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19 * Author: Ryan Lortie <desrt@desrt.ca>
22 /* Prelude {{{1 */
23 #define _GNU_SOURCE
24 #include "config.h"
26 #include <glib.h>
27 #include <glibintl.h>
28 #include <locale.h>
30 #include "gsettings.h"
32 #include "gdelayedsettingsbackend.h"
33 #include "gsettingsbackendinternal.h"
34 #include "gsettings-mapping.h"
35 #include "gio-marshal.h"
36 #include "gsettingsschema.h"
38 #include <string.h>
41 #include "strinfo.c"
43 /**
44 * SECTION:gsettings
45 * @short_description: High-level API for application settings
47 * The #GSettings class provides a convenient API for storing and retrieving
48 * application settings.
50 * Reads and writes can be considered to be non-blocking. Reading
51 * settings with #GSettings is typically extremely fast: on
52 * approximately the same order of magnitude (but slower than) a
53 * #GHashTable lookup. Writing settings is also extremely fast in terms
54 * of time to return to your application, but can be extremely expensive
55 * for other threads and other processes. Many settings backends
56 * (including dconf) have lazy initialisation which means in the common
57 * case of the user using their computer without modifying any settings
58 * a lot of work can be avoided. For dconf, the D-Bus service doesn't
59 * even need to be started in this case. For this reason, you should
60 * only ever modify #GSettings keys in response to explicit user action.
61 * Particular care should be paid to ensure that modifications are not
62 * made during startup -- for example, when settings the initial value
63 * of preferences widgets. The built-in g_settings_bind() functionality
64 * is careful not to write settings in response to notify signals as a
65 * result of modifications that it makes to widgets.
67 * When creating a GSettings instance, you have to specify a schema
68 * that describes the keys in your settings and their types and default
69 * values, as well as some other information.
71 * Normally, a schema has as fixed path that determines where the settings
72 * are stored in the conceptual global tree of settings. However, schemas
73 * can also be 'relocatable', i.e. not equipped with a fixed path. This is
74 * useful e.g. when the schema describes an 'account', and you want to be
75 * able to store a arbitrary number of accounts.
77 * Unlike other configuration systems (like GConf), GSettings does not
78 * restrict keys to basic types like strings and numbers. GSettings stores
79 * values as #GVariant, and allows any #GVariantType for keys. Key names
80 * are restricted to lowercase characters, numbers and '-'. Furthermore,
81 * the names must begin with a lowercase character, must not end
82 * with a '-', and must not contain consecutive dashes. Key names can
83 * be up to 32 characters long.
85 * Similar to GConf, the default values in GSettings schemas can be
86 * localized, but the localized values are stored in gettext catalogs
87 * and looked up with the domain that is specified in the
88 * <tag class="attribute">gettext-domain</tag> attribute of the
89 * <tag class="starttag">schemalist</tag> or <tag class="starttag">schema</tag>
90 * elements and the category that is specified in the l10n attribute of the
91 * <tag class="starttag">key</tag> element.
93 * GSettings uses schemas in a compact binary form that is created
94 * by the <link linkend="glib-compile-schemas">glib-compile-schemas</link>
95 * utility. The input is a schema description in an XML format that can be
96 * described by the following DTD:
97 * |[<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" parse="text" href="../../../../gio/gschema.dtd"><xi:fallback>FIXME: MISSING XINCLUDE CONTENT</xi:fallback></xi:include>]|
99 * At runtime, schemas are identified by their id (as specified
100 * in the <tag class="attribute">id</tag> attribute of the
101 * <tag class="starttag">schema</tag> element). The
102 * convention for schema ids is to use a dotted name, similar in
103 * style to a D-Bus bus name, e.g. "org.gnome.SessionManager". In particular,
104 * if the settings are for a specific service that owns a D-Bus bus name,
105 * the D-Bus bus name and schema id should match. For schemas which deal
106 * with settings not associated with one named application, the id should
107 * not use StudlyCaps, e.g. "org.gnome.font-rendering".
109 * In addition to #GVariant types, keys can have types that have enumerated
110 * types. These can be described by a <tag class="starttag">choice</tag>,
111 * <tag class="starttag">enum</tag> or <tag class="starttag">flags</tag> element, see
112 * <xref linkend="schema-enumerated"/>. The underlying type of
113 * such a key is string, but you can use g_settings_get_enum(),
114 * g_settings_set_enum(), g_settings_get_flags(), g_settings_set_flags()
115 * access the numeric values corresponding to the string value of enum
116 * and flags keys.
118 * <example id="schema-default-values"><title>Default values</title>
119 * <programlisting><![CDATA[
120 * <schemalist>
121 * <schema id="org.gtk.Test" path="/tests/" gettext-domain="test">
123 * <key name="greeting" type="s">
124 * <default l10n="messages">"Hello, earthlings"</default>
125 * <summary>A greeting</summary>
126 * <description>
127 * Greeting of the invading martians
128 * </description>
129 * </key>
131 * <key name="box" type="(ii)">
132 * <default>(20,30)</default>
133 * </key>
135 * </schema>
136 * </schemalist>
137 * ]]></programlisting></example>
139 * <example id="schema-enumerated"><title>Ranges, choices and enumerated types</title>
140 * <programlisting><![CDATA[
141 * <schemalist>
143 * <enum id="myenum">
144 * <value nick="first" value="1"/>
145 * <value nick="second" value="2"/>
146 * </enum>
148 * <enum id="myflags">
149 * <value nick="flag1" value="1"/>
150 * <value nick="flag2" value="2"/>
151 * <value nick="flag3" value="4"/>
152 * </enum>
154 * <schema id="org.gtk.Test">
156 * <key name="key-with-range" type="i">
157 * <range min="1" max="100"/>
158 * <default>10</default>
159 * </key>
161 * <key name="key-with-choices" type="s">
162 * <choices>
163 * <choice value='Elisabeth'/>
164 * <choice value='Annabeth'/>
165 * <choice value='Joe'/>
166 * </choices>
167 * <aliases>
168 * <alias value='Anna' target='Annabeth'/>
169 * <alias value='Beth' target='Elisabeth'/>
170 * </aliases>
171 * <default>'Joe'</default>
172 * </key>
174 * <key name='enumerated-key' enum='myenum'>
175 * <default>'first'</default>
176 * </key>
178 * <key name='flags-key' flags='myflags'>
179 * <default>["flag1",flag2"]</default>
180 * </key>
181 * </schema>
182 * </schemalist>
183 * ]]></programlisting></example>
185 * <refsect2>
186 * <title>Vendor overrides</title>
187 * <para>
188 * Default values are defined in the schemas that get installed by
189 * an application. Sometimes, it is necessary for a vendor or distributor
190 * to adjust these defaults. Since patching the XML source for the schema
191 * is inconvenient and error-prone,
192 * <link linkend="glib-compile-schemas">glib-compile-schemas</link> reads
193 * so-called 'vendor override' files. These are keyfiles in the same
194 * directory as the XML schema sources which can override default values.
195 * The schema id serves as the group name in the key file, and the values
196 * are expected in serialized GVariant form, as in the following example:
197 * <informalexample><programlisting>
198 * [org.gtk.Example]
199 * key1='string'
200 * key2=1.5
201 * </programlisting></informalexample>
202 * </para>
203 * </refsect2>
205 * <refsect2>
206 * <title>Binding</title>
207 * <para>
208 * A very convenient feature of GSettings lets you bind #GObject properties
209 * directly to settings, using g_settings_bind(). Once a GObject property
210 * has been bound to a setting, changes on either side are automatically
211 * propagated to the other side. GSettings handles details like
212 * mapping between GObject and GVariant types, and preventing infinite
213 * cycles.
214 * </para>
215 * <para>
216 * This makes it very easy to hook up a preferences dialog to the
217 * underlying settings. To make this even more convenient, GSettings
218 * looks for a boolean property with the name "sensitivity" and
219 * automatically binds it to the writability of the bound setting.
220 * If this 'magic' gets in the way, it can be suppressed with the
221 * #G_SETTINGS_BIND_NO_SENSITIVITY flag.
222 * </para>
223 * </refsect2>
226 struct _GSettingsPrivate
228 /* where the signals go... */
229 GMainContext *main_context;
231 GSettingsBackend *backend;
232 GSettingsSchema *schema;
233 gchar *schema_name;
234 gchar *path;
236 GDelayedSettingsBackend *delayed;
239 enum
241 PROP_0,
242 PROP_SCHEMA,
243 PROP_BACKEND,
244 PROP_PATH,
245 PROP_HAS_UNAPPLIED,
246 PROP_DELAY_APPLY
249 enum
251 SIGNAL_WRITABLE_CHANGE_EVENT,
252 SIGNAL_WRITABLE_CHANGED,
253 SIGNAL_CHANGE_EVENT,
254 SIGNAL_CHANGED,
255 N_SIGNALS
258 static guint g_settings_signals[N_SIGNALS];
260 G_DEFINE_TYPE (GSettings, g_settings, G_TYPE_OBJECT)
262 /* Signals {{{1 */
263 static gboolean
264 g_settings_real_change_event (GSettings *settings,
265 const GQuark *keys,
266 gint n_keys)
268 gint i;
270 if (keys == NULL)
271 keys = g_settings_schema_list (settings->priv->schema, &n_keys);
273 for (i = 0; i < n_keys; i++)
274 g_signal_emit (settings, g_settings_signals[SIGNAL_CHANGED],
275 keys[i], g_quark_to_string (keys[i]));
277 return FALSE;
280 static gboolean
281 g_settings_real_writable_change_event (GSettings *settings,
282 GQuark key)
284 const GQuark *keys = &key;
285 gint n_keys = 1;
286 gint i;
288 if (key == 0)
289 keys = g_settings_schema_list (settings->priv->schema, &n_keys);
291 for (i = 0; i < n_keys; i++)
292 g_signal_emit (settings, g_settings_signals[SIGNAL_WRITABLE_CHANGED],
293 keys[i], g_quark_to_string (keys[i]));
295 return FALSE;
298 static void
299 settings_backend_changed (GObject *target,
300 GSettingsBackend *backend,
301 const gchar *key,
302 gpointer origin_tag)
304 GSettings *settings = G_SETTINGS (target);
305 gboolean ignore_this;
306 gint i;
308 g_assert (settings->priv->backend == backend);
310 for (i = 0; key[i] == settings->priv->path[i]; i++);
312 if (settings->priv->path[i] == '\0' &&
313 g_settings_schema_has_key (settings->priv->schema, key + i))
315 GQuark quark;
317 quark = g_quark_from_string (key + i);
318 g_signal_emit (settings, g_settings_signals[SIGNAL_CHANGE_EVENT],
319 0, &quark, 1, &ignore_this);
323 static void
324 settings_backend_path_changed (GObject *target,
325 GSettingsBackend *backend,
326 const gchar *path,
327 gpointer origin_tag)
329 GSettings *settings = G_SETTINGS (target);
330 gboolean ignore_this;
332 g_assert (settings->priv->backend == backend);
334 if (g_str_has_prefix (settings->priv->path, path))
335 g_signal_emit (settings, g_settings_signals[SIGNAL_CHANGE_EVENT],
336 0, NULL, 0, &ignore_this);
339 static void
340 settings_backend_keys_changed (GObject *target,
341 GSettingsBackend *backend,
342 const gchar *path,
343 const gchar * const *items,
344 gpointer origin_tag)
346 GSettings *settings = G_SETTINGS (target);
347 gboolean ignore_this;
348 gint i;
350 g_assert (settings->priv->backend == backend);
352 for (i = 0; settings->priv->path[i] &&
353 settings->priv->path[i] == path[i]; i++);
355 if (path[i] == '\0')
357 GQuark quarks[256];
358 gint j, l = 0;
360 for (j = 0; items[j]; j++)
362 const gchar *item = items[j];
363 gint k;
365 for (k = 0; item[k] == settings->priv->path[i + k]; k++);
367 if (settings->priv->path[i + k] == '\0' &&
368 g_settings_schema_has_key (settings->priv->schema, item + k))
369 quarks[l++] = g_quark_from_string (item + k);
371 /* "256 quarks ought to be enough for anybody!"
