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GIOModule * | g_io_module_new () |
void | g_io_module_scope_block () |
void | g_io_module_scope_free () |
GIOModuleScope * | g_io_module_scope_new () |
GList * | g_io_modules_load_all_in_directory () |
GList * | g_io_modules_load_all_in_directory_with_scope () |
void | g_io_modules_scan_all_in_directory () |
void | g_io_modules_scan_all_in_directory_with_scope () |
void | g_io_module_load () |
void | g_io_module_unload () |
char ** | g_io_module_query () |
Description
Provides an interface and default functions for loading and unloading modules. This is used internally to make GIO extensible, but can also be used by others to implement module loading.
Functions
g_io_module_new ()
GIOModule *
g_io_module_new (const gchar *filename
);
Creates a new GIOModule that will load the specific shared library when in use.
g_io_module_scope_block ()
void g_io_module_scope_block (GIOModuleScope *scope
,const gchar *basename
);
Block modules with the given basename
from being loaded when
this scope is used with g_io_modules_scan_all_in_directory_with_scope()
or g_io_modules_load_all_in_directory_with_scope()
.
Since: 2.30
g_io_module_scope_free ()
void
g_io_module_scope_free (GIOModuleScope *scope
);
Free a module scope.
Since: 2.30
g_io_module_scope_new ()
GIOModuleScope *
g_io_module_scope_new (GIOModuleScopeFlags flags
);
Create a new scope for loading of IO modules. A scope can be used for blocking duplicate modules, or blocking a module you don't want to load.
Specify the G_IO_MODULE_SCOPE_BLOCK_DUPLICATES
flag to block modules
which have the same base name as a module that has already been seen
in this scope.
Since: 2.30
g_io_modules_load_all_in_directory ()
GList *
g_io_modules_load_all_in_directory (const gchar *dirname
);
Loads all the modules in the specified directory.
If don't require all modules to be initialized (and thus registering
all gtypes) then you can use g_io_modules_scan_all_in_directory()
which allows delayed/lazy loading of modules.
Returns
a list of GIOModules loaded
from the directory,
All the modules are loaded into memory, if you want to
unload them (enabling on-demand loading) you must call
g_type_module_unuse()
on all the modules. Free the list
with g_list_free()
.
[element-type GIOModule][transfer full]
g_io_modules_load_all_in_directory_with_scope ()
GList * g_io_modules_load_all_in_directory_with_scope (const gchar *dirname
,GIOModuleScope *scope
);
Loads all the modules in the specified directory.
If don't require all modules to be initialized (and thus registering
all gtypes) then you can use g_io_modules_scan_all_in_directory()
which allows delayed/lazy loading of modules.
Parameters
dirname |
pathname for a directory containing modules to load. |
[type filename] |
scope |
a scope to use when scanning the modules. |
Returns
a list of GIOModules loaded
from the directory,
All the modules are loaded into memory, if you want to
unload them (enabling on-demand loading) you must call
g_type_module_unuse()
on all the modules. Free the list
with g_list_free()
.
[element-type GIOModule][transfer full]
Since: 2.30
g_io_modules_scan_all_in_directory ()
void
g_io_modules_scan_all_in_directory (const char *dirname
);
Scans all the modules in the specified directory, ensuring that any extension point implemented by a module is registered.
This may not actually load and initialize all the types in each
module, some modules may be lazily loaded and initialized when
an extension point it implementes is used with e.g.
g_io_extension_point_get_extensions()
or
g_io_extension_point_get_extension_by_name()
.
If you need to guarantee that all types are loaded in all the modules,
use g_io_modules_load_all_in_directory()
.
Since: 2.24
g_io_modules_scan_all_in_directory_with_scope ()
void g_io_modules_scan_all_in_directory_with_scope (const gchar *dirname
,GIOModuleScope *scope
);
Scans all the modules in the specified directory, ensuring that any extension point implemented by a module is registered.
This may not actually load and initialize all the types in each
module, some modules may be lazily loaded and initialized when
an extension point it implementes is used with e.g.
g_io_extension_point_get_extensions()
or
g_io_extension_point_get_extension_by_name()
.
If you need to guarantee that all types are loaded in all the modules,
use g_io_modules_load_all_in_directory()
.
Parameters
dirname |
pathname for a directory containing modules to scan. |
[type filename] |
scope |
a scope to use when scanning the modules |
Since: 2.30
g_io_module_load ()
void
g_io_module_load (GIOModule *module
);
Required API for GIO modules to implement.
This function is run after the module has been loaded into GIO,
to initialize the module. Typically, this function will call
g_io_extension_point_implement()
.
Since 2.56, this function should be named g_io_<modulename>_load
, where
modulename
is the plugin’s filename with the lib
or libgio
prefix and
everything after the first dot removed, and with -
replaced with _
throughout. For example, libgiognutls-helper.so
becomes gnutls_helper
.
Using the new symbol names avoids name clashes when building modules
statically. The old symbol names continue to be supported, but cannot be used
for static builds.
g_io_module_unload ()
void
g_io_module_unload (GIOModule *module
);
Required API for GIO modules to implement.
This function is run when the module is being unloaded from GIO, to finalize the module.
Since 2.56, this function should be named g_io_<modulename>_unload
, where
modulename
is the plugin’s filename with the lib
or libgio
prefix and
everything after the first dot removed, and with -
replaced with _
throughout. For example, libgiognutls-helper.so
becomes gnutls_helper
.
Using the new symbol names avoids name clashes when building modules
statically. The old symbol names continue to be supported, but cannot be used
for static builds.
g_io_module_query ()
char **
g_io_module_query (void
);
Optional API for GIO modules to implement.
Should return a list of all the extension points that may be implemented in this module.
This method will not be called in normal use, however it may be called when probing existing modules and recording which extension points that this model is used for. This means we won't have to load and initialize this module unless its needed.
If this function is not implemented by the module the module will always be loaded, initialized and then unloaded on application startup so that it can register its extension points during init.
Note that a module need not actually implement all the extension
points that g_io_module_query()
returns, since the exact list of
extension may depend on runtime issues. However all extension
points actually implemented must be returned by g_io_module_query()
(if defined).
When installing a module that implements g_io_module_query()
you must
run gio-querymodules in order to build the cache files required for
lazy loading.
Since 2.56, this function should be named g_io_<modulename>_query
, where
modulename
is the plugin’s filename with the lib
or libgio
prefix and
everything after the first dot removed, and with -
replaced with _
throughout. For example, libgiognutls-helper.so
becomes gnutls_helper
.
Using the new symbol names avoids name clashes when building modules
statically. The old symbol names continue to be supported, but cannot be used
for static builds.
Returns
A NULL
-terminated array of strings,
listing the supported extension points of the module. The array
must be suitable for freeing with g_strfreev()
.
[transfer full]
Since: 2.24
Types and Values
GIOModuleScope
typedef struct _GIOModuleScope GIOModuleScope;
Represents a scope for loading IO modules. A scope can be used for blocking duplicate modules, or blocking a module you don't want to load.
The scope can be used with g_io_modules_load_all_in_directory_with_scope()
or g_io_modules_scan_all_in_directory_with_scope()
.
Since: 2.30