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/*
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 * Copyright © 2007, 2008 Ryan Lortie
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 * Copyright © 2009, 2010 Codethink Limited
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 *
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 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
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 * version 2 of the licence, or (at your option) any later version.
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 *
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 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
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 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
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 *
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 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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 * License along with this library; if not, write to the
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 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
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 * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
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 *
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 * Author: Ryan Lortie <desrt@desrt.ca>
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 */
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#include "config.h"
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#include "gvarianttype.h"
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#include <glib/gtestutils.h>
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#include <glib/gstrfuncs.h>
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#include <string.h>
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/**
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 * SECTION:gvarianttype
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 * @title: GVariantType
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 * @short_description: introduction to the GVariant type system
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 * @see_also: #GVariantType, #GVariant
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 *
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 * This section introduces the GVariant type system.  It is based, in
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 * large part, on the D-Bus type system, with two major changes and some minor
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 * lifting of restrictions.  The 
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 * url='http://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-specification.html'>DBus
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 * specification</ulink>, therefore, provides a significant amount of
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 * information that is useful when working with GVariant.
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 *
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 * The first major change with respect to the D-Bus type system is the
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 * introduction of maybe (or "nullable") types.  Any type in GVariant can be
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 * converted to a maybe type, in which case, "nothing" (or "null") becomes a
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 * valid value.  Maybe types have been added by introducing the
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 * character "<literal>m</literal>" to type strings.
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 *
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 * The second major change is that the GVariant type system supports the
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 * concept of "indefinite types" -- types that are less specific than
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 * the normal types found in D-Bus.  For example, it is possible to speak
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 * of "an array of any type" in GVariant, where the D-Bus type system
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 * would require you to speak of "an array of integers" or "an array of
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 * strings".  Indefinite types have been added by introducing the
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 * characters "<literal>*</literal>", "<literal>?</literal>" and
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 * "<literal>r</literal>" to type strings.
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 *
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 * Finally, all arbitrary restrictions relating to the complexity of
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 * types are lifted along with the restriction that dictionary entries
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 * may only appear nested inside of arrays.
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 *
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 * Just as in D-Bus, GVariant types are described with strings ("type
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 * strings").  Subject to the differences mentioned above, these strings
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 * are of the same form as those found in DBus.  Note, however: D-Bus
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 * always works in terms of messages and therefore individual type
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 * strings appear nowhere in its interface.  Instead, "signatures"
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 * are a concatenation of the strings of the type of each argument in a
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 * message.  GVariant deals with single values directly so GVariant type
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 * strings always describe the type of exactly one value.  This means
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 * that a D-Bus signature string is generally not a valid GVariant type
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 * string -- except in the case that it is the signature of a message
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 * containing exactly one argument.
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 *
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 * An indefinite type is similar in spirit to what may be called an
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 * abstract type in other type systems.  No value can exist that has an
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 * indefinite type as its type, but values can exist that have types
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 * that are subtypes of indefinite types.  That is to say,
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 * g_variant_get_type() will never return an indefinite type, but
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 * calling g_variant_is_of_type() with an indefinite type may return
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 * %TRUE.  For example, you cannot have a value that represents "an
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 * array of no particular type", but you can have an "array of integers"
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 * which certainly matches the type of "an array of no particular type",
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 * since "array of integers" is a subtype of "array of no particular
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 * type".
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 *
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 * This is similar to how instances of abstract classes may not
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 * directly exist in other type systems, but instances of their
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 * non-abstract subtypes may.  For example, in GTK, no object that has
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 * the type of #GtkBin can exist (since #GtkBin is an abstract class),
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 * but a #GtkWindow can certainly be instantiated, and you would say
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 * that the #GtkWindow is a #GtkBin (since #GtkWindow is a subclass of
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 * #GtkBin).
