PgLayout

While complete access to the layout capabilities of Pango is provided using the detailed interfaces for itemization and shaping, using that functionality directly involves writing a fairly large amount of code. The objects and functions in this section provide a high-level driver for formatting entire paragraphs of text at once.

class PgLayout : ObjectG {}

Constructors

this
this(PangoLayout* pangoLayout)

Sets our main struct and passes it to the parent class

this
this(PgContext context)

Create a new PangoLayout object with attributes initialized to default values for a particular PangoContext.

Members

Functions

contextChanged
void contextChanged()

Forces recomputation of any state in the PangoLayout that might depend on the layout's context. This function should be called if you make changes to the context subsequent to creating the layout.

copy
PgLayout copy()

Does a deep copy-by-value of the src layout. The attribute list, tab array, and text from the original layout are all copied by value.

getAlignment
PangoAlignment getAlignment()

Gets the alignment for the layout: how partial lines are positioned within the horizontal space available.

getAttributes
PgAttributeList getAttributes()

Gets the attribute list for the layout, if any.

getAutoDir
int getAutoDir()

Gets whether to calculate the bidirectional base direction for the layout according to the contents of the layout. See pango_layout_set_auto_dir(). Since 1.4

getBaseline
int getBaseline()

Gets the Y position of baseline of the first line in layout. Since 1.22

getCharacterCount
int getCharacterCount()

Returns the number of Unicode characters in the the text of layout. Since 1.30

getContext
PgContext getContext()

Retrieves the PangoContext used for this layout.

getCursorPos
void getCursorPos(int index, PangoRectangle* strongPos, PangoRectangle* weakPos)

Given an index within a layout, determines the positions that of the strong and weak cursors if the insertion point is at that index. The position of each cursor is stored as a zero-width rectangle. The strong cursor location is the location where characters of the directionality equal to the base direction of the layout are inserted. The weak cursor location is the location where characters of the directionality opposite to the base direction of the layout are inserted.

getEllipsize
PangoEllipsizeMode getEllipsize()

Gets the type of ellipsization being performed for layout. See pango_layout_set_ellipsize() Since 1.6

getExtents
void getExtents(PangoRectangle* inkRect, PangoRectangle* logicalRect)

Computes the logical and ink extents of layout. Logical extents are usually what you want for positioning things. Note that both extents may have non-zero x and y. You may want to use those to offset where you render the layout. Not doing that is a very typical bug that shows up as right-to-left layouts not being correctly positioned in a layout with a set width. The extents are given in layout coordinates and in Pango units; layout coordinates begin at the top left corner of the layout.

getFontDescription
PgFontDescription getFontDescription()

Gets the font description for the layout, if any. Since 1.8

getHeight
int getHeight()

Gets the height of layout used for ellipsization. See pango_layout_set_height() for details. Since 1.20

getIndent
int getIndent()

Gets the paragraph indent width in Pango units. A negative value indicates a hanging indentation.

getIter
PgLayoutIter getIter()

Returns an iterator to iterate over the visual extents of the layout.

getJustify
int getJustify()

Gets whether each complete line should be stretched to fill the entire width of the layout.

getLine
PgLayoutLine getLine(int line)

Retrieves a particular line from a PangoLayout. Use the faster pango_layout_get_line_readonly() if you do not plan to modify the contents of the line (glyphs, glyph widths, etc.).

getLineCount
int getLineCount()

Retrieves the count of lines for the layout.

getLineReadonly
PgLayoutLine getLineReadonly(int line)

Retrieves a particular line from a PangoLayout. This is a faster alternative to pango_layout_get_line(), but the user is not expected to modify the contents of the line (glyphs, glyph widths, etc.). Since 1.16

getLines
ListSG getLines()

Returns the lines of the layout as a list. Use the faster pango_layout_get_lines_readonly() if you do not plan to modify the contents of the lines (glyphs, glyph widths, etc.).

getLinesReadonly
ListSG getLinesReadonly()

Returns the lines of the layout as a list. This is a faster alternative to pango_layout_get_lines(), but the user is not expected to modify the contents of the lines (glyphs, glyph widths, etc.). Since 1.16

getLogAttrs
void getLogAttrs(PangoLogAttr[] attrs)

Retrieves an array of logical attributes for each character in the layout.

getLogAttrsReadonly
PangoLogAttr[] getLogAttrsReadonly()

Retrieves an array of logical attributes for each character in the layout. This is a faster alternative to pango_layout_get_log_attrs(). The returned array is part of layout and must not be modified. Modifying the layout will invalidate the returned array. The number of attributes returned in n_attrs will be one more than the total number of characters in the layout, since there need to be attributes corresponding to both the position before the first character and the position after the last character. Since 1.30

getPgLayoutStruct
PangoLayout* getPgLayoutStruct()
Undocumented in source. Be warned that the author may not have intended to support it.
getPixelExtents
void getPixelExtents(PangoRectangle* inkRect, PangoRectangle* logicalRect)

Computes the logical and ink extents of layout in device units. This function just calls pango_layout_get_extents() followed by two pango_extents_to_pixels() calls, rounding ink_rect and logical_rect such that the rounded rectangles fully contain the unrounded one (that is, passes them as first argument to pango_extents_to_pixels()).

getPixelSize
void getPixelSize(int width, int height)

Determines the logical width and height of a PangoLayout in device units. (pango_layout_get_size() returns the width and height scaled by PANGO_SCALE.) This is simply a convenience function around pango_layout_get_pixel_extents().

getSerial
uint getSerial()

Returns the current serial number of layout. The serial number is initialized to an small number larger than zero when a new layout is created and is increased whenever the layout is changed using any of the setter functions, or the PangoContext it uses has changed. The serial may wrap, but will never have the value 0. Since it can wrap, never compare it with "less than", always use "not equals". This can be used to automatically detect changes to a PangoLayout, and is useful for example to decide whether a layout needs redrawing. To force the serial to be increased, use pango_layout_context_changed(). Since 1.32.4

getSingleParagraphMode
int getSingleParagraphMode()

Obtains the value set by pango_layout_set_single_paragraph_mode().

getSize
void getSize(int width, int height)

Determines the logical width and height of a PangoLayout in Pango units (device units scaled by PANGO_SCALE). This is simply a convenience function around pango_layout_get_extents().

getSpacing
int getSpacing()

Gets the amount of spacing between the lines of the layout.

getStruct
void* getStruct()

the main Gtk struct as a void*

getTabs
PgTabArray getTabs()

Gets the current PangoTabArray used by this layout. If no PangoTabArray has been set, then the default tabs are in use and NULL is returned. Default tabs are every 8 spaces. The return value should be freed with pango_tab_array_free().

getText
string getText()

Gets the text in the layout. The returned text should not be freed or modified.

getUnknownGlyphsCount
int getUnknownGlyphsCount()

Counts the number unknown glyphs in layout. That is, zero if glyphs for all characters in the layout text were found, or more than zero otherwise. This function can be used to determine if there are any fonts available to render all characters in a certain string, or when used in combination with PANGO_ATTR_FALLBACK, to check if a certain font supports all the characters in the string. Since 1.16

getWidth
int getWidth()

Gets the width to which the lines of the PangoLayout should wrap.

getWrap
PangoWrapMode getWrap()

Gets the wrap mode for the layout. Use pango_layout_is_wrapped() to query whether any paragraphs were actually wrapped.

indexToLineX
void indexToLineX(int index, int trailing, int line, int xPos)

Converts from byte index_ within the layout to line and X position. (X position is measured from the left edge of the line)

indexToPos
void indexToPos(int index, PangoRectangle* pos)

Converts from an index within a PangoLayout to the onscreen position corresponding to the grapheme at that index, which is represented as rectangle. Note that pos->x is always the leading edge of the grapheme and pos->x + pos->width the trailing edge of the grapheme. If the directionality of the grapheme is right-to-left, then pos->width will be negative.

isEllipsized
int isEllipsized()

Queries whether the layout had to ellipsize any paragraphs. This returns TRUE if the ellipsization mode for layout is not PANGO_ELLIPSIZE_NONE, a positive width is set on layout, and there are paragraphs exceeding that width that have to be ellipsized. Since 1.16

isWrapped
int isWrapped()

Queries whether the layout had to wrap any paragraphs. This returns TRUE if a positive width is set on layout, ellipsization mode of layout is set to PANGO_ELLIPSIZE_NONE, and there are paragraphs exceeding the layout width that have to be wrapped. Since 1.16

moveCursorVisually
void moveCursorVisually(int strong, int oldIndex, int oldTrailing, int direction, int newIndex, int newTrailing)