372 * If this bites you, I'm sorry. Please file a bug.
374 g_assert (l < 256);
377 if (l > 0)
378 g_signal_emit (settings, g_settings_signals[SIGNAL_CHANGE_EVENT],
379 0, quarks, l, &ignore_this);
383 static void
384 settings_backend_writable_changed (GObject *target,
385 GSettingsBackend *backend,
386 const gchar *key)
388 GSettings *settings = G_SETTINGS (target);
389 gboolean ignore_this;
390 gint i;
392 g_assert (settings->priv->backend == backend);
394 for (i = 0; key[i] == settings->priv->path[i]; i++);
396 if (settings->priv->path[i] == '\0' &&
397 g_settings_schema_has_key (settings->priv->schema, key + i))
398 g_signal_emit (settings, g_settings_signals[SIGNAL_WRITABLE_CHANGE_EVENT],
399 0, g_quark_from_string (key + i), &ignore_this);
402 static void
403 settings_backend_path_writable_changed (GObject *target,
404 GSettingsBackend *backend,
405 const gchar *path)
407 GSettings *settings = G_SETTINGS (target);
408 gboolean ignore_this;
410 g_assert (settings->priv->backend == backend);
412 if (g_str_has_prefix (settings->priv->path, path))
413 g_signal_emit (settings, g_settings_signals[SIGNAL_WRITABLE_CHANGE_EVENT],
414 0, (GQuark) 0, &ignore_this);
417 /* Properties, Construction, Destruction {{{1 */
418 static void
419 g_settings_set_property (GObject *object,
420 guint prop_id,
421 const GValue *value,
422 GParamSpec *pspec)
424 GSettings *settings = G_SETTINGS (object);
426 switch (prop_id)
428 case PROP_SCHEMA:
429 g_assert (settings->priv->schema_name == NULL);
430 settings->priv->schema_name = g_value_dup_string (value);
431 break;
433 case PROP_PATH:
434 settings->priv->path = g_value_dup_string (value);
435 break;
437 case PROP_BACKEND:
438 settings->priv->backend = g_value_dup_object (value);
439 break;
441 default:
442 g_assert_not_reached ();
446 static void
447 g_settings_get_property (GObject *object,
448 guint prop_id,
449 GValue *value,
450 GParamSpec *pspec)
452 GSettings *settings = G_SETTINGS (object);
454 switch (prop_id)
456 case PROP_SCHEMA:
457 g_value_set_string (value, settings->priv->schema_name);
458 break;
460 case PROP_BACKEND:
461 g_value_set_object (value, settings->priv->backend);
462 break;
464 case PROP_PATH:
465 g_value_set_string (value, settings->priv->path);
466 break;
468 case PROP_HAS_UNAPPLIED:
469 g_value_set_boolean (value, g_settings_get_has_unapplied (settings));
470 break;
472 case PROP_DELAY_APPLY:
473 g_value_set_boolean (value, settings->priv->delayed != NULL);
474 break;
476 default:
477 g_assert_not_reached ();
481 static const GSettingsListenerVTable listener_vtable = {
482 settings_backend_changed,
483 settings_backend_path_changed,
484 settings_backend_keys_changed,
485 settings_backend_writable_changed,
486 settings_backend_path_writable_changed
489 static void
490 g_settings_constructed (GObject *object)
492 GSettings *settings = G_SETTINGS (object);
493 const gchar *schema_path;
495 settings->priv->schema = g_settings_schema_new (settings->priv->schema_name);
496 schema_path = g_settings_schema_get_path (settings->priv->schema);
498 if (settings->priv->path && schema_path && strcmp (settings->priv->path, schema_path) != 0)
499 g_error ("settings object created with schema '%s' and path '%s', but "
500 "path '%s' is specified by schema",
501 settings->priv->schema_name, settings->priv->path, schema_path);
503 if (settings->priv->path == NULL)
505 if (schema_path == NULL)
506 g_error ("attempting to create schema '%s' without a path",
507 settings->priv->schema_name);
509 settings->priv->path = g_strdup (schema_path);
512 if (settings->priv->backend == NULL)
513 settings->priv->backend = g_settings_backend_get_default ();
515 g_settings_backend_watch (settings->priv->backend,
516 &listener_vtable, G_OBJECT (settings),
517 settings->priv->main_context);
518 g_settings_backend_subscribe (settings->priv->backend,
519 settings->priv->path);
522 static void
523 g_settings_finalize (GObject *object)
525 GSettings *settings = G_SETTINGS (object);
527 g_settings_backend_unsubscribe (settings->priv->backend,
528 settings->priv->path);
529 g_main_context_unref (settings->priv->main_context);
530 g_object_unref (settings->priv->backend);
531 g_object_unref (settings->priv->schema);
532 g_free (settings->priv->schema_name);
533 g_free (settings->priv->path);
535 G_OBJECT_CLASS (g_settings_parent_class)->finalize (object);
538 static void
539 g_settings_init (GSettings *settings)
541 settings->priv = G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_PRIVATE (settings,
542 G_TYPE_SETTINGS,
543 GSettingsPrivate);
545 settings->priv->main_context = g_main_context_get_thread_default ();
547 if (settings->priv->main_context == NULL)
548 settings->priv->main_context = g_main_context_default ();
550 g_main_context_ref (settings->priv->main_context);
553 static void
554 g_settings_class_init (GSettingsClass *class)
556 GObjectClass *object_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS (class);
558 class->writable_change_event = g_settings_real_writable_change_event;
559 class->change_event = g_settings_real_change_event;
561 object_class->set_property = g_settings_set_property;
562 object_class->get_property = g_settings_get_property;
563 object_class->constructed = g_settings_constructed;
564 object_class->finalize = g_settings_finalize;
566 g_type_class_add_private (object_class, sizeof (GSettingsPrivate));
569 * GSettings::changed:
570 * @settings: the object on which the signal was emitted
571 * @key: the name of the key that changed
573 * The "changed" signal is emitted when a key has potentially changed.
574 * You should call one of the g_settings_get() calls to check the new
575 * value.
577 * This signal supports detailed connections. You can connect to the
578 * detailed signal "changed::x" in order to only receive callbacks
579 * when key "x" changes.
581 g_settings_signals[SIGNAL_CHANGED] =
582 g_signal_new ("changed", G_TYPE_SETTINGS,
583 G_SIGNAL_RUN_LAST | G_SIGNAL_DETAILED,
584 G_STRUCT_OFFSET (GSettingsClass, changed),
585 NULL, NULL, g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__STRING, G_TYPE_NONE,
586 1, G_TYPE_STRING | G_SIGNAL_TYPE_STATIC_SCOPE);
589 * GSettings::change-event:
590 * @settings: the object on which the signal was emitted
591 * @keys: (array length=n_keys) (element-type GQuark) (allow-none):
592 * an array of #GQuark<!-- -->s for the changed keys, or %NULL
593 * @n_keys: the length of the @keys array, or 0
594 * @returns: %TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the
595 * event. FALSE to propagate the event further.
597 * The "change-event" signal is emitted once per change event that
598 * affects this settings object. You should connect to this signal
599 * only if you are interested in viewing groups of changes before they
600 * are split out into multiple emissions of the "changed" signal.
601 * For most use cases it is more appropriate to use the "changed" signal.
603 * In the event that the change event applies to one or more specified
604 * keys, @keys will be an array of #GQuark of length @n_keys. In the
605 * event that the change event applies to the #GSettings object as a
606 * whole (ie: potentially every key has been changed) then @keys will
607 * be %NULL and @n_keys will be 0.
609 * The default handler for this signal invokes the "changed" signal
610 * for each affected key. If any other connected handler returns
611 * %TRUE then this default functionality will be supressed.
613 g_settings_signals[SIGNAL_CHANGE_EVENT] =
614 g_signal_new ("change-event", G_TYPE_SETTINGS,
615 G_SIGNAL_RUN_LAST,
616 G_STRUCT_OFFSET (GSettingsClass, change_event),
617 g_signal_accumulator_true_handled, NULL,
618 _gio_marshal_BOOL__POINTER_INT,
619 G_TYPE_BOOLEAN, 2, G_TYPE_POINTER, G_TYPE_INT);
622 * GSettings::writable-changed:
623 * @settings: the object on which the signal was emitted
624 * @key: the key
626 * The "writable-changed" signal is emitted when the writability of a
627 * key has potentially changed. You should call
628 * g_settings_is_writable() in order to determine the new status.
630 * This signal supports detailed connections. You can connect to the
631 * detailed signal "writable-changed::x" in order to only receive
632 * callbacks when the writability of "x" changes.
634 g_settings_signals[SIGNAL_WRITABLE_CHANGED] =
635 g_signal_new ("writable-changed", G_TYPE_SETTINGS,
636 G_SIGNAL_RUN_LAST | G_SIGNAL_DETAILED,
637 G_STRUCT_OFFSET (GSettingsClass, writable_changed),
638 NULL, NULL, g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__STRING, G_TYPE_NONE,
639 1, G_TYPE_STRING | G_SIGNAL_TYPE_STATIC_SCOPE);
642 * GSettings::writable-change-event:
643 * @settings: the object on which the signal was emitted
644 * @key: the quark of the key, or 0
645 * @returns: %TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the
646 * event. FALSE to propagate the event further.
648 * The "writable-change-event" signal is emitted once per writability
649 * change event that affects this settings object. You should connect
650 * to this signal if you are interested in viewing groups of changes
651 * before they are split out into multiple emissions of the
652 * "writable-changed" signal. For most use cases it is more
653 * appropriate to use the "writable-changed" signal.
655 * In the event that the writability change applies only to a single
656 * key, @key will be set to the #GQuark for that key. In the event
657 * that the writability change affects the entire settings object,
658 * @key will be 0.
660 * The default handler for this signal invokes the "writable-changed"
661 * and "changed" signals for each affected key. This is done because
662 * changes in writability might also imply changes in value (if for
663 * example, a new mandatory setting is introduced). If any other
664 * connected handler returns %TRUE then this default functionality
665 * will be supressed.
