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Specializable GType System

Specializable GType System — Specialized GTypes

Stability Level

Unstable, unless otherwise indicated

Functions

void (*DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionIterator) ()
void (*DBusGTypeSpecializedMapIterator) ()
gpointer (*DBusGTypeSpecializedConstructor) ()
void (*DBusGTypeSpecializedFreeFunc) ()
gpointer (*DBusGTypeSpecializedCopyFunc) ()
gboolean (*DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionFixedAccessorFunc) ()
void (*DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionIteratorFunc) ()
void (*DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionAppendFunc) ()
void (*DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionEndAppendFunc) ()
void (*DBusGTypeSpecializedMapIteratorFunc) ()
void (*DBusGTypeSpecializedMapAppendFunc) ()
gboolean (*DBusGTypeSpecializedStructGetMember) ()
gboolean (*DBusGTypeSpecializedStructSetMember) ()
GType dbus_g_type_get_collection ()
GType dbus_g_type_get_map ()
GType dbus_g_type_get_structv ()
GType dbus_g_type_get_struct ()
gboolean dbus_g_type_is_collection ()
gboolean dbus_g_type_is_map ()
gboolean dbus_g_type_is_struct ()
GType dbus_g_type_get_collection_specialization ()
GType dbus_g_type_get_map_key_specialization ()
GType dbus_g_type_get_map_value_specialization ()
GType dbus_g_type_get_struct_member_type ()
guint dbus_g_type_get_struct_size ()
gpointer dbus_g_type_specialized_construct ()
void dbus_g_type_specialized_init_append ()
void dbus_g_type_specialized_collection_append ()
void dbus_g_type_specialized_collection_end_append ()
void dbus_g_type_specialized_map_append ()
gboolean dbus_g_type_collection_get_fixed ()
void dbus_g_type_collection_value_iterate ()
void dbus_g_type_map_value_iterate ()
gboolean dbus_g_type_struct_get_member ()
gboolean dbus_g_type_struct_set_member ()
gboolean dbus_g_type_struct_get ()
gboolean dbus_g_type_struct_set ()
void dbus_g_type_specialized_init ()
void dbus_g_type_register_collection ()
void dbus_g_type_register_map ()
const DBusGTypeSpecializedMapVtable * dbus_g_type_map_peek_vtable ()
const DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionVtable * dbus_g_type_collection_peek_vtable ()
const DBusGTypeSpecializedStructVtable * dbus_g_type_struct_peek_vtable ()
void dbus_g_type_register_struct ()
GVariant * dbus_g_value_build_g_variant ()
void dbus_g_value_parse_g_variant ()

Includes

#include <dbus/dbus-glib.h>

Description

Specialized gtypes are basically a way to allow the definition of recursive GTypes. It allows the definition of 'containers' which is basically a user defined structure capable of holding other data, and a set of functions defining how to access that structure. Containers come in 3 flavors: collections, maps and structs.

A collection is a container that holds an ordered set of items, all of which must be the same type. (This is an array in standard D-Bus terminology.) dbus-glib specialized collections can be GArray (for numeric elements), GPtrArray (for string, object or boxed elements), GSList (for boxed elements, not recommended), or a user-defined type.

A map is a container that holds a set of key/value pairs. The keys have one type, and the values another; the type of the keys must be a numeric or string-like type. (This is a dict (dictionary) or array of dict entry in standard D-Bus terminology.) dbus-glib specialized maps can be GHashTable or a user-defined type.

A struct is a container that holds a fixed number of members, each member having a predefined type. (This is a struct in standard D-Bus terminology.) It is analogous to the C struct keyword, but dbus-glib does not generally represent D-Bus structs in C structs. dbus-glib specialized structs can be GValueArray or a user-defined type.

A specialization is a GType detailing a particular container with particular types (a type specialization).

Functions are provided for constructing and manipulating specializations.

This documentation needs splitting into two pages, one for defining new containers and using existing containers. I expect most users to only do the latter. I also need to add some examples.

Functions

DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionIterator ()

void
(*DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionIterator)
                               (const GValue *value,
                                gpointer user_data);

DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionIterator is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

A library-user-supplied function, called for each element in the collection when dbus_g_type_collection_value_iterate() is called.

