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19 * Authors: Ryan Lortie <desrt@desrt.ca>
25 #include "gapplication.h"
27 #include "gapplicationcommandline.h"
28 #include "gsimpleactiongroup.h"
29 #include "gremoteactiongroup.h"
30 #include "gapplicationimpl.h"
31 #include "gactiongroup.h"
32 #include "gactionmap.h"
33 #include "gmenumodel.h"
34 #include "gsettings.h"
36 #include "gioenumtypes.h"
45 * SECTION:gapplication
46 * @title: GApplication
47 * @short_description: Core application class
49 * A #GApplication is the foundation of an application, unique for a
50 * given application identifier. The GApplication class wraps some
51 * low-level platform-specific services and is intended to act as the
52 * foundation for higher-level application classes such as
53 * #GtkApplication or #MxApplication. In general, you should not use
54 * this class outside of a higher level framework.
56 * One of the core features that GApplication provides is process
57 * uniqueness, in the context of a "session". The session concept is
58 * platform-dependent, but corresponds roughly to a graphical desktop
59 * login. When your application is launched again, its arguments
60 * are passed through platform communication to the already running
61 * program. The already running instance of the program is called the
62 * <firstterm>primary instance</firstterm>. On Linux, the D-Bus session
63 * bus is used for communication.
65 * GApplication provides convenient life cycle management by maintaining
66 * a <firstterm>use count</firstterm> for the primary application instance.
67 * The use count can be changed using g_application_hold() and
68 * g_application_release(). If it drops to zero, the application exits.
69 * Higher-level classes such as #GtkApplication employ the use count to
70 * ensure that the application stays alive as long as it has any opened
73 * Before using GApplication, you must choose an "application identifier".
74 * The expected form of an application identifier is very close to that of
75 * of a <ulink url="http://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-specification.html#message-protocol-names-interface">DBus bus name</ulink>.
76 * Examples include: "com.example.MyApp", "org.example.internal-apps.Calculator".
77 * For details on valid application identifiers, see g_application_id_is_valid().
79 * On Linux, the application identifier is claimed as a well-known bus name
80 * on the user's session bus. This means that the uniqueness of your
81 * application is scoped to the current session. It also means that your
82 * application may provide additional services (through registration of other
83 * object paths) at that bus name. The registration of these object paths
84 * should be done with the shared GDBus session bus. Note that due to the
85 * internal architecture of GDBus, method calls can be dispatched at any time
86 * (even if a main loop is not running). For this reason, you must ensure that
87 * any object paths that you wish to register are registered before #GApplication
88 * attempts to acquire the bus name of your application (which happens in
89 * g_application_register()). Unfortunately, this means that you cannot use
90 * g_application_get_is_remote() to decide if you want to register object paths.
92 * GApplication also implements the #GActionGroup and #GActionMap
93 * interfaces and lets you easily export actions by adding them with
94 * g_action_map_add_action(). When invoking an action by calling
95 * g_action_group_activate_action() on the application, it is always
96 * invoked in the primary instance. The actions are also exported on
97 * the session bus, and GIO provides the #GDBusActionGroup wrapper to
98 * conveniently access them remotely. GIO provides a #GDBusMenuModel wrapper
99 * for remote access to exported #GMenuModels.
101 * There is a number of different entry points into a GApplication:
103 * <listitem>via 'Activate' (i.e. just starting the application)</listitem>
104 * <listitem>via 'Open' (i.e. opening some files)</listitem>
105 * <listitem>by handling a command-line</listitem>
106 * <listitem>via activating an action</listitem>
108 * The #GApplication::startup signal lets you handle the application
109 * initialization for all of these in a single place.
111 * Regardless of which of these entry points is used to start the application,
112 * GApplication passes some <firstterm id="platform-data">platform
113 * data</firstterm> from the launching instance to the primary instance,
114 * in the form of a #GVariant dictionary mapping strings to variants.
115 * To use platform data, override the @before_emit or @after_emit virtual
116 * functions in your #GApplication subclass. When dealing with
117 * #GApplicationCommandline objects, the platform data is directly
118 * available via g_application_command_line_get_cwd(),
119 * g_application_command_line_get_environ() and
120 * g_application_command_line_get_platform_data().
122 * As the name indicates, the platform data may vary depending on the
123 * operating system, but it always includes the current directory (key
124 * "cwd"), and optionally the environment (ie the set of environment
125 * variables and their values) of the calling process (key "environ").
126 * The environment is only added to the platform data if the
127 * #G_APPLICATION_SEND_ENVIONMENT flag is set. GApplication subclasses
128 * can add their own platform data by overriding the @add_platform_data
129 * virtual function. For instance, #GtkApplication adds startup notification
132 * To parse commandline arguments you may handle the
133 * #GApplication::command-line signal or override the local_command_line()
134 * vfunc, to parse them in either the primary instance or the local instance,
137 * <example id="gapplication-example-open"><title>Opening files with a GApplication</title>
139 * <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" parse="text" href="../../../../gio/tests/gapplication-example-open.c">
140 * <xi:fallback>FIXME: MISSING XINCLUDE CONTENT</xi:fallback>
145 * <example id="gapplication-example-actions"><title>A GApplication with actions</title>
147 * <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" parse="text" href="../../../../gio/tests/gapplication-example-actions.c">
148 * <xi:fallback>FIXME: MISSING XINCLUDE CONTENT</xi:fallback>
153 * <example id="gapplication-example-menu"><title>A GApplication with menus</title>
155 * <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" parse="text" href="../../../../gio/tests/gapplication-example-menu.c">
156 * <xi:fallback>FIXME: MISSING XINCLUDE CONTENT</xi:fallback>
164 * @startup: invoked on the primary instance immediately after registration
165 * @shutdown: invoked only on the registered primary instance immediately
166 * after the main loop terminates
167 * @activate: invoked on the primary instance when an activation occurs
168 * @open: invoked on the primary instance when there are files to open
169 * @command_line: invoked on the primary instance when a command-line is
170 * not handled locally
171 * @local_command_line: invoked (locally) when the process has been invoked
172 * via commandline execution (as opposed to, say, D-Bus activation - which
173 * is not currently supported by GApplication). The virtual function has
174 * the chance to inspect (and possibly replace) the list of command line
175 * arguments. See g_application_run() for more information.