667 g_settings_signals[SIGNAL_WRITABLE_CHANGE_EVENT] =
668 g_signal_new ("writable-change-event", G_TYPE_SETTINGS,
669 G_SIGNAL_RUN_LAST,
670 G_STRUCT_OFFSET (GSettingsClass, writable_change_event),
671 g_signal_accumulator_true_handled, NULL,
672 _gio_marshal_BOOLEAN__UINT, G_TYPE_BOOLEAN, 1, G_TYPE_UINT);
675 * GSettings:context:
677 * The name of the context that the settings are stored in.
679 g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_BACKEND,
680 g_param_spec_object ("backend",
681 P_("GSettingsBackend"),
682 P_("The GSettingsBackend for this settings object"),
683 G_TYPE_SETTINGS_BACKEND, G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT_ONLY |
684 G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
687 * GSettings:schema:
689 * The name of the schema that describes the types of keys
690 * for this #GSettings object.
692 g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_SCHEMA,
693 g_param_spec_string ("schema",
694 P_("Schema name"),
695 P_("The name of the schema for this settings object"),
696 NULL,
697 G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT_ONLY |
698 G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
701 * GSettings:path:
703 * The path within the backend where the settings are stored.
705 g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_PATH,
706 g_param_spec_string ("path",
707 P_("Base path"),
708 P_("The path within the backend where the settings are"),
709 NULL,
710 G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT_ONLY |
711 G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
714 * GSettings:has-unapplied:
716 * If this property is %TRUE, the #GSettings object has outstanding
717 * changes that will be applied when g_settings_apply() is called.
719 g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_HAS_UNAPPLIED,
720 g_param_spec_boolean ("has-unapplied",
721 P_("Has unapplied changes"),
722 P_("TRUE if there are outstanding changes to apply()"),
723 FALSE,
724 G_PARAM_READABLE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
727 * GSettings:delay-apply:
729 * Whether the #GSettings object is in 'delay-apply' mode. See
730 * g_settings_delay() for details.
732 * Since: 2.28
734 g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_DELAY_APPLY,
735 g_param_spec_boolean ("delay-apply",
736 P_("Delay-apply mode"),
737 P_("Whether this settings object is in 'delay-apply' mode"),
738 FALSE,
739 G_PARAM_READABLE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
742 /* Construction (new, new_with_path, etc.) {{{1 */
744 * g_settings_new:
745 * @schema: the name of the schema
746 * @returns: a new #GSettings object
748 * Creates a new #GSettings object with a given schema.
750 * Signals on the newly created #GSettings object will be dispatched
751 * via the thread-default #GMainContext in effect at the time of the
752 * call to g_settings_new(). The new #GSettings will hold a reference
753 * on the context. See g_main_context_push_thread_default().
755 * Since: 2.26
757 GSettings *
758 g_settings_new (const gchar *schema)
760 g_return_val_if_fail (schema != NULL, NULL);
762 return g_object_new (G_TYPE_SETTINGS,
763 "schema", schema,
764 NULL);
768 * g_settings_new_with_path:
769 * @schema: the name of the schema
770 * @path: the path to use
771 * @returns: a new #GSettings object
773 * Creates a new #GSettings object with a given schema and path.
775 * You only need to do this if you want to directly create a settings
776 * object with a schema that doesn't have a specified path of its own.
777 * That's quite rare.
779 * It is a programmer error to call this function for a schema that
780 * has an explicitly specified path.
782 * Since: 2.26
784 GSettings *
785 g_settings_new_with_path (const gchar *schema,
786 const gchar *path)
788 g_return_val_if_fail (schema != NULL, NULL);
789 g_return_val_if_fail (path != NULL, NULL);
791 return g_object_new (G_TYPE_SETTINGS,
792 "schema", schema,
793 "path", path,
794 NULL);
798 * g_settings_new_with_backend:
799 * @schema: the name of the schema
800 * @backend: the #GSettingsBackend to use
801 * @returns: a new #GSettings object
803 * Creates a new #GSettings object with a given schema and backend.
805 * Creating settings objects with an different backend allows accessing settings
806 * from a database other than the usual one. For example, it may make
807 * sense to pass a backend corresponding to the "defaults" settings database on
808 * the system to get a settings object that modifies the system default
809 * settings instead of the settings for this user.
811 * Since: 2.26
813 GSettings *
814 g_settings_new_with_backend (const gchar *schema,
815 GSettingsBackend *backend)
817 g_return_val_if_fail (schema != NULL, NULL);
818 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_SETTINGS_BACKEND (backend), NULL);
820 return g_object_new (G_TYPE_SETTINGS,
821 "schema", schema,
822 "backend", backend,
823 NULL);
827 * g_settings_new_with_backend_and_path:
828 * @schema: the name of the schema
829 * @backend: the #GSettingsBackend to use
830 * @path: the path to use
831 * @returns: a new #GSettings object
833 * Creates a new #GSettings object with a given schema, backend and
834 * path.
836 * This is a mix of g_settings_new_with_backend() and
837 * g_settings_new_with_path().
839 * Since: 2.26
841 GSettings *
842 g_settings_new_with_backend_and_path (const gchar *schema,
843 GSettingsBackend *backend,
844 const gchar *path)
846 g_return_val_if_fail (schema != NULL, NULL);
847 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_SETTINGS_BACKEND (backend), NULL);
848 g_return_val_if_fail (path != NULL, NULL);
850 return g_object_new (G_TYPE_SETTINGS,
851 "schema", schema,
852 "backend", backend,
853 "path", path,
854 NULL);
857 /* Internal read/write utilities, enum/flags conversion, validation {{{1 */
858 typedef struct
860 GSettings *settings;
861 const gchar *key;
863 GSettingsSchema *schema;
865 guint is_flags : 1;
866 guint is_enum : 1;
868 const guint32 *strinfo;
869 gsize strinfo_length;
871 const gchar *unparsed;
872 gchar lc_char;
874 const GVariantType *type;
875 GVariant *minimum, *maximum;
876 GVariant *default_value;
877 } GSettingsKeyInfo;
879 static inline void
880 endian_fixup (GVariant **value)
882 #if G_BYTE_ORDER == G_BIG_ENDIAN
883 GVariant *tmp;
885 tmp = g_variant_byteswap (*value);
886 g_variant_unref (*value);
887 *value = tmp;
888 #endif
891 static void
892 g_settings_get_key_info (GSettingsKeyInfo *info,
893 GSettings *settings,
894 const gchar *key)
896 GVariantIter *iter;
897 GVariant *data;
898 guchar code;
900 memset (info, 0, sizeof *info);
902 iter = g_settings_schema_get_value (settings->priv->schema, key);
904 info->default_value = g_variant_iter_next_value (iter);
905 endian_fixup (&info->default_value);
906 info->type = g_variant_get_type (info->default_value);
907 info->settings = g_object_ref (settings);
908 info->key = g_intern_string (key);
910 while (g_variant_iter_next (iter, "(y*)", &code, &data))
912 switch (code)
914 case 'l':
915 /* translation requested */
916 g_variant_get (data, "(y&s)", &info->lc_char, &info->unparsed);
917 break;
919 case 'e':
920 /* enumerated types... */
921 info->is_enum = TRUE;
922 goto choice;
924 case 'f':
925 /* flags... */
926 info->is_flags = TRUE;
927 goto choice;
929 choice: case 'c':
930 /* ..., choices, aliases */
931 info->strinfo = g_variant_get_fixed_array (data,
932 &info->strinfo_length,
933 sizeof (guint32));
934 break;
936 case 'r':
937 g_variant_get (data, "(**)", &info->minimum, &info->maximum);
938 endian_fixup (&info->minimum);
939 endian_fixup (&info->maximum);
940 break;
942 default:
943 g_warning ("unknown schema extension '%c'", code);
944 break;
947 g_variant_unref (data);
950 g_variant_iter_free (iter);
953 static void
954 g_settings_free_key_info (GSettingsKeyInfo *info)
956 if (info->minimum)
957 g_variant_unref (info->minimum);
959 if (info->maximum)
960 g_variant_unref (info->maximum);
962 g_variant_unref (info->default_value);
963 g_object_unref (info->settings);
966 static gboolean
967 g_settings_write_to_backend (GSettingsKeyInfo *info,
968 GVariant *value)
970 gboolean success;
971 gchar *path;
973 path = g_strconcat (info->settings->priv->path, info->key, NULL);
974 success = g_settings_backend_write (info->settings->priv->backend,
975 path, value, NULL);
976 g_free (path);
978 return success;
981 static gboolean
982 g_settings_type_check (GSettingsKeyInfo *info,
983 GVariant *value)
985 g_return_val_if_fail (value != NULL, FALSE);
987 return g_variant_is_of_type (value, info->type);
990 static gboolean
991 g_settings_key_info_range_check (GSettingsKeyInfo *info,
992 GVariant *value)
994 if (info->minimum == NULL && info->strinfo == NULL)
995 return TRUE;
997 if (g_variant_is_container (value))
999 gboolean ok = TRUE;
1000 GVariantIter iter;
1001 GVariant *child;
1003 g_variant_iter_init (&iter, value);
1004 while (ok && (child = g_variant_iter_next_value (&iter)))
1006 ok = g_settings_key_info_range_check (info, child);
1007 g_variant_unref (child);
1010 return ok;
1013 if (info->minimum)
1015 return g_variant_compare (info->minimum, value) <= 0 &&
1016 g_variant_compare (value, info->maximum) <= 0;
1019 return strinfo_is_string_valid (info->strinfo,
1020 info->strinfo_length,
1021 g_variant_get_string (value, NULL));
1024 static GVariant *
1025 g_settings_range_fixup (GSettingsKeyInfo *info,
1026 GVariant *value)
1028 const gchar *target;
1030 if (g_settings_key_info_range_check (info, value))
1031 return g_variant_ref (value);
1033 if (info->strinfo == NULL)
1034 return NULL;
1036 if (g_variant_is_container (value))
1038 GVariantBuilder builder;
1039 GVariantIter iter;
1040 GVariant *child;
1042 g_variant_iter_init (&iter, value);
1043 g_variant_builder_init (&builder, g_variant_get_type (value));
1045 while ((child = g_variant_iter_next_value (&iter)))
1047 GVariant *fixed;
1049 fixed = g_settings_range_fixup (info, child);
1050 g_variant_unref (child);
1052 if (fixed == NULL)
1054 g_variant_builder_clear (&builder);
1055 return NULL;
1058 g_variant_builder_add_value (&builder, fixed);
1059 g_variant_unref (fixed);
1062 return g_variant_ref_sink (g_variant_builder_end (&builder));
1065 target = strinfo_string_from_alias (info->strinfo, info->strinfo_length,
1066 g_variant_get_string (value, NULL));
1067 return target ? g_variant_ref_sink (g_variant_new_string (target)) : NULL;
1070 static GVariant *
1071 g_settings_read_from_backend (GSettingsKeyInfo *info)
1073 GVariant *value;
1074 GVariant *fixup;
1075 gchar *path;
1077 path = g_strconcat (info->settings->priv->path, info->key, NULL);
1078 value = g_settings_backend_read (info->settings->priv->backend,
1079 path, info->type, FALSE);
1080 g_free (path);
1082 if (value != NULL)
1084 fixup = g_settings_range_fixup (info, value);
1085 g_variant_unref (value);
1087 else
1088 fixup = NULL;
1090 return fixup;
1093 static GVariant *
1094 g_settings_get_translated_default (GSettingsKeyInfo *info)
1096 const gchar *translated;
1097 GError *error = NULL;
1098 const gchar *domain;
1099 GVariant *value;
1101 if (info->lc_char == '\0')
1102 /* translation not requested for this key */
1103 return NULL;
1105 domain = g_settings_schema_get_gettext_domain (info->settings->priv->schema);
1107 if (info->lc_char == 't')
1108 translated = g_dcgettext (domain, info->unparsed, LC_TIME);
1109 else
1110 translated = g_dgettext (domain, info->unparsed);
1112 if (translated == info->unparsed)
1113 /* the default value was not translated */
1114 return NULL;
1116 /* try to parse the translation of the unparsed default */
1117 value = g_variant_parse (info->type, translated, NULL, NULL, &error);
1119 if (value == NULL)
1121 g_warning ("Failed to parse translated string `%s' for "
1122 "key `%s' in schema `%s': %s", info->unparsed, info->key,
1123 info->settings->priv->schema_name, error->message);
1124 g_warning ("Using untranslated default instead.");
1125 g_error_free (error);
1128 else if (!g_settings_key_info_range_check (info, value))
1130 g_warning ("Translated default `%s' for key `%s' in schema `%s' "
1131 "is outside of valid range", info->unparsed, info->key,
1132 info->settings->priv->schema_name);
1133 g_variant_unref (value);
1134 value = NULL;
1137 return value;
1140 static gint
1141 g_settings_to_enum (GSettingsKeyInfo *info,
1142 GVariant *value)
1144 gboolean it_worked;
1145 guint result;
1147 it_worked = strinfo_enum_from_string (info->strinfo, info->strinfo_length,
1148 g_variant_get_string (value, NULL),
1149 &result);
1151 /* 'value' can only come from the backend after being filtered for validity,
1152 * from the translation after being filtered for validity, or from the schema
1153 * itself (which the schema compiler checks for validity). If this assertion
1154 * fails then it's really a bug in GSettings or the schema compiler...
