annotate opt.h @ 9573:c939417a3a39 libavcodec

Negative is error not -1, corrected in the doxy for avcodec_decode_subtitle2().

/*
 * AVOptions
 * copyright (c) 2005 Michael Niedermayer <[e-mail]>
 *
 * This file is part of FFmpeg.
 *
 * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * FFmpeg 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
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
 */

#ifndef AVCODEC_OPT_H
#define AVCODEC_OPT_H

/**
 * @file libavcodec/opt.h
 * AVOptions
 */

#include "libavutil/rational.h"
#include "avcodec.h"

enum AVOptionType{
    FF_OPT_TYPE_FLAGS,
    FF_OPT_TYPE_INT,
    FF_OPT_TYPE_INT64,
    FF_OPT_TYPE_DOUBLE,
    FF_OPT_TYPE_FLOAT,
    FF_OPT_TYPE_STRING,
    FF_OPT_TYPE_RATIONAL,
    FF_OPT_TYPE_BINARY,  ///< offset must point to a pointer immediately followed by an int for the length
    FF_OPT_TYPE_CONST=128,
};

/**
 * AVOption
 */
typedef struct AVOption {
    const char *name;

    /**
     * short English help text
     * @todo What about other languages?
     */
    const char *help;

    /**
     * The offset relative to the context structure where the option
     * value is stored. It should be 0 for named constants.
     */
    int offset;
    enum AVOptionType type;

    /**
     * the default value for scalar options
     */
    double default_val;
    double min;                 ///< minimum valid value for the option
    double max;                 ///< maximum valid value for the option

    int flags;
#define AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM  1   ///< a generic parameter which can be set by the user for muxing or encoding
#define AV_OPT_FLAG_DECODING_PARAM  2   ///< a generic parameter which can be set by the user for demuxing or decoding
#define AV_OPT_FLAG_METADATA        4   ///< some data extracted or inserted into the file like title, comment, ...
#define AV_OPT_FLAG_AUDIO_PARAM     8
#define AV_OPT_FLAG_VIDEO_PARAM     16
#define AV_OPT_FLAG_SUBTITLE_PARAM  32
//FIXME think about enc-audio, ... style flags

    /**
     * The logical unit to which the option belongs. Non-constant
     * options and corresponding named constants share the same
     * unit. May be NULL.
     */
    const char *unit;
} AVOption;


/**
 * Looks for an option in \p obj. Looks only for the options which
 * have the flags set as specified in \p mask and \p flags (that is,
 * for which it is the case that opt->flags & mask == flags).
 *
 * @param[in] obj a pointer to a struct whose first element is a
 * pointer to an AVClass
 * @param[in] name the name of the option to look for
 * @param[in] unit the unit of the option to look for, or any if NULL
 * @return a pointer to the option found, or NULL if no option
 * has been found
 */
const AVOption *av_find_opt(void *obj, const char *name, const char *unit, int mask, int flags);

#if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR < 53
/**
 * @see av_set_string2()
 */
attribute_deprecated const AVOption *av_set_string(void *obj, const char *name, const char *val);

/**
 * @return a pointer to the AVOption corresponding to the field set or
 * NULL if no matching AVOption exists, or if the value \p val is not
 * valid
 * @see av_set_string3()
 */
attribute_deprecated const AVOption *av_set_string2(void *obj, const char *name, const char *val, int alloc);
#endif

/**
 * Sets the field of obj with the given name to value.
 *
 * @param[in] obj A struct whose first element is a pointer to an
 * AVClass.
 * @param[in] name the name of the field to set
 * @param[in] val The value to set. If the field is not of a string
 * type, then the given string is parsed.
 * SI postfixes and some named scalars are supported.
 * If the field is of a numeric type, it has to be a numeric or named
 * scalar. Behavior with more than one scalar and +- infix operators
 * is undefined.
 * If the field is of a flags type, it has to be a sequence of numeric
 * scalars or named flags separated by '+' or '-'. Prefixing a flag
 * with '+' causes it to be set without affecting the other flags;
 * similarly, '-' unsets a flag.
 * @param[out] o_out if non-NULL put here a pointer to the AVOption
 * found
 * @param alloc when 1 then the old value will be av_freed() and the
 *                     new av_strduped()
 *              when 0 then no av_free() nor av_strdup() will be used
 * @return 0 if the value has been set, an AVERROR* error code if no
 * matching option exists, or if the value \p val is not valid
 */
int av_set_string3(void *obj, const char *name, const char *val, int alloc, const AVOption **o_out);

const AVOption *av_set_double(void *obj, const char *name, double n);
const AVOption *av_set_q(void *obj, const char *name, AVRational n);
const AVOption *av_set_int(void *obj, const char *name, int64_t n);
double av_get_double(void *obj, const char *name, const AVOption **o_out);
AVRational av_get_q(void *obj, const char *name, const AVOption **o_out);
int64_t av_get_int(void *obj, const char *name, const AVOption **o_out);
const char *av_get_string(void *obj, const char *name, const AVOption **o_out, char *buf, int buf_len);
const AVOption *av_next_option(void *obj, const AVOption *last);
int av_opt_show(void *obj, void *av_log_obj);
void av_opt_set_defaults(void *s);
void av_opt_set_defaults2(void *s, int mask, int flags);

#endif /* AVCODEC_OPT_H */