Computes a new cursor position from an old position and a count of positions to move visually. If direction is positive, then the new strong cursor position will be one position to the right of the old cursor position. If direction is negative, then the new strong cursor position will be one position to the left of the old cursor position. In the presence of bidirectional text, the correspondence between logical and visual order will depend on the direction of the current run, and there may be jumps when the cursor is moved off of the end of a run. Motion here is in cursor positions, not in characters, so a single call to pango_layout_move_cursor_visually() may move the cursor over multiple characters when multiple characters combine to form a single grapheme.

setAlignment
void setAlignment(PangoAlignment alignment)

Sets the alignment for the layout: how partial lines are positioned within the horizontal space available.

setAttributes
void setAttributes(PgAttributeList attrs)

Sets the text attributes for a layout object. References attrs, so the caller can unref its reference.

setAutoDir
void setAutoDir(int autoDir)

Sets whether to calculate the bidirectional base direction for the layout according to the contents of the layout; when this flag is on (the default), then paragraphs in layout that begin with strong right-to-left characters (Arabic and Hebrew principally), will have right-to-left layout, paragraphs with letters from other scripts will have left-to-right layout. Paragraphs with only neutral characters get their direction from the surrounding paragraphs. When FALSE, the choice between left-to-right and right-to-left layout is done according to the base direction of the layout's PangoContext. (See pango_context_set_base_dir()). When the auto-computed direction of a paragraph differs from the base direction of the context, the interpretation of PANGO_ALIGN_LEFT and PANGO_ALIGN_RIGHT are swapped. Since 1.4

setEllipsize
void setEllipsize(PangoEllipsizeMode ellipsize)

Sets the type of ellipsization being performed for layout. Depending on the ellipsization mode ellipsize text is removed from the start, middle, or end of text so they fit within the width and height of layout set with pango_layout_set_width() and pango_layout_set_height(). If the layout contains characters such as newlines that force it to be layed out in multiple paragraphs, then whether each paragraph is ellipsized separately or the entire layout is ellipsized as a whole depends on the set height of the layout. See pango_layout_set_height() for details. Since 1.6

setFontDescription
void setFontDescription(PgFontDescription desc)

Sets the default font description for the layout. If no font description is set on the layout, the font description from the layout's context is used.

setHeight
void setHeight(int height)

Sets the height to which the PangoLayout should be ellipsized at. There are two different behaviors, based on whether height is positive or negative. If height is positive, it will be the maximum height of the layout. Only lines would be shown that would fit, and if there is any text omitted, an ellipsis added. At least one line is included in each paragraph regardless of how small the height value is. A value of zero will render exactly one line for the entire layout. If height is negative, it will be the (negative of) maximum number of lines per paragraph. That is, the total number of lines shown may well be more than this value if the layout contains multiple paragraphs of text. The default value of -1 means that first line of each paragraph is ellipsized. This behvaior may be changed in the future to act per layout instead of per paragraph. File a bug against pango at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/ if your code relies on this behavior. Height setting only has effect if a positive width is set on layout and ellipsization mode of layout is not PANGO_ELLIPSIZE_NONE. The behavior is undefined if a height other than -1 is set and ellipsization mode is set to PANGO_ELLIPSIZE_NONE, and may change in the future. Since 1.20

setIndent
void setIndent(int indent)

Sets the width in Pango units to indent each paragraph. A negative value of indent will produce a hanging indentation. That is, the first line will have the full width, and subsequent lines will be indented by the absolute value of indent. The indent setting is ignored if layout alignment is set to PANGO_ALIGN_CENTER.

setJustify
void setJustify(int justify)

Sets whether each complete line should be stretched to fill the entire width of the layout. This stretching is typically done by adding whitespace, but for some scripts (such as Arabic), the justification may be done in more complex ways, like extending the characters. Note that this setting is not implemented and so is ignored in Pango older than 1.18.

setMarkup
void setMarkup(string markup, int length)

Same as pango_layout_set_markup_with_accel(), but the markup text isn't scanned for accelerators.

setMarkupWithAccel
void setMarkupWithAccel(string markup, int length, gunichar accelMarker, gunichar* accelChar)

