AXL SDK API Reference

AXL is a GLib-inspired C library for UEFI. The public API uses standard C types, snake_case naming, and UTF-8 strings throughout. No EDK2 headers leak through the public API.

Include <axl.h> for the full API, or individual headers for specific modules.

Modules

• AxlMem – Memory Allocation
  • AXL_OK
  • AXL_ERR
  • AXL_AUTO_FREE
  • AXL_HAVE_AUTOPTR
  • AXL_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP
  • AXL_AUTOPTR
  • AXL_ARRAY_SIZE
  • AXL_SIGNATURE_32
  • AXL_CONTAINER_OF
  • axl_malloc()
  • axl_calloc()
  • axl_realloc()
  • axl_free()
  • axl_strdup()
  • axl_memdup()
  • axl_new()
  • axl_new_array()
  • axl_free_impl()
  • _axl_auto_free_func()
  • axl_alloc_pages()
  • axl_free_pages()
  • axl_mem_get_stats()
  • axl_mem_dump_leaks()
  • axl_mem_check()
  • AxlMemStats
• AxlStr – String Utilities
  • axl_strlen()
  • axl_strcmp()
  • axl_streql()
  • axl_strncmp()
  • axl_strcasecmp()
  • axl_memcpy()
  • axl_memset()
  • axl_memmove()
  • axl_memcmp()
  • axl_snprintf()
  • axl_strlcpy()
  • axl_strlcat()
  • axl_strndup()
  • axl_strsplit()
  • axl_strfreev()
  • axl_strjoin()
  • axl_strstrip()
  • axl_strchr()
  • axl_strstr()
  • axl_strncpy()
  • axl_strstr_len()
  • axl_strrstr()
  • axl_strrstr_len()
  • axl_strcasestr()
  • axl_fnmatch()
  • axl_str_has_prefix()
  • axl_str_has_suffix()
  • axl_str_is_ascii()
  • axl_strcmp0()
  • axl_str_equal()
  • axl_strncasecmp()
  • axl_strv_contains()
  • axl_strv_equal()
  • axl_utf8_to_ucs2()
  • axl_ucs2_to_utf8()
  • axl_base64_encode()
  • axl_base64_decode()
  • axl_strtou64()
  • axl_wcslen()
  • axl_wcscmp()
  • axl_wcseql()
  • axl_wcscpy()
  • axl_str_dup_w()
  • axl_str_format_w()
  • axl_str_trim_w()
  • axl_str_split_w()
  • axl_str_freev_w()
  • axl_str_join_w()
  • axl_str_cmp_nocase_w()
  • axl_str_contains_w()
• AxlString – String Builder
  • AxlString
  • axl_string_new()
  • axl_string_new_size()
  • axl_string_append()
  • axl_string_append_len()
  • axl_string_printf()
  • axl_string_append_c()
  • axl_string_str()
  • axl_string_len()
  • axl_string_steal()
  • axl_string_clear()
  • axl_string_free()
  • axl_asprintf()
• AxlIO – Stream I/O
  • axl_printf
  • AXL_SEEK_SET
  • AXL_SEEK_CUR
  • AXL_SEEK_END
  • AxlStream
  • axl_ssize_t
  • AxlProgressFunc
  • AxlDir
  • axl_io_init()
  • axl_print()
  • axl_printerr()
  • axl_file_is_dir()
  • axl_file_info()
  • axl_fopen()
  • axl_fclose()
  • axl_fread()
  • axl_fwrite()
  • axl_fprintf()
  • axl_readline()
  • axl_fseek()
  • axl_ftell()
  • axl_feof()
  • axl_fflush()
  • axl_bufopen()
  • axl_bufdata()
  • axl_bufsteal()
  • axl_read()
  • axl_write()
  • axl_pread()
  • axl_pwrite()
  • axl_file_delete()
  • axl_file_rename()
  • axl_dir_mkdir()
  • axl_dir_rmdir()
  • axl_dir_open()
  • axl_dir_read()
  • axl_dir_close()
  • axl_dir_list_json()
  • axl_volume_get_label()
  • axl_volume_get_label_by_handle()
  • axl_volume_enumerate()
  • axl_stdout
  • axl_stderr
  • AxlFileInfo
  • AxlDirEntry
  • AxlVolume
• AxlLog – Logging
  • AXL_LOG_ERROR
  • AXL_LOG_WARNING
  • AXL_LOG_INFO
  • AXL_LOG_DEBUG
  • AXL_LOG_TRACE
  • AXL_LOG_DOMAIN
  • axl_error
  • axl_warning
