gstreamer/gst/gstiterator.h
Wim Taymans e6da27eb3b gst/gstiterator.*: After 3 years it's about time to revise the documentation of the iterator objects.
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* gst/gstiterator.c:
* gst/gstiterator.h:
After 3 years it's about time to revise the documentation of the
iterator objects.
2008-08-29 17:58:25 +00:00

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/* GStreamer
* Copyright (C) 2004 Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>
*
* gstiterator.h: Header for GstIterator
*
* 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_ITERATOR_H__
#define __GST_ITERATOR_H__
#include <glib-object.h> /* for GValue in the fold */
#include <gst/gstconfig.h>
G_BEGIN_DECLS
/**
* GstIteratorResult:
* @GST_ITERATOR_DONE: No more items in the iterator
* @GST_ITERATOR_OK: An item was retrieved
* @GST_ITERATOR_RESYNC: Datastructure changed while iterating
* @GST_ITERATOR_ERROR: An error happened
*
* The result of gst_iterator_next().
*/
typedef enum {
GST_ITERATOR_DONE = 0,
GST_ITERATOR_OK = 1,
GST_ITERATOR_RESYNC = 2,
GST_ITERATOR_ERROR = 3
} GstIteratorResult;
typedef struct _GstIterator GstIterator;
/**
* GstIteratorItem:
* @GST_ITERATOR_ITEM_SKIP: Skip this item
* @GST_ITERATOR_ITEM_PASS: Return item
* @GST_ITERATOR_ITEM_END: Stop after this item.
*
* The result of a #GstIteratorItemFunction.
*/
typedef enum {
GST_ITERATOR_ITEM_SKIP = 0,
GST_ITERATOR_ITEM_PASS = 1,
GST_ITERATOR_ITEM_END = 2
} GstIteratorItem;
/**
* GstIteratorDisposeFunction:
* @owner: the owner of the iterator
*
* The function that will be called when a #GList iterator is freed. The
* owner of the #GList iterator can then clean up its resources.
*/
typedef void (*GstIteratorDisposeFunction) (gpointer owner);
/**
* GstIteratorNextFunction:
* @it: the iterator
* @result: a pointer to hold the next item
*
* The function that will be called when the next element of the iterator
* should be retrieved.
*
* Implementors of a #GstIterator should implement this
* function and pass it to the constructor of the custom iterator.
* The function will be called with the iterator lock held.
*
* Returns: the result of the operation.
*/
typedef GstIteratorResult (*GstIteratorNextFunction) (GstIterator *it, gpointer *result);
/**
* GstIteratorItemFunction:
* @it: the iterator
* @item: the item being retrieved.
*
* The function that will be called after the next item of the iterator
* has been retrieved. This function will typically increase the refcount
* of the item or make a copy.
*
* Implementors of a #GstIterator should implement this
* function and pass it to the constructor of the custom iterator.
* The function will be called with the iterator lock held.
*
* Returns: the result of the operation.
*/
typedef GstIteratorItem (*GstIteratorItemFunction) (GstIterator *it, gpointer item);
/**
* GstIteratorResyncFunction:
* @it: the iterator
*
* This function will be called whenever a concurrent update happened
* to the iterated datastructure. The implementor of the iterator should
* restart the iterator from the beginning and clean up any state it might
* have.
*
* Implementors of a #GstIterator should implement this
* function and pass it to the constructor of the custom iterator.
* The function will be called with the iterator lock held.
*/
typedef void (*GstIteratorResyncFunction) (GstIterator *it);
/**
* GstIteratorFreeFunction:
* @it: the iterator
*
* This function will be called when the iterator is freed.
*
* Implementors of a #GstIterator should implement this
* function and pass it to the constructor of the custom iterator.
* The function will be called with the iterator lock held.
*/
typedef void (*GstIteratorFreeFunction) (GstIterator *it);
/**
* GstIteratorFoldFunction:
* @item: the item to fold
* @ret: a #GValue collecting the result
* @user_data: data passed to gst_iterator_fold()
*
* A function to be passed to gst_iterator_fold().
