* 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.
+ * License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*
* Author: Ryan Lortie <desrt@desrt.ca>
*/
* values. #GVariant includes a printer for this language and a parser
* with type inferencing.
*
- * <refsect2>
- * <title>Memory Use</title>
- * <para>
- * #GVariant tries to be quite efficient with respect to memory use.
- * This section gives a rough idea of how much memory is used by the
- * current implementation. The information here is subject to change
- * in the future.
- * </para>
- * <para>
- * The memory allocated by #GVariant can be grouped into 4 broad
- * purposes: memory for serialised data, memory for the type
- * information cache, buffer management memory and memory for the
- * #GVariant structure itself.
- * </para>
- * <refsect3 id="gvariant-serialised-data-memory">
- * <title>Serialised Data Memory</title>
- * <para>
- * This is the memory that is used for storing GVariant data in
- * serialised form. This is what would be sent over the network or
- * what would end up on disk.
- * </para>
- * <para>
- * The amount of memory required to store a boolean is 1 byte. 16,
- * 32 and 64 bit integers and double precision floating point numbers
- * use their "natural" size. Strings (including object path and
- * signature strings) are stored with a nul terminator, and as such
- * use the length of the string plus 1 byte.
- * </para>
- * <para>
- * Maybe types use no space at all to represent the null value and
- * use the same amount of space (sometimes plus one byte) as the
- * equivalent non-maybe-typed value to represent the non-null case.
- * </para>
- * <para>
- * Arrays use the amount of space required to store each of their
- * members, concatenated. Additionally, if the items stored in an
- * array are not of a fixed-size (ie: strings, other arrays, etc)
- * then an additional framing offset is stored for each item. The
- * size of this offset is either 1, 2 or 4 bytes depending on the
- * overall size of the container. Additionally, extra padding bytes
- * are added as required for alignment of child values.
- * </para>
- * <para>
- * Tuples (including dictionary entries) use the amount of space
- * required to store each of their members, concatenated, plus one
- * framing offset (as per arrays) for each non-fixed-sized item in
- * the tuple, except for the last one. Additionally, extra padding
- * bytes are added as required for alignment of child values.
- * </para>
- * <para>
- * Variants use the same amount of space as the item inside of the
- * variant, plus 1 byte, plus the length of the type string for the
- * item inside the variant.
- * </para>
- * <para>
- * As an example, consider a dictionary mapping strings to variants.
- * In the case that the dictionary is empty, 0 bytes are required for
- * the serialisation.
- * </para>
- * <para>
- * If we add an item "width" that maps to the int32 value of 500 then
- * we will use 4 byte to store the int32 (so 6 for the variant
- * containing it) and 6 bytes for the string. The variant must be
- * aligned to 8 after the 6 bytes of the string, so that's 2 extra
- * bytes. 6 (string) + 2 (padding) + 6 (variant) is 14 bytes used
- * for the dictionary entry. An additional 1 byte is added to the
- * array as a framing offset making a total of 15 bytes.
- * </para>
- * <para>
- * If we add another entry, "title" that maps to a nullable string
- * that happens to have a value of null, then we use 0 bytes for the
- * null value (and 3 bytes for the variant to contain it along with
- * its type string) plus 6 bytes for the string. Again, we need 2
- * padding bytes. That makes a total of 6 + 2 + 3 = 11 bytes.
- * </para>
- * <para>
- * We now require extra padding between the two items in the array.
- * After the 14 bytes of the first item, that's 2 bytes required. We
- * now require 2 framing offsets for an extra two bytes. 14 + 2 + 11
- * + 2 = 29 bytes to encode the entire two-item dictionary.
- * </para>
- * </refsect3>
- * <refsect3>
- * <title>Type Information Cache</title>
- * <para>
- * For each GVariant type that currently exists in the program a type
- * information structure is kept in the type information cache. The
- * type information structure is required for rapid deserialisation.
- * </para>
- * <para>
- * Continuing with the above example, if a #GVariant exists with the
- * type "a{sv}" then a type information struct will exist for
- * "a{sv}", "{sv}", "s", and "v". Multiple uses of the same type
- * will share the same type information. Additionally, all
- * single-digit types are stored in read-only static memory and do
- * not contribute to the writable memory footprint of a program using
- * #GVariant.
- * </para>
- * <para>
- * Aside from the type information structures stored in read-only
- * memory, there are two forms of type information. One is used for
- * container types where there is a single element type: arrays and
- * maybe types. The other is used for container types where there
- * are multiple element types: tuples and dictionary entries.
- * </para>
- * <para>
- * Array type info structures are 6 * sizeof (void *), plus the
- * memory required to store the type string itself. This means that
- * on 32bit systems, the cache entry for "a{sv}" would require 30
- * bytes of memory (plus malloc overhead).
- * </para>
- * <para>
- * Tuple type info structures are 6 * sizeof (void *), plus 4 *
- * sizeof (void *) for each item in the tuple, plus the memory
- * required to store the type string itself. A 2-item tuple, for
- * example, would have a type information structure that consumed
- * writable memory in the size of 14 * sizeof (void *) (plus type
- * string) This means that on 32bit systems, the cache entry for
- * "{sv}" would require 61 bytes of memory (plus malloc overhead).
- * </para>
- * <para>
- * This means that in total, for our "a{sv}" example, 91 bytes of
- * type information would be allocated.
- * </para>
- * <para>
- * The type information cache, additionally, uses a #GHashTable to
- * store and lookup the cached items and stores a pointer to this
- * hash table in static storage. The hash table is freed when there
- * are zero items in the type cache.
- * </para>
- * <para>
- * Although these sizes may seem large it is important to remember
- * that a program will probably only have a very small number of
- * different types of values in it and that only one type information
- * structure is required for many different values of the same type.
- * </para>
- * </refsect3>
- * <refsect3>
- * <title>Buffer Management Memory</title>
- * <para>
- * #GVariant uses an internal buffer management structure to deal
- * with the various different possible sources of serialised data
- * that it uses. The buffer is responsible for ensuring that the
- * correct call is made when the data is no longer in use by
- * #GVariant. This may involve a g_free() or a g_slice_free() or
- * even g_mapped_file_unref().
- * </para>
- * <para>
- * One buffer management structure is used for each chunk of
- * serialised data. The size of the buffer management structure is 4
- * * (void *). On 32bit systems, that's 16 bytes.
- * </para>
- * </refsect3>
- * <refsect3>
- * <title>GVariant structure</title>
- * <para>
- * The size of a #GVariant structure is 6 * (void *). On 32 bit
- * systems, that's 24 bytes.
- * </para>
- * <para>
- * #GVariant structures only exist if they are explicitly created
- * with API calls. For example, if a #GVariant is constructed out of
- * serialised data for the example given above (with the dictionary)
- * then although there are 9 individual values that comprise the
- * entire dictionary (two keys, two values, two variants containing
- * the values, two dictionary entries, plus the dictionary itself),
- * only 1 #GVariant instance exists -- the one referring to the
- * dictionary.
