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DevCreateObjectQuery function (devquery.h)

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Creates a device query to retrieve properties based on the specified query parameters.

Syntax

HRESULT DevCreateObjectQuery(
  [in]           DEV_OBJECT_TYPE                 ObjectType,
  [in]           ULONG                           QueryFlags,
  [in]           ULONG                           cRequestedProperties,
  [in]           const DEVPROPCOMPKEY            *pRequestedProperties,
  [in]           ULONG                           cFilterExpressionCount,
  [in, optional] const DEVPROP_FILTER_EXPRESSION *pFilter,
  [in]           PDEV_QUERY_RESULT_CALLBACK      pCallback,
  [in, optional] PVOID                           pContext,
  [out]          PHDEVQUERY                      phDevQuery
);

Parameters

[in] ObjectType

A value from the DEV_OBJECT_TYPE enumeration that determines the object type that this query should operate on.

[in] QueryFlags

A combination of DEV_QUERY_FLAGS values that are combined by using a bitwise OR operation.

[in] cRequestedProperties

The number of DEVPROPCOMPKEY structures provided in pRequestedProperties. If DevQueryFlagAllProperties is specified, this must be set to 0.

[in] pRequestedProperties

Optionally provides an array of DEVPROPCOMPKEY structures that specify the properties that should be retrieved for objects in the query’s result set when pCallback is called to notify the query of an addition of an object to its result set.
If DevQueryFlagUpdateResults was specified in QueryFlags, the query will be notified if the value of any of these properties changes for any object in the query’s result set.

The LocaleName field of the DEVPROPCOMPKEY structure is ignored and must be set to NULL.

If cRequestedProperties is 0, this must be NULL.

[in] cFilterExpressionCount

The number of DEVPROP_FILTER_EXPRESSION structures provided in pFilter.

[in, optional] pFilter

Optionally provides an array of DEVPROP_FILTER_EXPRESSION structures that specify filter criteria for what objects should be part of the query’s result set. If cFilterExpressionCount is 0, this must be NULL.

[in] pCallback

A PDEV_QUERY_RESULT_CALLBACK callback function that results for this query should be sent to.

[in, optional] pContext

Caller-supplied context. This value is passed to the callback function unmodified.

[out] phDevQuery

Pointer that receives the handle representing the query. If DevQueryFlagsUpdateResults is specified, then the query will receive updates until the handle is closed. Call DevCloseObjectQuery to close this handle to stop the query.

Return value

S_OK is returned if a query was successfully created; otherwise, an appropriate error value.

Remarks

Use the DevCreateObjectQuery to query data about the specified DEV_OBJECT_TYPE. Objects are represented by an object type, a string identity, and a property store of key / value pairs. Each query has a result-set associated with it. Objects are added, updated, or removed from the result-set based on system state and changes and the associated callback function is notified. Each call into the callback function represents a snapshot of the property values at the time that the callback is invoked. Only objects that match the criteria expressed in the pFilter expression are returned to the caller. In addition to callback invocations that update the result-set, there are also state-change callbacks that notify the client of changes to the state of the query.

By default, queries do not receive updates after the current state of the system has been processed. Once all matching objects have been added to the result-set, the query enters the DevQueryStateEnumCompleted state and no further callbacks will be made. When a query registers for updates by specifying the DevQueryFlagUpdateResults flag, its result-set will continue to be updated, and associated callback notified, after the query enters the DevQueryStateEnumCompleted state as changes in the system occur that add or remove objects based on the filter expression matching.

A query may be aborted. This happens when an internal error happens that makes it impossible to communicate a notification to the client. For example, this can happen when the system is in an out-of-memory condition. When this happens, the caller’s result-set no longer reflects a true representation of the state of the query. The caller will receive a DevQueryStateAborted callback. No further callbacks will be received. The caller must close the query and create a new query to recover from this condition.

