1 /* GIO - GLib Input, Output and Streaming Library
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20 * Author: Alexander Larsson <alexl@redhat.com>
24 #include "ginitable.h"
30 * @short_description: Failable object initialization interface
32 * @see_also: #GAsyncInitable
34 * #GInitable is implemented by objects that can fail during
35 * initialization. If an object implements this interface then
36 * it must be initialized as the first thing after construction,
37 * either via g_initable_init() or g_async_initable_init_async()
38 * (the latter is only available if it also implements #GAsyncInitable).
40 * If the object is not initialized, or initialization returns with an
41 * error, then all operations on the object except g_object_ref() and
42 * g_object_unref() are considered to be invalid, and have undefined
43 * behaviour. They will often fail with g_critical() or g_warning(), but
44 * this must not be relied on.
46 * Users of objects implementing this are not intended to use
47 * the interface method directly, instead it will be used automatically
48 * in various ways. For C applications you generally just call
49 * g_initable_new() directly, or indirectly via a foo_thing_new() wrapper.
50 * This will call g_initable_init() under the cover, returning %NULL and
51 * setting a #GError on failure (at which point the instance is
54 * For bindings in languages where the native constructor supports
55 * exceptions the binding could check for objects implemention %GInitable
56 * during normal construction and automatically initialize them, throwing
57 * an exception on failure.
60 typedef GInitableIface GInitableInterface;
61 G_DEFINE_INTERFACE (GInitable, g_initable, G_TYPE_OBJECT)
64 g_initable_default_init (GInitableInterface *iface)
70 * @initable: a #GInitable.
71 * @cancellable: optional #GCancellable object, %NULL to ignore.
72 * @error: a #GError location to store the error occurring, or %NULL to
75 * Initializes the object implementing the interface.
77 * The object must be initialized before any real use after initial
78 * construction, either with this function or g_async_initable_init_async().
80 * Implementations may also support cancellation. If @cancellable is not %NULL,
81 * then initialization can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object
82 * from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error
83 * %G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned. If @cancellable is not %NULL and
84 * the object doesn't support cancellable initialization the error
85 * %G_IO_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED will be returned.
87 * If the object is not initialized, or initialization returns with an
88 * error, then all operations on the object except g_object_ref() and
89 * g_object_unref() are considered to be invalid, and have undefined
90 * behaviour. See the <xref linkend="ginitable"/> section introduction
93 * Implementations of this method must be idempotent, i.e. multiple calls
94 * to this function with the same argument should return the same results.
95 * Only the first call initializes the object, further calls return the result
96 * of the first call. This is so that it's safe to implement the singleton
97 * pattern in the GObject constructor function.
99 * Returns: %TRUE if successful. If an error has occurred, this function will
100 * return %FALSE and set @error appropriately if present.
105 g_initable_init (GInitable *initable,
106 GCancellable *cancellable,
109 GInitableIface *iface;
111 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_INITABLE (initable), FALSE);
113 iface = G_INITABLE_GET_IFACE (initable);
115 return (* iface->init) (initable, cancellable, error);
120 * @object_type: a #GType supporting #GInitable.
121 * @cancellable: optional #GCancellable object, %NULL to ignore.
122 * @error: a #GError location to store the error occurring, or %NULL to
124 * @first_property_name: (allow-none): the name of the first property, or %NULL if no
126 * @...: the value if the first property, followed by and other property
127 * value pairs, and ended by %NULL.
129 * Helper function for constructing #GInitable object. This is
130 * similar to g_object_new() but also initializes the object
131 * and returns %NULL, setting an error on failure.
133 * Return value: (transfer full): a newly allocated #GObject, or %NULL on error
138 g_initable_new (GType object_type,
139 GCancellable *cancellable,
141 const gchar *first_property_name,
147 va_start (var_args, first_property_name);
148 object = g_initable_new_valist (object_type,
149 first_property_name, var_args,
158 * @object_type: a #GType supporting #GInitable.
159 * @n_parameters: the number of parameters in @parameters
160 * @parameters: (array length=n_parameters): the parameters to use to construct the object
161 * @cancellable: optional #GCancellable object, %NULL to ignore.
162 * @error: a #GError location to store the error occurring, or %NULL to
165 * Helper function for constructing #GInitable object. This is
166 * similar to g_object_newv() but also initializes the object
167 * and returns %NULL, setting an error on failure.
169 * Return value: (transfer full): a newly allocated #GObject, or %NULL on error
174 g_initable_newv (GType object_type,
176 GParameter *parameters,
177 GCancellable *cancellable,
182 g_return_val_if_fail (G_TYPE_IS_INITABLE (object_type), NULL);
184 obj = g_object_newv (object_type, n_parameters, parameters);
186 if (!g_initable_init (G_INITABLE (obj), cancellable, error))
188 g_object_unref (obj);
192 return (gpointer)obj;
196 * g_initable_new_valist:
197 * @object_type: a #GType supporting #GInitable.
198 * @first_property_name: the name of the first property, followed by
199 * the value, and other property value pairs, and ended by %NULL.
200 * @var_args: The var args list generated from @first_property_name.
201 * @cancellable: optional #GCancellable object, %NULL to ignore.
202 * @error: a #GError location to store the error occurring, or %NULL to
205 * Helper function for constructing #GInitable object. This is
206 * similar to g_object_new_valist() but also initializes the object
207 * and returns %NULL, setting an error on failure.
209 * Return value: (transfer full): a newly allocated #GObject, or %NULL on error
214 g_initable_new_valist (GType object_type,
215 const gchar *first_property_name,
217 GCancellable *cancellable,
222 g_return_val_if_fail (G_TYPE_IS_INITABLE (object_type), NULL);
224 obj = g_object_new_valist (object_type,
228 if (!g_initable_init (G_INITABLE (obj), cancellable, error))
230 g_object_unref (obj);