Optionalproperties: Partial<Gtk.EntryCompletion.ConstructorProps>Internal$signalsCompile-time signal type information.
This instance property is generated only for TypeScript type checking. It is not defined at runtime and should not be accessed in JS code.
Static$gtypeConstruct OnlySince 3.0cell_The Gtk.CellArea used to layout cell renderers in the treeview column.
If no area is specified when creating the entry completion with
gtk_entry_completion_new_with_area() a horizontally oriented
Gtk.CellAreaBox will be used.
Construct OnlySince 3.0cellThe Gtk.CellArea used to layout cell renderers in the treeview column.
If no area is specified when creating the entry completion with
gtk_entry_completion_new_with_area() a horizontally oriented
Gtk.CellAreaBox will be used.
Since 2.6inline_Since 2.12inline_Since 2.6inlineSince 2.12inlineSince 2.6popup_Since 2.8popup_Since 2.8popup_Since 2.6popupSince 2.8popupSince 2.8popupSince 2.6text_Since 2.6textAdds an attribute mapping to the list in cell_layout.
The column is the column of the model to get a value from, and the
attribute is the parameter on cell to be set from the value. So for
example if column 2 of the model contains strings, you could have the
“text” attribute of a Gtk.CellRendererText get its values from column 2.
an attribute on the renderer
the column position on the model to get the attribute from
Creates a binding between source_property on source and target_property
on target.
Whenever the source_property is changed the target_property is
updated using the same value. For instance:
g_object_bind_property (action, "active", widget, "sensitive", 0);
Will result in the "sensitive" property of the widget GObject.Object instance to be updated with the same value of the "active" property of the action GObject.Object instance.
If flags contains GObject.BindingFlags.BIDIRECTIONAL then the binding will be mutual:
if target_property on target changes then the source_property on source
will be updated as well.
The binding will automatically be removed when either the source or the
target instances are finalized. To remove the binding without affecting the
source and the target you can just call g_object_unref() on the returned
GObject.Binding instance.
Removing the binding by calling g_object_unref() on it must only be done if
the binding, source and target are only used from a single thread and it
is clear that both source and target outlive the binding. Especially it
is not safe to rely on this if the binding, source or target can be
finalized from different threads. Keep another reference to the binding and
use g_binding_unbind() instead to be on the safe side.
A GObject.Object can have multiple bindings.
the property on source to bind
the target GObject.Object
the property on target to bind
flags to pass to GObject.Binding
the GObject.Binding instance representing the binding between the two GObject.Object instances. The binding is released whenever the GObject.Binding reference count reaches zero.
Complete version of g_object_bind_property().
Creates a binding between source_property on source and target_property
on target, allowing you to set the transformation functions to be used by
the binding.
If flags contains GObject.BindingFlags.BIDIRECTIONAL then the binding will be mutual:
if target_property on target changes then the source_property on source
will be updated as well. The transform_from function is only used in case
of bidirectional bindings, otherwise it will be ignored
The binding will automatically be removed when either the source or the
target instances are finalized. This will release the reference that is
being held on the GObject.Binding instance; if you want to hold on to the
GObject.Binding instance, you will need to hold a reference to it.
To remove the binding, call g_binding_unbind().
A GObject.Object can have multiple bindings.
The same user_data parameter will be used for both transform_to
and transform_from transformation functions; the notify function will
be called once, when the binding is removed. If you need different data
for each transformation function, please use
g_object_bind_property_with_closures() instead.
the property on source to bind
the target GObject.Object
the property on target to bind
flags to pass to GObject.Binding
Optionaltransform_to: BindingTransformFuncthe transformation function from the source to the target, or null to use the default
Optionaltransform_from: BindingTransformFuncthe transformation function from the target to the source, or null to use the default
Optionalnotify: DestroyNotifya function to call when disposing the binding, to free resources used by the transformation functions, or null if not required
the GObject.Binding instance representing the binding between the two GObject.Object instances. The binding is released whenever the GObject.Binding reference count reaches zero.
Creates a binding between source_property on source and target_property
on target, allowing you to set the transformation functions to be used by
the binding.
This function is the language bindings friendly version of
g_object_bind_property_full(), using GClosures instead of
function pointers.
the property on source to bind
the GObject.Binding instance representing the binding between the two GObject.Object instances. The binding is released whenever the GObject.Binding reference count reaches zero.
