gst/gstplugin.h

/* Gnome-Streamer
 * Copyright (C) <1999> Erik Walthinsen <omega@cse.ogi.edu>
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Library General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the
 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
 * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 */


#ifndef __GST_PLUGIN_H__
#define __GST_PLUGIN_H__


#include <gmodule.h>

#include <gst/gsttype.h>
#include <gst/gstelement.h>

typedef struct _GstPlugin GstPlugin;
typedef struct _GstPluginElement GstPluginElement;

struct _GstPlugin {
  gchar *name;			/* name of the plugin */
  gchar *longname;		/* long name of plugin */
  gchar *filename;		/* filename it came from */

  GList *types;			/* list of types provided */
  GList *elements;		/* list of elements provided */
  GList *identifiers;		/* list of identifiers */
};


typedef GstPlugin * (*GstPluginInitFunc) (GModule *module);

GstPlugin *gst_plugin_new(gchar *name);
void gst_plugin_set_longname(GstPlugin *plugin,gchar *longname);

void _gst_plugin_initialize();
void gst_plugin_load_all();
gboolean gst_plugin_load(gchar *name);
gboolean gst_library_load(gchar *name);
gboolean gst_plugin_load_absolute(gchar *name);

void gst_plugin_add_factory(GstPlugin *plugin,GstElementFactory *factory);

GstPlugin *gst_plugin_find(gchar *name);
GList *gst_plugin_get_list();
GstElementFactory *gst_plugin_find_elementfactory(gchar *name);

#endif /* __GST_PLUGIN_H__ */