glib/gobject/gparam.h
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+/* GObject - GLib Type, Object, Parameter and Signal Library
+ * Copyright (C) 1997-1999, 2000-2001 Tim Janik and Red Hat, Inc.
+ * Portions copyright (c) 2006-2009 Nokia Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General
+ * Public License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ *
+ * gparam.h: GParamSpec base class implementation
+ */
+#if !defined (__GLIB_GOBJECT_H_INSIDE__) && !defined (GOBJECT_COMPILATION)
+#error "Only <glib-object.h> can be included directly."
+#endif
+
+#ifndef __G_PARAM_H__
+#define __G_PARAM_H__
+
+#include	<gobject/gvalue.h>
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/* --- standard type macros --- */
+/**
+ * G_TYPE_IS_PARAM:
+ * @type: a #GType ID
+ * 
+ * Checks whether @type "is a" %G_TYPE_PARAM.
+ */
+#define G_TYPE_IS_PARAM(type)		(G_TYPE_FUNDAMENTAL (type) == G_TYPE_PARAM)
+/**
+ * G_PARAM_SPEC:
+ * @pspec: a valid #GParamSpec
+ * 
+ * Casts a derived #GParamSpec object (e.g. of type #GParamSpecInt) into
+ * a #GParamSpec object.
+ */
+#define G_PARAM_SPEC(pspec)		(G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((pspec), G_TYPE_PARAM, GParamSpec))
+/**
+ * G_IS_PARAM_SPEC:
+ * @pspec: a #GParamSpec
+ * 
+ * Checks whether @pspec "is a" valid #GParamSpec structure of type %G_TYPE_PARAM
+ * or derived.
+ */
+#define G_IS_PARAM_SPEC(pspec)		(G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((pspec), G_TYPE_PARAM))
+/**
+ * G_PARAM_SPEC_CLASS:
+ * @pclass: a valid #GParamSpecClass
+ * 
+ * Casts a derived #GParamSpecClass structure into a #GParamSpecClass structure.
+ */
+#define G_PARAM_SPEC_CLASS(pclass)      (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((pclass), G_TYPE_PARAM, GParamSpecClass))
+/**
+ * G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_CLASS:
+ * @pclass: a #GParamSpecClass
+ * 
+ * Checks whether @pclass "is a" valid #GParamSpecClass structure of type 
+ * %G_TYPE_PARAM or derived.
+ */
+#define G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_CLASS(pclass)   (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((pclass), G_TYPE_PARAM))
+/**
+ * G_PARAM_SPEC_GET_CLASS:
+ * @pspec: a valid #GParamSpec
+ * 
+ * Retrieves the #GParamSpecClass of a #GParamSpec.
+ */
+#define G_PARAM_SPEC_GET_CLASS(pspec)	(G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((pspec), G_TYPE_PARAM, GParamSpecClass))
+
+
+/* --- convenience macros --- */
+/**
+ * G_PARAM_SPEC_TYPE:
+ * @pspec: a valid #GParamSpec
+ * 
+ * Retrieves the #GType of this @pspec.
+ */
+#define G_PARAM_SPEC_TYPE(pspec)	(G_TYPE_FROM_INSTANCE (pspec))
+/**
+ * G_PARAM_SPEC_TYPE_NAME:
+ * @pspec: a valid #GParamSpec
+ * 
+ * Retrieves the #GType name of this @pspec.
+ */
+#define G_PARAM_SPEC_TYPE_NAME(pspec)	(g_type_name (G_PARAM_SPEC_TYPE (pspec)))
+/**
+ * G_PARAM_SPEC_VALUE_TYPE:
+ * @pspec: a valid #GParamSpec
+ * 
+ * Retrieves the #GType to initialize a #GValue for this parameter.
+ */
+#define	G_PARAM_SPEC_VALUE_TYPE(pspec)	(G_PARAM_SPEC (pspec)->value_type)
+/**
+ * G_VALUE_HOLDS_PARAM:
+ * @value: a valid #GValue structure
+ * 
+ * Checks whether the given #GValue can hold values derived from type %G_TYPE_PARAM.
+ * 
+ * Returns: %TRUE on success.
