In gstreamer, when elements are created, usually a floating [1]
reference is returned which simply means, there is no ownership
transfer (yet). Once can simply check for NULL and return through
an error path, without bothering to clean up. Hence, g_autoptr is
not much of help here.
If the NULL checks have been passed successfully, elements are ready
to use. However, we must claim ownership/reference it before using
them via g_object_ref_sink().
This patch build upon this principle and removes the g_autoptr
from gstreamer test base class (gstreamer_test.cpp) whereever
necessary to tide up the code.
[1] https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/additional/design/MT-refcounting.html?gi-language=c#refcounting1
Signed-off-by: Vedant Paranjape <vedantparanjape160201@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Umang Jain <umang.jain@ideasonboard.com>
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@collabora.com>
Reviewed-by: Paul Elder <paul.elder@ideasonboard.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Elder <paul.elder@ideasonboard.com>
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