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19 * Authors: Ryan Lortie <desrt@desrt.ca>
22 /* Prologue {{{1 */
23 #include "config.h"
25 #include "gapplication.h"
27 #include "gapplicationcommandline.h"
28 #include "gapplicationimpl.h"
29 #include "gactiongroup.h"
31 #include "gioenumtypes.h"
32 #include "gio-marshal.h"
33 #include "gioenums.h"
34 #include "gfile.h"
36 #include "glibintl.h"
38 #include <string.h>
40 /**
41 * SECTION:gapplication
42 * @title: GApplication
43 * @short_description: Core application class
45 * A #GApplication is the foundation of an application, unique for a
46 * given application identifier. The GApplication class wraps some
47 * low-level platform-specific services and is intended to act as the
48 * foundation for higher-level application classes such as
49 * #GtkApplication or #MxApplication. In general, you should not use
50 * this class outside of a higher level framework.
52 * One of the core features that GApplication provides is process
53 * uniqueness, in the context of a "session". The session concept is
54 * platform-dependent, but corresponds roughly to a graphical desktop
55 * login. When your application is launched again, its arguments
56 * are passed through platform communication to the already running
57 * program. The already running instance of the program is called the
58 * <firstterm>primary instance</firstterm>.
60 * Before using GApplication, you must choose an "application identifier".
61 * The expected form of an application identifier is very close to that of
62 * of a <ulink url="http://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-specification.html#message-protocol-names-interface">DBus bus name</ulink>.
63 * Examples include: "com.example.MyApp", "org.example.internal-apps.Calculator".
64 * For details on valid application identifiers, see
65 * g_application_id_is_valid().
67 * The application identifier is claimed by the application as a
68 * well-known bus name on the user's session bus. This means that the
69 * uniqueness of your application is scoped to the current session. It
70 * also means that your application may provide additional services
71 * (through registration of other object paths) at that bus name.
73 * The registration of these object paths should be done with the shared
74 * GDBus session bus. Note that due to the internal architecture of
75 * GDBus, method calls can be dispatched at any time (even if a main
76 * loop is not running). For this reason, you must ensure that any
77 * object paths that you wish to register are registered before
78 * #GApplication attempts to acquire the bus name of your application
79 * (which happens in g_application_register()). Unfortunately, this
80 * means that you can not use g_application_get_is_remote() to decide if
81 * you want to register object paths.
83 * GApplication provides convenient life cycle management by maintaining
84 * a <firstterm>use count</firstterm> for the primary application instance.
85 * The use count can be changed using g_application_hold() and
86 * g_application_release(). If it drops to zero, the application exits.
88 * GApplication also implements the #GActionGroup interface and lets you
89 * easily export actions by adding them with g_application_set_action_group().
90 * When invoking an action by calling g_action_group_activate_action() on
91 * the application, it is always invoked in the primary instance.
93 * There is a number of different entry points into a #GApplication:
94 * <itemizedlist>
95 * <listitem>via 'Activate' (i.e. just starting the application)</listitem>
96 * <listitem>via 'Open' (i.e. opening some files)</listitem>
97 * <listitem>via activating an action</listitem>
98 * </itemizedlist>
99 * The #GApplication::startup signal lets you handle the application
100 * initialization for all of these in a single place.
102 * <example id="gapplication-example-open"><title>Opening files with a GApplication</title>
103 * <programlisting>
104 * <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" parse="text" href="../../../../gio/tests/gapplication-example-open.c">
105 * <xi:fallback>FIXME: MISSING XINCLUDE CONTENT</xi:fallback>
106 * </xi:include>
107 * </programlisting>
108 * </example>
110 * <example id="gapplication-example-actions"><title>A GApplication with actions</title>
111 * <programlisting>
112 * <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" parse="text" href="../../../../gio/tests/gapplication-example-actions.c">
113 * <xi:fallback>FIXME: MISSING XINCLUDE CONTENT</xi:fallback>
114 * </xi:include>
115 * </programlisting>
116 * </example>
119 struct _GApplicationPrivate
121 GApplicationFlags flags;
122 gchar *id;
124 GActionGroup *actions;
125 GMainLoop *mainloop;
127 guint inactivity_timeout_id;
128 guint inactivity_timeout;
129 guint use_count;
131 guint is_registered : 1;
132 guint is_remote : 1;
134 GHashTable *remote_actions; /* string -> RemoteActionInfo */
135 GApplicationImpl *impl;
138 enum
140 PROP_NONE,
141 PROP_APPLICATION_ID,
142 PROP_FLAGS,
143 PROP_IS_REGISTERED,
144 PROP_IS_REMOTE,
145 PROP_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT,
146 PROP_ACTION_GROUP
149 enum
151 SIGNAL_STARTUP,
