Update licence in Cargo.toml

[netwatcher] / src / lib.rs

diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 5c8d73d3a9dc79871ea3a25565cdc7a0ddc8c029..dfc4395cfda75ad9bf7a81f33d887edc96c4a390 100644 (file)
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,20 +1,69 @@
+//! # netwatcher
+//!
+//! `netwatcher` is a cross-platform library for enumerating network interfaces and their
+//! IP addresses, featuring the ability to watch for changes to those interfaces
+//! _efficiently_. It uses platform-specific methods to detect when interface changes
+//! have occurred instead of polling, which means that you find out about changes more
+//! quickly and there is no CPU or wakeup overhead when nothing is happening.
+//! 
+//! ## List example
+//! 
+//! ```
+//! /// Returns a HashMap from ifindex (a `u32`) to an `Interface` struct
+//! let interfaces = netwatcher::list_interfaces().unwrap();
+//! for i in interfaces.values() {
+//!     println!("interface {} has {} IPs", i.name, i.ips.len());
+//! }
+//! ```
+//! 
+//! ## Watch example
+//! 
+//! ```
+//! let handle = netwatcher::watch_interfaces(|update| {
+//!     // This callback will fire once immediately with the existing state
+//! 
+//!     // Update includes the latest snapshot of all interfaces
+//!     println!("Current interface map: {:#?}", update.interfaces);
+//! 
+//!     // The `UpdateDiff` describes changes since previous callback
+//!     // You can choose whether to use the snapshot, diff, or both
+//!     println!("ifindexes added: {:?}", update.diff.added);
+//!     println!("ifindexes removed: {:?}", update.diff.removed);
+//!     for (ifindex, if_diff) in update.diff.modified {
+//!         println!("Interface index {} has changed", ifindex);
+//!         println!("Added IPs: {:?}", if_diff.addrs_added);
+//!         println!("Removed IPs: {:?}", if_diff.addrs_removed);
+//!     }
+//! });
+//! // keep `handle` alive as long as you want callbacks
+//! // ...
+//! drop(handle);
+//! ```
+
 use std::{
     collections::{HashMap, HashSet},
     net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr, Ipv6Addr},
     ops::Sub,
 };
 
+mod error;
+
 #[cfg_attr(windows, path = "list_win.rs")]
 #[cfg_attr(unix, path = "list_unix.rs")]
 mod list;
 
 #[cfg_attr(windows, path = "watch_win.rs")]
 #[cfg_attr(target_vendor = "apple", path = "watch_mac.rs")]
-#[cfg_attr(target_os = "linux", path = "watch_linux.rs")]
+#[cfg_attr(
+    any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"),
+    path = "watch_linux.rs"
+)]
 mod watch;
 
 type IfIndex = u32;
 
+pub use error::Error;
+
 /// Information about one network interface at a point in time.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct Interface {
@@ -68,13 +117,6 @@ pub struct InterfaceDiff {
     pub addrs_removed: Vec<IpAddr>,
 }
 
-/// Errors in netwatcher or in one of the underlying platform integratinos.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
-pub enum Error {
-    // TODO: handle all cases with proper sources
-    Internal,
-}
-
 #[derive(Default, PartialEq, Eq)]
 struct List(HashMap<IfIndex, Interface>);
 
@@ -145,6 +187,13 @@ pub fn list_interfaces() -> Result<HashMap<IfIndex, Interface>, Error> {
 ///
 /// The callback will fire once immediately with an initial interface list, and a diff as if
 /// there were originally no interfaces present.
+///
+/// This function will return an error if there is a problem configuring the watcher, or if there
+/// is an error retrieving the initial interface list.
+///
+/// We assume that if listing the interfaces worked the first time, then it will continue to work
+/// for as long as the watcher is running. If listing interfaces begins to fail later, those
+/// failures will be swallowed and the callback will not be called for that change event.
 pub fn watch_interfaces<F: FnMut(Update) + Send + 'static>(
     callback: F,
 ) -> Result<WatchHandle, Error> {