Controls a physical MIDI output device. More...

#include <juce_MidiOutput.h>

Inheritance diagram for MidiOutput:

Collaboration diagram for MidiOutput:

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Public Member Functions
	~MidiOutput ()
	Destructor. More...

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

const String &	getName () const noexcept
	Returns the name of this device. 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	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 MidiOutput *	createNewDevice (const String &deviceName)
	This will try to create a new midi output device (Not available on Windows). More...

static int	getDefaultDeviceIndex ()
	Returns the index of the default midi output device to use. More...

static StringArray	getDevices ()
	Returns a list of the available midi output devices. More...

static MidiOutput *	openDevice (int deviceIndex)
	Tries to open one of the midi output devices. More...

Private Types
enum	{ realtimeAudioPriority = -1 }
	Special realtime audio thread priority. More...

typedef void *	ThreadID
	A value type used for thread IDs. More...

Private Member Functions
	MidiOutput (const String &midiName)

ThreadID	getThreadId () const noexcept
	Returns the ID of this thread. More...

const String &	getThreadName () const
	Returns the name of the thread. More...

bool	isThreadRunning () const
	Returns true if the thread is currently active. More...

void	notify () const
	Wakes up the thread. 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...

bool	threadShouldExit () const
	Checks whether the thread has been told to stop running. More...

bool	wait (int timeOutMilliseconds) const
	Makes the thread wait for a notification. 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 Thread *	getCurrentThread ()
	Finds the thread object that is currently running. More...

static ThreadID	getCurrentThreadId ()
	Returns an id that identifies the caller 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 void	sleep (int milliseconds)

static void	yield ()
	Yields the calling thread's current time-slot. More...

Private Attributes
PendingMessage *	firstMessage

void *	internal = nullptr

CriticalSection	lock

String	name

Detailed Description

Controls a physical MIDI output device.

To create one of these, use the static getDevices() method to get a list of the available output devices, then use the openDevice() method to try to open one.

See also: MidiInput

Member Typedef Documentation

◆ ThreadID

typedef void* Thread::ThreadID

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 support.

In this case, JUCE will ask OpenSL to consturct 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()

MidiOutput::~MidiOutput ( )

Destructor.

◆ MidiOutput()

MidiOutput::MidiOutput ( const String & midiName )

private

Member Function Documentation

◆ clearAllPendingMessages()

void MidiOutput::clearAllPendingMessages ( )

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

◆ createNewDevice()

static MidiOutput* MidiOutput::createNewDevice ( const String & deviceName )

static

This will try to create a new midi output device (Not available on Windows).

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

Returns nullptr if a device can't be created.

Parameters

deviceName the name to use for the new device

◆ currentThreadShouldExit()

static bool 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

◆ getCurrentThread()

static Thread* 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 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 ThreadLocalValue< Type >::get(), and ThreadLocalValue< Type >::releaseCurrentThreadStorage().

◆ getDefaultDeviceIndex()

static int MidiOutput::getDefaultDeviceIndex ( )

static

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

This refers to the index in the list returned by getDevices().

◆ getDevices()

static StringArray MidiOutput::getDevices ( )

static

Returns a list of the available midi output devices.

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

See also: getDefaultDeviceIndex, openDevice

◆ getName()

const String& MidiOutput::getName ( ) const

inlinenoexcept

Returns the name of this device.

◆ getThreadId()

ThreadID Thread::getThreadId ( ) const

inlinenoexceptinherited

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& Thread::getThreadName ( ) const

inlineinherited

Returns the name of the thread.

This is the name that gets set in the constructor.

References JUCE_CALLTYPE.

◆ isThreadRunning()

bool Thread::isThreadRunning ( ) const

inherited

Returns true if the thread is currently active.

◆ notify()

void 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 MidiOutput* MidiOutput::openDevice ( int deviceIndex )

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, and delete it when no longer needed.

If the device can't be opened, this will return a null pointer.

Parameters

deviceIndex the index of a device from the list returned by getDevices()

See also: getDevices

◆ run()

void 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 Thread.

◆ sendBlockOfMessages()

void 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 MidiOutput::sendBlockOfMessagesNow ( const MidiBuffer & buffer )

Sends out a sequence of MIDI messages immediately.

◆ sendMessageNow()

void MidiOutput::sendMessageNow ( const MidiMessage & message )

Sends out a MIDI message immediately.

◆ setAffinityMask()

void 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 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::ignoreUnused(), and jassertfalse.

◆ setCurrentThreadName()

void 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, anonymous_namespace{juce_osx_ObjCHelpers.h}::juceStringToNS(), setName, and String::toRawUTF8().

◆ setCurrentThreadPriority()

static bool 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

◆ setPriority()

bool Thread::setPriority ( int priority )

inherited

Changes the thread's priority.

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

Parameters

priority the new priority, in the range 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest). A priority of 5 is normal.

See also: realtimeAudioPriority

◆ signalThreadShouldExit()

void 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 Thread::sleep ( int milliseconds )

staticinherited

Referenced by OpenGLContext::NativeContext::swapBuffers().

◆ startBackgroundThread()

void 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 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 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 MidiOutput::stopBackgroundThread ( )

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

See also: startBackgroundThread

◆ stopThread()

bool 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 time-out, 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

timeOutMilliseconds The 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

◆ threadShouldExit()

bool Thread::threadShouldExit ( ) const

inlineinherited

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 Thread::wait ( int timeOutMilliseconds ) const

inherited

Makes the thread wait for a notification.

This puts the thread to sleep until either the timeout period expires, or another thread calls the notify() method to wake it up.

A negative time-out value means that the method will wait indefinitely.

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

◆ waitForThreadToExit()

bool Thread::waitForThreadToExit ( int timeOutMilliseconds ) const

inherited

Waits for the thread to stop.

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

Parameters

timeOutMilliseconds the 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 Thread::yield ( )

staticinherited

Yields the calling thread's current time-slot.

Member Data Documentation

◆ firstMessage

PendingMessage* MidiOutput::firstMessage

private

◆ internal

void* MidiOutput::internal = nullptr

private

◆ lock

CriticalSection MidiOutput::lock

private

◆ name

String MidiOutput::name

private

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

juce_MidiOutput.h

Public Member Functions

Static Public Member Functions

Private Types

Private Member Functions

Static Private Member Functions

Private Attributes

Detailed Description

Member Typedef Documentation

◆ ThreadID

Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ anonymous enum

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ ~MidiOutput()

◆ MidiOutput()

Member Function Documentation

◆ clearAllPendingMessages()

◆ createNewDevice()

◆ currentThreadShouldExit()

◆ getCurrentThread()

◆ getCurrentThreadId()

◆ getDefaultDeviceIndex()

◆ getDevices()

◆ getName()

◆ getThreadId()

◆ getThreadName()

◆ isThreadRunning()

◆ notify()

◆ openDevice()

◆ run()

◆ sendBlockOfMessages()

◆ sendBlockOfMessagesNow()

◆ sendMessageNow()

◆ setAffinityMask()

◆ setCurrentThreadAffinityMask()

◆ setCurrentThreadName()

◆ setCurrentThreadPriority()

◆ setPriority()

◆ signalThreadShouldExit()

◆ sleep()

◆ startBackgroundThread()

◆ startThread() [1/2]

◆ startThread() [2/2]

◆ stopBackgroundThread()

◆ stopThread()

◆ threadShouldExit()

◆ wait()

◆ waitForThreadToExit()

◆ yield()

Member Data Documentation

◆ firstMessage

◆ internal

◆ lock

◆ name