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22 * Public dictionary API.
28 #define AV_DICT_MATCH_CASE 1
29 #define AV_DICT_IGNORE_SUFFIX 2
30 #define AV_DICT_DONT_STRDUP_KEY 4
31 #define AV_DICT_DONT_STRDUP_VAL 8
32 #define AV_DICT_DONT_OVERWRITE 16 ///< Don't overwrite existing entries.
33 #define AV_DICT_APPEND 32 /**< If the entry already exists, append to it. Note that no
34 delimiter is added, the strings are simply concatenated. */
41 typedef struct AVDictionary AVDictionary;
44 * Get a dictionary entry with matching key.
46 * @param prev Set to the previous matching element to find the next.
47 * If set to NULL the first matching element is returned.
48 * @param flags Allows case as well as suffix-insensitive comparisons.
49 * @return Found entry or NULL, changing key or value leads to undefined behavior.
52 av_dict_get(AVDictionary *m, const char *key, const AVDictionaryEntry *prev, int flags);
55 * Set the given entry in *pm, overwriting an existing entry.
57 * @param pm pointer to a pointer to a dictionary struct. If *pm is NULL
58 * a dictionary struct is allocated and put in *pm.
59 * @param key entry key to add to *pm (will be av_strduped depending on flags)
60 * @param value entry value to add to *pm (will be av_strduped depending on flags).
61 * Passing a NULL value will cause an existing tag to be deleted.
62 * @return >= 0 on success otherwise an error code <0
64 int av_dict_set(AVDictionary **pm, const char *key, const char *value, int flags);
67 * Copy entries from one AVDictionary struct into another.
68 * @param dst pointer to a pointer to a AVDictionary struct. If *dst is NULL,
69 * this function will allocate a struct for you and put it in *dst
70 * @param src pointer to source AVDictionary struct
71 * @param flags flags to use when setting entries in *dst
72 * @note metadata is read using the AV_DICT_IGNORE_SUFFIX flag
74 void av_dict_copy(AVDictionary **dst, AVDictionary *src, int flags);
77 * Free all the memory allocated for an AVDictionary struct.
79 void av_dict_free(AVDictionary **m);
81 #endif // AVUTIL_DICT_H