Method

GIRepositoryRepositoryfind_by_gtype

since: 2.80

Declaration

GIBaseInfo*
gi_repository_find_by_gtype (
  GIRepository* repository,
  GType gtype
)

Description

Searches all loaded namespaces for a particular GType.

Note that in order to locate the metadata, the namespace corresponding to the type must first have been loaded. There is currently no mechanism for determining the namespace which corresponds to an arbitrary GType — thus, this function will operate most reliably when you know the GType is from a loaded namespace.

Available since: 2.80

Parameters

gtype

Type: GType

GType to search for.

Return value

Type: GIBaseInfo

GIBaseInfo representing metadata about type, or NULL if none found.

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

The return value can be NULL.