- * </para>
- * <para>
- * If calls are made to start accessing the other values then
- * #GVariant instances will exist for those values only for as long
- * as they are in use (ie: until you call g_variant_unref()). The
- * type information is shared. The serialised data and the buffer
- * management structure for that serialised data is shared by the
- * child.
- * </para>
- * </refsect3>
- * <refsect3>
- * <title>Summary</title>
- * <para>
- * To put the entire example together, for our dictionary mapping
- * strings to variants (with two entries, as given above), we are
- * using 91 bytes of memory for type information, 29 byes of memory
- * for the serialised data, 16 bytes for buffer management and 24
- * bytes for the #GVariant instance, or a total of 160 bytes, plus
- * malloc overhead. If we were to use g_variant_get_child_value() to
- * access the two dictionary entries, we would use an additional 48
- * bytes. If we were to have other dictionaries of the same type, we
- * would use more memory for the serialised data and buffer
- * management for those dictionaries, but the type information would
- * be shared.
- * </para>
- * </refsect3>
- * </refsect2>
+ * ## Memory Use
+ *
+ * #GVariant tries to be quite efficient with respect to memory use.
+ * This section gives a rough idea of how much memory is used by the
+ * current implementation. The information here is subject to change
+ * in the future.
+ *
+ * The memory allocated by #GVariant can be grouped into 4 broad
+ * purposes: memory for serialised data, memory for the type
+ * information cache, buffer management memory and memory for the
+ * #GVariant structure itself.
+ *
+ * ## Serialised Data Memory
+ *
+ * This is the memory that is used for storing GVariant data in
+ * serialised form. This is what would be sent over the network or
+ * what would end up on disk.
+ *
+ * The amount of memory required to store a boolean is 1 byte. 16,
+ * 32 and 64 bit integers and double precision floating point numbers
+ * use their "natural" size. Strings (including object path and
+ * signature strings) are stored with a nul terminator, and as such
+ * use the length of the string plus 1 byte.
+ *
+ * Maybe types use no space at all to represent the null value and
+ * use the same amount of space (sometimes plus one byte) as the
+ * equivalent non-maybe-typed value to represent the non-null case.
+ *
+ * Arrays use the amount of space required to store each of their
+ * members, concatenated. Additionally, if the items stored in an
+ * array are not of a fixed-size (ie: strings, other arrays, etc)
+ * then an additional framing offset is stored for each item. The
+ * size of this offset is either 1, 2 or 4 bytes depending on the
+ * overall size of the container. Additionally, extra padding bytes
+ * are added as required for alignment of child values.
+ *
+ * Tuples (including dictionary entries) use the amount of space
+ * required to store each of their members, concatenated, plus one
+ * framing offset (as per arrays) for each non-fixed-sized item in
+ * the tuple, except for the last one. Additionally, extra padding
+ * bytes are added as required for alignment of child values.
+ *
+ * Variants use the same amount of space as the item inside of the
+ * variant, plus 1 byte, plus the length of the type string for the
+ * item inside the variant.
+ *
+ * As an example, consider a dictionary mapping strings to variants.
+ * In the case that the dictionary is empty, 0 bytes are required for
+ * the serialisation.
+ *
+ * If we add an item "width" that maps to the int32 value of 500 then
+ * we will use 4 byte to store the int32 (so 6 for the variant
+ * containing it) and 6 bytes for the string. The variant must be
+ * aligned to 8 after the 6 bytes of the string, so that's 2 extra
+ * bytes. 6 (string) + 2 (padding) + 6 (variant) is 14 bytes used
+ * for the dictionary entry. An additional 1 byte is added to the
+ * array as a framing offset making a total of 15 bytes.
+ *
+ * If we add another entry, "title" that maps to a nullable string
+ * that happens to have a value of null, then we use 0 bytes for the
+ * null value (and 3 bytes for the variant to contain it along with
+ * its type string) plus 6 bytes for the string. Again, we need 2
+ * padding bytes. That makes a total of 6 + 2 + 3 = 11 bytes.
+ *
+ * We now require extra padding between the two items in the array.
+ * After the 14 bytes of the first item, that's 2 bytes required.
+ * We now require 2 framing offsets for an extra two
+ * bytes. 14 + 2 + 11 + 2 = 29 bytes to encode the entire two-item
+ * dictionary.
+ *
+ * ## Type Information Cache
+ *
+ * For each GVariant type that currently exists in the program a type
+ * information structure is kept in the type information cache. The
+ * type information structure is required for rapid deserialisation.
+ *
+ * Continuing with the above example, if a #GVariant exists with the
+ * type "a{sv}" then a type information struct will exist for
+ * "a{sv}", "{sv}", "s", and "v". Multiple uses of the same type
+ * will share the same type information. Additionally, all
+ * single-digit types are stored in read-only static memory and do
+ * not contribute to the writable memory footprint of a program using
+ * #GVariant.
+ *
+ * Aside from the type information structures stored in read-only
+ * memory, there are two forms of type information. One is used for
+ * container types where there is a single element type: arrays and
+ * maybe types. The other is used for container types where there
+ * are multiple element types: tuples and dictionary entries.
+ *
+ * Array type info structures are 6 * sizeof (void *), plus the
+ * memory required to store the type string itself. This means that
+ * on 32-bit systems, the cache entry for "a{sv}" would require 30
+ * bytes of memory (plus malloc overhead).
+ *
+ * Tuple type info structures are 6 * sizeof (void *), plus 4 *
+ * sizeof (void *) for each item in the tuple, plus the memory
+ * required to store the type string itself. A 2-item tuple, for
+ * example, would have a type information structure that consumed
+ * writable memory in the size of 14 * sizeof (void *) (plus type
+ * string) This means that on 32-bit systems, the cache entry for
+ * "{sv}" would require 61 bytes of memory (plus malloc overhead).
+ *
+ * This means that in total, for our "a{sv}" example, 91 bytes of
+ * type information would be allocated.
+ *
+ * The type information cache, additionally, uses a #GHashTable to
+ * store and lookup the cached items and stores a pointer to this
+ * hash table in static storage. The hash table is freed when there
+ * are zero items in the type cache.
+ *
+ * Although these sizes may seem large it is important to remember
+ * that a program will probably only have a very small number of
+ * different types of values in it and that only one type information
+ * structure is required for many different values of the same type.
+ *
+ * ## Buffer Management Memory
+ *
+ * #GVariant uses an internal buffer management structure to deal
+ * with the various different possible sources of serialised data
+ * that it uses. The buffer is responsible for ensuring that the
+ * correct call is made when the data is no longer in use by
+ * #GVariant. This may involve a g_free() or a g_slice_free() or
+ * even g_mapped_file_unref().
+ *
+ * One buffer management structure is used for each chunk of
+ * serialised data. The size of the buffer management structure
+ * is 4 * (void *). On 32-bit systems, that's 16 bytes.
