime clock option at compiletime (and assume its
97 availability at runtime if successful). Otherwise no use of the
98 realtime clock option will be attempted. This effectively replaces
99 gettimeofday by clock_get (CLOCK_REALTIME, ...) and will not normally
104 If undefined or defined to be "1", libev will compile in support
105 for the select(2) backend. No attempt at autodetection will be
106 done: if no other method takes over, select will be it. Otherwise
107 the select backend will not be compiled in.
109 EV_SELECT_USE_WIN32_HANDLES
111 When defined to 1, the select backend will assume that select
112 doesn't understand file descriptors but wants osf handles on
113 win32 (this is the case when the select to be used is the winsock
114 select). This means that it will call _get_osfhandle on the fd to
115 convert it to an OS handle. Should not be defined on non-win32
120 If defined to be "1", libev will compile in support for the poll(2)
121 backend. No attempt at autodetection will be done. poll usually
122 performs worse than select, so its not enabled by default (it is
123 also slightly less portable).
127 If defined to be "1", libev will compile in support for the Linux
128 epoll backend. Its availability will be detected at runtime,
129 otherwise another method will be used as fallback. This is the
130 preferred backend for GNU/Linux systems.
134 If defined to be "1", libev will compile in support for the BSD
135 style kqueue backend. Its availability will be detected at runtime,
136 otherwise another method will be used as fallback. This is the
137 preferred backend for BSD and BSD-like systems. Darwin brokenness
138 will be detected at runtime and routed around by disabling this
143 The name of the ev.h header file used to include it. The default
144 if undefined is <ev.h> in event.h and "ev.h" in ev.c. This can
145 be used to virtually rename the ev.h header file in case of
150 Similarly to EV_H, this macro cna be used to override event.c's idea
151 of how the event.h header can be found.
155 If defined to be "0", then "ev.h" will not define any function
156 prototypes, but still define all the structs and other
157 symbols. This is occasionally useful.
161 If undefined or defined to "1", then all event-loop-specific
162 functions will have the "struct ev_loop *" as first argument, and
163 you can create additional independent event loops. Otherwise there
164 will be no support for multiple event loops and there is no first
165 event loop pointer argument. Instead, all functions act on the
170 If undefined or defined to be "1", then periodic timers are
171 supported, otherwise not. This saves a few kb of code.
175 By default, all watchers have a "void *data" member. By redefining
176 this macro to a something else you can include more and other types
177 of members. You have to define it each time you include one of the
178 files, though, and it must be identical each time.
180 For example, the perl EV module uses this:
183 SV *self; /* contains this struct */ \
184 SV *cb_sv, *fh /* note no trailing ";" */
187 EV_CB_INVOKE(watcher,revents)
190 Can be used to change the callback member declaration in each
191 watcher, and the way callbacks are invoked and set. Must expand
192 to a struct member definition and a statement, respectively. See
193 the ev.v header file for their default definitions. One possible
194 use for overriding these is to avoid the ev_loop pointer as first
195 argument in all cases, or to use method calls instead of plain
196 function calls in C++.
200 For a real-world example of a program the includes libev
201 verbatim, you can have a look at the EV perl module
202 (http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/EV.html). It has the libev files in
203 the libev/ subdirectory and includes them in the EV/EVAPI.h (public
204 interface) and EV.xs (implementation) files. Only the EV.xs file will