Examples

In the following example, the PDEV_QUERY_RESULT_CALLBACK method is implemented to print out status messages when the query state changes, when items have been added to, updated, or removed from the query result. Next, a simple query scenario is implemented where DevCreateObjectQuery is called with a DEVPROPCOMPKEY array and a DEVPROP_FILTER_EXPRESSION to query for DevObjectTypeDevice objects with a DEVPKEY_Device_ClassGuid property with a value of GUID_DEVCLASS_NET.

void WINAPI
Example1Callback(
    HDEVQUERY hDevQuery,
    PVOID pContext,
    const DEV_QUERY_RESULT_ACTION_DATA *pActionData
    )
{
    const DEVPROPERTY* NameProperty = NULL;

    UNREFERENCED_PARAMETER(hDevQuery);
    UNREFERENCED_PARAMETER(pContext);

    switch (pActionData->Action)
    {
    case DevQueryResultStateChange:
        if (pActionData->Data.State == DevQueryStateEnumCompleted)
        {
            wprintf(L"Enumeration of current system state complete.\n");
        }
        else if (pActionData->Data.State == DevQueryStateAborted)
        {
            wprintf(L"Query has aborted. No further results will be received.\n");
            // Communicate back to the creator of the query that it has aborted
            // so it can handle that appropriately, such as by recreating the
            // query
        }
        break;

    case DevQueryResultAdd:
        wprintf(L"Object '%ws' has been added to the result set.\n",
                pActionData->Data.DeviceObject.pszObjectId);

        NameProperty = DevFindProperty(&DEVPKEY_NAME,
                                       DEVPROP_STORE_SYSTEM,
                                       NULL,
                                       pActionData->Data.DeviceObject.cPropertyCount,
                                       pActionData->Data.DeviceObject.pProperties);

        if ((NameProperty == NULL) ||
            (NameProperty->Type == DEVPROP_TYPE_EMPTY) ||
            (NameProperty->Buffer == NULL))
        {
            wprintf(L"Object '%ws' had no name property.\n",
                    pActionData->Data.DeviceObject.pszObjectId);
        }
        else if ((NameProperty->Type != DEVPROP_TYPE_STRING) ||
                 (NameProperty->BufferSize < sizeof(WCHAR)))
        {
            wprintf(L"Object '%ws' had a corrupted name property.\n",
                    pActionData->Data.DeviceObject.pszObjectId);
        }
        else
        {
            wprintf(L"Object '%ws' has name '%ws'.\n",
                    pActionData->Data.DeviceObject.pszObjectId,
                    (PWSTR)NameProperty->Buffer);
        }

        break;

    case DevQueryResultUpdate:
        wprintf(L"Object '%ws' was updated.\n",
                pActionData->Data.DeviceObject.pszObjectId);

        NameProperty = DevFindProperty(&DEVPKEY_NAME,
                                       DEVPROP_STORE_SYSTEM,
                                       NULL,
                                       pActionData->Data.DeviceObject.cPropertyCount,
                                       pActionData->Data.DeviceObject.pProperties);

        if ((NameProperty == NULL) ||
            (NameProperty->Type == DEVPROP_TYPE_EMPTY) ||
            (NameProperty->Buffer == NULL))
        {
            wprintf(L"Object '%ws' had no name property.\n",
                    pActionData->Data.DeviceObject.pszObjectId);
        }
        else if ((NameProperty->Type != DEVPROP_TYPE_STRING) ||
                 (NameProperty->BufferSize < sizeof(WCHAR)))
        {
            wprintf(L"Object '%ws' had a corrupted name property.\n",
                    pActionData->Data.DeviceObject.pszObjectId);
        }
        else
        {
            wprintf(L"Object '%ws' has name '%ws'.\n",
                    pActionData->Data.DeviceObject.pszObjectId,
                    (PWSTR)NameProperty->Buffer);
        }

        break;

    case DevQueryResultRemove:
        wprintf(L"Object '%ws' has been removed from the result set.\n",
                pActionData->Data.DeviceObject.pszObjectId);
        break;
    }
}

void
Example1()
{
    DEVPROPCOMPKEY RequestedProperties[] =
    {
        { DEVPKEY_NAME, DEVPROP_STORE_SYSTEM, NULL }
    };
    DEVPROP_FILTER_EXPRESSION ObjectFilter[] =
    {
        {
            DEVPROP_OPERATOR_EQUALS,
            {
                { DEVPKEY_Device_ClassGuid, DEVPROP_STORE_SYSTEM, NULL },
                DEVPROP_TYPE_GUID,
                sizeof(GUID),
                (void*)&GUID_DEVCLASS_NET
            }
        }
    };