176 * @before_emit: invoked on the primary instance before 'activate', 'open',
177 * 'command-line' or any action invocation, gets the 'platform data' from
178 * the calling instance
179 * @after_emit: invoked on the primary instance after 'activate', 'open',
180 * 'command-line' or any action invocation, gets the 'platform data' from
181 * the calling instance
182 * @add_platform_data: invoked (locally) to add 'platform data' to be sent to
183 * the primary instance when activating, opening or invoking actions
184 * @quit_mainloop: Used to be invoked on the primary instance when the use
185 * count of the application drops to zero (and after any inactivity
186 * timeout, if requested). Not used anymore since 2.32
187 * @run_mainloop: Used to be invoked on the primary instance from
188 * g_application_run() if the use-count is non-zero. Since 2.32,
189 * GApplication is iterating the main context directly and is not
190 * using @run_mainloop anymore
192 * Virtual function table for #GApplication.
197 struct _GApplicationPrivate
199 GApplicationFlags flags;
202 GActionGroup *actions;
203 GMenuModel *app_menu;
206 guint inactivity_timeout_id;
207 guint inactivity_timeout;
210 guint is_registered : 1;
212 guint did_startup : 1;
213 guint did_shutdown : 1;
215 GRemoteActionGroup *remote_actions;
216 GApplicationImpl *impl;
226 PROP_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT,
241 static guint g_application_signals[NR_SIGNALS];
243 static void g_application_action_group_iface_init (GActionGroupInterface *);
244 static void g_application_action_map_iface_init (GActionMapInterface *);
245 G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_CODE (GApplication, g_application, G_TYPE_OBJECT,
246 G_IMPLEMENT_INTERFACE (G_TYPE_ACTION_GROUP, g_application_action_group_iface_init)
247 G_IMPLEMENT_INTERFACE (G_TYPE_ACTION_MAP, g_application_action_map_iface_init))
249 /* GApplicationExportedActions {{{1 */
251 /* We create a subclass of GSimpleActionGroup that implements
252 * GRemoteActionGroup and deals with the platform data using
253 * GApplication's before/after_emit vfuncs. This is the action group we
256 * We could implement GRemoteActionGroup on GApplication directly, but
257 * this would be potentially extremely confusing to have exposed as part
258 * of the public API of GApplication. We certainly don't want anyone in
259 * the same process to be calling these APIs...
261 typedef GSimpleActionGroupClass GApplicationExportedActionsClass;
264 GSimpleActionGroup parent_instance;
265 GApplication *application;
266 } GApplicationExportedActions;
268 static GType g_application_exported_actions_get_type (void);
269 static void g_application_exported_actions_iface_init (GRemoteActionGroupInterface *iface);
270 G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_CODE (GApplicationExportedActions, g_application_exported_actions, G_TYPE_SIMPLE_ACTION_GROUP,
271 G_IMPLEMENT_INTERFACE (G_TYPE_REMOTE_ACTION_GROUP, g_application_exported_actions_iface_init))
274 g_application_exported_actions_activate_action_full (GRemoteActionGroup *remote,
275 const gchar *action_name,
277 GVariant *platform_data)
279 GApplicationExportedActions *exported = (GApplicationExportedActions *) remote;
281 G_APPLICATION_GET_CLASS (exported->application)
282 ->before_emit (exported->application, platform_data);
284 g_action_group_activate_action (G_ACTION_GROUP (exported), action_name, parameter);
286 G_APPLICATION_GET_CLASS (exported->application)
287 ->after_emit (exported->application, platform_data);
291 g_application_exported_actions_change_action_state_full (GRemoteActionGroup *remote,
292 const gchar *action_name,
294 GVariant *platform_data)
296 GApplicationExportedActions *exported = (GApplicationExportedActions *) remote;
298 G_APPLICATION_GET_CLASS (exported->application)
299 ->before_emit (exported->application, platform_data);
301 g_action_group_change_action_state (G_ACTION_GROUP (exported), action_name, value);
303 G_APPLICATION_GET_CLASS (exported->application)
304 ->after_emit (exported->application, platform_data);
308 g_application_exported_actions_init (GApplicationExportedActions *actions)
313 g_application_exported_actions_iface_init (GRemoteActionGroupInterface *iface)
315 iface->activate_action_full = g_application_exported_actions_activate_action_full;
316 iface->change_action_state_full = g_application_exported_actions_change_action_state_full;
320 g_application_exported_actions_class_init (GApplicationExportedActionsClass *class)
324 static GActionGroup *
325 g_application_exported_actions_new (GApplication *application)
327 GApplicationExportedActions *actions;
329 actions = g_object_new (g_application_exported_actions_get_type (), NULL);
330 actions->application = application;
332 return G_ACTION_GROUP (actions);
335 /* vfunc defaults {{{1 */
337 g_application_real_before_emit (GApplication *application,
338 GVariant *platform_data)
343 g_application_real_after_emit (GApplication *application,
344 GVariant *platform_data)
349 g_application_real_startup (GApplication *application)
351 application->priv->did_startup = TRUE;
355 g_application_real_shutdown (GApplication *application)
357 application->priv->did_shutdown = TRUE;
361 g_application_real_activate (GApplication *application)
363 if (!g_signal_has_handler_pending (application,
364 g_application_signals[SIGNAL_ACTIVATE],
366 G_APPLICATION_GET_CLASS (application)->activate == g_application_real_activate)
368 static gboolean warned;
373 g_warning ("Your application does not implement "
374 "g_application_activate() and has no handlers connected "
375 "to the 'activate' signal. It should do one of these.");
