2 * Copyright (C) 2013 Collabora Ltd.
3 * Author: Sebastian Dröge <sebastian.droege@collabora.co.uk>
4 * Copyright (C) 2013 Sebastian Dröge <slomo@circular-chaos.org>
6 * gstcontext.h: Header for GstContext subsystem
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24 #ifndef __GST_CONTEXT_H__
25 #define __GST_CONTEXT_H__
31 typedef struct _GstContext GstContext;
33 #include <gst/gstminiobject.h>
34 #include <gst/gststructure.h>
36 GST_EXPORT GType _gst_context_type;
38 #define GST_TYPE_CONTEXT (_gst_context_type)
39 #define GST_IS_CONTEXT(obj) (GST_IS_MINI_OBJECT_TYPE (obj, GST_TYPE_CONTEXT))
40 #define GST_CONTEXT_CAST(obj) ((GstContext*)(obj))
41 #define GST_CONTEXT(obj) (GST_CONTEXT_CAST(obj))
45 GType gst_context_get_type (void);
51 * @context: the context to ref
53 * Convenience macro to increase the reference count of the context.
55 * Returns: @context (for convenience when doing assignments)
57 static inline GstContext *
58 gst_context_ref (GstContext * context)
60 return (GstContext *) gst_mini_object_ref (GST_MINI_OBJECT_CAST (context));
65 * @context: the context to unref
67 * Convenience macro to decrease the reference count of the context, possibly
71 gst_context_unref (GstContext * context)
73 gst_mini_object_unref (GST_MINI_OBJECT_CAST (context));
79 * @context: the context to copy
81 * Creates a copy of the context. Returns a copy of the context.
83 * Returns: (transfer full): a new copy of @context.
87 static inline GstContext *
88 gst_context_copy (const GstContext * context)
90 return GST_CONTEXT_CAST (gst_mini_object_copy (GST_MINI_OBJECT_CONST_CAST (context)));
94 * gst_context_is_writable:
95 * @context: a #GstContext
97 * Tests if you can safely write into a context's structure or validly
98 * modify the seqnum and timestamp fields.
100 #define gst_context_is_writable(context) gst_mini_object_is_writable (GST_MINI_OBJECT_CAST (context))
102 * gst_context_make_writable:
103 * @context: (transfer full): the context to make writable
105 * Checks if a context is writable. If not, a writable copy is made and
108 * Returns: (transfer full): a context (possibly a duplicate) that is writable.
112 #define gst_context_make_writable(context) GST_CONTEXT_CAST (gst_mini_object_make_writable (GST_MINI_OBJECT_CAST (context)))
114 * gst_context_replace:
115 * @old_context: (inout) (transfer full): pointer to a pointer to a #GstContext
117 * @new_context: (allow-none) (transfer none): pointer to a #GstContext that will
118 * replace the context pointed to by @old_context.
120 * Modifies a pointer to a #GstContext to point to a different #GstContext. The
121 * modification is done atomically (so this is useful for ensuring thread safety
122 * in some cases), and the reference counts are updated appropriately (the old
123 * context is unreffed, the new one is reffed).
125 * Either @new_context or the #GstContext pointed to by @old_context may be %NULL.
127 * Returns: %TRUE if @new_context was different from @old_context
129 static inline gboolean
130 gst_context_replace (GstContext **old_context, GstContext *new_context)
132 return gst_mini_object_replace ((GstMiniObject **) old_context, (GstMiniObject *) new_context);
135 GstContext * gst_context_new (const gchar * context_type,
136 gboolean persistent) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
138 const gchar * gst_context_get_context_type (const GstContext * context);
139 gboolean gst_context_has_context_type (const GstContext * context, const gchar * context_type);
140 const GstStructure * gst_context_get_structure (const GstContext * context);
141 GstStructure * gst_context_writable_structure (GstContext * context);
143 gboolean gst_context_is_persistent (const GstContext * context);
147 #endif /* __GST_CONTEXT_H__ */