/* GStreamer * Copyright (C) 1999,2000 Erik Walthinsen * 2000 Wim Taymans * 2003 Benjamin Otte * * gstelementfactory.c: GstElementFactory object, support routines * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Library General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public * License along with this library; if not, write to the * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */ /** * SECTION:gstelementfactory * @short_description: Create GstElements from a factory * @see_also: #GstElement, #GstPlugin, #GstPluginFeature, #GstPadTemplate. * * #GstElementFactory is used to create instances of elements. A * GstElementfactory can be added to a #GstPlugin as it is also a * #GstPluginFeature. * * Use the gst_element_factory_find() and gst_element_factory_create() * functions to create element instances or use gst_element_factory_make() as a * convenient shortcut. * * The following code example shows you how to create a GstFileSrc element. * * * Using an element factory * * #include <gst/gst.h> * * GstElement *src; * GstElementFactory *srcfactory; * * gst_init (&argc, &argv); * * srcfactory = gst_element_factory_find ("filesrc"); * g_return_if_fail (srcfactory != NULL); * src = gst_element_factory_create (srcfactory, "src"); * g_return_if_fail (src != NULL); * ... * * * * Last reviewed on 2005-11-23 (0.9.5) */ #include "gst_private.h" #include "gstelement.h" #include "gstinfo.h" #include "gsturi.h" #include "gstregistry.h" #include "glib-compat-private.h" GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (element_factory_debug); #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT element_factory_debug static void gst_element_factory_class_init (GstElementFactoryClass * klass); static void gst_element_factory_init (GstElementFactory * factory); static void gst_element_factory_finalize (GObject * object); void __gst_element_details_clear (GstElementDetails * dp); static void gst_element_factory_cleanup (GstElementFactory * factory); static GstPluginFeatureClass *parent_class = NULL; /* static guint gst_element_factory_signals[LAST_SIGNAL] = { 0 }; */ /* this is defined in gstelement.c */ extern GQuark _gst_elementclass_factory; #define _do_init \ { \ GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (element_factory_debug, "GST_ELEMENT_FACTORY", \ GST_DEBUG_BOLD | GST_DEBUG_FG_WHITE | GST_DEBUG_BG_RED, \ "element factories keep information about installed elements"); \ } G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_CODE (GstElementFactory, gst_element_factory, GST_TYPE_PLUGIN_FEATURE, _do_init); static void gst_element_factory_class_init (GstElementFactoryClass * klass) { GObjectClass *gobject_class = (GObjectClass *) klass; parent_class = g_type_class_peek_parent (klass); gobject_class->finalize = GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_element_factory_finalize); } static void gst_element_factory_init (GstElementFactory * factory) { factory->staticpadtemplates = NULL; factory->numpadtemplates = 0; factory->uri_type = GST_URI_UNKNOWN; factory->uri_protocols = NULL; factory->interfaces = NULL; } static void gst_element_factory_finalize (GObject * object) { GstElementFactory *factory = GST_ELEMENT_FACTORY (object); gst_element_factory_cleanup (factory); G_OBJECT_CLASS (parent_class)->finalize (object); } /** * gst_element_factory_find: * @name: name of factory to find * * Search for an element factory of the given name. Refs the returned * element factory; caller is responsible for unreffing. * * Returns: #GstElementFactory if found, NULL otherwise */ GstElementFactory * gst_element_factory_find (const gchar * name) { GstPluginFeature *feature; g_return_val_if_fail (name != NULL, NULL); feature = gst_registry_find_feature (gst_registry_get_default (), name, GST_TYPE_ELEMENT_FACTORY); if (feature) return GST_ELEMENT_FACTORY (feature); /* this isn't an error, for instance when you query if an element factory is * present */ GST_LOG ("no such element factory \"%s\"", name); return NULL; } void __gst_element_details_clear (GstElementDetails * dp) { g_free (dp->longname); g_free (dp->klass); g_free (dp->description); g_free (dp->author); memset (dp, 0, sizeof (GstElementDetails)); } #define VALIDATE_SET(__dest, __src, __entry) \ G_STMT_START { \ if (g_utf8_validate (__src->__entry, -1, NULL)) { \ __dest->__entry = g_strdup (__src->__entry); \ } else { \ g_warning ("Invalid UTF-8 in " G_STRINGIFY (__entry) ": %s", \ __src->__entry); \ __dest->__entry = g_strdup ("[ERROR: invalid UTF-8]"); \ } \ } G_STMT_END void __gst_element_details_set (GstElementDetails * dest, const GstElementDetails * src) { VALIDATE_SET (dest, src, longname); VALIDATE_SET (dest, src, klass); VALIDATE_SET (dest, src, description); VALIDATE_SET (dest, src, author); } void __gst_element_details_copy (GstElementDetails * dest, const GstElementDetails * src) { __gst_element_details_clear (dest); __gst_element_details_set (dest, src); } static void gst_element_factory_cleanup (GstElementFactory * factory) { GList *item; __gst_element_details_clear (&factory->details); if (factory->type) { factory->type = G_TYPE_INVALID; } for (item = factory->staticpadtemplates; item; item = item->next) { GstStaticPadTemplate *templ = item->data; GstCaps *caps = (GstCaps *) & (templ->static_caps); g_free ((gchar *) templ->static_caps.string); /* FIXME: this is not threadsafe */ if (caps->refcount == 1) { GstStructure *structure; guint i; for (i = 0; i < caps->structs->len; i++) { structure = (GstStructure *) gst_caps_get_structure (caps, i); gst_structure_set_parent_refcount (structure, NULL); gst_structure_free (structure); } g_ptr_array_free (caps->structs, TRUE); caps->refcount = 0; } g_free (templ); } g_list_free (factory->staticpadtemplates); factory->staticpadtemplates = NULL; factory->numpadtemplates = 0; factory->uri_type = GST_URI_UNKNOWN; if (factory->uri_protocols) { g_strfreev (factory->uri_protocols); factory->uri_protocols = NULL; } g_list_foreach (factory->interfaces, (GFunc) g_free, NULL); g_list_free (factory->interfaces); factory->interfaces = NULL; } /** * gst_element_register: * @plugin: #GstPlugin to register the element with, or NULL for a static * element (note that passing NULL only works in GStreamer 0.10.13 and later) * @name: name of elements of this type * @rank: rank of element (higher rank means more importance when autoplugging) * @type: GType of element to register * * Create a new elementfactory capable of instantiating objects of the * @type and add the factory to @plugin. * * Returns: TRUE, if the registering succeeded, FALSE on error */ gboolean gst_element_register (GstPlugin * plugin, const gchar * name, guint rank, GType type) { GstPluginFeature *existing_feature; GstRegistry *registry; GstElementFactory *factory; GType *interfaces; guint n_interfaces, i; GstElementClass *klass; GList *item; g_return_val_if_fail (name != NULL, FALSE); g_return_val_if_fail (g_type_is_a (type, GST_TYPE_ELEMENT), FALSE); registry = gst_registry_get_default (); /* check if feature already exists, if it exists there is no need to update it * when the registry is getting updated, outdated plugins and all there * feature are removed and readded. */ existing_feature = gst_registry_lookup_feature (registry, name); if (existing_feature) { GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (registry, "update existing feature %p (%s)", existing_feature, name); factory = GST_ELEMENT_FACTORY_CAST (existing_feature); factory->type = type; existing_feature->loaded = TRUE; g_type_set_qdata (type, _gst_elementclass_factory, factory); gst_object_unref (existing_feature); return TRUE; } factory = GST_ELEMENT_FACTORY_CAST (g_object_new (GST_TYPE_ELEMENT_FACTORY, NULL)); gst_plugin_feature_set_name (GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE_CAST (factory), name); GST_LOG_OBJECT (factory, "Created new elementfactory for type %s", g_type_name (type)); klass = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_type_class_ref (type)); if ((klass->details.longname == NULL) || (klass->details.klass == NULL) || (klass->details.author == NULL)) goto detailserror; factory->type = type; __gst_element_details_copy (&factory->details, &klass->details); for (item = klass->padtemplates; item; item = item->next) { GstPadTemplate *templ = item->data; GstStaticPadTemplate *newt; newt = g_new0 (GstStaticPadTemplate, 1); newt->name_template = g_intern_string (templ->name_template); newt->direction = templ->direction; newt->presence = templ->presence; newt->static_caps.string = gst_caps_to_string (templ->caps); factory->staticpadtemplates = g_list_append (factory->staticpadtemplates, newt); } factory->numpadtemplates = klass->numpadtemplates; g_type_set_qdata (type, _gst_elementclass_factory, factory); /* special stuff for URI handling */ if (g_type_is_a (type, GST_TYPE_URI_HANDLER)) { GstURIHandlerInterface *iface = (GstURIHandlerInterface *) g_type_interface_peek (klass, GST_TYPE_URI_HANDLER); if (!iface || (!iface->get_type && !iface->get_type_full) || (!iface->get_protocols && !iface->get_protocols_full)) goto urierror; if (iface->get_type) factory->uri_type = iface->get_type (); else if (iface->get_type_full) factory->uri_type = iface->get_type_full (factory->type); if (!GST_URI_TYPE_IS_VALID (factory->uri_type)) goto urierror; if (iface->get_protocols) factory->uri_protocols = g_strdupv (iface->get_protocols ()); else if (iface->get_protocols_full) factory->uri_protocols = iface->get_protocols_full (factory->type); if (!factory->uri_protocols) goto urierror; } interfaces = g_type_interfaces (type, &n_interfaces); for (i = 0; i < n_interfaces; i++) { __gst_element_factory_add_interface (factory, g_type_name (interfaces[i])); } g_free (interfaces); if (plugin && plugin->desc.name) { GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE_CAST (factory)->plugin_name = plugin->desc.name; } else { GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE_CAST (factory)->plugin_name = "NULL"; } gst_plugin_feature_set_rank (GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE_CAST (factory), rank); GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE_CAST (factory)->loaded = TRUE; gst_registry_add_feature (registry, GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE_CAST (factory)); return TRUE; /* ERRORS */ urierror: { GST_WARNING_OBJECT (factory, "error with uri handler!"); gst_element_factory_cleanup (factory); return FALSE; } detailserror: { GST_WARNING_OBJECT (factory, "The GstElementDetails don't seem to have been set properly"); gst_element_factory_cleanup (factory); return FALSE; } } /** * gst_element_factory_create: * @factory: factory to instantiate * @name: name of new element * * Create a new element of the type defined by the given elementfactory. * It will be given the name supplied, since all elements require a name as * their first argument. * * Returns: new #GstElement or NULL if the element couldn't be created */ GstElement * gst_element_factory_create (GstElementFactory * factory, const gchar * name) { GstElement *element; GstElementClass *oclass; GstElementFactory *newfactory; g_return_val_if_fail (factory != NULL, NULL); newfactory = GST_ELEMENT_FACTORY (gst_plugin_feature_load (GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE (factory))); if (newfactory == NULL) goto load_failed; factory = newfactory; if (name) GST_INFO ("creating element \"%s\" named \"%s\"", GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE_NAME (factory), GST_STR_NULL (name)); else GST_INFO ("creating element \"%s\"", GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE_NAME (factory)); if (factory->type == 0) goto no_type; /* create an instance of the element, cast so we don't assert on NULL */ element = GST_ELEMENT_CAST (g_object_new (factory->type, NULL)); if (G_UNLIKELY (element == NULL)) goto no_element; /* fill in the pointer to the factory in the element class. The * class will not be unreffed currently. * Be thread safe as there might be 2 threads creating the first instance of * an element at the same moment */ oclass = GST_ELEMENT_GET_CLASS (element); if (!g_atomic_pointer_compare_and_exchange ( (gpointer *) & oclass->elementfactory, NULL, factory)) gst_object_unref (factory); if (name) gst_object_set_name (GST_OBJECT_CAST (element), name); GST_DEBUG ("created element \"%s\"", GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE_NAME (factory)); return element; /* ERRORS */ load_failed: { GST_WARNING_OBJECT (factory, "loading plugin containing feature %s returned NULL!", name); return NULL; } no_type: { GST_WARNING_OBJECT (factory, "factory has no type"); gst_object_unref (factory); return NULL; } no_element: { GST_WARNING_OBJECT (factory, "could not create element"); gst_object_unref (factory); return NULL; } } /** * gst_element_factory_make: * @factoryname: a named factory to instantiate * @name: name of new element * * Create a new element of the type defined by the given element factory. * If name is NULL, then the element will receive a guaranteed unique name, * consisting of the element factory name and a number. * If name is given, it will be given the name supplied. * * Returns: new #GstElement or NULL if unable to create element */ GstElement * gst_element_factory_make (const gchar * factoryname, const gchar * name) { GstElementFactory *factory; GstElement *element; g_return_val_if_fail (factoryname != NULL, NULL); GST_LOG ("gstelementfactory: make \"%s\" \"%s\"", factoryname, GST_STR_NULL (name)); factory = gst_element_factory_find (factoryname); if (factory == NULL) goto no_factory; GST_LOG_OBJECT (factory, "found factory %p", factory); element = gst_element_factory_create (factory, name); if (element == NULL) goto create_failed; gst_object_unref (factory); return element; /* ERRORS */ no_factory: { GST_INFO ("no such element factory \"%s\"!", factoryname); return NULL; } create_failed: { GST_INFO_OBJECT (factory, "couldn't create instance!"); gst_object_unref (factory); return NULL; } } void __gst_element_factory_add_static_pad_template (GstElementFactory * factory, GstStaticPadTemplate * templ) { g_return_if_fail (factory != NULL); g_return_if_fail (templ != NULL); factory->staticpadtemplates = g_list_append (factory->staticpadtemplates, templ); factory->numpadtemplates++; } /** * gst_element_factory_get_element_type: * @factory: factory to get managed #GType from * * Get the #GType for elements managed by this factory. The type can * only be retrieved if the element