* 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/>.
*/
#ifndef __G_SIGNAL_H__
#define __G_SIGNAL_H__
+#if !defined (__GLIB_GOBJECT_H_INSIDE__) && !defined (GOBJECT_COMPILATION)
+#error "Only <glib-object.h> can be included directly."
+#endif
#include <gobject/gclosure.h>
#include <gobject/gvalue.h>
/* --- typedefs --- */
typedef struct _GSignalQuery GSignalQuery;
typedef struct _GSignalInvocationHint GSignalInvocationHint;
+/**
+ * GSignalCMarshaller:
+ *
+ * This is the signature of marshaller functions, required to marshall
+ * arrays of parameter values to signal emissions into C language callback
+ * invocations. It is merely an alias to #GClosureMarshal since the #GClosure
+ * mechanism takes over responsibility of actual function invocation for the
+ * signal system.
+ */
typedef GClosureMarshal GSignalCMarshaller;
+/**
+ * GSignalCVaMarshaller:
+ *
+ * This is the signature of va_list marshaller functions, an optional
+ * marshaller that can be used in some situations to avoid
+ * marshalling the signal argument into GValues.
+ */
+typedef GVaClosureMarshal GSignalCVaMarshaller;
+/**
+ * GSignalEmissionHook:
+ * @ihint: Signal invocation hint, see #GSignalInvocationHint.
+ * @n_param_values: the number of parameters to the function, including
+ * the instance on which the signal was emitted.
+ * @param_values: (array length=n_param_values): the instance on which
+ * the signal was emitted, followed by the parameters of the emission.
+ * @data: user data associated with the hook.
+ *
+ * A simple function pointer to get invoked when the signal is emitted. This
+ * allows you to tie a hook to the signal type, so that it will trap all
+ * emissions of that signal, from any object.
+ *
+ * You may not attach these to signals created with the #G_SIGNAL_NO_HOOKS flag.
+ *
+ * Returns: whether it wants to stay connected. If it returns %FALSE, the signal
+ * hook is disconnected (and destroyed).
+ */
typedef gboolean (*GSignalEmissionHook) (GSignalInvocationHint *ihint,
guint n_param_values,
const GValue *param_values,
gpointer data);
+/**
+ * GSignalAccumulator:
+ * @ihint: Signal invocation hint, see #GSignalInvocationHint.
+ * @return_accu: Accumulator to collect callback return values in, this
+ * is the return value of the current signal emission.
+ * @handler_return: A #GValue holding the return value of the signal handler.
+ * @data: Callback data that was specified when creating the signal.
+ *
+ * The signal accumulator is a special callback function that can be used
+ * to collect return values of the various callbacks that are called
+ * during a signal emission. The signal accumulator is specified at signal
+ * creation time, if it is left %NULL, no accumulation of callback return
+ * values is performed. The return value of signal emissions is then the
+ * value returned by the last callback.
+ *
+ * Returns: The accumulator function returns whether the signal emission
+ * should be aborted. Returning %FALSE means to abort the
+ * current emission and %TRUE is returned for continuation.
+ */
typedef gboolean (*GSignalAccumulator) (GSignalInvocationHint *ihint,
GValue *return_accu,
const GValue *handler_return,
/* --- run, match and connect types --- */
+/**
+ * GSignalFlags:
+ * @G_SIGNAL_RUN_FIRST: Invoke the object method handler in the first emission stage.
+ * @G_SIGNAL_RUN_LAST: Invoke the object method handler in the third emission stage.
+ * @G_SIGNAL_RUN_CLEANUP: Invoke the object method handler in the last emission stage.
+ * @G_SIGNAL_NO_RECURSE: Signals being emitted for an object while currently being in
+ * emission for this very object will not be emitted recursively,
+ * but instead cause the first emission to be restarted.
+ * @G_SIGNAL_DETAILED: This signal supports "::detail" appendices to the signal name
+ * upon handler connections and emissions.
+ * @G_SIGNAL_ACTION: Action signals are signals that may freely be emitted on alive
+ * objects from user code via g_signal_emit() and friends, without
+ * the need of being embedded into extra code that performs pre or
+ * post emission adjustments on the object. They can also be thought
+ * of as object methods which can be called generically by
+ * third-party code.