Blocks a handler of an instance so it will not be called during any signal emissions
Handler ID of the handler to be blocked
Unsets all the mappings on all renderers on cell_layout and
removes all renderers from cell_layout.
Clears all existing attributes previously set with
gtk_cell_layout_set_attributes().
a Gtk.CellRenderer to clear the attribute mapping on
Requests a completion operation, or in other words a refiltering of the current list with completions, using the current key. The completion list view will be updated accordingly.
Computes the common prefix that is shared by all rows in completion
that start with key. If no row matches key, null will be returned.
Note that a text column must have been set for this function to work,
see gtk_entry_completion_set_text_column() for details.
The text to complete for
The common prefix all rows starting with key or null if no row matches key.
SignalconnectSignalconnect_Constructs a child of buildable with the name name.
Gtk.Builder calls this function if a “constructor” has been specified in the UI definition.
Gtk.Builder used to construct this object
name of child to construct
the constructed child
This is similar to gtk_buildable_parser_finished() but is
called once for each custom tag handled by the buildable.
This is called at the end of each custom element handled by the buildable.
Gtk.Builder used to construct this object
child object or null for non-child tags
name of tag
Optionaldata: anyuser data that will be passed in to parser functions
This is called for each unknown element under <child>.
a Gtk.Builder used to construct this object
child object or null for non-child tags
name of tag
true if a object has a custom implementation, false if it doesn't.
Deletes the action at index_ from completion’s action list.
Note that index_ is a relative position and the position of an
action may have changed since it was inserted.
the index of the item to delete
Disconnects a handler from an instance so it will not be called during any future or currently ongoing emissions of the signal it has been connected to.
Handler ID of the handler to be disconnected
SignalemitThis function is intended for GObject.Object implementations to re-enforce
a floating object reference. Doing this is seldom
required: all GInitiallyUnowneds are created with a floating reference
which usually just needs to be sunken by calling g_object_ref_sink().
Increases the freeze count on object. If the freeze count is
non-zero, the emission of "notify" signals on object is
stopped. The signals are queued until the freeze count is decreased
to zero. Duplicate notifications are squashed so that at most one
GObject.Object::notify signal is emitted for each property modified while the
object is frozen.
This is necessary for accessors that modify multiple properties to prevent premature notification while the object is still being modified.
Returns the underlying Gtk.CellArea which might be cell_layout
if called on a Gtk.CellArea or might be null if no Gtk.CellArea
is used by cell_layout.
the cell area used by cell_layout, or null in case no cell area is used.
Returns the cell renderers which have been added to cell_layout.
a list of cell renderers. The list, but not the renderers has been newly allocated and should be freed with g_list_free() when no longer needed.
Get the original text entered by the user that triggered
the completion or null if there’s no completion ongoing.
the prefix for the current completion
Gets a named field from the objects table of associations (see g_object_set_data()).
name of the key for that association
the data if found, or null if no such data exists.
Returns whether the common prefix of the possible completions should be automatically inserted in the entry.
true if inline completion is turned on
Returns true if inline-selection mode is turned on.
true if inline-selection mode is on
Returns the minimum key length as set for completion.
The currently used minimum key length
Returns the model the Gtk.EntryCompletion is using as data source.
Returns null if the model is unset.
A Gtk.TreeModel, or null if none is currently being used
Gets the name of the buildable object.
Gtk.Builder sets the name based on the
[GtkBuilder UI definition][BUILDER-UI]
used to construct the buildable.
the name set with gtk_buildable_set_name()
Returns whether the completions should be presented in a popup window.
true if popup completion is turned on
Returns whether the completion popup window will be resized to the width of the entry.
true if the popup window will be resized to the width of the entry
Returns whether the completion popup window will appear even if there is only a single match.
true if the popup window will appear regardless of the number of matches
Gets a property of an object.
The value can be:
In general, a copy is made of the property contents and the caller is responsible for freeing the memory by calling GObject.Value.unset.
Note that GObject.Object.get_property is really intended for language bindings, GObject.Object.get is much more convenient for C programming.
The name of the property to get
Return location for the property value. Can be an empty GObject.Value initialized by G_VALUE_INIT (auto-initialized with expected type since GLib 2.60), a GObject.Value initialized with the expected property type, or a GObject.Value initialized with a transformable type
This function gets back user data pointers stored via
g_object_set_qdata().
