API Reference

Table of Contents

Type Information — The GLib Runtime type identification and management system

GTypePlugin — An interface for dynamically loadable types

GTypeModule — Type loading modules

The Base Object Type — The base object type

Enums and Flags — Enumeration and flags types

Boxed Types — A mechanism to wrap opaque C structures registered by the type system

Generic values — A polymorphic type that can hold values of any other type

Parameters and Values — Standard Parameter and Value Types

Varargs Value Collection — Converting varargs to generic values

GParamSpec — Metadata for parameter specifications

Signals — A means for customization of object behaviour and a general purpose notification mechanism

Closures — Functions as first-class objects

Value arrays — A container structure to maintain an array of generic values