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  29 <h2><span class="refentrytitle"><a name="gio-D-Bus-Utilities.top_of_page"></a>D-Bus Utilities</span></h2>
  30 <p>D-Bus Utilities — Various utilities related to D-Bus</p>
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  35 <a name="gio-D-Bus-Utilities.functions"></a><h2>Functions</h2>
  36 <div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
  37 <colgroup>
  38 <col width="150px" class="functions_return">
  39 <col class="functions_name">
  40 </colgroup>
  41 <tbody>
  42 <tr>
  43 <td class="function_type">
  44 <a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar"><span class="returnvalue">gchar</span></a> *
  45 </td>
  46 <td class="function_name">
  47 <a class="link" href="gio-D-Bus-Utilities.html#g-dbus-generate-guid" title="g_dbus_generate_guid ()">g_dbus_generate_guid</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
  48 </td>
  49 </tr>
  50 <tr>
  51 <td class="function_type">
  52 <a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
  53 </td>
  54 <td class="function_name">
  55 <a class="link" href="gio-D-Bus-Utilities.html#g-dbus-is-guid" title="g_dbus_is_guid ()">g_dbus_is_guid</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
  56 </td>
  57 </tr>
  58 <tr>
  59 <td class="function_type">
  60 <a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
  61 </td>
  62 <td class="function_name">
  63 <a class="link" href="gio-D-Bus-Utilities.html#g-dbus-is-name" title="g_dbus_is_name ()">g_dbus_is_name</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
  64 </td>
  65 </tr>
  66 <tr>
  67 <td class="function_type">
  68 <a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
  69 </td>
  70 <td class="function_name">
  71 <a class="link" href="gio-D-Bus-Utilities.html#g-dbus-is-unique-name" title="g_dbus_is_unique_name ()">g_dbus_is_unique_name</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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  74 <tr>
  75 <td class="function_type">
  76 <a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
  77 </td>
  78 <td class="function_name">
  79 <a class="link" href="gio-D-Bus-Utilities.html#g-dbus-is-member-name" title="g_dbus_is_member_name ()">g_dbus_is_member_name</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
  80 </td>
  81 </tr>
  82 <tr>
  83 <td class="function_type">
  84 <a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
  85 </td>
  86 <td class="function_name">
  87 <a class="link" href="gio-D-Bus-Utilities.html#g-dbus-is-interface-name" title="g_dbus_is_interface_name ()">g_dbus_is_interface_name</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
  88 </td>
  89 </tr>
  90 <tr>
  91 <td class="function_type">
  92 <a href="../glib-GVariant.html#GVariant"><span class="returnvalue">GVariant</span></a> *
  93 </td>
  94 <td class="function_name">
  95 <a class="link" href="gio-D-Bus-Utilities.html#g-dbus-gvalue-to-gvariant" title="g_dbus_gvalue_to_gvariant ()">g_dbus_gvalue_to_gvariant</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
  96 </td>
  97 </tr>
  98 <tr>
  99 <td class="function_type">
 100 <span class="returnvalue">void</span>
 101 </td>
 102 <td class="function_name">
 103 <a class="link" href="gio-D-Bus-Utilities.html#g-dbus-gvariant-to-gvalue" title="g_dbus_gvariant_to_gvalue ()">g_dbus_gvariant_to_gvalue</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
 104 </td>
 105 </tr>
 106 </tbody>
 107 </table></div>
 108 </div>
 109 <div class="refsect1">
 110 <a name="gio-D-Bus-Utilities.includes"></a><h2>Includes</h2>
 111 <pre class="synopsis">#include &lt;gio/gio.h&gt;
 112 </pre>
 113 </div>
 114 <div class="refsect1">
 115 <a name="gio-D-Bus-Utilities.description"></a><h2>Description</h2>
 116 <p>Various utility routines related to D-Bus.</p>
 117 </div>
 118 <div class="refsect1">
 119 <a name="gio-D-Bus-Utilities.functions_details"></a><h2>Functions</h2>
 120 <div class="refsect2">
 121 <a name="g-dbus-generate-guid"></a><h3>g_dbus_generate_guid ()</h3>
 122 <pre class="programlisting"><a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar"><span class="returnvalue">gchar</span></a> *
 123 g_dbus_generate_guid (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);</pre>
 124 <p>Generate a D-Bus GUID that can be used with
 125 e.g. <a class="link" href="GDBusConnection.html#g-dbus-connection-new" title="g_dbus_connection_new ()"><code class="function">g_dbus_connection_new()</code></a>.</p>