A GLib.Quark, naming the user data pointer
The user data pointer set, or null
Returns the column in the model of completion to get strings from.
the column containing the strings
Gets n_properties properties for an object.
Obtained properties will be set to values. All properties must be valid.
Warnings will be emitted and undefined behaviour may result if invalid
properties are passed in.
the names of each property to get
the values of each property to get
Inserts an action in completion’s action item list at position index_
with markup markup.
the index of the item to insert
markup of the item to insert
Inserts an action in completion’s action item list at position index_
with text text. If you want the action item to have markup, use
gtk_entry_completion_insert_action_markup().
Note that index_ is a relative position in the list of actions and
the position of an action can change when deleting a different action.
the index of the item to insert
text of the item to insert
Requests a prefix insertion.
Checks whether object has a floating reference.
true if object has a floating reference
Emits a "notify" signal for the property property_name on object.
When possible, eg. when signaling a property change from within the class
that registered the property, you should use g_object_notify_by_pspec()
instead.
Note that emission of the notify signal may be blocked with
g_object_freeze_notify(). In this case, the signal emissions are queued
and will be emitted (in reverse order) when g_object_thaw_notify() is
called.
the name of a property installed on the class of object.
Emits a "notify" signal for the property specified by pspec on object.
This function omits the property name lookup, hence it is faster than
g_object_notify().
One way to avoid using g_object_notify() from within the
class that registered the properties, and using g_object_notify_by_pspec()
instead, is to store the GParamSpec used with
g_object_class_install_property() inside a static array, e.g.:
typedef enum
{
PROP_FOO = 1,
PROP_LAST
} MyObjectProperty;
static GParamSpec *properties[PROP_LAST];
static void
my_object_class_init (MyObjectClass *klass)
{
properties[PROP_FOO] = g_param_spec_int ("foo", NULL, NULL,
0, 100,
50,
G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);
g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class,
PROP_FOO,
properties[PROP_FOO]);
}
and then notify a change on the "foo" property with:
g_object_notify_by_pspec (self, properties[PROP_FOO]);
the GObject.ParamSpec of a property installed on the class of object.
Adds the cell to the end of cell_layout. If expand is false, then the
cell is allocated no more space than it needs. Any unused space is
divided evenly between cells for which expand is true.
Note that reusing the same cell renderer is not supported.
true if cell is to be given extra space allocated to cell_layout
Packs the cell into the beginning of cell_layout. If expand is false,
then the cell is allocated no more space than it needs. Any unused space
is divided evenly between cells for which expand is true.
Note that reusing the same cell renderer is not supported.
true if cell is to be given extra space allocated to cell_layout
Increases the reference count of object.
Since GLib 2.56, if GLIB_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED is 2.56 or greater, the type
of object will be propagated to the return type (using the GCC typeof()
extension), so any casting the caller needs to do on the return type must be
explicit.
the same object
Increase the reference count of object, and possibly remove the
floating reference, if object has a floating reference.
In other words, if the object is floating, then this call "assumes ownership" of the floating reference, converting it to a normal reference by clearing the floating flag while leaving the reference count unchanged. If the object is not floating, then this call adds a new normal reference increasing the reference count by one.
Since GLib 2.56, the type of object will be propagated to the return type
under the same conditions as for g_object_ref().
object
Re-inserts cell at position.
Note that cell has already to be packed into cell_layout
for this to function properly.
a Gtk.CellRenderer to reorder
new position to insert cell at
Releases all references to other objects. This can be used to break reference cycles.
This function should only be called from object system implementations.
Sets multiple properties of an object at once. The properties argument should be a dictionary mapping property names to values.
Object containing the properties to set
Sets the Gtk.CellLayoutDataFunc to use for cell_layout.
This function is used instead of the standard attributes mapping
for setting the column value, and should set the value of cell_layout’s
cell renderer(s) as appropriate.
func may be null to remove a previously set function.
Optionalfunc: Gtk.CellLayoutDataFuncthe Gtk.CellLayoutDataFunc to use, or null
Each object carries around a table of associations from strings to pointers. This function lets you set an association.
If the object already had an association with that name, the old association will be destroyed.
