2 * Copyright (C) 2005 Stefan Kost <ensonic@users.sf.net>
4 * gstchildproxy.c: interface for multi child elements
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23 * SECTION:gstchildproxy
24 * @short_description: Interface for multi child elements.
27 * This interface abstracts handling of property sets for elements with
28 * children. Imagine elements such as mixers or polyphonic generators. They all
29 * have multiple #GstPad or some kind of voice objects. Another use case are
30 * container elements like #GstBin.
31 * The element implementing the interface acts as a parent for those child
34 * By implementing this interface the child properties can be accessed from the
35 * parent element by using gst_child_proxy_get() and gst_child_proxy_set().
37 * Property names are written as "child-name::property-name". The whole naming
38 * scheme is recursive. Thus "child1::child2::property" is valid too, if
39 * "child1" and "child2" implement the #GstChildProxy interface.
42 #include "gst_private.h"
44 #include "gstchildproxy.h"
45 #include <gobject/gvaluecollector.h>
55 static guint signals[LAST_SIGNAL] = { 0 };
58 gst_child_proxy_default_get_child_by_name (GstChildProxy * parent,
62 GObject *object, *result;
65 g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_CHILD_PROXY (parent), NULL);
66 g_return_val_if_fail (name != NULL, NULL);
70 count = gst_child_proxy_get_children_count (parent);
71 for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
74 if (!(object = gst_child_proxy_get_child_by_index (parent, i)))
77 if (!GST_IS_OBJECT (object)) {
80 object_name = gst_object_get_name (GST_OBJECT_CAST (object));
81 if (object_name == NULL) {
82 g_warning ("child %u of parent %s has no name", i,
83 GST_OBJECT_NAME (parent));
86 eq = g_str_equal (object_name, name);
94 g_object_unref (object);
101 * gst_child_proxy_get_child_by_name:
102 * @parent: the parent object to get the child from
103 * @name: the childs name
105 * Looks up a child element by the given name.
107 * This virtual method has a default implementation that uses #GstObject
108 * together with gst_object_get_name(). If the interface is to be used with
109 * #GObjects, this methods needs to be overridden.
111 * Returns: (transfer full): the child object or %NULL if not found. Unref
117 gst_child_proxy_get_child_by_name (GstChildProxy * parent, const gchar * name)
119 g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_CHILD_PROXY (parent), 0);
121 return (GST_CHILD_PROXY_GET_INTERFACE (parent)->get_child_by_name (parent,
126 * gst_child_proxy_get_child_by_index:
127 * @parent: the parent object to get the child from
128 * @index: the childs position in the child list
130 * Fetches a child by its number.
132 * Returns: (transfer full): the child object or %NULL if not found (index
133 * too high). Unref after usage.
138 gst_child_proxy_get_child_by_index (GstChildProxy * parent, guint index)
140 g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_CHILD_PROXY (parent), NULL);
142 return (GST_CHILD_PROXY_GET_INTERFACE (parent)->get_child_by_index (parent,
147 * gst_child_proxy_get_children_count:
148 * @parent: the parent object
150 * Gets the number of child objects this parent contains.
152 * Returns: the number of child objects
157 gst_child_proxy_get_children_count (GstChildProxy * parent)
159 g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_CHILD_PROXY (parent), 0);
161 return (GST_CHILD_PROXY_GET_INTERFACE (parent)->get_children_count (parent));
165 * gst_child_proxy_lookup:
166 * @childproxy: child proxy object to lookup the property in
167 * @name: name of the property to look up
168 * @target: (out) (allow-none) (transfer full): pointer to a #GObject that
169 * takes the real object to set property on
170 * @pspec: (out) (allow-none) (transfer none): pointer to take the #GParamSpec
171 * describing the property
173 * Looks up which object and #GParamSpec would be effected by the given @name.
177 * Returns: TRUE if @target and @pspec could be found. FALSE otherwise. In that
178 * case the values for @pspec and @target are not modified. Unref @target after
179 * usage. For plain GObjects @target is the same as @object.
