glibmm: Gio::Initable Class Reference

Failable object initialization interface. More...

#include <giomm/initable.h>

Inheritance diagram for Gio::Initable:

Public Member Functions

Initable ( Initable && src) noexcept
Initable & operator= ( Initable && src) noexcept
~Initable () noexceptoverride
GInitable* gobj ()
Provides access to the underlying C GObject. More...

const GInitable* gobj () const
Provides access to the underlying C GObject. More...

- Public Member Functions inherited from Glib::Interface
Interface ()
A Default constructor. More...

Interface ( Interface && src) noexcept
Interface & operator= ( Interface && src) noexcept
Interface (const Glib::Interface_Class& interface_class)
Called by constructors of derived classes. More...

Interface (GObject* castitem)
Called by constructors of derived classes. More...

~Interface () noexceptoverride
Interface (const Interface &)=delete
Interface & operator= (const Interface &)=delete
GObject* gobj ()
const GObject* gobj () const
- Public Member Functions inherited from Glib::ObjectBase
ObjectBase (const ObjectBase &)=delete
ObjectBase & operator= (const ObjectBase &)=delete
void set_property_value (const Glib::ustring & property_name, const Glib::ValueBase & value)
You probably want to use a specific property_*() accessor method instead. More...

void get_property_value (const Glib::ustring & property_name, Glib::ValueBase & value) const
You probably want to use a specific property_*() accessor method instead. More...

template<class PropertyType >
void set_property (const Glib::ustring & property_name, const PropertyType& value)
You probably want to use a specific property_*() accessor method instead. More...

template<class PropertyType >
void get_property (const Glib::ustring & property_name, PropertyType& value) const
You probably want to use a specific property_*() accessor method instead. More...

void connect_property_changed (const Glib::ustring & property_name, const sigc::slot < void >& slot)
You can use the signal_changed() signal of the property proxy instead. More...

void connect_property_changed (const Glib::ustring & property_name, sigc::slot < void >&& slot)
You can use the signal_changed() signal of the property proxy instead. More...

sigc::connection connect_property_changed_with_return (const Glib::ustring & property_name, const sigc::slot < void >& slot)
You can use the signal_changed() signal of the property proxy instead. More...

sigc::connection connect_property_changed_with_return (const Glib::ustring & property_name, sigc::slot < void >&& slot)
You can use the signal_changed() signal of the property proxy instead. More...

void freeze_notify ()
Increases the freeze count on object. More...

void thaw_notify ()
Reverts the effect of a previous call to freeze_notify() . More...

virtual void reference () const
Increment the reference count for this object. More...

virtual void unreference () const
Decrement the reference count for this object. More...

GObject* gobj ()
Provides access to the underlying C GObject. More...

const GObject* gobj () const
Provides access to the underlying C GObject. More...

GObject* gobj_copy () const
Give a ref-ed copy to someone. Use for direct struct access. More...

- Public Member Functions inherited from sigc::trackable
trackable () noexcept
trackable (const trackable &src) noexcept
trackable ( trackable &&src)
~trackable ()
void add_destroy_notify_callback (void *data, func_destroy_notify func) const
void notify_callbacks ()
trackable & operator= (const trackable &src)
trackable & operator= ( trackable &&src)
void remove_destroy_notify_callback (void *data) const

Static Public Member Functions

static void add_interface (GType gtype_implementer)
static GType get_type ()
Get the GType for this class, for use with the underlying GObject type system. More...

Protected Member Functions

Initable ()
You should derive from this class to use it. More...

void init (const Glib::RefPtr < Cancellable >& cancellable)
Initializes the object implementing the interface. More...

void init ()
A init() convenience overload. More...

virtual bool init_vfunc (const Glib::RefPtr < Cancellable >& cancellable, GError** error)
- Protected Member Functions inherited from Glib::ObjectBase
ObjectBase ()
This default constructor is called implicitly from the constructor of user-derived classes, even if, for instance, Gtk::Button calls a different ObjectBase constructor. More...

