Function

GIRepositoryRepositorydup_default

unstable since: 2.86

Declaration [src]

GIRepository*
gi_repository_dup_default (
  void
)

Description [src]

Gets the singleton process-global default GIRepository.

The singleton is needed for situations where you must coordinate between bindings and libraries which also need to interact with introspection which could affect the bindings. For example, a Python application using a GObject-based library through GIRepository to load plugins also written in Python.

Available since: 2.86

Return value

Type: GIRepository

The global singleton repository.

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