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+#ifndef foopulseaudiohfoo
+#define foopulseaudiohfoo
+
+/***
+ This file is part of PulseAudio.
+
+ Copyright 2004-2006 Lennart Poettering
+ Copyright 2006 Pierre Ossman <ossman@cendio.se> for Cendio AB
+
+ PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+ published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
+ License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License along with PulseAudio; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+***/
+
+#include <pulse/direction.h>
+#include <pulse/mainloop-api.h>
+#include <pulse/sample.h>
+#include <pulse/format.h>
+#include <pulse/def.h>
+#include <pulse/context.h>
+#include <pulse/stream.h>
+#include <pulse/introspect.h>
+#include <pulse/subscribe.h>
+#include <pulse/scache.h>
+#include <pulse/version.h>
+#include <pulse/error.h>
+#include <pulse/operation.h>
+#include <pulse/channelmap.h>
+#include <pulse/volume.h>
+#include <pulse/xmalloc.h>
+#include <pulse/utf8.h>
+#include <pulse/thread-mainloop.h>
+#include <pulse/mainloop.h>
+#include <pulse/mainloop-signal.h>
+#include <pulse/util.h>
+#include <pulse/timeval.h>
+#include <pulse/proplist.h>
+#include <pulse/rtclock.h>
+
+/** \file
+ * Include all libpulse header files at once. The following files are
+ * included: \ref direction.h, \ref mainloop-api.h, \ref sample.h, \ref def.h,
+ * \ref context.h, \ref stream.h, \ref introspect.h, \ref subscribe.h, \ref
+ * scache.h, \ref version.h, \ref error.h, \ref channelmap.h, \ref
+ * operation.h,\ref volume.h, \ref xmalloc.h, \ref utf8.h, \ref
+ * thread-mainloop.h, \ref mainloop.h, \ref util.h, \ref proplist.h,
+ * \ref timeval.h, \ref rtclock.h and \ref mainloop-signal.h at
+ * once */
+
+/** \mainpage
+ *
+ * \section intro_sec Introduction
+ *
+ * This document describes the client API for the PulseAudio sound
+ * server. The API comes in two flavours to accommodate different styles
+ * of applications and different needs in complexity:
+ *
+ * \li The complete but somewhat complicated to use asynchronous API
+ * \li The simplified, easy to use, but limited synchronous API
+ *
+ * All strings in PulseAudio are in the UTF-8 encoding, regardless of current
+ * locale. Some functions will filter invalid sequences from the string, some
+ * will simply fail. To ensure reliable behaviour, make sure everything you
+ * pass to the API is already in UTF-8.
+
+ * \section simple_sec Simple API
+ *
+ * Use this if you develop your program in synchronous style and just
+ * need a way to play or record data on the sound server. See
+ * \subpage simple for more details.
+ *
+ * \section async_sec Asynchronous API
+ *
+ * Use this if you develop your programs in asynchronous, event loop
+ * based style or if you want to use the advanced features of the
+ * PulseAudio API. A guide can be found in \subpage async.
+ *
+ * By using the built-in threaded main loop, it is possible to achieve a
+ * pseudo-synchronous API, which can be useful in synchronous applications
+ * where the simple API is insufficient. See the \ref async page for
+ * details.
+ *
+ * \section thread_sec Threads
+ *
+ * The PulseAudio client libraries are not designed to be directly
+ * thread-safe. They are however designed to be reentrant and
+ * threads-aware.
+ *
+ * To use the libraries in a threaded environment, you must assure that
+ * all objects are only used in one thread at a time. Normally, this means
+ * that all objects belonging to a single context must be accessed from the
+ * same thread.
+ *
+ * The included main loop implementation is also not thread safe. Take care
+ * to make sure event objects are not manipulated when any other code is
+ * using the main loop.
+ *
+ * \section error_sec Error Handling
+ *
+ * Every function should explicitly document how errors are reported to
+ * the caller. Unfortunately, currently a lot of that documentation is
+ * missing. Here is an overview of the general conventions used.
+ *
+ * The PulseAudio API indicates error conditions by returning a negative
+ * integer value or a NULL pointer. On success, zero or a positive integer
+ * value or a valid pointer is returned.
+ *
+ * Functions of the \ref simple API generally return -1 or NULL on failure and
+ * can optionally store an error code (see ::pa_error_code) using a pointer
+ * argument.
+ *
+ * Functions of the \ref async API return an negative error code or NULL on
+ * failure (see ::pa_error_code). In the later case, pa_context_errno()
+ * can be used to obtain the error code of the last failed operation.
+ *
+ * An error code can be turned into a human readable message using
+ * pa_strerror().
+ *
+ * \section logging_sec Logging
+ *
+ * You can configure different logging parameters for the PulseAudio client
+ * libraries. The following environment variables are recognized:
+ *
+ * - `PULSE_LOG`: Maximum log level required. Bigger values result in a
+ * more verbose logging output. The following values are recognized:
+ * + `0`: Error messages
+ * + `1`: Warning messages
+ * + `2`: Notice messages
+ * + `3`: Info messages
+ * + `4`: Debug messages
+ * - `PULSE_LOG_SYSLOG`: If defined, force all client libraries to log
+ * their output using the syslog(3) mechanism. Default behavior is to
+ * log all output to stderr.
+ * - `PULSE_LOG_JOURNAL`: If defined, force all client libraries to log
+ * their output using the systemd journal. If both `PULSE_LOG_JOURNAL`
+ * and `PULSE_LOG_SYSLOG` are defined, logging to the systemd journal
+ * takes a higher precedence. Each message originating library file name
+ * and function are included by default through the journal fields
+ * `CODE_FILE`, `CODE_FUNC`, and `CODE_LINE`. Any backtrace attached to
+ * the logging message is sent through the PulseAudio-specific journal
+ * field `PULSE_BACKTRACE`. This environment variable has no effect if
+ * PulseAudio was compiled without systemd journal support.
+ * - `PULSE_LOG_COLORS`: If defined, enables colored logging output.
+ * - `PULSE_LOG_TIME`: If defined, include timestamps with each message.
+ * - `PULSE_LOG_FILE`: If defined, include each message originating file
+ * name.
+ * - `PULSE_LOG_META`: If defined, include each message originating file
+ * name and path relative to the PulseAudio source tree root.
+ * - `PULSE_LOG_LEVEL`: If defined, include a log level prefix with each
+ * message. Respectively, the prefixes "E", "W", "N", "I", "D" stands
+ * for Error, Warning, Notice, Info, and Debugging.
+ * - `PULSE_LOG_BACKTRACE`: Number of functions to display in the backtrace.
+ * If this variable is not defined, or has a value of zero, no backtrace
+ * is shown.
+ * - `PULSE_LOG_BACKTRACE_SKIP`: Number of backtrace levels to skip, from
+ * the function printing the log message downwards.
+ * - `PULSE_LOG_NO_RATE_LIMIT`: If defined, do not rate limit the logging
+ * output. Rate limiting skips certain log messages when their frequency
+ * is considered too high.
+ *
+ * \section pkgconfig pkg-config
+ *
+ * The PulseAudio libraries provide pkg-config snippets for the different
+ * modules:
+ *
+ * \li libpulse - The asynchronous API and the internal main loop implementation.
+ * \li libpulse-mainloop-glib - GLIB 2.x main loop bindings.
+ * \li libpulse-simple - The simple PulseAudio API.
+ */
+
+#endif