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PluginDesc
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.. currentmodule:: gi.repository.Gst





.. class:: PluginDesc(*args, **kwargs)
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A plugin should export a variable of this type called plugin_desc. The plugin
loader will use the data provided there to initialize the plugin.

The ``licence`` parameter must be one of: LGPL, GPL, QPL, GPL/QPL, MPL,
BSD, MIT/X11, Proprietary, unknown.












Fields
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.. rst-class:: interim-class

.. class:: PluginDesc
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   .. attribute:: description

      Description of plugin






   .. attribute:: license

      Effective license of plugin






   .. attribute:: major_version

      The major version number of core that plugin was compiled for






   .. attribute:: minor_version

      The minor version number of core that plugin was compiled for






   .. attribute:: name

      A unique name of the plugin






   .. attribute:: origin

      URL to provider of plugin






   .. attribute:: package

      Shipped package plugin belongs to






   .. attribute:: plugin_init

      Pointer to the init function of this plugin.






   .. attribute:: release_datetime

      Date time string in ISO 8601
          format (or rather, a subset thereof), or :const:`None`. Allowed are the
          following formats: "YYYY-MM-DD" and "YYY-MM-DDTHH:MMZ" (with
          'T' a separator and 'Z' indicating UTC/Zulu time). This field
          should be set via the GST_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME
          preprocessor macro.






   .. attribute:: source

      Source module plugin belongs to






   .. attribute:: version

      Version of the plugin