Sets the layout text and attribute list from marked-up text (see markup format). Replaces the current text and attribute list. If accel_marker is nonzero, the given character will mark the character following it as an accelerator. For example, accel_marker might be an ampersand or underscore. All characters marked as an accelerator will receive a PANGO_UNDERLINE_LOW attribute, and the first character so marked will be returned in accel_char. Two accel_marker characters following each other produce a single literal accel_marker character.

setSingleParagraphMode
void setSingleParagraphMode(int setting)

If setting is TRUE, do not treat newlines and similar characters as paragraph separators; instead, keep all text in a single paragraph, and display a glyph for paragraph separator characters. Used when you want to allow editing of newlines on a single text line.

setSpacing
void setSpacing(int spacing)

Sets the amount of spacing in Pango unit between the lines of the layout.

setStruct
void setStruct(GObject* obj)
Undocumented in source. Be warned that the author may not have intended to support it.
setTabs
void setTabs(PgTabArray tabs)

Sets the tabs to use for layout, overriding the default tabs (by default, tabs are every 8 spaces). If tabs is NULL, the default tabs are reinstated. tabs is copied into the layout; you must free your copy of tabs yourself.

setText
void setText(string text)

Sets the text of the layout.

setWidth
void setWidth(int width)

Sets the width to which the lines of the PangoLayout should wrap or ellipsized. The default value is -1: no width set.

setWrap
void setWrap(PangoWrapMode wrap)

Sets the wrap mode; the wrap mode only has effect if a width is set on the layout with pango_layout_set_width(). To turn off wrapping, set the width to -1.

xyToIndex
int xyToIndex(int x, int y, int index, int trailing)

Converts from X and Y position within a layout to the byte index to the character at that logical position. If the Y position is not inside the layout, the closest position is chosen (the position will be clamped inside the layout). If the X position is not within the layout, then the start or the end of the line is chosen as described for pango_layout_x_to_index(). If either the X or Y positions were not inside the layout, then the function returns FALSE; on an exact hit, it returns TRUE.

Variables

pangoLayout
PangoLayout* pangoLayout;

the main Gtk struct

Inherited Members

From ObjectG

gObject
GObject* gObject;

the main Gtk struct

getObjectGStruct
GObject* getObjectGStruct()
Undocumented in source. Be warned that the author may not have intended to support it.
getStruct
void* getStruct()

the main Gtk struct as a void*

isGcRoot
bool isGcRoot;
Undocumented in source.
destroyNotify
void destroyNotify(ObjectG obj)
Undocumented in source. Be warned that the author may not have intended to support it.
toggleNotify
void toggleNotify(ObjectG obj, GObject* object, int isLastRef)
Undocumented in source. Be warned that the author may not have intended to support it.
~this
~this()
Undocumented in source.
getDObject
RT getDObject(U obj)

Gets a D Object from the objects table of associations.

setStruct
void setStruct(GObject* obj)
Undocumented in source. Be warned that the author may not have intended to support it.
setProperty
void setProperty(string propertyName, int value)
setProperty
void setProperty(string propertyName, string value)
setProperty
void setProperty(string propertyName, long value)
setProperty
void setProperty(string propertyName, ulong value)
unref
void unref()
Undocumented in source. Be warned that the author may not have intended to support it.
doref
ObjectG doref()
Undocumented in source. Be warned that the author may not have intended to support it.
connectedSignals
int[string] connectedSignals;
Undocumented in source.
onNotifyListeners
void delegate(ParamSpec, ObjectG)[] onNotifyListeners;
Undocumented in source.
addOnNotify
void addOnNotify(void delegate(ParamSpec, ObjectG) dlg, string property, ConnectFlags connectFlags)

The notify signal is emitted on an object when one of its properties has been changed. Note that getting this signal doesn't guarantee that the value of the property has actually changed, it may also be emitted when the setter for the property is called to reinstate the previous value.

callBackNotify
void callBackNotify(GObject* gobjectStruct, GParamSpec* pspec, ObjectG _objectG)
Undocumented in source. Be warned that the author may not have intended to support it.
classInstallProperty
void classInstallProperty(GObjectClass* oclass, uint propertyId, ParamSpec pspec)

Installs a new property. This is usually done in the class initializer. Note that it is possible to redefine a property in a derived class, by installing a property with the same name. This can be useful at times, e.g. to change the range of allowed values or the default value.