+ * @G_SIGNAL_NO_HOOKS: No emissions hooks are supported for this signal.
+ * @G_SIGNAL_MUST_COLLECT: Varargs signal emission will always collect the
+ * arguments, even if there are no signal handlers connected. Since 2.30.
+ * @G_SIGNAL_DEPRECATED: The signal is deprecated and will be removed
+ * in a future version. A warning will be generated if it is connected while
+ * running with G_ENABLE_DIAGNOSTIC=1. Since 2.32.
+ *
+ * The signal flags are used to specify a signal's behaviour, the overall
+ * signal description outlines how especially the RUN flags control the
+ * stages of a signal emission.
+ */
typedef enum
{
G_SIGNAL_RUN_FIRST = 1 << 0,
G_SIGNAL_NO_RECURSE = 1 << 3,
G_SIGNAL_DETAILED = 1 << 4,
G_SIGNAL_ACTION = 1 << 5,
- G_SIGNAL_NO_HOOKS = 1 << 6
+ G_SIGNAL_NO_HOOKS = 1 << 6,
+ G_SIGNAL_MUST_COLLECT = 1 << 7,
+ G_SIGNAL_DEPRECATED = 1 << 8
} GSignalFlags;
-#define G_SIGNAL_FLAGS_MASK 0x7f
+/**
+ * G_SIGNAL_FLAGS_MASK:
+ *
+ * A mask for all #GSignalFlags bits.
+ */
+#define G_SIGNAL_FLAGS_MASK 0x1ff
+/**
+ * GConnectFlags:
+ * @G_CONNECT_AFTER: whether the handler should be called before or after the
+ * default handler of the signal.
+ * @G_CONNECT_SWAPPED: whether the instance and data should be swapped when
+ * calling the handler.
+ *
+ * The connection flags are used to specify the behaviour of a signal's
+ * connection.
+ */
typedef enum
{
G_CONNECT_AFTER = 1 << 0,
G_CONNECT_SWAPPED = 1 << 1
} GConnectFlags;
+/**
+ * GSignalMatchType:
+ * @G_SIGNAL_MATCH_ID: The signal id must be equal.
+ * @G_SIGNAL_MATCH_DETAIL: The signal detail be equal.
+ * @G_SIGNAL_MATCH_CLOSURE: The closure must be the same.
+ * @G_SIGNAL_MATCH_FUNC: The C closure callback must be the same.
+ * @G_SIGNAL_MATCH_DATA: The closure data must be the same.
+ * @G_SIGNAL_MATCH_UNBLOCKED: Only unblocked signals may matched.
+ *
+ * The match types specify what g_signal_handlers_block_matched(),
+ * g_signal_handlers_unblock_matched() and g_signal_handlers_disconnect_matched()
+ * match signals by.
+ */
typedef enum
{
G_SIGNAL_MATCH_ID = 1 << 0,
G_SIGNAL_MATCH_DATA = 1 << 4,
G_SIGNAL_MATCH_UNBLOCKED = 1 << 5
} GSignalMatchType;
+/**
+ * G_SIGNAL_MATCH_MASK:
+ *
+ * A mask for all #GSignalMatchType bits.
+ */
#define G_SIGNAL_MATCH_MASK 0x3f
+/**
+ * G_SIGNAL_TYPE_STATIC_SCOPE:
+ *
+ * This macro flags signal argument types for which the signal system may
+ * assume that instances thereof remain persistent across all signal emissions
+ * they are used in. This is only useful for non ref-counted, value-copy types.
+ *
+ * To flag a signal argument in this way, add
+ * <literal>| G_SIGNAL_TYPE_STATIC_SCOPE</literal> to the corresponding argument
+ * of g_signal_new().
+ * |[
+ * g_signal_new ("size_request",
+ * G_TYPE_FROM_CLASS (gobject_class),
+ * G_SIGNAL_RUN_FIRST,
+ * G_STRUCT_OFFSET (GtkWidgetClass, size_request),
+ * NULL, NULL,
+ * _gtk_marshal_VOID__BOXED,
+ * G_TYPE_NONE, 1,
+ * GTK_TYPE_REQUISITION | G_SIGNAL_TYPE_STATIC_SCOPE);
+ * ]|
+ */
#define G_SIGNAL_TYPE_STATIC_SCOPE (G_TYPE_FLAG_RESERVED_ID_BIT)
/* --- signal information --- */
+/**
+ * GSignalInvocationHint:
+ * @signal_id: The signal id of the signal invoking the callback
+ * @detail: The detail passed on for this emission
+ * @run_type: The stage the signal emission is currently in, this
+ * field will contain one of %G_SIGNAL_RUN_FIRST,
+ * %G_SIGNAL_RUN_LAST or %G_SIGNAL_RUN_CLEANUP.
