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/* GStreamer
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 * Copyright (C) <2003> David A. Schleef <ds@schleef.org>
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 *
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 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
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 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
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 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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 *
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 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
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 * Library General Public License for more details.
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 *
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 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
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 * License along with this library; if not, write to the
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 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
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 * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
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 */
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/**
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 * SECTION:gsterror
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 * @title: GstError
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 * @short_description: Categorized error messages
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 * @see_also: #GstMessage
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 *
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 * GStreamer elements can throw non-fatal warnings and fatal errors.
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 * Higher-level elements and applications can programmatically filter
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 * the ones they are interested in or can recover from,
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 * and have a default handler handle the rest of them.
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 *
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 * The rest of this section will use the term <quote>error</quote>
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 * to mean both (non-fatal) warnings and (fatal) errors; they are treated
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 * similarly.
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 *
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 * Errors from elements are the combination of a #GError and a debug string.
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 * The #GError contains:
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 * - a domain type: CORE, LIBRARY, RESOURCE or STREAM
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 * - a code: an enum value specific to the domain
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 * - a translated, human-readable message
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 * - a non-translated additional debug string, which also contains
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 * - file and line information
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 *
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 * Elements do not have the context required to decide what to do with
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 * errors.  As such, they should only inform about errors, and stop their
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 * processing.  In short, an element doesn't know what it is being used for.
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 *
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 * It is the application or compound element using the given element that
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 * has more context about the use of the element. Errors can be received by
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 * listening to the #GstBus of the element/pipeline for #GstMessage objects with
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 * the type %GST_MESSAGE_ERROR or %GST_MESSAGE_WARNING. The thrown errors should
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 * be inspected, and filtered if appropriate.
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 *
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 * An application is expected to, by default, present the user with a
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 * dialog box (or an equivalent) showing the error message.  The dialog
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 * should also allow a way to get at the additional debug information,
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 * so the user can provide bug reporting information.
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 *
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 * A compound element is expected to forward errors by default higher up
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 * the hierarchy; this is done by default in the same way as for other types
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 * of #GstMessage.
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 *
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 * When applications or compound elements trigger errors that they can
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 * recover from, they can filter out these errors and take appropriate action.
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 * For example, an application that gets an error from xvimagesink
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 * that indicates all XVideo ports are taken, the application can attempt
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 * to use another sink instead.
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 *
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 * Elements throw errors using the #GST_ELEMENT_ERROR convenience macro:
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 *
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 * ## Throwing an error
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 *
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 *   |[
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 *     GST_ELEMENT_ERROR (src, RESOURCE, NOT_FOUND,
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 *       (_("No file name specified for reading.")), (NULL));
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 *   ]|
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 *
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 * Things to keep in mind:
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 *
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 *   * Don't go off inventing new error codes.  The ones
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 *     currently provided should be enough.  If you find your type of error
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 *     does not fit the current codes, you should use FAILED.
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 *   * Don't provide a message if the default one suffices.
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 *     this keeps messages more uniform.  Use (%NULL) - not forgetting the
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 *     parentheses.
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 *   * If you do supply a custom message, it should be
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 *     marked for translation.  The message should start with a capital
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 *     and end with a period.  The message should describe the error in short,
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 *     in a human-readable form, and without any complex technical terms.
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 *     A user interface will present this message as the first thing a user
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 *     sees.  Details, technical info, ... should go in the debug string.
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 *
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 *   * The debug string can be as you like.  Again, use (%NULL)
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 *     if there's nothing to add - file and line number will still be
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 *     passed.  #GST_ERROR_SYSTEM can be used as a shortcut to give
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 *     debug information on a system call error.
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 *
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 */
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/* FIXME 2.0: the entire error system needs an overhaul - it's not very
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 * useful the way it is. Also, we need to be able to specify additional
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 * 'details' for errors (e.g. disk/file/resource error -> out-of-space; or
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 * put the url/filename/device name that caused the error somewhere)
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 * without having to add enums for every little thing.
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 *
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 * FIXME 2.0: get rid of GST_{CORE,LIBRARY,RESOURCE,STREAM}_ERROR_NUM_ERRORS.
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 * Maybe also replace _quark() functions with g_quark_from_static_string()?
