gstreamer/gst/gsterror.c
Tim-Philipp Müller 32ba8b4fb3 errors: reword state change failed error message and remove bugzilla link
Reword this message a bit to make it clearer what it means, namely that
the state change may have failed for good reasons, but that the element
just failed to post a proper error on the bus. This is not an internal
GStreamer bug, and we really don't need people to flood bugzilla with
bug reports if one such plugin bug ever makes it into the wild.
2009-06-04 00:59:03 +01:00

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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. Errors can be received by
* listening to the #GstBus of the element/pipeline for #GstMessage objects with
* the type %GST_MESSAGE_ERROR or %GST_MESSAGE_WARNING. 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>
*
* Last reviewed on 2006-09-15 (0.10.10)
*/
#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_("GStreamer error: state change failed and some element failed to "
"post a proper error message with the reason for the failure."));
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));
TABLE (t, CORE, DISABLED,
N_("This application is trying to use GStreamer functionality that "
"has been disabled."));
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 configure 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."));
TABLE (t, STREAM, DECRYPT,
N_("The stream is encrypted and decryption is not supported."));
TABLE (t, STREAM, DECRYPT_NOKEY,
N_("The stream is encrypted and can't be decrypted because no suitable "
"key has been supplied."));
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);
}