+ *
+ * ## GVariant structure
+ *
+ * The size of a #GVariant structure is 6 * (void *). On 32-bit
+ * systems, that's 24 bytes.
+ *
+ * #GVariant structures only exist if they are explicitly created
+ * with API calls. For example, if a #GVariant is constructed out of
+ * serialised data for the example given above (with the dictionary)
+ * then although there are 9 individual values that comprise the
+ * entire dictionary (two keys, two values, two variants containing
+ * the values, two dictionary entries, plus the dictionary itself),
+ * only 1 #GVariant instance exists -- the one referring to the
+ * dictionary.
+ *
+ * If calls are made to start accessing the other values then
+ * #GVariant instances will exist for those values only for as long
+ * as they are in use (ie: until you call g_variant_unref()). The
+ * type information is shared. The serialised data and the buffer
+ * management structure for that serialised data is shared by the
+ * child.
+ *
+ * ## Summary
+ *
+ * To put the entire example together, for our dictionary mapping
+ * strings to variants (with two entries, as given above), we are
+ * using 91 bytes of memory for type information, 29 byes of memory
+ * for the serialised data, 16 bytes for buffer management and 24
+ * bytes for the #GVariant instance, or a total of 160 bytes, plus
+ * malloc overhead. If we were to use g_variant_get_child_value() to
+ * access the two dictionary entries, we would use an additional 48
+ * bytes. If we were to have other dictionaries of the same type, we
+ * would use more memory for the serialised data and buffer
+ * management for those dictionaries, but the type information would
+ * be shared.
*/
/* definition of GVariant structure is in gvariant-core.c */
* @format_string determines the C types that are used for unpacking
* the values and also determines if the values are copied or borrowed,
* see the section on
- * <link linkend='gvariant-format-strings-pointers'>GVariant Format Strings</link>.
+ * [GVariant format strings][gvariant-format-strings-pointers].
+ *
+ * This function is currently implemented with a linear scan. If you
+ * plan to do many lookups then #GVariantDict may be more efficient.
*
* Returns: %TRUE if a value was unpacked
*
*
* Looks up a value in a dictionary #GVariant.
*
- * This function works with dictionaries of the type
- * <literal>a{s*}</literal> (and equally well with type
- * <literal>a{o*}</literal>, but we only further discuss the string case
+ * This function works with dictionaries of the type a{s*} (and equally
+ * well with type a{o*}, but we only further discuss the string case
* for sake of clarity).
*
- * In the event that @dictionary has the type <literal>a{sv}</literal>,
- * the @expected_type string specifies what type of value is expected to
- * be inside of the variant. If the value inside the variant has a
- * different type then %NULL is returned. In the event that @dictionary
- * has a value type other than <literal>v</literal> then @expected_type
- * must directly match the key type and it is used to unpack the value
- * directly or an error occurs.
+ * In the event that @dictionary has the type a{sv}, the @expected_type
+ * string specifies what type of value is expected to be inside of the
+ * variant. If the value inside the variant has a different type then
+ * %NULL is returned. In the event that @dictionary has a value type other
+ * than v then @expected_type must directly match the key type and it is
+ * used to unpack the value directly or an error occurs.
*
- * In either case, if @key is not found in @dictionary, %NULL is
- * returned.
+ * In either case, if @key is not found in @dictionary, %NULL is returned.
*
* If the key is found and the value has the correct type, it is
* returned. If @expected_type was specified then any non-%NULL return
* value will have this type.
*
+ * This function is currently implemented with a linear scan. If you
+ * plan to do many lookups then #GVariantDict may be more efficient.
+ *
* Returns: (transfer full): the value of the dictionary key, or %NULL
*
* Since: 2.28
*
* @element_size must be the size of a single element in the array,
* as given by the section on
- * <link linkend='gvariant-serialised-data-memory'>Serialised Data
- * Memory</link>.
+ * [serialized data memory][gvariant-serialised-data-memory].
*
* In particular, arrays of these fixed-sized types can be interpreted
- * as an array of the given C type, with @element_size set to
- * <code>sizeof</code> the appropriate type:
- *
- * <informaltable>
- * <tgroup cols='2'>
- * <thead><row><entry>element type</entry> <entry>C type</entry></row></thead>
- * <tbody>
- * <row><entry>%G_VARIANT_TYPE_INT16 (etc.)</entry>
- * <entry>#gint16 (etc.)</entry></row>
- * <row><entry>%G_VARIANT_TYPE_BOOLEAN</entry>
- * <entry>#guchar (not #gboolean!)</entry></row>
- * <row><entry>%G_VARIANT_TYPE_BYTE</entry> <entry>#guchar</entry></row>
- * <row><entry>%G_VARIANT_TYPE_HANDLE</entry> <entry>#guint32</entry></row>
- * <row><entry>%G_VARIANT_TYPE_DOUBLE</entry> <entry>#gdouble</entry></row>
- * </tbody>
- * </tgroup>
- * </informaltable>
- *
- * For example, if calling this function for an array of 32 bit integers,
- * you might say <code>sizeof (gint32)</code>. This value isn't used
- * except for the purpose of a double-check that the form of the
- * serialised data matches the caller's expectation.
+ * as an array of the given C type, with @element_size set to the size
+ * the appropriate type:
+ * - %G_VARIANT_TYPE_INT16 (etc.): #gint16 (etc.)
+ * - %G_VARIANT_TYPE_BOOLEAN: #guchar (not #gboolean!)
+ * - %G_VARIANT_TYPE_BYTE: #guchar
+ * - %G_VARIANT_TYPE_HANDLE: #guint32
+ * - %G_VARIANT_TYPE_DOUBLE: #gdouble
+ *
+ * For example, if calling this function for an array of 32-bit integers,
+ * you might say sizeof(gint32). This value isn't used except for the purpose
+ * of a double-check that the form of the serialised data matches the caller's
+ * expectation.
*
* @n_elements, which must be non-%NULL is set equal to the number of
* items in the array.
*
* Returns: (array length=n_elements) (transfer none): a pointer to
- * the fixed array
+ * the fixed array
*
* Since: 2.24
**/
{
if (array_element_size)
g_critical ("g_variant_get_fixed_array: assertion "
- "`g_variant_array_has_fixed_size (value, element_size)' "
+ "'g_variant_array_has_fixed_size (value, element_size)' "
"failed: array size %"G_GSIZE_FORMAT" does not match "
"given element_size %"G_GSIZE_FORMAT".",
array_element_size, element_size);
else
g_critical ("g_variant_get_fixed_array: assertion "
- "`g_variant_array_has_fixed_size (value, element_size)' "
+ "'g_variant_array_has_fixed_size (value, element_size)' "
"failed: array does not have fixed size.");
}
* @value must be an array with fixed-sized elements. Numeric types are
* fixed-size as are tuples containing only other fixed-sized types.
*
- * @element_size must be the size of a single element in the array. For
- * example, if calling this function for an array of 32 bit integers,
- * you might say <code>sizeof (gint32)</code>. This value isn't used
- * except for the purpose of a double-check that the form of the
- * serialised data matches the caller's expectation.
