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1 /*
2 * Copyright © 2007, 2008 Ryan Lortie
3 * Copyright © 2009, 2010 Codethink Limited
5 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
7 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
8 * version 2 of the licence, or (at your option) any later version.
10 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
15 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
16 * License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
18 * Author: Ryan Lortie <desrt@desrt.ca>
21 #ifndef __G_VARIANT_H__
22 #define __G_VARIANT_H__
24 #if !defined (__GLIB_H_INSIDE__) && !defined (GLIB_COMPILATION)
25 #error "Only <glib.h> can be included directly."
26 #endif
28 #include <glib/gvarianttype.h>
29 #include <glib/gstring.h>
30 #include <glib/gbytes.h>
32 G_BEGIN_DECLS
34 typedef struct _GVariant GVariant;
36 typedef enum
38 G_VARIANT_CLASS_BOOLEAN = 'b',
39 G_VARIANT_CLASS_BYTE = 'y',
40 G_VARIANT_CLASS_INT16 = 'n',
41 G_VARIANT_CLASS_UINT16 = 'q',
42 G_VARIANT_CLASS_INT32 = 'i',
43 G_VARIANT_CLASS_UINT32 = 'u',
44 G_VARIANT_CLASS_INT64 = 'x',
45 G_VARIANT_CLASS_UINT64 = 't',
46 G_VARIANT_CLASS_HANDLE = 'h',
47 G_VARIANT_CLASS_DOUBLE = 'd',
48 G_VARIANT_CLASS_STRING = 's',
49 G_VARIANT_CLASS_OBJECT_PATH = 'o',
50 G_VARIANT_CLASS_SIGNATURE = 'g',
51 G_VARIANT_CLASS_VARIANT = 'v',
52 G_VARIANT_CLASS_MAYBE = 'm',
53 G_VARIANT_CLASS_ARRAY = 'a',
54 G_VARIANT_CLASS_TUPLE = '(',
55 G_VARIANT_CLASS_DICT_ENTRY = '{'
56 } GVariantClass;
58 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
59 void g_variant_unref (GVariant *value);
60 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
61 GVariant * g_variant_ref (GVariant *value);
62 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
63 GVariant * g_variant_ref_sink (GVariant *value);
64 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
65 gboolean g_variant_is_floating (GVariant *value);
66 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
67 GVariant * g_variant_take_ref (GVariant *value);
69 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
70 const GVariantType * g_variant_get_type (GVariant *value);
71 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
72 const gchar * g_variant_get_type_string (GVariant *value);
73 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
74 gboolean g_variant_is_of_type (GVariant *value,
75 const GVariantType *type);
76 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
77 gboolean g_variant_is_container (GVariant *value);
78 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
79 GVariantClass g_variant_classify (GVariant *value);
80 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
81 GVariant * g_variant_new_boolean (gboolean value);
82 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
83 GVariant * g_variant_new_byte (guchar value);
84 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
85 GVariant * g_variant_new_int16 (gint16 value);
86 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
87 GVariant * g_variant_new_uint16 (guint16 value);
88 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
89 GVariant * g_variant_new_int32 (gint32 value);
90 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
91 GVariant * g_variant_new_uint32 (guint32 value);
92 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
93 GVariant * g_variant_new_int64 (gint64 value);
94 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
95 GVariant * g_variant_new_uint64 (guint64 value);
96 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
97 GVariant * g_variant_new_handle (gint32 value);
98 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
99 GVariant * g_variant_new_double (gdouble value);
100 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
101 GVariant * g_variant_new_string (const gchar *string);
102 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_38
103 GVariant * g_variant_new_take_string (gchar *string);
104 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_38
105 GVariant * g_variant_new_printf (const gchar *format_string,
106 ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF (1, 2);
107 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
108 GVariant * g_variant_new_object_path (const gchar *object_path);
109 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
110 gboolean g_variant_is_object_path (const gchar *string);
111 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
112 GVariant * g_variant_new_signature (const gchar *signature);
113 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
114 gboolean g_variant_is_signature (const gchar *string);
115 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
116 GVariant * g_variant_new_variant (GVariant *value);
117 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
118 GVariant * g_variant_new_strv (const gchar * const *strv,
119 gssize length);