Parameters

value

an element of the collection

 

user_data

the data supplied when calling dbus_g_type_collection_value_iterate()

 

DBusGTypeSpecializedMapIterator ()

void
(*DBusGTypeSpecializedMapIterator) (const GValue *key_val,
                                    const GValue *value_val,
                                    gpointer user_data);

DBusGTypeSpecializedMapIterator is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

A library-user-supplied function, called for each key/value pair in the collection when dbus_g_type_map_value_iterate() is called.

Parameters

key_val

a key from the map

 

value_val

a value from the map

 

user_data

the data supplied when calling dbus_g_type_map_value_iterate()

 

DBusGTypeSpecializedConstructor ()

gpointer
(*DBusGTypeSpecializedConstructor) (GType type);

DBusGTypeSpecializedConstructor is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Parameters

type

a specialized boxed type

 

Returns

a new instance of type


DBusGTypeSpecializedFreeFunc ()

void
(*DBusGTypeSpecializedFreeFunc) (GType type,
                                 gpointer val);

DBusGTypeSpecializedFreeFunc is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Frees val according to type . This is analogous to GBoxedFreeFunc, but can use information from type (for instance to free the contents of a container before freeing the actual container).

Parameters

type

a specialized boxed type

 

val

an instance of type

 

DBusGTypeSpecializedCopyFunc ()

gpointer
(*DBusGTypeSpecializedCopyFunc) (GType type,
                                 gpointer src);

DBusGTypeSpecializedCopyFunc is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Copies src according to type . This is analogous to GBoxedCopyFunc, but can use information from type (for instance to copy each element of a collection).

Parameters

type

a specialized boxed type

 

src

an instance of type

 

Returns

a deep copy of src


DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionFixedAccessorFunc ()

gboolean
(*DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionFixedAccessorFunc)
                               (GType type,
                                gpointer instance,
                                gpointer *values,
                                guint *len);

DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionFixedAccessorFunc is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Implements dbus_g_type_collection_get_fixed() for a GValue with type type , containing instance .

Parameters

type

a specialized collection boxed type

 

instance

an instance of type

 

values

used to return a pointer to the contents of instance

 

len

used to return the number of elements in instance

 

Returns

TRUE on success


DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionIteratorFunc ()

void
(*DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionIteratorFunc)
                               (GType type,
                                gpointer instance,
                                DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionIterator iterator,
                                gpointer user_data);

DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionIteratorFunc is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Implements dbus_g_type_collection_value_iterate() for a GValue with type type , containing instance .

Parameters

type

a specialized collection boxed type

 

instance

an instance of type

 

iterator

the function to call for each element

 

user_data

data to pass to iterator

 

DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionAppendFunc ()

void
(*DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionAppendFunc)
                               (DBusGTypeSpecializedAppendContext *ctx,
                                GValue *val);

DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionAppendFunc is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Implements dbus_g_type_specialized_collection_append().

This function should use the val and specialization_type members of ctx .

Parameters

ctx

an appending context returned by dbus_g_type_specialized_init_append()

 

val

a value to copy into the collection

 

DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionEndAppendFunc ()

void
(*DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionEndAppendFunc)
                               (DBusGTypeSpecializedAppendContext *ctx);

DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionEndAppendFunc is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Implements dbus_g_type_specialized_collection_end_append().

This function should use the val and specialization_type members of ctx .

Parameters

ctx

an appending context returned by dbus_g_type_specialized_init_append()

 

DBusGTypeSpecializedMapIteratorFunc ()

void
(*DBusGTypeSpecializedMapIteratorFunc)
                               (GType type,
                                gpointer instance,
                                DBusGTypeSpecializedMapIterator iterator,
                                gpointer user_data);

DBusGTypeSpecializedMapIteratorFunc is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Implements dbus_g_type_map_value_iterate() for a GValue with type type , containing instance .

Parameters

type

a specialized map boxed type

 

instance

an instance of type

 

iterator

the function to call for each key/value pair

 

user_data

data to pass to iterator

 

DBusGTypeSpecializedMapAppendFunc ()

void
(*DBusGTypeSpecializedMapAppendFunc) (DBusGTypeSpecializedAppendContext *ctx,
                                      GValue *key,
                                      GValue *val);

DBusGTypeSpecializedMapAppendFunc is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Implements dbus_g_type_specialized_map_append().