    HDEVQUERY hDevQuery = NULL;
    HRESULT hr = DevCreateObjectQuery(DevObjectTypeDevice,
                                      DevQueryFlagUpdateResults,
                                      RTL_NUMBER_OF(RequestedProperties),
                                      RequestedProperties,
                                      RTL_NUMBER_OF(ObjectFilter),
                                      ObjectFilter,
                                      Example1Callback,
                                      NULL,
                                      &hDevQuery);

    if (FAILED(hr))
    {
        wprintf(L"Failed to create query. hr = 0x%08x\n", hr);
        goto exit;
    }

    // do other work while the query monitors system state in the background

  exit:

    if (hDevQuery != NULL)
    {
        DevCloseObjectQuery(hDevQuery);
    }

    return;
}

In the following example, the optional caller-defined pContext parameter is used to pass an event handle into the PDEV_QUERY_RESULT_CALLBACK method. When the callback detects that the query state is DevQueryStateAborted, the event is signaled to notify the caller that it should dispose of the existing query and recreate a new query.

typedef struct _MY_QUERY_CONTEXT {
    HANDLE CompletionEvent;
    HRESULT hr;
} MY_QUERY_CONTEXT, *PMY_QUERY_CONTEXT;

void WINAPI
Example2Callback(
    HDEVQUERY hDevQuery,
    PVOID pContext,
    const DEV_QUERY_RESULT_ACTION_DATA *pActionData
    )
{
    PMY_QUERY_CONTEXT QueryContext = (PMY_QUERY_CONTEXT)pContext;
    const DEVPROPERTY* DevProperty = NULL;

    UNREFERENCED_PARAMETER(hDevQuery);

    switch (pActionData->Action)
    {
    case DevQueryResultStateChange:
        if (pActionData->Data.State == DevQueryStateEnumCompleted)
        {
            wprintf(L"Enumeration of current system state complete.\n");
            // The query did not use DevQueryFlagUpdateResults so the result set
            // is now complete. Signal the caller to stop waiting.
            if (!SetEvent(QueryContext->CompletionEvent))
            {
                wprintf(L"Failed to signal completion event. Err = 0x%08x\n",
                        GetLastError());
            }
        }
        else if (pActionData->Data.State == DevQueryStateAborted)
        {
            wprintf(L"Query has aborted. No further results will be received.\n");
            QueryContext->hr = E_FAIL;
            // Communicate back to the creator of the query that it has aborted
            // so it can handle that appropriately, such as by recreating the
            // query.
            if (!SetEvent(QueryContext->CompletionEvent))
            {
                wprintf(L"Failed to signal completion event. Err = 0x%08x\n",
                        GetLastError());
            }
        }
        break;

    case DevQueryResultAdd:
        wprintf(L"Object '%ws' has been added to the result set.\n",
                pActionData->Data.DeviceObject.pszObjectId);

        DevProperty = DevFindProperty(&DEVPKEY_Device_InstanceId,
                                      DEVPROP_STORE_SYSTEM,
                                      NULL,
                                      pActionData->Data.DeviceObject.cPropertyCount,
                                      pActionData->Data.DeviceObject.pProperties);

        if ((DevProperty == NULL) ||
            (DevProperty->Type == DEVPROP_TYPE_EMPTY) ||
            (DevProperty->Buffer == NULL))
        {
            wprintf(L"Object '%ws' had no instance ID property.\n",
                    pActionData->Data.DeviceObject.pszObjectId);
        }
        else if ((DevProperty->Type != DEVPROP_TYPE_STRING) ||
                 (DevProperty->BufferSize < sizeof(WCHAR)))
        {
            wprintf(L"Object '%ws' had a corrupted instance ID property.\n",
                    pActionData->Data.DeviceObject.pszObjectId);
        }
        else
        {
            wprintf(L"Object '%ws' was exposed by instance ID '%ws'.\n",
                    pActionData->Data.DeviceObject.pszObjectId,
                    (PWSTR)DevProperty->Buffer);
        }

        break;

    case DevQueryResultUpdate:
        wprintf(L"Object '%ws' was updated.\n",
                pActionData->Data.DeviceObject.pszObjectId);