+ * @element_size must be the size of a single element in the array.
+ * For example, if calling this function for an array of 32-bit integers,
+ * you might say sizeof(gint32). This value isn't used except for the purpose
+ * of a double-check that the form of the serialised data matches the caller's
+ * expectation.
*
* @n_elements, which must be non-%NULL is set equal to the number of
* items in the array.
}
/**
+ * g_variant_new_take_string: (skip)
+ * @string: a normal utf8 nul-terminated string
+ *
+ * Creates a string #GVariant with the contents of @string.
+ *
+ * @string must be valid utf8.
+ *
+ * This function consumes @string. g_free() will be called on @string
+ * when it is no longer required.
+ *
+ * You must not modify or access @string in any other way after passing
+ * it to this function. It is even possible that @string is immediately
+ * freed.
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer none): a floating reference to a new string
+ * #GVariant instance
+ *
+ * Since: 2.38
+ **/
+GVariant *
+g_variant_new_take_string (gchar *string)
+{
+ GVariant *value;
+ GBytes *bytes;
+
+ g_return_val_if_fail (string != NULL, NULL);
+ g_return_val_if_fail (g_utf8_validate (string, -1, NULL), NULL);
+
+ bytes = g_bytes_new_take (string, strlen (string) + 1);
+ value = g_variant_new_from_bytes (G_VARIANT_TYPE_STRING, bytes, TRUE);
+ g_bytes_unref (bytes);
+
+ return value;
+}
+
+/**
+ * g_variant_new_printf: (skip)
+ * @format_string: a printf-style format string
+ * @...: arguments for @format_string
+ *
+ * Creates a string-type GVariant using printf formatting.
+ *
+ * This is similar to calling g_strdup_printf() and then
+ * g_variant_new_string() but it saves a temporary variable and an
+ * unnecessary copy.
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer none): a floating reference to a new string
+ * #GVariant instance
+ *
+ * Since: 2.38
+ **/
+GVariant *
+g_variant_new_printf (const gchar *format_string,
+ ...)
+{
+ GVariant *value;
+ GBytes *bytes;
+ gchar *string;
+ va_list ap;
+
+ g_return_val_if_fail (format_string != NULL, NULL);
+
+ va_start (ap, format_string);
+ string = g_strdup_vprintf (format_string, ap);
+ va_end (ap);
+
+ bytes = g_bytes_new_take (string, strlen (string) + 1);
+ value = g_variant_new_from_bytes (G_VARIANT_TYPE_STRING, bytes, TRUE);
+ g_bytes_unref (bytes);
+
+ return value;
+}
+
+/**
* g_variant_new_object_path:
* @object_path: a normal C nul-terminated string
*
*
* Pretty-prints @value in the format understood by g_variant_parse().
*
- * The format is described <link linkend='gvariant-text'>here</link>.
+ * The format is described [here][gvariant-text].
*
* If @type_annotate is %TRUE, then type information is included in
* the output.
* If you only require an equality comparison, g_variant_equal() is more
* general.
*
- * Returns: negative value if a < b;
+ * Returns: negative value if a < b;
* zero if a = b;
- * positive value if a > b.
+ * positive value if a > b.
*
* Since: 2.26
**/
* Use g_variant_unref() to drop your reference on the return value when
* you no longer need it.
*
- * <example>
- * <title>Iterating with g_variant_iter_next_value()</title>
- * <programlisting>
- * /<!-- -->* recursively iterate a container *<!-- -->/
+ * Here is an example for iterating with g_variant_iter_next_value():
+ * |[<!-- language="C" -->
+ * // recursively iterate a container
* void
* iterate_container_recursive (GVariant *container)
* {
* g_variant_unref (child);
* }
* }
- * </programlisting>
- * </example>
+ * ]|
*
* Returns: (allow-none) (transfer full): a #GVariant, or %NULL
*
return value;
}
+/* GVariantDict {{{1 */
+
+/**
+ * GVariantDict:
+ *
+ * #GVariantDict is a mutable interface to #GVariant dictionaries.
+ *
+ * It can be used for doing a sequence of dictionary lookups in an
+ * efficient way on an existing #GVariant dictionary or it can be used
+ * to construct new dictionaries with a hashtable-like interface. It
+ * can also be used for taking existing dictionaries and modifying them
+ * in order to create new ones.
+ *
+ * #GVariantDict can only be used with %G_VARIANT_TYPE_VARDICT
+ * dictionaries.
+ *
+ * It is possible to use #GVariantDict allocated on the stack or on the
+ * heap. When using a stack-allocated #GVariantDict, you begin with a
+ * call to g_variant_dict_init() and free the resources with a call to
+ * g_variant_dict_clear().
+ *
+ * Heap-allocated #GVariantDict follows normal refcounting rules: you
+ * allocate it with g_variant_dict_new() and use g_variant_dict_ref()
+ * and g_variant_dict_unref().
+ *
+ * g_variant_dict_end() is used to convert the #GVariantDict back into a
+ * dictionary-type #GVariant. When used with stack-allocated instances,
+ * this also implicitly frees all associated memory, but for
+ * heap-allocated instances, you must still call g_variant_dict_unref()
+ * afterwards.
+ *
+ * You will typically want to use a heap-allocated #GVariantDict when
+ * you expose it as part of an API. For most other uses, the
+ * stack-allocated form will be more convenient.
+ *
+ * Consider the following two examples that do the same thing in each
+ * style: take an existing dictionary and look up the "count" uint32
+ * key, adding 1 to it if it is found, or returning an error if the
+ * key is not found. Each returns the new dictionary as a floating
+ * #GVariant.
