1 files changed, 43 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/msgpack_rpc/defs.h b/src/nvim/msgpack_rpc/defs.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..13067fb7b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/nvim/msgpack_rpc/defs.h
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#ifndef NVIM_MSGPACK_RPC_DEFS_H
+#define NVIM_MSGPACK_RPC_DEFS_H
+
+#include <msgpack.h>
+
+
+/// The rpc_method_handlers table, used in msgpack_rpc_dispatch(), stores
+/// functions of this type.
+typedef struct {
+  Object (*fn)(uint64_t channel_id,
+               uint64_t request_id,
+               Array args,
+               Error *error);
+  bool defer;  // Should the call be deferred to the main loop? This should
+               // be true if the function mutates editor data structures such
+               // as buffers, windows, tabs, or if it executes vimscript code.
+} MsgpackRpcRequestHandler;
+
+/// Initializes the msgpack-rpc method table
+void msgpack_rpc_init_method_table(void);
+
+void msgpack_rpc_init_function_metadata(Dictionary *metadata);
+
+/// Dispatches to the actual API function after basic payload validation by
+/// `msgpack_rpc_call`. It is responsible for validating/converting arguments
+/// to C types, and converting the return value back to msgpack types.
+/// The implementation is generated at compile time with metadata extracted
+/// from the api/*.h headers,
+///
+/// @param channel_id The channel id
+/// @param method_id The method id
+/// @param req The parsed request object
+/// @param error Pointer to error structure
+/// @return Some object
+Object msgpack_rpc_dispatch(uint64_t channel_id,
+                            msgpack_object *req,
+                            Error *error)
+  FUNC_ATTR_NONNULL_ARG(2) FUNC_ATTR_NONNULL_ARG(3);
+
+MsgpackRpcRequestHandler msgpack_rpc_get_handler_for(const char *name,
+                                                     size_t name_len)
+  FUNC_ATTR_NONNULL_ARG(1);
+#endif  // NVIM_MSGPACK_RPC_DEFS_H