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juce::MidiOutput Class Referencefinal

Represents a midi output device. More...

#include <juce_MidiDevices.h>

Inheritance diagram for juce::MidiOutput:
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Classes

struct  PendingMessage
 

Public Member Functions

 ~MidiOutput () override
 Destructor. More...
 
void clearAllPendingMessages ()
 Gets rid of any midi messages that had been added by sendBlockOfMessages(). More...
 
MidiDeviceInfo getDeviceInfo () const noexcept
 Returns the MidiDeviceInfo struct containing some information about this device. More...
 
String getIdentifier () const noexcept
 Returns the identifier of this device. More...
 
String getName () const noexcept
 Returns the name of this device. More...
 
bool isBackgroundThreadRunning () const noexcept
 Returns true if the background thread used to send blocks of data is running. More...
 
void sendBlockOfMessages (const MidiBuffer &buffer, double millisecondCounterToStartAt, double samplesPerSecondForBuffer)
 This lets you supply a block of messages that will be sent out at some point in the future. More...
 
void sendBlockOfMessagesNow (const MidiBuffer &buffer)
 Sends out a sequence of MIDI messages immediately. More...
 
void sendMessageNow (const MidiMessage &message)
 Sends out a MIDI message immediately. More...
 
void setName (const String &newName) noexcept
 Sets a custom name for the device. More...
 
void startBackgroundThread ()
 Starts up a background thread so that the device can send blocks of data. More...
 
void stopBackgroundThread ()
 Stops the background thread, and clears any pending midi events. More...
 

Static Public Member Functions

static std::unique_ptr< MidiOutputcreateNewDevice (const String &deviceName)
 This will try to create a new midi output device (only available on Linux, macOS and iOS). More...
 
static Array< MidiDeviceInfogetAvailableDevices ()
 Returns a list of the available midi output devices. More...
 
static MidiDeviceInfo getDefaultDevice ()
 Returns the MidiDeviceInfo of the default midi output device to use. More...
 
static std::unique_ptr< MidiOutputopenDevice (const String &deviceIdentifier)
 Tries to open one of the midi output devices. More...
 

Private Types

enum  { realtimeAudioPriority = -1 }
 Special realtime audio thread priority. More...
 
using ThreadID = void *
 A value type used for thread IDs. More...
 

Private Member Functions

 MidiOutput (const String &, const String &)
 
void addListener (Listener *)
 Add a listener to this thread which will receive a callback when signalThreadShouldExit was called on this thread. More...
 
void closeThreadHandle ()
 
ThreadID getThreadId () const noexcept
 Returns the ID of this thread. More...
 
const StringgetThreadName () const noexcept
 Returns the name of the thread. More...
 
bool isThreadRunning () const
 Returns true if the thread is currently active. More...
 
void killThread ()
 
void launchThread ()
 
void notify () const
 Wakes up the thread. More...
 
void removeListener (Listener *)
 Removes a listener added with addListener. More...
 
void run () override
 Must be implemented to perform the thread's actual code. More...
 
void setAffinityMask (uint32 affinityMask)
 Sets the affinity mask for the thread. More...
 
bool setPriority (int priority)
 Changes the thread's priority. More...
 
void signalThreadShouldExit ()
 Sets a flag to tell the thread it should stop. More...
 
void startThread ()
 Starts the thread running. More...
 
void startThread (int priority)
 Starts the thread with a given priority. More...
 
bool stopThread (int timeOutMilliseconds)
 Attempts to stop the thread running. More...
 
void threadEntryPoint ()
 
bool threadShouldExit () const
 Checks whether the thread has been told to stop running. More...
 
bool wait (int timeOutMilliseconds) const
 Suspends the execution of this thread until either the specified timeout period has elapsed, or another thread calls the notify() method to wake it up. More...
 
bool waitForThreadToExit (int timeOutMilliseconds) const
 Waits for the thread to stop. More...
 

Static Private Member Functions

static bool currentThreadShouldExit ()
 Checks whether the current thread has been told to stop running. More...
 
static int getAdjustedPriority (int)
 
static ThreadgetCurrentThread ()
 Finds the thread object that is currently running. More...
 
static ThreadID getCurrentThreadId ()
 Returns an id that identifies the caller thread. More...
 
static void initialiseJUCE (void *jniEnv, void *jContext)
 Initialises the JUCE subsystem for projects not created by the Projucer. More...
 
static void launch (std::function< void()> functionToRun)
 Invokes a lambda or function on its own thread. More...
 
static void setCurrentThreadAffinityMask (uint32 affinityMask)
 Changes the affinity mask for the caller thread. More...
 
static void setCurrentThreadName (const String &newThreadName)
 Changes the name of the caller thread. More...
 
static bool setCurrentThreadPriority (int priority)
 Changes the priority of the caller thread. More...
 
static bool setThreadPriority (void *, int)
 
static void sleep (int milliseconds)
 Suspends the execution of the current thread until the specified timeout period has elapsed (note that this may not be exact). More...
 
static void yield ()
 Yields the current thread's CPU time-slot and allows a new thread to run. More...
 

