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1 /* GStreamer
2  * Copyright (C) 1999,2000 Erik Walthinsen <omega@cse.ogi.edu>
3  *                    2000 Wim Taymans <wtay@chello.be>
4  *
5  * gstutils.h: Header for various utility functions
6  *
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8  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
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11  *
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21  */
22
23
24 #ifndef __GST_UTILS_H__
25 #define __GST_UTILS_H__
26
27 #include <glib.h>
28 #include <gst/gstelement.h>
29
30 G_BEGIN_DECLS
31
32 void            gst_util_set_value_from_string  (GValue *value, const gchar *value_str);
33 void            gst_util_set_object_arg         (GObject *object, const gchar *name, const gchar *value);
34         
35 void            gst_util_dump_mem               (const guchar *mem, guint size);
36
37 void            gst_print_pad_caps              (GString *buf, gint indent, GstPad *pad);
38 void            gst_print_element_args          (GString *buf, gint indent, GstElement *element);
39
40
41 /* Macros for defining classes.  Ideas taken from Bonobo, which took theirs 
42    from Nautilus and GOB. */
43
44 /* Define the boilerplate type stuff to reduce typos and code size.  Defines
45    the get_type method and the parent_class static variable.
46    void additional_initializations (GType type) is for initializing interfaces
47    and stuff like that */
48
49 #define GST_BOILERPLATE_FULL(type, type_as_function, parent_type, parent_type_macro, additional_initializations)                                \
50                                                                                 \
51 static void type_as_function ## _base_init     (gpointer      g_class);         \
52 static void type_as_function ## _class_init    (type ## Class *g_class);        \
53 static void type_as_function ## _init          (type          *object);         \
54 static parent_type ## Class *parent_class = NULL;                               \
55 static void                                                                     \
56 type_as_function ## _class_init_trampoline (gpointer g_class,                   \
57                                             gpointer data)                      \
58 {                                                                               \
59   parent_class = (parent_type ## Class *) g_type_class_peek_parent (g_class);   \
60   type_as_function ## _class_init ((type ## Class *)g_class);                   \
61 }                                                                               \
62                                                                                 \
63 GType                                                                           \
64 type_as_function ## _get_type (void)                                            \
65 {                                                                               \
66   static GType object_type = 0;                                                 \
67   if (object_type == 0) {                                                       \
68     static const GTypeInfo object_info = {                                      \
69       sizeof (type ## Class),                                                   \
70       type_as_function ## _base_init,                                           \
71       NULL,               /* base_finalize */                                   \
72       type_as_function ## _class_init_trampoline,                               \
73       NULL,               /* class_finalize */                                  \
74       NULL,               /* class_data */                                      \
75       sizeof (type),                                                            \
76       0,                  /* n_preallocs */                                     \
77       (GInstanceInitFunc) type_as_function ## _init                             \
78     };                                                                          \
79     object_type = g_type_register_static (parent_type_macro, #type,             \
80         &object_info, (GTypeFlags) 0);                                                  \
81     additional_initializations (object_type);                                   \
82   }                                                                             \
83   return object_type;                                                           \
84 }
85
86 #define __GST_DO_NOTHING(type)  /* NOP */
87 #define GST_BOILERPLATE(type,type_as_function,parent_type,parent_type_macro)    \
88   GST_BOILERPLATE_FULL (type, type_as_function, parent_type, parent_type_macro, \
89       __GST_DO_NOTHING)
90
91 /* Just call the parent handler.  This assumes that there is a variable
92  * named parent_class that points to the (duh!) parent class.  Note that
93  * this macro is not to be used with things that return something, use
94  * the _WITH_DEFAULT version for that */
95 #define GST_CALL_PARENT(parent_class_cast, name, args)                          \
96         ((parent_class_cast(parent_class)->name != NULL) ?                      \
97          parent_class_cast(parent_class)->name args : (void) 0)
98
99 /* Same as above, but in case there is no implementation, it evaluates
100  * to def_return */
101 #define GST_CALL_PARENT_WITH_DEFAULT(parent_class_cast, name, args, def_return) \
102         ((parent_class_cast(parent_class)->name != NULL) ?                      \
103          parent_class_cast(parent_class)->name args : def_return)
104
105
106 G_END_DECLS
107
108 #endif /* __GST_UTILS_H__ */