+ *
+ * The #GSignalInvocationHint structure is used to pass on additional information
+ * to callbacks during a signal emission.
+ */
struct _GSignalInvocationHint
{
guint signal_id;
GQuark detail;
GSignalFlags run_type;
};
+/**
+ * GSignalQuery:
+ * @signal_id: The signal id of the signal being queried, or 0 if the
+ * signal to be queried was unknown.
+ * @signal_name: The signal name.
+ * @itype: The interface/instance type that this signal can be emitted for.
+ * @signal_flags: The signal flags as passed in to g_signal_new().
+ * @return_type: The return type for user callbacks.
+ * @n_params: The number of parameters that user callbacks take.
+ * @param_types: (array length=n_params): The individual parameter types for
+ * user callbacks, note that the effective callback signature is:
+ * <programlisting>
+ * @return_type callback (#gpointer data1,
+ * [param_types param_names,]
+ * gpointer data2);
+ * </programlisting>
+ *
+ * A structure holding in-depth information for a specific signal. It is
+ * filled in by the g_signal_query() function.
+ */
struct _GSignalQuery
{
guint signal_id;
const gchar *signal_name;
- GType itype; /* mangled with G_SIGNAL_TYPE_STATIC_SCOPE flag */
+ GType itype;
GSignalFlags signal_flags;
GType return_type; /* mangled with G_SIGNAL_TYPE_STATIC_SCOPE flag */
guint n_params;
- const GType *param_types;
+ const GType *param_types; /* mangled with G_SIGNAL_TYPE_STATIC_SCOPE flag */
};
/* --- signals --- */
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
guint g_signal_newv (const gchar *signal_name,
GType itype,
GSignalFlags signal_flags,
GType return_type,
guint n_params,
GType *param_types);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
guint g_signal_new_valist (const gchar *signal_name,
GType itype,
GSignalFlags signal_flags,
GType return_type,
guint n_params,
va_list args);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
guint g_signal_new (const gchar *signal_name,
GType itype,
GSignalFlags signal_flags,
GType return_type,
guint n_params,
...);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
+guint g_signal_new_class_handler (const gchar *signal_name,
+ GType itype,
+ GSignalFlags signal_flags,
+ GCallback class_handler,
+ GSignalAccumulator accumulator,
+ gpointer accu_data,
+ GSignalCMarshaller c_marshaller,
+ GType return_type,
+ guint n_params,
+ ...);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
+void g_signal_set_va_marshaller (guint signal_id,
+ GType instance_type,
+ GSignalCVaMarshaller va_marshaller);
+
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
void g_signal_emitv (const GValue *instance_and_params,
guint signal_id,
GQuark detail,
GValue *return_value);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
void g_signal_emit_valist (gpointer instance,
guint signal_id,
GQuark detail,
va_list var_args);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
void g_signal_emit (gpointer instance,
guint signal_id,
GQuark detail,
...);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
void g_signal_emit_by_name (gpointer instance,
const gchar *detailed_signal,
...);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
guint g_signal_lookup (const gchar *name,
GType itype);
-G_CONST_RETURN gchar* g_signal_name (guint signal_id);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
+const gchar * g_signal_name (guint signal_id);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
void g_signal_query (guint signal_id,
GSignalQuery *query);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
guint* g_signal_list_ids (GType itype,
guint *n_ids);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
gboolean g_signal_parse_name (const gchar *detailed_signal,
GType itype,
guint *signal_id_p,
GQuark *detail_p,
gboolean force_detail_quark);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
+GSignalInvocationHint* g_signal_get_invocation_hint (gpointer instance);
/* --- signal emissions --- */
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
void g_signal_stop_emission (gpointer instance,
guint signal_id,
GQuark detail);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
void g_signal_stop_emission_by_name (gpointer instance,
const gchar *detailed_signal);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
gulong g_signal_add_emission_hook (guint signal_id,
- GQuark quark,
+ GQuark detail,
GSignalEmissionHook hook_func,
gpointer hook_data,
GDestroyNotify data_destroy);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