        DevProperty = DevFindProperty(&DEVPKEY_Device_InstanceId,
                                      DEVPROP_STORE_SYSTEM,
                                      NULL,
                                      pActionData->Data.DeviceObject.cPropertyCount,
                                      pActionData->Data.DeviceObject.pProperties);

        if ((DevProperty == NULL) ||
            (DevProperty->Type == DEVPROP_TYPE_EMPTY) ||
            (DevProperty->Buffer == NULL))
        {
            wprintf(L"Object '%ws' had no instance ID property.\n",
                    pActionData->Data.DeviceObject.pszObjectId);
        }
        else if ((DevProperty->Type != DEVPROP_TYPE_STRING) ||
                 (DevProperty->BufferSize < sizeof(WCHAR)))
        {
            wprintf(L"Object '%ws' had a corrupted instance ID property.\n",
                    pActionData->Data.DeviceObject.pszObjectId);
        }
        else
        {
            wprintf(L"Object '%ws' was exposed by instance ID '%ws'.\n",
                    pActionData->Data.DeviceObject.pszObjectId,
                    (PWSTR)DevProperty->Buffer);
        }

        break;

    case DevQueryResultRemove:
        wprintf(L"Object '%ws' has been removed from the result set.\n",
                pActionData->Data.DeviceObject.pszObjectId);
        break;
    }
}

void
Example2()
{
    HRESULT hr = S_OK;
    MY_QUERY_CONTEXT QueryContext = {0};
    HDEVQUERY hDevQuery = NULL;
    DEVPROP_BOOLEAN DevPropTrue = DEVPROP_TRUE;
    DEVPROPCOMPKEY RequestedProperties[] =
    {
        { DEVPKEY_Device_InstanceId, DEVPROP_STORE_SYSTEM, NULL }
    };
    DEVPROP_FILTER_EXPRESSION ObjectFilter[] =
    {
        {
            DEVPROP_OPERATOR_AND_OPEN, {0}
        },
        {
            DEVPROP_OPERATOR_EQUALS,
            {
                { DEVPKEY_DeviceInterface_Enabled, DEVPROP_STORE_SYSTEM, NULL },
                DEVPROP_TYPE_BOOLEAN,
                sizeof(DevPropTrue),
                (void*)&DevPropTrue
            }
        },
        {
            DEVPROP_OPERATOR_OR_OPEN, {0}
        },
        {
            DEVPROP_OPERATOR_EQUALS,
            {
                { DEVPKEY_DeviceInterface_ClassGuid, DEVPROP_STORE_SYSTEM, NULL },
                DEVPROP_TYPE_GUID,
                sizeof(GUID),
                (void*)&GUID_DEVINTERFACE_MOUSE
            }
        },
        {
            DEVPROP_OPERATOR_EQUALS,
            {
                { DEVPKEY_DeviceInterface_ClassGuid, DEVPROP_STORE_SYSTEM, NULL },
                DEVPROP_TYPE_GUID,
                sizeof(GUID),
                (void*)&GUID_DEVINTERFACE_KEYBOARD
            }
        },
        {
            DEVPROP_OPERATOR_OR_CLOSE, {0}
        },
        {
            DEVPROP_OPERATOR_AND_CLOSE, {0}
        }
    };

    QueryContext.CompletionEvent = CreateEvent(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, NULL);

    if (!QueryContext.CompletionEvent)
    {
        wprintf(L"Failed to create event. Error = 0x%08x\n",
                GetLastError());
        goto exit;
    }

    hr = DevCreateObjectQuery(DevObjectTypeDeviceInterface,
                              DevQueryFlagNone,
                              RTL_NUMBER_OF(RequestedProperties),
                              RequestedProperties,
                              RTL_NUMBER_OF(ObjectFilter),
                              ObjectFilter,
                              Example2Callback,
                              &QueryContext,
                              &hDevQuery);

    if (FAILED(hr))
    {
        wprintf(L"Failed to create query. hr = 0x%08x\n", hr);
        goto exit;
    }

    switch (WaitForSingleObject(QueryContext.CompletionEvent, INFINITE))
    {
    case WAIT_OBJECT_0:
        if (SUCCEEDED(QueryContext.hr))
        {
            wprintf(L"Successfully enumerated results.\n");
        }
        else
        {
            wprintf(L"Failed to Successfully enumerate results. hr = 0x%08x\n",
                    QueryContext.hr);
        }
        break;

    default:
        wprintf(L"An error waiting occurred.\n");
        break;
    }

  exit:

    if (hDevQuery != NULL)
    {
        DevCloseObjectQuery(hDevQuery);
    }

    if (QueryContext.CompletionEvent != NULL)
    {
        CloseHandle(QueryContext.CompletionEvent);
    }

    return;
}

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows 10 version 1809
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2019
Header devquery.h
Library onecore.lib
DLL Cfgmgr32.dll

See also

DevCreateObjectQueryEx