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C# API bindings

• Description
• Requirements
• GIT source repository
• Usage
• Authors
• Test Configuration
• Type Coverage
• Function Coverage

Description

The C# libvirt bindings are a class library. They use a Microsoft Visual Studio project architecture, and have been tested with Windows .NET, and Mono, on both Linux and Windows.

Compiling them produces LibvirtBindings.dll, which can be added as a .NET reference to any .NET project needing access to libvirt.

 

Requirements

These bindings depend upon the libvirt libraries being installed.

In the .NET case, this is libvirt-0.dll, produced from compiling libvirt for windows.

 

GIT source repository

The C# bindings source code is maintained in a git repository available on libvirt.org:

git clone git://libvirt.org/libvirt-csharp.git

They can also be browsed online:

http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt-csharp.git;a=summary

 

Usage

The libvirt C# bindings class library exposes the Libvirt namespace. This namespace exposes all of the needed types (enum, struct), plus many classes exposing the libvirt API methods.

These classes are grouped into functional areas, with each class exposing libvirt methods related to that area.

For example, the libvirt methods related to connections, such as virConnectOpenAuth and virConnectNumOfDomains, are in the Connect class.
They are accessed as Connect.OpenAuth, and Connect.NumOfDomains respectively.

In the same manner, the other class name mappings are:

Name of libvirt function	C# class name
virDomain...	Domain
virEvent...	Event
virInterface...	Interface
virNetwork...	Network
virNode...	Node
virSecret...	Secret
virStoragePool...	StoragePool
virStorageVolume...	StorageVolume
virStream...	Stream

There are some additions as well:

• There is a class named Library, exposing the virGetVersion and virInitialize methods
• There is a class named Errors, exposing the error related methods. For example, virSetErrorFunc and virConnResetLastError.

 

Authors

The C# bindings are the work of Arnaud Champion <arnaud.champion AT devatom.fr>, based upon the previous work of Jaromír Červenka.

 

Test Configuration

Testing is performed using the following configurations:

• Windows 7 (64 bits) / .Net 4
• Windows 7 (64 bits) / Mono 2.6.7 (compiled in 32 bits)
• Ubuntu 10.10 amd64 / Mono 2.6.7 (compiled in 64 bits)

 

Type Coverage

Coverage of the libvirt types is:

Type	Name	Binding?	Tested?	Sample Code?	Works?	Tested .Net/Windows Works?	Tested Mono (32-bit)/Windows Works?	Tested Mono (64-bit)/Linux Works?
enum	virCPUCompareResult	No
struct	virConnect	Yes, an IntPtr as the struct is not public	Yes		Yes
struct	virConnectAuth	Yes	Yes	virConnectOpenAuth	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
struct	virConnectCredential	Yes	Yes	virConnectOpenAuth	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
enum	virConnectCredentialType	Yes	Yes	virConnectOpenAuth	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
enum	virConnectFlags	No
struct	virDomain	Yes, an IntPtr as the struct is not public
struct	virDomainBlockInfo	No
struct	virDomainBlockStatsInfo	Yes	Yes	virDomainStats	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
enum	virDomainCoreDumpFlags	No
enum	virDomainCreateFlags	No
enum	virDomainDeviceModifyFlags	No
enum	virDomainEventDefinedDetailType	Yes	Yes	virEventRegisterImpl	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
struct	virDomainEventGraphicsAddress	No
enum	virDomainEventGraphicsAddressType	No
enum	virDomainEventGraphicsPhase	No
struct	virDomainEventGraphicsSubject	No
struct	virDomainEventGraphicsSubjectIdentity	No
enum	virDomainEventID	No
enum	virDomainEventIOErrorAction	No
enum	virDomainEventResumedDetailType	Yes	Yes	virEventRegisterImpl	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
enum	virDomainEventStartedDetailType	Yes	Yes	virEventRegisterImpl	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
enum	virDomainEventStoppedDetailType	Yes	Yes	virEventRegisterImpl	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
enum	virDomainEventSuspendedDetailType	Yes	Yes	virEventRegisterImpl	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
enum	virDomainEventType	Yes	Yes	virEventRegisterImpl	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
enum	virDomainEventUndefinedDetailType	Yes	Yes	virEventRegisterImpl	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
enum	virDomainEventWatchdogAction	No
struct	virDomainInfo	Yes	Yes	virConnectSetErrorFunc, virDomainStats	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
struct	virDomainInterfaceStatsStruct	Yes	Yes	virDomainStats	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
struct	virDomainJobInfo	No
enum	virDomainJobType	No
enum	virDomainMemoryFlags	No
struct	virDomainMemoryStatStruct	No
enum	virDomainMemoryStatTags	Yes	No		Maybe
enum	virDomainMigrateFlags	No
struct	virDomainSnapshot	No
enum	virDomainSnapshotDeleteFlags
enum	virDomainState	Yes	Yes		Yes
enum	virDomainXMLFlags	Yes	Yes		Yes
enum	virEventHandleType	Yes	Yes	virEventRegisterImpl	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
struct	virInterface	Yes, an IntPtr as the struct is not public
enum	virInterfaceXMLFlags	No
struct	virNWFilter	No
struct	virNetwork	Yes, an IntPtr as the struct is not public
struct	virNodeDevice	Yes, an IntPtr as the struct is not public
struct	virNodeInfo	Yes	No		Maybe
struct	virSchedParameter	No
enum	virSchedParameterType	No
struct	virSecret	No
enum	virSecretUsageType	No
struct	virSecurityLabel	No
struct	virSecurityModel	No
enum	virStoragePoolBuildFlags	Yes	No		Maybe
enum	virStoragePoolDeleteFlags	Yes	No		Maybe
struct	virStoragePoolInfo	Yes	Yes		Yes
struct	virStoragePool	Yes, an IntPtr as the struct is not public
enum	virStoragePoolState	Yes	Yes		Yes
struct	virStorageVol	Yes, an IntPtr as the struct is not public
enum	virStorageVolDeleteFlags	No
struct	virStorageVolInfo	Yes	Yes		Yes
enum	virStorageVolType	Yes	Yes		Yes
struct	virStream	No
enum	virStreamEventType	No
enum	virStreamFlags	No
struct	virVcpuInfo	No
enum	virVcpuState	No
struct	virError	Yes	Yes	virConnectSetErrorFunc, virDomainStats	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

