+ * g_variant_new_objv:
+ * @strv: (array length=length) (element-type utf8): an array of strings
+ * @length: the length of @strv, or -1
+ *
+ * Constructs an array of object paths #GVariant from the given array of
+ * strings.
+ *
+ * Each string must be a valid #GVariant object path; see
+ * g_variant_is_object_path().
+ *
+ * If @length is -1 then @strv is %NULL-terminated.
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer none): a new floating #GVariant instance
+ *
+ * Since: 2.30
+ **/
+GVariant *
+g_variant_new_objv (const gchar * const *strv,
+ gssize length)
+{
+ GVariant **strings;
+ gsize i;
+
+ g_return_val_if_fail (length == 0 || strv != NULL, NULL);
+
+ if (length < 0)
+ length = g_strv_length ((gchar **) strv);
+
+ strings = g_new (GVariant *, length);
+ for (i = 0; i < length; i++)
+ strings[i] = g_variant_ref_sink (g_variant_new_object_path (strv[i]));
+
+ return g_variant_new_from_children (G_VARIANT_TYPE_OBJECT_PATH_ARRAY,
+ strings, length, TRUE);
+}
+
+/**
+ * g_variant_get_objv:
+ * @value: an array of object paths #GVariant
+ * @length: (out) (allow-none): the length of the result, or %NULL
+ *
+ * Gets the contents of an array of object paths #GVariant. This call
+ * makes a shallow copy; the return result should be released with
+ * g_free(), but the individual strings must not be modified.
+ *
+ * If @length is non-%NULL then the number of elements in the result
+ * is stored there. In any case, the resulting array will be
+ * %NULL-terminated.
+ *
+ * For an empty array, @length will be set to 0 and a pointer to a
+ * %NULL pointer will be returned.
+ *
+ * Returns: (array length=length zero-terminated=1) (transfer container): an array of constant strings
+ *
+ * Since: 2.30
+ **/
+const gchar **
+g_variant_get_objv (GVariant *value,
+ gsize *length)
+{
+ const gchar **strv;
+ gsize n;
+ gsize i;
+
+ TYPE_CHECK (value, G_VARIANT_TYPE_OBJECT_PATH_ARRAY, NULL);
+
+ g_variant_get_data (value);
+ n = g_variant_n_children (value);
+ strv = g_new (const gchar *, n + 1);
+
+ for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
+ {
+ GVariant *string;
+
+ string = g_variant_get_child_value (value, i);
+ strv[i] = g_variant_get_string (string, NULL);
+ g_variant_unref (string);
+ }
+ strv[i] = NULL;
+
+ if (length)
+ *length = n;
+
+ return strv;
+}
+
+/**
+ * g_variant_dup_objv:
+ * @value: an array of object paths #GVariant
+ * @length: (out) (allow-none): the length of the result, or %NULL
+ *
+ * Gets the contents of an array of object paths #GVariant. This call
+ * makes a deep copy; the return result should be released with
+ * g_strfreev().
+ *
+ * If @length is non-%NULL then the number of elements in the result
+ * is stored there. In any case, the resulting array will be
+ * %NULL-terminated.
+ *
+ * For an empty array, @length will be set to 0 and a pointer to a
+ * %NULL pointer will be returned.
+ *
+ * Returns: (array length=length zero-terminated=1) (transfer full): an array of strings
+ *
+ * Since: 2.30
+ **/
+gchar **
+g_variant_dup_objv (GVariant *value,
+ gsize *length)
+{
+ gchar **strv;
+ gsize n;
+ gsize i;
+
+ TYPE_CHECK (value, G_VARIANT_TYPE_OBJECT_PATH_ARRAY, NULL);
+
+ n = g_variant_n_children (value);
+ strv = g_new (gchar *, n + 1);
+
+ for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
+ {
+ GVariant *string;
+
+ string = g_variant_get_child_value (value, i);
+ strv[i] = g_variant_dup_string (string, NULL);
+ g_variant_unref (string);
+ }
+ strv[i] = NULL;
+
+ if (length)
+ *length = n;
+
+ return strv;
+}
+
+
+/**