Internally, the key is converted to a GLib.Quark using g_quark_from_string().
This means a copy of key is kept permanently (even after object has been
finalized) — so it is recommended to only use a small, bounded set of values
for key in your program, to avoid the GLib.Quark storage growing unbounded.
name of the key
Optionaldata: anydata to associate with that key
Sets whether the common prefix of the possible completions should be automatically inserted in the entry.
true to do inline completion
Sets whether it is possible to cycle through the possible completions inside the entry.
true to do inline selection
Sets the match function for completion to be func. The match function
is used to determine if a row should or should not be in the completion
list.
the Gtk.EntryCompletionMatchFunc to use
Requires the length of the search key for completion to be at least
length. This is useful for long lists, where completing using a small
key takes a lot of time and will come up with meaningless results anyway
(ie, a too large dataset).
the minimum length of the key in order to start completing
Sets the model for a Gtk.EntryCompletion. If completion already has
a model set, it will remove it before setting the new model.
If model is null, then it will unset the model.
Optionalmodel: Gtk.TreeModelthe Gtk.TreeModel
Sets the name of the buildable object.
name to set
Sets whether the completions should be presented in a popup window.
true to do popup completion
Sets whether the completion popup window will be resized to be the same width as the entry.
true to make the width of the popup the same as the entry
Sets whether the completion popup window will appear even if there is
only a single match. You may want to set this to false if you
are using [inline completion][GtkEntryCompletion--inline-completion].
true if the popup should appear even for a single match
Sets a property on an object.
The name of the property to set
The value to set the property to
Convenience function for setting up the most used case of this code: a
completion list with just strings. This function will set up completion
to have a list displaying all (and just) strings in the completion list,
and to get those strings from column in the model of completion.
This functions creates and adds a Gtk.CellRendererText for the selected
column. If you need to set the text column, but don't want the cell
renderer, use g_object_set() to set the Gtk.EntryCompletion.text_column
property directly.
the column in the model of completion to get strings from
Remove a specified datum from the object's data associations, without invoking the association's destroy handler.
name of the key
the data if found, or null if no such data exists.
This function gets back user data pointers stored via
g_object_set_qdata() and removes the data from object
without invoking its destroy() function (if any was
set).
Usually, calling this function is only required to update
user data pointers with a destroy notifier, for example:
void
object_add_to_user_list (GObject *object,
const gchar *new_string)
{
// the quark, naming the object data
GQuark quark_string_list = g_quark_from_static_string ("my-string-list");
// retrieve the old string list
GList *list = g_object_steal_qdata (object, quark_string_list);
// prepend new string
list = g_list_prepend (list, g_strdup (new_string));
// this changed 'list', so we need to set it again
g_object_set_qdata_full (object, quark_string_list, list, free_string_list);
}
static void
free_string_list (gpointer data)
{
GList *node, *list = data;
for (node = list; node; node = node->next)
g_free (node->data);
g_list_free (list);
}
Using g_object_get_qdata() in the above example, instead of
g_object_steal_qdata() would have left the destroy function set,
and thus the partial string list would have been freed upon
g_object_set_qdata_full().
A GLib.Quark, naming the user data pointer
The user data pointer set, or null
Stops a signal's emission by the given signal name. This will prevent the default handler and any subsequent signal handlers from being invoked.
Name of the signal to stop emission of
Reverts the effect of a previous call to
g_object_freeze_notify(). The freeze count is decreased on object
and when it reaches zero, queued "notify" signals are emitted.
Duplicate notifications for each property are squashed so that at most one GObject.Object::notify signal is emitted for each property, in the reverse order in which they have been queued.
It is an error to call this function when the freeze count is zero.
Unblocks a handler so it will be called again during any signal emissions
Handler ID of the handler to be unblocked
Decreases the reference count of object. When its reference count
drops to 0, the object is finalized (i.e. its memory is freed).
If the pointer to the GObject.Object may be reused in future (for example, if it is
an instance variable of another object), it is recommended to clear the
pointer to null rather than retain a dangling pointer to a potentially
invalid GObject.Object instance. Use g_clear_object() for this.
Virtualvfunc_Virtualvfunc_Adds an attribute mapping to the list in cell_layout.