+ *
+ * ## Using a stack-allocated GVariantDict
+ *
+ * |[<!-- language="C" -->
+ * GVariant *
+ * add_to_count (GVariant *orig,
+ * GError **error)
+ * {
+ * GVariantDict dict;
+ * guint32 count;
+ *
+ * g_variant_dict_init (&dict, orig);
+ * if (!g_variant_dict_lookup (&dict, "count", "u", &count))
+ * {
+ * g_set_error (...);
+ * g_variant_dict_clear (&dict);
+ * return NULL;
+ * }
+ *
+ * g_variant_dict_insert (&dict, "count", "u", count + 1);
+ *
+ * return g_variant_dict_end (&dict);
+ * }
+ * ]|
+ *
+ * ## Using heap-allocated GVariantDict
+ *
+ * |[<!-- language="C" -->
+ * GVariant *
+ * add_to_count (GVariant *orig,
+ * GError **error)
+ * {
+ * GVariantDict *dict;
+ * GVariant *result;
+ * guint32 count;
+ *
+ * dict = g_variant_dict_new (orig);
+ *
+ * if (g_variant_dict_lookup (dict, "count", "u", &count))
+ * {
+ * g_variant_dict_insert (dict, "count", "u", count + 1);
+ * result = g_variant_dict_end (dict);
+ * }
+ * else
+ * {
+ * g_set_error (...);
+ * result = NULL;
+ * }
+ *
+ * g_variant_dict_unref (dict);
+ *
+ * return result;
+ * }
+ * ]|
+ *
+ * Since: 2.40
+ **/
+struct stack_dict
+{
+ GHashTable *values;
+ gsize magic;
+};
+
+G_STATIC_ASSERT (sizeof (struct stack_dict) <= sizeof (GVariantDict));
+
+struct heap_dict
+{
+ struct stack_dict dict;
+ gint ref_count;
+ gsize magic;
+};
+
+#define GVSD(d) ((struct stack_dict *) (d))
+#define GVHD(d) ((struct heap_dict *) (d))
+#define GVSD_MAGIC ((gsize) 2579507750u)
+#define GVHD_MAGIC ((gsize) 2450270775u)
+#define is_valid_dict(d) (d != NULL && \
+ GVSD(d)->magic == GVSD_MAGIC)
+#define is_valid_heap_dict(d) (GVHD(d)->magic == GVHD_MAGIC)
+
+/**
+ * g_variant_dict_new:
+ * @from_asv: (allow-none): the #GVariant with which to initialise the
+ * dictionary
+ *
+ * Allocates and initialises a new #GVariantDict.
+ *
+ * You should call g_variant_dict_unref() on the return value when it
+ * is no longer needed. The memory will not be automatically freed by
+ * any other call.
+ *
+ * In some cases it may be easier to place a #GVariantDict directly on
+ * the stack of the calling function and initialise it with
+ * g_variant_dict_init(). This is particularly useful when you are
+ * using #GVariantDict to construct a #GVariant.
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer full): a #GVariantDict
+ *
+ * Since: 2.40
+ **/
+GVariantDict *
+g_variant_dict_new (GVariant *from_asv)
+{
+ GVariantDict *dict;
+
+ dict = g_slice_alloc (sizeof (struct heap_dict));
+ g_variant_dict_init (dict, from_asv);
+ GVHD(dict)->magic = GVHD_MAGIC;
+ GVHD(dict)->ref_count = 1;
+
+ return dict;
+}
+
+/**
+ * g_variant_dict_init: (skip)
+ * @dict: a #GVariantDict
+ * @from_asv: (allow-none): the initial value for @dict
+ *
+ * Initialises a #GVariantDict structure.
+ *
+ * If @from_asv is given, it is used to initialise the dictionary.
+ *
+ * This function completely ignores the previous contents of @dict. On
+ * one hand this means that it is valid to pass in completely
+ * uninitialised memory. On the other hand, this means that if you are
+ * initialising over top of an existing #GVariantDict you need to first
+ * call g_variant_dict_clear() in order to avoid leaking memory.
+ *
+ * You must not call g_variant_dict_ref() or g_variant_dict_unref() on a
+ * #GVariantDict that was initialised with this function. If you ever
+ * pass a reference to a #GVariantDict outside of the control of your
+ * own code then you should assume that the person receiving that
+ * reference may try to use reference counting; you should use
+ * g_variant_dict_new() instead of this function.
+ *
+ * Since: 2.40
+ **/
+void
+g_variant_dict_init (GVariantDict *dict,
+ GVariant *from_asv)
+{
+ GVariantIter iter;
+ gchar *key;
+ GVariant *value;
+
+ GVSD(dict)->values = g_hash_table_new_full (g_str_hash, g_str_equal, g_free, (GDestroyNotify) g_variant_unref);
+ GVSD(dict)->magic = GVSD_MAGIC;
+
+ if (from_asv)
+ {
+ g_variant_iter_init (&iter, from_asv);
+ while (g_variant_iter_next (&iter, "{sv}", &key, &value))
+ g_hash_table_insert (GVSD(dict)->values, key, value);
+ }
+}
+
+/**
+ * g_variant_dict_lookup:
+ * @dict: a #GVariantDict
+ * @key: the key to lookup in the dictionary
+ * @format_string: a GVariant format string
+ * @...: the arguments to unpack the value into
+ *
+ * Looks up a value in a #GVariantDict.
+ *
+ * This function is a wrapper around g_variant_dict_lookup_value() and
+ * g_variant_get(). In the case that %NULL would have been returned,
+ * this function returns %FALSE. Otherwise, it unpacks the returned
+ * value and returns %TRUE.
+ *
+ * @format_string determines the C types that are used for unpacking the
+ * values and also determines if the values are copied or borrowed, see the
+ * section on [GVariant format strings][gvariant-format-strings-pointers].
+ *
+ * Returns: %TRUE if a value was unpacked
+ *
+ * Since: 2.40
+ **/
+gboolean
+g_variant_dict_lookup (GVariantDict *dict,
+ const gchar *key,
+ const gchar *format_string,
+ ...)
+{
+ GVariant *value;
+ va_list ap;
+
+ g_return_val_if_fail (is_valid_dict (dict), FALSE);
+ g_return_val_if_fail (key != NULL, FALSE);
+ g_return_val_if_fail (format_string != NULL, FALSE);
+
+ value = g_hash_table_lookup (GVSD(dict)->values, key);
+
+ if (value == NULL || !g_variant_check_format_string (value, format_string, FALSE))
+ return FALSE;
+
+ va_start (ap, format_string);
+ g_variant_get_va (value, format_string, NULL, &ap);
+ va_end (ap);
+
+ return TRUE;
+}
+
+/**
+ * g_variant_dict_lookup_value:
+ * @dict: a #GVariantDict
+ * @key: the key to lookup in the dictionary
+ * @expected_type: (allow-none): a #GVariantType, or %NULL
+ *
+ * Looks up a value in a #GVariantDict.
+ *
+ * If @key is not found in @dictionary, %NULL is returned.
+ *
+ * The @expected_type string specifies what type of value is expected.
+ * If the value associated with @key has a different type then %NULL is
+ * returned.
+ *
+ * If the key is found and the value has the correct type, it is
+ * returned. If @expected_type was specified then any non-%NULL return
+ * value will have this type.
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer full): the value of the dictionary key, or %NULL
+ *
+ * Since: 2.40
+ **/
+GVariant *
+g_variant_dict_lookup_value (GVariantDict *dict,
+ const gchar *key,
+ const GVariantType *expected_type)
+{
+ GVariant *result;
+
+ g_return_val_if_fail (is_valid_dict (dict), NULL);
+ g_return_val_if_fail (key != NULL, NULL);
+
+ result = g_hash_table_lookup (GVSD(dict)->values, key);
+
+ if (result && (!expected_type || g_variant_is_of_type (result, expected_type)))
+ return g_variant_ref (result);
+
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * g_variant_dict_contains:
+ * @dict: a #GVariantDict
+ * @key: the key to lookup in the dictionary
+ *
+ * Checks if @key exists in @dict.
