cli: allow option groups to force async/sync operations

Some operations are clearly asynchronous (e.g. monitoring modem state), while
others are clearly synchronous (e.g. printing modem info). So just allow option
groups to force the operation to be async or sync based on the detected action.

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/cli/mmcli.c b/cli/mmcli.c
index 7fee76f2..d51af868 100644
--- a/cli/mmcli.c
+++ b/cli/mmcli.c
@@ -144,6 +144,24 @@ mmcli_async_operation_done (void)
     g_main_loop_quit (loop);
 }
 
+void
+mmcli_force_async_operation (void)
+{
+    if (!async_flag) {
+        g_debug ("Forcing request to be run asynchronously");
+        async_flag = TRUE;
+    }
+}
+
+void
+mmcli_force_sync_operation (void)
+{
+    if (async_flag) {
+        g_debug ("Ignoring request to run asynchronously");
+        async_flag = FALSE;
+    }
+}
+
 gint
 main (gint argc, gchar **argv)
 {
@@ -184,12 +202,9 @@ main (gint argc, gchar **argv)
         exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
-    /* Setup context for asynchronous operations */
-    if (async_flag) {
-        g_debug ("Running asynchronous operations...");
-        loop = g_main_loop_new (NULL, FALSE);
-        cancellable = g_cancellable_new ();
-    }
+    /* Create requirements for async options */
+    cancellable = g_cancellable_new ();
+    loop = g_main_loop_new (NULL, FALSE);
 
     /* Manager options? */
     if (mmcli_manager_options_enabled ()) {
@@ -219,12 +234,8 @@ main (gint argc, gchar **argv)
     }
 
     /* Run loop only in async operations */
-    if (async_flag) {
+    if (async_flag)
         g_main_loop_run (loop);
-        if (cancellable)
-            g_object_unref (cancellable);
-        g_main_loop_unref (loop);
-    }
 
     if (mmcli_manager_options_enabled ()) {
         mmcli_manager_shutdown ();
@@ -232,6 +243,8 @@ main (gint argc, gchar **argv)
         mmcli_modem_shutdown ();
     }
 
+    g_object_unref (cancellable);
+    g_main_loop_unref (loop);
     g_object_unref (connection);
 
     return EXIT_SUCCESS;