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  24 <a name="id514486"></a>Introduction</h2></div></div></div>
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  26                         Most modern programming languages come with their own native object
  27                         systems and additional fundamental algorithmic language constructs.
  28                         Just as GLib serves as an implementation of such fundamental
  29                         types and algorithms (linked lists, hash tables and so forth), the
  30                         GLib Object System provides the required implementations of a
  31                         flexible extensible and intentionally easy to map (into other
  32                         languages) object-oriented framework for C.
  33                         The substantial elements that are provided can be summarized as:
  34                         </p>
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  37                                          A generic type system to register arbitrary single-inherited
  38                                                 flat and deep derived types as well as interfaces for
  39                                                 structured types.
  40                                                 It takes care of creation, initialization and memory management
  41                                                 of the assorted object and class structures, maintains
  42                                                 parent/child relationships and deals with dynamic implementations
  43                                                 of such types. That is, their type specific implementations are
  44                                                 relocatable/unloadable during runtime.
  45                                 </p></li>
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  47                                                 A collection of fundamental type implementations, such as integers,
  48                                                 doubles, enums and structured types, to name a few.
  49                                 </p></li>
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  51                                                 A sample fundamental type implementation to base object hierarchies
  52                                                 upon - the GObject fundamental type.
  53                                 </p></li>
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  55                                                 A signal system that allows very flexible user customization of
  56                                                 virtual/overridable object methods and can serve as a powerful
  57                                                 notification mechanism.
  58                                 </p></li>
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  60                                                 An extensible parameter/value system, supporting all the provided
  61                                                 fundamental types that can be used to generically handle object
  62                                                 properties or otherwise parameterized types.
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