## BtIcDevice BtIcDevice — buzztards interaction controller device |

## Synopsis

    #include <libbtic/ic.h>

                        BtIcDevice;
    void                btic_device_add_control             (const BtIcDevice *self,
                                                             const BtIcControl *control);
    gboolean            btic_device_start                   (const BtIcDevice *self);
    gboolean            btic_device_stop                    (const BtIcDevice *self);
    gboolean            (*btic_device_virtual_start)        (gconstpointer self);
    gboolean            (*btic_device_virtual_stop)         (gconstpointer self);

## Object Hierarchy

      GObject
       +----BtIcDevice
             +----BtIcInputDevice
             +----BtIcMidiDevice

## Properties

      "controls"                 gpointer              : Read
      "name"                     gchar*                : Read / Write / Construct Only
      "udi"                      gchar*                : Read / Write / Construct Only

## Description

Abstract base class for control devices. Subclasses will provide functionality to query capabilities and register BtIcControl instances. They will also read from the device and trigger the change events on their controls (via value property).

## Details

### BtIcDevice

    typedef struct _BtIcDevice BtIcDevice;

buzztards interaction controller device

### btic_device_add_control ()

    void                btic_device_add_control             (const BtIcDevice *self,
                                                             const BtIcControl *control);

Add the given `control` to the list that the device manages.

`self` : | the device
`control` : | new control

### btic_device_start ()

    gboolean            btic_device_start                   (const BtIcDevice *self);

Starts the io-loop for the device. This can be called multiple times and must be paired by an equal amount of `btic_device_stop()` calls.

`self` : | the Device instance to use
Returns : | `TRUE` for success

### btic_device_stop ()

    gboolean            btic_device_stop                    (const BtIcDevice *self);

Stops the io-loop for the device. This must be called as often as the device has been started using `btic_device_start()`.

`self` : | the Device instance to use
Returns : | `TRUE` for success

### btic_device_virtual_start ()

    gboolean            (*btic_device_virtual_start)        (gconstpointer self);

Subclasses will override this methods with a function that counts start calls and runs the device-io for starts>0.

`self` : | device instance
Returns : | `TRUE` for success

### btic_device_virtual_stop ()

    gboolean            (*btic_device_virtual_stop)         (gconstpointer self);

Subclasses will override this methods with a function that counts stop calls and stops the device-io for starts==0.

`self` : | device instance
Returns : | `TRUE` for success

## Property Details

### The `"controls"` property

      "controls"                 gpointer              : Read

A copy of the list of device controls.

### The `"name"` property

      "name"                     gchar*                : Read / Write / Construct Only

device name.

Default value: NULL

### The `"udi"` property

      "udi"                      gchar*                : Read / Write / Construct Only

device udi.

Default value: NULL