381 g_application_real_open (GApplication *application,
386 if (!g_signal_has_handler_pending (application,
387 g_application_signals[SIGNAL_OPEN],
389 G_APPLICATION_GET_CLASS (application)->open == g_application_real_open)
391 static gboolean warned;
396 g_warning ("Your application claims to support opening files "
397 "but does not implement g_application_open() and has no "
398 "handlers connected to the 'open' signal.");
404 g_application_real_command_line (GApplication *application,
405 GApplicationCommandLine *cmdline)
407 if (!g_signal_has_handler_pending (application,
408 g_application_signals[SIGNAL_COMMAND_LINE],
410 G_APPLICATION_GET_CLASS (application)->command_line == g_application_real_command_line)
412 static gboolean warned;
417 g_warning ("Your application claims to support custom command line "
418 "handling but does not implement g_application_command_line() "
419 "and has no handlers connected to the 'command-line' signal.");
428 g_application_real_local_command_line (GApplication *application,
432 if (application->priv->flags & G_APPLICATION_HANDLES_COMMAND_LINE)
437 GError *error = NULL;
440 if (!g_application_register (application, NULL, &error))
442 g_critical ("%s", error->message);
443 g_error_free (error);
448 n_args = g_strv_length (*arguments);
450 if (application->priv->flags & G_APPLICATION_IS_SERVICE)
452 if ((*exit_status = n_args > 1))
454 g_printerr ("GApplication service mode takes no arguments.\n");
455 application->priv->flags &= ~G_APPLICATION_IS_SERVICE;
463 g_application_activate (application);
469 if (~application->priv->flags & G_APPLICATION_HANDLES_OPEN)
471 g_critical ("This application can not open files.");
480 n_files = n_args - 1;
481 files = g_new (GFile *, n_files);
483 for (i = 0; i < n_files; i++)
484 files[i] = g_file_new_for_commandline_arg ((*arguments)[i + 1]);
486 g_application_open (application, files, n_files, "");
488 for (i = 0; i < n_files; i++)
489 g_object_unref (files[i]);
501 g_application_real_add_platform_data (GApplication *application,
502 GVariantBuilder *builder)
506 /* GObject implementation stuff {{{1 */
508 g_application_set_property (GObject *object,
513 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (object);
517 case PROP_APPLICATION_ID:
518 g_application_set_application_id (application,
519 g_value_get_string (value));
523 g_application_set_flags (application, g_value_get_flags (value));
526 case PROP_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT:
527 g_application_set_inactivity_timeout (application,
528 g_value_get_uint (value));
531 case PROP_ACTION_GROUP:
532 g_clear_object (&application->priv->actions);
533 application->priv->actions = g_value_dup_object (value);
537 g_assert_not_reached ();
542 * g_application_set_action_group:
543 * @application: a #GApplication
544 * @action_group: (allow-none): a #GActionGroup, or %NULL
546 * This used to be how actions were associated with a #GApplication.
547 * Now there is #GActionMap for that.
551 * Deprecated:2.32:Use the #GActionMap interface instead. Never ever
552 * mix use of this API with use of #GActionMap on the same @application
553 * or things will go very badly wrong. This function is known to
554 * introduce buggy behaviour (ie: signals not emitted on changes to the
555 * action group), so you should really use #GActionMap instead.
558 g_application_set_action_group (GApplication *application,
559 GActionGroup *action_group)
561 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application));
562 g_return_if_fail (!application->priv->is_registered);
564 if (application->priv->actions != NULL)
565 g_object_unref (application->priv->actions);
567 application->priv->actions = action_group;
569 if (application->priv->actions != NULL)
570 g_object_ref (application->priv->actions);
574 g_application_get_property (GObject *object,
579 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (object);
583 case PROP_APPLICATION_ID:
584 g_value_set_string (value,
585 g_application_get_application_id (application));
589 g_value_set_flags (value,
590 g_application_get_flags (application));
593 case PROP_IS_REGISTERED:
594 g_value_set_boolean (value,
595 g_application_get_is_registered (application));
599 g_value_set_boolean (value,
600 g_application_get_is_remote (application));
603 case PROP_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT:
604 g_value_set_uint (value,
605 g_application_get_inactivity_timeout (application));
609 g_assert_not_reached ();
614 g_application_constructed (GObject *object)
616 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (object);
618 g_assert (application->priv->id != NULL);
620 if (g_application_get_default () == NULL)
621 g_application_set_default (application);
625 g_application_finalize (GObject *object)
627 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (object);
629 if (application->priv->impl)
630 g_application_impl_destroy (application->priv->impl);
631 g_free (application->priv->id);
633 if (g_application_get_default () == application)
634 g_application_set_default (NULL);
636 if (application->priv->actions)
637 g_object_unref (application->priv->actions);
639 G_OBJECT_CLASS (g_application_parent_class)
644 g_application_init (GApplication *application)
646 application->priv = G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_PRIVATE (application,
648 GApplicationPrivate);
650 application->priv->actions = g_application_exported_actions_new (application);
652 /* application->priv->actions is the one and only ref on the group, so when
653 * we dispose, the action group will die, disconnecting all signals.