120 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_30
121 GVariant * g_variant_new_objv (const gchar * const *strv,
122 gssize length);
123 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
124 GVariant * g_variant_new_bytestring (const gchar *string);
125 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
126 GVariant * g_variant_new_bytestring_array (const gchar * const *strv,
127 gssize length);
128 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
129 GVariant * g_variant_new_fixed_array (const GVariantType *element_type,
130 gconstpointer elements,
131 gsize n_elements,
132 gsize element_size);
133 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
134 gboolean g_variant_get_boolean (GVariant *value);
135 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
136 guchar g_variant_get_byte (GVariant *value);
137 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
138 gint16 g_variant_get_int16 (GVariant *value);
139 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
140 guint16 g_variant_get_uint16 (GVariant *value);
141 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
142 gint32 g_variant_get_int32 (GVariant *value);
143 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
144 guint32 g_variant_get_uint32 (GVariant *value);
145 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
146 gint64 g_variant_get_int64 (GVariant *value);
147 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
148 guint64 g_variant_get_uint64 (GVariant *value);
149 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
150 gint32 g_variant_get_handle (GVariant *value);
151 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
152 gdouble g_variant_get_double (GVariant *value);
153 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
154 GVariant * g_variant_get_variant (GVariant *value);
155 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
156 const gchar * g_variant_get_string (GVariant *value,
157 gsize *length);
158 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
159 gchar * g_variant_dup_string (GVariant *value,
160 gsize *length);
161 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
162 const gchar ** g_variant_get_strv (GVariant *value,
163 gsize *length);
164 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
165 gchar ** g_variant_dup_strv (GVariant *value,
166 gsize *length);
167 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_30
168 const gchar ** g_variant_get_objv (GVariant *value,
169 gsize *length);
170 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
171 gchar ** g_variant_dup_objv (GVariant *value,
172 gsize *length);
173 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
174 const gchar * g_variant_get_bytestring (GVariant *value);
175 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
176 gchar * g_variant_dup_bytestring (GVariant *value,
177 gsize *length);
178 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
179 const gchar ** g_variant_get_bytestring_array (GVariant *value,
180 gsize *length);
181 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
182 gchar ** g_variant_dup_bytestring_array (GVariant *value,
183 gsize *length);
185 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
186 GVariant * g_variant_new_maybe (const GVariantType *child_type,
187 GVariant *child);
188 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
189 GVariant * g_variant_new_array (const GVariantType *child_type,
190 GVariant * const *children,
191 gsize n_children);
192 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
193 GVariant * g_variant_new_tuple (GVariant * const *children,
194 gsize n_children);
195 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
196 GVariant * g_variant_new_dict_entry (GVariant *key,
197 GVariant *value);
199 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
200 GVariant * g_variant_get_maybe (GVariant *value);
201 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
202 gsize g_variant_n_children (GVariant *value);
203 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
204 void g_variant_get_child (GVariant *value,
205 gsize index_,
206 const gchar *format_string,
207 ...);
208 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
209 GVariant * g_variant_get_child_value (GVariant *value,
210 gsize index_);
211 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
212 gboolean g_variant_lookup (GVariant *dictionary,
213 const gchar *key,
214 const gchar *format_string,
215 ...);
216 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
217 GVariant * g_variant_lookup_value (GVariant *dictionary,
218 const gchar *key,
219 const GVariantType *expected_type);
220 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
221 gconstpointer g_variant_get_fixed_array (GVariant *value,
222 gsize *n_elements,
223 gsize element_size);
225 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
226 gsize g_variant_get_size (GVariant *value);
227 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
228 gconstpointer g_variant_get_data (GVariant *value);
229 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_36
230 GBytes * g_variant_get_data_as_bytes (GVariant *value);
231 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
232 void g_variant_store (GVariant *value,
233 gpointer data);
235 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
236 gchar * g_variant_print (GVariant *value,
237 gboolean type_annotate);
238 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
239 GString * g_variant_print_string (GVariant *value,
240 GString *string,
241 gboolean type_annotate);
243 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
244 guint g_variant_hash (gconstpointer value);
245 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
246 gboolean g_variant_equal (gconstpointer one,
247 gconstpointer two);
249 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
250 GVariant * g_variant_get_normal_form (GVariant *value);
251 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
252 gboolean g_variant_is_normal_form (GVariant *value);
253 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
254 GVariant * g_variant_byteswap (GVariant *value);
256 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_36
257 GVariant * g_variant_new_from_bytes (const GVariantType *type,
258 GBytes *bytes,
259 gboolean trusted);
260 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
261 GVariant * g_variant_new_from_data (const GVariantType *type,
262 gconstpointer data,
263 gsize size,
264 gboolean trusted,
265 GDestroyNotify notify,
266 gpointer user_data);
268 typedef struct _GVariantIter GVariantIter;
269 struct _GVariantIter {
270 /*< private >*/
271 gsize x[16];
274 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
275 GVariantIter * g_variant_iter_new (GVariant *value);
276 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
277 gsize g_variant_iter_init (GVariantIter *iter,
278 GVariant *value);
279 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
280 GVariantIter * g_variant_iter_copy (GVariantIter *iter);
281 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
282 gsize g_variant_iter_n_children (GVariantIter *iter);
283 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
284 void g_variant_iter_free (GVariantIter *iter);
285 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
286 GVariant * g_variant_iter_next_value (GVariantIter *iter);
287 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
288 gboolean g_variant_iter_next (GVariantIter *iter,
289 const gchar *format_string,
290 ...);
291 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
292 gboolean g_variant_iter_loop (GVariantIter *iter,
293 const gchar *format_string,
294 ...);
297 typedef struct _GVariantBuilder GVariantBuilder;
298 struct _GVariantBuilder {
299 /*< private >*/
300 union
302 struct {
303 gsize partial_magic;
304 const GVariantType *type;
305 gsize y[14];
306 } s;
307 gsize x[16];
308 } u;
311 typedef enum
313 G_VARIANT_PARSE_ERROR_FAILED,
314 G_VARIANT_PARSE_ERROR_BASIC_TYPE_EXPECTED,
315 G_VARIANT_PARSE_ERROR_CANNOT_INFER_TYPE,
316 G_VARIANT_PARSE_ERROR_DEFINITE_TYPE_EXPECTED,
317 G_VARIANT_PARSE_ERROR_INPUT_NOT_AT_END,
318 G_VARIANT_PARSE_ERROR_INVALID_CHARACTER,
319 G_VARIANT_PARSE_ERROR_INVALID_FORMAT_STRING,
320 G_VARIANT_PARSE_ERROR_INVALID_OBJECT_PATH,
321 G_VARIANT_PARSE_ERROR_INVALID_SIGNATURE,
322 G_VARIANT_PARSE_ERROR_INVALID_TYPE_STRING,
323 G_VARIANT_PARSE_ERROR_NO_COMMON_TYPE,
324 G_VARIANT_PARSE_ERROR_NUMBER_OUT_OF_RANGE,
325 G_VARIANT_PARSE_ERROR_NUMBER_TOO_BIG,
326 G_VARIANT_PARSE_ERROR_TYPE_ERROR,
327 G_VARIANT_PARSE_ERROR_UNEXPECTED_TOKEN,
328 G_VARIANT_PARSE_ERROR_UNKNOWN_KEYWORD,
329 G_VARIANT_PARSE_ERROR_UNTERMINATED_STRING_CONSTANT,
330 G_VARIANT_PARSE_ERROR_VALUE_EXPECTED
331 } GVariantParseError;
332 #define G_VARIANT_PARSE_ERROR (g_variant_parse_error_quark ())
334 GLIB_DEPRECATED_IN_2_38_FOR(g_variant_parse_error_quark)
335 GQuark g_variant_parser_get_error_quark (void);
337 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
338 GQuark g_variant_parse_error_quark (void);
341 * G_VARIANT_BUILDER_INIT:
342 * @variant_type: a const GVariantType*
344 * A stack-allocated #GVariantBuilder must be initialized if it is
345 * used together with g_auto() to avoid warnings or crashes if
346 * function returns before g_variant_builder_init() is called on the
347 * builder. This macro can be used as initializer instead of an
348 * explicit zeroing a variable when declaring it and a following
349 * g_variant_builder_init(), but it cannot be assigned to a variable.
351 * The passed @variant_type should be a static GVariantType to avoid
352 * lifetime issues, as copying the @variant_type does not happen in
353 * the G_VARIANT_BUILDER_INIT() call, but rather in functions that
354 * make sure that #GVariantBuilder is valid.
