And the gst_utit_set_object_arg function too of course...

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And the gst_utit_set_object_arg function too of course...

diff --git a/gst/gstutils.c b/gst/gstutils.c
index 9ea074a..167a80a 100644 (file)
--- a/gst/gstutils.c
+++ b/gst/gstutils.c
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
  * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
  */
 
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include "gstextratypes.h"
 
 #include "gstutils.h"
 
@@ -183,3 +186,78 @@ void gst_util_dump_mem(guchar *mem, guint size) {
   }
   g_print("\n");
 }
+
+void gst_util_set_object_arg (GtkObject *object, guchar *name, gchar *value) 
+{
+  if (name && value) {
+    GtkType type = GTK_OBJECT_TYPE (object);
+    GtkArgInfo *info;
+    gchar *result;
+
+    result = gtk_object_arg_get_info (type, name, &info);
+
+    if (result) {
+      g_print("gstutil: %s\n", result);
+    }
+    else if (info->arg_flags & GTK_ARG_WRITABLE) {
+      switch (info->type) {
+        case GTK_TYPE_STRING:
+          gtk_object_set (GTK_OBJECT (object), name, value, NULL);
+          break;
+        case GTK_TYPE_INT: {
+          gint i;
+          sscanf (value, "%d", &i);
+          gtk_object_set (GTK_OBJECT (object), name, i, NULL);
+         break;
+       }
+        case GTK_TYPE_LONG: {
+         glong i;
+         sscanf (value, "%ld", &i);
+          gtk_object_set (GTK_OBJECT (object), name, i, NULL);
+         break;
+       }
+        case GTK_TYPE_ULONG: {
+         gulong i;
+         sscanf (value, "%lu", &i);
+          gtk_object_set (GTK_OBJECT (object), name, i, NULL);
+         break;
+       }
+        case GTK_TYPE_BOOL: {
+         gboolean i = FALSE;
+         if (!strcmp ("true", value)) i = TRUE;
+          gtk_object_set (GTK_OBJECT (object), name, i, NULL);
+         break;
+       }
+        case GTK_TYPE_CHAR: {
+         gchar i;
+         sscanf (value, "%c", &i);
+          gtk_object_set (GTK_OBJECT (object), name, i, NULL);
+         break;
+       }
+        case GTK_TYPE_UCHAR: {
+         guchar i;
+         sscanf (value, "%c", &i);
+          gtk_object_set (GTK_OBJECT (object), name, i, NULL);
+         break;
+       }
+        case GTK_TYPE_FLOAT: {
+         gfloat i;
+         sscanf (value, "%f", &i);
+          gtk_object_set (GTK_OBJECT (object), name, i, NULL);
+         break;
+       }
+        case GTK_TYPE_DOUBLE: {
+         gdouble i;
+         sscanf (value, "%g", (float *)&i);
+          gtk_object_set (GTK_OBJECT (object), name, i, NULL);
+         break;
+       }
+        default:
+         if (info->type == GST_TYPE_FILENAME) {
+            gtk_object_set (GTK_OBJECT (object), name, value, NULL);
+         }
+         break;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}