Method

GIRepositoryObjectInfofind_vfunc

since: 2.80

Declaration

GIVFuncInfo*
gi_object_info_find_vfunc (
  GIObjectInfo* info,
  const char* name
)

Description

Locate a virtual function slot with name name.

Note that the namespace for virtuals is distinct from that of methods; there may or may not be a concrete method associated for a virtual. If there is one, it may be retrieved using gi_vfunc_info_get_invoker(), otherwise that method will return NULL.

See the documentation for gi_vfunc_info_get_invoker() for more information on invoking virtuals.

Available since: 2.80

Parameters

name

Type: const char*

The name of a virtual function to find.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.

The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

Return value

Type: GIVFuncInfo

The GIVFuncInfo, or NULL if none is found. Free it with gi_base_info_unref() when done.

The caller of the method takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.

The return value can be NULL.