 

Function Coverage

Coverage of the libvirt functions is:

Name	Binding?	Type?	Tested?	Sample Code?	Working?	Tested .Net/Windows Works?	Tested Mono (32-bit)/Windows Works?	Tested Mono (64-bit)/Linux Works?
virConnectAuthCallback	Yes	delegate	Yes	virConnectOpenAuth	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
virConnectBaselineCPU	No	function
virConnectClose	Yes	function	Yes	virConnectOpenAuth	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
virConnectCompareCPU	No	function
virConnectDomainEventCallback	Yes	delegate	Yes		Yes
virConnectDomainEventDeregister	No	function
virConnectDomainEventDeregisterAny	No	function
virConnectDomainEventGenericCallback	No	delegate
virConnectDomainEventGraphicsCallback	No	delegate
virConnectDomainEventIOErrorCallback	No	delegate
virConnectDomainEventIOErrorReasonCallback	No	delegate
virConnectDomainEventRTCChangeCallback	No	delegate
virConnectDomainEventRegister	Yes	function	Yes	virEventRegisterImpl	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
virConnectDomainEventRegisterAny	No	function
virConnectDomainEventWatchdogCallback	No	delegate
virConnectDomainXMLFromNative	No	function
virConnectDomainXMLToNative	No	function
virConnectFindStoragePoolSources	No	function
virConnectGetCapabilities	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virConnectGetHostname	Yes	function	Yes
virConnectGetLibVersion	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virConnectGetMaxVcpus	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virConnectGetType	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virConnectGetURI	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virConnectGetVersion	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virConnectIsEncrypted	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virConnectIsSecure	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virConnectListDefinedDomains	Yes	function	Yes	virConnectOpenAuth	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
virConnectListDefinedInterfaces	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virConnectListDefinedNetworks	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virConnectListDefinedStoragePools	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virConnectListDomains	Yes	function	Yes	virConnectOpenAuth, virDomainInfos	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
virConnectListInterfaces	Yes	function	Yes		Yes, if the host handle the method
virConnectListNWFilters	No	function
virConnectListNetworks	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virConnectListSecrets	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virConnectListStoragePools	Yes	function	Yes	virConnectOpen	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
virConnectNumOfDefinedDomains	Yes	function	Yes	virConnectOpenAuth	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
virConnectNumOfDefinedInterfaces	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virConnectNumOfDefinedNetworks	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virConnectNumOfDefinedStoragePools	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virConnectNumOfDomains	Yes	function	Yes	virConnectOpenAuth, virDomainInfos	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
virConnectNumOfInterfaces	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virConnectNumOfNWFilters	No	function
virConnectNumOfNetworks	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virConnectNumOfSecrets	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virConnectNumOfStoragePools	Yes	function	Yes	virConnectOpen	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
virConnectOpen	Yes	function	Yes	virConnectOpen, virEventRegisterImpl, virDomainInfos	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
virConnectOpenAuth	Yes	function	Yes	virConnectOpenAuth	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
virConnectOpenReadOnly	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virConnectRef	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virDomainAbortJob	No	function
virDomainAttachDevice	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virDomainAttachDeviceFlags	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virDomainBlockPeek	No	function
virDomainBlockStats	Yes	function	Yes	virDomainInfos	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
virDomainCoreDump	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virDomainCreate	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virDomainCreateLinux	No	function
virDomainCreateWithFlags	No	function
virDomainCreateXML	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virDomainDefineXML	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virDomainDestroy	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virDomainDetachDevice	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virDomainDetachDeviceFlags	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virDomainFree	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virDomainGetAutostart	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virDomainGetBlockInfo	No	function
virDomainGetConnect	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virDomainGetID	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virDomainGetInfo	Yes	function	Yes	virDomainInfos	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
virDomainGetJobInfo	No	function
virDomainGetMaxMemory	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virDomainGetMaxVcpus	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virDomainGetName	Yes	function	Yes	virConnectOpenAuth, virDomainInfos	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
