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Glib::Object(3pm)     User Contributed Perl Documentation    Glib::Object(3pm)

NAME
       Glib::Object -  Bindings for GObject

DESCRIPTION
       GObject is the base object class provided by the gobject library.  It
       provides object properties with a notification system, and emittable
       signals.

       Glib::Object is the corresponding Perl object class.  Glib::Objects are
       represented by blessed hash references, with a magical connection to
       the underlying C object.

   get and set
       Some subclasses of "Glib::Object" override "get" and "set" with methods
       more useful to the subclass, for example "Gtk2::TreeModel" getting and
       setting row contents.

       This is usually done when the subclass has no object properties.	 Any
       object properties it or a further subclass does have can always be
       accessed with "get_property" and "set_property" (together with
       "find_property" and "list_properties" to enquire about them).

       Generic code for any object subclass can use the names "get_property"
       and "set_property" to be sure of getting the object properties as such.

HIERARCHY
	 Glib::Object

METHODS
   object = $class->new (...)
       ·   ... (list) key/value pairs, property values to set on creation

       Instantiate a Glib::Object of type $class.  Any key/value pairs in ...
       are used to set properties on the new object; see "set".	 This is
       designed to be inherited by Perl-derived subclasses (see
       Glib::Object::Subclass), but you can actually use it to create any
       GObject-derived type.

   scalar = Glib::Object->new_from_pointer ($pointer, $noinc=FALSE)
       ·   $pointer (unsigned) a C pointer value as an integer.

       ·   $noinc (boolean) if true, do not increase the GObject's reference
	   count when creating the Perl wrapper.  this typically means that
	   when the Perl wrapper will own the object.  in general you don't
	   want to do that, so the default is false.

       Create a Perl Glib::Object reference for the C object pointed to by
       $pointer.  You should need this very rarely; it's intended to support
       foreign objects.

       NOTE: the cast from arbitrary integer to GObject may result in a core
       dump without warning, because the type-checking macro G_OBJECT()
       attempts to dereference the pointer to find a GTypeClass structure, and
       there is no portable way to validate the pointer.

   unsigned = $object->get_data ($key)
       ·   $key (string)

       Fetch the integer stored under the object data key $key.	 These values
       do not have types; type conversions must be done manually.  See
       "set_data".

   $object->set_data ($key, $data)
       ·   $key (string)

       ·   $data (scalar)

       GObject provides an arbitrary data mechanism that assigns unsigned
       integers to key names.  Functionality overlaps with the hash used as
       the Perl object instance, so we strongly recommend you use hash keys
       for your data storage.  The GObject data values cannot store type
       information, so they are not safe to use for anything but integer
       values, and you really should use this method only if you know what you
       are doing.

   pspec or undef = $object_or_class_name->find_property ($name)
       ·   $name (string)

       Find the definition of object property $name for $object_or_class_name.
       Return "undef" if no such property.  For the returned data see
       Glib::Object::list_properties.

   $object->freeze_notify
       Stops emission of "notify" signals on $object. The signals are queued
       until "thaw_notify" is called on $object.

   $object->get (...)
       ·   ... (list) list of property names

       Alias for "get_property" (see "get and set" above).

   $object->set (key => $value, ...)
       ·   ... (list) key/value pairs

       Alias for "set_property" (see "get and set" above).

   list = $object_or_class_name->list_properties
       List all the object properties for $object_or_class_name; returns them
       as a list of hashes, containing these keys:

       name
	   The name of the property

       type
	   The type of the property

       owner_type
	   The type that owns the property

       descr
	   The description of the property

       flags
	   The Glib::ParamFlags of the property

   $object->notify ($property_name)
       ·   $property_name (string)

       Emits a "notify" signal for the property $property on $object.

   gpointer = $object->get_pointer
       Complement of "new_from_pointer".

   $object->get_property (...)
       Fetch and return the values for the object properties named in ....

   $object->set_property (key => $value, ...)
       Set object properties.

   unsigned = $object_or_class_name->signal_add_emission_hook
       ($detailed_signal, $hook_func, $hook_data=undef)
       ·   $detailed_signal (string) of the form "signal-name::detail"

       ·   $hook_func (subroutine)

       ·   $hook_data (scalar)

       Add an emission hook for a signal.  The hook will be called for any
       emission of that signal, independent of the instance.  This is possible
       only for signals which don't have the "G_SIGNAL_NO_HOOKS" flag set.

       The $hook_func should be reference to a subroutine that looks something
       like this:

	 sub emission_hook {
	     my ($invocation_hint, $parameters, $hook_data) = @_;
	     # $parameters is a reference to the @_ to be passed to
	     # signal handlers, including the instance as $parameters->[0].
	     return $stay_connected;  # boolean
	 }

       This function returns an id that can be used with
       "remove_emission_hook".

       Since 1.100.

   list = $instance->signal_chain_from_overridden (...)
       ·   ... (list)

       Chain up to an overridden class closure; it is only valid to call this
       from a class closure override.