1156 g_assert (it_worked);
1158 return result;
1161 static GVariant *
1162 g_settings_from_enum (GSettingsKeyInfo *info,
1163 gint value)
1165 const gchar *string;
1167 string = strinfo_string_from_enum (info->strinfo,
1168 info->strinfo_length,
1169 value);
1171 if (string == NULL)
1172 return NULL;
1174 return g_variant_new_string (string);
1177 static guint
1178 g_settings_to_flags (GSettingsKeyInfo *info,
1179 GVariant *value)
1181 GVariantIter iter;
1182 const gchar *flag;
1183 guint result;
1185 result = 0;
1186 g_variant_iter_init (&iter, value);
1187 while (g_variant_iter_next (&iter, "&s", &flag))
1189 gboolean it_worked;
1190 guint flag_value;
1192 it_worked = strinfo_enum_from_string (info->strinfo,
1193 info->strinfo_length,
1194 flag, &flag_value);
1195 /* as in g_settings_to_enum() */
1196 g_assert (it_worked);
1198 result |= flag_value;
1201 return result;
1204 static GVariant *
1205 g_settings_from_flags (GSettingsKeyInfo *info,
1206 guint value)
1208 GVariantBuilder builder;
1209 gint i;
1211 g_variant_builder_init (&builder, G_VARIANT_TYPE ("as"));
1213 for (i = 0; i < 32; i++)
1214 if (value & (1u << i))
1216 const gchar *string;
1218 string = strinfo_string_from_enum (info->strinfo,
1219 info->strinfo_length,
1220 1u << i);
1222 if (string == NULL)
1224 g_variant_builder_clear (&builder);
1225 return NULL;
1228 g_variant_builder_add (&builder, "s", string);
1231 return g_variant_builder_end (&builder);
1234 /* Public Get/Set API {{{1 (get, get_value, set, set_value, get_mapped) */
1236 * g_settings_get_value:
1237 * @settings: a #GSettings object
1238 * @key: the key to get the value for
1239 * @returns: a new #GVariant
1241 * Gets the value that is stored in @settings for @key.
1243 * It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't contained in the
1244 * schema for @settings.
1246 * Since: 2.26
1248 GVariant *
1249 g_settings_get_value (GSettings *settings,
1250 const gchar *key)
1252 GSettingsKeyInfo info;
1253 GVariant *value;
1255 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_SETTINGS (settings), NULL);
1256 g_return_val_if_fail (key != NULL, NULL);
1258 g_settings_get_key_info (&info, settings, key);
1259 value = g_settings_read_from_backend (&info);
1261 if (value == NULL)
1262 value = g_settings_get_translated_default (&info);
1264 if (value == NULL)
1265 value = g_variant_ref (info.default_value);
1267 g_settings_free_key_info (&info);
1269 return value;
1273 * g_settings_get_enum:
1274 * @settings: a #GSettings object
1275 * @key: the key to get the value for
1276 * @returns: the enum value
1278 * Gets the value that is stored in @settings for @key and converts it
1279 * to the enum value that it represents.
1281 * In order to use this function the type of the value must be a string
1282 * and it must be marked in the schema file as an enumerated type.
1284 * It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't contained in the
1285 * schema for @settings or is not marked as an enumerated type.
1287 * If the value stored in the configuration database is not a valid
1288 * value for the enumerated type then this function will return the
1289 * default value.
1291 * Since: 2.26
1293 gint
1294 g_settings_get_enum (GSettings *settings,
1295 const gchar *key)
1297 GSettingsKeyInfo info;
1298 GVariant *value;
1299 gint result;
1301 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_SETTINGS (settings), -1);
1302 g_return_val_if_fail (key != NULL, -1);
1304 g_settings_get_key_info (&info, settings, key);
1306 if (!info.is_enum)
1308 g_critical ("g_settings_get_enum() called on key `%s' which is not "
1309 "associated with an enumerated type", info.key);
1310 g_settings_free_key_info (&info);
1311 return -1;
1314 value = g_settings_read_from_backend (&info);
1316 if (value == NULL)
1317 value = g_settings_get_translated_default (&info);
1319 if (value == NULL)
1320 value = g_variant_ref (info.default_value);
1322 result = g_settings_to_enum (&info, value);
1323 g_settings_free_key_info (&info);
1324 g_variant_unref (value);
1326 return result;
1330 * g_settings_set_enum:
1331 * @settings: a #GSettings object
1332 * @key: a key, within @settings
1333 * @value: an enumerated value
1334 * @returns: %TRUE, if the set succeeds
1336 * Looks up the enumerated type nick for @value and writes it to @key,
1337 * within @settings.
1339 * It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't contained in the
1340 * schema for @settings or is not marked as an enumerated type, or for
1341 * @value not to be a valid value for the named type.
1343 * After performing the write, accessing @key directly with
1344 * g_settings_get_string() will return the 'nick' associated with
1345 * @value.
1347 gboolean
1348 g_settings_set_enum (GSettings *settings,
1349 const gchar *key,
1350 gint value)
1352 GSettingsKeyInfo info;
1353 GVariant *variant;
1354 gboolean success;
1356 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_SETTINGS (settings), FALSE);
1357 g_return_val_if_fail (key != NULL, FALSE);
1359 g_settings_get_key_info (&info, settings, key);
1361 if (!info.is_enum)
1363 g_critical ("g_settings_set_enum() called on key `%s' which is not "
1364 "associated with an enumerated type", info.key);
1365 return FALSE;
1368 if (!(variant = g_settings_from_enum (&info, value)))
1370 g_critical ("g_settings_set_enum(): invalid enum value %d for key `%s' "
1371 "in schema `%s'. Doing nothing.", value, info.key,
1372 info.settings->priv->schema_name);
1373 g_settings_free_key_info (&info);
1374 return FALSE;
1377 success = g_settings_write_to_backend (&info, variant);
1378 g_settings_free_key_info (&info);
1380 return success;
1384 * g_settings_get_flags:
1385 * @settings: a #GSettings object
1386 * @key: the key to get the value for
1387 * @returns: the flags value
1389 * Gets the value that is stored in @settings for @key and converts it
1390 * to the flags value that it represents.
1392 * In order to use this function the type of the value must be an array
1393 * of strings and it must be marked in the schema file as an flags type.
1395 * It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't contained in the
1396 * schema for @settings or is not marked as a flags type.
1398 * If the value stored in the configuration database is not a valid
1399 * value for the flags type then this function will return the default
1400 * value.
1402 * Since: 2.26
1404 guint
1405 g_settings_get_flags (GSettings *settings,
1406 const gchar *key)
1408 GSettingsKeyInfo info;
1409 GVariant *value;
1410 guint result;
1412 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_SETTINGS (settings), -1);
1413 g_return_val_if_fail (key != NULL, -1);
1415 g_settings_get_key_info (&info, settings, key);
1417 if (!info.is_flags)
1419 g_critical ("g_settings_get_flags() called on key `%s' which is not "
1420 "associated with a flags type", info.key);
1421 g_settings_free_key_info (&info);
1422 return -1;
1425 value = g_settings_read_from_backend (&info);
1427 if (value == NULL)
1428 value = g_settings_get_translated_default (&info);
1430 if (value == NULL)
1431 value = g_variant_ref (info.default_value);
1433 result = g_settings_to_flags (&info, value);
1434 g_settings_free_key_info (&info);
1435 g_variant_unref (value);
1437 return result;
1441 * g_settings_set_flags:
1442 * @settings: a #GSettings object
1443 * @key: a key, within @settings
1444 * @value: a flags value
1445 * @returns: %TRUE, if the set succeeds
1447 * Looks up the flags type nicks for the bits specified by @value, puts
1448 * them in an array of strings and writes the array to @key, withing
1449 * @settings.
1451 * It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't contained in the
1452 * schema for @settings or is not marked as a flags type, or for @value
1453 * to contain any bits that are not value for the named type.
1455 * After performing the write, accessing @key directly with
1456 * g_settings_get_strv() will return an array of 'nicks'; one for each
1457 * bit in @value.
1459 gboolean
1460 g_settings_set_flags (GSettings *settings,
1461 const gchar *key,
1462 guint value)
1464 GSettingsKeyInfo info;
1465 GVariant *variant;
1466 gboolean success;
1468 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_SETTINGS (settings), FALSE);
1469 g_return_val_if_fail (key != NULL, FALSE);
1471 g_settings_get_key_info (&info, settings, key);
1473 if (!info.is_flags)
1475 g_critical ("g_settings_set_flags() called on key `%s' which is not "
1476 "associated with a flags type", info.key);
1477 return FALSE;
1480 if (!(variant = g_settings_from_flags (&info, value)))
1482 g_critical ("g_settings_set_flags(): invalid flags value 0x%08x "
1483 "for key `%s' in schema `%s'. Doing nothing.",
1484 value, info.key, info.settings->priv->schema_name);
1485 g_settings_free_key_info (&info);
1486 return FALSE;
1489 success = g_settings_write_to_backend (&info, variant);
1490 g_settings_free_key_info (&info);
1492 return success;
1496 * g_settings_set_value:
1497 * @settings: a #GSettings object
1498 * @key: the name of the key to set
1499 * @value: a #GVariant of the correct type
1500 * @returns: %TRUE if setting the key succeeded,
1501 * %FALSE if the key was not writable
1503 * Sets @key in @settings to @value.
1505 * It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't contained in the
1506 * schema for @settings or for @value to have the incorrect type, per
1507 * the schema.
1509 * If @value is floating then this function consumes the reference.
1511 * Since: 2.26
1513 gboolean
1514 g_settings_set_value (GSettings *settings,
1515 const gchar *key,
1516 GVariant *value)
1518 GSettingsKeyInfo info;
1520 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_SETTINGS (settings), FALSE);
1521 g_return_val_if_fail (key != NULL, FALSE);
1523 g_settings_get_key_info (&info, settings, key);
1525 if (!g_settings_type_check (&info, value))
1527 g_critical ("g_settings_set_value: key '%s' in '%s' expects type '%s', but a GVariant of type '%s' was given",
1528 key,
1529 settings->priv->schema_name,
1530 g_variant_type_peek_string (info.type),
1531 g_variant_get_type_string (value));
1533 return FALSE;
1536 if (!g_settings_key_info_range_check (&info, value))
1538 g_warning ("g_settings_set_value: value for key '%s' in schema '%s' "
1539 "is outside of valid range",
1540 key,
1541 settings->priv->schema_name);
1543 return FALSE;
1546 g_settings_free_key_info (&info);
1548 return g_settings_write_to_backend (&info, value);
1552 * g_settings_get:
1553 * @settings: a #GSettings object
1554 * @key: the key to get the value for
1555 * @format: a #GVariant format string
1556 * @...: arguments as per @format
1558 * Gets the value that is stored at @key in @settings.
1560 * A convenience function that combines g_settings_get_value() with
1561 * g_variant_get().
1563 * It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't contained in the
1564 * schema for @settings or for the #GVariantType of @format to mismatch
1565 * the type given in the schema.
1567 * Since: 2.26
1569 void
1570 g_settings_get (GSettings *settings,
1571 const gchar *key,
1572 const gchar *format,
1573 ...)
1575 GVariant *value;
1576 va_list ap;
1578 value = g_settings_get_value (settings, key);
1580 va_start (ap, format);
1581 g_variant_get_va (value, format, NULL, &ap);
1582 va_end (ap);
1584 g_variant_unref (value);
1588 * g_settings_set:
1589 * @settings: a #GSettings object
1590 * @key: the name of the key to set
1591 * @format: a #GVariant format string
1592 * @...: arguments as per @format
1593 * @returns: %TRUE if setting the key succeeded,
1594 * %FALSE if the key was not writable
1596 * Sets @key in @settings to @value.
1598 * A convenience function that combines g_settings_set_value() with
1599 * g_variant_new().
1601 * It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't contained in the
1602 * schema for @settings or for the #GVariantType of @format to mismatch
1603 * the type given in the schema.
1605 * Since: 2.26
1607 gboolean
1608 g_settings_set (GSettings *settings,
1609 const gchar *key,
1610 const gchar *format,
1611 ...)
1613 GVariant *value;
1614 va_list ap;
1616 va_start (ap, format);
1617 value = g_variant_new_va (format, NULL, &ap);
1618 va_end (ap);
1620 return g_settings_set_value (settings, key, value);
1624 * g_settings_get_mapped:
1625 * @settings: a #GSettings object
1626 * @key: the key to get the value for
1627 * @mapping: (scope call): the function to map the value in the
1628 * settings database to the value used by the application
1629 * @user_data: user data for @mapping
1630 * @returns: (transfer full): the result, which may be %NULL
1632 * Gets the value that is stored at @key in @settings, subject to
1633 * application-level validation/mapping.
1635 * You should use this function when the application needs to perform
1636 * some processing on the value of the key (for example, parsing). The
1637 * @mapping function performs that processing. If the function
1638 * indicates that the processing was unsuccessful (due to a parse error,
1639 * for example) then the mapping is tried again with another value.
1641 * This allows a robust 'fall back to defaults' behaviour to be
1642 * implemented somewhat automatically.
1644 * The first value that is tried is the user's setting for the key. If
1645 * the mapping function fails to map this value, other values may be
1646 * tried in an unspecified order (system or site defaults, translated
1647 * schema default values, untranslated schema default values, etc).
1649 * If the mapping function fails for all possible values, one additional
1650 * attempt is made: the mapping function is called with a %NULL value.
1651 * If the mapping function still indicates failure at this point then
1652 * the application will be aborted.
1654 * The result parameter for the @mapping function is pointed to a
1655 * #gpointer which is initially set to %NULL. The same pointer is given
1656 * to each invocation of @mapping. The final value of that #gpointer is
1657 * what is returned by this function. %NULL is valid; it is returned
1658 * just as any other value would be.
1660 gpointer
1661 g_settings_get_mapped (GSettings *settings,
1662 const gchar *key,
1663 GSettingsGetMapping mapping,
1664 gpointer user_data)
1666 gpointer result = NULL;
1667 GSettingsKeyInfo info;
1668 GVariant *value;
1669 gboolean okay;
1671 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_SETTINGS (settings), NULL);
1672 g_return_val_if_fail (key != NULL, NULL);
1673 g_return_val_if_fail (mapping != NULL, NULL);
1675 g_settings_get_key_info (&info, settings, key);
1677 if ((value = g_settings_read_from_backend (&info)))
1679 okay = mapping (value, &result, user_data);
1680 g_variant_unref (value);
1681 if (okay) goto okay;
1684 if ((value = g_settings_get_translated_default (&info)))
1686 okay = mapping (value, &result, user_data);
1687 g_variant_unref (value);
1688 if (okay) goto okay;
1691 if (mapping (info.default_value, &result, user_data))
1692 goto okay;
1694 if (!mapping (NULL, &result, user_data))
1695 g_error ("The mapping function given to g_settings_get_mapped() for key "
1696 "`%s' in schema `%s' returned FALSE when given a NULL value.",
1697 key, settings->priv->schema_name);
1699 okay:
1700 g_settings_free_key_info (&info);
1702 return result;
1705 /* Convenience API (get, set_string, int, double, boolean, strv) {{{1 */
1707 * g_settings_get_string:
1708 * @settings: a #GSettings object
1709 * @key: the key to get the value for
1710 * @returns: a newly-allocated string
1712 * Gets the value that is stored at @key in @settings.
1714 * A convenience variant of g_settings_get() for strings.
1716 * It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't specified as
1717 * having a string type in the schema for @settings.
1719 * Since: 2.26
1721 gchar *
1722 g_settings_get_string (GSettings *settings,
1723 const gchar *key)
1725 GVariant *value;
1726 gchar *result;
1728 value = g_settings_get_value (settings, key);
1729 result = g_variant_dup_string (value, NULL);
1730 g_variant_unref (value);
1732 return result;
1736 * g_settings_set_string:
1737 * @settings: a #GSettings object
1738 * @key: the name of the key to set
1739 * @value: the value to set it to
1740 * @returns: %TRUE if setting the key succeeded,
1741 * %FALSE if the key was not writable
1743 * Sets @key in @settings to @value.
1745 * A convenience variant of g_settings_set() for strings.
1747 * It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't specified as
1748 * having a string type in the schema for @settings.
1750 * Since: 2.26
1752 gboolean
1753 g_settings_set_string (GSettings *settings,
1754 const gchar *key,
1755 const gchar *value)
1757 return g_settings_set_value (settings, key, g_variant_new_string (value));
1761 * g_settings_get_int:
1762 * @settings: a #GSettings object
1763 * @key: the key to get the value for
1764 * @returns: an integer
1766 * Gets the value that is stored at @key in @settings.
1768 * A convenience variant of g_settings_get() for 32-bit integers.
1770 * It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't specified as
1771 * having a int32 type in the schema for @settings.
1773 * Since: 2.26
1775 gint
1776 g_settings_get_int (GSettings *settings,
1777 const gchar *key)
1779 GVariant *value;
1780 gint result;
1782 value = g_settings_get_value (settings, key);
1783 result = g_variant_get_int32 (value);
1784 g_variant_unref (value);
1786 return result;
1790 * g_settings_set_int:
1791 * @settings: a #GSettings object
1792 * @key: the name of the key to set
1793 * @value: the value to set it to
1794 * @returns: %TRUE if setting the key succeeded,
1795 * %FALSE if the key was not writable
1797 * Sets @key in @settings to @value.
1799 * A convenience variant of g_settings_set() for 32-bit integers.
1801 * It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't specified as
1802 * having a int32 type in the schema for @settings.
1804 * Since: 2.26
1806 gboolean
1807 g_settings_set_int (GSettings *settings,
1808 const gchar *key,
1809 gint value)
1811 return g_settings_set_value (settings, key, g_variant_new_int32 (value));
1815 * g_settings_get_double:
1816 * @settings: a #GSettings object
1817 * @key: the key to get the value for
1818 * @returns: a double
1820 * Gets the value that is stored at @key in @settings.
1822 * A convenience variant of g_settings_get() for doubles.
1824 * It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't specified as
1825 * having a 'double' type in the schema for @settings.
1827 * Since: 2.26
1829 gdouble
1830 g_settings_get_double (GSettings *settings,
1831 const gchar *key)
1833 GVariant *value;
1834 gdouble result;
1836 value = g_settings_get_value (settings, key);
1837 result = g_variant_get_double (value);
1838 g_variant_unref (value);
1840 return result;
1844 * g_settings_set_double:
1845 * @settings: a #GSettings object
1846 * @key: the name of the key to set
1847 * @value: the value to set it to
1848 * @returns: %TRUE if setting the key succeeded,
1849 * %FALSE if the key was not writable
1851 * Sets @key in @settings to @value.
1853 * A convenience variant of g_settings_set() for doubles.
1855 * It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't specified as
1856 * having a 'double' type in the schema for @settings.
1858 * Since: 2.26
1860 gboolean
1861 g_settings_set_double (GSettings *settings,
1862 const gchar *key,
1863 gdouble value)
1865 return g_settings_set_value (settings, key, g_variant_new_double (value));
1869 * g_settings_get_boolean:
1870 * @settings: a #GSettings object
1871 * @key: the key to get the value for
1872 * @returns: a boolean
1874 * Gets the value that is stored at @key in @settings.
1876 * A convenience variant of g_settings_get() for booleans.
1878 * It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't specified as
1879 * having a boolean type in the schema for @settings.
1881 * Since: 2.26
1883 gboolean
1884 g_settings_get_boolean (GSettings *settings,
1885 const gchar *key)
1887 GVariant *value;
1888 gboolean result;
1890 value = g_settings_get_value (settings, key);
1891 result = g_variant_get_boolean (value);
1892 g_variant_unref (value);
1894 return result;
1898 * g_settings_set_boolean:
1899 * @settings: a #GSettings object
1900 * @key: the name of the key to set
1901 * @value: the value to set it to
1902 * @returns: %TRUE if setting the key succeeded,
1903 * %FALSE if the key was not writable
1905 * Sets @key in @settings to @value.