virDomainGetOSType	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virDomainGetSchedulerParameters	No	function
virDomainGetSchedulerType	No	function
virDomainGetSecurityLabel	No	function
virDomainGetUUID	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virDomainGetUUIDString	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virDomainGetVcpus	No	function
virDomainGetXMLDesc	Yes	function	Yes	virDomainInfos	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
virDomainHasCurrentSnapshot	No	function
virDomainHasManagedSaveImage	No	function
virDomainInterfaceStats	No	function	Yes	virDomainInfos	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
virDomainIsActive	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virDomainIsPersistent	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virDomainLookupByID	Yes	function	Yes	virConnectOpenAuth, virDomainInfos	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
virDomainLookupByName	Yes	function	Yes	virDomainInfos	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
virDomainLookupByUUID	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virDomainLookupByUUIDString	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virDomainManagedSave	No	function
virDomainManagedSaveRemove	No	function
virDomainMemoryPeek	No	function
virDomainMemoryStats	No	function
virDomainMigrate	No	function
virDomainMigrateSetMaxDowntime	No	function
virDomainMigrateToURI	No	function
virDomainPinVcpu	No	function
virDomainReboot	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virDomainRef	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virDomainRestore	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virDomainResume	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virDomainRevertToSnapshot	No	function
virDomainSave	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virDomainSetAutostart	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virDomainSetMaxMemory	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virDomainSetMemory	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virDomainSetSchedulerParameters	No	function
virDomainSetVcpus	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virDomainShutdown	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virDomainSnapshotCreateXML	No	function
virDomainSnapshotCurrent	No	function
virDomainSnapshotDelete	No	function
virDomainSnapshotFree	No	function
virDomainSnapshotGetXMLDesc	No	function
virDomainSnapshotListNames	No	function
virDomainSnapshotLookupByName	No	function
virDomainSnapshotNum	No	function
virDomainSuspend	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virDomainUndefine	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virDomainUpdateDeviceFlags	No	function
virEventAddHandleFunc	Yes	delegate	Yes		Yes
virEventAddTimeoutFunc	Yes	delegate	Yes		Yes
virEventHandleCallback	Yes	delegate	Yes	virEventRegisterImpl	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
virEventRegisterImpl	Yes	function	Yes	virEventRegisterImpl	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
virEventRemoveHandleFunc	Yes	delegate	Yes		Yes
virEventRemoveTimeoutFunc	Yes	delegate	Yes		Yes
virEventTimeoutCallback	Yes	delegate	Yes	virEventRegisterImpl	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
virEventUpdateHandleFunc	Yes	delegate	Yes		Yes
virEventUpdateTimeoutFunc	Yes	delegate	Yes		Yes
virFreeCallback	Yes	function	Yes	virEventRegisterImpl	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
virGetVersion	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virInitialize	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virInterfaceCreate	No	function
virInterfaceDefineXML	No	function
virInterfaceDestroy	No	function
virInterfaceFree	No	function
virInterfaceGetConnect	No	function
virInterfaceGetMACString	No	function
virInterfaceGetName	No	function
virInterfaceGetXMLDesc	No	function
virInterfaceIsActive	No	function
virInterfaceLookupByMACString	No	function
virInterfaceLookupByName	No	function
virInterfaceRef	No	function
virInterfaceUndefine	No	function
virNWFilterDefineXML	No	function
virNWFilterFree	No	function
virNWFilterGetName	No	function
virNWFilterGetUUID	No	function
virNWFilterGetUUIDString	No	function
virNWFilterGetXMLDesc	No	function
virNWFilterLookupByName	No	function
virNWFilterLookupByUUID	No	function
virNWFilterLookupByUUIDString	No	function
virNWFilterRef	No	function
virNWFilterUndefine	No	function
virNetworkCreate	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virNetworkCreateXML	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virNetworkDefineXML	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virNetworkDestroy	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virNetworkFree	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virNetworkGetAutostart	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virNetworkGetBridgeName	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virNetworkGetConnect	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virNetworkGetName	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virNetworkGetUUID	No	function