152 SIGNAL_ACTIVATE,
153 SIGNAL_OPEN,
154 SIGNAL_ACTION,
155 SIGNAL_COMMAND_LINE,
156 NR_SIGNALS
159 static guint g_application_signals[NR_SIGNALS];
161 static void g_application_action_group_iface_init (GActionGroupInterface *);
162 G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_CODE (GApplication, g_application, G_TYPE_OBJECT,
163 G_IMPLEMENT_INTERFACE (G_TYPE_ACTION_GROUP,
164 g_application_action_group_iface_init))
166 /* vfunc defaults {{{1 */
167 static void
168 g_application_real_before_emit (GApplication *application,
169 GVariant *platform_data)
173 static void
174 g_application_real_after_emit (GApplication *application,
175 GVariant *platform_data)
179 static void
180 g_application_real_startup (GApplication *application)
184 static void
185 g_application_real_activate (GApplication *application)
187 if (!g_signal_has_handler_pending (application,
188 g_application_signals[SIGNAL_ACTIVATE],
189 0, TRUE) &&
190 G_APPLICATION_GET_CLASS (application)->activate == g_application_real_activate)
192 static gboolean warned;
194 if (warned)
195 return;
197 g_warning ("Your application does not implement "
198 "g_application_activate() and has no handlers connected "
199 "to the 'activate' signal. It should do one of these.");
200 warned = TRUE;
204 static void
205 g_application_real_open (GApplication *application,
206 GFile **files,
207 gint n_files,
208 const gchar *hint)
210 if (!g_signal_has_handler_pending (application,
211 g_application_signals[SIGNAL_OPEN],
212 0, TRUE) &&
213 G_APPLICATION_GET_CLASS (application)->open == g_application_real_open)
215 static gboolean warned;
217 if (warned)
218 return;
220 g_warning ("Your application claims to support opening files "
221 "but does not implement g_application_open() and has no "
222 "handlers connected to the 'open' signal.");
223 warned = TRUE;
227 static int
228 g_application_real_command_line (GApplication *application,
229 GApplicationCommandLine *cmdline)
231 static gboolean warned;
233 if (warned)
234 return 1;
236 g_warning ("Your application claims to support custom command line "
237 "handling but does not implement g_application_command_line() "
238 "and has no handlers connected to the 'command-line' signal.");
240 warned = TRUE;
242 return 1;
245 static gboolean
246 g_application_real_local_command_line (GApplication *application,
247 gchar ***arguments,
248 int *exit_status)
250 if (application->priv->flags & G_APPLICATION_HANDLES_COMMAND_LINE)
251 return FALSE;
253 else
255 GError *error = NULL;
256 gint n_args;
258 if (!g_application_register (application, NULL, &error))
260 g_critical ("%s", error->message);
261 g_error_free (error);
262 *exit_status = 1;
263 return TRUE;
266 n_args = g_strv_length (*arguments);
268 if (application->priv->flags & G_APPLICATION_IS_SERVICE)
270 if ((*exit_status = n_args > 1))
272 g_printerr ("GApplication service mode takes no arguments.\n");
273 application->priv->flags &= ~G_APPLICATION_IS_SERVICE;
276 return TRUE;
279 if (n_args <= 1)
281 g_application_activate (application);
282 *exit_status = 0;
285 else
287 if (~application->priv->flags & G_APPLICATION_HANDLES_OPEN)
289 g_critical ("This application can not open files.");
290 *exit_status = 1;
292 else
294 GFile **files;
295 gint n_files;
296 gint i;
298 n_files = n_args - 1;
299 files = g_new (GFile *, n_files);
301 for (i = 0; i < n_files; i++)
302 files[i] = g_file_new_for_commandline_arg ((*arguments)[i + 1]);
304 g_application_open (application, files, n_files, "");
306 for (i = 0; i < n_files; i++)
307 g_object_unref (files[i]);
308 g_free (files);
310 *exit_status = 0;
314 return TRUE;
318 static void
319 g_application_real_add_platform_data (GApplication *application,
320 GVariantBuilder *builder)
324 static void
325 g_application_real_quit_mainloop (GApplication *application)
327 if (application->priv->mainloop != NULL)
328 g_main_loop_quit (application->priv->mainloop);
331 static void
332 g_application_real_run_mainloop (GApplication *application)
334 if (application->priv->mainloop == NULL)
335 application->priv->mainloop = g_main_loop_new (NULL, FALSE);
337 g_main_loop_run (application->priv->mainloop);
340 /* GObject implementation stuff {{{1 */
341 static void
342 g_application_set_property (GObject *object,
343 guint prop_id,
344 const GValue *value,
345 GParamSpec *pspec)
347 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (object);
349 switch (prop_id)
351 case PROP_APPLICATION_ID:
352 g_application_set_application_id (application,
353 g_value_get_string (value));
354 break;
356 case PROP_FLAGS:
357 g_application_set_flags (application, g_value_get_flags (value));
358 break;
360 case PROP_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT:
361 g_application_set_inactivity_timeout (application,
362 g_value_get_uint (value));
363 break;
365 case PROP_ACTION_GROUP:
366 g_application_set_action_group (application,
367 g_value_get_object (value));
368 break;
370 default:
371 g_assert_not_reached ();
376 * g_application_set_action_group:
377 * @application: a #GApplication
378 * @action_group: (allow-none): a #GActionGroup, or %NULL
380 * Sets or unsets the group of actions associated with the application.