 126 <p>See the D-Bus specification regarding what strings are valid D-Bus
 127 GUID (for example, D-Bus GUIDs are not RFC-4122 compliant).</p>
 128 <div class="refsect3">
 129 <a name="g-dbus-generate-guid.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
 130 <p> A valid D-Bus GUID. Free with <a href="../glib-Memory-Allocation.html#g-free"><code class="function">g_free()</code></a>.</p>
 131 </div>
 132 <p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-26.html#api-index-2.26">2.26</a></p>
 133 </div>
 134 <hr>
 135 <div class="refsect2">
 136 <a name="g-dbus-is-guid"></a><h3>g_dbus_is_guid ()</h3>
 137 <pre class="programlisting"><a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
 138 g_dbus_is_guid (<em class="parameter"><code>const <a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar"><span class="type">gchar</span></a> *string</code></em>);</pre>
 139 <p>Checks if <em class="parameter"><code>string</code></em>
 140  is a D-Bus GUID.</p>
 141 <p>See the D-Bus specification regarding what strings are valid D-Bus
 142 GUID (for example, D-Bus GUIDs are not RFC-4122 compliant).</p>
 143 <div class="refsect3">
 144 <a name="g-dbus-is-guid.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
 145 <div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
 146 <colgroup>
 147 <col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
 148 <col class="parameters_description">
 149 <col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
 150 </colgroup>
 151 <tbody><tr>
 152 <td class="parameter_name"><p>string</p></td>
 153 <td class="parameter_description"><p>The string to check.</p></td>
 154 <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
 155 </tr></tbody>
 156 </table></div>
 157 </div>
 158 <div class="refsect3">
 159 <a name="g-dbus-is-guid.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
 160 <p> <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if <em class="parameter"><code>string</code></em>
 161 is a guid, <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#FALSE:CAPS"><code class="literal">FALSE</code></a> otherwise.</p>
 162 </div>
 163 <p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-26.html#api-index-2.26">2.26</a></p>
 164 </div>
 165 <hr>
 166 <div class="refsect2">
 167 <a name="g-dbus-is-name"></a><h3>g_dbus_is_name ()</h3>
 168 <pre class="programlisting"><a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
 169 g_dbus_is_name (<em class="parameter"><code>const <a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar"><span class="type">gchar</span></a> *string</code></em>);</pre>
 170 <p>Checks if <em class="parameter"><code>string</code></em>
 171  is a valid D-Bus bus name (either unique or well-known).</p>
 172 <div class="refsect3">
 173 <a name="g-dbus-is-name.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
 174 <div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
 175 <colgroup>
 176 <col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
 177 <col class="parameters_description">
 178 <col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
 179 </colgroup>
 180 <tbody><tr>
 181 <td class="parameter_name"><p>string</p></td>
 182 <td class="parameter_description"><p>The string to check.</p></td>
 183 <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
 184 </tr></tbody>
 185 </table></div>
 186 </div>
 187 <div class="refsect3">
 188 <a name="g-dbus-is-name.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
 189 <p> <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if valid, <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#FALSE:CAPS"><code class="literal">FALSE</code></a> otherwise.</p>
 190 </div>
 191 <p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-26.html#api-index-2.26">2.26</a></p>
 192 </div>
 193 <hr>
 194 <div class="refsect2">
 195 <a name="g-dbus-is-unique-name"></a><h3>g_dbus_is_unique_name ()</h3>
 196 <pre class="programlisting"><a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
 197 g_dbus_is_unique_name (<em class="parameter"><code>const <a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar"><span class="type">gchar</span></a> *string</code></em>);</pre>
 198 <p>Checks if <em class="parameter"><code>string</code></em>
 199  is a valid D-Bus unique bus name.</p>
 200 <div class="refsect3">
