2 * Copyright (C) 1999,2000 Erik Walthinsen <omega@cse.ogi.edu>
3 * 2000 Wim Taymans <wtay@chello.be>
5 * gstplugin.h: Header for plugin subsystem
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24 #ifndef __GST_PLUGIN_H__
25 #define __GST_PLUGIN_H__
27 #include <gst/gstconfig.h>
29 #include <time.h> /* time_t */
30 #include <sys/types.h> /* off_t */
31 #include <sys/stat.h> /* off_t */
33 #include <gst/gstobject.h>
34 #include <gst/gstmacros.h>
35 #include <gst/gststructure.h>
39 typedef struct _GstPlugin GstPlugin;
40 typedef struct _GstPluginClass GstPluginClass;
41 typedef struct _GstPluginPrivate GstPluginPrivate;
42 typedef struct _GstPluginDesc GstPluginDesc;
45 * gst_plugin_error_quark:
47 * Get the error quark.
49 * Returns: The error quark used in GError messages
51 GQuark gst_plugin_error_quark (void);
55 * The error message category quark
57 #define GST_PLUGIN_ERROR gst_plugin_error_quark ()
61 * @GST_PLUGIN_ERROR_MODULE: The plugin could not be loaded
62 * @GST_PLUGIN_ERROR_DEPENDENCIES: The plugin has unresolved dependencies
63 * @GST_PLUGIN_ERROR_NAME_MISMATCH: The plugin has already be loaded from a different file
65 * The plugin loading errors
69 GST_PLUGIN_ERROR_MODULE,
70 GST_PLUGIN_ERROR_DEPENDENCIES,
71 GST_PLUGIN_ERROR_NAME_MISMATCH
76 * @GST_PLUGIN_FLAG_CACHED: Temporarily loaded plugins
77 * @GST_PLUGIN_FLAG_BLACKLISTED: The plugin won't be scanned (again)
79 * The plugin loading state
83 GST_PLUGIN_FLAG_CACHED = (1<<0),
84 GST_PLUGIN_FLAG_BLACKLISTED = (1<<1)
88 * GstPluginDependencyFlags:
89 * @GST_PLUGIN_DEPENDENCY_FLAG_NONE : no special flags
90 * @GST_PLUGIN_DEPENDENCY_FLAG_RECURSE : recurse into subdirectories
91 * @GST_PLUGIN_DEPENDENCY_FLAG_PATHS_ARE_DEFAULT_ONLY : use paths
92 * argument only if none of the environment variables is set
93 * @GST_PLUGIN_DEPENDENCY_FLAG_FILE_NAME_IS_SUFFIX : interpret
94 * filename argument as filter suffix and check all matching files in
97 * Flags used in connection with gst_plugin_add_dependency().
102 GST_PLUGIN_DEPENDENCY_FLAG_NONE = 0,
103 GST_PLUGIN_DEPENDENCY_FLAG_RECURSE = (1 << 0),
104 GST_PLUGIN_DEPENDENCY_FLAG_PATHS_ARE_DEFAULT_ONLY = (1 << 1),
105 GST_PLUGIN_DEPENDENCY_FLAG_FILE_NAME_IS_SUFFIX = (1 << 2)
106 } GstPluginDependencyFlags;
110 * @plugin: The plugin object
112 * A plugin should provide a pointer to a function of this type in the
113 * plugin_desc struct.
114 * This function will be called by the loader at startup. One would then
115 * register each #GstPluginFeature.
117 * Returns: %TRUE if plugin initialised successfully
119 /* FIXME 0.11: Make return void */
120 typedef gboolean (*GstPluginInitFunc) (GstPlugin *plugin);
123 * GstPluginInitFullFunc:
124 * @plugin: The plugin object
125 * @user_data: extra data
127 * A plugin should provide a pointer to a function of either #GstPluginInitFunc
128 * or this type in the plugin_desc struct.
129 * The function will be called by the loader at startup. One would then
130 * register each #GstPluginFeature. This version allows
131 * user data to be passed to init function (useful for bindings).
133 * Returns: %TRUE if plugin initialised successfully
138 /* FIXME 0.11: Merge with GstPluginInitFunc */
139 typedef gboolean (*GstPluginInitFullFunc) (GstPlugin *plugin, gpointer user_data);
143 * @major_version: the major version number of core that plugin was compiled for
144 * @minor_version: the minor version number of core that plugin was compiled for
145 * @name: a unique name of the plugin
146 * @description: description of plugin
147 * @plugin_init: pointer to the init function of this plugin.
148 * @version: version of the plugin
149 * @license: effective license of plugin
150 * @source: source module plugin belongs to
151 * @package: shipped package plugin belongs to
152 * @origin: URL to provider of plugin
153 * @release_datetime: date time string in ISO 8601 format (or rather, a
154 * subset thereof), or NULL. Allowed are the following formats:
155 * "YYYY-MM-DD" and "YYY-MM-DDTHH:MMZ" (with 'T' a separator and 'Z'
156 * indicating UTC/Zulu time). This field should be set via the
157 * GST_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME preprocessor macro (Since: 0.10.31)
159 * A plugin should export a variable of this type called plugin_desc. The plugin
160 * loader will use the data provided there to initialize the plugin.
162 * The @licence parameter must be one of: LGPL, GPL, QPL, GPL/QPL, MPL,
163 * BSD, MIT/X11, Proprietary, unknown.
