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 * Last reviewed on December 17th, 2009 (0.10.26)
28 #include "gst_private.h"
30 #include "gstbuffer.h"
35 static GHashTable *metainfo = NULL;
36 static GStaticRWLock lock = G_STATIC_RW_LOCK_INIT;
39 _priv_gst_meta_initialize (void)
41 metainfo = g_hash_table_new (g_str_hash, g_str_equal);
45 * gst_meta_register_info:
46 * @info: a #GstMetaInfo
48 * Register a #GstMetaInfo. The same @info can be retrieved later with
49 * gst_meta_get_info() by using @impl as the key.
51 * Returns: a #GstMetaInfo that can be used to access metadata.
55 gst_meta_register (const gchar * api, const gchar * impl, gsize size,
56 GstMetaInitFunction init_func, GstMetaFreeFunction free_func,
57 GstMetaCopyFunction copy_func, GstMetaTransformFunction transform_func)
61 g_return_val_if_fail (api != NULL, NULL);
62 g_return_val_if_fail (impl != NULL, NULL);
63 g_return_val_if_fail (size != 0, NULL);
65 info = g_slice_new (GstMetaInfo);
66 info->api = g_quark_from_string (api);
67 info->type = g_pointer_type_register_static (impl);
69 info->init_func = init_func;
70 info->free_func = free_func;
71 info->copy_func = copy_func;
72 info->transform_func = transform_func;
74 GST_DEBUG ("register \"%s\" implementing \"%s\" of size %" G_GSIZE_FORMAT,
77 g_static_rw_lock_writer_lock (&lock);
78 g_hash_table_insert (metainfo, (gpointer) impl, (gpointer) info);
79 g_static_rw_lock_writer_unlock (&lock);
88 * Lookup a previously registered meta info structure by its implementor name
91 * Returns: a #GstMetaInfo with @impl or #NULL when no such metainfo
95 gst_meta_get_info (const gchar * impl)
99 g_return_val_if_fail (impl != NULL, NULL);
101 g_static_rw_lock_reader_lock (&lock);
102 info = g_hash_table_lookup (metainfo, impl);
103 g_static_rw_lock_reader_unlock (&lock);