 201 <a name="g-dbus-is-unique-name.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
 202 <div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
 203 <colgroup>
 204 <col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
 205 <col class="parameters_description">
 206 <col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
 207 </colgroup>
 208 <tbody><tr>
 209 <td class="parameter_name"><p>string</p></td>
 210 <td class="parameter_description"><p>The string to check.</p></td>
 211 <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
 212 </tr></tbody>
 213 </table></div>
 214 </div>
 215 <div class="refsect3">
 216 <a name="g-dbus-is-unique-name.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
 217 <p> <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if valid, <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#FALSE:CAPS"><code class="literal">FALSE</code></a> otherwise.</p>
 218 </div>
 219 <p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-26.html#api-index-2.26">2.26</a></p>
 220 </div>
 221 <hr>
 222 <div class="refsect2">
 223 <a name="g-dbus-is-member-name"></a><h3>g_dbus_is_member_name ()</h3>
 224 <pre class="programlisting"><a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
 225 g_dbus_is_member_name (<em class="parameter"><code>const <a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar"><span class="type">gchar</span></a> *string</code></em>);</pre>
 226 <p>Checks if <em class="parameter"><code>string</code></em>
 227  is a valid D-Bus member (e.g. signal or method) name.</p>
 228 <div class="refsect3">
 229 <a name="g-dbus-is-member-name.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
 230 <div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
 231 <colgroup>
 232 <col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
 233 <col class="parameters_description">
 234 <col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
 235 </colgroup>
 236 <tbody><tr>
 237 <td class="parameter_name"><p>string</p></td>
 238 <td class="parameter_description"><p>The string to check.</p></td>
 239 <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
 240 </tr></tbody>
 241 </table></div>
 242 </div>
 243 <div class="refsect3">
 244 <a name="g-dbus-is-member-name.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
 245 <p> <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if valid, <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#FALSE:CAPS"><code class="literal">FALSE</code></a> otherwise.</p>
 246 </div>
 247 <p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-26.html#api-index-2.26">2.26</a></p>
 248 </div>
 249 <hr>
 250 <div class="refsect2">
 251 <a name="g-dbus-is-interface-name"></a><h3>g_dbus_is_interface_name ()</h3>
 252 <pre class="programlisting"><a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
 253 g_dbus_is_interface_name (<em class="parameter"><code>const <a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar"><span class="type">gchar</span></a> *string</code></em>);</pre>
 254 <p>Checks if <em class="parameter"><code>string</code></em>
 255  is a valid D-Bus interface name.</p>
 256 <div class="refsect3">
 257 <a name="g-dbus-is-interface-name.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
 258 <div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
 259 <colgroup>
 260 <col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
 261 <col class="parameters_description">
 262 <col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
 263 </colgroup>
 264 <tbody><tr>
 265 <td class="parameter_name"><p>string</p></td>
 266 <td class="parameter_description"><p>The string to check.</p></td>
 267 <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
 268 </tr></tbody>
 269 </table></div>
 270 </div>
 271 <div class="refsect3">
 272 <a name="g-dbus-is-interface-name.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
 273 <p> <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if valid, <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#FALSE:CAPS"><code class="literal">FALSE</code></a> otherwise.</p>
 274 </div>
 275 <p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-26.html#api-index-2.26">2.26</a></p>
 276 </div>
 277 <hr>
 278 <div class="refsect2">
 279 <a name="g-dbus-gvalue-to-gvariant"></a><h3>g_dbus_gvalue_to_gvariant ()</h3>
 280 <pre class="programlisting"><a href="../glib-GVariant.html#GVariant"><span class="returnvalue">GVariant</span></a> *