This function should use the val and specialization_type members of ctx , and replace any existing value with key equal to key .

Parameters

ctx

an appending context returned by dbus_g_type_specialized_init_append()

 

key

a key to add to the collection

 

val

a value to add to the collection

 

DBusGTypeSpecializedStructGetMember ()

gboolean
(*DBusGTypeSpecializedStructGetMember)
                               (GType type,
                                gpointer instance,
                                guint member,
                                GValue *ret_value);

DBusGTypeSpecializedStructGetMember is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Implements dbus_g_type_struct_get_member() for a GValue with type type , containing instance .

Parameters

type

a specialized struct boxed type

 

instance

an instance of type

 

member

the index of the member, starting from 0

 

ret_value

an initialized GValue of the appropriate type for the given member of type

 

Returns

TRUE on success


DBusGTypeSpecializedStructSetMember ()

gboolean
(*DBusGTypeSpecializedStructSetMember)
                               (GType type,
                                gpointer instance,
                                guint member,
                                const GValue *new_value);

DBusGTypeSpecializedStructSetMember is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Implements dbus_g_type_struct_set_member() for a GValue with type type , containing instance .

Parameters

type

a specialized struct boxed type

 

instance

an instance of type

 

member

the index of the member, starting from 0

 

new_value

an initialized GValue of the appropriate type for the given member of type

 

Returns

TRUE on success


dbus_g_type_get_collection ()

GType
dbus_g_type_get_collection (const char *container,
                            GType specialization);

dbus_g_type_get_collection is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Gets a GType for a particular collection instance, creating the type if not already created.

Parameters

container

a string specifying a registered collection type

 

specialization

GType of collection elements

 

Returns

the GType of that instance


dbus_g_type_get_map ()

GType
dbus_g_type_get_map (const char *container,
                     GType key_specialization,
                     GType value_specialization);

dbus_g_type_get_map is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Gets a GType for a particular map instance, creating the type if not already created.

Parameters

container

a string specifying a registered map type

 

key_specialization

GType of keys

 

value_specialization

GType of values

 

Returns

the GType of that instance


dbus_g_type_get_structv ()

GType
dbus_g_type_get_structv (const char *container,
                         guint num_members,
                         GType *types);

dbus_g_type_get_structv is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Gets a GType for a particular struct instance, creating the type if not already created.

Parameters

container

a string specifying a registered struct type

 

num_members

number of members in the struct

 

types

an array specufying a GType for each struct element

 

Returns

the GType of that instance


dbus_g_type_get_struct ()

GType
dbus_g_type_get_struct (const char *container,
                        GType first_type,
                        ...);

dbus_g_type_get_struct is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Varags method to get a GType for a particular struct instance, creating the type if not already created.

Parameters

container

a string specifying a registered struct type

 

first_type

GType for the struct's first member

 

...

more GTypes for the struct's members, terminated by G_TYPE_INVALID

 

Returns

the GType of that instance


dbus_g_type_is_collection ()

gboolean
dbus_g_type_is_collection (GType gtype);

dbus_g_type_is_collection is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Tests if a given GType is a collection.

Parameters

gtype

a GType to test

 

Returns

true if the given GType is a collection


dbus_g_type_is_map ()

gboolean
dbus_g_type_is_map (GType gtype);

dbus_g_type_is_map is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Tests if a given GType is a map, i.e. it was created with dbus_g_type_get_map().

Parameters

gtype

a GType to test

 

Returns

true if the given GType is a map


dbus_g_type_is_struct ()

gboolean
dbus_g_type_is_struct (GType gtype);

dbus_g_type_is_struct is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Tests if a given GType is a struct, i.e. it was created with dbus_g_type_get_struct()

Parameters

gtype

a GType to test

 

Returns

true if the given GType is a struct


dbus_g_type_get_collection_specialization ()

GType
dbus_g_type_get_collection_specialization
                               (GType gtype);

dbus_g_type_get_collection_specialization is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Return the type of each element in collections of type gtype . It is an error to call this function on a non-collection type.

