gobject/gtypeplugin.h

   1 /* GObject - GLib Type, Object, Parameter and Signal Library
   2  * Copyright (C) 2000 Red Hat, Inc.
   3  *
   4  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
   5  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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   7  * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
   8  *
   9  * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  10  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  11  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  12  * Lesser General Public License for more details.
  13  *
  14  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General
  15  * Public License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  16  */
  17 #ifndef __G_TYPE_PLUGIN_H__
  18 #define __G_TYPE_PLUGIN_H__
  19
  20 #if !defined (__GLIB_GOBJECT_H_INSIDE__) && !defined (GOBJECT_COMPILATION)
  21 #error "Only <glib-object.h> can be included directly."
  22 #endif
  23
  24 #include        <gobject/gtype.h>
  25
  26 G_BEGIN_DECLS
  27
  28 /* --- type macros --- */
  29 #define G_TYPE_TYPE_PLUGIN              (g_type_plugin_get_type ())
  30 #define G_TYPE_PLUGIN(inst)             (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((inst), G_TYPE_TYPE_PLUGIN, GTypePlugin))
  31 #define G_TYPE_PLUGIN_CLASS(vtable)     (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((vtable), G_TYPE_TYPE_PLUGIN, GTypePluginClass))
  32 #define G_IS_TYPE_PLUGIN(inst)          (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((inst), G_TYPE_TYPE_PLUGIN))
  33 #define G_IS_TYPE_PLUGIN_CLASS(vtable)  (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((vtable), G_TYPE_TYPE_PLUGIN))
  34 #define G_TYPE_PLUGIN_GET_CLASS(inst)   (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_INTERFACE ((inst), G_TYPE_TYPE_PLUGIN, GTypePluginClass))
  35
  36
  37 /* --- typedefs & structures --- */
  38 typedef struct _GTypePluginClass                   GTypePluginClass;
  39 /**
  40  * GTypePluginUse:
  41  * @plugin: the #GTypePlugin whose use count should be increased
  42  *
  43  * The type of the @use_plugin function of #GTypePluginClass, which gets called
  44  * to increase the use count of @plugin.
  45  */
  46 typedef void  (*GTypePluginUse)                   (GTypePlugin     *plugin);
  47 /**
  48  * GTypePluginUnuse:
  49  * @plugin: the #GTypePlugin whose use count should be decreased
  50  *
  51  * The type of the @unuse_plugin function of #GTypePluginClass.
  52  */
  53 typedef void  (*GTypePluginUnuse)                 (GTypePlugin     *plugin);
  54 /**
  55  * GTypePluginCompleteTypeInfo:
  56  * @plugin: the #GTypePlugin
  57  * @g_type: the #GType whose info is completed
  58  * @info: the #GTypeInfo struct to fill in
  59  * @value_table: the #GTypeValueTable to fill in
  60  *
  61  * The type of the @complete_type_info function of #GTypePluginClass.
  62  */
  63 typedef void  (*GTypePluginCompleteTypeInfo)      (GTypePlugin     *plugin,
  64                                                    GType            g_type,
  65                                                    GTypeInfo       *info,
  66                                                    GTypeValueTable *value_table);
  67 /**
  68  * GTypePluginCompleteInterfaceInfo:
  69  * @plugin: the #GTypePlugin
  70  * @instance_type: the #GType of an instantiable type to which the interface
  71  *  is added
  72  * @interface_type: the #GType of the interface whose info is completed
  73  * @info: the #GInterfaceInfo to fill in
  74  *
  75  * The type of the @complete_interface_info function of #GTypePluginClass.
  76  */
  77 typedef void  (*GTypePluginCompleteInterfaceInfo) (GTypePlugin     *plugin,
  78                                                    GType            instance_type,
  79                                                    GType            interface_type,
  80                                                    GInterfaceInfo  *info);
  81 /**
  82  * GTypePlugin:
  83  *
  84  * The <structname>GTypePlugin</structname> typedef is used as a placeholder
  85  * for objects that implement the <structname>GTypePlugin</structname>
  86  * interface.
  87  */
  88 /**
  89  * GTypePluginClass:
  90  * @use_plugin: Increases the use count of the plugin.
  91  * @unuse_plugin: Decreases the use count of the plugin.
  92  * @complete_type_info: Fills in the #GTypeInfo and
  93  *  #GTypeValueTable structs for the type. The structs are initialized
  94  *  with <literal>memset(s, 0, sizeof (s))</literal> before calling
  95  *  this function.
  96  * @complete_interface_info: Fills in missing parts of the #GInterfaceInfo
  97  *  for the interface. The structs is initialized with
  98  *  <literal>memset(s, 0, sizeof (s))</literal> before calling
  99  *  this function.
 100  *
 101  * The #GTypePlugin interface is used by the type system in order to handle
 102  * the lifecycle of dynamically loaded types.
 103  */
 104 struct _GTypePluginClass
 105 {
 106   /*< private >*/
 107   GTypeInterface                   base_iface;
 108
 109   /*< public >*/
 110   GTypePluginUse                   use_plugin;
 111   GTypePluginUnuse                 unuse_plugin;
 112   GTypePluginCompleteTypeInfo      complete_type_info;
 113   GTypePluginCompleteInterfaceInfo complete_interface_info;
 114 };
 115
 116
 117 /* --- prototypes --- */
 118 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 119 GType   g_type_plugin_get_type                  (void)  G_GNUC_CONST;
 120 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 121 void    g_type_plugin_use                       (GTypePlugin     *plugin);
 122 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 123 void    g_type_plugin_unuse                     (GTypePlugin     *plugin);
 124 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 125 void    g_type_plugin_complete_type_info        (GTypePlugin     *plugin,
 126                                                  GType            g_type,
 127                                                  GTypeInfo       *info,
 128                                                  GTypeValueTable *value_table);
 129 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 130 void    g_type_plugin_complete_interface_info   (GTypePlugin     *plugin,
 131                                                  GType            instance_type,
 132                                                  GType            interface_type,
 133                                                  GInterfaceInfo  *info);
 134
 135 G_END_DECLS
 136
 137 #endif /* __G_TYPE_PLUGIN_H__ */