655 g_signal_connect_swapped (application->priv->actions, "action-added",
656 G_CALLBACK (g_action_group_action_added), application);
657 g_signal_connect_swapped (application->priv->actions, "action-enabled-changed",
658 G_CALLBACK (g_action_group_action_enabled_changed), application);
659 g_signal_connect_swapped (application->priv->actions, "action-state-changed",
660 G_CALLBACK (g_action_group_action_state_changed), application);
661 g_signal_connect_swapped (application->priv->actions, "action-removed",
662 G_CALLBACK (g_action_group_action_removed), application);
666 g_application_class_init (GApplicationClass *class)
668 GObjectClass *object_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS (class);
670 object_class->constructed = g_application_constructed;
671 object_class->finalize = g_application_finalize;
672 object_class->get_property = g_application_get_property;
673 object_class->set_property = g_application_set_property;
675 class->before_emit = g_application_real_before_emit;
676 class->after_emit = g_application_real_after_emit;
677 class->startup = g_application_real_startup;
678 class->shutdown = g_application_real_shutdown;
679 class->activate = g_application_real_activate;
680 class->open = g_application_real_open;
681 class->command_line = g_application_real_command_line;
682 class->local_command_line = g_application_real_local_command_line;
683 class->add_platform_data = g_application_real_add_platform_data;
685 g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_APPLICATION_ID,
686 g_param_spec_string ("application-id",
687 P_("Application identifier"),
688 P_("The unique identifier for the application"),
689 NULL, G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT |
690 G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
692 g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_FLAGS,
693 g_param_spec_flags ("flags",
694 P_("Application flags"),
695 P_("Flags specifying the behaviour of the application"),
696 G_TYPE_APPLICATION_FLAGS, G_APPLICATION_FLAGS_NONE,
697 G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
699 g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_IS_REGISTERED,
700 g_param_spec_boolean ("is-registered",
702 P_("If g_application_register() has been called"),
703 FALSE, G_PARAM_READABLE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
705 g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_IS_REMOTE,
706 g_param_spec_boolean ("is-remote",
708 P_("If this application instance is remote"),
709 FALSE, G_PARAM_READABLE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
711 g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT,
712 g_param_spec_uint ("inactivity-timeout",
713 P_("Inactivity timeout"),
714 P_("Time (ms) to stay alive after becoming idle"),
716 G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
718 g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_ACTION_GROUP,
719 g_param_spec_object ("action-group",
721 P_("The group of actions that the application exports"),
723 G_PARAM_DEPRECATED | G_PARAM_WRITABLE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
726 * GApplication::startup:
727 * @application: the application
729 * The ::startup signal is emitted on the primary instance immediately
730 * after registration. See g_application_register().
732 g_application_signals[SIGNAL_STARTUP] =
733 g_signal_new ("startup", G_TYPE_APPLICATION, G_SIGNAL_RUN_FIRST,
734 G_STRUCT_OFFSET (GApplicationClass, startup),
735 NULL, NULL, g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID, G_TYPE_NONE, 0);
738 * GApplication::shutdown:
739 * @application: the application
741 * The ::shutdown signal is emitted only on the registered primary instance
742 * immediately after the main loop terminates.
744 g_application_signals[SIGNAL_SHUTDOWN] =
745 g_signal_new ("shutdown", G_TYPE_APPLICATION, G_SIGNAL_RUN_LAST,
746 G_STRUCT_OFFSET (GApplicationClass, shutdown),
747 NULL, NULL, g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID, G_TYPE_NONE, 0);
750 * GApplication::activate:
751 * @application: the application
753 * The ::activate signal is emitted on the primary instance when an
754 * activation occurs. See g_application_activate().
756 g_application_signals[SIGNAL_ACTIVATE] =
757 g_signal_new ("activate", G_TYPE_APPLICATION, G_SIGNAL_RUN_LAST,
758 G_STRUCT_OFFSET (GApplicationClass, activate),
759 NULL, NULL, g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID, G_TYPE_NONE, 0);
763 * GApplication::open:
764 * @application: the application
765 * @files: (array length=n_files) (element-type GFile): an array of #GFiles
766 * @n_files: the length of @files
767 * @hint: a hint provided by the calling instance
769 * The ::open signal is emitted on the primary instance when there are
770 * files to open. See g_application_open() for more information.
772 g_application_signals[SIGNAL_OPEN] =
773 g_signal_new ("open", G_TYPE_APPLICATION, G_SIGNAL_RUN_LAST,
774 G_STRUCT_OFFSET (GApplicationClass, open),
776 G_TYPE_NONE, 3, G_TYPE_POINTER, G_TYPE_INT, G_TYPE_STRING);
779 * GApplication::command-line:
780 * @application: the application
781 * @command_line: a #GApplicationCommandLine representing the
784 * The ::command-line signal is emitted on the primary instance when
785 * a commandline is not handled locally. See g_application_run() and
786 * the #GApplicationCommandline documentation for more information.
788 * Returns: An integer that is set as the exit status for the calling
789 * process. See g_application_command_line_set_exit_status().
