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  48       for GObject 2.24.0
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  56 <div class="toc"><dl>
  57 <dt><span class="preface"><a href="pr01.html">Introduction</a></span></dt>
  58 <dt><span class="part"><a href="pt01.html">I. Concepts</a></span></dt>
  59 <dd><dl>
  60 <dt><span class="chapter"><a href="chapter-intro.html">Background</a></span></dt>
  61 <dd><dl>
  62 <dt><span class="sect1"><a href="chapter-intro.html#id589065">Data types and programming</a></span></dt>
  63 <dt><span class="sect1"><a href="ch01s02.html">Exporting a C API</a></span></dt>
  64 </dl></dd>
  65 <dt><span class="chapter"><a href="chapter-gtype.html">The GLib Dynamic Type System</a></span></dt>
  66 <dd><dl>
  67 <dt><span class="sect1"><a href="chapter-gtype.html#gtype-copy">Copy functions</a></span></dt>
  68 <dt><span class="sect1"><a href="gtype-conventions.html">Conventions</a></span></dt>
  69 <dt><span class="sect1"><a href="gtype-non-instantiable.html">Non-instantiable non-classed fundamental types</a></span></dt>
  70 <dt><span class="sect1"><a href="gtype-instantiable-classed.html">Instantiable classed types: objects</a></span></dt>
  71 <dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="gtype-instantiable-classed.html#gtype-instantiable-classed-init-done">Initialization and Destruction</a></span></dt></dl></dd>
  72 <dt><span class="sect1"><a href="gtype-non-instantiable-classed.html">Non-instantiable classed types: interfaces</a></span></dt>
  73 <dd><dl>
  74 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="gtype-non-instantiable-classed.html#gtype-non-instantiable-classed-init">Interface Initialization</a></span></dt>
  75 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="gtype-non-instantiable-classed.html#gtype-non-instantiable-classed-dest">Interface Destruction</a></span></dt>
  76 </dl></dd>
  77 </dl></dd>
  78 <dt><span class="chapter"><a href="chapter-gobject.html">The GObject base class</a></span></dt>
  79 <dd><dl>
  80 <dt><span class="sect1"><a href="chapter-gobject.html#gobject-instantiation">Object instantiation</a></span></dt>
  81 <dt><span class="sect1"><a href="gobject-memory.html">Object memory management</a></span></dt>
  82 <dd><dl>
  83 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="gobject-memory.html#gobject-memory-refcount">Reference count</a></span></dt>
  84 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="gobject-memory.html#gobject-memory-weakref">Weak References</a></span></dt>
  85 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="gobject-memory.html#gobject-memory-cycles">Reference counts and cycles</a></span></dt>
  86 </dl></dd>
  87 <dt><span class="sect1"><a href="gobject-properties.html">Object properties</a></span></dt>
  88 <dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="gobject-properties.html#gobject-multi-properties">Accessing multiple properties at once</a></span></dt></dl></dd>
  89 </dl></dd>
  90 <dt><span class="chapter"><a href="chapter-signal.html">The GObject messaging system</a></span></dt>
  91 <dd><dl>
  92 <dt><span class="sect1"><a href="chapter-signal.html#closure">Closures</a></span></dt>
  93 <dd><dl>
  94 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="chapter-signal.html#id570574">C Closures</a></span></dt>
  95 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="chapter-signal.html#id582370">Non-C closures (for the fearless)</a></span></dt>
  96 </dl></dd>
  97 <dt><span class="sect1"><a href="signal.html">Signals</a></span></dt>
  98 <dd><dl>
  99 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="signal.html#signal-registration">Signal registration</a></span></dt>
 100 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="signal.html#signal-connection">Signal connection</a></span></dt>
 101 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="signal.html#signal-emission">Signal emission</a></span></dt>
 102 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="signal.html#signal-detail">The <span class="emphasis"><em>detail</em></span> argument</a></span></dt>
 103 </dl></dd>
 104 </dl></dd>
 105 </dl></dd>
 106 <dt><span class="reference"><a href="rn01.html">II. API Reference</a></span></dt>
 107 <dd><dl>
 108 <dt>
 109 <span class="refentrytitle"><a href="gobject-Type-Information.html">Type Information</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — The GLib Runtime type identification and
 110     management system</span>
 111 </dt>
 112 <dt>
 113 <span class="refentrytitle"><a href="GTypePlugin.html">GTypePlugin</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — An interface for dynamically loadable types</span>
 114 </dt>
 115 <dt>
 116 <span class="refentrytitle"><a href="GTypeModule.html">GTypeModule</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Type loading modules</span>
 117 </dt>
 118 <dt>
 119 <span class="refentrytitle"><a href="gobject-The-Base-Object-Type.html">The Base Object Type</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — The base object type</span>
 120 </dt>
 121 <dt>
 122 <span class="refentrytitle"><a href="gobject-Enumeration-and-Flag-Types.html">Enumeration and Flag Types</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Enumeration and flags types</span>