382 * These actions are the actions that can be remotely invoked.
384 * It is an error to call this function after the application has been
385 * registered.
387 * Since: 2.28
389 void
390 g_application_set_action_group (GApplication *application,
391 GActionGroup *action_group)
393 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application));
394 g_return_if_fail (!application->priv->is_registered);
396 if (application->priv->actions != NULL)
397 g_object_unref (application->priv->actions);
399 application->priv->actions = action_group;
401 if (application->priv->actions != NULL)
402 g_object_ref (application->priv->actions);
405 static void
406 g_application_get_property (GObject *object,
407 guint prop_id,
408 GValue *value,
409 GParamSpec *pspec)
411 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (object);
413 switch (prop_id)
415 case PROP_APPLICATION_ID:
416 g_value_set_string (value,
417 g_application_get_application_id (application));
418 break;
420 case PROP_FLAGS:
421 g_value_set_flags (value,
422 g_application_get_flags (application));
423 break;
425 case PROP_IS_REGISTERED:
426 g_value_set_boolean (value,
427 g_application_get_is_registered (application));
428 break;
430 case PROP_IS_REMOTE:
431 g_value_set_boolean (value,
432 g_application_get_is_remote (application));
433 break;
435 case PROP_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT:
436 g_value_set_uint (value,
437 g_application_get_inactivity_timeout (application));
438 break;
440 default:
441 g_assert_not_reached ();
445 static void
446 g_application_constructed (GObject *object)
448 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (object);
450 g_assert (application->priv->id != NULL);
453 static void
454 g_application_finalize (GObject *object)
456 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (object);
458 if (application->priv->impl)
459 g_application_impl_destroy (application->priv->impl);
460 g_free (application->priv->id);
462 if (application->priv->mainloop)
463 g_main_loop_unref (application->priv->mainloop);
465 G_OBJECT_CLASS (g_application_parent_class)
466 ->finalize (object);
469 static void
470 g_application_init (GApplication *application)
472 application->priv = G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_PRIVATE (application,
473 G_TYPE_APPLICATION,
474 GApplicationPrivate);
477 static void
478 g_application_class_init (GApplicationClass *class)
480 GObjectClass *object_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS (class);
482 object_class->constructed = g_application_constructed;
483 object_class->finalize = g_application_finalize;
484 object_class->get_property = g_application_get_property;
485 object_class->set_property = g_application_set_property;
487 class->before_emit = g_application_real_before_emit;
488 class->after_emit = g_application_real_after_emit;
489 class->startup = g_application_real_startup;
490 class->activate = g_application_real_activate;
491 class->open = g_application_real_open;
492 class->command_line = g_application_real_command_line;
493 class->local_command_line = g_application_real_local_command_line;
494 class->add_platform_data = g_application_real_add_platform_data;
495 class->quit_mainloop = g_application_real_quit_mainloop;
496 class->run_mainloop = g_application_real_run_mainloop;
498 g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_APPLICATION_ID,
499 g_param_spec_string ("application-id",
500 P_("Application identifier"),
501 P_("The unique identifier for the application"),
502 NULL, G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT |
503 G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
505 g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_FLAGS,
506 g_param_spec_flags ("flags",
507 P_("Application flags"),
508 P_("Flags specifying the behaviour of the application"),
509 G_TYPE_APPLICATION_FLAGS, G_APPLICATION_FLAGS_NONE,
510 G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
512 g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_IS_REGISTERED,
513 g_param_spec_boolean ("is-registered",
514 P_("Is registered"),
515 P_("If g_application_register() has been called"),
516 FALSE, G_PARAM_READABLE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
518 g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_IS_REMOTE,
519 g_param_spec_boolean ("is-remote",
520 P_("Is remote"),
521 P_("If this application instance is remote"),
522 FALSE, G_PARAM_READABLE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
524 g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT,
525 g_param_spec_uint ("inactivity-timeout",
526 P_("Inactivity timeout"),
527 P_("Iime (ms) to stay alive after becoming idle"),
528 0, G_MAXUINT, 0,
529 G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
531 g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_ACTION_GROUP,
532 g_param_spec_object ("action-group",
533 P_("Action group"),
534 P_("The group of actions that the application exports"),
535 G_TYPE_ACTION_GROUP,
536 G_PARAM_WRITABLE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
539 * GApplication::startup:
540 * @application: the application
542 * The ::startup signal is emitted on the primary instance immediately
543 * after registration. See g_activation_register().
545 g_application_signals[SIGNAL_STARTUP] =
546 g_signal_new ("startup", G_TYPE_APPLICATION, G_SIGNAL_RUN_LAST,
547 G_STRUCT_OFFSET (GApplicationClass, startup),
548 NULL, NULL, g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID, G_TYPE_NONE, 0);
551 * GApplication::activate:
552 * @application: the application
554 * The ::activate signal is emitted on the primary instance when an
555 * activation occurs. See g_application_activate().
557 g_application_signals[SIGNAL_ACTIVATE] =
558 g_signal_new ("activate", G_TYPE_APPLICATION, G_SIGNAL_RUN_LAST,
559 G_STRUCT_OFFSET (GApplicationClass, activate),
560 NULL, NULL, g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID, G_TYPE_NONE, 0);
564 * GApplication::open:
565 * @application: the application
566 * @files: (array length=n_files) (element-type GFile): an array of #GFiles
567 * @n_files: the length of @files
568 * @hint: a hint provided by the calling instance
570 * The ::open signal is emitted on the primary instance when there are
571 * files to open. See g_application_open() for more information.
573 g_application_signals[SIGNAL_OPEN] =
574 g_signal_new ("open", G_TYPE_APPLICATION, G_SIGNAL_RUN_LAST,
575 G_STRUCT_OFFSET (GApplicationClass, open),
576 NULL, NULL, _gio_marshal_VOID__POINTER_INT_STRING,
577 G_TYPE_NONE, 3, G_TYPE_POINTER, G_TYPE_INT, G_TYPE_STRING);
580 * GApplication::command-line:
581 * @application: the application
582 * @command_line: a #GApplicationCommandLine representing the
583 * passed commandline
585 * The ::command-line signal is emitted on the primary instance when
586 * a commandline is not handled locally. See g_application_run() for
587 * more information.
589 g_application_signals[SIGNAL_COMMAND_LINE] =
590 g_signal_new ("command-line", G_TYPE_APPLICATION, G_SIGNAL_RUN_LAST,
591 G_STRUCT_OFFSET (GApplicationClass, command_line),
592 g_signal_accumulator_first_wins, NULL,
593 _gio_marshal_INT__OBJECT,
594 G_TYPE_INT, 1, G_TYPE_APPLICATION_COMMAND_LINE);
596 g_type_class_add_private (class, sizeof (GApplicationPrivate));
599 static GVariant *
600 get_platform_data (GApplication *application)
602 GVariantBuilder *builder;
603 GVariant *result;
605 builder = g_variant_builder_new (G_VARIANT_TYPE ("a{sv}"));
608 gchar *cwd = g_get_current_dir ();
609 g_variant_builder_add (builder, "{sv}", "cwd",
610 g_variant_new_bytestring (cwd));
611 g_free (cwd);
614 if (application->priv->flags & G_APPLICATION_SEND_ENVIRONMENT)
616 GVariant *array;
617 gchar **envp;
619 envp = g_get_environ ();
620 array = g_variant_new_bytestring_array ((const gchar **) envp, -1);
621 g_strfreev (envp);
623 g_variant_builder_add (builder, "{sv}", "environ", array);
626 G_APPLICATION_GET_CLASS (application)->
627 add_platform_data (application, builder);
629 result = g_variant_builder_end (builder);
630 g_variant_builder_unref (builder);
632 return result;
635 /* Application ID validity {{{1 */
638 * g_application_id_is_valid:
639 * @application_id: a potential application identifier
640 * @returns: %TRUE if @application_id is valid
642 * Checks if @application_id is a valid application identifier.
644 * A valid ID is required for calls to g_application_new() and
645 * g_application_set_application_id().
647 * For convenience, the restrictions on application identifiers are
648 * reproduced here:
649 * <itemizedlist>
650 * <listitem>Application identifiers must contain only the ASCII characters "[A-Z][a-z][0-9]_-" and must not begin with a digit.</listitem>
651 * <listitem>Application identifiers must contain at least one '.' (period) character (and thus at least two elements).</listitem>
652 * <listitem>Application identifiers must not begin with a '.' (period) character.</listitem>
653 * <listitem>Application identifiers must not contain consecutive '.' (period) characters.</listitem>
654 * <listitem>Application identifiers must not exceed 255 characters.</listitem>
655 * </itemizedlist>
657 gboolean
658 g_application_id_is_valid (const gchar *application_id)
660 gboolean allow_dot;
662 if (strlen (application_id) > 255)
663 return FALSE;
665 if (!g_ascii_isalpha (*application_id))
666 return FALSE;
668 application_id++;
669 allow_dot = FALSE;
670 for (; *application_id; application_id++)
672 if (g_ascii_isalnum (*application_id) ||
673 (*application_id == '-') ||
674 (*application_id == '_'))
675 allow_dot = TRUE;
676 else if (allow_dot && *application_id == '.')
677 allow_dot = FALSE;
678 else
679 return FALSE;
682 return TRUE;
685 /* Public Constructor {{{1 */
687 * g_application_new:
688 * @application_id: the application id
689 * @flags: the application flags
690 * @returns: a new #GApplication instance
692 * Creates a new #GApplication instance.
694 * This function calls g_type_init() for you.
696 * The application id must be valid. See g_application_id_is_valid().
698 GApplication *
699 g_application_new (const gchar *application_id,
700 GApplicationFlags flags)
702 g_return_val_if_fail (g_application_id_is_valid (application_id), NULL);
704 g_type_init ();
706 return g_object_new (G_TYPE_APPLICATION,
707 "application-id", application_id,
708 "flags", flags,
709 NULL);
712 /* Simple get/set: application id, flags, inactivity timeout {{{1 */
714 * g_application_get_application_id:
715 * @application: a #GApplication
716 * @returns: the identifier for @application, owned by @application
718 * Gets the unique identifier for @application.
