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*
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- * Public License along with this library; if not, write to the
- * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
- * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ * Public License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*
* Authors: Ryan Lortie <desrt@desrt.ca>
*/
* SECTION:gaction
* @title: GAction
* @short_description: An action interface
+ * @include: gio/gio.h
*
* #GAction represents a single named action.
*
*
* #GAction is merely the interface to the concept of an action, as
* described above. Various implementations of actions exist, including
- * #GSimpleAction and #GtkAction.
+ * #GSimpleAction.
*
* In all cases, the implementing class is responsible for storing the
* name of the action, the parameter type, the enabled state, the
* GAction:name:
*
* The name of the action. This is mostly meaningful for identifying
- * the action once it has been added to a #GActionGroup.
+ * the action once it has been added to a #GActionGroup. It is immutable.
*
* Since: 2.28
**/
* GAction:parameter-type:
*
* The type of the parameter that must be given when activating the
- * action.
+ * action. This is immutable, and may be %NULL if no parameter is needed when
+ * activating the action.
*
* Since: 2.28
**/
* GAction:state-type:
*
* The #GVariantType of the state that the action has, or %NULL if the
- * action is stateless.
+ * action is stateless. This is immutable.
*
* Since: 2.28
**/
* The return value (if non-%NULL) should be freed with
* g_variant_unref() when it is no longer required.
*
- * Returns: (transfer full): the state range hint
+ * Returns: (nullable) (transfer full): the state range hint
*
* Since: 2.28
**/
}
/**
+ * g_action_name_is_valid:
+ * @action_name: an potential action name
+ *
+ * Checks if @action_name is valid.
+ *
+ * @action_name is valid if it consists only of alphanumeric characters,
+ * plus '-' and '.'. The empty string is not a valid action name.
+ *
+ * It is an error to call this function with a non-utf8 @action_name.
+ * @action_name must not be %NULL.
+ *
+ * Returns: %TRUE if @action_name is valid
+ *
+ * Since: 2.38
+ **/
+gboolean
+g_action_name_is_valid (const gchar *action_name)
+{
+ gchar c;
+ gint i;
+
+ g_return_val_if_fail (action_name != NULL, FALSE);
+
+ for (i = 0; (c = action_name[i]); i++)
+ if (!g_ascii_isalnum (c) && c != '.' && c != '-')
+ return FALSE;
+
+ return i > 0;
+}
+
+/**
* g_action_parse_detailed_name:
* @detailed_name: a detailed action name
* @action_name: (out): the action name
* value and consists of just an action name containing no whitespace
* nor the characters ':', '(' or ')'. For example: "app.action".
*
- * The second format is used to represent an action with a string-typed
- * target value. The action name and target value are separated by a
- * double colon ("::"). For example: "app.action::target".
+ * The second format is used to represent an action with a target value
+ * that is a non-empty string consisting only of alphanumerics, plus '-'
+ * and '.'. In that case, the action name and target value are
+ * separated by a double colon ("::"). For example:
+ * "app.action::target".
*
- * The third format is used to represent an action with an
- * arbitrarily-typed target value. The target value follows the action
+ * The third format is used to represent an action with any type of
+ * target value, including strings. The target value follows the action
* name, surrounded in parens. For example: "app.action(42)". The
* target value is parsed using g_variant_parse(). If a tuple-typed
* value is desired, it must be specified in the same way, resulting in
- * two sets of parens, for example: "app.action((1,2,3))".
+ * two sets of parens, for example: "app.action((1,2,3))". A string
+ * target can be specified this way as well: "app.action('target')".
+ * For strings, this third format must be used if * target value is
+ * empty or contains characters other than alphanumerics, '-' and '.'.
*
* Returns: %TRUE if successful, else %FALSE with @error set
*
gsize target_len;
gsize base_len;
- /* We decide which format we have based on which we see first between
+ /* For historical (compatibility) reasons, this function accepts some
+ * cases of invalid action names as long as they don't interfere with
+ * the separation of the action from the target value.
+ *
+ * We decide which format we have based on which we see first between
* '::' '(' and '\0'.
*/
return FALSE;
}
+
+/**
+ * g_action_print_detailed_name:
+ * @action_name: a valid action name
+ * @target_value: (allow-none): a #GVariant target value, or %NULL
+ *
+ * Formats a detailed action name from @action_name and @target_value.
+ *
+ * It is an error to call this function with an invalid action name.
+ *
+ * This function is the opposite of
+ * g_action_parse_detailed_action_name(). It will produce a string that
+ * can be parsed back to the @action_name and @target_value by that
+ * function.
+ *
+ * See that function for the types of strings that will be printed by
+ * this function.
+ *
+ * Returns: a detailed format string
+ *
+ * Since: 2.38
+ **/
+gchar *
+g_action_print_detailed_name (const gchar *action_name,
+ GVariant *target_value)
+{
+ g_return_val_if_fail (g_action_name_is_valid (action_name), NULL);
+
+ if (target_value == NULL)
+ return g_strdup (action_name);
+
+ if (g_variant_is_of_type (target_value, G_VARIANT_TYPE_STRING))
+ {
+ const gchar *str = g_variant_get_string (target_value, NULL);
+
+ if (g_action_name_is_valid (str))
+ return g_strconcat (action_name, "::", str, NULL);
+ }
+
+ {
+ GString *result = g_string_new (action_name);
+ g_string_append_c (result, '(');
+ g_variant_print_string (target_value, result, TRUE);
+ g_string_append_c (result, ')');
+
+ return g_string_free (result, FALSE);
+ }
+}