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+/* 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
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * gvalue.h: generic GValue functions
+ */
+#ifndef __G_VALUE_H__
+#define __G_VALUE_H__
+
+#if !defined (__GLIB_GOBJECT_H_INSIDE__) && !defined (GOBJECT_COMPILATION)
+#error "Only <glib-object.h> can be included directly."
+#endif
+
+#include <gobject/gtype.h>
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/* --- type macros --- */
+/**
+ * G_TYPE_IS_VALUE:
+ * @type: A #GType value.
+ *
+ * Checks whether the passed in type ID can be used for g_value_init().
+ * That is, this macro checks whether this type provides an implementation
+ * of the #GTypeValueTable functions required for a type to create a #GValue of.
+ *
+ * Returns: Whether @type is suitable as a #GValue type.
+ */
+#define G_TYPE_IS_VALUE(type) (g_type_check_is_value_type (type))
+/**
+ * G_IS_VALUE:
+ * @value: A #GValue structure.
+ *
+ * Checks if @value is a valid and initialized #GValue structure.
+ *
+ * Returns: %TRUE on success.
+ */
+#define G_IS_VALUE(value) (G_TYPE_CHECK_VALUE (value))
+/**
+ * G_VALUE_TYPE:
+ * @value: A #GValue structure.
+ *
+ * Get the type identifier of @value.
+ *
+ * Returns: the #GType.
+ */
+#define G_VALUE_TYPE(value) (((GValue*) (value))->g_type)
+/**
+ * G_VALUE_TYPE_NAME:
+ * @value: A #GValue structure.
+ *
+ * Gets the type name of @value.
+ *
+ * Returns: the type name.
+ */
+#define G_VALUE_TYPE_NAME(value) (g_type_name (G_VALUE_TYPE (value)))
+/**
+ * G_VALUE_HOLDS:
+ * @value: A #GValue structure.
+ * @type: A #GType value.
+ *
+ * Checks if @value holds (or contains) a value of @type.
+ * This macro will also check for @value != %NULL and issue a
+ * warning if the check fails.
+ *
+ * Returns: %TRUE if @value holds the @type.
+ */
+#define G_VALUE_HOLDS(value,type) (G_TYPE_CHECK_VALUE_TYPE ((value), (type)))
+
+
+/* --- typedefs & structures --- */
+/**
+ * GValueTransform:
+ * @src_value: Source value.
+ * @dest_value: Target value.
+ *
+ * The type of value transformation functions which can be registered with
+ * g_value_register_transform_func().
+ *
+ * @dest_value will be initialized to the correct destination type.
+ */
+typedef void (*GValueTransform) (const GValue *src_value,
+ GValue *dest_value);
+/**
+ * GValue:
+ *
+ * An opaque structure used to hold different types of values.
+ * The data within the structure has protected scope: it is accessible only
+ * to functions within a #GTypeValueTable structure, or implementations of
+ * the g_value_*() API. That is, code portions which implement new fundamental
+ * types.
+ * #GValue users cannot make any assumptions about how data is stored
+ * within the 2 element @data union, and the @g_type member should
+ * only be accessed through the G_VALUE_TYPE() macro.
+ */
+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 --- */
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
+GValue* g_value_init (GValue *value,
+ GType g_type);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
+void g_value_copy (const GValue *src_value,
+ GValue *dest_value);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
+GValue* g_value_reset (GValue *value);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
+void g_value_unset (GValue *value);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
+void g_value_set_instance (GValue *value,
+ gpointer instance);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_42
+void g_value_init_from_instance (GValue *value,
+ gpointer instance);
+
+
+/* --- private --- */
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
+gboolean g_value_fits_pointer (const GValue *value);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
+gpointer g_value_peek_pointer (const GValue *value);
+
+
+/* --- implementation details --- */
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
+gboolean g_value_type_compatible (GType src_type,
+ GType dest_type);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
+gboolean g_value_type_transformable (GType src_type,
+ GType dest_type);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
+gboolean g_value_transform (const GValue *src_value,
+ GValue *dest_value);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
+void g_value_register_transform_func (GType src_type,
+ GType dest_type,
+ GValueTransform transform_func);
+
+/**
+ * G_VALUE_NOCOPY_CONTENTS:
+ *
+ * If passed to G_VALUE_COLLECT(), allocated data won't be copied
+ * but used verbatim. This does not affect ref-counted types like
+ * objects.
+ */
+#define G_VALUE_NOCOPY_CONTENTS (1 << 27)
+
+/**
+ * G_VALUE_INIT:
+ *
+ * A #GValue must be initialized before it can be used. This macro can
+ * be used as initializer instead of an explicit `{ 0 }` when declaring
+ * a variable, but it cannot be assigned to a variable.
+ *
+ * |[
+ * GValue value = G_VALUE_INIT;
+ * ]|
+ *
+ * Since: 2.30
+ */
+#define G_VALUE_INIT { 0, { { 0 } } }
+
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* __G_VALUE_H__ */