  • axl_info
  • axl_debug
  • axl_trace
  • AxlLogHandler
  • AxlLogRing
  • axl_log_full()
  • axl_log()
  • axl_log_set_level()
  • axl_log_set_domain_level()
  • axl_log_add_handler()
  • axl_log_add_domain_handler()
  • axl_log_remove_handler()
  • axl_log_suppress_console()
  • axl_log_set_console_timestamp()
  • axl_log_set_fatal_level()
  • axl_log_set_fatal_image_handle()
  • axl_log_ring_new()
  • axl_log_ring_free()
  • axl_log_ring_attach()
  • axl_log_ring_count()
  • axl_log_ring_get()
  • axl_log_file_attach()
  • axl_log_flush()
  • AxlLogEntry
• AxlData – Data Structures
  • AxlHashTable
  • AxlArray
  • AxlList
  • AxlSList
  • AxlQueue
• AxlJson – JSON
  • axl_json_parse()
  • axl_json_free()
  • axl_json_get_string()
  • axl_json_get_int()
  • axl_json_get_uint()
  • axl_json_get_bool()
  • axl_json_extract_string()
  • axl_json_array_begin()
  • axl_json_root_array_begin()
  • axl_json_array_next()
  • axl_json_escape_string()
  • axl_json_init()
  • axl_json_object_start()
  • axl_json_object_end()
  • axl_json_object_start_named()
  • axl_json_array_start()
  • axl_json_array_end()
  • axl_json_array_object_start()
  • axl_json_array_add_string()
  • axl_json_add_string()
  • axl_json_add_uint()
  • axl_json_add_int()
  • axl_json_add_bool()
  • axl_json_add_hex()
  • axl_json_add_null()
  • axl_json_finish()
  • axl_json_pretty_print()
  • axl_json_print_raw()
  • AxlJsonCtx
  • AxlJsonArrayIter
  • AxlJsonBuilder
• AxlCache – TTL Cache
  • AxlCache
  • axl_cache_new()
  • axl_cache_put()
  • axl_cache_get()
  • axl_cache_invalidate()
  • axl_cache_free()
• AxlConfig – Configuration
  • AXL_CFG_BOOL
  • AXL_CFG_INT
  • AXL_CFG_UINT
  • AXL_CFG_STRING
  • AXL_CFG_MULTI
  • AxlConfig
  • AxlConfigApplyFunc
  • axl_config_new()
  • axl_config_free()
  • axl_config_set()
  • axl_config_setv()
  • axl_config_get()
  • axl_config_get_bool()
  • axl_config_get_int()
  • axl_config_get_uint()
  • axl_config_get_multi_count()
  • axl_config_get_multi()
  • axl_config_parse_args()
  • axl_config_pos()
  • axl_config_pos_count()
  • axl_config_usage()
  • axl_config_set_parent()
  • AxlConfigDesc
• AxlPath – Path Manipulation
  • axl_path_get_basename()
  • axl_path_get_dirname()
  • axl_path_extension()
  • axl_path_join()
  • axl_path_resolve()
  • axl_path_build_uefi()
  • axl_get_current_dir()
  • axl_chdir()
• AxlArgs – Argument Parser
  • AxlArgs
  • AxlOptType
  • axl_args_parse()
  • axl_args_flag()
  • axl_args_flag_long()
  • axl_args_value()
  • axl_args_value_long()
  • axl_args_multi_count()
  • axl_args_multi()
  • axl_args_pos_count()
  • axl_args_pos()
  • axl_args_usage()
  • axl_args_free()
  • AxlOpt
• AxlLoop – Event Loop
  • AxlLoop
  • AxlDefer
  • AxlSignal
• AxlTask – Task Pool and Arena
  • AxlTask
  • AxlBufPool
  • AxlAsync
• AxlNet – Networking
  • Network Utilities
  • AxlTcp
  • AxlUrl
  • AxlHttpServer
  • AxlHttpClient
• AxlSys – System Utilities
  • AxlSys
  • AxlEnv
  • AxlTime
  • AxlNvStore
  • AxlDriver
  • AxlHexdump
• AxlGfx – Graphics
  • axl_gfx_available()
  • axl_gfx_get_info()
  • axl_gfx_fill_rect()
  • axl_gfx_blit()
  • axl_gfx_capture()
  • axl_gfx_draw_text()
  • AxlGfxInfo
  • AxlGfxPixel