Method

GioApplicationget_dbus_connection

since: 2.34

Declaration

GDBusConnection*
g_application_get_dbus_connection (
  GApplication* application
)

Description

Gets the GDBusConnection being used by the application, or NULL.

If GApplication is using its D-Bus backend then this function will return the GDBusConnection being used for uniqueness and communication with the desktop environment and other instances of the application.

If GApplication is not using D-Bus then this function will return NULL. This includes the situation where the D-Bus backend would normally be in use but we were unable to connect to the bus.

This function must not be called before the application has been registered. See g_application_get_is_registered().

Available since: 2.34

Return value

Type: GDBusConnection

A GDBusConnection, or NULL.

The data is owned by the instance.

The return value can be NULL.