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1 /** @file
2 The file provides services to manipulate string data.
3
4 Copyright (c) 2006 - 2008, Intel Corporation
5 All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
6 are licensed and made available under the terms and conditions of the BSD License
7 which accompanies this distribution. The full text of the license may be found at
8 http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
9
10 THE PROGRAM IS DISTRIBUTED UNDER THE BSD LICENSE ON AN "AS IS" BASIS,
11 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.
12
13 **/
14
15 #ifndef __HII_STRING_H__
16 #define __HII_STRING_H__
17
18 #define EFI_HII_STRING_PROTOCOL_GUID \
19 { 0xfd96974, 0x23aa, 0x4cdc, { 0xb9, 0xcb, 0x98, 0xd1, 0x77, 0x50, 0x32, 0x2a } }
20
21 #include <Protocol/HiiDatabase.h>
22 #include <Protocol/HiiFont.h>
23
24
25 typedef struct _EFI_HII_STRING_PROTOCOL EFI_HII_STRING_PROTOCOL;
26
27 /**
28 This function adds the string String to the group of strings owned by PackageList, with the
29 specified font information StringFontInfo and returns a new string id.
30
31 @param This A pointer to the EFI_HII_STRING_PROTOCOL instance.
32 @param PackageList Handle of the package list where this string will
33 be added.
34 @param StringId On return, contains the new strings id, which is
35 unique within PackageList.
36 @param Language Points to the language for the new string.
37 @param LanguageName Points to the printable language name to associate
38 with the passed in Language field.If LanguageName
39 is not NULL and the string package header's
40 LanguageName associated with a given Language is
41 not zero, the LanguageName being passed in will
42 be ignored.
43 @param String Points to the new null-terminated string.
44 @param StringFontInfo Points to the new string's font information or
45 NULL if the string should have the default system
46 font, size and style.
47
48 @retval EFI_SUCCESS The new string was added successfully.
49 @retval EFI_NOT_FOUND The specified PackageList could not be found in
50 database.
51 @retval EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES Could not add the string due to lack of resources.
52 @retval EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER String is NULL or StringId is NULL or Language is NULL.
53 @retval EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER The specified StringFontInfo does not exist in
54 current database.
55
56 **/
57 typedef
58 EFI_STATUS
59 (EFIAPI *EFI_HII_NEW_STRING)(
60 IN CONST EFI_HII_STRING_PROTOCOL *This,
61 IN EFI_HII_HANDLE PackageList,
62 OUT EFI_STRING_ID *StringId,
63 IN CONST CHAR8 *Language,
64 IN CONST CHAR16 *LanguageName, OPTIONAL
65 IN CONST EFI_STRING String,
66 IN CONST EFI_FONT_INFO *StringFontInfo OPTIONAL
67 );
68
69
70 /**
71 This function retrieves the string specified by StringId which is associated
72 with the specified PackageList in the language Language and copies it into
73 the buffer specified by String.
74
75 @param This A pointer to the EFI_HII_STRING_PROTOCOL instance.
76 @param Language Points to the language for the retrieved string.
77 @param PackageList The package list in the HII database to search for
78 the specified string.
79 @param StringId The string's id, which is unique within
80 PackageList.
81 @param String Points to the new null-terminated string.
82 @param StringSize On entry, points to the size of the buffer pointed
83 to by String, in bytes. On return, points to the
84 length of the string, in bytes.
85 @param StringFontInfo If not NULL, points to the string's font
86 information. It's caller's responsibility to free
87 this buffer.
88
89 @retval EFI_SUCCESS The string was returned successfully.
90 @retval EFI_NOT_FOUND The string specified by StringId is not available.
91 @retval EFI_NOT_FOUND The string specified by StringId is available but
92 not in the specified language.
93 The specified PackageList is not in the database.
94 @retval EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL The buffer specified by StringSize is too small to
95 hold the string.
96 @retval EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER The String or Language or StringSize was NULL.
97 @retval EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES There were insufficient resources to complete the
98 request.
99
100 **/
101 typedef
102 EFI_STATUS
103 (EFIAPI *EFI_HII_GET_STRING)(
104 IN CONST EFI_HII_STRING_PROTOCOL *This,
105 IN CONST CHAR8 *Language,
106 IN EFI_HII_HANDLE PackageList,
107 IN EFI_STRING_ID StringId,
108 OUT EFI_STRING String,
109 IN OUT UINTN *StringSize,
110 OUT EFI_FONT_INFO **StringFontInfo OPTIONAL
111 );
112
113 /**
114 This function updates the string specified by StringId in the specified PackageList to the text
115 specified by String and, optionally, the font information specified by StringFontInfo.