+ *
+ * Returns: %TRUE if @key is in @dict
+ *
+ * Since: 2.40
+ **/
+gboolean
+g_variant_dict_contains (GVariantDict *dict,
+ const gchar *key)
+{
+ g_return_val_if_fail (is_valid_dict (dict), FALSE);
+ g_return_val_if_fail (key != NULL, FALSE);
+
+ return g_hash_table_contains (GVSD(dict)->values, key);
+}
+
+/**
+ * g_variant_dict_insert:
+ * @dict: a #GVariantDict
+ * @key: the key to insert a value for
+ * @format_string: a #GVariant varargs format string
+ * @...: arguments, as per @format_string
+ *
+ * Inserts a value into a #GVariantDict.
+ *
+ * This call is a convenience wrapper that is exactly equivalent to
+ * calling g_variant_new() followed by g_variant_dict_insert_value().
+ *
+ * Since: 2.40
+ **/
+void
+g_variant_dict_insert (GVariantDict *dict,
+ const gchar *key,
+ const gchar *format_string,
+ ...)
+{
+ va_list ap;
+
+ g_return_if_fail (is_valid_dict (dict));
+ g_return_if_fail (key != NULL);
+ g_return_if_fail (format_string != NULL);
+
+ va_start (ap, format_string);
+ g_variant_dict_insert_value (dict, key, g_variant_new_va (format_string, NULL, &ap));
+ va_end (ap);
+}
+
+/**
+ * g_variant_dict_insert_value:
+ * @dict: a #GVariantDict
+ * @key: the key to insert a value for
+ * @value: the value to insert
+ *
+ * Inserts (or replaces) a key in a #GVariantDict.
+ *
+ * @value is consumed if it is floating.
+ *
+ * Since: 2.40
+ **/
+void
+g_variant_dict_insert_value (GVariantDict *dict,
+ const gchar *key,
+ GVariant *value)
+{
+ g_return_if_fail (is_valid_dict (dict));
+ g_return_if_fail (key != NULL);
+ g_return_if_fail (value != NULL);
+
+ g_hash_table_insert (GVSD(dict)->values, g_strdup (key), g_variant_ref_sink (value));
+}
+
+/**
+ * g_variant_dict_remove:
+ * @dict: a #GVariantDict
+ * @key: the key to remove
+ *
+ * Removes a key and its associated value from a #GVariantDict.
+ *
+ * Returns: %TRUE if the key was found and removed
+ *
+ * Since: 2.40
+ **/
+gboolean
+g_variant_dict_remove (GVariantDict *dict,
+ const gchar *key)
+{
+ g_return_val_if_fail (is_valid_dict (dict), FALSE);
+ g_return_val_if_fail (key != NULL, FALSE);
+
+ return g_hash_table_remove (GVSD(dict)->values, key);
+}
+
+/**
+ * g_variant_dict_clear:
+ * @dict: a #GVariantDict
+ *
+ * Releases all memory associated with a #GVariantDict without freeing
+ * the #GVariantDict structure itself.
+ *
+ * It typically only makes sense to do this on a stack-allocated
+ * #GVariantDict if you want to abort building the value part-way
+ * through. This function need not be called if you call
+ * g_variant_dict_end() and it also doesn't need to be called on dicts
+ * allocated with g_variant_dict_new (see g_variant_dict_unref() for
+ * that).
+ *
+ * It is valid to call this function on either an initialised
+ * #GVariantDict or one that was previously cleared by an earlier call
+ * to g_variant_dict_clear() but it is not valid to call this function
+ * on uninitialised memory.
+ *
+ * Since: 2.40
+ **/
+void
+g_variant_dict_clear (GVariantDict *dict)
+{
+ if (GVSD(dict)->magic == 0)
+ /* all-zeros case */
+ return;
+
+ g_return_if_fail (is_valid_dict (dict));
+
+ g_hash_table_unref (GVSD(dict)->values);
+ GVSD(dict)->values = NULL;
+
+ GVSD(dict)->magic = 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * g_variant_dict_end:
+ * @dict: a #GVariantDict
+ *
+ * Returns the current value of @dict as a #GVariant of type
+ * %G_VARIANT_TYPE_VARDICT, clearing it in the process.
+ *
+ * It is not permissible to use @dict in any way after this call except
+ * for reference counting operations (in the case of a heap-allocated
+ * #GVariantDict) or by reinitialising it with g_variant_dict_init() (in
+ * the case of stack-allocated).
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer none): a new, floating, #GVariant
+ *
+ * Since: 2.40
+ **/
+GVariant *
+g_variant_dict_end (GVariantDict *dict)
+{
+ GVariantBuilder builder;
+ GHashTableIter iter;
+ gpointer key, value;
+
+ g_return_val_if_fail (is_valid_dict (dict), NULL);
+
+ g_variant_builder_init (&builder, G_VARIANT_TYPE_VARDICT);
+
+ g_hash_table_iter_init (&iter, GVSD(dict)->values);
+ while (g_hash_table_iter_next (&iter, &key, &value))
+ g_variant_builder_add (&builder, "{sv}", (const gchar *) key, (GVariant *) value);
+
+ g_variant_dict_clear (dict);
+
+ return g_variant_builder_end (&builder);
+}
+
+/**
+ * g_variant_dict_ref:
+ * @dict: a heap-allocated #GVariantDict
+ *
+ * Increases the reference count on @dict.
+ *
+ * Don't call this on stack-allocated #GVariantDict instances or bad
+ * things will happen.
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer full): a new reference to @dict
+ *
+ * Since: 2.40
+ **/
+GVariantDict *
+g_variant_dict_ref (GVariantDict *dict)
+{
+ g_return_val_if_fail (is_valid_heap_dict (dict), NULL);
+
+ GVHD(dict)->ref_count++;
+
+ return dict;
+}
+
+/**
+ * g_variant_dict_unref:
+ * @dict: (transfer full): a heap-allocated #GVariantDict
+ *
+ * Decreases the reference count on @dict.
+ *
+ * In the event that there are no more references, releases all memory
+ * associated with the #GVariantDict.
+ *
+ * Don't call this on stack-allocated #GVariantDict instances or bad
+ * things will happen.
+ *
+ * Since: 2.40
+ **/
+void
+g_variant_dict_unref (GVariantDict *dict)
+{
+ g_return_if_fail (is_valid_heap_dict (dict));
+
+ if (--GVHD(dict)->ref_count == 0)
+ {
+ g_variant_dict_clear (dict);
+ g_slice_free (struct heap_dict, (struct heap_dict *) dict);
+ }
+}
+
+
/* Format strings {{{1 */
/*< private >
* g_variant_format_string_scan:
* not be accessed and the effect is otherwise equivalent to if the
* character at @limit were nul.
*
- * See the section on <link linkend='gvariant-format-strings'>GVariant
- * Format Strings</link>.
+ * See the section on [GVariant format strings][gvariant-format-strings].