791 g_application_signals[SIGNAL_COMMAND_LINE] =
792 g_signal_new ("command-line", G_TYPE_APPLICATION, G_SIGNAL_RUN_LAST,
793 G_STRUCT_OFFSET (GApplicationClass, command_line),
794 g_signal_accumulator_first_wins, NULL,
796 G_TYPE_INT, 1, G_TYPE_APPLICATION_COMMAND_LINE);
798 g_type_class_add_private (class, sizeof (GApplicationPrivate));
802 get_platform_data (GApplication *application)
804 GVariantBuilder *builder;
807 builder = g_variant_builder_new (G_VARIANT_TYPE ("a{sv}"));
810 gchar *cwd = g_get_current_dir ();
811 g_variant_builder_add (builder, "{sv}", "cwd",
812 g_variant_new_bytestring (cwd));
816 if (application->priv->flags & G_APPLICATION_SEND_ENVIRONMENT)
821 envp = g_get_environ ();
822 array = g_variant_new_bytestring_array ((const gchar **) envp, -1);
825 g_variant_builder_add (builder, "{sv}", "environ", array);
828 G_APPLICATION_GET_CLASS (application)->
829 add_platform_data (application, builder);
831 result = g_variant_builder_end (builder);
832 g_variant_builder_unref (builder);
837 /* Application ID validity {{{1 */
840 * g_application_id_is_valid:
841 * @application_id: a potential application identifier
843 * Checks if @application_id is a valid application identifier.
845 * A valid ID is required for calls to g_application_new() and
846 * g_application_set_application_id().
848 * For convenience, the restrictions on application identifiers are
851 * <listitem>Application identifiers must contain only the ASCII characters "[A-Z][a-z][0-9]_-." and must not begin with a digit.</listitem>
852 * <listitem>Application identifiers must contain at least one '.' (period) character (and thus at least three elements).</listitem>
853 * <listitem>Application identifiers must not begin or end with a '.' (period) character.</listitem>
854 * <listitem>Application identifiers must not contain consecutive '.' (period) characters.</listitem>
855 * <listitem>Application identifiers must not exceed 255 characters.</listitem>
858 * Returns: %TRUE if @application_id is valid
861 g_application_id_is_valid (const gchar *application_id)
867 len = strlen (application_id);
872 if (!g_ascii_isalpha (application_id[0]))
875 if (application_id[len-1] == '.')
881 for (; *application_id; application_id++)
883 if (g_ascii_isalnum (*application_id) ||
884 (*application_id == '-') ||
885 (*application_id == '_'))
889 else if (allow_dot && *application_id == '.')
904 /* Public Constructor {{{1 */
907 * @application_id: the application id
908 * @flags: the application flags
910 * Creates a new #GApplication instance.
912 * This function calls g_type_init() for you.
914 * The application id must be valid. See g_application_id_is_valid().
916 * Returns: a new #GApplication instance
919 g_application_new (const gchar *application_id,
920 GApplicationFlags flags)
922 g_return_val_if_fail (g_application_id_is_valid (application_id), NULL);
926 return g_object_new (G_TYPE_APPLICATION,
927 "application-id", application_id,
932 /* Simple get/set: application id, flags, inactivity timeout {{{1 */
934 * g_application_get_application_id:
935 * @application: a #GApplication
937 * Gets the unique identifier for @application.
939 * Returns: the identifier for @application, owned by @application
944 g_application_get_application_id (GApplication *application)
946 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application), NULL);
948 return application->priv->id;
952 * g_application_set_application_id:
953 * @application: a #GApplication
954 * @application_id: the identifier for @application
956 * Sets the unique identifier for @application.
958 * The application id can only be modified if @application has not yet
961 * The application id must be valid. See g_application_id_is_valid().
966 g_application_set_application_id (GApplication *application,
967 const gchar *application_id)
969 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application));
971 if (g_strcmp0 (application->priv->id, application_id) != 0)
973 g_return_if_fail (g_application_id_is_valid (application_id));
974 g_return_if_fail (!application->priv->is_registered);
976 g_free (application->priv->id);
977 application->priv->id = g_strdup (application_id);
979 g_object_notify (G_OBJECT (application), "application-id");
984 * g_application_get_flags:
985 * @application: a #GApplication
987 * Gets the flags for @application.
989 * See #GApplicationFlags.
991 * Returns: the flags for @application
996 g_application_get_flags (GApplication *application)
998 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application), 0);
1000 return application->priv->flags;
1004 * g_application_set_flags:
1005 * @application: a #GApplication
1006 * @flags: the flags for @application
1008 * Sets the flags for @application.
1010 * The flags can only be modified if @application has not yet been
1013 * See #GApplicationFlags.
1018 g_application_set_flags (GApplication *application,
1019 GApplicationFlags flags)
1021 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application));
1023 if (application->priv->flags != flags)
1025 g_return_if_fail (!application->priv->is_registered);
1027 application->priv->flags = flags;
1029 g_object_notify (G_OBJECT (application), "flags");
1034 * g_application_get_inactivity_timeout:
1035 * @application: a #GApplication
1037 * Gets the current inactivity timeout for the application.
1039 * This is the amount of time (in milliseconds) after the last call to
1040 * g_application_release() before the application stops running.
1042 * Returns: the timeout, in milliseconds
1047 g_application_get_inactivity_timeout (GApplication *application)
1049 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application), 0);
1051 return application->priv->inactivity_timeout;
1055 * g_application_set_inactivity_timeout:
1056 * @application: a #GApplication
1057 * @inactivity_timeout: the timeout, in milliseconds
1059 * Sets the current inactivity timeout for the application.
1061 * This is the amount of time (in milliseconds) after the last call to
1062 * g_application_release() before the application stops running.
1064 * This call has no side effects of its own. The value set here is only
1065 * used for next time g_application_release() drops the use count to
1066 * zero. Any timeouts currently in progress are not impacted.
