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+/* GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 Stefan Kost <ensonic@users.sf.net>
+ *
+ * gstdebugutils.h: debugging and analysis utilities
+ *
+ * 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., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
+ * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GSTDEBUGUTILS_H__
+#define __GSTDEBUGUTILS_H__
+
+#include <glib.h>
+#include <glib-object.h>
+#include <gst/gstconfig.h>
+#include <gst/gstbin.h>
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/**
+ * GstDebugGraphDetails:
+ * @GST_DEBUG_GRAPH_SHOW_MEDIA_TYPE: show caps-name on edges
+ * @GST_DEBUG_GRAPH_SHOW_CAPS_DETAILS: show caps-details on edges
+ * @GST_DEBUG_GRAPH_SHOW_NON_DEFAULT_PARAMS: show modified parameters on
+ * elements
+ * @GST_DEBUG_GRAPH_SHOW_STATES: show element states
+ * @GST_DEBUG_GRAPH_SHOW_FULL_PARAMS: show full element parameter values even
+ * if they are very long
+ * @GST_DEBUG_GRAPH_SHOW_ALL: show all the typical details that one might want
+ * @GST_DEBUG_GRAPH_SHOW_VERBOSE: show all details regardless of how large or
+ * verbose they make the resulting output
+ *
+ * Available details for pipeline graphs produced by GST_DEBUG_BIN_TO_DOT_FILE()
+ * and GST_DEBUG_BIN_TO_DOT_FILE_WITH_TS().
+ */
+/* FIXME: For GST_DEBUG_GRAPH_SHOW_VERBOSE ~0 -> 0xffffffff see
+ * https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=732633
+*/
+typedef enum {
+ GST_DEBUG_GRAPH_SHOW_MEDIA_TYPE = (1<<0),
+ GST_DEBUG_GRAPH_SHOW_CAPS_DETAILS = (1<<1),
+ GST_DEBUG_GRAPH_SHOW_NON_DEFAULT_PARAMS = (1<<2),
+ GST_DEBUG_GRAPH_SHOW_STATES = (1<<3),
+ GST_DEBUG_GRAPH_SHOW_FULL_PARAMS = (1<<4),
+ GST_DEBUG_GRAPH_SHOW_ALL = ((1<<4)-1),
+ GST_DEBUG_GRAPH_SHOW_VERBOSE = (gint) (0xffffffff)
+} GstDebugGraphDetails;
+
+
+/********** pipeline graphs **********/
+
+GST_API
+gchar * gst_debug_bin_to_dot_data (GstBin *bin, GstDebugGraphDetails details);
+
+GST_API
+void gst_debug_bin_to_dot_file (GstBin *bin, GstDebugGraphDetails details, const gchar *file_name);
+
+GST_API
+void gst_debug_bin_to_dot_file_with_ts (GstBin *bin, GstDebugGraphDetails details, const gchar *file_name);
+
+#ifndef GST_DISABLE_GST_DEBUG
+
+/**
+ * GST_DEBUG_BIN_TO_DOT_FILE:
+ * @bin: the top-level pipeline that should be analyzed
+ * @details: details to show in the graph, e.g. #GST_DEBUG_GRAPH_SHOW_ALL or
+ * one or more other #GstDebugGraphDetails flags.
+ * @file_name: output base filename (e.g. "myplayer")
+ *
+ * To aid debugging applications one can use this method to write out the whole
+ * network of gstreamer elements that form the pipeline into a dot file.
+ * This file can be processed with graphviz to get an image, like this:
+ *
+ * ``` shell
+ * dot -Tpng -oimage.png graph_lowlevel.dot
+ * ```
+ *
+ * There is also a utility called [xdot] which allows you to view the dot file
+ * directly without converting it first.
+ *
+ * The macro is only active if the environment variable `GST_DEBUG_DUMP_DOT_DIR`
+ * is set to a basepath (e.g. `/tmp`), and the GStreamer debugging subsystem is
+ * enabled (i.e., no use of `./configure --disable-gst-debug`)
+ *
+ * [xdot]: https://pypi.org/project/xdot/
+ */
+#define GST_DEBUG_BIN_TO_DOT_FILE(bin, details, file_name) gst_debug_bin_to_dot_file (bin, details, file_name)
+
+/**
+ * GST_DEBUG_BIN_TO_DOT_FILE_WITH_TS:
+ * @bin: the top-level pipeline that should be analyzed
+ * @details: details to show in the graph, e.g. #GST_DEBUG_GRAPH_SHOW_ALL or
+ * one or more other #GstDebugGraphDetails flags.
+ * @file_name: output base filename (e.g. "myplayer")
+ *
+ * This works like GST_DEBUG_BIN_TO_DOT_FILE(), but adds the current timestamp
+ * to the filename, so that it can be used to take multiple snapshots.
+ */
+#define GST_DEBUG_BIN_TO_DOT_FILE_WITH_TS(bin, details, file_name) gst_debug_bin_to_dot_file_with_ts (bin, details, file_name)
+
+
+#else /* GST_DISABLE_GST_DEBUG */
+
+
+#define GST_DEBUG_BIN_TO_DOT_FILE(bin, details, file_name)
+#define GST_DEBUG_BIN_TO_DOT_FILE_WITH_TS(bin, details, file_name)
+
+#endif /* GST_DISABLE_GST_DEBUG */
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* __GSTDEBUGUTILS_H__ */
+