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 *
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 * A detailed description of GVariant type strings is given here:
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 *
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 * <refsect2 id='gvariant-typestrings'>
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 *  <title>GVariant Type Strings</title>
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 *  <para>
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 *   A GVariant type string can be any of the following:
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 *  </para>
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 *  <itemizedlist>
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 *   <listitem>
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 *    <para>
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 *     any basic type string (listed below)
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 *    </para>
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 *   </listitem>
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 *   <listitem>
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 *    <para>
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 *     "<literal>v</literal>", "<literal>r</literal>" or
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 *     "<literal>*</literal>"
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 *    </para>
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 *   </listitem>
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 *   <listitem>
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 *    <para>
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 *     one of the characters '<literal>a</literal>' or
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 *     '<literal>m</literal>', followed by another type string
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 *    </para>
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 *   </listitem>
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 *   <listitem>
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 *    <para>
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 *     the character '<literal>(</literal>', followed by a concatenation
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 *     of zero or more other type strings, followed by the character
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 *     '<literal>)</literal>'
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 *    </para>
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 *   </listitem>
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 *   <listitem>
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 *    <para>
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 *     the character '<literal>{</literal>', followed by a basic type
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 *     string (see below), followed by another type string, followed by
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 *     the character '<literal>}</literal>'
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 *    </para>
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 *   </listitem>
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 *  </itemizedlist>
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 *  <para>
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 *   A basic type string describes a basic type (as per
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 *   g_variant_type_is_basic()) and is always a single
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 *   character in length.  The valid basic type strings are
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 *   "<literal>b</literal>", "<literal>y</literal>",
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 *   "<literal>n</literal>", "<literal>q</literal>",
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 *   "<literal>i</literal>", "<literal>u</literal>",
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 *   "<literal>x</literal>", "<literal>t</literal>",
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 *   "<literal>h</literal>", "<literal>d</literal>",
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 *   "<literal>s</literal>", "<literal>o</literal>",
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 *   "<literal>g</literal>" and "<literal>?</literal>".
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 *  </para>
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 *  <para>
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 *   The above definition is recursive to arbitrary depth.
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 *   "<literal>aaaaai</literal>" and "<literal>(ui(nq((y)))s)</literal>"
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 *   are both valid type strings, as is
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 *   "<literal>a(aa(ui)(qna{ya(yd)}))</literal>".
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 *  </para>
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 *  <para>
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 *   The meaning of each of the characters is as follows:
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 *  </para>
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 *  <informaltable>
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 *   <tgroup cols='2'>
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 *    
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 *     <row>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        <emphasis role='strong'>Character</emphasis>
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        <emphasis role='strong'>Meaning</emphasis>
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *     </row>
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 *     <row>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        <literal>b</literal>
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_BOOLEAN; a boolean value.
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *     </row>
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 *     <row>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        <literal>y</literal>
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_BYTE; a byte.
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *     </row>
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 *     <row>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        <literal>n</literal>
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_INT16; a signed 16 bit
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 *        integer.
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *     </row>
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 *     <row>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        <literal>q</literal>
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_UINT16; an unsigned 16 bit
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 *        integer.
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *     </row>
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 *     <row>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        <literal>i</literal>
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_INT32; a signed 32 bit
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 *        integer.
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *     </row>
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 *     <row>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        <literal>u</literal>
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_UINT32; an unsigned 32 bit
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 *        integer.
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *     </row>
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 *     <row>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        <literal>x</literal>
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_INT64; a signed 64 bit
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 *        integer.
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *     </row>
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 *     <row>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        <literal>t</literal>
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_UINT64; an unsigned 64 bit
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 *        integer.
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *     </row>
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 *     <row>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        <literal>h</literal>
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_HANDLE; a signed 32 bit
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 *        value that, by convention, is used as an index into an array
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 *        of file descriptors that are sent alongside a D-Bus message.
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *     </row>
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 *     <row>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        <literal>d</literal>
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_DOUBLE; a double precision
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 *        floating point value.
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *     </row>
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 *     <row>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        <literal>s</literal>
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_STRING; a string.
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *     </row>
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 *     <row>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        <literal>o</literal>
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_OBJECT_PATH; a string in
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 *        the form of a D-Bus object path.
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *     </row>
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 *     <row>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        <literal>g</literal>
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_STRING; a string in the
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 *        form of a D-Bus type signature.
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *     </row>
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 *     <row>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        <literal>?</literal>
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_BASIC; an indefinite type
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 *        that is a supertype of any of the basic types.
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *     </row>
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 *     <row>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        <literal>v</literal>
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_VARIANT; a container type
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 *        that contain any other type of value.