Private Attributes

uint32 affinityMask = 0
 
WaitableEvent defaultEvent
 
bool deleteOnThreadEnd = false
 
MidiDeviceInfo deviceInfo
 
PendingMessagefirstMessage = nullptr
 
std::unique_ptr< Pimpl > internal
 
bool isAndroidRealtimeThread = false
 
ListenerList< Listener, Array< Listener *, CriticalSection > > listeners
 
CriticalSection lock
 
Atomic< int32shouldExit { 0 }
 
CriticalSection startStopLock
 
WaitableEvent startSuspensionEvent
 
Atomic< void * > threadHandle { nullptr }
 
Atomic< ThreadIDthreadId = {}
 
const String threadName
 
int threadPriority = 5
 
size_t threadStackSize
 

Detailed Description

Represents a midi output device.

To create one of these, use the static getAvailableDevices() method to find out what outputs are available, and then use the openDevice() method to try to open one.

See also
MidiInput

@tags{Audio}

Member Typedef Documentation

◆ ThreadID

using juce::Thread::ThreadID = void*
inherited

A value type used for thread IDs.

See also
getCurrentThreadId(), getThreadId()

Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ anonymous enum

anonymous enum
inherited

Special realtime audio thread priority.

This priority will create a high-priority thread which is best suited for realtime audio processing.

Currently, this priority is identical to priority 9, except when building for Android with OpenSL/Oboe support.

In this case, JUCE will ask OpenSL/Oboe to construct a super high priority thread specifically for realtime audio processing.

Note that this priority can only be set before the thread has started. Switching to this priority, or from this priority to a different priority, is not supported under Android and will assert.

For best performance this thread should yield at regular intervals and not call any blocking APIs.

See also
startThread, setPriority, sleep, WaitableEvent
Enumerator
realtimeAudioPriority 

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ ~MidiOutput()

juce::MidiOutput::~MidiOutput ( )
override

Destructor.

◆ MidiOutput()

juce::MidiOutput::MidiOutput ( const String ,
const String  
)
explicitprivate

Member Function Documentation

◆ addListener()

void juce::Thread::addListener ( Listener )
inherited

Add a listener to this thread which will receive a callback when signalThreadShouldExit was called on this thread.

See also
signalThreadShouldExit, removeListener

◆ clearAllPendingMessages()

void juce::MidiOutput::clearAllPendingMessages ( )

Gets rid of any midi messages that had been added by sendBlockOfMessages().

◆ closeThreadHandle()

void juce::Thread::closeThreadHandle ( )
privateinherited

◆ createNewDevice()

static std::unique_ptr<MidiOutput> juce::MidiOutput::createNewDevice ( const String deviceName)
static

This will try to create a new midi output device (only available on Linux, macOS and iOS).

This will attempt to create a new midi output device with the specified name that other apps can connect to and use as their midi input.

NB - if you are calling this method on iOS you must have enabled the "Audio Background Capability" setting in the iOS exporter otherwise this method will fail.

Returns an empty object if a device can't be created.

Parameters
deviceNamethe name of the device to create

◆ currentThreadShouldExit()

static bool juce::Thread::currentThreadShouldExit ( )
staticinherited

Checks whether the current thread has been told to stop running.

On the message thread, this will always return false, otherwise it will return threadShouldExit() called on the current thread.

See also
threadShouldExit

◆ getAdjustedPriority()

static int juce::Thread::getAdjustedPriority ( int  )
staticprivateinherited

◆ getAvailableDevices()

static Array<MidiDeviceInfo> juce::MidiOutput::getAvailableDevices ( )
static

Returns a list of the available midi output devices.

You can open one of the devices by passing its identifier into the openDevice() method.

See also
MidiDeviceInfo, getDevices, getDefaultDeviceIndex, openDevice

◆ getCurrentThread()

static Thread* juce::Thread::getCurrentThread ( )
staticinherited

Finds the thread object that is currently running.

Note that the main UI thread (or other non-JUCE threads) don't have a Thread object associated with them, so this will return nullptr.