classInstallProperties
void classInstallProperties(GObjectClass* oclass, ParamSpec[] pspecs)

Installs new properties from an array of GParamSpecs. This is usually done in the class initializer. The property id of each property is the index of each GParamSpec in the pspecs array. The property id of 0 is treated specially by GObject and it should not be used to store a GParamSpec. This function should be used if you plan to use a static array of GParamSpecs and g_object_notify_by_pspec(). For instance, this Since 2.26

classFindProperty
ParamSpec classFindProperty(GObjectClass* oclass, string propertyName)

Looks up the GParamSpec for a property of a class.

classListProperties
ParamSpec[] classListProperties(GObjectClass* oclass)

Get an array of GParamSpec* for all properties of a class.

classOverrideProperty
void classOverrideProperty(GObjectClass* oclass, uint propertyId, string name)

Registers property_id as referring to a property with the name name in a parent class or in an interface implemented by oclass. This allows this class to override a property implementation in a parent class or to provide the implementation of a property from an interface. Note Internally, overriding is implemented by creating a property of type GParamSpecOverride; generally operations that query the properties of the object class, such as g_object_class_find_property() or g_object_class_list_properties() will return the overridden property. However, in one case, the construct_properties argument of the constructor virtual function, the GParamSpecOverride is passed instead, so that the param_id field of the GParamSpec will be correct. For virtually all uses, this makes no difference. If you need to get the overridden property, you can call g_param_spec_get_redirect_target(). Since 2.4

interfaceInstallProperty
void interfaceInstallProperty(void* iface, ParamSpec pspec)

Add a property to an interface; this is only useful for interfaces that are added to GObject-derived types. Adding a property to an interface forces all objects classes with that interface to have a compatible property. The compatible property could be a newly created GParamSpec, but normally g_object_class_override_property() will be used so that the object class only needs to provide an implementation and inherits the property description, default value, bounds, and so forth from the interface property. This function is meant to be called from the interface's default vtable initialization function (the class_init member of GTypeInfo.) It must not be called after after class_init has been called for any object types implementing this interface. Since 2.4

interfaceFindProperty
ParamSpec interfaceFindProperty(void* iface, string propertyName)

Find the GParamSpec with the given name for an interface. Generally, the interface vtable passed in as g_iface will be the default vtable from g_type_default_interface_ref(), or, if you know the interface has already been loaded, g_type_default_interface_peek(). Since 2.4

interfaceListProperties
ParamSpec[] interfaceListProperties(void* iface)

Lists the properties of an interface.Generally, the interface vtable passed in as g_iface will be the default vtable from g_type_default_interface_ref(), or, if you know the interface has already been loaded, g_type_default_interface_peek(). Since 2.4

doref
void* doref(void* object)

Increases the reference count of object.

unref
void unref(void* object)

Decreases the reference count of object. When its reference count drops to 0, the object is finalized (i.e. its memory is freed).

refSink
void* refSink(void* object)

Increase the reference count of object, and possibly remove the floating reference, if object has a floating reference. In other words, if the object is floating, then this call "assumes ownership" of the floating reference, converting it to a normal reference by clearing the floating flag while leaving the reference count unchanged. If the object is not floating, then this call adds a new normal reference increasing the reference count by one. Since 2.10

clearObject
void clearObject(ObjectG objectPtr)

Clears a reference to a GObject. object_ptr must not be NULL. If the reference is NULL then this function does nothing. Otherwise, the reference count of the object is decreased and the pointer is set to NULL. This function is threadsafe and modifies the pointer atomically, using memory barriers where needed. A macro is also included that allows this function to be used without pointer casts. Since 2.28

isFloating
int isFloating(void* object)

Checks whether object has a floating reference. Since 2.10

forceFloating
void forceFloating()

This function is intended for GObject implementations to re-enforce a floating object reference. Doing this is seldom required: all GInitiallyUnowneds are created with a floating reference which usually just needs to be sunken by calling g_object_ref_sink(). Since 2.10

weakRef
void weakRef(GWeakNotify notify, void* data)

Adds a weak reference callback to an object. Weak references are used for notification when an object is finalized. They are called "weak references" because they allow you to safely hold a pointer to an object without calling g_object_ref() (g_object_ref() adds a strong reference, that is, forces the object to stay alive). Note that the weak references created by this method are not thread-safe: they cannot safely be used in one thread if the object's last g_object_unref() might happen in another thread. Use GWeakRef if thread-safety is required.

