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  <bookinfo>

    <title>GObject Reference Manual</title>

    <releaseinfo>

      for GObject &version;

      The latest version of this documentation can be found on-line at

      <ulink role="online-location" url="https://developer.gnome.org/gobject/unstable/">https://developer.gnome.org/gobject/unstable/</ulink>.

    </releaseinfo>

  </bookinfo>

  <preface>

    <title>Introduction</title>

      <para>

			Most modern programming languages come with their own native object

			systems and additional fundamental algorithmic language constructs.

			Just as GLib serves as an implementation of such fundamental

			types and algorithms (linked lists, hash tables and so forth), the

			GLib Object System provides the required implementations of a

			flexible, extensible, and intentionally easy to map (into other

			languages) object-oriented framework for C.

			The substantial elements that are provided can be summarized as:

			<itemizedlist>

				<listitem><para>

					 A generic type system to register arbitrary single-inherited

						flat and deep derived types as well as interfaces for

						structured types.

						It takes care of creation, initialization and memory management

						of the assorted object and class structures, maintains

						parent/child relationships and deals with dynamic implementations

						of such types. That is, their type specific implementations are

						relocatable/unloadable during runtime.

				</para></listitem>

				<listitem><para>

						A collection of fundamental type implementations, such as integers,

						doubles, enums and structured types, to name a few.

				</para></listitem>

				<listitem><para>

						A sample fundamental type implementation to base object hierarchies

						upon - the GObject fundamental type.

				</para></listitem>

				<listitem><para>

						A signal system that allows very flexible user customization of

						virtual/overridable object methods and can serve as a powerful

						notification mechanism.

				</para></listitem>

				<listitem><para>

						An extensible parameter/value system, supporting all the provided

						fundamental types that can be used to generically handle object

						properties or otherwise parameterized types.