165 struct _GstPluginDesc {
169 const gchar *description;
170 GstPluginInitFunc plugin_init;
171 const gchar *version;
172 const gchar *license;
174 const gchar *package;
176 const gchar *release_datetime;
178 gpointer _gst_reserved[GST_PADDING];
182 #define GST_TYPE_PLUGIN (gst_plugin_get_type())
183 #define GST_IS_PLUGIN(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), GST_TYPE_PLUGIN))
184 #define GST_IS_PLUGIN_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((klass), GST_TYPE_PLUGIN))
185 #define GST_PLUGIN_GET_CLASS(obj) (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((obj), GST_TYPE_PLUGIN, GstPluginClass))
186 #define GST_PLUGIN(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), GST_TYPE_PLUGIN, GstPlugin))
187 #define GST_PLUGIN_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((klass), GST_TYPE_PLUGIN, GstPluginClass))
188 #define GST_PLUGIN_CAST(obj) ((GstPlugin*)(obj))
201 GstPluginDesc *orig_desc;
206 gchar * basename; /* base name (non-dir part) of plugin path */
208 GModule * module; /* contains the module if plugin is loaded */
212 gboolean registered; /* TRUE when the registry has seen a filename
213 * that matches the plugin's basename */
215 GstPluginPrivate *priv;
217 gpointer _gst_reserved[GST_PADDING];
220 struct _GstPluginClass {
221 GstObjectClass object_class;
224 gpointer _gst_reserved[GST_PADDING];
227 #ifdef GST_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME
228 #define __GST_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME GST_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME
230 #define __GST_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME NULL
235 * @major: major version number of the gstreamer-core that plugin was compiled for
236 * @minor: minor version number of the gstreamer-core that plugin was compiled for
237 * @name: short, but unique name of the plugin
238 * @description: information about the purpose of the plugin
239 * @init: function pointer to the plugin_init method with the signature of <code>static gboolean plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)</code>.
240 * @version: full version string (e.g. VERSION from config.h)
241 * @license: under which licence the package has been released, e.g. GPL, LGPL.
242 * @package: the package-name (e.g. PACKAGE_NAME from config.h)
243 * @origin: a description from where the package comes from (e.g. the homepage URL)
245 * This macro needs to be used to define the entry point and meta data of a
246 * plugin. One would use this macro to export a plugin, so that it can be used
247 * by other applications.
249 * The macro uses a define named PACKAGE for the #GstPluginDesc,source field.
250 * When using autoconf, this is usually set automatically via the AC_INIT
251 * macro, and set in config.h. If you are not using autoconf, you will need to
252 * define PACKAGE yourself and set it to a short mnemonic string identifying
253 * your application/package, e.g. 'someapp' or 'my-plugins-foo.
255 * If defined, the GST_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME will also be used for the
256 * #GstPluginDesc,release_datetime field.
258 #define GST_PLUGIN_DEFINE(major,minor,name,description,init,version,license,package,origin) \
260 GST_PLUGIN_EXPORT GstPluginDesc gst_plugin_desc = { \
264 (gchar *) description, \
271 __GST_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME, \
277 * GST_LICENSE_UNKNOWN:
279 * To be used in GST_PLUGIN_DEFINE or GST_PLUGIN_DEFINE_STATIC if usure about
282 #define GST_LICENSE_UNKNOWN "unknown"
285 /* function for filters */
288 * @plugin: the plugin to check
289 * @user_data: the user_data that has been passed on e.g. gst_registry_plugin_filter()
291 * A function that can be used with e.g. gst_registry_plugin_filter()
292 * to get a list of plugins that match certain criteria.
294 * Returns: TRUE for a positive match, FALSE otherwise
296 typedef gboolean (*GstPluginFilter) (GstPlugin *plugin,
299 GType gst_plugin_get_type (void);
301 gboolean gst_plugin_register_static (gint major_version,
304 const gchar *description,
305 GstPluginInitFunc init_func,
306 const gchar *version,
307 const gchar *license,
309 const gchar *package,
310 const gchar *origin);
312 gboolean gst_plugin_register_static_full (gint major_version,
315 const gchar *description,
316 GstPluginInitFullFunc init_full_func,
317 const gchar *version,
318 const gchar *license,
320 const gchar *package,
324 const gchar* gst_plugin_get_name (GstPlugin *plugin);
325 const gchar* gst_plugin_get_description (GstPlugin *plugin);
326 const gchar* gst_plugin_get_filename (GstPlugin *plugin);
327 const gchar* gst_plugin_get_version (GstPlugin *plugin);
328 const gchar* gst_plugin_get_license (GstPlugin *plugin);
329 const gchar* gst_plugin_get_source (GstPlugin *plugin);
330 const gchar* gst_plugin_get_package (GstPlugin *plugin);
331 const gchar* gst_plugin_get_origin (GstPlugin *plugin);
332 const GstStructure* gst_plugin_get_cache_data (GstPlugin * plugin);
333 void gst_plugin_set_cache_data (GstPlugin * plugin, GstStructure *cache_data);
335 GModule * gst_plugin_get_module (GstPlugin *plugin);
336 gboolean gst_plugin_is_loaded (GstPlugin *plugin);
338 gboolean gst_plugin_name_filter (GstPlugin *plugin, const gchar *name);
340 GstPlugin * gst_plugin_load_file (const gchar *filename, GError** error);
342 GstPlugin * gst_plugin_load (GstPlugin *plugin);
343 GstPlugin * gst_plugin_load_by_name (const gchar *name);
345 void gst_plugin_add_dependency (GstPlugin * plugin,
346 const gchar ** env_vars,
347 const gchar ** paths,
348 const gchar ** names,
349 GstPluginDependencyFlags flags);
350 void gst_plugin_add_dependency_simple (GstPlugin * plugin,
351 const gchar * env_vars,
354 GstPluginDependencyFlags flags);
356 void gst_plugin_list_free (GList *list);
360 #endif /* __GST_PLUGIN_H__ */