116
117 @param This A pointer to the EFI_HII_STRING_PROTOCOL instance.
118 @param PackageList The package list containing the strings.
119 @param StringId The string's id, which is unique within
120 PackageList.
121 @param Language Points to the language for the updated string.
122 @param String Points to the new null-terminated string.
123 @param StringFontInfo Points to the string's font information or NULL if
124 the string font information is not changed.
125
126 @retval EFI_SUCCESS The string was updated successfully.
127 @retval EFI_NOT_FOUND The string specified by StringId is not in the
128 database.
129 @retval EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER The String or Language was NULL.
130 @retval EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER The specified StringFontInfo does not exist in
131 current database.
132 @retval EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES The system is out of resources to accomplish the
133 task.
134
135 **/
136 typedef
137 EFI_STATUS
138 (EFIAPI *EFI_HII_SET_STRING)(
139 IN CONST EFI_HII_STRING_PROTOCOL *This,
140 IN EFI_HII_HANDLE PackageList,
141 IN EFI_STRING_ID StringId,
142 IN CONST CHAR8 *Language,
143 IN EFI_STRING String,
144 IN CONST EFI_FONT_INFO *StringFontInfo OPTIONAL
145 );
146
147
148 /**
149 This function returns the list of supported languages.
150
151 @param This A pointer to the EFI_HII_STRING_PROTOCOL instance.
152 @param PackageList The package list to examine.
153 @param Languages Points to the buffer to hold the returned string.
154 @param LanguagesSize On entry, points to the size of the buffer pointed
155 to by Languages, in bytes. On return, points to
156 the length of Languages, in bytes.
157
158 @retval EFI_SUCCESS The languages were returned successfully.
159 @retval EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER The Languages or LanguagesSize was NULL.
160 @retval EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL The LanguagesSize is too small to hold the list of
161 supported languages. LanguageSize is updated to
162 contain the required size.
163 @retval EFI_NOT_FOUND Could not find string package in specified
164 packagelist.
165
166 **/
167 typedef
168 EFI_STATUS
169 (EFIAPI *EFI_HII_GET_LANGUAGES)(
170 IN CONST EFI_HII_STRING_PROTOCOL *This,
171 IN EFI_HII_HANDLE PackageList,
172 IN OUT CHAR8 *Languages,
173 IN OUT UINTN *LanguagesSize
174 );
175
176
177 /**
178 Each string package has associated with it a single primary language and zero
179 or more secondary languages. This routine returns the secondary languages
180 associated with a package list.
181
182 @param This A pointer to the EFI_HII_STRING_PROTOCOL instance.
183 @param PackageList The package list to examine.
184 @param FirstLanguage Points to the primary language.
185 @param SecondaryLanguages Points to the buffer to hold the returned list of
186 secondary languages for the specified
187 FirstLanguage. If there are no secondary
188 languages, the function returns successfully, but
189 this is set to NULL.
190 @param SecondaryLanguagesSize On entry, points to the size of the buffer pointed
191 to by SecondaryLanguages, in bytes. On return,
192 points to the length of SecondaryLanguages in bytes.
193
194 @retval EFI_SUCCESS Secondary languages were correctly returned.
195 @retval EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER FirstLanguage or SecondaryLanguages or
196 SecondaryLanguagesSize was NULL.
197 @retval EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL The buffer specified by SecondaryLanguagesSize is
198 too small to hold the returned information.
199 SecondLanguageSize is updated to hold the size of
200 the buffer required.
201 @retval EFI_INVALID_LANGUAGE The language specified by FirstLanguage is not
202 present in the specified package list.
203 @retval EFI_NOT_FOUND The specified PackageList is not in the Database.
204
205 **/
206 typedef
207 EFI_STATUS
208 (EFIAPI *EFI_HII_GET_2ND_LANGUAGES)(
209 IN CONST EFI_HII_STRING_PROTOCOL *This,
210 IN EFI_HII_HANDLE PackageList,
211 IN CONST CHAR8 *FirstLanguage,
212 IN OUT CHAR8 *SecondLanguages,
213 IN OUT UINTN *SecondLanguagesSize
214 );
215
216
217 ///
218 /// Services to manipulate the string.
219 ///
220 struct _EFI_HII_STRING_PROTOCOL {
221 EFI_HII_NEW_STRING NewString;
222 EFI_HII_GET_STRING GetString;
223 EFI_HII_SET_STRING SetString;
224 EFI_HII_GET_LANGUAGES GetLanguages;
225 EFI_HII_GET_2ND_LANGUAGES GetSecondaryLanguages;
226 };
227
228
229 extern EFI_GUID gEfiHiiStringProtocolGuid;
230
231 #endif
232
233