Namespace

GIRepository – 3.0

GIRepository is a library providing access to typelibs and introspection data which describes C APIs

Version2.83.0
AuthorsGLib Development Team
LicenseLGPL-2.1-or-later
Websitehttps://www.gtk.org
Sourcehttps://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/

Build

C headersgirepository/girepository.h
pkg-config filesgirepository-2.0

Dependencies

GLib—2.0 The base utility library
Browse documentation
GModule—2.0 Portable API for dynamically loading modules
Browse documentation
GObject—2.0 The base type system library
Browse documentation
Gio—2.0 Useful classes for general purpose I/O, networking, IPC, settings, etc.
Browse documentation

Classes

ArgInfo

GIArgInfo represents an argument of a callable.

since: 2.80

BaseInfo

GIBaseInfo is the common base struct of all other Info structs accessible through the GIRepository API.

since: 2.80

CallableInfo

GICallableInfo represents an entity which is callable.

since: 2.80

CallbackInfo

GICallbackInfo represents a callback.

since: 2.80

ConstantInfo

GIConstantInfo represents a constant.

since: 2.80

EnumInfo

A GIEnumInfo represents an enumeration.

since: 2.80

FieldInfo

A GIFieldInfo struct represents a field of a struct, union, or object.

since: 2.80

FlagsInfo

A GIFlagsInfo represents an enumeration which defines flag values (independently set bits).

since: 2.80

FunctionInfo

GIFunctionInfo represents a function, method or constructor.

since: 2.80

InterfaceInfo

GIInterfaceInfo represents a GInterface type.

since: 2.80

ObjectInfo

GIObjectInfo represents a classed type.

since: 2.80

PropertyInfo

GIPropertyInfo represents a property in a GObject.

since: 2.80

RegisteredTypeInfo

GIRegisteredTypeInfo represents an entity with a GType associated.

since: 2.80

Repository

GIRepository is used to manage repositories of namespaces. Namespaces are represented on disk by type libraries (.typelib files).

since: 2.80

SignalInfo

GISignalInfo represents a signal.

since: 2.80

StructInfo

GIStructInfo represents a generic C structure type.

since: 2.80

TypeInfo

GITypeInfo represents a type, including information about direction and transfer.

since: 2.80

UnionInfo

GIUnionInfo represents a union type.

since: 2.80

UnresolvedInfo

GIUnresolvedInfo represents an unresolved symbol.

since: 2.80

ValueInfo

A GIValueInfo represents a value in an enumeration.

since: 2.80

VFuncInfo

GIVFuncInfo represents a virtual function.

since: 2.80

Structs

AttributeIter

An opaque structure used to iterate over attributes in a GIBaseInfo struct.

since: 2.80

BaseInfoStack

Typelib

GITypelib represents a loaded .typelib file, which contains a description of a single module’s API.

since: 2.80

Unions

Argument

Stores an argument of varying type.

since: 2.80

Enumerations

ArrayType

The type of array in a GITypeInfo.

since: 2.80

Direction

The direction of a GIArgInfo.

since: 2.80

RepositoryError

An error code used with GI_REPOSITORY_ERROR in a GError returned from a GIRepository routine.

since: 2.80

ScopeType

Scope type of a GIArgInfo representing callback, determines how the callback is invoked and is used to decided when the invoke structs can be freed.

since: 2.80

Transfer

GITransfer specifies who’s responsible for freeing the resources after an ownership transfer is complete.

since: 2.80

TypeTag

The type tag of a GITypeInfo.

since: 2.80

Bitfields

FieldInfoFlags

Flags for a GIFieldInfo.

since: 2.80

FunctionInfoFlags

Flags for a GIFunctionInfo struct.

since: 2.80

RepositoryLoadFlags

Flags that control how a typelib is loaded.

since: 2.80

VFuncInfoFlags

Flags of a GIVFuncInfo struct.

since: 2.80

Error Domains

InvokeError

An error occurring while invoking a function via gi_function_info_invoke().

since: 2.80

Callbacks

ObjectInfoGetValueFunction

Extract an object instance out of value.

since: 2.80

ObjectInfoRefFunction

Increases the reference count of an object instance.

since: 2.80

ObjectInfoSetValueFunction

Update value and attach the object instance pointer object to it.

since: 2.80

ObjectInfoUnrefFunction

Decreases the reference count of an object instance.

since: 2.80

Functions

cclosure_marshal_generic

A generic C closure marshal function using ffi and GIArgument.

since: 2.80

invoke_error_quark

Get the error quark which represents GIInvokeError.

since: 2.80

type_tag_argument_from_hash_pointer

Convert a data pointer from a GLib data structure to a GIArgument.

since: 2.80

type_tag_hash_pointer_from_argument

Convert a GIArgument to data pointer for use in a GLib data structure.

since: 2.80

type_tag_to_string

Obtain a string representation of type.

since: 2.80

Function Macros

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UNAVAILABLE

UNAVAILABLE_STATIC_INLINE

VFUNC_INFO

Casts a GIVFuncInfo or derived pointer into a (GIVFuncInfo*) pointer.

since: 2.80

Constants

TYPE_TAG_N_TYPES

Number of entries in GITypeTag.