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Diffstat (limited to 'src/charon/control/interface_manager.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/charon/control/interface_manager.h | 21 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/charon/control/interface_manager.h b/src/charon/control/interface_manager.h index 57121c833..ccd9c4979 100644 --- a/src/charon/control/interface_manager.h +++ b/src/charon/control/interface_manager.h @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ #include <bus/bus.h> /** - * callback to log things triggered by interface_manager + * callback to log things triggered by interface_manager. * * @param param echoed parameter supplied when function invoked * @param signal type of signal @@ -43,8 +43,23 @@ typedef bool(*interface_manager_cb_t)(void* param, signal_t signal, level_t leve typedef struct interface_manager_t interface_manager_t; /** - * @brief The interface_manager controls the daemon. + * @brief The interface_manager loads control interfaces and has helper methods. * + * One job of the interface manager is to load pluggable control interface + * modules, implemented as interface_t. + * @verbatim + + +---------+ +------------+ +--------------+ | + | | | |<----- +--------------+ | | + | daemon |<-----| interface- | +--------------+ |-+ <==|==> IPC + | core | | manager |<----| interfaces |-+ | + | |<-----| | +--------------+ | + | | | | | + +---------+ +------------+ | + + @endverbatim + * The manager does not really use the interfaces, instead, the interface + * use the manager to fullfill their tasks (initiating, terminating, ...). * The interface_manager starts actions by creating jobs. It then tries to * evaluate the result of the operation by listening on the bus. * @@ -82,7 +97,7 @@ struct interface_manager_t { /** - * @brief Create a interface_manager instance and loads all interface modules. + * @brief Creates a interface_manager instance and loads all interface modules. * * @return interface_manager_t object * |