gstreamer/gst/gsterror.c
Thomas Vander Stichele b036d0bbd6 clarify error message
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clarify error message
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/* GStreamer
* Copyright (C) <2003> David A. Schleef <ds@schleef.org>
*
* 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:gsterror
* @short_description: Categorized error messages
* @see_also: #GstMessage
*
* GStreamer elements can throw non-fatal warnings and fatal errors.
* Higher-level elements and applications can programatically filter
* the ones they are interested in or can recover from,
* and have a default handler handle the rest of them.
*
* The rest of this section will use the term <quote>error</quote>
* to mean both (non-fatal) warnings and (fatal) errors; they are treated
* similarly.
*
* Errors from elements are the combination of a #GError and a debug string.
* The #GError contains:
* - a domain type: CORE, LIBRARY, RESOURCE or STREAM
* - a code: an enum value specific to the domain
* - a translated, human-readable message
* - a non-translated additional debug string, which also contains
* - file and line information
*
* Elements do not have the context required to decide what to do with
* errors. As such, they should only inform about errors, and stop their
* processing. In short, an element doesn't know what it is being used for.
*
* It is the application or compound element using the given element that
* has more context about the use of the element. The thrown errors should
* be inspected, and filtered if appropriate.
*
* An application is expected to, by default, present the user with a
* dialog box (or an equivalent) showing the error message. The dialog
* should also allow a way to get at the additional debug information,
* so the user can provide bug reporting information.
*
* A compound element is expected to forward errors by default higher up
* the hierarchy; this is done by default in the same way as for other types
* of #GstMessage.
*
* When applications or compound elements trigger errors that they can
* recover from, they can filter out these errors and take appropriate action.
* For example, an application that gets an error from xvimagesink
* that indicates all XVideo ports are taken, the application can attempt
* to use another sink instead.
*
* Elements throw errors using the #GST_ELEMENT_ERROR convenience macro:
*
* <example>
* <title>Throwing an error</title>
* <programlisting>
* GST_ELEMENT_ERROR (src, RESOURCE, NOT_FOUND,
* (_("No file name specified for reading.")), (NULL));
* </programlisting>
* </example>
*
* Things to keep in mind:
* <itemizedlist>
* <listitem><para>Don't go off inventing new error codes. The ones
* currently provided should be enough. If you find your type of error
* does not fit the current codes, you should use FAILED.</para></listitem>
* <listitem><para>Don't provide a message if the default one suffices.
* this keeps messages more uniform. Use (NULL) - not forgetting the
* parentheses.</para></listitem>
* <listitem><para>If you do supply a custom message, it should be
* marked for translation. The message should start with a capital
* and end with a period. The message should describe the error in short,
* in a human-readable form, and without any complex technical terms.
* A user interface will present this message as the first thing a user
* sees. Details, technical info, ... should go in the debug string.
* </para></listitem>
* <listitem><para>The debug string can be as you like. Again, use (NULL)
* if there's nothing to add - file and line number will still be
* passed. #GST_ERROR_SYSTEM can be used as a shortcut to give
* debug information on a system call error.</para></listitem>
* </itemizedlist>
*/
#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include "config.h"
#endif
#include "gst_private.h"
#include <gst/gst.h>
#include "gst-i18n-lib.h"
#define TABLE(t, d, a, b) t[GST_ ## d ## _ERROR_ ## a] = g_strdup (b)
#define QUARK_FUNC(string) \
GQuark gst_ ## string ## _error_quark (void) { \
static GQuark quark; \
if (!quark) \
quark = g_quark_from_static_string ("gst-" # string "-error-quark"); \
return quark; }
GType
gst_g_error_get_type (void)
{
static GType type = 0;
if (G_UNLIKELY (type == 0))
type = g_boxed_type_register_static ("GstGError",
(GBoxedCopyFunc) g_error_copy, (GBoxedFreeFunc) g_error_free);
return type;
}
#define FILE_A_BUG " Please file a bug at " PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "."