720 * Since: 2.28
722 const gchar *
723 g_application_get_application_id (GApplication *application)
725 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application), NULL);
727 return application->priv->id;
731 * g_application_set_application_id:
732 * @application: a #GApplication
733 * @application_id: the identifier for @application
735 * Sets the unique identifier for @application.
737 * The application id can only be modified if @application has not yet
738 * been registered.
740 * The application id must be valid. See g_application_id_is_valid().
742 * Since: 2.28
744 void
745 g_application_set_application_id (GApplication *application,
746 const gchar *application_id)
748 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application));
750 if (g_strcmp0 (application->priv->id, application_id) != 0)
752 g_return_if_fail (g_application_id_is_valid (application_id));
753 g_return_if_fail (!application->priv->is_registered);
755 g_free (application->priv->id);
756 application->priv->id = g_strdup (application_id);
758 g_object_notify (G_OBJECT (application), "application-id");
763 * g_application_get_flags:
764 * @application: a #GApplication
765 * @returns: the flags for @application
767 * Gets the flags for @application.
769 * See #GApplicationFlags.
771 * Since: 2.28
773 GApplicationFlags
774 g_application_get_flags (GApplication *application)
776 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application), 0);
778 return application->priv->flags;
782 * g_application_set_flags:
783 * @application: a #GApplication
784 * @flags: the flags for @application
786 * Sets the flags for @application.
788 * The flags can only be modified if @application has not yet been
789 * registered.
791 * See #GApplicationFlags.
793 * Since: 2.28
795 void
796 g_application_set_flags (GApplication *application,
797 GApplicationFlags flags)
799 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application));
801 if (application->priv->flags != flags)
803 g_return_if_fail (!application->priv->is_registered);
805 application->priv->flags = flags;
807 g_object_notify (G_OBJECT (application), "flags");
812 * g_application_get_inactivity_timeout:
813 * @application: a #GApplication
815 * Gets the current inactivity timeout for the application.
817 * This is the amount of time (in milliseconds) after the last call to
818 * g_application_release() before the application stops running.
820 * Returns: the timeout, in milliseconds
822 * Since: 2.28
824 guint
825 g_application_get_inactivity_timeout (GApplication *application)
827 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application), 0);
829 return application->priv->inactivity_timeout;
833 * g_application_set_inactivity_timeout:
834 * @application: a #GApplication
835 * @inactivity_timeout: the timeout, in milliseconds
837 * Sets the current inactivity timeout for the application.
839 * This is the amount of time (in milliseconds) after the last call to
840 * g_application_release() before the application stops running.
842 * This call has no side effects of its own. The value set here is only
843 * used for next time g_application_release() drops the use count to
844 * zero. Any timeouts currently in progress are not impacted.
846 * Returns: the timeout, in milliseconds
848 * Since: 2.28
850 void
851 g_application_set_inactivity_timeout (GApplication *application,
852 guint inactivity_timeout)
854 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application));
856 if (application->priv->inactivity_timeout != inactivity_timeout)
858 application->priv->inactivity_timeout = inactivity_timeout;
860 g_object_notify (G_OBJECT (application), "inactivity-timeout");
863 /* Read-only property getters (is registered, is remote) {{{1 */
865 * g_application_get_is_registered:
866 * @application: a #GApplication
867 * @returns: %TRUE if @application is registered
869 * Checks if @application is registered.
871 * An application is registered if g_application_register() has been
872 * successfully called.
874 * Since: 2.28
876 gboolean
877 g_application_get_is_registered (GApplication *application)
879 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application), FALSE);
881 return application->priv->is_registered;
885 * g_application_get_is_remote:
886 * @application: a #GApplication
887 * @returns: %TRUE if @application is remote
889 * Checks if @application is remote.
891 * If @application is remote then it means that another instance of
892 * application already exists (the 'primary' instance). Calls to
893 * perform actions on @application will result in the actions being
894 * performed by the primary instance.
896 * The value of this property can not be accessed before
897 * g_application_register() has been called. See
898 * g_application_get_is_registered().
900 * Since: 2.28
902 gboolean
903 g_application_get_is_remote (GApplication *application)
905 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application), FALSE);
906 g_return_val_if_fail (application->priv->is_registered, FALSE);
908 return application->priv->is_remote;
911 /* Register {{{1 */
913 * g_application_register:
914 * @application: a #GApplication
915 * @cancellable: a #GCancellable, or %NULL
916 * @error: a pointer to a NULL #GError, or %NULL
917 * @returns: %TRUE if registration succeeded
919 * Attempts registration of the application.
921 * This is the point at which the application discovers if it is the
922 * primary instance or merely acting as a remote for an already-existing
923 * primary instance. This is implemented by attempting to acquire the
924 * application identifier as a uniue bus name on the session bus using
925 * GDBus.