void g_signal_remove_emission_hook (guint signal_id,
gulong hook_id);
/* --- signal handlers --- */
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
gboolean g_signal_has_handler_pending (gpointer instance,
guint signal_id,
GQuark detail,
gboolean may_be_blocked);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
gulong g_signal_connect_closure_by_id (gpointer instance,
guint signal_id,
GQuark detail,
GClosure *closure,
gboolean after);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
gulong g_signal_connect_closure (gpointer instance,
const gchar *detailed_signal,
GClosure *closure,
gboolean after);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
gulong g_signal_connect_data (gpointer instance,
const gchar *detailed_signal,
GCallback c_handler,
gpointer data,
GClosureNotify destroy_data,
GConnectFlags connect_flags);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
void g_signal_handler_block (gpointer instance,
gulong handler_id);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
void g_signal_handler_unblock (gpointer instance,
gulong handler_id);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
void g_signal_handler_disconnect (gpointer instance,
gulong handler_id);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
gboolean g_signal_handler_is_connected (gpointer instance,
gulong handler_id);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
gulong g_signal_handler_find (gpointer instance,
GSignalMatchType mask,
guint signal_id,
GClosure *closure,
gpointer func,
gpointer data);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
guint g_signal_handlers_block_matched (gpointer instance,
GSignalMatchType mask,
guint signal_id,
GClosure *closure,
gpointer func,
gpointer data);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
guint g_signal_handlers_unblock_matched (gpointer instance,
GSignalMatchType mask,
guint signal_id,
GClosure *closure,
gpointer func,
gpointer data);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
guint g_signal_handlers_disconnect_matched (gpointer instance,
GSignalMatchType mask,
guint signal_id,
gpointer data);
+/* --- overriding and chaining --- */
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
+void g_signal_override_class_closure (guint signal_id,
+ GType instance_type,
+ GClosure *class_closure);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
+void g_signal_override_class_handler (const gchar *signal_name,
+ GType instance_type,
+ GCallback class_handler);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
+void g_signal_chain_from_overridden (const GValue *instance_and_params,
+ GValue *return_value);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
+void g_signal_chain_from_overridden_handler (gpointer instance,
+ ...);
+
+
/* --- convenience --- */
+/**
+ * g_signal_connect:
+ * @instance: the instance to connect to.
+ * @detailed_signal: a string of the form "signal-name::detail".
+ * @c_handler: the #GCallback to connect.
+ * @data: data to pass to @c_handler calls.
+ *
+ * Connects a #GCallback function to a signal for a particular object.
+ *
+ * The handler will be called before the default handler of the signal.
+ *
+ * Returns: the handler id (always greater than 0 for successful connections)
+ */
#define g_signal_connect(instance, detailed_signal, c_handler, data) \
- g_signal_connect_data ((instance), (detailed_signal), (c_handler), (data), NULL, 0)
+ g_signal_connect_data ((instance), (detailed_signal), (c_handler), (data), NULL, (GConnectFlags) 0)
+/**
+ * g_signal_connect_after:
+ * @instance: the instance to connect to.
+ * @detailed_signal: a string of the form "signal-name::detail".
+ * @c_handler: the #GCallback to connect.
+ * @data: data to pass to @c_handler calls.
+ *
+ * Connects a #GCallback function to a signal for a particular object.
+ *
+ * The handler will be called after the default handler of the signal.
+ *
+ * Returns: the handler id (always greater than 0 for successful connections)
+ */
+#define g_signal_connect_after(instance, detailed_signal, c_handler, data) \
+ g_signal_connect_data ((instance), (detailed_signal), (c_handler), (data), NULL, G_CONNECT_AFTER)
+/**
+ * g_signal_connect_swapped:
+ * @instance: the instance to connect to.
+ * @detailed_signal: a string of the form "signal-name::detail".
+ * @c_handler: the #GCallback to connect.
+ * @data: data to pass to @c_handler calls.
+ *
+ * Connects a #GCallback function to a signal for a particular object.