 123 </dt>
 124 <dt>
 125 <span class="refentrytitle"><a href="gobject-Boxed-Types.html">Boxed Types</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — A mechanism to wrap opaque C structures registered
 126     by the type system</span>
 127 </dt>
 128 <dt>
 129 <span class="refentrytitle"><a href="gobject-Generic-values.html">Generic values</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — A polymorphic type that can hold values of any
 130     other type</span>
 131 </dt>
 132 <dt>
 133 <span class="refentrytitle"><a href="gobject-Standard-Parameter-and-Value-Types.html">Parameters and Values</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Standard Parameter and Value Types</span>
 134 </dt>
 135 <dt>
 136 <span class="refentrytitle"><a href="gobject-GParamSpec.html">GParamSpec</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Metadata for parameter specifications</span>
 137 </dt>
 138 <dt>
 139 <span class="refentrytitle"><a href="gobject-Varargs-Value-Collection.html">Varargs Value Collection</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Converting varargs to generic values</span>
 140 </dt>
 141 <dt>
 142 <span class="refentrytitle"><a href="gobject-Signals.html">Signals</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — A means for customization of object behaviour
 143     and a general purpose notification mechanism</span>
 144 </dt>
 145 <dt>
 146 <span class="refentrytitle"><a href="gobject-Closures.html">Closures</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Functions as first-class objects</span>
 147 </dt>
 148 <dt>
 149 <span class="refentrytitle"><a href="gobject-Value-arrays.html">Value arrays</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — A container structure to maintain an array of
 150     generic values</span>
 151 </dt>
 152 </dl></dd>
 153 <dt><span class="reference"><a href="rn02.html">III. Tools Reference</a></span></dt>
 154 <dd><dl>
 155 <dt>
 156 <span class="refentrytitle"><a href="glib-mkenums.html">glib-mkenums</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — C language enum description generation utility</span>
 157 </dt>
 158 <dt>
 159 <span class="refentrytitle"><a href="glib-genmarshal.html">glib-genmarshal</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — C code marshaller generation utility for GLib closures</span>
 160 </dt>
 161 <dt>
 162 <span class="refentrytitle"><a href="gobject-query.html">gobject-query</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — display a tree of types</span>
 163 </dt>
 164 </dl></dd>
 165 <dt><span class="part"><a href="pt02.html">IV. Tutorial</a></span></dt>
 166 <dd><dl>
 167 <dt><span class="chapter"><a href="howto-gobject.html">How to define and implement a new GObject</a></span></dt>
 168 <dd><dl>
 169 <dt><span class="sect1"><a href="howto-gobject.html#howto-gobject-header">Boilerplate header code</a></span></dt>
 170 <dt><span class="sect1"><a href="howto-gobject-code.html">Boilerplate code</a></span></dt>
 171 <dt><span class="sect1"><a href="howto-gobject-construction.html">Object Construction</a></span></dt>
 172 <dt><span class="sect1"><a href="howto-gobject-destruction.html">Object Destruction</a></span></dt>
 173 <dt><span class="sect1"><a href="howto-gobject-methods.html">Object methods</a></span></dt>
 174 <dd><dl>
 175 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="howto-gobject-methods.html#id662702">Non-virtual public methods</a></span></dt>
 176 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="howto-gobject-methods.html#id662727">Virtual public methods</a></span></dt>
 177 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="howto-gobject-methods.html#id662811">Virtual private Methods</a></span></dt>
 178 </dl></dd>
 179 <dt><span class="sect1"><a href="howto-gobject-chainup.html">Chaining up</a></span></dt>
 180 </dl></dd>
 181 <dt><span class="chapter"><a href="howto-interface.html">How to define and implement interfaces</a></span></dt>
 182 <dd><dl>
 183 <dt><span class="sect1"><a href="howto-interface.html#howto-interface-define">How to define interfaces</a></span></dt>
 184 <dt><span class="sect1"><a href="howto-interface-implement.html">How To define implement an Interface?</a></span></dt>
 185 <dt><span class="sect1"><a href="ch06s03.html">Interface definition prerequisites</a></span></dt>
 186 <dt><span class="sect1"><a href="howto-interface-properties.html">Interface Properties</a></span></dt>
 187 </dl></dd>
 188 <dt><span class="chapter"><a href="howto-signals.html">How to create and use signals</a></span></dt>
 189 <dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="howto-signals.html#howto-simple-signals">Simple use of signals</a></span></dt></dl></dd>
 190 </dl></dd>
 191 <dt><span class="part"><a href="pt03.html">V. Related Tools</a></span></dt>
 192 <dd><dl>
 193 <dt><span class="chapter"><a href="tools-vala.html">Vala</a></span></dt>
 194 <dt><span class="chapter"><a href="tools-gob.html">GObject builder</a></span></dt>
 195 <dt><span class="chapter"><a href="tools-ginspector.html">Graphical inspection of GObjects</a></span></dt>
 196 <dt><span class="chapter"><a href="tools-refdb.html">Debugging reference count problems</a></span></dt>
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