 281 g_dbus_gvalue_to_gvariant (<em class="parameter"><code>const <a href="../gobject-Generic-values.html#GValue"><span class="type">GValue</span></a> *gvalue</code></em>,
 282                            <em class="parameter"><code>const <a href="../glib-GVariantType.html#GVariantType"><span class="type">GVariantType</span></a> *type</code></em>);</pre>
 283 <p>Converts a <a href="../gobject-Generic-values.html#GValue"><span class="type">GValue</span></a> to a <a href="../glib-GVariant.html#GVariant"><span class="type">GVariant</span></a> of the type indicated by the <em class="parameter"><code>type</code></em>
 284
 285 parameter.</p>
 286 <p>The conversion is using the following rules:</p>
 287 <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
 288 <li class="listitem"><p><a href="../gobject-Type-Information.html#G-TYPE-STRING:CAPS"><span class="type">G_TYPE_STRING</span></a>: 's', 'o', 'g' or 'ay'</p></li>
 289 <li class="listitem"><p><a href="../gobject-Boxed-Types.html#G-TYPE-STRV:CAPS"><span class="type">G_TYPE_STRV</span></a>: 'as', 'ao' or 'aay'</p></li>
 290 <li class="listitem"><p><a href="../gobject-Type-Information.html#G-TYPE-BOOLEAN:CAPS"><span class="type">G_TYPE_BOOLEAN</span></a>: 'b'</p></li>
 291 <li class="listitem"><p><a href="../gobject-Type-Information.html#G-TYPE-UCHAR:CAPS"><span class="type">G_TYPE_UCHAR</span></a>: 'y'</p></li>
 292 <li class="listitem"><p><a href="../gobject-Type-Information.html#G-TYPE-INT:CAPS"><span class="type">G_TYPE_INT</span></a>: 'i', 'n'</p></li>
 293 <li class="listitem"><p><a href="../gobject-Type-Information.html#G-TYPE-UINT:CAPS"><span class="type">G_TYPE_UINT</span></a>: 'u', 'q'</p></li>
 294 <li class="listitem"><p><a href="../gobject-Type-Information.html#G-TYPE-INT64:CAPS"><span class="type">G_TYPE_INT64</span></a> 'x'</p></li>
 295 <li class="listitem"><p><a href="../gobject-Type-Information.html#G-TYPE-UINT64:CAPS"><span class="type">G_TYPE_UINT64</span></a>: 't'</p></li>
 296 <li class="listitem"><p><a href="../gobject-Type-Information.html#G-TYPE-DOUBLE:CAPS"><span class="type">G_TYPE_DOUBLE</span></a>: 'd'</p></li>
 297 <li class="listitem"><p><a href="../gobject-Type-Information.html#G-TYPE-VARIANT:CAPS"><span class="type">G_TYPE_VARIANT</span></a>: Any <a href="../glib-GVariantType.html#GVariantType"><span class="type">GVariantType</span></a></p></li>
 298 </ul></div>
 299 <p>This can fail if e.g. <em class="parameter"><code>gvalue</code></em>
 300  is of type <a href="../gobject-Type-Information.html#G-TYPE-STRING:CAPS"><span class="type">G_TYPE_STRING</span></a> and <em class="parameter"><code>type</code></em>
 301
 302 is <a href="../glib-GVariantType.html#G-VARIANT-TYPE-INT32:CAPS">'i'</a>. It will also fail for any <a href="../gobject-Type-Information.html#GType"><span class="type">GType</span></a>
 303 (including e.g. <a href="../gobject-Type-Information.html#G-TYPE-OBJECT:CAPS"><span class="type">G_TYPE_OBJECT</span></a> and <a href="../gobject-Type-Information.html#G-TYPE-BOXED:CAPS"><span class="type">G_TYPE_BOXED</span></a> derived-types) not
 304 in the table above.</p>
 305 <p>Note that if <em class="parameter"><code>gvalue</code></em>
 306  is of type <a href="../gobject-Type-Information.html#G-TYPE-VARIANT:CAPS"><span class="type">G_TYPE_VARIANT</span></a> and its value is
 307 <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>, the empty <a href="../glib-GVariant.html#GVariant"><span class="type">GVariant</span></a> instance (never <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>) for <em class="parameter"><code>type</code></em>
 308  is
 309 returned (e.g. 0 for scalar types, the empty string for string types,
 310 '/' for object path types, the empty array for any array type and so on).</p>
 311 <p>See the <a class="link" href="gio-D-Bus-Utilities.html#g-dbus-gvariant-to-gvalue" title="g_dbus_gvariant_to_gvalue ()"><code class="function">g_dbus_gvariant_to_gvalue()</code></a> function for how to convert a
 312 <a href="../glib-GVariant.html#GVariant"><span class="type">GVariant</span></a> to a <a href="../gobject-Generic-values.html#GValue"><span class="type">GValue</span></a>.</p>
 313 <div class="refsect3">
 314 <a name="g-dbus-gvalue-to-gvariant.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
 315 <div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
 316 <colgroup>
 317 <col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
