Er, plugins actually use gst_element_factory_set_rank(). Add a define to call...

Er, plugins actually use gst_element_factory_set_rank().  Add a define to call gst_plugin_feature_set_rank().

Original commit message from CVS:
Er, plugins actually use gst_element_factory_set_rank().  Add a
define to call gst_plugin_feature_set_rank().

gst/gstelement.h

@@ -411,6 +411,9 @@ GstElement*		gst_element_factory_create		(GstElementFactory *factory,
 GstElement*		gst_element_factory_make		(const gchar *factoryname, const gchar *name);
 GstElement*		gst_element_factory_make_or_warn	(const gchar *factoryname, const gchar *name);
 
+#define			gst_element_factory_set_rank(factory, rank) \
+				gst_plugin_feature_set_rank (GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE (factory), rank)
+
 G_END_DECLS
 
 

gst/gstpluginfeature.c

@@ -136,3 +136,21 @@ gst_plugin_feature_type_name_filter (GstPluginFeature *feature,
   return ((data->type == 0    || data->type == G_OBJECT_TYPE (feature)) &&
           (data->name == NULL || !strcmp (data->name, GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE_NAME (feature))));
 }
+
+/**
+ * gst_plugin_feature_set_rank:
+ * @feature: feature to rank
+ * @rank: rank value - higher number means more priority rank
+ *
+ * Specifies a rank for a plugin feature, so that autoplugging uses
+ * the most appropriate feature.
+ */
+void
+gst_plugin_feature_set_rank (GstPluginFeature *feature, guint16 rank)
+{
+  g_return_if_fail (feature != NULL);
+  g_return_if_fail (GST_IS_PLUGIN_FEATURE (feature));
+
+  feature->rank = rank;
+}
+

gst/gstpluginfeature.h

@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ void		gst_plugin_feature_unload_thyself 	(GstPluginFeature *feature);
 gboolean	gst_plugin_feature_type_name_filter	(GstPluginFeature *feature,
 							 GstTypeNameData *data);
 
+void		gst_plugin_feature_set_rank		(GstPluginFeature *feature, guint16 rank);
+
 G_END_DECLS