182 gst_child_proxy_lookup (GstChildProxy * childproxy, const gchar * name,
183 GObject ** target, GParamSpec ** pspec)
186 gboolean res = FALSE;
187 gchar **names, **current;
189 g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_CHILD_PROXY (childproxy), FALSE);
190 g_return_val_if_fail (name != NULL, FALSE);
192 object = g_object_ref (childproxy);
194 current = names = g_strsplit (name, "::", -1);
195 /* find the owner of the property */
199 if (!GST_IS_CHILD_PROXY (object)) {
201 ("object %s is not a parent, so you cannot request a child by name %s",
202 (GST_IS_OBJECT (object) ? GST_OBJECT_NAME (object) : ""), current[0]);
205 next = gst_child_proxy_get_child_by_name (GST_CHILD_PROXY (object),
208 GST_INFO ("no such object %s", current[0]);
211 g_object_unref (object);
217 if (current[1] == NULL) {
219 g_object_class_find_property (G_OBJECT_GET_CLASS (object), current[0]);
221 GST_INFO ("no param spec named %s", current[0]);
226 g_object_ref (object);
232 g_object_unref (object);
238 * gst_child_proxy_get_property:
239 * @object: object to query
240 * @name: name of the property
241 * @value: (out caller-allocates): a #GValue that should take the result.
243 * Gets a single property using the GstChildProxy mechanism.
244 * You are responsible for freeing it by calling g_value_unset()
247 gst_child_proxy_get_property (GstChildProxy * object, const gchar * name,
253 g_return_if_fail (GST_IS_CHILD_PROXY (object));
254 g_return_if_fail (name != NULL);
255 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_VALUE (value));
257 if (!gst_child_proxy_lookup (object, name, &target, &pspec))
260 g_object_get_property (target, pspec->name, value);
261 g_object_unref (target);
267 g_warning ("no property %s in object %s", name,
268 (GST_IS_OBJECT (object) ? GST_OBJECT_NAME (object) : ""));
274 * gst_child_proxy_get_valist:
275 * @object: the object to query
276 * @first_property_name: name of the first property to get
277 * @var_args: return location for the first property, followed optionally by more name/return location pairs, followed by NULL
279 * Gets properties of the parent object and its children.
282 gst_child_proxy_get_valist (GstChildProxy * object,
283 const gchar * first_property_name, va_list var_args)
287 GValue value = { 0, };
291 g_return_if_fail (GST_IS_CHILD_PROXY (object));
293 name = first_property_name;
295 /* iterate over pairs */
297 if (!gst_child_proxy_lookup (object, name, &target, &pspec))
300 g_value_init (&value, pspec->value_type);
301 g_object_get_property (target, pspec->name, &value);
302 g_object_unref (target);
304 G_VALUE_LCOPY (&value, var_args, 0, &error);
307 g_value_unset (&value);
308 name = va_arg (var_args, gchar *);
314 g_warning ("no property %s in object %s", name,
315 (GST_IS_OBJECT (object) ? GST_OBJECT_NAME (object) : ""));
320 g_warning ("error copying value %s in object %s: %s", pspec->name,
321 (GST_IS_OBJECT (object) ? GST_OBJECT_NAME (object) : ""), error);
322 g_value_unset (&value);
328 * gst_child_proxy_get:
329 * @object: the parent object
330 * @first_property_name: name of the first property to get
331 * @...: return location for the first property, followed optionally by more name/return location pairs, followed by NULL
333 * Gets properties of the parent object and its children.
336 gst_child_proxy_get (GstChildProxy * object, const gchar * first_property_name,
341 g_return_if_fail (GST_IS_CHILD_PROXY (object));
343 va_start (var_args, first_property_name);
344 gst_child_proxy_get_valist (object, first_property_name, var_args);
349 * gst_child_proxy_set_property:
350 * @object: the parent object
351 * @name: name of the property to set
352 * @value: new #GValue for the property
354 * Sets a single property using the GstChildProxy mechanism.
357 gst_child_proxy_set_property (GstChildProxy * object, const gchar * name,
358 const GValue * value)
363 g_return_if_fail (GST_IS_CHILD_PROXY (object));
364 g_return_if_fail (name != NULL);
365 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_VALUE (value));
367 if (!gst_child_proxy_lookup (object, name, &target, &pspec))
370 g_object_set_property (target, pspec->name, value);
371 g_object_unref (target);
376 g_warning ("cannot set property %s on object %s", name,
377 (GST_IS_OBJECT (object) ? GST_OBJECT_NAME (object) : ""));
383 * gst_child_proxy_set_valist:
384 * @object: the parent object
385 * @first_property_name: name of the first property to set
386 * @var_args: value for the first property, followed optionally by more name/value pairs, followed by NULL
388 * Sets properties of the parent object and its children.
