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-rw-r--r--src/libcamera/converter.cpp19
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/libcamera/converter.cpp b/src/libcamera/converter.cpp
index fa0f1ec8..802759de 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/converter.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/converter.cpp
@@ -199,16 +199,18 @@ ConverterFactoryBase::ConverterFactoryBase(const std::string name, std::initiali
/**
* \fn ConverterFactoryBase::compatibles()
- * \return The names compatibles
+ * \return The list of compatible name aliases of the converter
*/
/**
- * \brief Create an instance of the converter corresponding to a named factory
- * \param[in] media Name of the factory
+ * \brief Create an instance of the converter corresponding to the media device
+ * \param[in] media The media device to create the converter for
*
- * \return A unique pointer to a new instance of the converter subclass
- * corresponding to the named factory or one of its alias. Otherwise a null
- * pointer if no such factory exists
+ * The converter is created by matching the factory name or any of its
+ * compatible aliases with the media device driver name.
+ *
+ * \return A new instance of the converter subclass corresponding to the media
+ * device, or null if the media device driver name doesn't match anything
*/
std::unique_ptr<Converter> ConverterFactoryBase::create(MediaDevice *media)
{
@@ -236,10 +238,11 @@ std::unique_ptr<Converter> ConverterFactoryBase::create(MediaDevice *media)
}
/**
- * \brief Add a converter class to the registry
+ * \brief Add a converter factory to the registry
* \param[in] factory Factory to use to construct the converter class
*
- * The caller is responsible to guarantee the uniqueness of the converter name.
+ * The caller is responsible to guarantee the uniqueness of the converter
+ * factory name.
*/
void ConverterFactoryBase::registerType(ConverterFactoryBase *factory)
{