Parameters

gtype

a collection GType, as created by dbus_g_type_get_collection()

 

Returns

the element type for a given collection GType.


dbus_g_type_get_map_key_specialization ()

GType
dbus_g_type_get_map_key_specialization
                               (GType gtype);

dbus_g_type_get_map_key_specialization is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Return the type of the keys in maps of type gtype . It is an error to call this function on a non-map type.

Parameters

gtype

a map GType, as created by dbus_g_type_get_map()

 

Returns

the key type for a given map GType.


dbus_g_type_get_map_value_specialization ()

GType
dbus_g_type_get_map_value_specialization
                               (GType gtype);

dbus_g_type_get_map_value_specialization is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Return the type of the values in maps of type gtype . It is an error to call this function on a non-map type.

Parameters

gtype

a map GType, as created by dbus_g_type_get_map().

 

Returns

the value type for a given map GType.


dbus_g_type_get_struct_member_type ()

GType
dbus_g_type_get_struct_member_type (GType gtype,
                                    guint member);

dbus_g_type_get_struct_member_type is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Get the type of a member of a specialized struct. It is an error to call this function on a non-struct type.

Parameters

gtype

a struct GType, as created with dbus_g_type_get_struct()

 

member

the index of a struct member

 

Returns

the type for a given member of a struct GType, or G_TYPE_INVALID if member >= dbus_g_type_get_struct_size()


dbus_g_type_get_struct_size ()

guint
dbus_g_type_get_struct_size (GType gtype);

dbus_g_type_get_struct_size is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Get the number of members in a specialized struct. It is an error to call this function on a non-struct type.

Parameters

gtype

a struct GType, as created with dbus_g_type_get_struct().

 

Returns

the number of members in a given struct GType.


dbus_g_type_specialized_construct ()

gpointer
dbus_g_type_specialized_construct (GType gtype);

dbus_g_type_specialized_construct is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Create an instance of a given specialized type. The structure created and returned will depend on the container type of the GType. E.g. If the given type was created by dbus_g_type_get_collection("GArray", G_TYPE_INT), then this will return a GArray with element_size of sizeof(int)

Parameters

Returns

a pointer to a newly constructed instance of the given type.


dbus_g_type_specialized_init_append ()

void
dbus_g_type_specialized_init_append (GValue *value,
                                     DBusGTypeSpecializedAppendContext *ctx);

dbus_g_type_specialized_init_append is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Create a new context for adding elements to a collection or key/value pairs to a map. You generally don't need or want to use this..

Parameters

value

a GValue containing an instance of specialized type

 

ctx

a DBusGTypeSpecializedAppendContext in which to return a new appending context.

 

dbus_g_type_specialized_collection_append ()

void
dbus_g_type_specialized_collection_append
                               (DBusGTypeSpecializedAppendContext *ctx,
                                GValue *elt);

dbus_g_type_specialized_collection_append is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Appends a given element to the end of a collection.

Parameters

ctx

a context created by dbus_g_type_specialized_init_append() for a GValue containing a collection

 

elt

a GValue containing an element to append to the collection

 

dbus_g_type_specialized_collection_end_append ()

void
dbus_g_type_specialized_collection_end_append
                               (DBusGTypeSpecializedAppendContext *ctx);

dbus_g_type_specialized_collection_end_append is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Finish appending elements to a given collection

Parameters

ctx

a context created by dbus_g_type_specialized_init_append() for a GValue containing a collection

 

dbus_g_type_specialized_map_append ()

void
dbus_g_type_specialized_map_append (DBusGTypeSpecializedAppendContext *ctx,
                                    GValue *key,
                                    GValue *val);

dbus_g_type_specialized_map_append is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Inserts the given key/value pair into the map instance.

Parameters

ctx

a context created by dbus_g_type_specialized_init_append() for a GValue containing a map

 

key

a GValue containing a key, whose contents will be stolen by ctx

 

val

a GValue containing a value, whose contents will be stolen by ctx

 

dbus_g_type_collection_get_fixed ()

gboolean
dbus_g_type_collection_get_fixed (GValue *value,
                                  gpointer *data_ret,
                                  guint *len_ret);

dbus_g_type_collection_get_fixed is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Calling this function is likely to be a bad idea. Consider using dbus_g_type_collection_value_iterate() instead.

On success, data_ret is a pointer to the underlying data in a collection of fixed-length fundamental types. Knowledge of the underlying data model of the collection is needed in order to use data_ret correctly.

