GObjectTypeClass

This function is essentially the same as g_type_class_ref(), except that the classes reference count isn’t incremented. As a consequence, this function may return NULL if the class of the type passed in does not currently exist (hasn’t been referenced before).

A more efficient version of g_type_class_peek() which works only for static types.

since: 2.4

Increments the reference count of the class structure belonging to type. This function will demand-create the class if it doesn’t exist already.

Gets the offset of the private data for instances of g_class.

since: 2.38

This is a convenience function often needed in class initializers. It returns the class structure of the immediate parent type of the class passed in. Since derived classes hold a reference count on their parent classes as long as they are instantiated, the returned class will always exist.

Decrements the reference count of the class structure being passed in. Once the last reference count of a class has been released, classes may be finalized by the type system, so further dereferencing of a class pointer after g_type_class_unref() are invalid.

A variant of g_type_class_unref() for use in GTypeClassCacheFunc implementations. It unreferences a class without consulting the chain of GTypeClassCacheFuncs, avoiding the recursion which would occur otherwise.