Method

GLibVariantcheck_format_string

since: 2.34

Declaration [src]

gboolean
g_variant_check_format_string (
  GVariant* value,
  const gchar* format_string,
  gboolean copy_only
)

Description [src]

Checks if calling g_variant_get() with format_string on value would be valid from a type-compatibility standpoint. format_string is assumed to be a valid format string (from a syntactic standpoint).

If copy_only is TRUE then this function additionally checks that it would be safe to call g_variant_unref() on value immediately after the call to g_variant_get() without invalidating the result. This is only possible if deep copies are made (ie: there are no pointers to the data inside of the soon-to-be-freed GVariant instance). If this check fails then a g_critical() is printed and FALSE is returned.

This function is meant to be used by functions that wish to provide varargs accessors to GVariant values of uncertain values (eg: g_variant_lookup() or g_menu_model_get_item_attribute()).

Available since: 2.34

Parameters

format_string

Type: const gchar*

A valid GVariant format string.

The data is owned by the caller of the method.
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.
copy_only

Type: gboolean

TRUE to ensure the format string makes deep copies.

Return value

Type: gboolean

TRUE if format_string is safe to use.