◆ getCurrentThreadId()

Thread::ThreadID juce::Thread::getCurrentThreadId ( )
staticinherited

Returns an id that identifies the caller thread.

To find the ID of a particular thread object, use getThreadId().

Returns
a unique identifier that identifies the calling thread.
See also
getThreadId

Referenced by juce::ThreadLocalValue< Type >::get(), and juce::ThreadLocalValue< Type >::releaseCurrentThreadStorage().

◆ getDefaultDevice()

static MidiDeviceInfo juce::MidiOutput::getDefaultDevice ( )
static

Returns the MidiDeviceInfo of the default midi output device to use.

◆ getDeviceInfo()

MidiDeviceInfo juce::MidiOutput::getDeviceInfo ( ) const
inlinenoexcept

Returns the MidiDeviceInfo struct containing some information about this device.

◆ getIdentifier()

String juce::MidiOutput::getIdentifier ( ) const
inlinenoexcept

Returns the identifier of this device.

◆ getName()

String juce::MidiOutput::getName ( ) const
inlinenoexcept

Returns the name of this device.

◆ getThreadId()

ThreadID juce::Thread::getThreadId ( ) const
noexceptinherited

Returns the ID of this thread.

That means the ID of this thread object - not of the thread that's calling the method. This can change when the thread is started and stopped, and will be invalid if the thread's not actually running.

See also
getCurrentThreadId

◆ getThreadName()

const String& juce::Thread::getThreadName ( ) const
inlinenoexceptinherited

Returns the name of the thread.

This is the name that gets set in the constructor.

◆ initialiseJUCE()

static void juce::Thread::initialiseJUCE ( void *  jniEnv,
void *  jContext 
)
staticinherited

Initialises the JUCE subsystem for projects not created by the Projucer.

On Android, JUCE needs to be initialised once before it is used. The Projucer will automatically generate the necessary java code to do this. However, if you are using JUCE without the Projucer or are creating a library made with JUCE intended for use in non-JUCE apks, then you must call this method manually once on apk startup.

You can call this method from C++ or directly from java by calling the following java method:

com.rmsl.juce.Java.initialiseJUCE (myContext);

Note that the above java method is only available in Android Studio projects created by the Projucer. If you need to call this from another type of project then you need to add the following java file to your project:

package com.rmsl.juce;
public class Java
{
static { System.loadLibrary ("juce_jni"); }
public native static void initialiseJUCE (Context context);
}
Parameters
jniEnvthis is a pointer to JNI's JNIEnv variable. Any callback from Java into C++ will have this passed in as it's first parameter.
jContextthis is a jobject referring to your app/service/receiver/ provider's Context. JUCE needs this for many of it's internal functions.

◆ isBackgroundThreadRunning()

bool juce::MidiOutput::isBackgroundThreadRunning ( ) const
inlinenoexcept

Returns true if the background thread used to send blocks of data is running.

See also
startBackgroundThread, stopBackgroundThread

◆ isThreadRunning()

bool juce::Thread::isThreadRunning ( ) const
inherited

Returns true if the thread is currently active.

◆ killThread()

void juce::Thread::killThread ( )
privateinherited

◆ launch()

static void juce::Thread::launch ( std::function< void()>  functionToRun)
staticinherited

Invokes a lambda or function on its own thread.

This will spin up a Thread object which calls the function and then exits. Bear in mind that starting and stopping a thread can be a fairly heavyweight operation, so you might prefer to use a ThreadPool if you're kicking off a lot of short background tasks.

Also note that using an anonymous thread makes it very difficult to interrupt the function when you need to stop it, e.g. when your app quits. So it's up to you to deal with situations where the function may fail to stop in time.

◆ launchThread()

◆ notify()

void juce::Thread::notify ( ) const
inherited

Wakes up the thread.

If the thread has called the wait() method, this will wake it up.

See also
wait

◆ openDevice()

static std::unique_ptr<MidiOutput> juce::MidiOutput::openDevice ( const String deviceIdentifier)
static

Tries to open one of the midi output devices.

This will return a MidiOutput object if it manages to open it, you can then send messages to this device.

If the device can't be opened, this will return an empty object.

Parameters
deviceIdentifierthe ID of the device to open - use the getAvailableDevices() method to find the available devices that can be opened
See also
getDevices

◆ removeListener()

void juce::Thread::removeListener ( Listener )
inherited

Removes a listener added with addListener.

◆ run()

void juce::MidiOutput::run ( )
overrideprivatevirtual

Must be implemented to perform the thread's actual code.

