Add a public tor_api.h with an implementation in tor_api.c

The main effect of this change is to commit to an extensible
long-term API.

Closes ticket 23684.

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+/* Copyright (c) 2001 Matej Pfajfar.
+ * Copyright (c) 2001-2004, Roger Dingledine.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2006, Roger Dingledine, Nick Mathewson.
+ * Copyright (c) 2007-2017, The Tor Project, Inc. */
+/* See LICENSE for licensing information */
+
+/**
+ * \file tor_api.h
+ * \brief Public C API for the Tor network service.
+ *
+ * This interface is intended for use by programs that need to link Tor as
+ * a library, and launch it in a separate thread.  If you have the ability
+ * to run Tor as a separate executable, you should probably do that instead
+ * of embedding it as a library.
+ **/
+
+#ifndef TOR_API_H
+#define TOR_API_H
+
+typedef struct tor_main_configuration_t tor_main_configuration_t;
+
+/**
+ * Create and return a new tor_main_configuration().
+ */
+tor_main_configuration_t *tor_main_configuration_new(void);
+
+/**
+ * Set the command-line arguments in <b>cfg</b>.
+ *
+ * The <b>argc</b> and <b>argv</b> values here are as for main().  The
+ * contents of the argv pointer must remain unchanged until tor_run_main() has
+ * finished and you call tor_main_configuration_free().
+ *
+ * Return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
+ */
+int tor_main_configuration_set_command_line(tor_main_configuration_t *cfg,
+                                            int argc, char *argv[]);
+/**
+ * Release all storage held in <b>cfg</b>.
+ *
+ * Once you have passed a tor_main_configuration_t to tor_run_main(), you
+ * must not free it until tor_run_main() has finished.
+ */
+void tor_main_configuration_free(tor_main_configuration_t *cfg);
+
+/**
+ * Run the tor process, as if from the command line.
+ *
+ * The command line arguments from tor_main_configuration_set_command_line()
+ * are taken as if they had been passed to main().
+ *
+ * This function will not return until Tor is done running.  It returns zero
+ * on success, and nonzero on failure.
+ *
+ * BUG 23848: In many cases, tor_main will call exit() or abort() instead of
+ * returning.  This is not the intended long-term behavior; we are trying to
+ * fix it.
+ *
+ * BUG 23847: You can only call tor_main() once in a single process; if it
+ * returns and you call it again, you may crash. This is not intended
+ * long-term behavior; we are trying to fix it.
+ *
+ * LIMITATION: You cannot run more than one instance of Tor in the same
+ * process at the same time. Concurrent calls will cause undefined behavior.
+ * We do not currently have plans to change this.
+ */
+int tor_run_main(const tor_main_configuration_t *);
+
+/**
+ * Run the tor process, as if from the command line.
+ *
+ * @deprecated Using this function from outside Tor is deprecated; you should
+ * use use tor_run_main() instead.
+ *
+ * BUGS: This function has all the same bugs as tor_run_main().
+ *
+ * LIMITATIONS: This function has all the limitations of tor_run_main().
+ */
+int tor_main(int argc, char **argv);
+
+#endif /* !defined(TOR_API_H) */
+