927 * Due to the internal architecture of GDBus, method calls can be
928 * dispatched at any time (even if a main loop is not running). For
929 * this reason, you must ensure that any object paths that you wish to
930 * register are registered before calling this function.
932 * If the application has already been registered then %TRUE is
933 * returned with no work performed.
935 * The #GApplication::startup signal is emitted if registration succeeds
936 * and @application is the primary instance.
938 * In the event of an error (such as @cancellable being cancelled, or a
939 * failure to connect to the session bus), %FALSE is returned and @error
940 * is set appropriately.
942 * Note: the return value of this function is not an indicator that this
943 * instance is or is not the primary instance of the application. See
944 * g_application_get_is_remote() for that.
946 * Since: 2.28
948 gboolean
949 g_application_register (GApplication *application,
950 GCancellable *cancellable,
951 GError **error)
953 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application), FALSE);
955 if (!application->priv->is_registered)
957 application->priv->impl =
958 g_application_impl_register (application, application->priv->id,
959 application->priv->flags,
960 &application->priv->remote_actions,
961 cancellable, error);
963 if (application->priv->impl == NULL)
964 return FALSE;
966 application->priv->is_remote = application->priv->remote_actions != NULL;
967 application->priv->is_registered = TRUE;
969 g_object_notify (G_OBJECT (application), "is-registered");
971 if (!application->priv->is_remote)
972 g_signal_emit (application, g_application_signals[SIGNAL_STARTUP], 0);
975 return TRUE;
978 /* Hold/release {{{1 */
980 * g_application_hold:
981 * @application: a #GApplication
983 * Increases the use count of @application.
985 * Use this function to indicate that the application has a reason to
986 * continue to run. For example, g_application_hold() is called by GTK+
987 * when a toplevel window is on the screen.
989 * To cancel the hold, call g_application_release().
991 void
992 g_application_hold (GApplication *application)
994 if (application->priv->inactivity_timeout_id)
996 g_source_remove (application->priv->inactivity_timeout_id);
997 application->priv->inactivity_timeout_id = 0;
1000 application->priv->use_count++;
1003 static gboolean
1004 inactivity_timeout_expired (gpointer data)
1006 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (data);
1008 G_APPLICATION_GET_CLASS (application)
1009 ->quit_mainloop (application);
1011 return FALSE;
1016 * g_application_release:
1017 * @application: a #GApplication
1019 * Decrease the use count of @application.
1021 * When the use count reaches zero, the application will stop running.
1023 * Never call this function except to cancel the effect of a previous
1024 * call to g_application_hold().
1026 void
1027 g_application_release (GApplication *application)
1029 application->priv->use_count--;
1031 if (application->priv->use_count == 0)
1033 if (application->priv->inactivity_timeout)
1034 application->priv->inactivity_timeout_id =
1035 g_timeout_add (application->priv->inactivity_timeout,
1036 inactivity_timeout_expired, application);
1038 else
1039 G_APPLICATION_GET_CLASS (application)
1040 ->quit_mainloop (application);
1044 /* Activate, Open {{{1 */
1046 * g_application_activate:
1047 * @application: a #GApplication
1049 * Activates the application.
1051 * In essence, this results in the #GApplication::activate() signal being
1052 * emitted in the primary instance.
1054 * The application must be registered before calling this function.
1056 * Since: 2.28
1058 void
1059 g_application_activate (GApplication *application)
1061 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application));
1062 g_return_if_fail (application->priv->is_registered);
1064 if (application->priv->is_remote)
1065 g_application_impl_activate (application->priv->impl,
1066 get_platform_data (application));
1068 else
1069 g_signal_emit (application, g_application_signals[SIGNAL_ACTIVATE], 0);
1073 * g_application_open:
1074 * @application: a #GApplication
1075 * @files: (array length=n_files): an array of #GFiles to open
1076 * @n_files: the length of the @files array
1077 * @hint: a hint (or ""), but never %NULL
1079 * Opens the given files.
1081 * In essence, this results in the #GApplication::open signal being emitted
1082 * in the primary instance.
1084 * @n_files must be greater than zero.
1086 * @hint is simply passed through to the ::open signal. It is
1087 * intended to be used by applications that have multiple modes for
1088 * opening files (eg: "view" vs "edit", etc). Unless you have a need
1089 * for this functionality, you should use "".
1091 * The application must be registered before calling this function
1092 * and it must have the %G_APPLICATION_HANDLES_OPEN flag set.
1094 * Since: 2.28
1096 void
1097 g_application_open (GApplication *application,
1098 GFile **files,
1099 gint n_files,
1100 const gchar *hint)
1102 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application));
1103 g_return_if_fail (application->priv->flags &
1104 G_APPLICATION_HANDLES_OPEN);
1105 g_return_if_fail (application->priv->is_registered);
1107 if (application->priv->is_remote)
1108 g_application_impl_open (application->priv->impl,
1109 files, n_files, hint,
1110 get_platform_data (application));
1112 else
1113 g_signal_emit (application, g_application_signals[SIGNAL_OPEN],
1114 0, files, n_files, hint);
1117 /* Run {{{1 */
1119 * g_application_run:
1120 * @application: a #GApplication
1121 * @argc: the argc from main()
1122 * @argv: (array length=argc): the argv from main()
1123 * @returns: the exit status
1125 * Runs the application.