Remember that the thread must regularly check the threadShouldExit() method whilst running, and if this returns true it should return from the run() method as soon as possible to avoid being forcibly killed.

See also
threadShouldExit, startThread

Implements juce::Thread.

◆ sendBlockOfMessages()

void juce::MidiOutput::sendBlockOfMessages ( const MidiBuffer buffer,
double  millisecondCounterToStartAt,
double  samplesPerSecondForBuffer 
)

This lets you supply a block of messages that will be sent out at some point in the future.

The MidiOutput class has an internal thread that can send out timestamped messages - this appends a set of messages to its internal buffer, ready for sending.

This will only work if you've already started the thread with startBackgroundThread().

A time is specified, at which the block of messages should be sent. This time uses the same time base as Time::getMillisecondCounter(), and must be in the future.

The samplesPerSecondForBuffer parameter indicates the number of samples per second used by the MidiBuffer. Each event in a MidiBuffer has a sample position, and the samplesPerSecondForBuffer value is needed to convert this sample position to a real time.

◆ sendBlockOfMessagesNow()

void juce::MidiOutput::sendBlockOfMessagesNow ( const MidiBuffer buffer)

Sends out a sequence of MIDI messages immediately.

◆ sendMessageNow()

void juce::MidiOutput::sendMessageNow ( const MidiMessage message)

Sends out a MIDI message immediately.

◆ setAffinityMask()

void juce::Thread::setAffinityMask ( uint32  affinityMask)
inherited

Sets the affinity mask for the thread.

This will only have an effect next time the thread is started - i.e. if the thread is already running when called, it'll have no effect.

See also
setCurrentThreadAffinityMask

◆ setCurrentThreadAffinityMask()

void juce::Thread::setCurrentThreadAffinityMask ( uint32  affinityMask)
staticinherited

Changes the affinity mask for the caller thread.

This will change the affinity mask for the thread that calls this static method.

See also
setAffinityMask

References juce::Thread::affinityMask, juce::ignoreUnused(), and jassertfalse.

◆ setCurrentThreadName()

void juce::Thread::setCurrentThreadName ( const String newThreadName)
staticinherited

Changes the name of the caller thread.

Different OSes may place different length or content limits on this name.

References JUCE_AUTORELEASEPOOL, juce::juceStringToNS(), and juce::gl::name.

Referenced by juce::MessageThread::start().

◆ setCurrentThreadPriority()

static bool juce::Thread::setCurrentThreadPriority ( int  priority)
staticinherited

Changes the priority of the caller thread.

Similar to setPriority(), but this static method acts on the caller thread. May return false if for some reason the priority can't be changed.

See also
setPriority

Referenced by juce::MessageThread::start().

◆ setName()

void juce::MidiOutput::setName ( const String newName)
inlinenoexcept

Sets a custom name for the device.

◆ setPriority()

bool juce::Thread::setPriority ( int  priority)
inherited

Changes the thread's priority.

May return false if for some reason the priority can't be changed.

Parameters
prioritythe new priority, in the range 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest). A priority of 5 is normal.
See also
realtimeAudioPriority

◆ setThreadPriority()

bool juce::Thread::setThreadPriority ( void *  handle,
int  priority 
)
staticprivateinherited

◆ signalThreadShouldExit()

void juce::Thread::signalThreadShouldExit ( )
inherited

Sets a flag to tell the thread it should stop.

Calling this means that the threadShouldExit() method will then return true. The thread should be regularly checking this to see whether it should exit.

If your thread makes use of wait(), you might want to call notify() after calling this method, to interrupt any waits that might be in progress, and allow it to reach a point where it can exit.

See also
threadShouldExit, waitForThreadToExit

◆ sleep()

void juce::Thread::sleep ( int  milliseconds)
staticinherited

Suspends the execution of the current thread until the specified timeout period has elapsed (note that this may not be exact).

The timeout period must not be negative and whilst sleeping the thread cannot be woken up so it should only be used for short periods of time and when other methods such as using a WaitableEvent or CriticalSection are not possible.

References juce::UnitTestCategories::time.

Referenced by juce::OpenGLContext::NativeContext::initialiseOnRenderThread(), juce::MessageThread::start(), and juce::OpenGLContext::NativeContext::swapBuffers().

◆ startBackgroundThread()

void juce::MidiOutput::startBackgroundThread ( )

Starts up a background thread so that the device can send blocks of data.

Call this to get the device ready, before using sendBlockOfMessages().

◆ startThread() [1/2]

void juce::Thread::startThread ( )
inherited

Starts the thread running.

