2 * Copyright (C) 1999,2000 Erik Walthinsen <omega@cse.ogi.edu>
3 * 2000 Wim Taymans <wtay@chello.be>
5 * gstparse.h: get a pipeline from a text pipeline description
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23 #ifndef __GST_PARSE_H__
24 #define __GST_PARSE_H__
26 #include <gst/gstelement.h>
31 GQuark gst_parse_error_quark (void);
35 * Get access to the error quark of the parse subsystem.
37 #define GST_PARSE_ERROR gst_parse_error_quark ()
39 /* FIXME 2.0: rename to GstParseLaunchError, this is not only related to
43 * @GST_PARSE_ERROR_SYNTAX: A syntax error occurred.
44 * @GST_PARSE_ERROR_NO_SUCH_ELEMENT: The description contained an unknown element
45 * @GST_PARSE_ERROR_NO_SUCH_PROPERTY: An element did not have a specified property
46 * @GST_PARSE_ERROR_LINK: There was an error linking two pads.
47 * @GST_PARSE_ERROR_COULD_NOT_SET_PROPERTY: There was an error setting a property
48 * @GST_PARSE_ERROR_EMPTY_BIN: An empty bin was specified.
49 * @GST_PARSE_ERROR_EMPTY: An empty description was specified
50 * @GST_PARSE_ERROR_DELAYED_LINK: A delayed link did not get resolved.
52 * The different parsing errors that can occur.
56 GST_PARSE_ERROR_SYNTAX,
57 GST_PARSE_ERROR_NO_SUCH_ELEMENT,
58 GST_PARSE_ERROR_NO_SUCH_PROPERTY,
60 GST_PARSE_ERROR_COULD_NOT_SET_PROPERTY,
61 GST_PARSE_ERROR_EMPTY_BIN,
62 GST_PARSE_ERROR_EMPTY,
63 GST_PARSE_ERROR_DELAYED_LINK
68 * @GST_PARSE_FLAG_NONE: Do not use any special parsing options.
69 * @GST_PARSE_FLAG_FATAL_ERRORS: Always return %NULL when an error occurs
70 * (default behaviour is to return partially constructed bins or elements
72 * @GST_PARSE_FLAG_NO_SINGLE_ELEMENT_BINS: If a bin only has a single element,
73 * just return the element.
74 * @GST_PARSE_FLAG_PLACE_IN_BIN: If more than one toplevel element is described
75 * by the pipeline description string, put them in a #GstBin instead of a
76 * #GstPipeline. (Since 1.10)
82 GST_PARSE_FLAG_NONE = 0,
83 GST_PARSE_FLAG_FATAL_ERRORS = (1 << 0),
84 GST_PARSE_FLAG_NO_SINGLE_ELEMENT_BINS = (1 << 1),
85 GST_PARSE_FLAG_PLACE_IN_BIN = (1 << 2)
88 #define GST_TYPE_PARSE_CONTEXT (gst_parse_context_get_type())
95 typedef struct _GstParseContext GstParseContext;
97 /* create, process and free a parse context */
100 GType gst_parse_context_get_type (void);
103 GstParseContext * gst_parse_context_new (void) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
106 gchar ** gst_parse_context_get_missing_elements (GstParseContext * context) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
109 void gst_parse_context_free (GstParseContext * context);
112 GstParseContext * gst_parse_context_copy (const GstParseContext * context);
115 /* parse functions */
118 GstElement * gst_parse_launch (const gchar * pipeline_description,
119 GError ** error) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
121 GstElement * gst_parse_launchv (const gchar ** argv,
122 GError ** error) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
124 GstElement * gst_parse_launch_full (const gchar * pipeline_description,
125 GstParseContext * context,
127 GError ** error) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
129 GstElement * gst_parse_launchv_full (const gchar ** argv,
130 GstParseContext * context,
132 GError ** error) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
134 #ifdef G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC
135 G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC(GstParseContext, gst_parse_context_free)
140 #endif /* __GST_PARSE_H__ */