It is an error to call this function on a specialized type that is not a collection, or on a collection that does not have a fixed_accessor in its DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionVtable.

Specialized GArrays are the only types provided by dbus-glib that can be used with this function; user-defined types might also work.

Parameters

value

a GValue containing a boxed specialized collection that has a fixed_accessor in its vtable

 

data_ret

used to return a pointer to the fixed data, which must not be modified (for instance, for a GArray of gint, this would point to an array of gint)

 

len_ret

used to return the length (counting collection elements, not bytes: in a GArray containing one gint, this would be 1)

 

Returns

TRUE on success


dbus_g_type_collection_value_iterate ()

void
dbus_g_type_collection_value_iterate (const GValue *value,
                                      DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionIterator iterator,
                                      gpointer user_data);

dbus_g_type_collection_value_iterate is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Calls the given function for each element of the collection. The function is passed a GValue containing the element and the given user_data parameter. The collection may not be modified while iterating over it.

Parameters

value

a GValue holding a collection type.

 

iterator

a function to call for each element

 

user_data

user data to pass to the iterator

 

dbus_g_type_map_value_iterate ()

void
dbus_g_type_map_value_iterate (const GValue *value,
                               DBusGTypeSpecializedMapIterator iterator,
                               gpointer user_data);

dbus_g_type_map_value_iterate is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Calls the given function for each key/value pair of the map. The function is passed two GValues containing the key/value pair and the given user_data parameter. The map may not be modified while iterating over it.

Parameters

value

a GValue holding a specialized map

 

iterator

a function to call for each element

 

user_data

user data to pass to the iterator

 

dbus_g_type_struct_get_member ()

gboolean
dbus_g_type_struct_get_member (const GValue *value,
                               guint member,
                               GValue *dest);

dbus_g_type_struct_get_member is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Fetches a given member of a given struct instance. dest must be initialised was the correct type for that member, e.g. as returned by dbus_g_type_get_struct_member_type

Parameters

value

a GValue containing a struct instance

 

member

the index of a given member

 

dest

an initialised GValue in which to return the struct member

 

Returns

TRUE if successful


dbus_g_type_struct_set_member ()

gboolean
dbus_g_type_struct_set_member (GValue *value,
                               guint member,
                               const GValue *src);

dbus_g_type_struct_set_member is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Sets a given member of a struct to a new value. The type of src must match the existing type of member member of the struct.

Parameters

value

a GValue containing a struct instance

 

member

the index of a given member

 

src

an GValue containing the new value for that struct member

 

Returns

TRUE if successful


dbus_g_type_struct_get ()

gboolean
dbus_g_type_struct_get (const GValue *value,
                        guint member,
                        ...);

dbus_g_type_struct_get is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Collects the selected values of this struct into the return locations provided.

Parameters

value

a GValue containing a struct instance

 

member

struct member to get

 

...

location in which to return the value of this member, followed optionally by more member/return locations pairs, followed by G_MAXUINT

 

Returns

FALSE on failure


dbus_g_type_struct_set ()

gboolean
dbus_g_type_struct_set (GValue *value,
                        guint member,
                        ...);

dbus_g_type_struct_set is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Sets the selected members of the struct in value .

Parameters

value

a GValue containing a struct instance

 

member

struct member to set

 

...

value for the first member, followed optionally by more member/value pairs, followed by G_MAXUINT

 

Returns

FALSE on failure


dbus_g_type_specialized_init ()

void
dbus_g_type_specialized_init (void);

dbus_g_type_specialized_init is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Initialize dbus-glib specialized GTypes.

In older versions of dbus-glib, it was necessary to do this before instantiating or registering any specialized type. It is now done automatically whenever necessary.


dbus_g_type_register_collection ()

void
dbus_g_type_register_collection (const char *name,
                                 const DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionVtable *vtable,
                                 guint flags);

dbus_g_type_register_collection is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Defines a new collection container.

Parameters

name

The name of a new collection container

 

vtable

the vtable defining the new container

 

flags

As yet unused.

 

dbus_g_type_register_map ()

void
dbus_g_type_register_map (const char *name,
                          const DBusGTypeSpecializedMapVtable *vtable,
                          guint flags);

dbus_g_type_register_map is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Defines a new map container.