1907 * A convenience variant of g_settings_set() for booleans.
1909 * It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't specified as
1910 * having a boolean type in the schema for @settings.
1912 * Since: 2.26
1914 gboolean
1915 g_settings_set_boolean (GSettings *settings,
1916 const gchar *key,
1917 gboolean value)
1919 return g_settings_set_value (settings, key, g_variant_new_boolean (value));
1923 * g_settings_get_strv:
1924 * @settings: a #GSettings object
1925 * @key: the key to get the value for
1926 * @returns: (array zero-terminated=1) (transfer full): a
1927 * newly-allocated, %NULL-terminated array of strings, the value that
1928 * is stored at @key in @settings.
1930 * A convenience variant of g_settings_get() for string arrays.
1932 * It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't specified as
1933 * having an array of strings type in the schema for @settings.
1935 * Since: 2.26
1937 gchar **
1938 g_settings_get_strv (GSettings *settings,
1939 const gchar *key)
1941 GVariant *value;
1942 gchar **result;
1944 value = g_settings_get_value (settings, key);
1945 result = g_variant_dup_strv (value, NULL);
1946 g_variant_unref (value);
1948 return result;
1952 * g_settings_set_strv:
1953 * @settings: a #GSettings object
1954 * @key: the name of the key to set
1955 * @value: (allow-none) (array zero-terminated=1): the value to set it to, or %NULL
1956 * @returns: %TRUE if setting the key succeeded,
1957 * %FALSE if the key was not writable
1959 * Sets @key in @settings to @value.
1961 * A convenience variant of g_settings_set() for string arrays. If
1962 * @value is %NULL, then @key is set to be the empty array.
1964 * It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't specified as
1965 * having an array of strings type in the schema for @settings.
1967 * Since: 2.26
1969 gboolean
1970 g_settings_set_strv (GSettings *settings,
1971 const gchar *key,
1972 const gchar * const *value)
1974 GVariant *array;
1976 if (value != NULL)
1977 array = g_variant_new_strv (value, -1);
1978 else
1979 array = g_variant_new_strv (NULL, 0);
1981 return g_settings_set_value (settings, key, array);
1984 /* Delayed apply (delay, apply, revert, get_has_unapplied) {{{1 */
1986 * g_settings_delay:
1987 * @settings: a #GSettings object
1989 * Changes the #GSettings object into 'delay-apply' mode. In this
1990 * mode, changes to @settings are not immediately propagated to the
1991 * backend, but kept locally until g_settings_apply() is called.
1993 * Since: 2.26
1995 void
1996 g_settings_delay (GSettings *settings)
1998 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_SETTINGS (settings));
2000 if (settings->priv->delayed)
2001 return;
2003 settings->priv->delayed =
2004 g_delayed_settings_backend_new (settings->priv->backend,
2005 settings,
2006 settings->priv->main_context);
2007 g_settings_backend_unwatch (settings->priv->backend, G_OBJECT (settings));
2008 g_object_unref (settings->priv->backend);
2010 settings->priv->backend = G_SETTINGS_BACKEND (settings->priv->delayed);
2011 g_settings_backend_watch (settings->priv->backend,
2012 &listener_vtable, G_OBJECT (settings),
2013 settings->priv->main_context);
2015 g_object_notify (G_OBJECT (settings), "delay-apply");
2019 * g_settings_apply:
2020 * @settings: a #GSettings instance
2022 * Applies any changes that have been made to the settings. This
2023 * function does nothing unless @settings is in 'delay-apply' mode;
2024 * see g_settings_delay(). In the normal case settings are always
2025 * applied immediately.
2027 void
2028 g_settings_apply (GSettings *settings)
2030 if (settings->priv->delayed)
2032 GDelayedSettingsBackend *delayed;
2034 delayed = G_DELAYED_SETTINGS_BACKEND (settings->priv->backend);
2035 g_delayed_settings_backend_apply (delayed);
2040 * g_settings_revert:
2041 * @settings: a #GSettings instance
2043 * Reverts all non-applied changes to the settings. This function
2044 * does nothing unless @settings is in 'delay-apply' mode; see
2045 * g_settings_delay(). In the normal case settings are always applied
2046 * immediately.
2048 * Change notifications will be emitted for affected keys.
2050 void
2051 g_settings_revert (GSettings *settings)
2053 if (settings->priv->delayed)
2055 GDelayedSettingsBackend *delayed;
2057 delayed = G_DELAYED_SETTINGS_BACKEND (settings->priv->backend);
2058 g_delayed_settings_backend_revert (delayed);
2063 * g_settings_get_has_unapplied:
2064 * @settings: a #GSettings object
2065 * @returns: %TRUE if @settings has unapplied changes
2067 * Returns whether the #GSettings object has any unapplied
2068 * changes. This can only be the case if it is in 'delayed-apply' mode.
2070 * Since: 2.26
2072 gboolean
2073 g_settings_get_has_unapplied (GSettings *settings)
2075 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_SETTINGS (settings), FALSE);
2077 return settings->priv->delayed &&
2078 g_delayed_settings_backend_get_has_unapplied (
2079 G_DELAYED_SETTINGS_BACKEND (settings->priv->backend));
2082 /* Extra API (reset, sync, get_child, is_writable, list_*, ranges) {{{1 */
2084 * g_settings_reset:
2085 * @settings: a #GSettings object
2086 * @key: the name of a key
2088 * Resets @key to its default value.
2090 * This call resets the key, as much as possible, to its default value.
2091 * That might the value specified in the schema or the one set by the
2092 * administrator.
2094 void
2095 g_settings_reset (GSettings *settings,
2096 const gchar *key)
2098 gchar *path;
2100 path = g_strconcat (settings->priv->path, key, NULL);
2101 g_settings_backend_reset (settings->priv->backend, path, NULL);
2102 g_free (path);
2106 * g_settings_sync:
2108 * Ensures that all pending operations for the given are complete for
2109 * the default backend.
2111 * Writes made to a #GSettings are handled asynchronously. For this
2112 * reason, it is very unlikely that the changes have it to disk by the
2113 * time g_settings_set() returns.
2115 * This call will block until all of the writes have made it to the
2116 * backend. Since the mainloop is not running, no change notifications
2117 * will be dispatched during this call (but some may be queued by the
2118 * time the call is done).
2120 void
2121 g_settings_sync (void)
2123 g_settings_backend_sync_default ();
2127 * g_settings_is_writable:
2128 * @settings: a #GSettings object
2129 * @name: the name of a key
2130 * @returns: %TRUE if the key @name is writable
2132 * Finds out if a key can be written or not
2134 * Since: 2.26
2136 gboolean
2137 g_settings_is_writable (GSettings *settings,
2138 const gchar *name)
2140 gboolean writable;
2141 gchar *path;
2143 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_SETTINGS (settings), FALSE);
2145 path = g_strconcat (settings->priv->path, name, NULL);
2146 writable = g_settings_backend_get_writable (settings->priv->backend, path);
2147 g_free (path);
2149 return writable;
2153 * g_settings_get_child:
2154 * @settings: a #GSettings object
2155 * @name: the name of the 'child' schema
2156 * @returns: (transfer full): a 'child' settings object
2158 * Creates a 'child' settings object which has a base path of
2159 * <replaceable>base-path</replaceable>/@name, where
2160 * <replaceable>base-path</replaceable> is the base path of @settings.
2162 * The schema for the child settings object must have been declared
2163 * in the schema of @settings using a <tag class="starttag">child</tag> element.
2165 * Since: 2.26
2167 GSettings *
2168 g_settings_get_child (GSettings *settings,
2169 const gchar *name)
2171 const gchar *child_schema;
2172 gchar *child_path;
2173 gchar *child_name;
2174 GSettings *child;
2176 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_SETTINGS (settings), NULL);
2178 child_name = g_strconcat (name, "/", NULL);
2179 child_schema = g_settings_schema_get_string (settings->priv->schema,
2180 child_name);
2181 if (child_schema == NULL)
2182 g_error ("Schema '%s' has no child '%s'",
2183 settings->priv->schema_name, name);
2185 child_path = g_strconcat (settings->priv->path, child_name, NULL);
2186 child = g_object_new (G_TYPE_SETTINGS,
2187 "schema", child_schema,
2188 "path", child_path,
2189 NULL);
2190 g_free (child_path);
2191 g_free (child_name);
2193 return child;
2197 * g_settings_list_keys:
2198 * @settings: a #GSettings object
2199 * @returns: (transfer full) (element-type utf8): a list of the keys on @settings
2201 * Introspects the list of keys on @settings.
2203 * You should probably not be calling this function from "normal" code
2204 * (since you should already know what keys are in your schema). This
2205 * function is intended for introspection reasons.
2207 * You should free the return value with g_strfreev() when you are done
2208 * with it.
2210 gchar **
2211 g_settings_list_keys (GSettings *settings)
2213 const GQuark *keys;
2214 gchar **strv;
2215 gint n_keys;
2216 gint i, j;
2218 keys = g_settings_schema_list (settings->priv->schema, &n_keys);
2219 strv = g_new (gchar *, n_keys + 1);
2220 for (i = j = 0; i < n_keys; i++)
2222 const gchar *key = g_quark_to_string (keys[i]);
2224 if (!g_str_has_suffix (key, "/"))
2225 strv[j++] = g_strdup (key);
2227 strv[j] = NULL;
2229 return strv;
2233 * g_settings_list_children:
2234 * @settings: a #GSettings object
2235 * @returns: (transfer full) (element-type utf8): a list of the children on @settings
2237 * Gets the list of children on @settings.
2239 * The list is exactly the list of strings for which it is not an error
2240 * to call g_settings_get_child().
2242 * For GSettings objects that are lists, this value can change at any
2243 * time and you should connect to the "children-changed" signal to watch
2244 * for those changes. Note that there is a race condition here: you may
2245 * request a child after listing it only for it to have been destroyed
2246 * in the meantime. For this reason, g_settings_get_child() may return
2247 * %NULL even for a child that was listed by this function.
2249 * For GSettings objects that are not lists, you should probably not be
2250 * calling this function from "normal" code (since you should already
2251 * know what children are in your schema). This function may still be
2252 * useful there for introspection reasons, however.
2254 * You should free the return value with g_strfreev() when you are done
2255 * with it.
2257 gchar **
2258 g_settings_list_children (GSettings *settings)
2260 const GQuark *keys;
2261 gchar **strv;
2262 gint n_keys;
2263 gint i, j;
2265 keys = g_settings_schema_list (settings->priv->schema, &n_keys);
2266 strv = g_new (gchar *, n_keys + 1);
2267 for (i = j = 0; i < n_keys; i++)
2269 const gchar *key = g_quark_to_string (keys[i]);
2271 if (g_str_has_suffix (key, "/"))
2273 gint length = strlen (key);
2275 strv[j] = g_memdup (key, length);
2276 strv[j][length - 1] = '\0';
2277 j++;
2280 strv[j] = NULL;
2282 return strv;
2286 * g_settings_get_range:
2287 * @settings: a #GSettings
2288 * @key: the key to query the range of
2289 * @returns: a #GVariant describing the range
2291 * Queries the range of a key.