1071 g_application_set_inactivity_timeout (GApplication *application,
1072 guint inactivity_timeout)
1074 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application));
1076 if (application->priv->inactivity_timeout != inactivity_timeout)
1078 application->priv->inactivity_timeout = inactivity_timeout;
1080 g_object_notify (G_OBJECT (application), "inactivity-timeout");
1083 /* Read-only property getters (is registered, is remote) {{{1 */
1085 * g_application_get_is_registered:
1086 * @application: a #GApplication
1088 * Checks if @application is registered.
1090 * An application is registered if g_application_register() has been
1091 * successfully called.
1093 * Returns: %TRUE if @application is registered
1098 g_application_get_is_registered (GApplication *application)
1100 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application), FALSE);
1102 return application->priv->is_registered;
1106 * g_application_get_is_remote:
1107 * @application: a #GApplication
1109 * Checks if @application is remote.
1111 * If @application is remote then it means that another instance of
1112 * application already exists (the 'primary' instance). Calls to
1113 * perform actions on @application will result in the actions being
1114 * performed by the primary instance.
1116 * The value of this property cannot be accessed before
1117 * g_application_register() has been called. See
1118 * g_application_get_is_registered().
1120 * Returns: %TRUE if @application is remote
1125 g_application_get_is_remote (GApplication *application)
1127 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application), FALSE);
1128 g_return_val_if_fail (application->priv->is_registered, FALSE);
1130 return application->priv->is_remote;
1135 * g_application_register:
1136 * @application: a #GApplication
1137 * @cancellable: a #GCancellable, or %NULL
1138 * @error: a pointer to a NULL #GError, or %NULL
1140 * Attempts registration of the application.
1142 * This is the point at which the application discovers if it is the
1143 * primary instance or merely acting as a remote for an already-existing
1144 * primary instance. This is implemented by attempting to acquire the
1145 * application identifier as a unique bus name on the session bus using
1148 * Due to the internal architecture of GDBus, method calls can be
1149 * dispatched at any time (even if a main loop is not running). For
1150 * this reason, you must ensure that any object paths that you wish to
1151 * register are registered before calling this function.
1153 * If the application has already been registered then %TRUE is
1154 * returned with no work performed.
1156 * The #GApplication::startup signal is emitted if registration succeeds
1157 * and @application is the primary instance.
1159 * In the event of an error (such as @cancellable being cancelled, or a
1160 * failure to connect to the session bus), %FALSE is returned and @error
1161 * is set appropriately.
1163 * Note: the return value of this function is not an indicator that this
1164 * instance is or is not the primary instance of the application. See
1165 * g_application_get_is_remote() for that.
1167 * Returns: %TRUE if registration succeeded
1172 g_application_register (GApplication *application,
1173 GCancellable *cancellable,
1176 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application), FALSE);
1178 if (!application->priv->is_registered)
1180 application->priv->impl =
1181 g_application_impl_register (application, application->priv->id,
1182 application->priv->flags,
1183 application->priv->actions,
1184 &application->priv->remote_actions,
1185 cancellable, error);
1187 if (application->priv->impl == NULL)
1190 application->priv->is_remote = application->priv->remote_actions != NULL;
1191 application->priv->is_registered = TRUE;
1193 g_object_notify (G_OBJECT (application), "is-registered");
1195 if (!application->priv->is_remote)
1197 g_signal_emit (application, g_application_signals[SIGNAL_STARTUP], 0);
1199 if (!application->priv->did_startup)
1200 g_critical ("GApplication subclass '%s' failed to chain up on"
1201 " ::startup (from start of override function)",
1202 G_OBJECT_TYPE_NAME (application));
1209 /* Hold/release {{{1 */
1211 * g_application_hold:
1212 * @application: a #GApplication
1214 * Increases the use count of @application.
1216 * Use this function to indicate that the application has a reason to
1217 * continue to run. For example, g_application_hold() is called by GTK+
1218 * when a toplevel window is on the screen.
1220 * To cancel the hold, call g_application_release().
1223 g_application_hold (GApplication *application)
1225 if (application->priv->inactivity_timeout_id)
1227 g_source_remove (application->priv->inactivity_timeout_id);
1228 application->priv->inactivity_timeout_id = 0;
1231 application->priv->use_count++;
1235 inactivity_timeout_expired (gpointer data)
1237 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (data);
1239 application->priv->inactivity_timeout_id = 0;
1241 return G_SOURCE_REMOVE;
1246 * g_application_release:
1247 * @application: a #GApplication
1249 * Decrease the use count of @application.
1251 * When the use count reaches zero, the application will stop running.
1253 * Never call this function except to cancel the effect of a previous
1254 * call to g_application_hold().
1257 g_application_release (GApplication *application)
1259 application->priv->use_count--;
1261 if (application->priv->use_count == 0 && application->priv->inactivity_timeout)
1262 application->priv->inactivity_timeout_id = g_timeout_add (application->priv->inactivity_timeout,
1263 inactivity_timeout_expired, application);
1266 /* Activate, Open {{{1 */
1268 * g_application_activate:
1269 * @application: a #GApplication
1271 * Activates the application.
1273 * In essence, this results in the #GApplication::activate signal being
1274 * emitted in the primary instance.
1276 * The application must be registered before calling this function.
1281 g_application_activate (GApplication *application)
1283 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application));
1284 g_return_if_fail (application->priv->is_registered);
1286 if (application->priv->is_remote)
1287 g_application_impl_activate (application->priv->impl,
1288 get_platform_data (application));
1291 g_signal_emit (application, g_application_signals[SIGNAL_ACTIVATE], 0);
1295 * g_application_open:
1296 * @application: a #GApplication
1297 * @files: (array length=n_files): an array of #GFiles to open
1298 * @n_files: the length of the @files array
1299 * @hint: a hint (or ""), but never %NULL
1301 * Opens the given files.
1303 * In essence, this results in the #GApplication::open signal being emitted
1304 * in the primary instance.
1306 * @n_files must be greater than zero.
1308 * @hint is simply passed through to the ::open signal. It is
1309 * intended to be used by applications that have multiple modes for
1310 * opening files (eg: "view" vs "edit", etc). Unless you have a need
1311 * for this functionality, you should use "".
1313 * The application must be registered before calling this function
1314 * and it must have the %G_APPLICATION_HANDLES_OPEN flag set.
1319 g_application_open (GApplication *application,
1324 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application));
1325 g_return_if_fail (application->priv->flags &
1326 G_APPLICATION_HANDLES_OPEN);
1327 g_return_if_fail (application->priv->is_registered);
1329 if (application->priv->is_remote)
1330 g_application_impl_open (application->priv->impl,
1331 files, n_files, hint,
1332 get_platform_data (application));
1335 g_signal_emit (application, g_application_signals[SIGNAL_OPEN],
1336 0, files, n_files, hint);
1341 * g_application_run:
1342 * @application: a #GApplication
1343 * @argc: the argc from main() (or 0 if @argv is %NULL)
1344 * @argv: (array length=argc) (allow-none): the argv from main(), or %NULL
1346 * Runs the application.
1348 * This function is intended to be run from main() and its return value
1349 * is intended to be returned by main(). Although you are expected to pass
1350 * the @argc, @argv parameters from main() to this function, it is possible
1351 * to pass %NULL if @argv is not available or commandline handling is not
1354 * First, the local_command_line() virtual function is invoked.
1355 * This function always runs on the local instance. It gets passed a pointer
1356 * to a %NULL-terminated copy of @argv and is expected to remove the arguments
1357 * that it handled (shifting up remaining arguments). See
1358 * <xref linkend="gapplication-example-cmdline2"/> for an example of
1359 * parsing @argv manually. Alternatively, you may use the #GOptionContext API,
1360 * after setting <literal>argc = g_strv_length (argv);</literal>.
1362 * The last argument to local_command_line() is a pointer to the @status
1363 * variable which can used to set the exit status that is returned from
1364 * g_application_run().
1366 * If local_command_line() returns %TRUE, the command line is expected
1367 * to be completely handled, including possibly registering as the primary
1368 * instance, calling g_application_activate() or g_application_open(), etc.
1370 * If local_command_line() returns %FALSE then the application is registered
1371 * and the #GApplication::command-line signal is emitted in the primary
1372 * instance (which may or may not be this instance). The signal handler
1373 * gets passed a #GApplicationCommandline object that (among other things)
1374 * contains the remaining commandline arguments that have not been handled
1375 * by local_command_line().
1377 * If the application has the %G_APPLICATION_HANDLES_COMMAND_LINE
1378 * flag set then the default implementation of local_command_line()
1379 * always returns %FALSE immediately, resulting in the commandline
1380 * always being handled in the primary instance.
1382 * Otherwise, the default implementation of local_command_line() tries
1383 * to do a couple of things that are probably reasonable for most
1384 * applications. First, g_application_register() is called to attempt
1385 * to register the application. If that works, then the command line
1386 * arguments are inspected. If no commandline arguments are given, then
1387 * g_application_activate() is called. If commandline arguments are
1388 * given and the %G_APPLICATION_HANDLES_OPEN flag is set then they
1389 * are assumed to be filenames and g_application_open() is called.
1391 * If you need to handle commandline arguments that are not filenames,
1392 * and you don't mind commandline handling to happen in the primary
1393 * instance, you should set %G_APPLICATION_HANDLED_COMMAND_LINE and
1394 * process the commandline arguments in your #GApplication::command-line
1395 * signal handler, either manually or using the #GOptionContext API.
1397 * If you are interested in doing more complicated local handling of the
1398 * commandline then you should implement your own #GApplication subclass
1399 * and override local_command_line(). In this case, you most likely want
1400 * to return %TRUE from your local_command_line() implementation to
1401 * suppress the default handling. See
1402 * <xref linkend="gapplication-example-cmdline2"/> for an example.
1404 * If, after the above is done, the use count of the application is zero
1405 * then the exit status is returned immediately. If the use count is
1406 * non-zero then the default main context is iterated until the use count
1407 * falls to zero, at which point 0 is returned.
1409 * If the %G_APPLICATION_IS_SERVICE flag is set, then the exiting at
1410 * use count of zero is delayed for a while (ie: the instance stays
1411 * around to provide its <emphasis>service</emphasis> to others).