+ */
+#define G_VALUE_HOLDS_PARAM(value)	(G_TYPE_CHECK_VALUE_TYPE ((value), G_TYPE_PARAM))
+       
+
+/* --- flags --- */
+/**
+ * GParamFlags:
+ * @G_PARAM_READABLE: the parameter is readable
+ * @G_PARAM_WRITABLE: the parameter is writable
+ * @G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT: the parameter will be set upon object construction
+ * @G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT_ONLY: the parameter will only be set upon object construction
+ * @G_PARAM_LAX_VALIDATION: upon parameter conversion (see g_param_value_convert())
+ *  strict validation is not required
+ * @G_PARAM_STATIC_NAME: the string used as name when constructing the 
+ *  parameter is guaranteed to remain valid and
+ *  unmodified for the lifetime of the parameter. 
+ *  Since 2.8
+ * @G_PARAM_STATIC_NICK: the string used as nick when constructing the
+ *  parameter is guaranteed to remain valid and
+ *  unmmodified for the lifetime of the parameter.
+ *  Since 2.8
+ * @G_PARAM_STATIC_BLURB: the string used as blurb when constructing the 
+ *  parameter is guaranteed to remain valid and 
+ *  unmodified for the lifetime of the parameter. 
+ *  Since 2.8
+ * @G_PARAM_PRIVATE: internal
+ * 
+ * Through the #GParamFlags flag values, certain aspects of parameters
+ * can be configured.
+ */
+typedef enum
+{
+  G_PARAM_READABLE            = 1 << 0,
+  G_PARAM_WRITABLE            = 1 << 1,
+  G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT	      = 1 << 2,
+  G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT_ONLY      = 1 << 3,
+  G_PARAM_LAX_VALIDATION      = 1 << 4,
+  G_PARAM_STATIC_NAME	      = 1 << 5,
+#ifndef G_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
+  G_PARAM_PRIVATE	      = G_PARAM_STATIC_NAME,
+#endif
+  G_PARAM_STATIC_NICK	      = 1 << 6,
+  G_PARAM_STATIC_BLURB	      = 1 << 7
+} GParamFlags;
+/**
+ * G_PARAM_READWRITE:
+ * 
+ * #GParamFlags value alias for %G_PARAM_READABLE | %G_PARAM_WRITABLE.
+ */
+#define	G_PARAM_READWRITE	(G_PARAM_READABLE | G_PARAM_WRITABLE)
+/**
+ * G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS:
+ * 
+ * #GParamFlags value alias for %G_PARAM_STATIC_NAME | %G_PARAM_STATIC_NICK | %G_PARAM_STATIC_BLURB.
+ * 
+ * Since 2.13.0
+ */
+#define	G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS (G_PARAM_STATIC_NAME | G_PARAM_STATIC_NICK | G_PARAM_STATIC_BLURB)
+/* bits in the range 0xffffff00 are reserved for 3rd party usage */
+/**
+ * G_PARAM_MASK:
+ * 
+ * Mask containing the bits of #GParamSpec.flags which are reserved for GLib.
+ */
+#define	G_PARAM_MASK		(0x000000ff)
+/**
+ * G_PARAM_USER_SHIFT:
+ * 
+ * Minimum shift count to be used for user defined flags, to be stored in
+ * #GParamSpec.flags.
+ */
+#define	G_PARAM_USER_SHIFT	(8)
+
+
+/* --- typedefs & structures --- */
+typedef struct _GParamSpec      GParamSpec;
+typedef struct _GParamSpecClass GParamSpecClass;
+typedef struct _GParameter	GParameter;
+typedef struct _GParamSpecPool  GParamSpecPool;
+/**
+ * GParamSpec:
+ * @g_type_instance: private #GTypeInstance portion
+ * @name: name of this parameter
+ * @flags: #GParamFlags flags for this parameter
+ * @value_type: the #GValue type for this parameter
+ * @owner_type: #GType type that uses (introduces) this paremeter
+ * 
+ * All other fields of the <structname>GParamSpec</structname> struct are private and
+ * should not be used directly.
+ */
+struct _GParamSpec
+{
+  GTypeInstance  g_type_instance;
+
+  gchar         *name;
+  GParamFlags    flags;
+  GType		 value_type;
+  GType		 owner_type;	/* class or interface using this property */
+
+  /*< private >*/
+  gchar         *_nick;
+  gchar         *_blurb;
+  GData		*qdata;
+  guint          ref_count;
+  guint		 param_id;	/* sort-criteria */
+};
+/**
+ * GParamSpecClass:
+ * @g_type_class: the parent class
+ * @value_type: the #GValue type for this parameter
+ * @finalize: The instance finalization function (optional), should chain 
+ *  up to the finalize method of the parent class.
