set_metadata


Description:

[ CCode ( cname = "gst_element_class_set_metadata" ) ]
public class void set_metadata (string longname, string classification, string description, string author)

Sets the detailed information for a Element.

> This function is for use in _class_init functions only.

Parameters:

this

class to set metadata for

longname

The long English name of the element. E.g. "File Sink"

classification

String describing the type of element, as an unordered list separated with slashes ('/'). See draft-klass.txt of the design docs for more details and common types. E.g: "Sink/File"

description

Sentence describing the purpose of the element. E.g: "Write stream to a file"

author

Name and contact details of the author(s). Use \n to separate multiple author metadata. E.g: "Joe Bloggs <joe.blogs at foo.com>"