/* initialize the dynamic table of translated core errors */
static gchar **
_gst_core_errors_init (void)
{
gchar **t = NULL;
t = g_new0 (gchar *, GST_CORE_ERROR_NUM_ERRORS);
TABLE (t, CORE, FAILED,
N_("GStreamer encountered a general core library error."));
TABLE (t, CORE, TOO_LAZY,
N_("GStreamer developers were too lazy to assign an error code "
"to this error." FILE_A_BUG));
TABLE (t, CORE, NOT_IMPLEMENTED,
N_("Internal GStreamer error: code not implemented." FILE_A_BUG));
TABLE (t, CORE, STATE_CHANGE,
N_("Internal GStreamer error: state change failed." FILE_A_BUG));
TABLE (t, CORE, PAD, N_("Internal GStreamer error: pad problem." FILE_A_BUG));
TABLE (t, CORE, THREAD,
N_("Internal GStreamer error: thread problem." FILE_A_BUG));
TABLE (t, CORE, NEGOTIATION,
N_("Internal GStreamer error: negotiation problem." FILE_A_BUG));
TABLE (t, CORE, EVENT,
N_("Internal GStreamer error: event problem." FILE_A_BUG));
TABLE (t, CORE, SEEK,
N_("Internal GStreamer error: seek problem." FILE_A_BUG));
TABLE (t, CORE, CAPS,
N_("Internal GStreamer error: caps problem." FILE_A_BUG));
TABLE (t, CORE, TAG, N_("Internal GStreamer error: tag problem." FILE_A_BUG));
TABLE (t, CORE, MISSING_PLUGIN,
N_("Your GStreamer installation is missing a plug-in."));
TABLE (t, CORE, CLOCK,
N_("Internal GStreamer error: clock problem." FILE_A_BUG));
return t;
}
/* initialize the dynamic table of translated library errors */
static gchar **
_gst_library_errors_init (void)
{
gchar **t = NULL;
t = g_new0 (gchar *, GST_LIBRARY_ERROR_NUM_ERRORS);
TABLE (t, LIBRARY, FAILED,
N_("GStreamer encountered a general supporting library error."));
TABLE (t, LIBRARY, TOO_LAZY,
N_("GStreamer developers were too lazy to assign an error code "
"to this error." FILE_A_BUG));
TABLE (t, LIBRARY, INIT, N_("Could not initialize supporting library."));
TABLE (t, LIBRARY, SHUTDOWN, N_("Could not close supporting library."));
TABLE (t, LIBRARY, SETTINGS, N_("Could not close supporting library."));
return t;
}
/* initialize the dynamic table of translated resource errors */
static gchar **
_gst_resource_errors_init (void)
{
gchar **t = NULL;
t = g_new0 (gchar *, GST_RESOURCE_ERROR_NUM_ERRORS);
TABLE (t, RESOURCE, FAILED,
N_("GStreamer encountered a general resource error."));
TABLE (t, RESOURCE, TOO_LAZY,
N_("GStreamer developers were too lazy to assign an error code "
"to this error." FILE_A_BUG));
TABLE (t, RESOURCE, NOT_FOUND, N_("Resource not found."));
TABLE (t, RESOURCE, BUSY, N_("Resource busy or not available."));
TABLE (t, RESOURCE, OPEN_READ, N_("Could not open resource for reading."));
TABLE (t, RESOURCE, OPEN_WRITE, N_("Could not open resource for writing."));
TABLE (t, RESOURCE, OPEN_READ_WRITE,
N_("Could not open resource for reading and writing."));
TABLE (t, RESOURCE, CLOSE, N_("Could not close resource."));
TABLE (t, RESOURCE, READ, N_("Could not read from resource."));
TABLE (t, RESOURCE, WRITE, N_("Could not write to resource."));
TABLE (t, RESOURCE, SEEK, N_("Could not perform seek on resource."));
TABLE (t, RESOURCE, SYNC, N_("Could not synchronize on resource."));
TABLE (t, RESOURCE, SETTINGS,
N_("Could not get/set settings from/on resource."));
TABLE (t, RESOURCE, NO_SPACE_LEFT, N_("No space left on the resource."));
return t;
}
/* initialize the dynamic table of translated stream errors */
static gchar **
_gst_stream_errors_init (void)
{
gchar **t = NULL;
t = g_new0 (gchar *, GST_STREAM_ERROR_NUM_ERRORS);
TABLE (t, STREAM, FAILED,
N_("GStreamer encountered a general stream error."));
TABLE (t, STREAM, TOO_LAZY,
N_("GStreamer developers were too lazy to assign an error code "
"to this error." FILE_A_BUG));
TABLE (t, STREAM, NOT_IMPLEMENTED,
N_("Element doesn't implement handling of this stream. "
"Please file a bug."));
TABLE (t, STREAM, TYPE_NOT_FOUND, N_("Could not determine type of stream."));
TABLE (t, STREAM, WRONG_TYPE,
N_("The stream is of a different type than handled by this element."));
TABLE (t, STREAM, CODEC_NOT_FOUND,
N_("There is no codec present that can handle the stream's type."));
TABLE (t, STREAM, DECODE, N_("Could not decode stream."));
TABLE (t, STREAM, ENCODE, N_("Could not encode stream."));
TABLE (t, STREAM, DEMUX, N_("Could not demultiplex stream."));
TABLE (t, STREAM, MUX, N_("Could not multiplex stream."));
TABLE (t, STREAM, FORMAT, N_("The stream is in the wrong format."));
return t;
}
QUARK_FUNC (core);
QUARK_FUNC (library);
QUARK_FUNC (resource);
QUARK_FUNC (stream);
/**
* gst_error_get_message:
* @domain: the GStreamer error domain this error belongs to.
* @code: the error code belonging to the domain.
*
* Get a string describing the error message in the current locale.
*
* Returns: a newly allocated string describing the error message in the
* current locale.
*/
gchar *
gst_error_get_message (GQuark domain, gint code)
{
static gchar **gst_core_errors = NULL;
static gchar **gst_library_errors = NULL;
static gchar **gst_resource_errors = NULL;
static gchar **gst_stream_errors = NULL;
gchar *message = NULL;
/* initialize error message tables if necessary */
if (gst_core_errors == NULL)
gst_core_errors = _gst_core_errors_init ();
if (gst_library_errors == NULL)
gst_library_errors = _gst_library_errors_init ();
if (gst_resource_errors == NULL)
gst_resource_errors = _gst_resource_errors_init ();
if (gst_stream_errors == NULL)
gst_stream_errors = _gst_stream_errors_init ();
if (domain == GST_CORE_ERROR)
message = gst_core_errors[code];
else if (domain == GST_LIBRARY_ERROR)
message = gst_library_errors[code];
else if (domain == GST_RESOURCE_ERROR)
message = gst_resource_errors[code];
else if (domain == GST_STREAM_ERROR)
message = gst_stream_errors[code];
else {
g_warning ("No error messages for domain %s", g_quark_to_string (domain));
return g_strdup_printf (_("No error message for domain %s."),
g_quark_to_string (domain));
}
if (message)
return g_strdup (_(message));
else
return
g_strdup_printf (_
("No standard error message for domain %s and code %d."),
g_quark_to_string (domain), code);
}