1127 * This function is intended to be run from main() and its return value
1128 * is intended to be returned by main().
1130 * First, the local_command_line() virtual function is invoked. This
1131 * function always runs on the local instance. If that function returns
1132 * %FALSE then the application is registered and the #GApplication::command-line
1133 * signal is emitted in the primary instance (which may or may not be
1134 * this instance).
1136 * If the application has the %G_APPLICATION_HANDLES_COMMAND_LINE
1137 * flag set then the default implementation of local_command_line()
1138 * always returns %FALSE immediately, resulting in the commandline
1139 * always being handled in the primary instance.
1141 * Otherwise, the default implementation of local_command_line() tries
1142 * to do a couple of things that are probably reasonable for most
1143 * applications. First, g_application_register() is called to attempt
1144 * to register the application. If that works, then the command line
1145 * arguments are inspected. If no commandline arguments are given, then
1146 * g_application_activate() is called. If commandline arguments are
1147 * given and the %G_APPLICATION_HANDLES_OPEN flag is set then they
1148 * are assumed to be filenames and g_application_open() is called.
1150 * If you are interested in doing more complicated local handling of the
1151 * commandline then you should implement your own #GApplication subclass
1152 * and override local_command_line(). See
1153 * <xref linkend="gapplication-example-cmdline2"/> for an example.
1155 * If, after the above is done, the use count of the application is zero
1156 * then the exit status is returned immediately. If the use count is
1157 * non-zero then the mainloop is run until the use count falls to zero,
1158 * at which point 0 is returned.
1160 * If the %G_APPLICATION_IS_SERVICE flag is set, then the exiting at
1161 * use count of zero is delayed for a while (ie: the instance stays
1162 * around to provide its <emphasis>service</emphasis> to others).
1164 * Since: 2.28
1167 g_application_run (GApplication *application,
1168 int argc,
1169 char **argv)
1171 gchar **arguments;
1172 int status;
1173 gint i;
1175 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application), 1);
1176 g_return_val_if_fail (argc == 0 || argv != NULL, 1);
1178 arguments = g_new (gchar *, argc + 1);
1179 for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
1180 arguments[i] = g_strdup (argv[i]);
1181 arguments[i] = NULL;
1183 if (g_get_prgname () == NULL && argc > 0)
1185 gchar *prgname;
1187 prgname = g_path_get_basename (argv[0]);
1188 g_set_prgname (prgname);
1189 g_free (prgname);
1192 if (!G_APPLICATION_GET_CLASS (application)
1193 ->local_command_line (application, &arguments, &status))
1195 GError *error = NULL;
1197 if (!g_application_register (application, NULL, &error))
1199 g_printerr ("%s", error->message);
1200 g_error_free (error);
1201 return 1;
1204 if (application->priv->is_remote)
1206 GVariant *platform_data;
1208 platform_data = get_platform_data (application);
1209 status = g_application_impl_command_line (application->priv->impl,
1210 arguments, platform_data);
1212 else
1214 GApplicationCommandLine *cmdline;
1215 GVariant *v;
1217 v = g_variant_new_bytestring_array ((const gchar **) arguments, -1);
1218 cmdline = g_object_new (G_TYPE_APPLICATION_COMMAND_LINE,
1219 "arguments", v, NULL);
1220 g_signal_emit (application,
1221 g_application_signals[SIGNAL_COMMAND_LINE],
1222 0, cmdline, &status);
1223 g_object_unref (cmdline);
1227 g_strfreev (arguments);
1229 if (application->priv->flags & G_APPLICATION_IS_SERVICE &&
1230 application->priv->is_registered &&
1231 !application->priv->use_count &&
1232 !application->priv->inactivity_timeout_id)
1234 application->priv->inactivity_timeout_id =
1235 g_timeout_add (10000, inactivity_timeout_expired, application);
1238 if (application->priv->use_count ||
1239 application->priv->inactivity_timeout_id)
1241 G_APPLICATION_GET_CLASS (application)
1242 ->run_mainloop (application);
1243 status = 0;
1246 if (application->priv->impl)
1247 g_application_impl_flush (application->priv->impl);
1249 return status;
1252 static gboolean
1253 g_application_has_action (GActionGroup *action_group,
1254 const gchar *action_name)
1256 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (action_group);
1258 g_return_val_if_fail (application->priv->is_registered, FALSE);
1260 if (application->priv->remote_actions != NULL)
1261 return g_hash_table_lookup (application->priv->remote_actions,
1262 action_name) != NULL;
1264 return application->priv->actions &&
1265 g_action_group_has_action (application->priv->actions, action_name);
1268 static gchar **
1269 g_application_list_actions (GActionGroup *action_group)
1271 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (action_group);
1273 g_return_val_if_fail (application->priv->is_registered, NULL);
1275 if (application->priv->remote_actions != NULL)
1277 GHashTableIter iter;
1278 gint n, i = 0;
