gobject/gvalue.h

/* GObject - GLib Type, Object, Parameter and Signal Library
 * Copyright (C) 1997-1999, 2000-2001 Tim Janik and Red Hat, Inc.
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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 *
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 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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 *
 * gvalue.h: generic GValue functions
 */
#if !defined (__GLIB_GOBJECT_H_INSIDE__) && !defined (GOBJECT_COMPILATION)
#error "Only <glib-object.h> can be included directly."
#endif

#ifndef __G_VALUE_H__
#define __G_VALUE_H__

#include	<gobject/gtype.h>

G_BEGIN_DECLS

/* --- type macros --- */
#define	G_TYPE_IS_VALUE(type)		(g_type_check_is_value_type (type))
#define	G_IS_VALUE(value)		(G_TYPE_CHECK_VALUE (value))
#define	G_VALUE_TYPE(value)		(((GValue*) (value))->g_type)
#define	G_VALUE_TYPE_NAME(value)	(g_type_name (G_VALUE_TYPE (value)))
#define G_VALUE_HOLDS(value,type)	(G_TYPE_CHECK_VALUE_TYPE ((value), (type)))


/* --- typedefs & structures --- */
typedef void (*GValueTransform) (const GValue *src_value,
				 GValue       *dest_value);
struct _GValue
{
  /*< private >*/
  GType		g_type;

  /* public for GTypeValueTable methods */
  union {
    gint	v_int;
    guint	v_uint;
    glong	v_long;
    gulong	v_ulong;
    gint64      v_int64;
    guint64     v_uint64;
    gfloat	v_float;
    gdouble	v_double;
    gpointer	v_pointer;
  } data[2];
};


/* --- prototypes --- */
GValue*         g_value_init	   	(GValue       *value,
					 GType         g_type);
void            g_value_copy    	(const GValue *src_value,
					 GValue       *dest_value);
GValue*         g_value_reset   	(GValue       *value);
void            g_value_unset   	(GValue       *value);
void		g_value_set_instance	(GValue	      *value,
					 gpointer      instance);


/* --- private --- */
gboolean	g_value_fits_pointer	(const GValue *value);
gpointer	g_value_peek_pointer	(const GValue *value);


/* --- implementation details --- */
gboolean g_value_type_compatible	(GType		 src_type,
					 GType		 dest_type);
gboolean g_value_type_transformable	(GType           src_type,
					 GType           dest_type);
gboolean g_value_transform		(const GValue   *src_value,
					 GValue         *dest_value);
void	g_value_register_transform_func	(GType		 src_type,
					 GType		 dest_type,
					 GValueTransform transform_func);
#define G_VALUE_NOCOPY_CONTENTS		(1 << 27)


G_END_DECLS

#endif /* __G_VALUE_H__ */