glibmm: Gio::Icon Class Reference

This is a very minimal interface for icons. More...

#include <giomm/icon.h>

Inheritance diagram for Gio::Icon:

Public Member Functions

 Icon (Icon&& src) noexcept
 
Iconoperator= (Icon&& src) noexcept
 
 ~Icon () noexcept override
 
GIcon* gobj ()
 Provides access to the underlying C GObject. More...

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

 
guint hash () const
 Gets a hash for an icon. More...

 
std::string to_string () const
 Generates a textual representation of icon that can be used for serialization such as when passing icon to a different process or saving it to persistent storage. More...

 
bool equal (const Glib::RefPtr< Icon >& other) const
 
Glib::VariantBase serialize () const
 Serializes a Icon into a Variant. More...

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

 
 Interface (Interface&& src) noexcept
 
Interfaceoperator= (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 () noexcept override
 
 Interface (const Interface&)=delete
 
Interfaceoperator= (const Interface&)=delete
 
GObject* gobj ()
 
const GObject* gobj () const
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from Glib::ObjectBase
 ObjectBase (const ObjectBase&)=delete
 
ObjectBaseoperator= (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...

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

 
sigc::connection 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...

 
sigc::connection 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...

 
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) noexcept
 
 ~trackable ()
 
void add_destroy_notify_callback (notifiable *data, func_destroy_notify func) const
 
void notify_callbacks ()
 
trackableoperator= (const trackable &src)
 
trackableoperator= (trackable &&src) noexcept
 
void remove_destroy_notify_callback (notifiable *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...

 
static Glib::RefPtr< Iconcreate (const std::string& str)
 Generate an Icon instance from str. More...

 
static Glib::RefPtr< Icondeserialize (const Glib::VariantBase& value)
 Deserializes a Icon previously serialized using g_icon_serialize(). More...

 

Protected Member Functions

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

 
- 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
 
ObjectBaseoperator= (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::Iconwrap (GIcon* 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
 
- Public Types inherited from sigc::notifiable
typedef internal::func_destroy_notify func_destroy_notify
 

Detailed Description

This is a very minimal interface for icons.

It provides functions for checking the equality of two icons, hashing of icons and serializing an icon to and from strings and Variants.

Gio::Icon does not provide the actual pixmap for the icon as this is out of GIO's scope. However implementations of Icon may contain the name of an icon (see ThemedIcon), or the path to an icon (see LoadableIcon).

To obtain a hash of an Icon instance, see hash().

To check if two Icon instances are equal, see equal().

For serializing an Icon, use serialize() and deserialize().

Since glibmm 2.16:

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Gio::Icon::Icon ( )
protected

You should derive from this class to use it.

Gio::Icon::Icon ( Icon&&  src)
noexcept
Gio::Icon::~Icon ( )
overridenoexcept

Member Function Documentation

static void Gio::Icon::add_interface ( GType  gtype_implementer)
static
static Glib::RefPtr<Icon> Gio::Icon::create ( const std::string str)
static

Generate an Icon instance from str.

This function can fail if str is not valid. See to_string() for discussion.

If your application or library provides one or more Icon implementations, you need to ensure that each GType is registered with the type system prior to calling create().

Since glibmm 2.20:
Parameters
strA string obtained via to_string().
Returns
An object implementing the Icon interface, or throws an exception.
Exceptions
Gio::Error
static Glib::RefPtr<Icon> Gio::Icon::deserialize ( const Glib::VariantBase value)
static

Deserializes a Icon previously serialized using g_icon_serialize().

Since glibmm 2.48:
Parameters
valueA Variant created with g_icon_serialize().
Returns
A Icon, or nullptr when deserialization fails.
bool Gio::Icon::equal ( const Glib::RefPtr< Icon >&  other) const
static GType Gio::Icon::get_type ( )
static

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

GIcon* Gio::Icon::gobj ( )
inline

Provides access to the underlying C GObject.

const GIcon* Gio::Icon::gobj ( ) const
inline

Provides access to the underlying C GObject.

guint Gio::Icon::hash ( ) const

Gets a hash for an icon.

Virtual: hash

Returns
A unsigned int containing a hash for the icon, suitable for use in a HashTable or similar data structure.
Icon& Gio::Icon::operator= ( Icon&&  src)
noexcept
Glib::VariantBase Gio::Icon::serialize ( ) const

Serializes a Icon into a Variant.

An equivalent Icon can be retrieved back by calling g_icon_deserialize() on the returned value. As serialization will avoid using raw icon data when possible, it only makes sense to transfer the Variant between processes on the same machine, (as opposed to over the network), and within the same file system namespace.

Since glibmm 2.48:
Returns
A Variant, or nullptr when serialization fails. The Variant will not be floating.
std::string Gio::Icon::to_string ( ) const

Generates a textual representation of icon that can be used for serialization such as when passing icon to a different process or saving it to persistent storage.

Use g_icon_new_for_string() to get icon back from the returned string.

The encoding of the returned string is proprietary to Icon except in the following two cases

  • If icon is a FileIcon, the returned string is a native path (such as /path/to/my icon.png) without escaping if the File for icon is a native file. If the file is not native, the returned string is the result of g_file_get_uri() (such as sftp://path/to/my%20icon.png).
  • If icon is a ThemedIcon with exactly one name and no fallbacks, the encoding is simply the name (such as network-server).

Virtual: to_tokens

Since glibmm 2.20:
Returns
An allocated NUL-terminated UTF8 string or nullptr if icon can't be serialized.

Friends And Related Function Documentation

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

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

Parameters
objectThe C instance.
take_copyFalse 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.