virNetworkGetUUIDString	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virNetworkGetXMLDesc	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virNetworkIsActive	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virNetworkIsPersistent	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virNetworkLookupByName	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virNetworkLookupByUUID	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virNetworkLookupByUUIDString	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virNetworkRef	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virNetworkSetAutostart	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virNetworkUndefine	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virNodeDeviceCreateXML	No	function
virNodeDeviceDestroy	No	function
virNodeDeviceDettach	No	function
virNodeDeviceFree	No	function
virNodeDeviceGetName	No	function
virNodeDeviceGetParent	No	function
virNodeDeviceGetXMLDesc	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virNodeDeviceListCaps	No	function
virNodeDeviceLookupByName	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virNodeDeviceNumOfCaps	No	function
virNodeDeviceReAttach	No	function
virNodeDeviceRef	No	function
virNodeDeviceReset	No	function
virNodeGetCellsFreeMemory	No	function
virNodeGetFreeMemory	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virNodeGetInfo	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virNodeGetSecurityModel	No	function
virNodeListDevices	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virNodeNumOfDevices	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virSecretDefineXML	No	function
virSecretFree	No	function
virSecretGetConnect	No	function
virSecretGetUUID	No	function
virSecretGetUUIDString	No	function
virSecretGetUsageID	No	function
virSecretGetUsageType	No	function
virSecretGetValue	No	function
virSecretGetXMLDesc	No	function
virSecretLookupByUUID	No	function
virSecretLookupByUUIDString	No	function
virSecretLookupByUsage	No	function
virSecretRef	No	function
virSecretSetValue	No	function
virSecretUndefine	No	function
virStoragePoolBuild	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virStoragePoolCreate	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virStoragePoolCreateXML	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virStoragePoolDefineXML	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virStoragePoolDelete	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virStoragePoolDestroy	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virStoragePoolFree	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virStoragePoolGetAutostart	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virStoragePoolGetConnect	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virStoragePoolGetInfo	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virStoragePoolGetName	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virStoragePoolGetUUID	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virStoragePoolGetUUIDString	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virStoragePoolGetXMLDesc	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virStoragePoolIsActive	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virStoragePoolIsPersistent	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virStoragePoolListVolumes	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virStoragePoolLookupByName	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virStoragePoolLookupByUUID	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virStoragePoolLookupByUUIDString	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virStoragePoolLookupByVolume	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virStoragePoolNumOfVolumes	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virStoragePoolRef	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virStoragePoolRefresh	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virStoragePoolSetAutostart	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virStoragePoolUndefine	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virStorageVolCreateXML	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virStorageVolCreateXMLFrom	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virStorageVolDelete	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virStorageVolFree	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virStorageVolGetConnect	Yes	function	No		Maybe
virStorageVolGetInfo	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virStorageVolGetKey	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virStorageVolGetName	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virStorageVolGetPath	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virStorageVolGetXMLDesc	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virStorageVolLookupByKey	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virStorageVolLookupByName	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virStorageVolLookupByPath	Yes	function	Yes		Yes
virStorageVolRef	Yes	function	No		No
virStorageVolWipe	No	function
virStreamAbort	No	function
virStreamEventAddCallback	No	function
virStreamEventCallback	No	delegate
virStreamEventRemoveCallback	No	function
virStreamEventUpdateCallback	No	function
virStreamFinish	No	function
virStreamFree	No	function
virStreamNew	No	function
virStreamRecv	No	function
virStreamRecvAll	No	function
virStreamRef	No	function
virStreamSend	No	function
virStreamSendAll	No	function
virStreamSinkFunc	No	delegate
virStreamSourceFunc	No	delegate
virGetLastError	Yes	function	Yes	virConnectSetErrorFunc	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
virConnSetErrorFunc	Yes	function	Yes	virConnectSetErrorFunc	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
virErrorFunc	Yes	delegate	Yes	virConnectSetErrorFunc, virDomainInfos	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes