gobject/gvaluecollector.h

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  19  * gvaluecollector.h: GValue varargs stubs
  20  */
  21 /**
  22  * SECTION:value_collection
  23  * @Short_description: Converting varargs to generic values
  24  * @See_also:#GValueTable
  25  * @Title: Varargs Value Collection
  26  *
  27  * The macros in this section provide the varargs parsing support needed
  28  * in variadic GObject functions such as g_object_new() or g_object_set().
  29  * They currently support the collection of integral types, floating point
  30  * types and pointers.
  31  */
  32 #ifndef __G_VALUE_COLLECTOR_H__
  33 #define __G_VALUE_COLLECTOR_H__
  34
  35 #include <glib-object.h>
  36
  37 G_BEGIN_DECLS
  38
  39 /* we may want to add aggregate types here some day, if requested
  40  * by users. the basic C types are covered already, everything
  41  * smaller than an int is promoted to an integer and floats are
  42  * always promoted to doubles for varargs call constructions.
  43  */
  44 enum    /*< skip >*/
  45 {
  46   G_VALUE_COLLECT_INT           = 'i',
  47   G_VALUE_COLLECT_LONG          = 'l',
  48   G_VALUE_COLLECT_INT64         = 'q',
  49   G_VALUE_COLLECT_DOUBLE        = 'd',
  50   G_VALUE_COLLECT_POINTER       = 'p'
  51 };
  52
  53
  54 /* vararg union holding actuall values collected
  55  */
  56 /**
  57  * GTypeCValue:
  58  *
  59  * A union holding one collected value.
  60  */
  61 union _GTypeCValue
  62 {
  63   gint     v_int;
  64   glong    v_long;
  65   gint64   v_int64;
  66   gdouble  v_double;
  67   gpointer v_pointer;
  68 };
  69
  70 /**
  71  * G_VALUE_COLLECT_INIT:
  72  * @value: a #GValue return location. @value is supposed to be clean (freshly
  73  * initialized and/or freed).
  74  * @_value_type: the #GType to use for @value.
  75  * @var_args: the va_list variable; it may be evaluated multiple times
  76  * @flags: flags which are passed on to the collect_value() function of
  77  *  the #GTypeValueTable of @value.
  78  * @__error: a #gchar** variable that will be modified to hold a g_new()
  79  *  allocated error messages if something fails
  80  *
  81  * Collects a variable argument value from a va_list. We have to
  82  * implement the varargs collection as a macro, because on some systems
  83  * va_list variables cannot be passed by reference.
  84  *
  85  * Since: 2.23.1
  86  */
  87 #define G_VALUE_COLLECT_INIT(value, _value_type, var_args, flags, __error)              \
  88 G_STMT_START {                                                                          \
  89   GValue *_value = (value);                                                             \
  90   guint _flags = (flags);                                                               \
  91   GTypeValueTable *_vtable = g_type_value_table_peek (_value_type);                     \
  92   gchar *_collect_format = _vtable->collect_format;                                     \
  93   GTypeCValue _cvalues[G_VALUE_COLLECT_FORMAT_MAX_LENGTH] = { { 0, }, };                \
  94   guint _n_values = 0;                                                                  \
  95                                                                                         \
  96   _value->g_type = _value_type;         /* value_meminit() from gvalue.c */             \
  97   while (*_collect_format)                                                              \
  98     {                                                                                   \
  99       GTypeCValue *_cvalue = _cvalues + _n_values++;                                    \
 100                                                                                         \
 101       switch (*_collect_format++)                                                       \
 102         {                                                                               \
 103         case G_VALUE_COLLECT_INT:                                                       \
 104           _cvalue->v_int = va_arg ((var_args), gint);                                   \
 105           break;                                                                        \
 106         case G_VALUE_COLLECT_LONG:                                                      \
 107           _cvalue->v_long = va_arg ((var_args), glong);                                 \
 108           break;                                                                        \
 109         case G_VALUE_COLLECT_INT64:                                                     \
 110           _cvalue->v_int64 = va_arg ((var_args), gint64);                               \
 111           break;                                                                        \
 112         case G_VALUE_COLLECT_DOUBLE:                                                    \
 113           _cvalue->v_double = va_arg ((var_args), gdouble);                             \
 114           break;                                                                        \
 115         case G_VALUE_COLLECT_POINTER:                                                   \
 116           _cvalue->v_pointer = va_arg ((var_args), gpointer);                           \
 117           break;                                                                        \
 118         default:                                                                        \
 119           g_assert_not_reached ();                                                      \
 120         }                                                                               \
 121     }                                                                                   \
 122   *(__error) = _vtable->collect_value (_value,                                          \
 123                                        _n_values,                                       \
 124                                        _cvalues,                                        \
 125                                        _flags);                                         \
 126 } G_STMT_END
 127
 128 /**
 129  * G_VALUE_COLLECT:
 130  * @value: a #GValue return location. @value is supposed to be initialized
 131  *  according to the value type to be collected
 132  * @var_args: the va_list variable; it may be evaluated multiple times
 133  * @flags: flags which are passed on to the collect_value() function of
 134  *  the #GTypeValueTable of @value.
 135  * @__error: a #gchar** variable that will be modified to hold a g_new()
 136  *  allocated error messages if something fails
 137  *
 138  * Collects a variable argument value from a va_list. We have to
 139  * implement the varargs collection as a macro, because on some systems
 140  * va_list variables cannot be passed by reference.
 141  *
 142  * Note: If you are creating the @value argument just before calling this macro,
 143  * you should use the #G_VALUE_COLLECT_FULL variant and pass the unitialized
 144  * #GValue. That variant is faster than #G_VALUE_COLLECT.
 145  */
 146 #define G_VALUE_COLLECT(value, var_args, flags, __error) G_STMT_START {                 \
 147   GValue *_value = (value);                                                             \
 148   GType _value_type = G_VALUE_TYPE (_value);                                            \
 149   GTypeValueTable *_vtable = g_type_value_table_peek (_value_type);                     \
 150                                                                                         \
 151   if (_vtable->value_free)                                                              \
 152     _vtable->value_free (_value);                                                       \
 153   memset (_value->data, 0, sizeof (_value->data));                                      \
 154                                                                                         \
 155   G_VALUE_COLLECT_INIT(value, _value_type, var_args, flags, __error);                   \
 156 } G_STMT_END
 157
 158 /**
 159  * G_VALUE_LCOPY:
 160  * @value: a #GValue return location. @value is supposed to be initialized
 161  *  according to the value type to be collected
 162  * @var_args: the va_list variable; it may be evaluated multiple times
 163  * @flags: flags which are passed on to the lcopy_value() function of
 164  *  the #GTypeValueTable of @value.
 165  * @__error: a #gchar** variable that will be modified to hold a g_new()
 166  *  allocated error messages if something fails
 167  *
 168  * Collects a value's variable argument locations from a va_list. Usage is
 169  * analogous to G_VALUE_COLLECT().
 170  */
 171 #define G_VALUE_LCOPY(value, var_args, flags, __error)                                  \
 172 G_STMT_START {                                                                          \
 173   const GValue *_value = (value);                                                       \
 174   guint _flags = (flags);                                                               \
 175   GType _value_type = G_VALUE_TYPE (_value);                                            \
 176   GTypeValueTable *_vtable = g_type_value_table_peek (_value_type);                     \
 177   gchar *_lcopy_format = _vtable->lcopy_format;                                         \
 178   GTypeCValue _cvalues[G_VALUE_COLLECT_FORMAT_MAX_LENGTH] = { { 0, }, };                \
 179   guint _n_values = 0;                                                                  \
 180                                                                                         \
 181   while (*_lcopy_format)                                                                \
 182     {                                                                                   \
 183       GTypeCValue *_cvalue = _cvalues + _n_values++;                                    \
 184                                                                                         \
 185       switch (*_lcopy_format++)                                                         \
 186         {                                                                               \
 187         case G_VALUE_COLLECT_INT:                                                       \
 188           _cvalue->v_int = va_arg ((var_args), gint);                                   \
 189           break;                                                                        \
 190         case G_VALUE_COLLECT_LONG:                                                      \
 191           _cvalue->v_long = va_arg ((var_args), glong);                                 \
 192           break;                                                                        \
 193         case G_VALUE_COLLECT_INT64:                                                     \
 194           _cvalue->v_int64 = va_arg ((var_args), gint64);                               \
 195           break;                                                                        \
 196         case G_VALUE_COLLECT_DOUBLE:                                                    \
 197           _cvalue->v_double = va_arg ((var_args), gdouble);                             \
 198           break;                                                                        \
 199         case G_VALUE_COLLECT_POINTER:                                                   \
 200           _cvalue->v_pointer = va_arg ((var_args), gpointer);                           \
 201           break;                                                                        \
 202         default:                                                                        \
 203           g_assert_not_reached ();                                                      \
 204         }                                                                               \
 205     }                                                                                   \
 206   *(__error) = _vtable->lcopy_value (_value,                                            \
 207                                      _n_values,                                         \
 208                                      _cvalues,                                          \
 209                                      _flags);                                           \
 210 } G_STMT_END
 211
 212
 213 /**
 214  * G_VALUE_COLLECT_FORMAT_MAX_LENGTH:
 215  *
 216  * The maximal number of #GTypeCValue<!-- -->s which can be collected for a
 217  * single #GValue.
 218  */
 219 #define G_VALUE_COLLECT_FORMAT_MAX_LENGTH       (8)
 220
 221 G_END_DECLS
 222
 223 #endif /* __G_VALUE_COLLECTOR_H__ */