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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2<protocol name="xdg_foreign_unstable_v1">
3
4  <copyright>
5    Copyright © 2015-2016 Red Hat Inc.
6
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14    The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next
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16    Software.
17
18    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
19    IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
20    FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
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22    LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
23    FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
24    DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
25  </copyright>
26
27  <description summary="Protocol for exporting xdg surface handles">
28    This protocol specifies a way for making it possible to reference a surface
29    of a different client. With such a reference, a client can, by using the
30    interfaces provided by this protocol, manipulate the relationship between
31    its own surfaces and the surface of some other client. For example, stack
32    some of its own surface above the other clients surface.
33
34    In order for a client A to get a reference of a surface of client B, client
35    B must first export its surface using xdg_exporter.export. Upon doing this,
36    client B will receive a handle (a unique string) that it may share with
37    client A in some way (for example D-Bus). After client A has received the
38    handle from client B, it may use xdg_importer.import to create a reference
39    to the surface client B just exported. See the corresponding requests for
40    details.
41
42    A possible use case for this is out-of-process dialogs. For example when a
43    sandboxed client without file system access needs the user to select a file
44    on the file system, given sandbox environment support, it can export its
45    surface, passing the exported surface handle to an unsandboxed process that
46    can show a file browser dialog and stack it above the sandboxed client's
47    surface.
48
49    Warning! The protocol described in this file is experimental and backward
50    incompatible changes may be made. Backward compatible changes may be added
51    together with the corresponding interface version bump. Backward
52    incompatible changes are done by bumping the version number in the protocol
53    and interface names and resetting the interface version. Once the protocol
54    is to be declared stable, the 'z' prefix and the version number in the
55    protocol and interface names are removed and the interface version number is
56    reset.
57  </description>
58
59  <interface name="zxdg_exporter_v1" version="1">
60    <description summary="interface for exporting surfaces">
61      A global interface used for exporting surfaces that can later be imported
62      using xdg_importer.
63    </description>
64
65    <request name="destroy" type="destructor">
66      <description summary="destroy the xdg_exporter object">
67	Notify the compositor that the xdg_exporter object will no longer be
68	used.
69      </description>
70    </request>
71
72    <request name="export">
73      <description summary="export a surface">
74	The export request exports the passed surface so that it can later be
75	imported via xdg_importer. When called, a new xdg_exported object will
76	be created and xdg_exported.handle will be sent immediately. See the
77	corresponding interface and event for details.
78
79	A surface may be exported multiple times, and each exported handle may
80	be used to create a xdg_imported multiple times. Only xdg_surface
81	surfaces may be exported.
82      </description>
83      <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="zxdg_exported_v1"
84	   summary="the new xdg_exported object"/>
85      <arg name="surface" type="object" interface="wl_surface"
86	   summary="the surface to export"/>
87    </request>
88  </interface>
89
90  <interface name="zxdg_importer_v1" version="1">
91    <description summary="interface for importing surfaces">
92      A global interface used for importing surfaces exported by xdg_exporter.
93      With this interface, a client can create a reference to a surface of
94      another client.
95    </description>
96
97    <request name="destroy" type="destructor">
98      <description summary="destroy the xdg_importer object">
99	Notify the compositor that the xdg_importer object will no longer be
100	used.
101      </description>
102    </request>
103
104    <request name="import">
105      <description summary="import a surface">
106	The import request imports a surface from any client given a handle
107	retrieved by exporting said surface using xdg_exporter.export. When
108	called, a new xdg_imported object will be created. This new object
109	represents the imported surface, and the importing client can
110	manipulate its relationship using it. See xdg_imported for details.
111      </description>
112      <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="zxdg_imported_v1"
113	   summary="the new xdg_imported object"/>
114      <arg name="handle" type="string"
115	   summary="the exported surface handle"/>
116    </request>
117  </interface>
118
119  <interface name="zxdg_exported_v1" version="1">
120    <description summary="an exported surface handle">
121      A xdg_exported object represents an exported reference to a surface. The
122      exported surface may be referenced as long as the xdg_exported object not
123      destroyed. Destroying the xdg_exported invalidates any relationship the
124      importer may have established using xdg_imported.
125    </description>
126
127    <request name="destroy" type="destructor">
128      <description summary="unexport the exported surface">
129	Revoke the previously exported surface. This invalidates any
130	relationship the importer may have set up using the xdg_imported created
131	given the handle sent via xdg_exported.handle.
132      </description>
133    </request>
134
135    <event name="handle">
136      <description summary="the exported surface handle">
137	The handle event contains the unique handle of this exported surface
138	reference. It may be shared with any client, which then can use it to
139	import the surface by calling xdg_importer.import. A handle may be
140	used to import the surface multiple times.
141      </description>
142      <arg name="handle" type="string" summary="the exported surface handle"/>
143    </event>
144  </interface>
145
146  <interface name="zxdg_imported_v1" version="1">
147    <description summary="an imported surface handle">
148      A xdg_imported object represents an imported reference to surface exported
149      by some client. A client can use this interface to manipulate
150      relationships between its own surfaces and the imported surface.
151    </description>
152
153    <request name="destroy" type="destructor">
154      <description summary="destroy the xdg_imported object">
155	Notify the compositor that it will no longer use the xdg_imported
156	object. Any relationship that may have been set up will at this point
157	be invalidated.
158      </description>
159    </request>
160
161    <request name="set_parent_of">
162      <description summary="set as the parent of some surface">
163	Set the imported surface as the parent of some surface of the client.
164	The passed surface must be a toplevel xdg_surface. Calling this function
165	sets up a surface to surface relation with the same stacking and positioning
166	semantics as xdg_surface.set_parent.
167      </description>
168      <arg name="surface" type="object" interface="wl_surface"
169	   summary="the child surface"/>
170    </request>
171
172    <event name="destroyed">
173      <description summary="the imported surface handle has been destroyed">
174	The imported surface handle has been destroyed and any relationship set
175	up has been invalidated. This may happen for various reasons, for
176	example if the exported surface or the exported surface handle has been
177	destroyed, if the handle used for importing was invalid.
178      </description>
179    </event>
180  </interface>
181
182</protocol>
183