       Translation: because of various details in how GObjects are
       implemented, the way to override a virtual method on a GObject is to
       provide a new "class closure", or default handler for a signal.	This
       happens when a class is registered with the type system (see
       Glib::Type::register and Glib::Object::Subclass).  When called from
       inside such an override, this method runs the overridden class closure.
       This is equivalent to calling $self->SUPER::$method (@_) in normal Perl
       objects.

   unsigned = $instance->signal_connect ($detailed_signal, $callback,
       $data=undef)
       ·   $detailed_signal (string)

       ·   $callback (subroutine)

       ·   $data (scalar) arbitrary data to be passed to each invocation of
	   callback

       Register callback to be called on each emission of $detailed_signal.
       Returns an identifier that may be used to remove this handler with
       "$object->signal_handler_disconnect".

   unsigned = $instance->signal_connect_after ($detailed_signal, $callback,
       $data=undef)
       ·   $detailed_signal (string)

       ·   $callback (scalar)

       ·   $data (scalar)

       Like "signal_connect", except that $callback will be run after the
       default handler.

   unsigned = $instance->signal_connect_swapped ($detailed_signal, $callback,
       $data=undef)
       ·   $detailed_signal (string)

       ·   $callback (scalar)

       ·   $data (scalar)

       Like "signal_connect", except that $data and $object will be swapped on
       invocation of $callback.

   retval = $object->signal_emit ($name, ...)
       ·   $name (string) the name of the signal

       ·   ... (list) any arguments to pass to handlers.

       Emit the signal name on $object.	 The number and types of additional
       arguments in ... are determined by the signal; similarly, the presence
       and type of return value depends on the signal being emitted.

   $ihint = $instance->signal_get_invocation_hint
       Get a reference to a hash describing the innermost signal currently
       active on $instance.  Returns undef if no signal emission is active.
       This invocation hint is the same object passed to signal emission
       hooks, and contains these keys:

       signal_name
	   The name of the signal being emitted.

       detail
	   The detail passed on for this emission.  For example, a "notify"
	   signal will have the property name as the detail.

       run_type
	   The current stage of signal emission, one of "run-first", "run-
	   last", or "run-cleanup".

   $object->signal_handler_block ($handler_id)
       ·   $handler_id (unsigned)

   $object->signal_handler_disconnect ($handler_id)
       ·   $handler_id (unsigned)

   boolean = $object->signal_handler_is_connected ($handler_id)
       ·   $handler_id (unsigned)

   $object->signal_handler_unblock ($handler_id)
       ·   $handler_id (unsigned)

   integer = $instance->signal_handlers_block_by_func ($func, $data=undef)
       ·   $func (subroutine) function to block

       ·   $data (scalar) data to match, ignored if undef

   integer = $instance->signal_handlers_disconnect_by_func ($func,
       $data=undef)
       ·   $func (subroutine) function to block

       ·   $data (scalar) data to match, ignored if undef

   integer = $instance->signal_handlers_unblock_by_func ($func, $data=undef)
       ·   $func (subroutine) function to block

       ·   $data (scalar) data to match, ignored if undef

   scalar = $object_or_class_name->signal_query ($name)
       ·   $name (string)

       Look up information about the signal $name on the instance type
       $object_or_class_name, which may be either a Glib::Object or a package
       name.

       See also "Glib::Type::list_signals", which returns the same kind of
       hash refs as this does.

       Since 1.080.

   $object_or_class_name->signal_remove_emission_hook ($signal_name, $hook_id)
       ·   $signal_name (string)

       ·   $hook_id (unsigned)

       Remove a hook that was installed by "add_emission_hook".

       Since 1.100.

   $instance->signal_stop_emission_by_name ($detailed_signal)
       ·   $detailed_signal (string)

   $object->thaw_notify
       Reverts the effect of a previous call to "freeze_notify". This causes
       all queued "notify" signals on $object to be emitted.

   boolean = Glib::Object->set_threadsafe ($threadsafe)
       ·   $threadsafe (boolean)

       Enables/disables threadsafe gobject tracking. Returns whether or not
       tracking will be successful and thus whether using perl ithreads will
       be possible.

   $object->tie_properties ($all=FALSE)
       ·   $all (boolean) if FALSE (or omitted) tie only properties for this
	   object's class, if TRUE tie the properties of this and all parent
	   classes.

       A special method available to Glib::Object derivatives, it uses perl's
       tie facilities to associate hash keys with the properties of the
       object. For example:

	 $button->tie_properties;
	 # equivilent to $button->set (label => 'Hello World');
	 $button->{label} = 'Hello World';
	 print "the label is: ".$button->{label}."\n";

       Attempts to write to read-only properties will croak, reading a write-
       only property will return '[write-only]'.

       Care must be taken when using tie_properties with objects of types
       created with Glib::Object::Subclass as there may be clashes with
       existing hash keys that could cause infinite loops. The solution is to
       use custom property get/set functions to alter the storage locations of
       the properties.

SIGNALS
       notify (Glib::Object, Glib::ParamSpec)

SEE ALSO
       Glib

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2003-2011 by the gtk2-perl team.

       This software is licensed under the LGPL.  See Glib for a full notice.

perl v5.18.1			  2014-01-08		     Glib::Object(3pm)
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