2 * Copyright (C) 2011 Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@gmail.com>
4 * gstmeta.c: metadata operations
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24 * @short_description: Buffer metadata
26 * The #GstMeta structure should be included as the first member of a #GstBuffer
27 * metadata structure. The structure defines the API of the metadata and should
28 * be accessible to all elements using the metadata.
30 * A metadata API is registered with gst_meta_api_type_register() which takes a
31 * name for the metadata API and some tags associated with the metadata.
32 * With gst_meta_api_type_has_tag() one can check if a certain metadata API
33 * contains a given tag.
35 * Multiple implementations of a metadata API can be registered.
36 * To implement a metadata API, gst_meta_register() should be used. This
37 * function takes all parameters needed to create, free and transform metadata
38 * along with the size of the metadata. The function returns a #GstMetaInfo
39 * structure that contains the information for the implementation of the API.
41 * A specific implementation can be retrieved by name with gst_meta_get_info().
43 * See #GstBuffer for how the metadata can be added, retrieved and removed from
46 * Last reviewed on 2012-03-28 (0.11.3)
48 #include "gst_private.h"
50 #include "gstbuffer.h"
55 static GHashTable *metainfo = NULL;
58 GQuark _gst_meta_transform_copy;
59 GQuark _gst_meta_tag_memory;
62 _priv_gst_meta_initialize (void)
64 g_rw_lock_init (&lock);
65 metainfo = g_hash_table_new (g_str_hash, g_str_equal);
67 _gst_meta_transform_copy = g_quark_from_static_string ("gst-copy");
68 _gst_meta_tag_memory = g_quark_from_static_string ("memory");
72 * gst_meta_api_type_register:
73 * @api: an API to register
74 * @tags: tags for @api
76 * Register and return a GType for the @api and associate it with
79 * Returns: a unique GType for @api.
82 gst_meta_api_type_register (const gchar * api, const gchar ** tags)
86 g_return_val_if_fail (api != NULL, 0);
87 g_return_val_if_fail (tags != NULL, 0);
89 GST_CAT_DEBUG (GST_CAT_META, "register API \"%s\"", api);
90 type = g_pointer_type_register_static (api);
95 for (i = 0; tags[i]; i++) {
96 GST_CAT_DEBUG (GST_CAT_META, " adding tag \"%s\"", tags[i]);
97 g_type_set_qdata (type, g_quark_from_string (tags[i]),
98 GINT_TO_POINTER (TRUE));
105 * gst_meta_api_type_has_tag:
107 * @tag: the tag to check
109 * Check if @api was registered with @tag.
111 * Returns: %TRUE if @api was registered with @tag.
114 gst_meta_api_type_has_tag (GType api, GQuark tag)
116 g_return_val_if_fail (api != 0, FALSE);
117 g_return_val_if_fail (tag != 0, FALSE);
119 return g_type_get_qdata (api, tag) != NULL;
124 * @api: the type of the #GstMeta API
125 * @impl: the name of the #GstMeta implementation
126 * @size: the size of the #GstMeta structure
127 * @init_func: a #GstMetaInitFunction
128 * @free_func: a #GstMetaFreeFunction
129 * @transform_func: a #GstMetaTransformFunction
131 * Register a new #GstMeta implementation.
133 * The same @info can be retrieved later with gst_meta_get_info() by using
136 * Returns: (transfer none): a #GstMetaInfo that can be used to access metadata.
140 gst_meta_register (GType api, const gchar * impl, gsize size,
141 GstMetaInitFunction init_func, GstMetaFreeFunction free_func,
142 GstMetaTransformFunction transform_func)
146 g_return_val_if_fail (api != 0, NULL);
147 g_return_val_if_fail (impl != NULL, NULL);
148 g_return_val_if_fail (size != 0, NULL);
150 info = g_slice_new (GstMetaInfo);
152 info->type = g_pointer_type_register_static (impl);
154 info->init_func = init_func;
155 info->free_func = free_func;
156 info->transform_func = transform_func;
158 GST_CAT_DEBUG (GST_CAT_META,
159 "register \"%s\" implementing \"%s\" of size %" G_GSIZE_FORMAT, impl,
160 g_type_name (api), size);
162 g_rw_lock_writer_lock (&lock);
163 g_hash_table_insert (metainfo, (gpointer) impl, (gpointer) info);
164 g_rw_lock_writer_unlock (&lock);
173 * Lookup a previously registered meta info structure by its implementation name
176 * Returns: (transfer none): a #GstMetaInfo with @impl, or #NULL when no such
180 gst_meta_get_info (const gchar * impl)
184 g_return_val_if_fail (impl != NULL, NULL);
186 g_rw_lock_reader_lock (&lock);
187 info = g_hash_table_lookup (metainfo, impl);
188 g_rw_lock_reader_unlock (&lock);