GConfEngine

typedef struct _GConfEngine GConfEngine;

An opaque data type representing one or more configuration sources.

gconf_engine_get_default ()

GConfEngine *       gconf_engine_get_default            (void);

Returns the default GConfEngine. All clients should use this, unless they are special configuration-related tools. The caller of this function assumes one reference count, and must call gconf_engine_unref() at some point. It's fairly important to unref the GConfEngine, to cleanly close the connection to gconfd. So if possible close the connection before exiting your application.

gconf_engine_get_for_address ()

GConfEngine *       gconf_engine_get_for_address        (const gchar *address,
                                                         GError **err);

Obtains a special GConfEngine; mostly useful for specialized GConf-related tools. Normal clients shouldn't need to use it. As with gconf_engine_get_default(), the returned GConfEngine should be unreferenced by the caller of this function.

gconf_engine_get_for_addresses ()

GConfEngine *       gconf_engine_get_for_addresses      (GSList *addresses,
                                                         GError **err);

Similar to gconf_engine_get_for_address() , but takes a list of addresses instead of a single address.

Since 2.4

gconf_engine_unref ()

void                gconf_engine_unref                  (GConfEngine *conf);

Decreases the reference count of a GConfEngine by one; if the reference count reaches 0, destroys the GConfEngine.

gconf_engine_ref ()

void                gconf_engine_ref                    (GConfEngine *conf);

Increases the reference count of a GConfEngine by one.

gconf_engine_get_local ()

GConfEngine *       gconf_engine_get_local              (const char *address,
                                                         GError **err);

Obtain a local (non-process-transparent) GConfEngine. Local engines do not support notification, and can only access config databases directly (they do not use the multiple sources in a path system supported by nonlocal engines).

gconf_engine_get_local_for_addresses ()

GConfEngine *       gconf_engine_get_local_for_addresses
                                                        (GSList *addresses,
                                                         GError **err);

Obtains a local GConfEngine similar to gconf_engine_get_local(). Instead of taking the address of the local database, this function takes the addresses of the sources and gets the GConfSources using gconf_sources_new_from_addresses().

Since 2.8

gconf_engine_set_user_data ()

void                gconf_engine_set_user_data          (GConfEngine *engine,
                                                         gpointer data,
                                                         GDestroyNotify dnotify);

Sets the user_data and the destroy notification function fields of a GConfEngine.

gconf_engine_get_user_data ()

gpointer            gconf_engine_get_user_data          (GConfEngine *engine);

Returns the user_data field of a GConfEngine.