 318 <col class="parameters_description">
 319 <col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
 320 </colgroup>
 321 <tbody>
 322 <tr>
 323 <td class="parameter_name"><p>gvalue</p></td>
 324 <td class="parameter_description"><p>A <a href="../gobject-Generic-values.html#GValue"><span class="type">GValue</span></a> to convert to a <a href="../glib-GVariant.html#GVariant"><span class="type">GVariant</span></a></p></td>
 325 <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
 326 </tr>
 327 <tr>
 328 <td class="parameter_name"><p>type</p></td>
 329 <td class="parameter_description"><p>A <a href="../glib-GVariantType.html#GVariantType"><span class="type">GVariantType</span></a></p></td>
 330 <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
 331 </tr>
 332 </tbody>
 333 </table></div>
 334 </div>
 335 <div class="refsect3">
 336 <a name="g-dbus-gvalue-to-gvariant.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
 337 <p> A <a href="../glib-GVariant.html#GVariant"><span class="type">GVariant</span></a> (never floating) of <a href="../glib-GVariantType.html#GVariantType"><span class="type">GVariantType</span></a> <em class="parameter"><code>type</code></em>
 338 holding
 339 the data from <em class="parameter"><code>gvalue</code></em>
 340 or <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> in case of failure. Free with
 341 <a href="../glib-GVariant.html#g-variant-unref"><code class="function">g_variant_unref()</code></a>.</p>
 342 </div>
 343 <p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-30.html#api-index-2.30">2.30</a></p>
 344 </div>
 345 <hr>
 346 <div class="refsect2">
 347 <a name="g-dbus-gvariant-to-gvalue"></a><h3>g_dbus_gvariant_to_gvalue ()</h3>
 348 <pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>
 349 g_dbus_gvariant_to_gvalue (<em class="parameter"><code><a href="../glib-GVariant.html#GVariant"><span class="type">GVariant</span></a> *value</code></em>,
 350                            <em class="parameter"><code><a href="../gobject-Generic-values.html#GValue"><span class="type">GValue</span></a> *out_gvalue</code></em>);</pre>
 351 <p>Converts a <a href="../glib-GVariant.html#GVariant"><span class="type">GVariant</span></a> to a <a href="../gobject-Generic-values.html#GValue"><span class="type">GValue</span></a>. If <em class="parameter"><code>value</code></em>
 352  is floating, it is consumed.</p>
 353 <p>The rules specified in the <a class="link" href="gio-D-Bus-Utilities.html#g-dbus-gvalue-to-gvariant" title="g_dbus_gvalue_to_gvariant ()"><code class="function">g_dbus_gvalue_to_gvariant()</code></a> function are
 354 used - this function is essentially its reverse form.</p>
 355 <p>The conversion never fails - a valid <a href="../gobject-Generic-values.html#GValue"><span class="type">GValue</span></a> is always returned in
 356 <em class="parameter"><code>out_gvalue</code></em>
 357 .</p>
 358 <div class="refsect3">
 359 <a name="g-dbus-gvariant-to-gvalue.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
 360 <div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
 361 <colgroup>
 362 <col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
 363 <col class="parameters_description">
 364 <col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
 365 </colgroup>
 366 <tbody>
 367 <tr>
 368 <td class="parameter_name"><p>value</p></td>
 369 <td class="parameter_description"><p>A <a href="../glib-GVariant.html#GVariant"><span class="type">GVariant</span></a>.</p></td>
 370 <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
 371 </tr>
 372 <tr>
 373 <td class="parameter_name"><p>out_gvalue</p></td>
 374 <td class="parameter_description"><p> Return location pointing to a zero-filled (uninitialized) <a href="../gobject-Generic-values.html#GValue"><span class="type">GValue</span></a>. </p></td>
 375 <td class="parameter_annotations"><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="Parameter for returning results. Default is transfer full."><span class="acronym">out</span></acronym>]</span></td>
 376 </tr>
 377 </tbody>
 378 </table></div>
 379 </div>
 380 <p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-30.html#api-index-2.30">2.30</a></p>
 381 </div>
 382 </div>
 383 <div class="refsect1">
 384 <a name="gio-D-Bus-Utilities.other_details"></a><h2>Types and Values</h2>
 385 </div>
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