Function

GLibio_create_watch

Declaration

GSource*
g_io_create_watch (
  GIOChannel* channel,
  GIOCondition condition
)

Description

Creates a GSource that’s dispatched when condition is met for the given channel. For example, if condition is G_IO_IN, the source will be dispatched when there’s data available for reading.

The callback function invoked by the GSource should be added with g_source_set_callback(), but it has type GIOFunc (not GSourceFunc).

g_io_add_watch() is a simpler interface to this same functionality, for the case where you want to add the source to the default main loop context at the default priority.

On Windows, polling a GSource created to watch a channel for a socket puts the socket in non-blocking mode. This is a side-effect of the implementation and unavoidable.

Parameters

channel

Type: GIOChannel

A GIOChannel to watch.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.

condition

Type: GIOCondition

Conditions to watch for.

Return value

Type: GSource

A new GSource.

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