+ *
+ * The instance on which the signal is emitted and @data will be swapped when
+ * calling the handler.
+ *
+ * Returns: the handler id (always greater than 0 for successful connections)
+ */
#define g_signal_connect_swapped(instance, detailed_signal, c_handler, data) \
g_signal_connect_data ((instance), (detailed_signal), (c_handler), (data), NULL, G_CONNECT_SWAPPED)
-#define g_signal_handlers_disconnect_by_func(instance, func, data) \
- g_signal_handlers_disconnect_matched ((instance), G_SIGNAL_MATCH_FUNC | G_SIGNAL_MATCH_DATA, \
+/**
+ * g_signal_handlers_disconnect_by_func:
+ * @instance: The instance to remove handlers from.
+ * @func: The C closure callback of the handlers (useless for non-C closures).
+ * @data: The closure data of the handlers' closures.
+ *
+ * Disconnects all handlers on an instance that match @func and @data.
+ *
+ * Returns: The number of handlers that matched.
+ */
+#define g_signal_handlers_disconnect_by_func(instance, func, data) \
+ g_signal_handlers_disconnect_matched ((instance), \
+ (GSignalMatchType) (G_SIGNAL_MATCH_FUNC | G_SIGNAL_MATCH_DATA), \
0, 0, NULL, (func), (data))
-#define g_signal_handlers_block_by_func(instance, func, data) \
- g_signal_handlers_block_matched ((instance), G_SIGNAL_MATCH_FUNC | G_SIGNAL_MATCH_DATA, \
- 0, 0, NULL, (func), (data))
-#define g_signal_handlers_unblock_by_func(instance, func, data) \
- g_signal_handlers_unblock_matched ((instance), G_SIGNAL_MATCH_FUNC | G_SIGNAL_MATCH_DATA, \
- 0, 0, NULL, (func), (data))
+/**
+ * g_signal_handlers_disconnect_by_data:
+ * @instance: The instance to remove handlers from
+ * @data: the closure data of the handlers' closures
+ *
+ * Disconnects all handlers on an instance that match @data.
+ *
+ * Returns: The number of handlers that matched.
+ *
+ * Since: 2.32
+ */
+#define g_signal_handlers_disconnect_by_data(instance, data) \
+ g_signal_handlers_disconnect_matched ((instance), G_SIGNAL_MATCH_DATA, 0, 0, NULL, NULL, (data))
+
+/**
+ * g_signal_handlers_block_by_func:
+ * @instance: The instance to block handlers from.
+ * @func: The C closure callback of the handlers (useless for non-C closures).
+ * @data: The closure data of the handlers' closures.
+ *
+ * Blocks all handlers on an instance that match @func and @data.
+ *
+ * Returns: The number of handlers that matched.
+ */
+#define g_signal_handlers_block_by_func(instance, func, data) \
+ g_signal_handlers_block_matched ((instance), \
+ (GSignalMatchType) (G_SIGNAL_MATCH_FUNC | G_SIGNAL_MATCH_DATA), \
+ 0, 0, NULL, (func), (data))
+/**
+ * g_signal_handlers_unblock_by_func:
+ * @instance: The instance to unblock handlers from.
+ * @func: The C closure callback of the handlers (useless for non-C closures).
+ * @data: The closure data of the handlers' closures.
+ *
+ * Unblocks all handlers on an instance that match @func and @data.
+ *
+ * Returns: The number of handlers that matched.
+ */
+#define g_signal_handlers_unblock_by_func(instance, func, data) \
+ g_signal_handlers_unblock_matched ((instance), \
+ (GSignalMatchType) (G_SIGNAL_MATCH_FUNC | G_SIGNAL_MATCH_DATA), \
+ 0, 0, NULL, (func), (data))
+
+
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
+gboolean g_signal_accumulator_true_handled (GSignalInvocationHint *ihint,
+ GValue *return_accu,
+ const GValue *handler_return,
+ gpointer dummy);
+
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
+gboolean g_signal_accumulator_first_wins (GSignalInvocationHint *ihint,
+ GValue *return_accu,
+ const GValue *handler_return,
+ gpointer dummy);
/*< private >*/
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
void g_signal_handlers_destroy (gpointer instance);
void _g_signals_destroy (GType itype);