* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General
- * 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/>.
*
* Author: Alexander Larsson <alexl@redhat.com>
*/
#include "ginitable.h"
#include "glibintl.h"
-#include "gioalias.h"
/**
* SECTION:ginitable
* @see_also: #GAsyncInitable
*
* #GInitable is implemented by objects that can fail during
- * initialization. If an object implements this interface the
- * g_initable_init() function must be called as the first thing
- * after construction. If g_initable_init() is not called, or if
- * it returns an error, all further operations on the object
- * should fail, generally with a %G_IO_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED error.
+ * initialization. If an object implements this interface then
+ * it must be initialized as the first thing after construction,
+ * either via g_initable_init() or g_async_initable_init_async()
+ * (the latter is only available if it also implements #GAsyncInitable).
+ *
+ * If the object is not initialized, or initialization returns with an
+ * error, then all operations on the object except g_object_ref() and
+ * g_object_unref() are considered to be invalid, and have undefined
+ * behaviour. They will often fail with g_critical() or g_warning(), but
+ * this must not be relied on.
*
* Users of objects implementing this are not intended to use
* the interface method directly, instead it will be used automatically
* in various ways. For C applications you generally just call
* g_initable_new() directly, or indirectly via a foo_thing_new() wrapper.
* This will call g_initable_init() under the cover, returning %NULL and
- * setting a %GError on failure.
+ * setting a #GError on failure (at which point the instance is
+ * unreferenced).
*
* For bindings in languages where the native constructor supports
* exceptions the binding could check for objects implemention %GInitable
* g_initable_init:
* @initable: a #GInitable.
* @cancellable: optional #GCancellable object, %NULL to ignore.
- * @error: a #GError location to store the error occuring, or %NULL to
+ * @error: a #GError location to store the error occurring, or %NULL to
* ignore.
*
- * Initializes the object implementing the interface. This must be
- * done before any real use of the object after initial construction.
+ * Initializes the object implementing the interface.
+ *
+ * The object must be initialized before any real use after initial
+ * construction, either with this function or g_async_initable_init_async().
*
* Implementations may also support cancellation. If @cancellable is not %NULL,
* then initialization can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object
* the object doesn't support cancellable initialization the error
* %G_IO_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED will be returned.
*
- * If this function is not called, or returns with an error then all
- * operations on the object should fail, generally returning the
- * error %G_IO_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED.
+ * If the object is not initialized, or initialization returns with an
+ * error, then all operations on the object except g_object_ref() and
+ * g_object_unref() are considered to be invalid, and have undefined
+ * behaviour. See the [introduction][ginitable] for more details.
*
* Implementations of this method must be idempotent, i.e. multiple calls
* to this function with the same argument should return the same results.
* Only the first call initializes the object, further calls return the result
- * of the first call. This is so that its safe to implement the singleton
+ * of the first call. This is so that it's safe to implement the singleton
* pattern in the GObject constructor function.
*
* Returns: %TRUE if successful. If an error has occurred, this function will
* g_initable_new:
* @object_type: a #GType supporting #GInitable.
* @cancellable: optional #GCancellable object, %NULL to ignore.
- * @error: a #GError location to store the error occuring, or %NULL to
+ * @error: a #GError location to store the error occurring, or %NULL to
* ignore.
- * @first_property_name: the name of the first property, or %NULL if no
+ * @first_property_name: (allow-none): the name of the first property, or %NULL if no
* properties
* @...: the value if the first property, followed by and other property
* value pairs, and ended by %NULL.
*
- * Helper function for constructing #GInitiable object. This is
+ * Helper function for constructing #GInitable object. This is
* similar to g_object_new() but also initializes the object
* and returns %NULL, setting an error on failure.
*
- * Return value: a newly allocated #GObject, or %NULL on error
+ * Returns: (type GObject.Object) (transfer full): a newly allocated
+ * #GObject, or %NULL on error
*
* Since: 2.22
*/
* g_initable_newv:
* @object_type: a #GType supporting #GInitable.
* @n_parameters: the number of parameters in @parameters
- * @parameters: the parameters to use to construct the object
+ * @parameters: (array length=n_parameters): the parameters to use to construct the object
* @cancellable: optional #GCancellable object, %NULL to ignore.
- * @error: a #GError location to store the error occuring, or %NULL to
+ * @error: a #GError location to store the error occurring, or %NULL to
* ignore.
*
- * Helper function for constructing #GInitiable object. This is
+ * Helper function for constructing #GInitable object. This is
* similar to g_object_newv() but also initializes the object
* and returns %NULL, setting an error on failure.
*
- * Return value: a newly allocated #GObject, or %NULL on error
+ * Returns: (type GObject.Object) (transfer full): a newly allocated
+ * #GObject, or %NULL on error
*
* Since: 2.22
*/
* the value, and other property value pairs, and ended by %NULL.
* @var_args: The var args list generated from @first_property_name.
* @cancellable: optional #GCancellable object, %NULL to ignore.
- * @error: a #GError location to store the error occuring, or %NULL to
+ * @error: a #GError location to store the error occurring, or %NULL to
* ignore.
*
- * Helper function for constructing #GInitiable object. This is
+ * Helper function for constructing #GInitable object. This is
* similar to g_object_new_valist() but also initializes the object
* and returns %NULL, setting an error on failure.
*
- * Return value: a newly allocated #GObject, or %NULL on error
+ * Returns: (type GObject.Object) (transfer full): a newly allocated
+ * #GObject, or %NULL on error
*
* Since: 2.22
*/
return obj;
}
-
-#define __G_INITABLE_C__
-#include "gioaliasdef.c"