391 gst_child_proxy_set_valist (GstChildProxy * object,
392 const gchar * first_property_name, va_list var_args)
396 GValue value = { 0, };
400 g_return_if_fail (GST_IS_CHILD_PROXY (object));
402 name = first_property_name;
404 /* iterate over pairs */
406 if (!gst_child_proxy_lookup (object, name, &target, &pspec))
409 G_VALUE_COLLECT_INIT (&value, pspec->value_type, var_args,
410 G_VALUE_NOCOPY_CONTENTS, &error);
415 g_object_set_property (target, pspec->name, &value);
416 g_object_unref (target);
418 g_value_unset (&value);
419 name = va_arg (var_args, gchar *);
425 g_warning ("no property %s in object %s", name,
426 (GST_IS_OBJECT (object) ? GST_OBJECT_NAME (object) : ""));
431 g_warning ("error copying value %s in object %s: %s", pspec->name,
432 (GST_IS_OBJECT (object) ? GST_OBJECT_NAME (object) : ""), error);
433 g_value_unset (&value);
434 g_object_unref (target);
440 * gst_child_proxy_set:
441 * @object: the parent object
442 * @first_property_name: name of the first property to set
443 * @...: value for the first property, followed optionally by more name/value pairs, followed by NULL
445 * Sets properties of the parent object and its children.
448 gst_child_proxy_set (GstChildProxy * object, const gchar * first_property_name,
453 g_return_if_fail (GST_IS_CHILD_PROXY (object));
455 va_start (var_args, first_property_name);
456 gst_child_proxy_set_valist (object, first_property_name, var_args);
461 * gst_child_proxy_child_added:
462 * @parent: the parent object
463 * @child: the newly added child
464 * @name: the name of the new child
466 * Emits the "child-added" signal.
469 gst_child_proxy_child_added (GstChildProxy * parent, GObject * child,
472 g_signal_emit (parent, signals[CHILD_ADDED], 0, child, name);
476 * gst_child_proxy_child_removed:
477 * @parent: the parent object
478 * @child: the removed child
479 * @name: the name of the old child
481 * Emits the "child-removed" signal.
484 gst_child_proxy_child_removed (GstChildProxy * parent, GObject * child,
487 g_signal_emit (parent, signals[CHILD_REMOVED], 0, child, name);
490 /* gobject methods */
493 gst_child_proxy_class_init (gpointer g_class, gpointer class_data)
495 GstChildProxyInterface *iface = (GstChildProxyInterface *) g_class;
497 iface->get_child_by_name = gst_child_proxy_default_get_child_by_name;
501 gst_child_proxy_base_init (gpointer g_class)
503 static gboolean initialized = FALSE;
506 /* create interface signals and properties here. */
508 * GstChildProxy::child-added:
509 * @child_proxy: the #GstChildProxy
510 * @object: the #GObject that was added
511 * @name: the name of the new child
513 * Will be emitted after the @object was added to the @child_proxy.
515 signals[CHILD_ADDED] =
516 g_signal_new ("child-added", G_TYPE_FROM_CLASS (g_class),
517 G_SIGNAL_RUN_FIRST, G_STRUCT_OFFSET (GstChildProxyInterface,
518 child_added), NULL, NULL, g_cclosure_marshal_generic, G_TYPE_NONE,
519 2, G_TYPE_OBJECT, G_TYPE_STRING);
522 * GstChildProxy::child-removed:
523 * @child_proxy: the #GstChildProxy
524 * @object: the #GObject that was removed
525 * @name: the name of the old child
527 * Will be emitted after the @object was removed from the @child_proxy.
529 signals[CHILD_REMOVED] =
530 g_signal_new ("child-removed", G_TYPE_FROM_CLASS (g_class),
531 G_SIGNAL_RUN_FIRST, G_STRUCT_OFFSET (GstChildProxyInterface,
532 child_removed), NULL, NULL, g_cclosure_marshal_generic, G_TYPE_NONE,
533 2, G_TYPE_OBJECT, G_TYPE_STRING);
540 gst_child_proxy_get_type (void)
542 static volatile gsize type = 0;
544 if (g_once_init_enter (&type)) {
546 static const GTypeInfo info = {
547 sizeof (GstChildProxyInterface),
548 gst_child_proxy_base_init, /* base_init */
549 NULL, /* base_finalize */
550 gst_child_proxy_class_init, /* class_init */
551 NULL, /* class_finalize */
552 NULL, /* class_data */
555 NULL /* instance_init */
559 g_type_register_static (G_TYPE_INTERFACE, "GstChildProxy", &info, 0);
561 g_type_interface_add_prerequisite (_type, G_TYPE_OBJECT);
562 g_once_init_leave (&type, (gsize) _type);