2293 * This function will return a #GVariant that fully describes the range
2294 * of values that are valid for @key.
2296 * The type of #GVariant returned is <literal>(sv)</literal>. The
2297 * string describes the type of range restriction in effect. The type
2298 * and meaning of the value contained in the variant depends on the
2299 * string.
2301 * If the string is <literal>'type'</literal> then the variant contains
2302 * an empty array. The element type of that empty array is the expected
2303 * type of value and all values of that type are valid.
2305 * If the string is <literal>'enum'</literal> then the variant contains
2306 * an array enumerating the possible values. Each item in the array is
2307 * a possible valid value and no other values are valid.
2309 * If the string is <literal>'flags'</literal> then the variant contains
2310 * an array. Each item in the array is a value that may appear zero or
2311 * one times in an array to be used as the value for this key. For
2312 * example, if the variant contained the array <literal>['x',
2313 * 'y']</literal> then the valid values for the key would be
2314 * <literal>[]</literal>, <literal>['x']</literal>,
2315 * <literal>['y']</literal>, <literal>['x', 'y']</literal> and
2316 * <literal>['y', 'x']</literal>.
2318 * Finally, if the string is <literal>'range'</literal> then the variant
2319 * contains a pair of like-typed values -- the minimum and maximum
2320 * permissible values for this key.
2322 * This information should not be used by normal programs. It is
2323 * considered to be a hint for introspection purposes. Normal programs
2324 * should already know what is permitted by their own schema. The
2325 * format may change in any way in the future -- but particularly, new
2326 * forms may be added to the possibilities described above.
2328 * It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't contained in the
2329 * schema for @settings.
2331 * You should free the returned value with g_variant_unref() when it is
2332 * no longer needed.
2334 * Since: 2.28
2336 GVariant *
2337 g_settings_get_range (GSettings *settings,
2338 const gchar *key)
2340 GSettingsKeyInfo info;
2341 const gchar *type;
2342 GVariant *range;
2344 g_settings_get_key_info (&info, settings, key);
2346 if (info.minimum)
2348 range = g_variant_new ("(**)", info.minimum, info.maximum);
2349 type = "range";
2351 else if (info.strinfo)
2353 range = strinfo_enumerate (info.strinfo, info.strinfo_length);
2354 type = info.is_flags ? "flags" : "enum";
2356 else
2358 range = g_variant_new_array (info.type, NULL, 0);
2359 type = "type";
2362 g_settings_free_key_info (&info);
2364 return g_variant_ref_sink (g_variant_new ("(sv)", type, range));
2368 * g_settings_range_check:
2369 * @settings: a #GSettings
2370 * @key: the key to check
2371 * @value: the value to check
2372 * @returns: %TRUE if @value is valid for @key
2374 * Checks if the given @value is of the correct type and within the
2375 * permitted range for @key.
2377 * This API is not intended to be used by normal programs -- they should
2378 * already know what is permitted by their own schemas. This API is
2379 * meant to be used by programs such as editors or commandline tools.
2381 * It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't contained in the
2382 * schema for @settings.
2384 * Since: 2.28
2386 gboolean
2387 g_settings_range_check (GSettings *settings,
2388 const gchar *key,
2389 GVariant *value)
2391 GSettingsKeyInfo info;
2392 gboolean good;
2394 g_settings_get_key_info (&info, settings, key);
2395 good = g_settings_type_check (&info, value) &&
2396 g_settings_key_info_range_check (&info, value);
2397 g_settings_free_key_info (&info);
2399 return good;
2402 /* Binding {{{1 */
2403 typedef struct
2405 GSettingsKeyInfo info;
2406 GObject *object;
2408 GSettingsBindGetMapping get_mapping;
2409 GSettingsBindSetMapping set_mapping;
2410 gpointer user_data;
2411 GDestroyNotify destroy;
2413 guint writable_handler_id;
2414 guint property_handler_id;
2415 const GParamSpec *property;
2416 guint key_handler_id;
2418 /* prevent recursion */
2419 gboolean running;
2420 } GSettingsBinding;
2422 static void
2423 g_settings_binding_free (gpointer data)
2425 GSettingsBinding *binding = data;
2427 g_assert (!binding->running);
2429 if (binding->writable_handler_id)
2430 g_signal_handler_disconnect (binding->info.settings,
2431 binding->writable_handler_id);
2433 if (binding->key_handler_id)
2434 g_signal_handler_disconnect (binding->info.settings,
2435 binding->key_handler_id);
2437 if (g_signal_handler_is_connected (binding->object,
2438 binding->property_handler_id))
2439 g_signal_handler_disconnect (binding->object,
2440 binding->property_handler_id);
2442 g_settings_free_key_info (&binding->info);
2444 if (binding->destroy)
2445 binding->destroy (binding->user_data);
2447 g_slice_free (GSettingsBinding, binding);
2450 static GQuark
2451 g_settings_binding_quark (const char *property)
2453 GQuark quark;
2454 gchar *tmp;
2456 tmp = g_strdup_printf ("gsettingsbinding-%s", property);
2457 quark = g_quark_from_string (tmp);
2458 g_free (tmp);
2460 return quark;
2463 static void
2464 g_settings_binding_key_changed (GSettings *settings,
2465 const gchar *key,
2466 gpointer user_data)
2468 GSettingsBinding *binding = user_data;
2469 GValue value = { 0, };
2470 GVariant *variant;
2472 g_assert (settings == binding->info.settings);
2473 g_assert (key == binding->info.key);
2475 if (binding->running)
2476 return;
2478 binding->running = TRUE;
2480 g_value_init (&value, binding->property->value_type);
2482 variant = g_settings_read_from_backend (&binding->info);
2483 if (variant && !binding->get_mapping (&value, variant, binding->user_data))
2485 /* silently ignore errors in the user's config database */
2486 g_variant_unref (variant);
2487 variant = NULL;
2490 if (variant == NULL)
2492 variant = g_settings_get_translated_default (&binding->info);
2493 if (variant &&
2494 !binding->get_mapping (&value, variant, binding->user_data))
2496 /* flag translation errors with a warning */
2497 g_warning ("Translated default `%s' for key `%s' in schema `%s' "
2498 "was rejected by the binding mapping function",
2499 binding->info.unparsed, binding->info.key,
2500 binding->info.settings->priv->schema_name);
2501 g_variant_unref (variant);
2502 variant = NULL;
2506 if (variant == NULL)
2508 variant = g_variant_ref (binding->info.default_value);
2509 if (!binding->get_mapping (&value, variant, binding->user_data))
2510 g_error ("The schema default value for key `%s' in schema `%s' "
2511 "was rejected by the binding mapping function.",
2512 binding->info.key,
2513 binding->info.settings->priv->schema_name);
2516 g_object_set_property (binding->object, binding->property->name, &value);
2517 g_variant_unref (variant);
2518 g_value_unset (&value);
2520 binding->running = FALSE;
2523 static void
2524 g_settings_binding_property_changed (GObject *object,
2525 const GParamSpec *pspec,
2526 gpointer user_data)
2528 GSettingsBinding *binding = user_data;
2529 GValue value = { 0, };
2530 GVariant *variant;
2532 g_assert (object == binding->object);
2533 g_assert (pspec == binding->property);
2535 if (binding->running)
2536 return;
2538 binding->running = TRUE;
2540 g_value_init (&value, pspec->value_type);
2541 g_object_get_property (object, pspec->name, &value);
2542 if ((variant = binding->set_mapping (&value, binding->info.type,
2543 binding->user_data)))
2545 if (g_variant_is_floating (variant))
2546 g_variant_ref_sink (variant);
2548 if (!g_settings_type_check (&binding->info, variant))
2550 g_critical ("binding mapping function for key `%s' returned "
2551 "GVariant of type `%s' when type `%s' was requested",
2552 binding->info.key, g_variant_get_type_string (variant),
2553 g_variant_type_dup_string (binding->info.type));
2554 return;
2557 if (!g_settings_key_info_range_check (&binding->info, variant))
2559 g_critical ("GObject property `%s' on a `%s' object is out of "
2560 "schema-specified range for key `%s' of `%s': %s",
2561 binding->property->name,
2562 g_type_name (binding->property->owner_type),
2563 binding->info.key,
2564 binding->info.settings->priv->schema_name,
2565 g_variant_print (variant, TRUE));
2566 return;
2569 g_settings_write_to_backend (&binding->info, variant);
2570 g_variant_unref (variant);
2572 g_value_unset (&value);
2574 binding->running = FALSE;
2577 static gboolean
2578 g_settings_bind_invert_boolean_get_mapping (GValue *value,
2579 GVariant *variant,
2580 gpointer user_data)
2582 g_value_set_boolean (value, !g_variant_get_boolean (variant));
2583 return TRUE;
2586 static GVariant *
2587 g_settings_bind_invert_boolean_set_mapping (const GValue *value,
2588 const GVariantType *expected_type,
2589 gpointer user_data)
2591 return g_variant_new_boolean (!g_value_get_boolean (value));
2595 * g_settings_bind:
2596 * @settings: a #GSettings object
2597 * @key: the key to bind
2598 * @object: (type GObject.Object): a #GObject
2599 * @property: the name of the property to bind
2600 * @flags: flags for the binding
2602 * Create a binding between the @key in the @settings object
2603 * and the property @property of @object.
2605 * The binding uses the default GIO mapping functions to map
2606 * between the settings and property values. These functions
2607 * handle booleans, numeric types and string types in a
2608 * straightforward way. Use g_settings_bind_with_mapping() if
2609 * you need a custom mapping, or map between types that are not
2610 * supported by the default mapping functions.
2612 * Unless the @flags include %G_SETTINGS_BIND_NO_SENSITIVITY, this
2613 * function also establishes a binding between the writability of
2614 * @key and the "sensitive" property of @object (if @object has
2615 * a boolean property by that name). See g_settings_bind_writable()
2616 * for more details about writable bindings.
2618 * Note that the lifecycle of the binding is tied to the object,
2619 * and that you can have only one binding per object property.
2620 * If you bind the same property twice on the same object, the second
2621 * binding overrides the first one.
2623 * Since: 2.26
2625 void
2626 g_settings_bind (GSettings *settings,
2627 const gchar *key,
2628 gpointer object,
2629 const gchar *property,
2630 GSettingsBindFlags flags)
2632 GSettingsBindGetMapping get_mapping = NULL;
2633 GSettingsBindSetMapping set_mapping = NULL;
2635 if (flags & G_SETTINGS_BIND_INVERT_BOOLEAN)
2637 get_mapping = g_settings_bind_invert_boolean_get_mapping;
2638 set_mapping = g_settings_bind_invert_boolean_set_mapping;
2640 /* can't pass this flag to g_settings_bind_with_mapping() */
2641 flags &= ~G_SETTINGS_BIND_INVERT_BOOLEAN;
2644 g_settings_bind_with_mapping (settings, key, object, property, flags,
2645 get_mapping, set_mapping, NULL, NULL);
2649 * g_settings_bind_with_mapping: (skip)
2650 * @settings: a #GSettings object
2651 * @key: the key to bind
2652 * @object: (type GObject.Object): a #GObject
2653 * @property: the name of the property to bind
2654 * @flags: flags for the binding
2655 * @get_mapping: a function that gets called to convert values
2656 * from @settings to @object, or %NULL to use the default GIO mapping
2657 * @set_mapping: a function that gets called to convert values
2658 * from @object to @settings, or %NULL to use the default GIO mapping
2659 * @user_data: data that gets passed to @get_mapping and @set_mapping
2660 * @destroy: #GDestroyNotify function for @user_data
2662 * Create a binding between the @key in the @settings object
2663 * and the property @property of @object.
