gstreamer_core/gst/gstelementfactory.h
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     1 /* GStreamer
       
     2  * Copyright (C) 1999,2000 Erik Walthinsen <omega@cse.ogi.edu>
       
     3  *               2000,2004 Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>
       
     4  *
       
     5  * gstelement.h: Header for GstElement
       
     6  *
       
     7  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
       
     8  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
       
     9  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
       
    10  * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
       
    11  *
       
    12  * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
       
    13  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
       
    14  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
       
    15  * Library General Public License for more details.
       
    16  *
       
    17  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
       
    18  * License along with this library; if not, write to the
       
    19  * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
       
    20  * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
       
    21  */
       
    22 
       
    23 
       
    24 #ifndef __GST_ELEMENT_FACTORY_H__
       
    25 #define __GST_ELEMENT_FACTORY_H__
       
    26 
       
    27 typedef struct _GstElementFactory GstElementFactory;
       
    28 typedef struct _GstElementFactoryClass GstElementFactoryClass;
       
    29 
       
    30 #include <gst/gstconfig.h>
       
    31 #include <gst/gstelement.h>
       
    32 #include <gst/gstobject.h>
       
    33 #include <gst/gstplugin.h>
       
    34 #include <gst/gstpluginfeature.h>
       
    35 #include <gst/gstiterator.h>
       
    36 
       
    37 G_BEGIN_DECLS
       
    38 
       
    39 typedef struct _GstElementDetails GstElementDetails;
       
    40 
       
    41 /**
       
    42  * GstElementDetails:
       
    43  * @longname: long, english name
       
    44  * @klass: string describing the type of element, as an unordered list
       
    45  * separated with slashes ('/'). See draft-klass.txt of the design docs
       
    46  * for more details and common types
       
    47  * @description: what the element is about
       
    48  * @author: who wrote this thing?
       
    49  *
       
    50  * This struct defines the public information about a #GstElement. It contains
       
    51  * meta-data about the element that is mostly for the benefit of editors.
       
    52  *
       
    53  * The @klass member can be used by applications to filter elements based 
       
    54  * on functionality.
       
    55  */
       
    56 /* FIXME: need translatable stuff in here (how handle in registry)?
       
    57  * can't we use _N("long name") in element implementations and use _(longname)
       
    58  * in gst_element_factory_get_longname()
       
    59  */
       
    60 struct _GstElementDetails
       
    61 {
       
    62   /*< public > */
       
    63   gchar *longname;
       
    64   gchar *klass;
       
    65   gchar *description;
       
    66   gchar *author;
       
    67 
       
    68   /*< private > */
       
    69   gpointer _gst_reserved[GST_PADDING];
       
    70 };
       
    71 
       
    72 /**
       
    73  * GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS:
       
    74  * @longname: long, english name
       
    75  * @klass: string describing the type of element, as an unordered list
       
    76  * separated with slashes ('/'). See draft-klass.txt of the design docs
       
    77  * for more details and common types
       
    78  * @description: what the element is about
       
    79  * @author: who wrote this element
       
    80  *
       
    81  * Macro to initialize #GstElementDetails.
       
    82  */
       
    83 #define GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS(longname,klass,description,author)		\
       
    84   { longname, klass, description, author, {NULL} }
       
    85 
       
    86 /**
       
    87  * GST_IS_ELEMENT_DETAILS:
       
    88  * @details: the #GstElementDetails to check
       
    89  *
       
    90  * Tests if element details are initialized.
       
    91  */
       
    92 /* FIXME: what about adding '&& (*__gst_reserved==NULL)' */
       
    93 #define GST_IS_ELEMENT_DETAILS(details) (					\
       
    94   (details) && ((details)->longname != NULL) && ((details)->klass != NULL)	\
       
    95   && ((details)->description != NULL) && ((details)->author != NULL))
       
    96 
       
    97 #define GST_TYPE_ELEMENT_FACTORY 		(gst_element_factory_get_type())
       
    98 #define GST_ELEMENT_FACTORY(obj)  		(G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST((obj),GST_TYPE_ELEMENT_FACTORY,\
       
    99 						 GstElementFactory))
       
   100 #define GST_ELEMENT_FACTORY_CLASS(klass) 	(G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST((klass),GST_TYPE_ELEMENT_FACTORY,\
       
   101 						 GstElementFactoryClass))
       
   102 #define GST_IS_ELEMENT_FACTORY(obj) 		(G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE((obj),GST_TYPE_ELEMENT_FACTORY))
       
   103 #define GST_IS_ELEMENT_FACTORY_CLASS(klass) 	(G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE((klass),GST_TYPE_ELEMENT_FACTORY))
       
   104 #define GST_ELEMENT_FACTORY_CAST(obj)           ((GstElementFactory *)(obj))
       
   105 
       
   106 /**
       
   107  * GstElementFactory:
       
   108  *
       
   109  * The opaque #GstElementFactory data structure.
       