The column is the column of the model to get a value from, and the
attribute is the parameter on cell to be set from the value. So for
example if column 2 of the model contains strings, you could have the
“text” attribute of a Gtk.CellRendererText get its values from column 2.
an attribute on the renderer
the column position on the model to get the attribute from
Virtualvfunc_Virtualvfunc_Unsets all the mappings on all renderers on cell_layout and
removes all renderers from cell_layout.
Virtualvfunc_Clears all existing attributes previously set with
gtk_cell_layout_set_attributes().
a Gtk.CellRenderer to clear the attribute mapping on
Virtualvfunc_Constructs a child of buildable with the name name.
Gtk.Builder calls this function if a “constructor” has been specified in the UI definition.
Gtk.Builder used to construct this object
name of child to construct
Virtualvfunc_the constructed function is called by g_object_new() as the
final step of the object creation process. At the point of the call, all
construction properties have been set on the object. The purpose of this
call is to allow for object initialisation steps that can only be performed
after construction properties have been set. constructed implementors
should chain up to the constructed call of their parent class to allow it
to complete its initialisation.
Virtualvfunc_Virtualvfunc_Virtualvfunc_This is called at the end of each custom element handled by the buildable.
Gtk.Builder used to construct this object
child object or null for non-child tags
name of tag
Optionaldata: anyuser data that will be passed in to parser functions
Virtualvfunc_This is called for each unknown element under <child>.
a Gtk.Builder used to construct this object
child object or null for non-child tags
name of tag
Virtualvfunc_Virtualvfunc_the dispose function is supposed to drop all references to other
objects, but keep the instance otherwise intact, so that client method
invocations still work. It may be run multiple times (due to reference
loops). Before returning, dispose should chain up to the dispose method
of the parent class.
Virtualvfunc_instance finalization function, should finish the finalization of
the instance begun in dispose and chain up to the finalize method of the
parent class.
Virtualvfunc_Returns the underlying Gtk.CellArea which might be cell_layout
if called on a Gtk.CellArea or might be null if no Gtk.CellArea
is used by cell_layout.
Virtualvfunc_Returns the cell renderers which have been added to cell_layout.
Virtualvfunc_Virtualvfunc_Gets the name of the buildable object.
Gtk.Builder sets the name based on the
[GtkBuilder UI definition][BUILDER-UI]
used to construct the buildable.
Virtualvfunc_Virtualvfunc_Virtualvfunc_Virtualvfunc_Virtualvfunc_Emits a "notify" signal for the property property_name on object.
When possible, eg. when signaling a property change from within the class
that registered the property, you should use g_object_notify_by_pspec()
instead.
Note that emission of the notify signal may be blocked with
g_object_freeze_notify(). In this case, the signal emissions are queued
and will be emitted (in reverse order) when g_object_thaw_notify() is
called.
Virtualvfunc_Adds the cell to the end of cell_layout. If expand is false, then the
cell is allocated no more space than it needs. Any unused space is
divided evenly between cells for which expand is true.
Note that reusing the same cell renderer is not supported.
true if cell is to be given extra space allocated to cell_layout
Virtualvfunc_Packs the cell into the beginning of cell_layout. If expand is false,
then the cell is allocated no more space than it needs. Any unused space
is divided evenly between cells for which expand is true.
Note that reusing the same cell renderer is not supported.
true if cell is to be given extra space allocated to cell_layout
Virtualvfunc_Virtualvfunc_Re-inserts cell at position.
Note that cell has already to be packed into cell_layout
for this to function properly.
a Gtk.CellRenderer to reorder
new position to insert cell at
Virtualvfunc_Virtualvfunc_Sets the Gtk.CellLayoutDataFunc to use for cell_layout.
This function is used instead of the standard attributes mapping
for setting the column value, and should set the value of cell_layout’s
cell renderer(s) as appropriate.
func may be null to remove a previously set function.
Optionalfunc: Gtk.CellLayoutDataFuncthe Gtk.CellLayoutDataFunc to use, or null
Virtualvfunc_Sets the name of the buildable object.
name to set
Virtualvfunc_the generic setter for all properties of this type. Should be
overridden for every type with properties. If implementations of
set_property don't emit property change notification explicitly, this will
be done implicitly by the type system. However, if the notify signal is
emitted explicitly, the type system will not emit it a second time.
This function essentially limits the life time of the closure to
the life time of the object. That is, when the object is finalized,
the closure is invalidated by calling g_closure_invalidate() on
it, in order to prevent invocations of the closure with a finalized
(nonexisting) object. Also, g_object_ref() and g_object_unref() are
added as marshal guards to the closure, to ensure that an extra
reference count is held on object during invocation of the
closure. Usually, this function will be called on closures that
use this object as closure data.
GObject.Closure to watch
StaticnewStaticnew_Static_Staticcompat_Optionaldata: anyStaticfind_Staticinstall_Staticinstall_the id for the new property
the GObject.ParamSpec for the new property
Staticinterface_Find the GObject.ParamSpec with the given name for an
interface. Generally, the interface vtable passed in as g_iface
will be the default vtable from g_type_default_interface_ref(), or,
if you know the interface has already been loaded,
g_type_default_interface_peek().
any interface vtable for the interface, or the default vtable for the interface
name of a property to look up.
Staticinterface_Add a property to an interface; this is only useful for interfaces
that are added to GObject-derived types. Adding a property to an
interface forces all objects classes with that interface to have a
compatible property. The compatible property could be a newly
created GObject.ParamSpec, but normally
g_object_class_override_property() will be used so that the object
class only needs to provide an implementation and inherits the
property description, default value, bounds, and so forth from the
interface property.
This function is meant to be called from the interface's default
vtable initialization function (the class_init member of
GObject.TypeInfo.) It must not be called after after class_init has
been called for any object types implementing this interface.
If pspec is a floating reference, it will be consumed.
any interface vtable for the interface, or the default vtable for the interface.
the GObject.ParamSpec for the new property
Staticinterface_Lists the properties of an interface.Generally, the interface
vtable passed in as g_iface will be the default vtable from
g_type_default_interface_ref(), or, if you know the interface has
already been loaded, g_type_default_interface_peek().
any interface vtable for the interface, or the default vtable for the interface
Staticlist_StaticnewvStaticoverride_the new property ID
the name of a property registered in a parent class or in an interface of this class.
Gtk.EntryCompletion is an auxiliary object to be used in conjunction with Gtk.Entry to provide the completion functionality. It implements the Gtk.CellLayout interface, to allow the user to add extra cells to the Gtk.TreeView with completion matches.
“Completion functionality” means that when the user modifies the text in the entry, Gtk.EntryCompletion checks which rows in the model match the current content of the entry, and displays a list of matches. By default, the matching is done by comparing the entry text case-insensitively against the text column of the model (see
gtk_entry_completion_set_text_column()), but this can be overridden with a custom match function (seegtk_entry_completion_set_match_func()).When the user selects a completion, the content of the entry is updated. By default, the content of the entry is replaced by the text column of the model, but this can be overridden by connecting to the Gtk.EntryCompletion.SignalSignatures.match_selected | Gtk.EntryCompletion::match-selected signal and updating the entry in the signal handler. Note that you should return
truefrom the signal handler to suppress the default behaviour.To add completion functionality to an entry, use
gtk_entry_set_completion().In addition to regular completion matches, which will be inserted into the entry when they are selected, Gtk.EntryCompletion also allows to display “actions” in the popup window. Their appearance is similar to menuitems, to differentiate them clearly from completion strings. When an action is selected, the Gtk.EntryCompletion.SignalSignatures.action_activated | Gtk.EntryCompletion::action-activated signal is emitted.
GtkEntryCompletion uses a Gtk.TreeModelFilter model to represent the subset of the entire model that is currently matching. While the GtkEntryCompletion signals Gtk.EntryCompletion.SignalSignatures.match_selected | Gtk.EntryCompletion::match-selected and Gtk.EntryCompletion.SignalSignatures.cursor_on_match | Gtk.EntryCompletion::cursor-on-match take the original model and an iter pointing to that model as arguments, other callbacks and signals (such as
GtkCellLayoutDataFuncsor Gtk.CellArea.SignalSignatures.apply_attributes | Gtk.CellArea::apply-attributes) will generally take the filter model as argument. As long as you are only callinggtk_tree_model_get(), this will make no difference to you. If for some reason, you need the original model, usegtk_tree_model_filter_get_model(). Don’t forget to usegtk_tree_model_filter_convert_iter_to_child_iter()to obtain a matching iter.