gstreamer/gst/gstelementfactory.h
Sebastian Dröge d3f1d2aeb5 elementfactory: Add FIXME 0.11 to remove GstElementDetails from the public API
It's not necessary anymore to expose this as public API and this allows
easier extension of the element details by new fields.
2010-03-25 18:57:40 +01:00

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/* GStreamer
* Copyright (C) 1999,2000 Erik Walthinsen <omega@cse.ogi.edu>
* 2000,2004 Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>
*
* gstelement.h: Header for GstElement
*
* 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_ELEMENT_FACTORY_H__
#define __GST_ELEMENT_FACTORY_H__
typedef struct _GstElementFactory GstElementFactory;
typedef struct _GstElementFactoryClass GstElementFactoryClass;
#include <gst/gstconfig.h>
#include <gst/gstelement.h>
#include <gst/gstobject.h>
#include <gst/gstplugin.h>
#include <gst/gstpluginfeature.h>
#include <gst/gstiterator.h>
G_BEGIN_DECLS
/* FIXME 0.11: Move GstElementDetails into a private header and use it internally
* in GstElementFactory, GstElementClass and the registry
*/
typedef struct _GstElementDetails GstElementDetails;
/**
* GstElementDetails:
* @longname: long, english name
* @klass: string describing the type of element, as an unordered list
* separated with slashes ('/'). See draft-klass.txt of the design docs
* for more details and common types
* @description: what the element is about
* @author: who wrote this thing?
*
* This struct defines the public information about a #GstElement. It contains
* meta-data about the element that is mostly for the benefit of editors.
*
* The @klass member can be used by applications to filter elements based
* on functionality.
*/
/* FIXME: need translatable stuff in here (how handle in registry)?
* can't we use _N("long name") in element implementations and use _(longname)
* in gst_element_factory_get_longname()
*/
struct _GstElementDetails
{
/*< public > */
gchar *longname;
gchar *klass;
gchar *description;
gchar *author;
/*< private >*/
gpointer _gst_reserved[GST_PADDING];
};
/**
* GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS:
* @longname: long, english name
* @klass: string describing the type of element, as an unordered list
* separated with slashes ('/'). See draft-klass.txt of the design docs
* for more details and common types
* @description: what the element is about
* @author: who wrote this element
*
* Macro to initialize #GstElementDetails.
*/
#define GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS(longname,klass,description,author) \
{ longname, klass, description, author, {NULL} }
/**
* GST_IS_ELEMENT_DETAILS:
* @details: the #GstElementDetails to check
*
* Tests if element details are initialized.
*/
/* FIXME: what about adding '&& (*__gst_reserved==NULL)' */
#define GST_IS_ELEMENT_DETAILS(details) ( \
(details) && ((details)->longname != NULL) && ((details)->klass != NULL) \
&& ((details)->description != NULL) && ((details)->author != NULL))
#define GST_TYPE_ELEMENT_FACTORY (gst_element_factory_get_type())
#define GST_ELEMENT_FACTORY(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST((obj),GST_TYPE_ELEMENT_FACTORY,\
GstElementFactory))
#define GST_ELEMENT_FACTORY_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST((klass),GST_TYPE_ELEMENT_FACTORY,\
GstElementFactoryClass))
#define GST_IS_ELEMENT_FACTORY(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE((obj),GST_TYPE_ELEMENT_FACTORY))
#define GST_IS_ELEMENT_FACTORY_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE((klass),GST_TYPE_ELEMENT_FACTORY))
#define GST_ELEMENT_FACTORY_CAST(obj) ((GstElementFactory *)(obj))
/**
* GstElementFactory:
*
* The opaque #GstElementFactory data structure.
*/
struct _GstElementFactory {
GstPluginFeature parent;
GType type; /* unique GType of element or 0 if not loaded */
GstElementDetails details;
GList * staticpadtemplates;
guint numpadtemplates;
/* URI interface stuff */
guint uri_type;
gchar ** uri_protocols;
GList * interfaces; /* interfaces this element implements */
gpointer _gst_reserved[GST_PADDING];
};
struct _GstElementFactoryClass {
GstPluginFeatureClass parent_class;
gpointer _gst_reserved[GST_PADDING];
};
GType gst_element_factory_get_type (void);
GstElementFactory * gst_element_factory_find (const gchar *name);
GType gst_element_factory_get_element_type (GstElementFactory *factory);
G_CONST_RETURN gchar * gst_element_factory_get_longname (GstElementFactory *factory);
G_CONST_RETURN gchar * gst_element_factory_get_klass (GstElementFactory *factory);
G_CONST_RETURN gchar * gst_element_factory_get_description (GstElementFactory *factory);
G_CONST_RETURN gchar * gst_element_factory_get_author (GstElementFactory *factory);
guint gst_element_factory_get_num_pad_templates (GstElementFactory *factory);
G_CONST_RETURN GList * gst_element_factory_get_static_pad_templates (GstElementFactory *factory);
gint gst_element_factory_get_uri_type (GstElementFactory *factory);
gchar ** gst_element_factory_get_uri_protocols (GstElementFactory *factory);
gboolean gst_element_factory_has_interface (GstElementFactory *factory,
const gchar *interfacename);
GstElement* gst_element_factory_create (GstElementFactory *factory,
const gchar *name);
GstElement* gst_element_factory_make (const gchar *factoryname, const gchar *name);
/* FIXME 0.11: move these two into our private headers */
void __gst_element_factory_add_static_pad_template (GstElementFactory *elementfactory,
GstStaticPadTemplate *templ);
void __gst_element_factory_add_interface (GstElementFactory *elementfactory,
const gchar *interfacename);
gboolean gst_element_register (GstPlugin *plugin, const gchar *name,
guint rank, GType type);
G_END_DECLS
#endif /* __GST_ELEMENT_FACTORY_H__ */