IconIF.serialize

Serializes a #GIcon into a #GVariant. An equivalent #GIcon can be retrieved back by calling g_icon_deserialize() on the returned value. As serialization will avoid using raw icon data when possible, it only makes sense to transfer the #GVariant between processes on the same machine, (as opposed to over the network), and within the same file system namespace.

interface IconIF
serialize
()

Return Value

Type: Variant

a #GVariant, or %NULL when serialization fails.

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Since

2.38