GBoxedCopyFunc ()

gpointer            (*GBoxedCopyFunc)                   (gpointer boxed);

This function is provided by the user and should produce a copy of the passed in boxed structure.

GBoxedFreeFunc ()

void                (*GBoxedFreeFunc)                   (gpointer boxed);

This function is provided by the user and should free the boxed structure passed.

g_boxed_copy ()

gpointer            g_boxed_copy                        (GType boxed_type,
                                                         gconstpointer src_boxed);

Provide a copy of a boxed structure src_boxed which is of type boxed_type.

g_boxed_free ()

void                g_boxed_free                        (GType boxed_type,
                                                         gpointer boxed);

Free the boxed structure boxed which is of type boxed_type.

g_boxed_type_register_static ()

GType               g_boxed_type_register_static        (const gchar *name,
                                                         GBoxedCopyFunc boxed_copy,
                                                         GBoxedFreeFunc boxed_free);

This function creates a new G_TYPE_BOXED derived type id for a new boxed type with name name. Boxed type handling functions have to be provided to copy and free opaque boxed structures of this type.

g_pointer_type_register_static ()

GType               g_pointer_type_register_static      (const gchar *name);

Creates a new G_TYPE_POINTER derived type id for a new pointer type with name name.

G_TYPE_HASH_TABLE

#define G_TYPE_HASH_TABLE (g_hash_table_get_type ())

The GType for a boxed type holding a GHashTable reference.

Since 2.10

G_TYPE_DATE

#define G_TYPE_DATE (g_date_get_type ())

The GType for GDate.

G_TYPE_GSTRING

#define G_TYPE_GSTRING (g_gstring_get_type ())

The GType for GString.

G_TYPE_STRV

#define G_TYPE_STRV (g_strv_get_type ())

The GType for a boxed type holding a NULL-terminated array of strings.

The code fragments in the following example show the use of a property of type G_TYPE_STRV with g_object_class_install_property(), g_object_set() and g_object_get().

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g_object_class_install_property (object_class,
                                 PROP_AUTHORS,
                                 g_param_spec_boxed ("authors",
                                                     _("Authors"),
                                                     _("List of authors"),
                                                     G_TYPE_STRV,
                                                     G_PARAM_READWRITE));

gchar *authors[] = { "Owen", "Tim", NULL };
g_object_set (obj, "authors", authors, NULL);

gchar *writers[];
g_object_get (obj, "authors", &writers, NULL);
/* do something with writers */
g_strfreev (writers);

Since 2.4

G_TYPE_REGEX

#define G_TYPE_REGEX (g_regex_get_type ())

The GType for a boxed type holding a GRegex reference.

Since 2.14

G_TYPE_MATCH_INFO

#define G_TYPE_MATCH_INFO (g_match_info_get_type ())

The GType for a boxed type holding a GMatchInfo reference.

Since 2.30

G_TYPE_ARRAY

#define G_TYPE_ARRAY (g_array_get_type ())

The GType for a boxed type holding a GArray reference.

Since 2.22

G_TYPE_BYTE_ARRAY

#define G_TYPE_BYTE_ARRAY (g_byte_array_get_type ())

The GType for a boxed type holding a GByteArray reference.

Since 2.22

G_TYPE_PTR_ARRAY

#define G_TYPE_PTR_ARRAY (g_ptr_array_get_type ())

The GType for a boxed type holding a GPtrArray reference.

Since 2.22

G_TYPE_BYTES

#define G_TYPE_BYTES (g_bytes_get_type ())

The GType for GBytes.

Since 2.32

G_TYPE_VARIANT_TYPE

#define G_TYPE_VARIANT_TYPE (g_variant_type_get_gtype ())

The GType for a boxed type holding a GVariantType.

Since 2.24

G_TYPE_ERROR

#define G_TYPE_ERROR (g_error_get_type ())

The GType for a boxed type holding a GError.

Since 2.26

G_TYPE_DATE_TIME

#define G_TYPE_DATE_TIME (g_date_time_get_type ())

The GType for a boxed type holding a GDateTime.

Since 2.26

G_TYPE_TIME_ZONE

#define G_TYPE_TIME_ZONE (g_time_zone_get_type ())

The GType for a boxed type holding a GTimeZone.

Since 2.34

G_TYPE_IO_CHANNEL

#define G_TYPE_IO_CHANNEL (g_io_channel_get_type ())

The GType for GIOChannel.

G_TYPE_IO_CONDITION

#define G_TYPE_IO_CONDITION (g_io_condition_get_type ())

The GType for GIOCondition.

G_TYPE_VARIANT_BUILDER

#define G_TYPE_VARIANT_BUILDER (g_variant_builder_get_type ())

The GType for a boxed type holding a GVariantBuilder.

Since 2.30

G_TYPE_KEY_FILE

#define G_TYPE_KEY_FILE (g_key_file_get_type ())

The GType for a boxed type holding a GKeyFile.

Since 2.32

G_TYPE_MAIN_CONTEXT

#define G_TYPE_MAIN_CONTEXT (g_main_context_get_type ())

The GType for a boxed type holding a GMainContext.

Since 2.30

G_TYPE_MAIN_LOOP

#define G_TYPE_MAIN_LOOP (g_main_loop_get_type ())

The GType for a boxed type holding a GMainLoop.

Since 2.30

G_TYPE_SOURCE

#define G_TYPE_SOURCE (g_source_get_type ())

The GType for a boxed type holding a GSource.

Since 2.30

GStrv

typedef gchar** GStrv;

A C representable type name for G_TYPE_STRV.