1279 gchar **keys;
1280 gpointer key;
1282 n = g_hash_table_size (application->priv->remote_actions);
1283 keys = g_new (gchar *, n + 1);
1285 g_hash_table_iter_init (&iter, application->priv->remote_actions);
1286 while (g_hash_table_iter_next (&iter, &key, NULL))
1287 keys[i++] = g_strdup (key);
1288 g_assert_cmpint (i, ==, n);
1289 keys[n] = NULL;
1291 return keys;
1294 else if (application->priv->actions != NULL)
1295 return g_action_group_list_actions (application->priv->actions);
1297 else
1298 /* empty string array */
1299 return g_new0 (gchar *, 1);
1302 static gboolean
1303 g_application_get_action_enabled (GActionGroup *action_group,
1304 const gchar *action_name)
1306 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (action_group);
1308 g_return_val_if_fail (application->priv->actions != NULL, FALSE);
1309 g_return_val_if_fail (application->priv->is_registered, FALSE);
1311 if (application->priv->remote_actions)
1313 RemoteActionInfo *info;
1315 info = g_hash_table_lookup (application->priv->remote_actions,
1316 action_name);
1318 return info && info->enabled;
1321 return g_action_group_get_action_enabled (application->priv->actions,
1322 action_name);
1325 static const GVariantType *
1326 g_application_get_action_parameter_type (GActionGroup *action_group,
1327 const gchar *action_name)
1329 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (action_group);
1331 g_return_val_if_fail (application->priv->actions != NULL, NULL);
1332 g_return_val_if_fail (application->priv->is_registered, NULL);
1334 if (application->priv->remote_actions)
1336 RemoteActionInfo *info;
1338 info = g_hash_table_lookup (application->priv->remote_actions,
1339 action_name);
1341 if (info)
1342 return info->parameter_type;
1343 else
1344 return NULL;
1347 return g_action_group_get_action_parameter_type (application->priv->actions,
1348 action_name);
1351 static const GVariantType *
1352 g_application_get_action_state_type (GActionGroup *action_group,
1353 const gchar *action_name)
1355 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (action_group);
1357 g_return_val_if_fail (application->priv->actions != NULL, NULL);
1358 g_return_val_if_fail (application->priv->is_registered, NULL);
1360 if (application->priv->remote_actions)
1362 RemoteActionInfo *info;
1364 info = g_hash_table_lookup (application->priv->remote_actions,
1365 action_name);
1367 if (info && info->state)
1368 return g_variant_get_type (info->state);
1369 else
1370 return NULL;
1373 return g_action_group_get_action_state_type (application->priv->actions,
1374 action_name);
1377 static GVariant *
1378 g_application_get_action_state (GActionGroup *action_group,
1379 const gchar *action_name)
1381 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (action_group);
1383 g_return_val_if_fail (application->priv->actions != NULL, NULL);
1384 g_return_val_if_fail (application->priv->is_registered, NULL);
1386 if (application->priv->remote_actions)
1388 RemoteActionInfo *info;
1390 info = g_hash_table_lookup (application->priv->remote_actions,
1391 action_name);
1393 if (info && info->state)
1394 return g_variant_ref (info->state);
1395 else
1396 return NULL;
1399 return g_action_group_get_action_state (application->priv->actions,
1400 action_name);
1403 static void
1404 g_application_change_action_state (GActionGroup *action_group,
1405 const gchar *action_name,
1406 GVariant *value)
1408 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (action_group);
1410 g_return_if_fail (application->priv->is_registered);
1412 if (application->priv->is_remote)
1413 g_application_impl_change_action_state (application->priv->impl,
1414 action_name, value,
1415 get_platform_data (application));
1417 else
1418 g_action_group_change_action_state (application->priv->actions,
1419 action_name, value);
1422 static void
1423 g_application_activate_action (GActionGroup *action_group,
1424 const gchar *action_name,
1425 GVariant *parameter)
1427 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (action_group);
1429 g_return_if_fail (application->priv->is_registered);
1431 if (application->priv->is_remote)
1432 g_application_impl_activate_action (application->priv->impl,
1433 action_name, parameter,
1434 get_platform_data (application));
1436 else
1437 g_action_group_activate_action (application->priv->actions,
1438 action_name, parameter);
1441 static void
1442 g_application_action_group_iface_init (GActionGroupInterface *iface)
1444 iface->has_action = g_application_has_action;
1445 iface->list_actions = g_application_list_actions;
1447 iface->get_action_enabled = g_application_get_action_enabled;
1448 iface->get_action_parameter_type = g_application_get_action_parameter_type;
1449 iface->get_action_state_type = g_application_get_action_state_type;
1450 iface->get_action_state = g_application_get_action_state;
1451 iface->change_action_state = g_application_change_action_state;
1452 iface->activate_action = g_application_activate_action;
1455 /* Epilogue {{{1 */
1456 /* vim:set foldmethod=marker: */