webcam::WebcamManager Interface Reference

The webcam manager interface. More...

Public Member Functions
vector< Webcam >	getWebcams ()
	Retrieve all connected webcams. More...
int	getChannel (in Webcam webcam, in string clientType, out Channel channel)
	Returns an existing channel that is currently viewing the given webcam or creates one If the client type is unknown it's added to the list of client types. More...
vector< Channel >	getChannels ()
	Returns all channels. More...
int	removeClientType (in string clientType)
	Remove a client type. More...
vector< string >	getClientTypes ()
	Get all known client types. More...
map< string, Priority >	getClientTypePriorities ()
	Get the priority of all known client types. More...
int	setClientTypePriorities (in map< string, Priority > priorities)
	Set the priority of a client type. More...
map< string, Priority >	getWebcamPriorities ()
	Get the priority of a webcam. More...
int	setWebcamPriorities (in map< string, Priority > priorities)
	Set the priority of a webcam. More...

Public Attributes
constant int	NO_ERROR = 0
	Error codes. More...
constant int	ERR_INVALID_PARAM = 1
	Invalid parameter for an operation. More...

Detailed Description

The webcam manager interface.

Definition at line 44 of file WebcamManager.idl.

Member Function Documentation

getChannel()

int webcam::WebcamManager::getChannel	(	in Webcam	webcam,
		in string	clientType,
		out Channel	channel
	)

Returns an existing channel that is currently viewing the given webcam or creates one If the client type is unknown it's added to the list of client types.

Note: When a new channel is created the priority of the given webcam and channel type is summed up. The result is used to determine the used overall priority.

Parameters

webcam	webcam
clientType	the channel client type -> getClientTypes()
channel	Result: The channel

Returns

NO_ERROR on success

ERR_INVALID_PARAM one of the parameters is invalid

getChannels()

vector< Channel > webcam::WebcamManager::getChannels

(

)

Returns all channels.

Note: you need to release every unneeded channel

Returns

List of all channels

getClientTypePriorities()

map< string, Priority > webcam::WebcamManager::getClientTypePriorities

(

)

Get the priority of all known client types.

Returns

a hash map with the key "event type ID" and the value "priority"

getClientTypes()

vector< string > webcam::WebcamManager::getClientTypes

(

)

Get all known client types.

Returns

List of all client types

getWebcamPriorities()

map< string, Priority > webcam::WebcamManager::getWebcamPriorities

(

)

Get the priority of a webcam.

Returns

a hash map with the key "webcam ID" and the value "priority"

getWebcams()

vector< Webcam > webcam::WebcamManager::getWebcams

(

)

Retrieve all connected webcams.

Returns

List of webcams

removeClientType()

int webcam::WebcamManager::removeClientType

(

in string

clientType

)

Remove a client type.

Parameters

clientType

client type

Returns

NO_ERROR on success

ERR_INVALID_PARAM one of the parameters is invalid

setClientTypePriorities()

int webcam::WebcamManager::setClientTypePriorities

(

in map< string, Priority >

priorities

)

Set the priority of a client type.

Parameters

priorities

a hash map with the key "event type ID" and the value "priority"

Returns

NO_ERROR on success

ERR_INVALID_PARAM one of the parameters is invalid

setWebcamPriorities()

int webcam::WebcamManager::setWebcamPriorities

(

in map< string, Priority >

priorities

)

Set the priority of a webcam.

Parameters

priorities

a hash map with the key "webcam ID" and the value "priority"

Returns

NO_ERROR on success

ERR_INVALID_PARAM one of the parameters is invalid

Member Data Documentation

ERR_INVALID_PARAM

constant int webcam::WebcamManager::ERR_INVALID_PARAM = 1

Invalid parameter for an operation.

Definition at line 50 of file WebcamManager.idl.

NO_ERROR

constant int webcam::WebcamManager::NO_ERROR = 0

Error codes.

Operation successful, no error

Definition at line 49 of file WebcamManager.idl.

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The documentation for this interface was generated from the following file:

• WebcamManager.idl