*
* Returns: %TRUE if there was a valid format string
*
return TRUE;
}
+/**
+ * g_variant_check_format_string:
+ * @value: a #GVariant
+ * @format_string: a valid #GVariant format string
+ * @copy_only: %TRUE to ensure the format string makes deep copies
+ *
+ * Checks if calling g_variant_get() with @format_string on @value would
+ * be valid from a type-compatibility standpoint. @format_string is
+ * assumed to be a valid format string (from a syntactic standpoint).
+ *
+ * If @copy_only is %TRUE then this function additionally checks that it
+ * would be safe to call g_variant_unref() on @value immediately after
+ * the call to g_variant_get() without invalidating the result. This is
+ * only possible if deep copies are made (ie: there are no pointers to
+ * the data inside of the soon-to-be-freed #GVariant instance). If this
+ * check fails then a g_critical() is printed and %FALSE is returned.
+ *
+ * This function is meant to be used by functions that wish to provide
+ * varargs accessors to #GVariant values of uncertain values (eg:
+ * g_variant_lookup() or g_menu_model_get_item_attribute()).
+ *
+ * Returns: %TRUE if @format_string is safe to use
+ *
+ * Since: 2.34
+ */
+gboolean
+g_variant_check_format_string (GVariant *value,
+ const gchar *format_string,
+ gboolean copy_only)
+{
+ const gchar *original_format = format_string;
+ const gchar *type_string;
+
+ /* Interesting factoid: assuming a format string is valid, it can be
+ * converted to a type string by removing all '@' '&' and '^'
+ * characters.
+ *
+ * Instead of doing that, we can just skip those characters when
+ * comparing it to the type string of @value.
+ *
+ * For the copy-only case we can just drop the '&' from the list of
+ * characters to skip over. A '&' will never appear in a type string
+ * so we know that it won't be possible to return %TRUE if it is in a
+ * format string.
+ */
+ type_string = g_variant_get_type_string (value);
+
+ while (*type_string || *format_string)
+ {
+ gchar format = *format_string++;
+
+ switch (format)
+ {
+ case '&':
+ if G_UNLIKELY (copy_only)
+ {
+ /* for the love of all that is good, please don't mark this string for translation... */
+ g_critical ("g_variant_check_format_string() is being called by a function with a GVariant varargs "
+ "interface to validate the passed format string for type safety. The passed format "
+ "(%s) contains a '&' character which would result in a pointer being returned to the "
+ "data inside of a GVariant instance that may no longer exist by the time the function "
+ "returns. Modify your code to use a format string without '&'.", original_format);
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+
+ /* fall through */
+ case '^':
+ case '@':
+ /* ignore these 2 (or 3) */
+ continue;
+
+ case '?':
+ /* attempt to consume one of 'bynqiuxthdsog' */
+ {
+ char s = *type_string++;
+
+ if (s == '\0' || strchr ("bynqiuxthdsog", s) == NULL)
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+ continue;
+
+ case 'r':
+ /* ensure it's a tuple */
+ if (*type_string != '(')
+ return FALSE;
+
+ /* fall through */
+ case '*':
+ /* consume a full type string for the '*' or 'r' */
+ if (!g_variant_type_string_scan (type_string, NULL, &type_string))
+ return FALSE;
+
+ continue;
+
+ default:
+ /* attempt to consume exactly one character equal to the format */
+ if (format != *type_string++)
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return TRUE;
+}
+
/*< private >
* g_variant_format_string_scan_type:
* @string: a string that may be prefixed with a format string
if G_UNLIKELY (type == NULL || (single && *endptr != '\0'))
{
if (single)
- g_critical ("`%s' is not a valid GVariant format string",
+ g_critical ("'%s' is not a valid GVariant format string",
format_string);
else
- g_critical ("`%s' does not have a valid GVariant format "
+ g_critical ("'%s' does not have a valid GVariant format "
"string as a prefix", format_string);
if (type != NULL)
fragment = g_strndup (format_string, endptr - format_string);
typestr = g_variant_type_dup_string (type);
- g_critical ("the GVariant format string `%s' has a type of "
- "`%s' but the given value has a type of `%s'",
+ g_critical ("the GVariant format string '%s' has a type of "
+ "'%s' but the given value has a type of '%s'",
fragment, typestr, g_variant_get_type_string (value));
g_variant_type_free (type);
+ g_free (fragment);
+ g_free (typestr);
return FALSE;
}
if G_UNLIKELY (!g_variant_type_is_array (type))
g_error ("g_variant_new: expected array GVariantBuilder but "
- "the built value has type `%s'",
+ "the built value has type '%s'",
g_variant_get_type_string (value));
type = g_variant_type_element (type);
if G_UNLIKELY (!g_variant_type_is_subtype_of (type, (GVariantType *) *str))
g_error ("g_variant_new: expected GVariantBuilder array element "
- "type `%s' but the built value has element type `%s'",
+ "type '%s' but the built value has element type '%s'",
g_variant_type_dup_string ((GVariantType *) *str),
g_variant_get_type_string (value) + 1);
case '@':
if G_UNLIKELY (!g_variant_is_of_type (ptr, (GVariantType *) *str))
- g_error ("g_variant_new: expected GVariant of type `%s' but "
- "received value has type `%s'",
+ g_error ("g_variant_new: expected GVariant of type '%s' but "
+ "received value has type '%s'",
g_variant_type_dup_string ((GVariantType *) *str),
g_variant_get_type_string (ptr));
case '?':
if G_UNLIKELY (!g_variant_type_is_basic (g_variant_get_type (ptr)))
- g_error ("g_variant_new: format string `?' expects basic-typed "
- "GVariant, but received value has type `%s'",
+ g_error ("g_variant_new: format string '?' expects basic-typed "
+ "GVariant, but received value has type '%s'",
g_variant_get_type_string (ptr));
return ptr;
case 'r':
if G_UNLIKELY (!g_variant_type_is_tuple (g_variant_get_type (ptr)))
- g_error ("g_variant_new: format string `r` expects tuple-typed "
- "GVariant, but received value has type `%s'",
+ g_error ("g_variant_new: format string 'r' expects tuple-typed "
+ "GVariant, but received value has type '%s'",
g_variant_get_type_string (ptr));
return ptr;
*
* Think of this function as an analogue to g_strdup_printf().
*
- * The type of the created instance and the arguments that are
- * expected by this function are determined by @format_string. See the
- * section on <link linkend='gvariant-format-strings'>GVariant Format
- * Strings</link>. Please note that the syntax of the format string is
- * very likely to be extended in the future.
+ * The type of the created instance and the arguments that are expected
+ * by this function are determined by @format_string. See the section on
+ * [GVariant format strings][gvariant-format-strings]. Please note that
+ * the syntax of the format string is very likely to be extended in the
+ * future.
*
* The first character of the format string must not be '*' '?' '@' or
* 'r'; in essence, a new #GVariant must always be constructed by this
* function (and not merely passed through it unmodified).
*
+ * Note that the arguments must be of the correct width for their types
+ * specified in @format_string. This can be achieved by casting them. See
+ * the [GVariant varargs documentation][gvariant-varargs].
