From 87ada5664a55ab4c82d558ce979ff656b9a7a574 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@collabora.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:54:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] buffer: add foreach function for the metadata

---
 gst/gstbuffer.c | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 gst/gstbuffer.h | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 81 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gst/gstbuffer.c b/gst/gstbuffer.c
index 30b26a0..8aacdeb 100644
--- a/gst/gstbuffer.c
+++ b/gst/gstbuffer.c
@@ -1618,3 +1618,59 @@ gst_buffer_iterate_meta (GstBuffer * buffer, gpointer * state)
   else
     return NULL;
 }
+
+/**
+ * gst_buffer_foreach_meta:
+ * @buffer: a #GstBuffer
+ * @func: (scope call): a #GstBufferForeachMetaFunc to call
+ * @user_data: (closure): user data passed to @func
+ *
+ * Call @func with @user_data for each meta in @buffer.
+ *
+ * @func can modify the passed meta pointer or its contents. The return value
+ * of @func define if this function returns or if the remaining metadata items
+ * in the buffer should be skipped.
+ */
+void
+gst_buffer_foreach_meta (GstBuffer * buffer, GstBufferForeachMetaFunc func,
+    gpointer user_data)
+{
+  GstMetaItem *walk, *prev, *next;
+
+  g_return_if_fail (buffer != NULL);
+  g_return_if_fail (func != NULL);
+
+  /* find the metadata and delete */
+  prev = GST_BUFFER_META (buffer);
+  for (walk = prev; walk; walk = next) {
+    GstMeta *m, *new;
+    gboolean res;
+
+    m = new = &walk->meta;
+    next = walk->next;
+
+    res = func (buffer, &new, user_data);
+
+    if (new == NULL) {
+      const GstMetaInfo *info = m->info;
+
+      GST_CAT_DEBUG (GST_CAT_BUFFER, "remove metadata %p (%s)", m,
+          g_type_name (info->type));
+
+      /* remove from list */
+      if (GST_BUFFER_META (buffer) == walk)
+        GST_BUFFER_META (buffer) = next;
+      else
+        prev->next = next;
+
+      /* call free_func if any */
+      if (info->free_func)
+        info->free_func (m, buffer);
+
+      /* and free the slice */
+      g_slice_free1 (ITEM_SIZE (info), walk);
+    }
+    if (!res)
+      break;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/gst/gstbuffer.h b/gst/gstbuffer.h
index b9d35cf..2868aed 100644
--- a/gst/gstbuffer.h
+++ b/gst/gstbuffer.h
@@ -490,6 +490,27 @@ GstBuffer*      gst_buffer_span                 (GstBuffer *buf1, gsize offset,
 /* metadata */
 #include <gst/gstmeta.h>
 
+/**
+ * GstBufferMetaFunc:
+ * @buffer: a #GstBuffer
+ * @meta: a pointer to a #GstMeta
+ * @user_data: user data passed to gst_buffer_foreach_meta()
+ *
+ * A function that will be called from gst_buffer_foreach_meta(). The @meta
+ * field will point to a the reference of the meta.
+ *
+ * @buffer should not be modified from this callback.
+ *
+ * When this function returns %TRUE, the next meta will be
+ * returned. When %FALSE is returned, gst_buffer_foreach_meta() will return.
+ *
+ * When @meta is set to NULL, the item will be removed from the buffer.
+ *
+ * Returns: %FALSE when gst_buffer_foreach_meta() should stop
+ */
+typedef gboolean (*GstBufferForeachMetaFunc)    (GstBuffer *buffer, GstMeta **meta,
+                                                 gpointer user_data);
+
 GstMeta *       gst_buffer_get_meta             (GstBuffer *buffer, const GstMetaInfo *info);
 GstMeta *       gst_buffer_add_meta             (GstBuffer *buffer, const GstMetaInfo *info,
                                                  gpointer params);
@@ -497,6 +518,10 @@ gboolean        gst_buffer_remove_meta          (GstBuffer *buffer, GstMeta *met
 
 GstMeta *       gst_buffer_iterate_meta         (GstBuffer *buffer, gpointer *state);
 
+void            gst_buffer_foreach_meta         (GstBuffer *buffer,
+                                                 GstBufferForeachMetaFunc func,
+                                                 gpointer user_data);
+
 /**
  * gst_value_set_buffer:
  * @v: a #GValue to receive the data
-- 
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