weakUnref
void weakUnref(GWeakNotify notify, void* data)

Removes a weak reference callback to an object.

addWeakPointer
void addWeakPointer(void** weakPointerLocation)

Adds a weak reference from weak_pointer to object to indicate that the pointer located at weak_pointer_location is only valid during the lifetime of object. When the object is finalized, weak_pointer will be set to NULL. Note that as with g_object_weak_ref(), the weak references created by this method are not thread-safe: they cannot safely be used in one thread if the object's last g_object_unref() might happen in another thread. Use GWeakRef if thread-safety is required.

removeWeakPointer
void removeWeakPointer(void** weakPointerLocation)

Removes a weak reference from object that was previously added using g_object_add_weak_pointer(). The weak_pointer_location has to match the one used with g_object_add_weak_pointer().

addToggleRef
void addToggleRef(GToggleNotify notify, void* data)

Increases the reference count of the object by one and sets a callback to be called when all other references to the object are dropped, or when this is already the last reference to the object and another reference is established. This functionality is intended for binding object to a proxy object managed by another memory manager. This is done with two paired references: the strong reference added by g_object_add_toggle_ref() and a reverse reference to the proxy object which is either a strong reference or weak reference. The setup is that when there are no other references to object, only a weak reference is held in the reverse direction from object to the proxy object, but when there are other references held to object, a strong reference is held. The notify callback is called when the reference from object to the proxy object should be toggled from strong to weak (is_last_ref true) or weak to strong (is_last_ref false). Since a (normal) reference must be held to the object before calling g_object_add_toggle_ref(), the initial state of the reverse link is always strong. Multiple toggle references may be added to the same gobject, however if there are multiple toggle references to an object, none of them will ever be notified until all but one are removed. For this reason, you should only ever use a toggle reference if there is important state in the proxy object. Since 2.8

removeToggleRef
void removeToggleRef(GToggleNotify notify, void* data)

Removes a reference added with g_object_add_toggle_ref(). The reference count of the object is decreased by one. Since 2.8

notify
void notify(string propertyName)

Emits a "notify" signal for the property property_name on object. When possible, eg. when signaling a property change from within the class that registered the property, you should use g_object_notify_by_pspec() instead.

notifyByPspec
void notifyByPspec(ParamSpec pspec)

Emits a "notify" signal for the property specified by pspec on object. This function omits the property name lookup, hence it is faster than g_object_notify(). One way to avoid using g_object_notify() from within the class that registered the properties, and using g_object_notify_by_pspec() instead, is to store the GParamSpec used with Since 2.26

freezeNotify
void freezeNotify()

Increases the freeze count on object. If the freeze count is non-zero, the emission of "notify" signals on object is stopped. The signals are queued until the freeze count is decreased to zero. Duplicate notifications are squashed so that at most one "notify" signal is emitted for each property modified while the object is frozen. This is necessary for accessors that modify multiple properties to prevent premature notification while the object is still being modified.

thawNotify
void thawNotify()

Reverts the effect of a previous call to g_object_freeze_notify(). The freeze count is decreased on object and when it reaches zero, queued "notify" signals are emitted. Duplicate notifications for each property are squashed so that at most one "notify" signal is emitted for each property. It is an error to call this function when the freeze count is zero.

getData
void* getData(string key)

Gets a named field from the objects table of associations (see g_object_set_data()).

setData
void setData(string key, void* data)

Each object carries around a table of associations from strings to pointers. This function lets you set an association. If the object already had an association with that name, the old association will be destroyed.

setDataFull
void setDataFull(string key, void* data, GDestroyNotify destroy)

Like g_object_set_data() except it adds notification for when the association is destroyed, either by setting it to a different value or when the object is destroyed. Note that the destroy callback is not called if data is NULL.

stealData
void* stealData(string key)

Remove a specified datum from the object's data associations, without invoking the association's destroy handler.

dupData
void* dupData(string key, GDuplicateFunc dupFunc, void* userData)

