GVariant utilities

GVariant utilities — some GVariant utility functions

Synopsis

#include <telepathy-glib/telepathy-glib.h>

GVariantClass       tp_variant_type_classify            (const GVariantType *type);
GVariant *          tp_variant_convert                  (GVariant *variant,
                                                         const GVariantType *type);

Description

GVariant utility functions used in telepathy-glib.

Details

tp_variant_type_classify ()

GVariantClass       tp_variant_type_classify            (const GVariantType *type);

Classifies type according to its top-level type.

`type` :	a GVariantType
Returns :	the GVariantClass of `type`

Since 0.19.10

tp_variant_convert ()

GVariant *          tp_variant_convert                  (GVariant *variant,
                                                         const GVariantType *type);

Convert the type of variant to type if possible. This takes ownership of variant. If no conversion is needed, simply return variant. If conversion is not possible, NULL is returned.

`variant` :	a GVariant to convert. [transfer full]
`type` :	a GVariantType `variant` must be converted to
Returns :	a new GVariant owned by the caller. [transfer full]

Since 0.19.10

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