SerializeVariablesLib.h revision 4fd606d1f5abe38e1f42c38de1d2e895166bd0f4
/** @file
Serialize & Deserialize UEFI Variables
Copyright (c) 2011, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR>
This program and the accompanying materials
are licensed and made available under the terms and conditions of the BSD License
which accompanies this distribution. The full text of the license may be found at
THE PROGRAM IS DISTRIBUTED UNDER THE BSD LICENSE ON AN "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.
**/
#ifndef __SERIALIZE_VARIABLES_LIB__
#define __SERIALIZE_VARIABLES_LIB__
/**
Callback function for each variable
@param[in] Context - Context as sent to the iteration function
@param[in] VariableName - Refer to RuntimeServices GetNextVariableName
@param[in] VendorGuid - Refer to RuntimeServices GetNextVariableName
@param[in] Attributes - Refer to RuntimeServices GetVariable
@param[in] DataSize - Refer to RuntimeServices GetVariable
@param[in] Data - Refer to RuntimeServices GetVariable
@retval RETURN_SUCCESS Continue iterating through the variables
@return Any RETURN_ERROR Stop iterating through the variables
**/
typedef
);
/**
Creates a new variable serialization instance
@param[out] Handle - Handle for a variable serialization instance
@retval RETURN_SUCCESS - The variable serialization instance was
successfully created.
@retval RETURN_OUT_OF_RESOURCES - There we not enough resources to
create the variable serialization instance.
**/
);
/**
Free memory associated with a variable serialization instance
@param[in] Handle - Handle for a variable serialization instance
@retval RETURN_SUCCESS - The variable serialization instance was
successfully freed.
@retval RETURN_INVALID_PARAMETER - Handle was not a valid
variable serialization instance.
**/
);
/**
Creates a new variable serialization instance using the given
binary representation of the variables to fill the new instance
@param[out] Handle - Handle for a variable serialization instance
@param[in] Buffer - A buffer with the serialized representation
of the variables. Must be the same format as produced
by SerializeVariablesToBuffer.
@param[in] Size - This is the size of the binary representation
of the variables.
@retval RETURN_SUCCESS - The binary representation was successfully
imported into a new variable serialization instance
@retval RETURN_OUT_OF_RESOURCES - There we not enough resources to
create the new variable serialization instance
**/
);
/**
Iterates all variables found with RuntimeServices GetNextVariableName
@param[in] CallbackFunction - Function called for each variable instance
@param[in] Context - Passed to each call of CallbackFunction
@retval RETURN_SUCCESS - All variables were iterated without the
CallbackFunction returning an error
@retval RETURN_OUT_OF_RESOURCES - There we not enough resources to
iterate through the variables
@return Any of RETURN_ERROR indicates an error reading the variable
or an error was returned from CallbackFunction
**/
);
/**
Iterates all variables found in the variable serialization instance
@param[in] Handle - Handle for a variable serialization instance
@param[in] CallbackFunction - Function called for each variable instance
@param[in] Context - Passed to each call of CallbackFunction
@retval RETURN_SUCCESS - All variables were iterated without the
CallbackFunction returning an error
@retval RETURN_OUT_OF_RESOURCES - There we not enough resources to
iterate through the variables
@return Any of RETURN_ERROR indicates an error reading the variable
or an error was returned from CallbackFunction
**/
);
/**
Sets all variables found in the variable serialization instance
@param[in] Handle - Handle for a variable serialization instance
@retval RETURN_SUCCESS - All variables were set successfully
@retval RETURN_OUT_OF_RESOURCES - There we not enough resources to
set all the variables
@return Any of RETURN_ERROR indicates an error reading the variables
or in attempting to set a variable
**/
);
/**
Adds a variable to the variable serialization instance
@param[in] Handle - Handle for a variable serialization instance
@param[in] VariableName - Refer to RuntimeServices GetVariable
@param[in] VendorGuid - Refer to RuntimeServices GetVariable
@param[in] Attributes - Refer to RuntimeServices GetVariable
@param[in] DataSize - Refer to RuntimeServices GetVariable
@param[in] Data - Refer to RuntimeServices GetVariable
@retval RETURN_SUCCESS - All variables were set successfully
@retval RETURN_OUT_OF_RESOURCES - There we not enough resources to
add the variable
**/
);
/**
Serializes the variables known to this instance into the
provided buffer.
@param[in] Handle - Handle for a variable serialization instance
@param[out] Buffer - A buffer to store the binary representation
of the variables.
@param[in,out] Size - On input this is the size of the buffer.
On output this is the size of the binary representation
of the variables.
@retval RETURN_SUCCESS - The binary representation was successfully
completed and returned in the buffer.
@retval RETURN_OUT_OF_RESOURCES - There we not enough resources to
save the variables to the buffer.
@retval RETURN_INVALID_PARAMETER - Handle was not a valid
variable serialization instance or
Size or Buffer were NULL.
**/
);
#endif