356 * |[
357 * g_auto(GVariantBuilder) builder = G_VARIANT_BUILDER_INIT (G_VARIANT_TYPE_BYTESTRING);
358 * ]|
360 * Since: 2.50
362 #define G_VARIANT_BUILDER_INIT(variant_type) { { { 2942751021u, variant_type, { 0, } } } }
364 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
365 GVariantBuilder * g_variant_builder_new (const GVariantType *type);
366 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
367 void g_variant_builder_unref (GVariantBuilder *builder);
368 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
369 GVariantBuilder * g_variant_builder_ref (GVariantBuilder *builder);
370 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
371 void g_variant_builder_init (GVariantBuilder *builder,
372 const GVariantType *type);
373 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
374 GVariant * g_variant_builder_end (GVariantBuilder *builder);
375 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
376 void g_variant_builder_clear (GVariantBuilder *builder);
377 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
378 void g_variant_builder_open (GVariantBuilder *builder,
379 const GVariantType *type);
380 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
381 void g_variant_builder_close (GVariantBuilder *builder);
382 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
383 void g_variant_builder_add_value (GVariantBuilder *builder,
384 GVariant *value);
385 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
386 void g_variant_builder_add (GVariantBuilder *builder,
387 const gchar *format_string,
388 ...);
389 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
390 void g_variant_builder_add_parsed (GVariantBuilder *builder,
391 const gchar *format,
392 ...);
394 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
395 GVariant * g_variant_new (const gchar *format_string,
396 ...);
397 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
398 void g_variant_get (GVariant *value,
399 const gchar *format_string,
400 ...);
401 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
402 GVariant * g_variant_new_va (const gchar *format_string,
403 const gchar **endptr,
404 va_list *app);
405 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
406 void g_variant_get_va (GVariant *value,
407 const gchar *format_string,
408 const gchar **endptr,
409 va_list *app);
410 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_34
411 gboolean g_variant_check_format_string (GVariant *value,
412 const gchar *format_string,
413 gboolean copy_only);
415 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
416 GVariant * g_variant_parse (const GVariantType *type,
417 const gchar *text,
418 const gchar *limit,
419 const gchar **endptr,
420 GError **error);
421 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
422 GVariant * g_variant_new_parsed (const gchar *format,
423 ...);
424 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
425 GVariant * g_variant_new_parsed_va (const gchar *format,
426 va_list *app);
428 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_40
429 gchar * g_variant_parse_error_print_context (GError *error,
430 const gchar *source_str);
432 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
433 gint g_variant_compare (gconstpointer one,
434 gconstpointer two);
436 typedef struct _GVariantDict GVariantDict;
437 struct _GVariantDict {
438 /*< private >*/
439 union
441 struct {
442 GVariant *asv;
443 gsize partial_magic;
444 gsize y[14];
445 } s;
446 gsize x[16];
447 } u;
451 * G_VARIANT_DICT_INIT:
452 * @asv: (nullable): a GVariant*
454 * A stack-allocated #GVariantDict must be initialized if it is used
455 * together with g_auto() to avoid warnings or crashes if function
456 * returns before g_variant_dict_init() is called on the builder.
457 * This macro can be used as initializer instead of an explicit
458 * zeroing a variable when declaring it and a following
459 * g_variant_dict_init(), but it cannot be assigned to a variable.
461 * The passed @asv has to live long enough for #GVariantDict to gather
462 * the entries from, as the gathering does not happen in the
463 * G_VARIANT_DICT_INIT() call, but rather in functions that make sure
464 * that #GVariantDict is valid. In context where the initialization
465 * value has to be a constant expression, the only possible value of
466 * @asv is %NULL. It is still possible to call g_variant_dict_init()
467 * safely with a different @asv right after the variable was
468 * initialized with G_VARIANT_DICT_INIT().
470 * |[
471 * g_autoptr(GVariant) variant = get_asv_variant ();
472 * g_auto(GVariantDict) dict = G_VARIANT_DICT_INIT (variant);
473 * ]|
475 * Since: 2.50
477 #define G_VARIANT_DICT_INIT(asv) { { { asv, 3488698669u, { 0, } } } }
479 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_40
480 GVariantDict * g_variant_dict_new (GVariant *from_asv);
482 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_40
483 void g_variant_dict_init (GVariantDict *dict,
484 GVariant *from_asv);
486 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_40
487 gboolean g_variant_dict_lookup (GVariantDict *dict,
488 const gchar *key,
489 const gchar *format_string,
490 ...);
491 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_40
492 GVariant * g_variant_dict_lookup_value (GVariantDict *dict,
493 const gchar *key,
494 const GVariantType *expected_type);
495 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_40
496 gboolean g_variant_dict_contains (GVariantDict *dict,
497 const gchar *key);
498 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_40
499 void g_variant_dict_insert (GVariantDict *dict,
500 const gchar *key,
501 const gchar *format_string,
502 ...);
503 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_40
504 void g_variant_dict_insert_value (GVariantDict *dict,
505 const gchar *key,
506 GVariant *value);
507 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_40
508 gboolean g_variant_dict_remove (GVariantDict *dict,
509 const gchar *key);
510 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_40
511 void g_variant_dict_clear (GVariantDict *dict);
512 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_40
513 GVariant * g_variant_dict_end (GVariantDict *dict);
514 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_40
515 GVariantDict * g_variant_dict_ref (GVariantDict *dict);
516 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_40
517 void g_variant_dict_unref (GVariantDict *dict);
519 G_END_DECLS
521 #endif /* __G_VARIANT_H__ */