factory is loaded, which can be * assured with gst_plugin_feature_load(). * * Returns: the #GType for elements managed by this factory or 0 if * the factory is not loaded. */ GType gst_element_factory_get_element_type (GstElementFactory * factory) { g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_ELEMENT_FACTORY (factory), 0); return factory->type; } /** * gst_element_factory_get_longname: * @factory: a #GstElementFactory * * Gets the longname for this factory * * Returns: the longname */ G_CONST_RETURN gchar * gst_element_factory_get_longname (GstElementFactory * factory) { g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_ELEMENT_FACTORY (factory), NULL); return factory->details.longname; } /** * gst_element_factory_get_klass: * @factory: a #GstElementFactory * * Gets the class for this factory. * * Returns: the class */ G_CONST_RETURN gchar * gst_element_factory_get_klass (GstElementFactory * factory) { g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_ELEMENT_FACTORY (factory), NULL); return factory->details.klass; } /** * gst_element_factory_get_description: * @factory: a #GstElementFactory * * Gets the description for this factory. * * Returns: the description */ G_CONST_RETURN gchar * gst_element_factory_get_description (GstElementFactory * factory) { g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_ELEMENT_FACTORY (factory), NULL); return factory->details.description; } /** * gst_element_factory_get_author: * @factory: a #GstElementFactory * * Gets the author for this factory. * * Returns: the author */ G_CONST_RETURN gchar * gst_element_factory_get_author (GstElementFactory * factory) { g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_ELEMENT_FACTORY (factory), NULL); return factory->details.author; } /** * gst_element_factory_get_num_pad_templates: * @factory: a #GstElementFactory * * Gets the number of pad_templates in this factory. * * Returns: the number of pad_templates */ guint gst_element_factory_get_num_pad_templates (GstElementFactory * factory) { g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_ELEMENT_FACTORY (factory), 0); return factory->numpadtemplates; } /** * __gst_element_factory_add_interface: * @elementfactory: The elementfactory to add the interface to * @interfacename: Name of the interface * * Adds the given interfacename to the list of implemented interfaces of the * element. */ void __gst_element_factory_add_interface (GstElementFactory * elementfactory, const gchar * interfacename) { g_return_if_fail (GST_IS_ELEMENT_FACTORY (elementfactory)); g_return_if_fail (interfacename != NULL); g_return_if_fail (interfacename[0] != '\0'); /* no empty string */ elementfactory->interfaces = g_list_prepend (elementfactory->interfaces, g_strdup (interfacename)); } /** * gst_element_factory_get_static_pad_templates: * @factory: a #GstElementFactory * * Gets the #GList of #GstStaticPadTemplate for this factory. * * Returns: the padtemplates */ G_CONST_RETURN GList * gst_element_factory_get_static_pad_templates (GstElementFactory * factory) { g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_ELEMENT_FACTORY (factory), NULL); return factory->staticpadtemplates; } /** * gst_element_factory_get_uri_type: * @factory: a #GstElementFactory * * Gets the type of URIs the element supports or #GST_URI_UNKNOWN if none. * * Returns: type of URIs this element supports */ gint gst_element_factory_get_uri_type (GstElementFactory * factory) { g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_ELEMENT_FACTORY (factory), GST_URI_UNKNOWN); return factory->uri_type; } /** * gst_element_factory_get_uri_protocols: * @factory: a #GstElementFactory * * Gets a NULL-terminated array of protocols this element supports or NULL if * no protocols are supported. You may not change the contents of the returned * array, as it is still owned by the element factory. Use g_strdupv() to * make a copy of the protocol string array if you need to. * * Returns: the supported protocols or NULL */ gchar ** gst_element_factory_get_uri_protocols (GstElementFactory * factory) { g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_ELEMENT_FACTORY (factory), NULL); return factory->uri_protocols; } /** * gst_element_factory_has_interface: * @factory: a #GstElementFactory * @interfacename: an interface name * * Check if @factory implements the interface with name @interfacename. * * Returns: #TRUE when @factory implement the interface. * * Since: 0.10.14 */ gboolean gst_element_factory_has_interface (GstElementFactory * factory, const gchar * interfacename) { GList *walk; g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_ELEMENT_FACTORY (factory), FALSE); for (walk = factory->interfaces; walk; walk = g_list_next (walk)) { gchar *iname = (gchar *) walk->data; if (!strcmp (iname, interfacename)) return TRUE; } return FALSE; }