   110  */
       
   111 struct _GstElementFactory {
       
   112   GstPluginFeature	parent;
       
   113 
       
   114   GType			type;			/* unique GType of element or 0 if not loaded */
       
   115 
       
   116   GstElementDetails	details;
       
   117 
       
   118   GList *		staticpadtemplates;
       
   119   guint			numpadtemplates;
       
   120 
       
   121   /* URI interface stuff */
       
   122   guint			uri_type;
       
   123   gchar **		uri_protocols;
       
   124 
       
   125   GList *		interfaces;		/* interfaces this element implements */
       
   126 
       
   127   gpointer _gst_reserved[GST_PADDING];
       
   128 };
       
   129 
       
   130 struct _GstElementFactoryClass {
       
   131   GstPluginFeatureClass parent_class;
       
   132 
       
   133   gpointer _gst_reserved[GST_PADDING];
       
   134 };
       
   135 #ifdef __SYMBIAN32__
       
   136 IMPORT_C
       
   137 #endif
       
   138 
       
   139 
       
   140 GType 			gst_element_factory_get_type 		(void);
       
   141 #ifdef __SYMBIAN32__
       
   142 IMPORT_C
       
   143 #endif
       
   144 
       
   145 
       
   146 GstElementFactory *	gst_element_factory_find		(const gchar *name);
       
   147 #ifdef __SYMBIAN32__
       
   148 IMPORT_C
       
   149 #endif
       
   150 
       
   151 
       
   152 GType			gst_element_factory_get_element_type	(GstElementFactory *factory);
       
   153 #ifdef __SYMBIAN32__
       
   154 IMPORT_C
       
   155 #endif
       
   156 
       
   157 G_CONST_RETURN gchar *	gst_element_factory_get_longname	(GstElementFactory *factory);
       
   158 #ifdef __SYMBIAN32__
       
   159 IMPORT_C
       
   160 #endif
       
   161 
       
   162 G_CONST_RETURN gchar *	gst_element_factory_get_klass		(GstElementFactory *factory);
       
   163 #ifdef __SYMBIAN32__
       
   164 IMPORT_C
       
   165 #endif
       
   166 
       
   167 G_CONST_RETURN gchar *	gst_element_factory_get_description  	(GstElementFactory *factory);
       
   168 #ifdef __SYMBIAN32__
       
   169 IMPORT_C
       
   170 #endif
       
   171 
       
   172 G_CONST_RETURN gchar *	gst_element_factory_get_author		(GstElementFactory *factory);
       
   173 #ifdef __SYMBIAN32__
       
   174 IMPORT_C
       
   175 #endif
       
   176 
       
   177 guint			gst_element_factory_get_num_pad_templates (GstElementFactory *factory);
       
   178 #ifdef __SYMBIAN32__
       
   179 IMPORT_C
       
   180 #endif
       
   181 
       
   182 G_CONST_RETURN GList *	gst_element_factory_get_static_pad_templates (GstElementFactory *factory);
       
   183 #ifdef __SYMBIAN32__
       
   184 IMPORT_C
       
   185 #endif
       
   186 
       
   187 gint			gst_element_factory_get_uri_type	(GstElementFactory *factory);
       
   188 #ifdef __SYMBIAN32__
       
   189 IMPORT_C
       
   190 #endif
       
   191 
       
   192 gchar **		gst_element_factory_get_uri_protocols	(GstElementFactory *factory);
       
   193 #ifdef __SYMBIAN32__
       
   194 IMPORT_C
       
   195 #endif
       
   196 
       
   197 gboolean 		gst_element_factory_has_interface	(GstElementFactory *factory,
       
   198                                                                  const gchar *interfacename);
       
   199 #ifdef __SYMBIAN32__
       
   200 IMPORT_C
       
   201 #endif
       
   202 
       
   203 
       
   204 GstElement*		gst_element_factory_create		(GstElementFactory *factory,
       
   205 								 const gchar *name);
       
   206 #ifdef __SYMBIAN32__
       
   207 IMPORT_C
       
   208 #endif
       
   209 
       
   210 GstElement*		gst_element_factory_make		(const gchar *factoryname, const gchar *name);
       
   211 
       
   212 /* FIXME 0.11: move these two into our private headers */
       
   213 #ifdef __SYMBIAN32__
       
   214 IMPORT_C
       
   215 #endif
       
   216 
       
   217 void                    __gst_element_factory_add_static_pad_template (GstElementFactory *elementfactory,
       
   218                                                                  GstStaticPadTemplate *templ);
       
   219 #ifdef __SYMBIAN32__
       
   220 IMPORT_C
       
   221 #endif
       
   222 
       
   223 void                    __gst_element_factory_add_interface     (GstElementFactory *elementfactory,
       
   224                                                                  const gchar *interfacename);
       
   225 #ifdef __SYMBIAN32__
       
   226 IMPORT_C
       
   227 #endif
       
   228 
       
   229 gboolean                gst_element_register            	(GstPlugin *plugin, const gchar *name,
       
   230 		                                                 guint rank, GType type);
       
   231 
       
   232 
       
   233 
       
   234 G_END_DECLS
       
   235 
       
   236 #endif /* __GST_ELEMENT_FACTORY_H__ */