2665 * The binding uses the provided mapping functions to map between
2666 * settings and property values.
2668 * Note that the lifecycle of the binding is tied to the object,
2669 * and that you can have only one binding per object property.
2670 * If you bind the same property twice on the same object, the second
2671 * binding overrides the first one.
2673 * Since: 2.26
2675 void
2676 g_settings_bind_with_mapping (GSettings *settings,
2677 const gchar *key,
2678 gpointer object,
2679 const gchar *property,
2680 GSettingsBindFlags flags,
2681 GSettingsBindGetMapping get_mapping,
2682 GSettingsBindSetMapping set_mapping,
2683 gpointer user_data,
2684 GDestroyNotify destroy)
2686 GSettingsBinding *binding;
2687 GObjectClass *objectclass;
2688 gchar *detailed_signal;
2689 GQuark binding_quark;
2691 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_SETTINGS (settings));
2692 g_return_if_fail (~flags & G_SETTINGS_BIND_INVERT_BOOLEAN);
2694 objectclass = G_OBJECT_GET_CLASS (object);
2696 binding = g_slice_new0 (GSettingsBinding);
2697 g_settings_get_key_info (&binding->info, settings, key);
2698 binding->object = object;
2699 binding->property = g_object_class_find_property (objectclass, property);
2700 binding->user_data = user_data;
2701 binding->destroy = destroy;
2702 binding->get_mapping = get_mapping ? get_mapping : g_settings_get_mapping;
2703 binding->set_mapping = set_mapping ? set_mapping : g_settings_set_mapping;
2705 if (!(flags & (G_SETTINGS_BIND_GET | G_SETTINGS_BIND_SET)))
2706 flags |= G_SETTINGS_BIND_GET | G_SETTINGS_BIND_SET;
2708 if (binding->property == NULL)
2710 g_critical ("g_settings_bind: no property '%s' on class '%s'",
2711 property, G_OBJECT_TYPE_NAME (object));
2712 return;
2715 if ((flags & G_SETTINGS_BIND_GET) &&
2716 (binding->property->flags & G_PARAM_WRITABLE) == 0)
2718 g_critical ("g_settings_bind: property '%s' on class '%s' is not "
2719 "writable", property, G_OBJECT_TYPE_NAME (object));
2720 return;
2722 if ((flags & G_SETTINGS_BIND_SET) &&
2723 (binding->property->flags & G_PARAM_READABLE) == 0)
2725 g_critical ("g_settings_bind: property '%s' on class '%s' is not "
2726 "readable", property, G_OBJECT_TYPE_NAME (object));
2727 return;
2730 if (get_mapping == g_settings_bind_invert_boolean_get_mapping)
2732 /* g_settings_bind_invert_boolean_get_mapping() is a private
2733 * function, so if we are here it means that g_settings_bind() was
2734 * called with G_SETTINGS_BIND_INVERT_BOOLEAN.
2736 * Ensure that both sides are boolean.
2739 if (binding->property->value_type != G_TYPE_BOOLEAN)
2741 g_critical ("g_settings_bind: G_SETTINGS_BIND_INVERT_BOOLEAN "
2742 "was specified, but property `%s' on type `%s' has "
2743 "type `%s'", property, G_OBJECT_TYPE_NAME (object),
2744 g_type_name ((binding->property->value_type)));
2745 return;
2748 if (!g_variant_type_equal (binding->info.type, G_VARIANT_TYPE_BOOLEAN))
2750 g_critical ("g_settings_bind: G_SETTINGS_BIND_INVERT_BOOLEAN "
2751 "was specified, but key `%s' on schema `%s' has "
2752 "type `%s'", key, settings->priv->schema_name,
2753 g_variant_type_dup_string (binding->info.type));
2754 return;
2759 else if (((get_mapping == NULL && (flags & G_SETTINGS_BIND_GET)) ||
2760 (set_mapping == NULL && (flags & G_SETTINGS_BIND_SET))) &&
2761 !g_settings_mapping_is_compatible (binding->property->value_type,
2762 binding->info.type))
2764 g_critical ("g_settings_bind: property '%s' on class '%s' has type "
2765 "'%s' which is not compatible with type '%s' of key '%s' "
2766 "on schema '%s'", property, G_OBJECT_TYPE_NAME (object),
2767 g_type_name (binding->property->value_type),
2768 g_variant_type_dup_string (binding->info.type), key,
2769 settings->priv->schema_name);
2770 return;
2773 if ((flags & G_SETTINGS_BIND_SET) &&
2774 (~flags & G_SETTINGS_BIND_NO_SENSITIVITY))
2776 GParamSpec *sensitive;
2778 sensitive = g_object_class_find_property (objectclass, "sensitive");
2780 if (sensitive && sensitive->value_type == G_TYPE_BOOLEAN &&
2781 (sensitive->flags & G_PARAM_WRITABLE))
2782 g_settings_bind_writable (settings, binding->info.key,
2783 object, "sensitive", FALSE);
2786 if (flags & G_SETTINGS_BIND_SET)
2788 detailed_signal = g_strdup_printf ("notify::%s", property);
2789 binding->property_handler_id =
2790 g_signal_connect (object, detailed_signal,
2791 G_CALLBACK (g_settings_binding_property_changed),
2792 binding);
2793 g_free (detailed_signal);
2795 if (~flags & G_SETTINGS_BIND_GET)
2796 g_settings_binding_property_changed (object,
2797 binding->property,
2798 binding);
2801 if (flags & G_SETTINGS_BIND_GET)
2803 if (~flags & G_SETTINGS_BIND_GET_NO_CHANGES)
2805 detailed_signal = g_strdup_printf ("changed::%s", key);
2806 binding->key_handler_id =
2807 g_signal_connect (settings, detailed_signal,
2808 G_CALLBACK (g_settings_binding_key_changed),
2809 binding);
2810 g_free (detailed_signal);
2813 g_settings_binding_key_changed (settings, binding->info.key, binding);
2816 binding_quark = g_settings_binding_quark (property);
2817 g_object_set_qdata_full (object, binding_quark,
2818 binding, g_settings_binding_free);
2821 /* Writability binding {{{1 */
2822 typedef struct
2824 GSettings *settings;
2825 gpointer object;
2826 const gchar *key;
2827 const gchar *property;
2828 gboolean inverted;
2829 gulong handler_id;
2830 } GSettingsWritableBinding;
2832 static void
2833 g_settings_writable_binding_free (gpointer data)
2835 GSettingsWritableBinding *binding = data;
2837 g_signal_handler_disconnect (binding->settings, binding->handler_id);
2838 g_object_unref (binding->settings);
2839 g_slice_free (GSettingsWritableBinding, binding);
2842 static void
2843 g_settings_binding_writable_changed (GSettings *settings,
2844 const gchar *key,
2845 gpointer user_data)
2847 GSettingsWritableBinding *binding = user_data;
2848 gboolean writable;
2850 g_assert (settings == binding->settings);
2851 g_assert (key == binding->key);
2853 writable = g_settings_is_writable (settings, key);
2855 if (binding->inverted)
2856 writable = !writable;
2858 g_object_set (binding->object, binding->property, writable, NULL);
2862 * g_settings_bind_writable:
2863 * @settings: a #GSettings object
2864 * @key: the key to bind
2865 * @object: (type GObject.Object):a #GObject
2866 * @property: the name of a boolean property to bind
2867 * @inverted: whether to 'invert' the value
2869 * Create a binding between the writability of @key in the
2870 * @settings object and the property @property of @object.
2871 * The property must be boolean; "sensitive" or "visible"
2872 * properties of widgets are the most likely candidates.
2874 * Writable bindings are always uni-directional; changes of the
2875 * writability of the setting will be propagated to the object
2876 * property, not the other way.
2878 * When the @inverted argument is %TRUE, the binding inverts the
2879 * value as it passes from the setting to the object, i.e. @property
2880 * will be set to %TRUE if the key is <emphasis>not</emphasis>
2881 * writable.
2883 * Note that the lifecycle of the binding is tied to the object,
2884 * and that you can have only one binding per object property.
2885 * If you bind the same property twice on the same object, the second
2886 * binding overrides the first one.
2888 * Since: 2.26
2890 void
2891 g_settings_bind_writable (GSettings *settings,
2892 const gchar *key,
2893 gpointer object,
2894 const gchar *property,
2895 gboolean inverted)
2897 GSettingsWritableBinding *binding;
2898 gchar *detailed_signal;
2899 GParamSpec *pspec;
2901 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_SETTINGS (settings));
2903 pspec = g_object_class_find_property (G_OBJECT_GET_CLASS (object), property);
2904 if (pspec == NULL)
2906 g_critical ("g_settings_bind_writable: no property '%s' on class '%s'",
2907 property, G_OBJECT_TYPE_NAME (object));
2908 return;
2910 if ((pspec->flags & G_PARAM_WRITABLE) == 0)
2912 g_critical ("g_settings_bind_writable: property '%s' on class '%s' is not writable",
2913 property, G_OBJECT_TYPE_NAME (object));
2914 return;
2917 binding = g_slice_new (GSettingsWritableBinding);
2918 binding->settings = g_object_ref (settings);
2919 binding->object = object;
2920 binding->key = g_intern_string (key);
2921 binding->property = g_intern_string (property);
2922 binding->inverted = inverted;
2924 detailed_signal = g_strdup_printf ("writable-changed::%s", key);
2925 binding->handler_id =
2926 g_signal_connect (settings, detailed_signal,
2927 G_CALLBACK (g_settings_binding_writable_changed),
2928 binding);
2929 g_free (detailed_signal);
2931 g_object_set_qdata_full (object, g_settings_binding_quark (property),
2932 binding, g_settings_writable_binding_free);
2934 g_settings_binding_writable_changed (settings, binding->key, binding);
2938 * g_settings_unbind:
2939 * @object: the object
2940 * @property: the property whose binding is removed
2942 * Removes an existing binding for @property on @object.
2944 * Note that bindings are automatically removed when the
2945 * object is finalized, so it is rarely necessary to call this
2946 * function.
2948 * Since: 2.26
2950 void
2951 g_settings_unbind (gpointer object,
2952 const gchar *property)
2954 GQuark binding_quark;
2956 binding_quark = g_settings_binding_quark (property);
2957 g_object_set_qdata (object, binding_quark, NULL);
2960 /* Epilogue {{{1 */
2962 /* vim:set foldmethod=marker: */