GIRepositoryRepositoryget_typelib_path

since: 2.80

const char*
gi_repository_get_typelib_path (
  GIRepository* repository,
  const char* namespace_
)

If namespace namespace_ is loaded, return the full path to the .typelib file it was loaded from.

If the typelib for namespace namespace_ was included in a shared library, return the special string <builtin>.

Available since: 2.80

namespace_

Type: const char*

GI namespace to use, e.g. Gtk

The data is owned by the caller of the function.

The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

Type: const char*

Filesystem path (or <builtin>) if successful, NULL if namespace is not loaded.

The data is owned by the instance.

The return value can be NULL.

The value is a file system path, using the OS encoding.