+ * @value_set_default: Resets a @value to the default value for this type
+ *  (recommended, the default is g_value_reset()), see 
+ *  g_param_value_set_default().
+ * @value_validate: Ensures that the contents of @value comply with the 
+ *  specifications set out by this type (optional), see 
+ *  g_param_value_set_validate().
+ * @values_cmp: Compares @value1 with @value2 according to this type
+ *  (recommended, the default is memcmp()), see g_param_values_cmp().
+ * 
+ * The class structure for the <structname>GParamSpec</structname> type.
+ * Normally, <structname>GParamSpec</structname> classes are filled by
+ * g_param_type_register_static().
+ */
+struct _GParamSpecClass
+{
+  GTypeClass      g_type_class;
+
+  GType		  value_type;
+
+  void	        (*finalize)		(GParamSpec   *pspec);
+
+  /* GParam methods */
+  void          (*value_set_default)    (GParamSpec   *pspec,
+					 GValue       *value);
+  gboolean      (*value_validate)       (GParamSpec   *pspec,
+					 GValue       *value);
+  gint          (*values_cmp)           (GParamSpec   *pspec,
+					 const GValue *value1,
+					 const GValue *value2);
+  /*< private >*/
+  gpointer	  dummy[4];
+};
+/**
+ * GParameter:
+ * @name: the parameter name
+ * @value: the parameter value
+ * 
+ * The <structname>GParameter</structname> struct is an auxiliary structure used
+ * to hand parameter name/value pairs to g_object_newv().
+ */
+struct _GParameter /* auxillary structure for _setv() variants */
+{
+  const gchar *name;
+  GValue       value;
+};
+
+
+/* --- prototypes --- */
+IMPORT_C GParamSpec*	g_param_spec_ref		(GParamSpec    *pspec);
+IMPORT_C void		g_param_spec_unref		(GParamSpec    *pspec);
+IMPORT_C void		g_param_spec_sink		(GParamSpec    *pspec);
+IMPORT_C GParamSpec*	g_param_spec_ref_sink   	(GParamSpec    *pspec);
+IMPORT_C gpointer        g_param_spec_get_qdata		(GParamSpec    *pspec,
+						 GQuark         quark);
+IMPORT_C void            g_param_spec_set_qdata		(GParamSpec    *pspec,
+						 GQuark         quark,
+						 gpointer       data);
+IMPORT_C void            g_param_spec_set_qdata_full	(GParamSpec    *pspec,
+						 GQuark         quark,
+						 gpointer       data,
+						 GDestroyNotify destroy);
+IMPORT_C gpointer        g_param_spec_steal_qdata	(GParamSpec    *pspec,
+						 GQuark         quark);
+IMPORT_C GParamSpec*     g_param_spec_get_redirect_target (GParamSpec   *pspec);
+
+IMPORT_C void		g_param_value_set_default	(GParamSpec    *pspec,
+						 GValue	       *value);
+IMPORT_C gboolean	g_param_value_defaults		(GParamSpec    *pspec,
+						 GValue	       *value);
+IMPORT_C gboolean	g_param_value_validate		(GParamSpec    *pspec,
+						 GValue	       *value);
+IMPORT_C gboolean	g_param_value_convert		(GParamSpec    *pspec,
+						 const GValue  *src_value,
+						 GValue	       *dest_value,
+						 gboolean	strict_validation);
+IMPORT_C gint		g_param_values_cmp		(GParamSpec    *pspec,
+						 const GValue  *value1,
+						 const GValue  *value2);
+IMPORT_C G_CONST_RETURN gchar*	g_param_spec_get_name	(GParamSpec    *pspec);
+IMPORT_C G_CONST_RETURN gchar*	g_param_spec_get_nick	(GParamSpec    *pspec);
+IMPORT_C G_CONST_RETURN gchar*	g_param_spec_get_blurb	(GParamSpec    *pspec);
+IMPORT_C void            g_value_set_param               (GValue	       *value,
+						 GParamSpec    *param);
+IMPORT_C GParamSpec*     g_value_get_param               (const GValue  *value);
+IMPORT_C GParamSpec*     g_value_dup_param               (const GValue  *value);
+
+
+IMPORT_C void           g_value_take_param               (GValue        *value,
+					         GParamSpec    *param);
+#ifndef G_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
+IMPORT_C void           g_value_set_param_take_ownership (GValue        *value,
+					         GParamSpec    *param);
+#endif
+
+/* --- convenience functions --- */
+typedef struct _GParamSpecTypeInfo GParamSpecTypeInfo;
+/**
+ * GParamSpecTypeInfo:
+ * @instance_size: Size of the instance (object) structure.