Parameters

name

The name of a new map container

 

vtable

the vtable defining the new container

 

flags

As yet unused.

 

dbus_g_type_map_peek_vtable ()

const DBusGTypeSpecializedMapVtable *
dbus_g_type_map_peek_vtable (GType map_type);

dbus_g_type_map_peek_vtable is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Peek the vtable for a given map specialization

Parameters

map_type

a gtype of a map specialization

 

Returns

the vtable


dbus_g_type_collection_peek_vtable ()

const DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionVtable *
dbus_g_type_collection_peek_vtable (GType collection_type);

dbus_g_type_collection_peek_vtable is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Peek the vtable for a given collection specialization

Parameters

collection_type

a gtype of a collection specialization

 

Returns

the vtable


dbus_g_type_struct_peek_vtable ()

const DBusGTypeSpecializedStructVtable *
dbus_g_type_struct_peek_vtable (GType struct_type);

dbus_g_type_struct_peek_vtable is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Peek the vtable for a given struct specialization

Parameters

struct_type

a gtype of a struct specialization

 

Returns

the vtable


dbus_g_type_register_struct ()

void
dbus_g_type_register_struct (const char *name,
                             const DBusGTypeSpecializedStructVtable *vtable,
                             guint flags);

dbus_g_type_register_struct is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Defines a new struct container.

Parameters

name

The name of a new struct container

 

vtable

the vtable defining the new container

 

flags

As yet unused.

 

dbus_g_value_build_g_variant ()

GVariant *
dbus_g_value_build_g_variant (const GValue *value);

dbus_g_value_build_g_variant is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Recurses value and converts its contents to a GVariant.

The value must either be a simple value (integer, string, boolean, object path etc.) or a specialized container registered with dbus_g_type_get_collection(), dbus_g_type_get_map() or dbus_g_type_get_struct(). Providing any other type is a programming error (including as a child type).

Parameters

value

a simple or specialized GValue to convert to a GVariant

 

Returns

a new GVariant containing value with a floating reference


dbus_g_value_parse_g_variant ()

void
dbus_g_value_parse_g_variant (GVariant *variant,
                              GValue *value);

dbus_g_value_parse_g_variant is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

Deserialize variant and put an equivalent dbus-glib data structure in value .

It is an error if variant contains any GVariant extensions not supported by dbus-glib, including handles (file descriptor passing) and 'maybe' types.

Parameters

variant

a GVariant

 

value

a zero-filled GValue

 

Types and Values

DBusGTypeSpecializedAppendContext

typedef struct {
  /* public */
  GValue *val;
  GType specialization_type;
} DBusGTypeSpecializedAppendContext;

DBusGTypeSpecializedAppendContext is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

A context for appending. There are more fields, which are private.

Members

GValue *val;

the GValue containing the array to which you're appending

 

GType specialization_type;

the GType of the array's elements

 

DBusGTypeSpecializedVtable

typedef struct {
  DBusGTypeSpecializedConstructor    constructor;
  DBusGTypeSpecializedFreeFunc       free_func;
  DBusGTypeSpecializedCopyFunc       copy_func;
  GDestroyNotify                     simple_free_func; /* for type-independent freeing if possible */
} DBusGTypeSpecializedVtable;

DBusGTypeSpecializedVtable is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

A table of methods used to implement specialized container behaviour on user-defined collections, maps and structs. Exactly one of free_func and simple_free_func must be implemented; the other must be NULL. constructor and copy_func must always be implemented.

There are additional members, which are reserved for future expansion and must be NULL.

Members

DBusGTypeSpecializedConstructor constructor;

returns a new, blank instance of the type

 

DBusGTypeSpecializedFreeFunc free_func;

if not NULL, frees the type instance val

 

DBusGTypeSpecializedCopyFunc copy_func;

returns a "deep copy" of the type instance val

 

GDestroyNotify simple_free_func;

if not NULL, frees its argument

 

DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionVtable

typedef struct {
  DBusGTypeSpecializedVtable                        base_vtable;
  DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionFixedAccessorFunc   fixed_accessor;
  DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionIteratorFunc        iterator;
  DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionAppendFunc          append_func;
  DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionEndAppendFunc       end_append_func;
} DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionVtable;

DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionVtable is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

A table of methods used to implement specialized collection behaviour on user-defined types. At least iterator and append_func must be implemented.