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 */
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#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
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#include "config.h"
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#endif
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#include "gst_private.h"
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#include <gst/gst.h>
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#include "gst-i18n-lib.h"
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#define QUARK_FUNC(string)                                              \
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GQuark gst_ ## string ## _error_quark (void) {                          \
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  static GQuark quark;                                                  \
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  if (!quark)                                                           \
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    quark = g_quark_from_static_string ("gst-" # string "-error-quark"); \
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  return quark; }
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#define FILE_A_BUG "  Please file a bug at " PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "."
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static const gchar *
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gst_error_get_core_error (GstCoreError code)
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{
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  switch (code) {
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    case GST_CORE_ERROR_FAILED:
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      return _("GStreamer encountered a general core library error.");
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    case GST_CORE_ERROR_TOO_LAZY:
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      return _("GStreamer developers were too lazy to assign an error code "
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          "to this error." FILE_A_BUG);
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    case GST_CORE_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED:
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      return _("Internal GStreamer error: code not implemented." FILE_A_BUG);
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    case GST_CORE_ERROR_STATE_CHANGE:
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      return _("GStreamer error: state change failed and some element failed "
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          "to post a proper error message with the reason for the failure.");
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    case GST_CORE_ERROR_PAD:
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      return _("Internal GStreamer error: pad problem." FILE_A_BUG);
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    case GST_CORE_ERROR_THREAD:
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      return _("Internal GStreamer error: thread problem." FILE_A_BUG);
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    case GST_CORE_ERROR_NEGOTIATION:
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      return _("GStreamer error: negotiation problem.");
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    case GST_CORE_ERROR_EVENT:
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      return _("Internal GStreamer error: event problem." FILE_A_BUG);
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    case GST_CORE_ERROR_SEEK:
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      return _("Internal GStreamer error: seek problem." FILE_A_BUG);
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    case GST_CORE_ERROR_CAPS:
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      return _("Internal GStreamer error: caps problem." FILE_A_BUG);
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    case GST_CORE_ERROR_TAG:
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      return _("Internal GStreamer error: tag problem." FILE_A_BUG);
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    case GST_CORE_ERROR_MISSING_PLUGIN:
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      return _("Your GStreamer installation is missing a plug-in.");
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    case GST_CORE_ERROR_CLOCK:
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      return _("GStreamer error: clock problem.");
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    case GST_CORE_ERROR_DISABLED:
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      return _("This application is trying to use GStreamer functionality "
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          "that has been disabled.");
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    case GST_CORE_ERROR_NUM_ERRORS:
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    default:
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      break;
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  }
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  return NULL;
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}
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static const gchar *
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gst_error_get_library_error (GstLibraryError code)
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{
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  switch (code) {
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    case GST_LIBRARY_ERROR_FAILED:
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      return _("GStreamer encountered a general supporting library error.");
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    case GST_LIBRARY_ERROR_TOO_LAZY:
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      return _("GStreamer developers were too lazy to assign an error code "
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          "to this error." FILE_A_BUG);
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    case GST_LIBRARY_ERROR_INIT:
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      return _("Could not initialize supporting library.");
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    case GST_LIBRARY_ERROR_SHUTDOWN:
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      return _("Could not close supporting library.");
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    case GST_LIBRARY_ERROR_SETTINGS:
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      return _("Could not configure supporting library.");
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    case GST_LIBRARY_ERROR_ENCODE:
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      return _("Encoding error.");
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    case GST_LIBRARY_ERROR_NUM_ERRORS:
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    default:
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      break;
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  }
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  return NULL;
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}
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static const gchar *
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gst_error_get_resource_error (GstResourceError code)
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{
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  switch (code) {
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    case GST_RESOURCE_ERROR_FAILED:
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      return _("GStreamer encountered a general resource error.");
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    case GST_RESOURCE_ERROR_TOO_LAZY:
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      return _("GStreamer developers were too lazy to assign an error code "
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          "to this error." FILE_A_BUG);
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    case GST_RESOURCE_ERROR_NOT_FOUND:
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      return _("Resource not found.");
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    case GST_RESOURCE_ERROR_BUSY:
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      return _("Resource busy or not available.");
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    case GST_RESOURCE_ERROR_OPEN_READ:
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      return _("Could not open resource for reading.");
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    case GST_RESOURCE_ERROR_OPEN_WRITE:
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      return _("Could not open resource for writing.");
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    case GST_RESOURCE_ERROR_OPEN_READ_WRITE:
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      return _("Could not open resource for reading and writing.");
