3 * Copyright (C) 1999,2000 Erik Walthinsen <omega@cse.ogi.edu>
4 * 2000 Wim Taymans <wtay@chello.be>
6 * gstinterface.c: Interface functions
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25 * SECTION:gstimplementsinterface
26 * @short_description: Core interface implemented by #GstElement instances that
27 * allows runtime querying of interface availabillity
28 * @see_also: #GstElement
30 * Provides interface functionality on per instance basis and not per class
31 * basis, which is the case for gobject.
38 #include "gst_private.h"
39 #include "gstinterface.h"
42 gst_implements_interface_class_init (GstImplementsInterfaceClass * ifklass);
44 gst_implements_interface_supported_default (GstImplementsInterface * iface,
48 gst_implements_interface_get_type (void)
50 static GType gst_interface_type = 0;
52 if (!gst_interface_type) {
53 static const GTypeInfo gst_interface_info = {
54 sizeof (GstImplementsInterfaceClass),
55 (GBaseInitFunc) gst_implements_interface_class_init,
66 gst_interface_type = g_type_register_static (G_TYPE_INTERFACE,
67 "GstImplementsInterface", &gst_interface_info, 0);
69 g_type_interface_add_prerequisite (gst_interface_type, GST_TYPE_ELEMENT);
72 return gst_interface_type;
76 gst_implements_interface_class_init (GstImplementsInterfaceClass * klass)
78 klass->supported = gst_implements_interface_supported_default;
82 gst_implements_interface_supported_default (GstImplementsInterface * interface,
85 /* Well, if someone didn't set the virtual function,
86 * then something is clearly wrong. So big no-no here */
92 * gst_element_implements_interface:
93 * @element: #GstElement to check for the implementation of the interface
94 * @iface_type: (final) type of the interface which we want to be implemented
96 * Test whether the given element implements a certain interface of type
97 * iface_type, and test whether it is supported for this specific instance.
99 * Returns: whether or not the element implements the interface.
103 gst_element_implements_interface (GstElement * element, GType iface_type)
105 if (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE (G_OBJECT (element), iface_type)) {
106 GstImplementsInterface *iface;
107 GstImplementsInterfaceClass *ifclass;
109 iface = G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST (G_OBJECT (element),
110 iface_type, GstImplementsInterface);
111 ifclass = GST_IMPLEMENTS_INTERFACE_GET_CLASS (iface);
113 if (ifclass->supported != NULL &&
114 ifclass->supported (iface, iface_type) == TRUE) {
123 * gst_implements_interface_cast:
124 * @from: the object (any sort) from which to cast to the interface
125 * @type: the interface type to cast to
127 * cast a given object to an interface type, and check whether this
128 * interface is supported for this specific instance.
130 * Returns: a gpointer to the interface type
134 gst_implements_interface_cast (gpointer from, GType iface_type)
136 GstImplementsInterface *iface;
138 /* check cast, give warning+fail if it's invalid */
139 if (!(iface = G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST (from, iface_type,
140 GstImplementsInterface))) {
144 /* if we're an element, take care that this interface
145 * is actually implemented */
146 if (GST_IS_ELEMENT (from)) {
147 g_return_val_if_fail (gst_element_implements_interface (GST_ELEMENT (from),
155 * gst_implements_interface_check:
156 * @from: the object (any sort) from which to check from for the interface
157 * @type: the interface type to check for
159 * check a given object for an interface implementation, and check
160 * whether this interface is supported for this specific instance.
162 * Returns: whether or not the object implements the given interface
166 gst_implements_interface_check (gpointer from, GType type)
168 GstImplementsInterface *iface;
170 /* check cast, return FALSE if it fails, don't give a warning... */
171 if (!G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE (from, type)) {
175 iface = G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST (from, type, GstImplementsInterface);
177 /* now, if we're an element (or derivative), is this thing
178 * actually implemented for real? */
179 if (GST_IS_ELEMENT (from)) {
180 if (!gst_element_implements_interface (GST_ELEMENT (from), type)) {