## GstTypeFindFactory GstTypeFindFactory — Information about registered typefind functions |

## Synopsis

    #include <gst/gst.h>

                        GstTypeFindFactory;
    GList *             gst_type_find_factory_get_list      (void);
    gchar **            gst_type_find_factory_get_extensions
                                                            (GstTypeFindFactory *factory);
    GstCaps *           gst_type_find_factory_get_caps      (GstTypeFindFactory *factory);
    void                gst_type_find_factory_call_function (GstTypeFindFactory *factory,
                                                             GstTypeFind *find);

## Object Hierarchy

      GObject
       +----GstObject
             +----GstPluginFeature
                   +----GstTypeFindFactory

## Description

These functions allow querying informations about registered typefind functions. How to create and register these functions is described in the section "Writing typefind functions".

Example 14. how to write a simple typefinder

      typedef struct {
        guint8 *data;
        guint size;
        guint probability;
        GstCaps *data;
      } MyTypeFind;
      static void
      my_peek (gpointer data, gint64 offset, guint size)
      {
        MyTypeFind *find = (MyTypeFind *) data;
        if (offset >= 0 && offset + size <= find->size) {
          return find->data + offset;
        }
        return NULL;
      }
      static void
      my_suggest (gpointer data, guint probability, GstCaps *caps)
      {
        MyTypeFind *find = (MyTypeFind *) data;
        if (probability > find->probability) {
          find->probability = probability;
          gst_caps_replace (&find->caps, caps);
        }
      }
      static GstCaps *
      find_type (guint8 *data, guint size)
      {
        GList *walk, *type_list;
        MyTypeFind find = {data, size, 0, NULL};
        GstTypeFind gst_find = {my_peek, my_suggest, &find, };
        walk = type_list = gst_type_find_factory_get_list ();
        while (walk) {
          GstTypeFindFactory *factory = GST_TYPE_FIND_FACTORY (walk->data);
          walk = g_list_next (walk)
          gst_type_find_factory_call_function (factory, &gst_find);
        }
        g_list_free (type_list);
        return find.caps;
      };

The above example shows how to write a very simple typefinder that identifies the given data. You can get quite a bit more complicated than that though.

Last reviewed on 2005-11-09 (0.9.4)

## Details

### GstTypeFindFactory

    typedef struct _GstTypeFindFactory GstTypeFindFactory;

Object that stores information about a typefind function.

### gst_type_find_factory_get_list ()

    GList *             gst_type_find_factory_get_list      (void);

Gets the list of all registered typefind factories. You must free the list using gst_plugin_feature_list_free.

Returns : | the list of all registered GstTypeFindFactory.

### gst_type_find_factory_get_extensions ()

    gchar **            gst_type_find_factory_get_extensions
                                                            (GstTypeFindFactory *factory);

Gets the extensions associated with a GstTypeFindFactory. The returned array should not be changed. If you need to change stuff in it, you should copy it using `g_stdupv()`. This function may return NULL to indicate a 0-length list.

`factory` : | A GstTypeFindFactory
Returns : | a NULL-terminated array of extensions associated with this factory

### gst_type_find_factory_get_caps ()

    GstCaps *           gst_type_find_factory_get_caps      (GstTypeFindFactory *factory);

Gets the GstCaps associated with a typefind factory.

`factory` : | A GstTypeFindFactory
Returns : | The GstCaps associated with this factory

### gst_type_find_factory_call_function ()

    void                gst_type_find_factory_call_function (GstTypeFindFactory *factory,
                                                             GstTypeFind *find);

Calls the GstTypeFindFunction associated with this factory.

`factory` : | A GstTypeFindFactory
`find` : | A properly setup GstTypeFind entry. The get_data and suggest_type members must be set.