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    case GST_RESOURCE_ERROR_CLOSE:
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      return _("Could not close resource.");
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    case GST_RESOURCE_ERROR_READ:
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      return _("Could not read from resource.");
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    case GST_RESOURCE_ERROR_WRITE:
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      return _("Could not write to resource.");
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    case GST_RESOURCE_ERROR_SEEK:
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      return _("Could not perform seek on resource.");
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    case GST_RESOURCE_ERROR_SYNC:
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      return _("Could not synchronize on resource.");
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    case GST_RESOURCE_ERROR_SETTINGS:
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      return _("Could not get/set settings from/on resource.");
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    case GST_RESOURCE_ERROR_NO_SPACE_LEFT:
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      return _("No space left on the resource.");
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    case GST_RESOURCE_ERROR_NOT_AUTHORIZED:
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      return _("Not authorized to access resource.");
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    case GST_RESOURCE_ERROR_NUM_ERRORS:
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    default:
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      break;
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  }
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  return NULL;
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}
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static const gchar *
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gst_error_get_stream_error (GstStreamError code)
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{
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  switch (code) {
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    case GST_STREAM_ERROR_FAILED:
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      return _("GStreamer encountered a general stream error.");
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    case GST_STREAM_ERROR_TOO_LAZY:
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      return _("GStreamer developers were too lazy to assign an error code "
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          "to this error." FILE_A_BUG);
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    case GST_STREAM_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED:
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      return _("Element doesn't implement handling of this stream. "
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          "Please file a bug.");
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    case GST_STREAM_ERROR_TYPE_NOT_FOUND:
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      return _("Could not determine type of stream.");
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    case GST_STREAM_ERROR_WRONG_TYPE:
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      return _("The stream is of a different type than handled by this "
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          "element.");
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    case GST_STREAM_ERROR_CODEC_NOT_FOUND:
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      return _("There is no codec present that can handle the stream's type.");
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    case GST_STREAM_ERROR_DECODE:
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      return _("Could not decode stream.");
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    case GST_STREAM_ERROR_ENCODE:
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      return _("Could not encode stream.");
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    case GST_STREAM_ERROR_DEMUX:
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      return _("Could not demultiplex stream.");
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    case GST_STREAM_ERROR_MUX:
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      return _("Could not multiplex stream.");
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    case GST_STREAM_ERROR_FORMAT:
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      return _("The stream is in the wrong format.");
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    case GST_STREAM_ERROR_DECRYPT:
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      return _("The stream is encrypted and decryption is not supported.");
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    case GST_STREAM_ERROR_DECRYPT_NOKEY:
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      return _("The stream is encrypted and can't be decrypted because no "
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          "suitable key has been supplied.");
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    case GST_STREAM_ERROR_NUM_ERRORS:
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    default:
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      break;
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  }
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  return NULL;
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}
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QUARK_FUNC (core);
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QUARK_FUNC (library);
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QUARK_FUNC (resource);
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QUARK_FUNC (stream);
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/**
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 * gst_error_get_message:
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 * @domain: the GStreamer error domain this error belongs to.
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 * @code: the error code belonging to the domain.
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 *
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 * Get a string describing the error message in the current locale.
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 *
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 * Returns: (transfer full): a newly allocated string describing
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 *     the error message (in UTF-8 encoding)
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 */
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gchar *
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gst_error_get_message (GQuark domain, gint code)
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{
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  const gchar *message = NULL;
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  if (domain == GST_CORE_ERROR)
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    message = gst_error_get_core_error ((GstCoreError) code);
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  else if (domain == GST_LIBRARY_ERROR)
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    message = gst_error_get_library_error ((GstLibraryError) code);
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  else if (domain == GST_RESOURCE_ERROR)
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    message = gst_error_get_resource_error ((GstResourceError) code);
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  else if (domain == GST_STREAM_ERROR)
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    message = gst_error_get_stream_error ((GstStreamError) code);
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  else {
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    g_warning ("No error messages for domain %s", g_quark_to_string (domain));
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    return g_strdup_printf (_("No error message for domain %s."),
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        g_quark_to_string (domain));
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  }
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  if (message)
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    return g_strdup (message);
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  else
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    return
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        g_strdup_printf (_
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        ("No standard error message for domain %s and code %d."),
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        g_quark_to_string (domain), code);
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}