/* GStreamer
 * Copyright (C) 1999,2000 Erik Walthinsen <omega@cse.ogi.edu>
 *                    2000 Wim Taymans <wtay@chello.be>
 *
 * gstbin.h: Header for GstBin container object
 *
 * 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.
 */


#ifndef __GST_BIN_H__
#define __GST_BIN_H__

#include <gst/gstelement.h>
#include <gst/cothreads.h>

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif /* __cplusplus */

extern GstElementDetails gst_bin_details;
extern GType _gst_bin_type;

#define GST_TYPE_BIN                 (_gst_bin_type)
# define GST_IS_BIN(obj)             (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), GST_TYPE_BIN))
# define GST_IS_BIN_CLASS(obj)       (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((klass), GST_TYPE_BIN))

#define GST_BIN_CAST(obj)            ((GstBin*)(obj))
#define GST_BIN_CLASS_CAST(klass)    ((GstBinClass*)(klass))

#ifdef GST_TYPE_PARANOID
# define GST_BIN(obj)                (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), GST_TYPE_BIN, GstBin))
# define GST_BIN_CLASS(klass)        (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((klass), GST_TYPE_BIN, GstBinClass))
#else
# define GST_BIN                     GST_BIN_CAST
# define GST_BIN_CLASS               GST_BIN_CLASS_CAST
#endif

typedef enum {
  /* this bin is a manager of child elements, i.e. a pipeline or thread */
  GST_BIN_FLAG_MANAGER		= GST_ELEMENT_FLAG_LAST,
  /* this bin is actually a meta-bin, and may need to be scheduled */
  GST_BIN_SELF_SCHEDULABLE,

  /* we prefer to have cothreads when its an option, over chain-based */
  GST_BIN_FLAG_PREFER_COTHREADS,

  /* padding */
  GST_BIN_FLAG_LAST		= GST_ELEMENT_FLAG_LAST + 4,
} GstBinFlags;

/*typedef struct _GstBin GstBin; */
/*typedef struct _GstBinClass GstBinClass; */

struct _GstBin {
  GstElement element;

  /* our children */
  gint numchildren;
  GList *children;

  GstElementState child_states[GST_NUM_STATES];
  
  gpointer sched_private;
};

struct _GstBinClass {
  GstElementClass parent_class;

  /* signals */
  void		(*object_added)		(GstObject *object, GstObject *child);
  void		(*object_removed)	(GstObject *object, GstObject *child);

  /* change the state of elements of the given type */
  gboolean	(*change_state_type)	(GstBin *bin,
					 GstElementState state,
					 GType type);
  /* run a full iteration of operation */
  gboolean	(*iterate)		(GstBin *bin);
};

GType		gst_bin_get_type		(void);
GstElement*	gst_bin_new			(const gchar *name);
#define		gst_bin_destroy(bin)		gst_object_destroy(GST_OBJECT(bin))

/* add and remove elements from the bin */
void		gst_bin_add			(GstBin *bin, GstElement *element);
void		gst_bin_remove			(GstBin *bin, GstElement *element);

/* retrieve a single element or the list of children */
GstElement*	gst_bin_get_by_name		(GstBin *bin, const gchar *name);
GstElement*	gst_bin_get_by_name_recurse_up	(GstBin *bin, const gchar *name);
GList*		gst_bin_get_list		(GstBin *bin);

gboolean	gst_bin_set_state_type		(GstBin *bin, GstElementState state, GType type);

gboolean	gst_bin_iterate			(GstBin *bin);

/* internal */
void 		gst_bin_child_state_change 	(GstBin *bin, GstElementState oldstate, 
						 GstElementState newstate, GstElement *child);
void 		gst_bin_child_error	 	(GstBin *bin, GstElement *child);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif /* __cplusplus */


#endif /* __GST_BIN_H__ */