+ *
+ * |[<!-- language="C" -->
+ * MyFlags some_flags = FLAG_ONE | FLAG_TWO;
+ * const gchar *some_strings[] = { "a", "b", "c", NULL };
+ * GVariant *new_variant;
+ *
+ * new_variant = g_variant_new ("(t^as)",
+ * /<!-- -->* This cast is required. *<!-- -->/
+ * (guint64) some_flags,
+ * some_strings);
+ * ]|
+ *
* Returns: a new floating #GVariant instance
*
* Since: 2.24
* @format_string, are collected from this #va_list and the list is left
* pointing to the argument following the last.
*
+ * Note that the arguments in @app must be of the correct width for their
+ * types specified in @format_string when collected into the #va_list.
+ * See the [GVariant varargs documentation][gvariant-varargs.
+ *
* These two generalisations allow mixing of multiple calls to
* g_variant_new_va() and g_variant_get_va() within a single actual
* varargs call by the user.
* The arguments that are expected by this function are entirely
* determined by @format_string. @format_string also restricts the
* permissible types of @value. It is an error to give a value with
- * an incompatible type. See the section on <link
- * linkend='gvariant-format-strings'>GVariant Format Strings</link>.
+ * an incompatible type. See the section on
+ * [GVariant format strings][gvariant-format-strings].
* Please note that the syntax of the format string is very likely to be
* extended in the future.
*
* @format_string determines the C types that are used for unpacking
* the values and also determines if the values are copied or borrowed,
* see the section on
- * <link linkend='gvariant-format-strings-pointers'>GVariant Format Strings</link>.
+ * [GVariant format strings][gvariant-format-strings-pointers].
*
* Since: 2.24
**/
* @format_string determines the C types that are used for unpacking
* the values and also determines if the values are copied or borrowed,
* see the section on
- * <link linkend='gvariant-format-strings-pointers'>GVariant Format Strings</link>.
+ * [GVariant format strings][gvariant-format-strings-pointers].
*
* Since: 2.24
**/
/* Varargs-enabled Utility Functions {{{1 */
/**
- * g_variant_builder_add: (skp)
+ * g_variant_builder_add: (skip)
* @builder: a #GVariantBuilder
* @format_string: a #GVariant varargs format string
* @...: arguments, as per @format_string
* This call is a convenience wrapper that is exactly equivalent to
* calling g_variant_new() followed by g_variant_builder_add_value().
*
+ * Note that the arguments must be of the correct width for their types
+ * specified in @format_string. This can be achieved by casting them. See
+ * the [GVariant varargs documentation][gvariant-varargs].
+ *
* This function might be used as follows:
*
- * <programlisting>
+ * |[<!-- language="C" -->
* GVariant *
* make_pointless_dictionary (void)
* {
- * GVariantBuilder *builder;
+ * GVariantBuilder builder;
* int i;
*
- * builder = g_variant_builder_new (G_VARIANT_TYPE_ARRAY);
+ * g_variant_builder_init (&builder, G_VARIANT_TYPE_ARRAY);
* for (i = 0; i < 16; i++)
* {
* gchar buf[3];
*
* sprintf (buf, "%d", i);
- * g_variant_builder_add (builder, "{is}", i, buf);
+ * g_variant_builder_add (&builder, "{is}", i, buf);
* }
*
- * return g_variant_builder_end (builder);
+ * return g_variant_builder_end (&builder);
* }
- * </programlisting>
+ * ]|
*
* Since: 2.24
- **/
+ */
void
g_variant_builder_add (GVariantBuilder *builder,
const gchar *format_string,
* @format_string determines the C types that are used for unpacking
* the values and also determines if the values are copied or borrowed,
* see the section on
- * <link linkend='gvariant-format-strings-pointers'>GVariant Format Strings</link>.
+ * [GVariant format strings][gvariant-format-strings-pointers].
*
* Since: 2.24
**/
* responsibility of the caller to free all of the values returned by
* the unpacking process.
*
- * See the section on <link linkend='gvariant-format-strings'>GVariant
- * Format Strings</link>.
- *
- * <example>
- * <title>Memory management with g_variant_iter_next()</title>
- * <programlisting>
- * /<!-- -->* Iterates a dictionary of type 'a{sv}' *<!-- -->/
+ * Here is an example for memory management with g_variant_iter_next():
+ * |[<!-- language="C" -->
+ * // Iterates a dictionary of type 'a{sv}'
* void
* iterate_dictionary (GVariant *dictionary)
* {
* g_print ("Item '%s' has type '%s'\n", key,
* g_variant_get_type_string (value));
*
- * /<!-- -->* must free data for ourselves *<!-- -->/
+ * // must free data for ourselves
* g_variant_unref (value);
* g_free (key);
* }
* }
- * </programlisting>
- * </example>
+ * ]|
*
* For a solution that is likely to be more convenient to C programmers
* when dealing with loops, see g_variant_iter_loop().
*
* @format_string determines the C types that are used for unpacking
- * the values and also determines if the values are copied or borrowed,
- * see the section on
- * <link linkend='gvariant-format-strings-pointers'>GVariant Format Strings</link>.
+ * the values and also determines if the values are copied or borrowed.
+ *
+ * See the section on
+ * [GVariant format strings][gvariant-format-strings-pointers].
*
* Returns: %TRUE if a value was unpacked, or %FALSE if there as no value
*
* you must free or unreference all the unpacked values as you would with
* g_variant_get(). Failure to do so will cause a memory leak.
*
- * See the section on <link linkend='gvariant-format-strings'>GVariant
- * Format Strings</link>.
- *
- * <example>
- * <title>Memory management with g_variant_iter_loop()</title>
- * <programlisting>
- * /<!-- -->* Iterates a dictionary of type 'a{sv}' *<!-- -->/
+ * Here is an example for memory management with g_variant_iter_loop():
+ * |[<!-- language="C" -->
+ * // Iterates a dictionary of type 'a{sv}'
* void
* iterate_dictionary (GVariant *dictionary)
* {
* g_print ("Item '%s' has type '%s'\n", key,
* g_variant_get_type_string (value));
*
- * /<!-- -->* no need to free 'key' and 'value' here *<!-- -->/
- * /<!-- -->* unless breaking out of this loop *<!-- -->/
+ * // no need to free 'key' and 'value' here
+ * // unless breaking out of this loop
* }
* }
- * </programlisting>
- * </example>
+ * ]|
*
* For most cases you should use g_variant_iter_next().
*
* thereby avoiding the need to free anything as well).
*
* @format_string determines the C types that are used for unpacking
- * the values and also determines if the values are copied or borrowed,
- * see the section on
- * <link linkend='gvariant-format-strings-pointers'>GVariant Format Strings</link>.
+ * the values and also determines if the values are copied or borrowed.
+ *
+ * See the section on
+ * [GVariant format strings][gvariant-format-strings-pointers].
*
* Returns: %TRUE if a value was unpacked, or %FALSE if there was no
* value