ObjectBase (const char* custom_type_name)
A derived constructor always overrides this choice. More...

ObjectBase (const std::type_info & custom_type_info)
This constructor is a special feature to allow creation of derived types on the fly, without having to use g_object_new() manually. More...

ObjectBase ( ObjectBase && src) noexcept
ObjectBase & operator= ( ObjectBase && src) noexcept
virtual ~ObjectBase () noexcept=0
void initialize (GObject* castitem)
void initialize_move (GObject* castitem, Glib::ObjectBase * previous_wrapper)

Related Functions

(Note that these are not member functions.)

Glib::RefPtr < Gio::Initable > wrap (GInitable* object, bool take_copy=false)
A Glib::wrap() method for this object. More...

Additional Inherited Members

- Public Types inherited from sigc::trackable
typedef internal::func_destroy_notify func_destroy_notify

Detailed Description

Failable object initialization interface.

Initable is implemented by objects that can fail during initialization. If an object implements this interface the init() function must be called as the first thing after construction. If init() is not called, or if it returns an error, all further operations on the object should fail, generally with a G_IO_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED error.

Users of objects implementing this are not intended to use the interface method directly, instead it will be used automatically in various ways. For C applications you generally just call g_initable_new() directly, or indirectly via a foo_thing_new() wrapper. This will call g_initable_init() under the cover, returning nullptr and setting a GError on failure.

For bindings in languages where the native constructor supports exceptions the binding could check for objects implemention GInitable during normal construction and automatically initialize them, throwing an exception on failure.

Since glibmm 2.24:

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Gio::Initable::Initable ( )
protected

You should derive from this class to use it.

Gio::Initable::Initable ( Initable && src )
noexcept
Gio::Initable::~Initable ( )
override noexcept

Member Function Documentation

static void Gio::Initable::add_interface ( GType gtype_implementer )
static
static GType Gio::Initable::get_type ( )
static

Get the GType for this class, for use with the underlying GObject type system.

GInitable* Gio::Initable::gobj ( )
inline

Provides access to the underlying C GObject.

const GInitable* Gio::Initable::gobj ( ) const
inline

Provides access to the underlying C GObject.

void Gio::Initable::init ( const Glib::RefPtr < Cancellable >& cancellable )
protected

Initializes the object implementing the interface.

The object must be initialized before any real use after initial construction, either with this function or g_async_initable_init_async().

Implementations may also support cancellation. If cancellable is not nullptr , then initialization can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned. If cancellable is not nullptr and the object doesn't support cancellable initialization the error IO_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED will be returned.

If the object is not initialized, or initialization returns with an error, then all operations on the object except Glib::object_ref() and Glib::object_unref() are considered to be invalid, and have undefined behaviour. See the [introduction][ginitable] for more details.

Implementations of this method must be idempotent, i.e. multiple calls to this function with the same argument should return the same results. Only the first call initializes the object, further calls return the result of the first call. This is so that it's safe to implement the singleton pattern in the GObject constructor function.

Since glibmm 2.22:
Parameters
cancellable Optional Cancellable object, nullptr to ignore.
Returns
true if successful. If an error has occurred, this function will return false and set error appropriately if present.
void Gio::Initable::init ( )
protected

A init() convenience overload.

virtual bool Gio::Initable::init_vfunc ( const Glib::RefPtr < Cancellable >& cancellable ,
GError ** error
)
protected virtual
Initable & Gio::Initable::operator= ( Initable && src )
noexcept

Friends And Related Function Documentation

Glib::RefPtr < Gio::Initable > wrap ( GInitable * object ,
bool take_copy = false
)
related

A Glib::wrap() method for this object.

Parameters
object The C instance.
take_copy False if the result should take ownership of the C instance. True if it should take a new copy or ref.
Returns
A C++ instance that wraps this C instance.