This is a variant of g_object_get_data() which returns a 'duplicate' of the value. dup_func defines the meaning of 'duplicate' in this context, it could e.g. take a reference on a ref-counted object. If the key is not set on the object then dup_func will be called with a NULL argument. Note that dup_func is called while user data of object is locked. This function can be useful to avoid races when multiple threads are using object data on the same key on the same object. Since 2.34

replaceData
int replaceData(string key, void* oldval, void* newval, GDestroyNotify destroy, GDestroyNotify* oldDestroy)

Compares the user data for the key key on object with oldval, and if they are the same, replaces oldval with newval. This is like a typical atomic compare-and-exchange operation, for user data on an object. If the previous value was replaced then ownership of the old value (oldval) is passed to the caller, including the registered destroy notify for it (passed out in old_destroy). Its up to the caller to free this as he wishes, which may or may not include using old_destroy as sometimes replacement should not destroy the object in the normal way. Return: TRUE if the existing value for key was replaced by newval, FALSE otherwise. Since 2.34

getQdata
void* getQdata(GQuark quark)

This function gets back user data pointers stored via g_object_set_qdata().

setQdata
void setQdata(GQuark quark, void* data)

This sets an opaque, named pointer on an object. The name is specified through a GQuark (retrived e.g. via g_quark_from_static_string()), and the pointer can be gotten back from the object with g_object_get_qdata() until the object is finalized. Setting a previously set user data pointer, overrides (frees) the old pointer set, using NULL as pointer essentially removes the data stored.

setQdataFull
void setQdataFull(GQuark quark, void* data, GDestroyNotify destroy)

This function works like g_object_set_qdata(), but in addition, a void (*destroy) (gpointer) function may be specified which is called with data as argument when the object is finalized, or the data is being overwritten by a call to g_object_set_qdata() with the same quark.

stealQdata
void* stealQdata(GQuark quark)

This function gets back user data pointers stored via g_object_set_qdata() and removes the data from object without invoking its destroy() function (if any was set). Usually, calling this function is only required to update

dupQdata
void* dupQdata(GQuark quark, GDuplicateFunc dupFunc, void* userData)

This is a variant of g_object_get_qdata() which returns a 'duplicate' of the value. dup_func defines the meaning of 'duplicate' in this context, it could e.g. take a reference on a ref-counted object. If the quark is not set on the object then dup_func will be called with a NULL argument. Note that dup_func is called while user data of object is locked. This function can be useful to avoid races when multiple threads are using object data on the same key on the same object. Since 2.34

replaceQdata
int replaceQdata(GQuark quark, void* oldval, void* newval, GDestroyNotify destroy, GDestroyNotify* oldDestroy)

Compares the user data for the key quark on object with oldval, and if they are the same, replaces oldval with newval. This is like a typical atomic compare-and-exchange operation, for user data on an object. If the previous value was replaced then ownership of the old value (oldval) is passed to the caller, including the registered destroy notify for it (passed out in old_destroy). Its up to the caller to free this as he wishes, which may or may not include using old_destroy as sometimes replacement should not destroy the object in the normal way. Return: TRUE if the existing value for quark was replaced by newval, FALSE otherwise. Since 2.34

setProperty
void setProperty(string propertyName, Value value)

Sets a property on an object.

getProperty
void getProperty(string propertyName, Value value)

Gets a property of an object. value must have been initialized to the expected type of the property (or a type to which the expected type can be transformed) using g_value_init(). In general, a copy is made of the property contents and the caller is responsible for freeing the memory by calling g_value_unset(). Note that g_object_get_property() is really intended for language bindings, g_object_get() is much more convenient for C programming.

setValist
void setValist(string firstPropertyName, void* varArgs)

Sets properties on an object.

getValist
void getValist(string firstPropertyName, void* varArgs)

Gets properties of an object. In general, a copy is made of the property contents and the caller is responsible for freeing the memory in the appropriate manner for the type, for instance by calling g_free() or g_object_unref(). See g_object_get().

watchClosure
void watchClosure(Closure closure)

This function essentially limits the life time of the closure to the life time of the object. That is, when the object is finalized, the closure is invalidated by calling g_closure_invalidate() on it, in order to prevent invocations of the closure with a finalized (nonexisting) object. Also, g_object_ref() and g_object_unref() are added as marshal guards to the closure, to ensure that an extra reference count is held on object during invocation of the closure. Usually, this function will be called on closures that use this object as closure data.

runDispose
void runDispose()

Releases all references to other objects. This can be used to break reference cycles. This functions should only be called from object system implementations.

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