+ * @n_preallocs: Prior to GLib 2.10, it specified the number of pre-allocated (cached) instances to reserve memory for (0 indicates no caching). Since GLib 2.10, it is ignored, since instances are allocated with the <link linkend="glib-Memory-Slices">slice allocator</link> now.
+ * @instance_init: Location of the instance initialization function (optional).
+ * @value_type: The #GType of values conforming to this #GParamSpec
+ * @finalize: The instance finalization function (optional).
+ * @value_set_default: Resets a @value to the default value for @pspec 
+ *  (recommended, the default is g_value_reset()), see 
+ *  g_param_value_set_default().
+ * @value_validate: Ensures that the contents of @value comply with the 
+ *  specifications set out by @pspec (optional), see 
+ *  g_param_value_set_validate().
+ * @values_cmp: Compares @value1 with @value2 according to @pspec 
+ *  (recommended, the default is memcmp()), see g_param_values_cmp().
+ * 
+ * This structure is used to provide the type system with the information
+ * required to initialize and destruct (finalize) a parameter's class and
+ * instances thereof.
+ * The initialized structure is passed to the g_param_type_register_static() 
+ * The type system will perform a deep copy of this structure, so its memory 
+ * does not need to be persistent across invocation of 
+ * g_param_type_register_static().
+ */
+struct _GParamSpecTypeInfo
+{
+  /* type system portion */
+  guint16         instance_size;                               /* obligatory */
+  guint16         n_preallocs;                                 /* optional */
+  void		(*instance_init)	(GParamSpec   *pspec); /* optional */
+
+  /* class portion */
+  GType           value_type;				       /* obligatory */
+  void          (*finalize)             (GParamSpec   *pspec); /* optional */
+  void          (*value_set_default)    (GParamSpec   *pspec,  /* recommended */
+					 GValue       *value);
+  gboolean      (*value_validate)       (GParamSpec   *pspec,  /* optional */
+					 GValue       *value);
+  gint          (*values_cmp)           (GParamSpec   *pspec,  /* recommended */
+					 const GValue *value1,
+					 const GValue *value2);
+};
+IMPORT_C GType	g_param_type_register_static	(const gchar		  *name,
+					 const GParamSpecTypeInfo *pspec_info);
+
+/* For registering builting types */
+GType  _g_param_type_register_static_constant (const gchar              *name,
+					       const GParamSpecTypeInfo *pspec_info,
+					       GType                     opt_type);
+
+
+/* --- protected --- */
+IMPORT_C gpointer	g_param_spec_internal		(GType	        param_type,
+						 const gchar   *name,
+						 const gchar   *nick,
+						 const gchar   *blurb,
+						 GParamFlags    flags);
+IMPORT_C GParamSpecPool* g_param_spec_pool_new		(gboolean	type_prefixing);
+IMPORT_C void		g_param_spec_pool_insert	(GParamSpecPool	*pool,
+						 GParamSpec	*pspec,
+						 GType		 owner_type);
+IMPORT_C void		g_param_spec_pool_remove	(GParamSpecPool	*pool,
+						 GParamSpec	*pspec);
+IMPORT_C GParamSpec*	g_param_spec_pool_lookup	(GParamSpecPool	*pool,
+						 const gchar	*param_name,
+						 GType		 owner_type,
+						 gboolean	 walk_ancestors);
+IMPORT_C GList*		g_param_spec_pool_list_owned	(GParamSpecPool	*pool,
+						 GType		 owner_type);
+IMPORT_C GParamSpec**	g_param_spec_pool_list		(GParamSpecPool	*pool,
+						 GType		 owner_type,
+						 guint		*n_pspecs_p);
+
+
+
+/* contracts:
+ *
+ * gboolean value_validate (GParamSpec *pspec,
+ *                          GValue     *value):
+ *	modify value contents in the least destructive way, so
+ *	that it complies with pspec's requirements (i.e.
+ *	according to minimum/maximum ranges etc...). return
+ *	whether modification was necessary.
+ *
+ * gint values_cmp (GParamSpec   *pspec,
+ *                  const GValue *value1,
+ *                  const GValue *value2):
+ *	return value1 - value2, i.e. (-1) if value1 < value2,
+ *	(+1) if value1 > value2, and (0) otherwise (equality)
+ */
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* __G_PARAM_H__ */