Members

DBusGTypeSpecializedVtable base_vtable;

base methods shared between collections and other types

 

DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionFixedAccessorFunc fixed_accessor;

if not NULL, provides access to the contents of this collection, as documented for dbus_g_type_collection_get_fixed()

 

DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionIteratorFunc iterator;

iterates through the members of instance

 

DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionAppendFunc append_func;

appends a new member to instance

 

DBusGTypeSpecializedCollectionEndAppendFunc end_append_func;

if not NULL, called after each group of calls to the append_func

 

DBusGTypeSpecializedMapVtable

typedef struct {
  DBusGTypeSpecializedVtable                        base_vtable;
  DBusGTypeSpecializedMapIteratorFunc               iterator;
  DBusGTypeSpecializedMapAppendFunc                 append_func;
} DBusGTypeSpecializedMapVtable;

DBusGTypeSpecializedMapVtable is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

A table of methods used to implement specialized collection behaviour on user-defined types. Both methods must be implemented.

Members

DBusGTypeSpecializedVtable base_vtable;

base methods shared between maps and other types

 

DBusGTypeSpecializedMapIteratorFunc iterator;

iterates through the members of instance

 

DBusGTypeSpecializedMapAppendFunc append_func;

adds a new key/value pair to instance

 

DBusGTypeSpecializedStructVtable

typedef struct {
  DBusGTypeSpecializedVtable                        base_vtable;
  DBusGTypeSpecializedStructGetMember               get_member;
  DBusGTypeSpecializedStructSetMember               set_member;
} DBusGTypeSpecializedStructVtable;

DBusGTypeSpecializedStructVtable is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead.

A table of methods used to implement specialized collection behaviour on user-defined types. Both methods must be implemented.

Members

DBusGTypeSpecializedVtable base_vtable;

base methods shared between maps and other types

 

DBusGTypeSpecializedStructGetMember get_member;

returns a member by its index

 

DBusGTypeSpecializedStructSetMember set_member;

sets a member by its index

 

DBUS_TYPE_G_BOOLEAN_ARRAY

#define DBUS_TYPE_G_BOOLEAN_ARRAY  (dbus_g_type_get_collection ("GArray", G_TYPE_BOOLEAN))

DBUS_TYPE_G_BOOLEAN_ARRAY is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead. The closest equivalent is G_VARIANT_TYPE ("ab").

Expands to a function call returning the GType of a GArray of gboolean (corresponding to the D-Bus signature "ab").


DBUS_TYPE_G_UCHAR_ARRAY

#define DBUS_TYPE_G_UCHAR_ARRAY    (dbus_g_type_get_collection ("GArray", G_TYPE_UCHAR))

DBUS_TYPE_G_UCHAR_ARRAY is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead. The closest equivalent is G_VARIANT_TYPE_BYTESTRING.

Expands to a function call returning the GType of a GArray of guchar (corresponding to the D-Bus signature "ay").

Note that this is not the same thing as a GByteArray! dbus-glib does not know about the GByteArray type.


DBUS_TYPE_G_UINT_ARRAY

#define DBUS_TYPE_G_UINT_ARRAY     (dbus_g_type_get_collection ("GArray", G_TYPE_UINT))

DBUS_TYPE_G_UINT_ARRAY is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead. The closest equivalent is G_VARIANT_TYPE ("au").

Expands to a function call returning the GType of a GArray of guint (corresponding to the D-Bus signature "au").


DBUS_TYPE_G_INT_ARRAY

#define DBUS_TYPE_G_INT_ARRAY      (dbus_g_type_get_collection ("GArray", G_TYPE_INT))

DBUS_TYPE_G_INT_ARRAY is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead. The closest equivalent is G_VARIANT_TYPE ("ai").

Expands to a function call returning the GType of a GArray of gint (corresponding to the D-Bus signature "ai").


DBUS_TYPE_G_UINT64_ARRAY

#define DBUS_TYPE_G_UINT64_ARRAY   (dbus_g_type_get_collection ("GArray", G_TYPE_UINT64))

DBUS_TYPE_G_UINT64_ARRAY is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead. The closest equivalent is G_VARIANT_TYPE ("at").

Expands to a function call returning the GType of a GArray of guint64 (corresponding to the D-Bus signature "at").


DBUS_TYPE_G_INT64_ARRAY

#define DBUS_TYPE_G_INT64_ARRAY    (dbus_g_type_get_collection ("GArray", G_TYPE_INT64))

DBUS_TYPE_G_INT64_ARRAY is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead. The closest equivalent is G_VARIANT_TYPE ("ax").

Expands to a function call returning the GType of a GArray of gint64 (corresponding to the D-Bus signature "ax").


DBUS_TYPE_G_OBJECT_ARRAY

#define DBUS_TYPE_G_OBJECT_ARRAY   (dbus_g_type_get_collection ("GPtrArray", G_TYPE_OBJECT))

DBUS_TYPE_G_OBJECT_ARRAY is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead. The closest equivalent is G_VARIANT_TYPE_OBJECT_PATH_ARRAY.

Expands to a function call returning the GType of a GPtrArray of GObject.

Use this type with caution: it can sometimes be used as a representation of arrays whose D-Bus signature is "ao" (transferred as an array of object paths), but the conventional type for such arrays is (dbus_g_type_get_collection ("GPtrArray", DBUS_TYPE_G_OBJECT_PATH)).


DBUS_TYPE_G_STRING_STRING_HASHTABLE

#define DBUS_TYPE_G_STRING_STRING_HASHTABLE (dbus_g_type_get_map ("GHashTable", G_TYPE_STRING, G_TYPE_STRING))

DBUS_TYPE_G_STRING_STRING_HASHTABLE is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead. The closest equivalent is G_VARIANT_TYPE ("a{ss}").

Expands to a function call returning the GType of a GHashTable where the keys are strings and the values are also strings (corresponding to the D-Bus signature "a{ss}").


DBusGSignature

typedef gchar DBusGSignature;

DBusGSignature is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead. The closest equivalent is a GVariant (G_TYPE_VARIANT) of type G_VARIANT_TYPE_SIGNATURE.

A typedef for a string used to represent D-Bus signatures. Its GType is DBUS_TYPE_G_SIGNATURE, derived from G_TYPE_BOXED.

Prior to version 0.FIXME this was used as the type name of DBUS_TYPE_G_SIGNATURE, but did not actually exist as a typedef.

Since: 0.FIXME


DBUS_TYPE_G_SIGNATURE

#define DBUS_TYPE_G_SIGNATURE (dbus_g_signature_get_g_type ())

DBUS_TYPE_G_SIGNATURE is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead. The closest equivalent is a GVariant (G_TYPE_VARIANT) of type G_VARIANT_TYPE_SIGNATURE.

The GType of a DBusGSignature, which is a boxed type containing a D-Bus signature as a zero-terminated string. Signatures can be copied with g_strdup() and freed with g_free(), just like G_TYPE_STRING, but have a distinct boxed type to allow them to be distinguished when stored in a GValue.

Returns

a type derived from G_TYPE_BOXED


DBusGObjectPath

typedef gchar DBusGObjectPath;

DBusGObjectPath is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead. The closest equivalent is a GVariant (G_TYPE_VARIANT) of type G_VARIANT_TYPE_OBJECT_PATH.

A typedef for a string used to represent D-Bus object paths. Its GType is DBUS_TYPE_G_OBJECT_PATH, derived from G_TYPE_BOXED.

Prior to version 0.FIXME this was used as the type name of DBUS_TYPE_G_OBJECT_PATH, but did not actually exist as a typedef.

Since: 0.FIXME


DBUS_TYPE_G_OBJECT_PATH

#define DBUS_TYPE_G_OBJECT_PATH (dbus_g_object_path_get_g_type ())

DBUS_TYPE_G_OBJECT_PATH is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

New code should use GDBus instead. The closest equivalent is a GVariant (G_TYPE_VARIANT) of type G_VARIANT_TYPE_OBJECT_PATH.

The GType of a DBusGObjectPath, which is a boxed type containing a D-Bus object path as a zero-terminated string. Object paths can be copied with g_strdup() and freed with g_free(), just like G_TYPE_STRING, but have a distinct boxed type to allow them to be distinguished when stored in a GValue.

Returns

a type derived from G_TYPE_BOXED

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