1413 * Returns: the exit status
1418 g_application_run (GApplication *application,
1426 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application), 1);
1427 g_return_val_if_fail (argc == 0 || argv != NULL, 1);
1429 arguments = g_new (gchar *, argc + 1);
1430 for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
1431 arguments[i] = g_strdup (argv[i]);
1432 arguments[i] = NULL;
1434 if (g_get_prgname () == NULL && argc > 0)
1438 prgname = g_path_get_basename (argv[0]);
1439 g_set_prgname (prgname);
1443 if (!G_APPLICATION_GET_CLASS (application)
1444 ->local_command_line (application, &arguments, &status))
1446 GError *error = NULL;
1448 if (!g_application_register (application, NULL, &error))
1450 g_printerr ("%s", error->message);
1451 g_error_free (error);
1455 if (application->priv->is_remote)
1457 GVariant *platform_data;
1459 platform_data = get_platform_data (application);
1460 status = g_application_impl_command_line (application->priv->impl,
1461 arguments, platform_data);
1465 GApplicationCommandLine *cmdline;
1468 v = g_variant_new_bytestring_array ((const gchar **) arguments, -1);
1469 cmdline = g_object_new (G_TYPE_APPLICATION_COMMAND_LINE,
1470 "arguments", v, NULL);
1471 g_signal_emit (application,
1472 g_application_signals[SIGNAL_COMMAND_LINE],
1473 0, cmdline, &status);
1474 g_object_unref (cmdline);
1478 g_strfreev (arguments);
1480 if (application->priv->flags & G_APPLICATION_IS_SERVICE &&
1481 application->priv->is_registered &&
1482 !application->priv->use_count &&
1483 !application->priv->inactivity_timeout_id)
1485 application->priv->inactivity_timeout_id =
1486 g_timeout_add (10000, inactivity_timeout_expired, application);
1489 while (application->priv->use_count || application->priv->inactivity_timeout_id)
1491 g_main_context_iteration (NULL, TRUE);
1495 if (!application->priv->is_remote)
1497 g_signal_emit (application, g_application_signals[SIGNAL_SHUTDOWN], 0);
1499 if (!application->priv->did_shutdown)
1500 g_critical ("GApplication subclass '%s' failed to chain up on"
1501 " ::shutdown (from end of override function)",
1502 G_OBJECT_TYPE_NAME (application));
1505 if (application->priv->impl)
1506 g_application_impl_flush (application->priv->impl);
1514 g_application_list_actions (GActionGroup *action_group)
1516 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (action_group);
1518 g_return_val_if_fail (application->priv->is_registered, NULL);
1520 if (application->priv->remote_actions != NULL)
1521 return g_action_group_list_actions (G_ACTION_GROUP (application->priv->remote_actions));
1523 else if (application->priv->actions != NULL)
1524 return g_action_group_list_actions (application->priv->actions);
1527 /* empty string array */
1528 return g_new0 (gchar *, 1);
1532 g_application_query_action (GActionGroup *group,
1533 const gchar *action_name,
1535 const GVariantType **parameter_type,
1536 const GVariantType **state_type,
1537 GVariant **state_hint,
1540 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (group);
1542 g_return_val_if_fail (application->priv->is_registered, FALSE);
1544 if (application->priv->remote_actions != NULL)
1545 return g_action_group_query_action (G_ACTION_GROUP (application->priv->remote_actions),
1553 if (application->priv->actions != NULL)
1554 return g_action_group_query_action (application->priv->actions,
1566 g_application_change_action_state (GActionGroup *action_group,
1567 const gchar *action_name,
1570 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (action_group);
1572 g_return_if_fail (application->priv->is_remote ||
1573 application->priv->actions != NULL);
1574 g_return_if_fail (application->priv->is_registered);
1576 if (application->priv->remote_actions)
1577 g_remote_action_group_change_action_state_full (application->priv->remote_actions,
1578 action_name, value, get_platform_data (application));
1581 g_action_group_change_action_state (application->priv->actions, action_name, value);
1585 g_application_activate_action (GActionGroup *action_group,
1586 const gchar *action_name,
1587 GVariant *parameter)
1589 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (action_group);
1591 g_return_if_fail (application->priv->is_remote ||
1592 application->priv->actions != NULL);
1593 g_return_if_fail (application->priv->is_registered);
1595 if (application->priv->remote_actions)
1596 g_remote_action_group_activate_action_full (application->priv->remote_actions,
1597 action_name, parameter, get_platform_data (application));
1600 g_action_group_activate_action (application->priv->actions, action_name, parameter);
1604 g_application_lookup_action (GActionMap *action_map,
1605 const gchar *action_name)
1607 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (action_map);
1609 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_SIMPLE_ACTION_GROUP (application->priv->actions), NULL);
1611 return g_simple_action_group_lookup (G_SIMPLE_ACTION_GROUP (application->priv->actions), action_name);
1615 g_application_add_action (GActionMap *action_map,
1618 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (action_map);
1620 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_SIMPLE_ACTION_GROUP (application->priv->actions));
1622 g_simple_action_group_insert (G_SIMPLE_ACTION_GROUP (application->priv->actions), action);
1626 g_application_remove_action (GActionMap *action_map,
1627 const gchar *action_name)
1629 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (action_map);
1631 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_SIMPLE_ACTION_GROUP (application->priv->actions));
1633 g_simple_action_group_remove (G_SIMPLE_ACTION_GROUP (application->priv->actions), action_name);
1637 g_application_action_group_iface_init (GActionGroupInterface *iface)
1639 iface->list_actions = g_application_list_actions;
1640 iface->query_action = g_application_query_action;
1641 iface->change_action_state = g_application_change_action_state;
1642 iface->activate_action = g_application_activate_action;
1646 g_application_action_map_iface_init (GActionMapInterface *iface)
1648 iface->lookup_action = g_application_lookup_action;
1649 iface->add_action = g_application_add_action;
1650 iface->remove_action = g_application_remove_action;
1653 /* Default Application {{{1 */
1655 static GApplication *default_app;
1658 * g_application_get_default:
1660 * Returns the default #GApplication instance for this process.
1662 * Normally there is only one #GApplication per process and it becomes
1663 * the default when it is created. You can exercise more control over
1664 * this by using g_application_set_default().
1666 * If there is no default application then %NULL is returned.
1668 * Returns: (transfer none): the default application for this process, or %NULL
1673 g_application_get_default (void)
1679 * g_application_set_default:
1680 * @application: the application to set as default, or %NULL
1682 * Sets or unsets the default application for the process, as returned
1683 * by g_application_get_default().
1685 * This function does not take its own reference on @application. If
1686 * @application is destroyed then the default application will revert
1692 g_application_set_default (GApplication *application)
1694 default_app = application;
1698 /* vim:set foldmethod=marker: */