Internal$signalsCompile-time signal type information.
This instance property is generated only for TypeScript type checking. It is not defined at runtime and should not be accessed in JS code.
Static$gtypeThe list of loaded plugins.
This will be modified when Engine.load_plugin or Engine.unload_plugin is called.
This can be used with Gio.Settings to save the loaded plugins by binding to this property after instantiating the engine by doing:
g_settings_bind (gsettings_object,
LOADED_PLUGINS_KEY,
engine,
"loaded-plugins",
G_SETTINGS_BIND_DEFAULT);
Note: notify will not be called when the engine is being destroyed.
The list of loaded plugins.
This will be modified when Engine.load_plugin or Engine.unload_plugin is called.
This can be used with Gio.Settings to save the loaded plugins by binding to this property after instantiating the engine by doing:
g_settings_bind (gsettings_object,
LOADED_PLUGINS_KEY,
engine,
"loaded-plugins",
G_SETTINGS_BIND_DEFAULT);
Note: notify will not be called when the engine is being destroyed.
Construct Onlynonglobal_If non-global plugin loaders should be used.
See Engine.new_with_nonglobal_loaders for more information.
Construct OnlynonglobalIf non-global plugin loaders should be used.
See Engine.new_with_nonglobal_loaders for more information.
Appends a search path to the list of paths where to look for plugins.
A so-called "search path" actually consists of both a module directory (where the shared libraries or language modules lie) and a data directory (where the plugin data is).
The plugin will be able to use a correct data dir depending on where it is installed, hence allowing to keep the plugin agnostic when it comes to installation location: the same plugin can be installed either in the system path or in the user's home directory, without taking other special care than using PluginInfo.get_data_dir when looking for its data files.
If data_dir is null, then it is set to the same value as
module_dir.
the plugin module directory.
Optionaldata_dir: stringthe plugin data directory.
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
SignalconnectSignalconnect_If the plugin identified by info implements the extension_type,
then this function will return a new instance of this implementation.
See Engine.create_extension for more information.
A loaded Peas.PluginInfo.
The implemented extension GObject.GType.
an array of property names.
an array of property values.
a new instance of GObject.Object which meets the prerequisites of extension_type, or null.
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
Returns the list of the names of all the loaded plugins.
If there is no plugin currently loaded, it will return an array containing a
single null element.
Please note that the returned array is a newly allocated one: you will need to free it using GLib.strfreev.
A newly-allocated null-terminated array of strings.
SignalemitEnable a loader, enables a loader for plugins.
The C plugin loader is always enabled. The other plugin loaders are: gjs, lua5.1, python and python3.
For instance, the following code will enable Python 2 plugins to be loaded:
peas_engine_enable_loader (engine, "python");
Note: plugin loaders used to be shared across Peas.Engines so enabling
a loader on one Peas.Engine would enable it on all PeasEngines.
This behavior has been kept to avoid breaking applications,
however a warning has been added to help applications transition.
The name of the loader to enable.
This function is intended for GObject.Object implementations to re-enforce
a [floating][floating-ref] 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.
Triggers garbage collection on all the loaders currently owned by the Peas.Engine.
This can be used to force the loaders to destroy managed objects that still hold references to objects that are about to disappear.
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.
Get the item at position.
If position is greater than the number of items in list, null is
returned.
null is never returned for an index that is smaller than the length
of the list.
This function is meant to be used by language bindings in place
of g_list_model_get_item().
See also: g_list_model_get_n_items()
the position of the item to fetch
the object at position.
Gets the type of the items in list.
All items returned from g_list_model_get_item() are of the type
returned by this function, or a subtype, or if the type is an
interface, they are an implementation of that interface.
The item type of a Gio.ListModel can not change during the life of the model.
the GObject.GType of the items contained in list.
Gets the number of items in list.
Depending on the model implementation, calling this function may be
less efficient than iterating the list with increasing values for
position until g_list_model_get_item() returns null.
the number of items in list.
Gets the PluginInfo corresponding with plugin_name,
or null if plugin_name was not found.
A plugin name.
the Peas.PluginInfo corresponding with a given plugin module name.
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
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
Checks whether object has a [floating][floating-ref] reference.
true if object has a floating reference
Emits the Gio.ListModel.SignalSignatures.items_changed | Gio.ListModel::items-changed signal on list.
This function should only be called by classes implementing
Gio.ListModel. It has to be called after the internal representation
of list has been updated, because handlers connected to this signal
might query the new state of the list.
Implementations must only make changes to the model (as visible to its consumer) in places that will not cause problems for that consumer. For models that are driven directly by a write API (such as Gio.ListStore), changes can be reported in response to uses of that API. For models that represent remote data, changes should only be made from a fresh mainloop dispatch. It is particularly not permitted to make changes in response to a call to the Gio.ListModel consumer API.
Stated another way: in general, it is assumed that code making a series of accesses to the model via the API, without returning to the mainloop, and without calling other code, will continue to view the same contents of the model.
the position at which list changed
the number of items removed
the number of items added
Loads the plugin corresponding to info if it's not currently loaded.
Emits the Peas.Engine::load-plugin signal; loading the plugin
actually occurs in the default signal handler.
whether the plugin has been successfully loaded.
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.
Returns if info provides an extension for extension_type.
If the info is not loaded than false will always be returned.
The extension GObject.GType.
if info provides an extension for extension_type.
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][floating-ref] 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
Rescan all the registered directories to find new or updated plugins.
Calling this function will make the newly installed plugin infos be loaded by the engine, so the new plugins can be used without restarting the application.
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
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 the list of loaded plugins for engine.
When this function is called, the Peas.Engine will load all the plugins whose
names are in plugin_names, and ensures all other active plugins are
unloaded.
If plugin_names is null, all plugins will be unloaded.
Optionalplugin_names: string[]A null-terminated array of plugin names, or null.
Sets a property on an object.
The name of the property to set
The value to set the property to
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
Unloads the plugin corresponding to info.
Emits the Peas.Engine::unload-plugin signal; unloading the plugin
actually occurs in the default signal handler.
whether the plugin has been successfully unloaded.
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_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_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_Get the item at position. If position is greater than the number of
items in list, null is returned.
null is never returned for an index that is smaller than the length
of the list. See g_list_model_get_n_items().
The same GObject.Object instance may not appear more than once in a Gio.ListModel.
the position of the item to fetch
Virtualvfunc_Gets the type of the items in list.
All items returned from g_list_model_get_item() are of the type
returned by this function, or a subtype, or if the type is an
interface, they are an implementation of that interface.
The item type of a Gio.ListModel can not change during the life of the model.
Virtualvfunc_Gets the number of items in list.
Depending on the model implementation, calling this function may be
less efficient than iterating the list with increasing values for
position until g_list_model_get_item() returns null.
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_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
Staticget_Return the existing instance of Peas.Engine or a subclass of it.
If no Peas.Engine subclass has been instantiated yet, the first call of this function will return a new instance of Peas.Engine.
Note: this function should never be used when multiple threads are using libpeas API as it is not thread-safe.
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.
The Peas.Engine is the object which manages the plugins.
Its role is twofold: