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// generated automatically - do not change
// find conversion definition on APILookup.txt
// implement new conversion functionalities on the wrap.utils pakage


module gstreamer.URIHandlerIF;

private import glib.ErrorG;
private import glib.GException;
private import glib.Str;
private import gstreamerc.gstreamer;
public  import gstreamerc.gstreamertypes;


/**
 * The #GstURIHandler is an interface that is implemented by Source and Sink
 * #GstElement to unify handling of URI.
 * 
 * An application can use the following functions to quickly get an element
 * that handles the given URI for reading or writing
 * (gst_element_make_from_uri()).
 * 
 * Source and Sink plugins should implement this interface when possible.
 */
public interface URIHandlerIF{
	/** Get the main Gtk struct */
	public GstURIHandler* getURIHandlerStruct();

	/** the main Gtk struct as a void* */
	protected void* getStruct();


	/**
	 * Gets the list of protocols supported by @handler. This list may not be
	 * modified.
	 *
	 * Return: the
	 *     supported protocols.  Returns %NULL if the @handler isn't
	 *     implemented properly, or the @handler doesn't support any
	 *     protocols.
	 */
	public string[] getProtocols();

	/**
	 * Gets the currently handled URI.
	 *
	 * Return: the URI currently handled by
	 *     the @handler.  Returns %NULL if there are no URI currently
	 *     handled. The returned string must be freed with g_free() when no
	 *     longer needed.
	 */
	public string getUri();

	/**
	 * Gets the type of the given URI handler
	 *
	 * Return: the #GstURIType of the URI handler.
	 *     Returns #GST_URI_UNKNOWN if the @handler isn't implemented correctly.
	 */
	public GstURIType getUriType();

	/**
	 * Tries to set the URI of the given handler.
	 *
	 * Params:
	 *     uri = URI to set
	 *
	 * Return: %TRUE if the URI was set successfully, else %FALSE.
	 *
	 * Throws: GException on failure.
	 */
	public bool setUri(string uri);
}