This will cause the thread's run() method to be called by a new thread. If this thread is already running, startThread() won't do anything.

See also
stopThread

◆ startThread() [2/2]

void juce::Thread::startThread ( int  priority)
inherited

Starts the thread with a given priority.

Launches the thread with a given priority, where 0 = lowest, 10 = highest. If the thread is already running, its priority will be changed.

See also
startThread, setPriority, realtimeAudioPriority

◆ stopBackgroundThread()

void juce::MidiOutput::stopBackgroundThread ( )

Stops the background thread, and clears any pending midi events.

See also
startBackgroundThread

◆ stopThread()

bool juce::Thread::stopThread ( int  timeOutMilliseconds)
inherited

Attempts to stop the thread running.

This method will cause the threadShouldExit() method to return true and call notify() in case the thread is currently waiting.

Hopefully the thread will then respond to this by exiting cleanly, and the stopThread method will wait for a given time-period for this to happen.

If the thread is stuck and fails to respond after the timeout, it gets forcibly killed, which is a very bad thing to happen, as it could still be holding locks, etc. which are needed by other parts of your program.

Parameters
timeOutMillisecondsThe number of milliseconds to wait for the thread to finish before killing it by force. A negative value in here will wait forever.
Returns
true if the thread was cleanly stopped before the timeout, or false if it had to be killed by force.
See also
signalThreadShouldExit, threadShouldExit, waitForThreadToExit, isThreadRunning

◆ threadEntryPoint()

void juce::Thread::threadEntryPoint ( )
privateinherited

◆ threadShouldExit()

bool juce::Thread::threadShouldExit ( ) const
inherited

Checks whether the thread has been told to stop running.

Threads need to check this regularly, and if it returns true, they should return from their run() method at the first possible opportunity.

See also
signalThreadShouldExit, currentThreadShouldExit

◆ wait()

bool juce::Thread::wait ( int  timeOutMilliseconds) const
inherited

Suspends the execution of this thread until either the specified timeout period has elapsed, or another thread calls the notify() method to wake it up.

A negative timeout value means that the method will wait indefinitely.

Returns
true if the event has been signalled, false if the timeout expires.

◆ waitForThreadToExit()

bool juce::Thread::waitForThreadToExit ( int  timeOutMilliseconds) const
inherited

Waits for the thread to stop.

This will wait until isThreadRunning() is false or until a timeout expires.

Parameters
timeOutMillisecondsthe time to wait, in milliseconds. If this value is less than zero, it will wait forever.
Returns
true if the thread exits, or false if the timeout expires first.

◆ yield()

void juce::Thread::yield ( )
staticinherited

Yields the current thread's CPU time-slot and allows a new thread to run.

If there are no other threads of equal or higher priority currently running then this will return immediately and the current thread will continue to run.

Member Data Documentation

◆ affinityMask

uint32 juce::Thread::affinityMask = 0
privateinherited

◆ defaultEvent

WaitableEvent juce::Thread::defaultEvent
privateinherited

◆ deleteOnThreadEnd

bool juce::Thread::deleteOnThreadEnd = false
privateinherited

◆ deviceInfo

MidiDeviceInfo juce::MidiOutput::deviceInfo
private

◆ firstMessage

PendingMessage* juce::MidiOutput::firstMessage = nullptr
private

◆ internal

std::unique_ptr<Pimpl> juce::MidiOutput::internal
private

◆ isAndroidRealtimeThread

bool juce::Thread::isAndroidRealtimeThread = false
privateinherited

◆ listeners

ListenerList<Listener, Array<Listener*, CriticalSection> > juce::Thread::listeners
privateinherited

◆ lock

CriticalSection juce::MidiOutput::lock
private

◆ shouldExit

Atomic<int32> juce::Thread::shouldExit { 0 }
privateinherited

◆ startStopLock

CriticalSection juce::Thread::startStopLock
privateinherited

◆ startSuspensionEvent

WaitableEvent juce::Thread::startSuspensionEvent
privateinherited

◆ threadHandle

Atomic<void*> juce::Thread::threadHandle { nullptr }
privateinherited

◆ threadId

Atomic<ThreadID> juce::Thread::threadId = {}
privateinherited

◆ threadName

const String juce::Thread::threadName
privateinherited

◆ threadPriority

int juce::Thread::threadPriority = 5
privateinherited

◆ threadStackSize

size_t juce::Thread::threadStackSize
privateinherited

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:
juce::Thread::initialiseJUCE
static void initialiseJUCE(void *jniEnv, void *jContext)
Initialises the JUCE subsystem for projects not created by the Projucer.