				</para></listitem>

			</itemizedlist>

		</para>

  </preface>

  <part label="I">

    <title>Concepts</title>

    <xi:include href="tut_intro.xml" />

    <xi:include href="tut_gtype.xml" />

    <xi:include href="tut_gobject.xml" />

    <xi:include href="tut_gsignal.xml" />

  </part>

  <reference label="II">

    <title>API Reference</title>

      <xi:include href="xml/gtype.xml" />

      <xi:include href="xml/gtypeplugin.xml" />

      <xi:include href="xml/gtypemodule.xml" />

      <xi:include href="xml/objects.xml" />

      <xi:include href="xml/enumerations_flags.xml" />

      <xi:include href="xml/gboxed.xml" />

      <xi:include href="xml/generic_values.xml" />

      <xi:include href="xml/param_value_types.xml" />

      <xi:include href="xml/gparamspec.xml" />

      <xi:include href="xml/value_collection.xml" />

      <xi:include href="xml/signals.xml" />

      <xi:include href="xml/gclosure.xml" />

      <xi:include href="xml/value_arrays.xml" />

      <xi:include href="xml/gbinding.xml" />

  </reference>

  <reference label="III">

    <title>Tools Reference</title>

    <xi:include href="glib-mkenums.xml" />

    <xi:include href="glib-genmarshal.xml" />

    <xi:include href="gobject-query.xml" />

  </reference>

  <xi:include href="tut_howto.xml" />

  <xi:include href="tut_tools.xml" />

  <index id="api-index-full">

    <title>Index</title>

    <xi:include href="xml/api-index-full.xml"><xi:fallback /></xi:include>

  </index>

  <index id="api-index-deprecated" role="deprecated">

    <title>Index of deprecated symbols</title>

    <xi:include href="xml/api-index-deprecated.xml"><xi:fallback /></xi:include>

  </index>

  <index id="api-index-2-2" role="2.2">

    <title>Index of new symbols in 2.2</title>

    <xi:include href="xml/api-index-2.2.xml"><xi:fallback /></xi:include>

  </index>

  <index id="api-index-2-4" role="2.4">

    <title>Index of new symbols in 2.4</title>

    <xi:include href="xml/api-index-2.4.xml"><xi:fallback /></xi:include>

  </index>

  <index id="api-index-2-6" role="2.6">

    <title>Index of new symbols in 2.6</title>

    <xi:include href="xml/api-index-2.6.xml"><xi:fallback /></xi:include>

  </index>

  <index id="api-index-2-8" role="2.8">

    <title>Index of new symbols in 2.8</title>

    <xi:include href="xml/api-index-2.8.xml"><xi:fallback /></xi:include>

  </index>

  <index id="api-index-2-10" role="2.10">

    <title>Index of new symbols in 2.10</title>

    <xi:include href="xml/api-index-2.10.xml"><xi:fallback /></xi:include>

  </index>

  <index id="api-index-2-12" role="2.12">

    <title>Index of new symbols in 2.12</title>

    <xi:include href="xml/api-index-2.12.xml"><xi:fallback /></xi:include>

  </index>

  <index id="api-index-2-14" role="2.14">

    <title>Index of new symbols in 2.14</title>

    <xi:include href="xml/api-index-2.14.xml"><xi:fallback /></xi:include>

  </index>

  <index id="api-index-2-18" role="2.18">

    <title>Index of new symbols in 2.18</title>

    <xi:include href="xml/api-index-2.18.xml"><xi:fallback /></xi:include>

  </index>

  <index id="api-index-2-22" role="2.22">

    <title>Index of new symbols in 2.22</title>

    <xi:include href="xml/api-index-2.22.xml"><xi:fallback /></xi:include>

  </index>

  <index id="api-index-2-24" role="2.24">

    <title>Index of new symbols in 2.24</title>

    <xi:include href="xml/api-index-2.24.xml"><xi:fallback /></xi:include>

  </index>

  <index id="api-index-2-26" role="2.26">

    <title>Index of new symbols in 2.26</title>

    <xi:include href="xml/api-index-2.26.xml"><xi:fallback /></xi:include>

  </index>

  <index id="api-index-2-28" role="2.28">

    <title>Index of new symbols in 2.28</title>

    <xi:include href="xml/api-index-2.28.xml"><xi:fallback /></xi:include>

  </index>

  <index id="api-index-2-30" role="2.30">

    <title>Index of new symbols in 2.30</title>

    <xi:include href="xml/api-index-2.30.xml"><xi:fallback /></xi:include>

  </index>

  <index id="api-index-2-32" role="2.32">

    <title>Index of new symbols in 2.32</title>

    <xi:include href="xml/api-index-2.32.xml"><xi:fallback /></xi:include>

  </index>

  <index id="api-index-2-34" role="2.34">

    <title>Index of new symbols in 2.34</title>

    <xi:include href="xml/api-index-2.34.xml"><xi:fallback /></xi:include>

  </index>

  <index id="api-index-2-36" role="2.36">

    <title>Index of new symbols in 2.36</title>

    <xi:include href="xml/api-index-2.36.xml"><xi:fallback /></xi:include>

  </index>

  <index id="api-index-2-38" role="2.38">

    <title>Index of new symbols in 2.38</title>

    <xi:include href="xml/api-index-2.38.xml"><xi:fallback /></xi:include>

  </index>

  <index id="api-index-2-40" role="2.40">

    <title>Index of new symbols in 2.40</title>

    <xi:include href="xml/api-index-2.40.xml"><xi:fallback /></xi:include>

  </index>

  <index id="api-index-2-42" role="2.42">

    <title>Index of new symbols in 2.42</title>

    <xi:include href="xml/api-index-2.42.xml"><xi:fallback /></xi:include>

  </index>

  <index id="api-index-2-44" role="2.44">

    <title>Index of new symbols in 2.44</title>

    <xi:include href="xml/api-index-2.44.xml"><xi:fallback /></xi:include>

  </index>

  <index id="api-index-2-46" role="2.46">

    <title>Index of new symbols in 2.46</title>

    <xi:include href="xml/api-index-2.46.xml"><xi:fallback /></xi:include>

  </index>

  <xi:include href="xml/annotation-glossary.xml"><xi:fallback /></xi:include>

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