*
* Returns: TRUE if the fold should continue, FALSE if it should stop.
*/
typedef gboolean (*GstIteratorFoldFunction) (gpointer item, GValue *ret, gpointer user_data);
/**
* GST_ITERATOR:
* @it: the #GstIterator value
*
* Macro to cast to a #GstIterator
*/
#define GST_ITERATOR(it) ((GstIterator*)(it))
/**
* GST_ITERATOR_LOCK:
* @it: the #GstIterator to get the lock of
*
* Macro to get the lock protecting the datastructure being iterated.
*/
#define GST_ITERATOR_LOCK(it) (GST_ITERATOR(it)->lock)
/**
* GST_ITERATOR_COOKIE:
* @it: the #GstIterator to get the cookie of
*
* Macro to get the cookie of a #GstIterator. The cookie of the
* iterator is the value of the master cookie when the iterator
* was created.
* Whenever the iterator is iterated, the value is compared to the
* value of the master cookie. If they are different, a concurrent
* modification happened to the iterator and a resync is needed.
*/
#define GST_ITERATOR_COOKIE(it) (GST_ITERATOR(it)->cookie)
/**
* GST_ITERATOR_ORIG_COOKIE:
* @it: the #GstIterator to get the master cookie of
*
* Macro to get a pointer to where the master cookie is stored. The
* master cookie protects the structure being iterated and gets updated
* whenever the datastructure changes.
*/
#define GST_ITERATOR_ORIG_COOKIE(it) (GST_ITERATOR(it)->master_cookie)
/**
* GstIterator:
* @next: The function to get the next item in the iterator
* @item: The function to be called for each item retrieved
* @resync: The function to call when a resync is needed.
* @free: The function to call when the iterator is freed
* @pushed: The iterator that is currently pushed with gst_iterator_push()
* @type: The type of the object that this iterator will return
* @lock: The lock protecting the data structure and the cookie.
* @cookie: The cookie; the value of the master_cookie when this iterator was
* created.
* @master_cookie: A pointer to the master cookie.
*
* #GstIterator base structure. The values of this structure are
* protected for subclasses, use the methods to use the #GstIterator.
*/
struct _GstIterator {
/*< protected >*/
GstIteratorNextFunction next;
GstIteratorItemFunction item;
GstIteratorResyncFunction resync;
GstIteratorFreeFunction free;
GstIterator *pushed; /* pushed iterator */
GType type;
GMutex *lock;
guint32 cookie; /* cookie of the iterator */
guint32 *master_cookie; /* pointer to guint32 holding the cookie when this
iterator was created */
/*< private >*/
gpointer _gst_reserved[GST_PADDING];
};
/* creating iterators */
GstIterator* gst_iterator_new (guint size,
GType type,
GMutex *lock,
guint32 *master_cookie,
GstIteratorNextFunction next,
GstIteratorItemFunction item,
GstIteratorResyncFunction resync,
GstIteratorFreeFunction free);
GstIterator* gst_iterator_new_list (GType type,
GMutex *lock,
guint32 *master_cookie,
GList **list,
gpointer owner,
GstIteratorItemFunction item,
GstIteratorDisposeFunction free);
/* using iterators */
GstIteratorResult gst_iterator_next (GstIterator *it, gpointer *elem);
void gst_iterator_resync (GstIterator *it);
void gst_iterator_free (GstIterator *it);
void gst_iterator_push (GstIterator *it, GstIterator *other);
/* higher-order functions that operate on iterators */
GstIterator* gst_iterator_filter (GstIterator *it, GCompareFunc func,
gpointer user_data);
GstIteratorResult gst_iterator_fold (GstIterator *it,
GstIteratorFoldFunction func,
GValue *ret, gpointer user_data);
GstIteratorResult gst_iterator_foreach (GstIterator *it,
GFunc func, gpointer user_data);
gpointer gst_iterator_find_custom (GstIterator *it, GCompareFunc func,
gpointer user_data);
G_END_DECLS
#endif /* __GST_ITERATOR_H__ */