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *     </row>
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 *     <row>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        <literal>a</literal>
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        used as a prefix on another type string to mean an array of
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 *        that type; the type string "<literal>ai</literal>", for
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 *        example, is the type of an array of 32 bit signed integers.
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *     </row>
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 *     <row>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        <literal>m</literal>
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        used as a prefix on another type string to mean a "maybe", or
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 *        "nullable", version of that type; the type string
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 *        "<literal>ms</literal>", for example, is the type of a value
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 *        that maybe contains a string, or maybe contains nothing.
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *     </row>
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 *     <row>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        <literal>()</literal>
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        used to enclose zero or more other concatenated type strings
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 *        to create a tuple type; the type string
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 *        "<literal>(is)</literal>", for example, is the type of a pair
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 *        of an integer and a string.
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *     </row>
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 *     <row>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        <literal>r</literal>
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_TUPLE; an indefinite type
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 *        that is a supertype of any tuple type, regardless of the
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 *        number of items.
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *     </row>
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 *     <row>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        <literal>{}</literal>
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        used to enclose a basic type string concatenated with another
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 *        type string to create a dictionary entry type, which usually
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 *        appears inside of an array to form a dictionary; the type
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 *        string "<literal>a{sd}</literal>", for example, is the type of
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 *        a dictionary that maps strings to double precision floating
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 *        point values.
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 *       </para>
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 *       <para>
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 *        The first type (the basic type) is the key type and the second
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 *        type is the value type.  The reason that the first type is
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 *        restricted to being a basic type is so that it can easily be
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 *        hashed.
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *     </row>
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 *     <row>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        <literal>*</literal>
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *      <entry>
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 *       <para>
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 *        the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_ANY; the indefinite type
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 *        that is a supertype of all types.  Note that, as with all type
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 *        strings, this character represents exactly one type.  It
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 *        cannot be used inside of tuples to mean "any number of items".
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 *       </para>
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 *      </entry>
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 *     </row>
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 *    
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 *   </tgroup>
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 *  </informaltable>
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 *  <para>
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 *   Any type string of a container that contains an indefinite type is,
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 *   itself, an indefinite type.  For example, the type string
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 *   "<literal>a*</literal>" (corresponding to %G_VARIANT_TYPE_ARRAY) is
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 *   an indefinite type that is a supertype of every array type.
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 *   "<literal>(*s)</literal>" is a supertype of all tuples that
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 *   contain exactly two items where the second item is a string.
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 *  </para>
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 *  <para>
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 *   "<literal>a{?*}</literal>" is an indefinite type that is a
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 *   supertype of all arrays containing dictionary entries where the key
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 *   is any basic type and the value is any type at all.  This is, by
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 *   definition, a dictionary, so this type string corresponds to
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 *   %G_VARIANT_TYPE_DICTIONARY.  Note that, due to the restriction that
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 *   the key of a dictionary entry must be a basic type,
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 *   "<literal>{**}</literal>" is not a valid type string.
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 *  </para>
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 * </refsect2>
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 */
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static gboolean
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g_variant_type_check (const GVariantType *type)
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{
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  const gchar *type_string;
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  if (type == NULL)
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    return FALSE;
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  type_string = (const gchar *) type;
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#ifndef G_DISABLE_CHECKS
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  return g_variant_type_string_scan (type_string, NULL, NULL);
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#else
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  return TRUE;
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#endif
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}
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/**
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 * g_variant_type_string_scan:
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 * @string: a pointer to any string
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 * @limit: (allow-none): the end of @string, or %NULL
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 * @endptr: (out) (allow-none): location to store the end pointer, or %NULL
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 *
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 * Scan for a single complete and valid GVariant type string in @string.
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 * The memory pointed to by @limit (or bytes beyond it) is never
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 * accessed.
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 *
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 * If a valid type string is found, @endptr is updated to point to the
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 * first character past the end of the string that was found and %TRUE
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 * is returned.
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 *
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 * If there is no valid type string starting at @string, or if the type
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 * string does not end before @limit then %FALSE is returned.
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 *
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 * For the simple case of checking if a string is a valid type string,
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 * see g_variant_type_string_is_valid().
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 *
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 * Returns: %TRUE if a valid type string was found
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 *
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 * Since: 2.24
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 **/
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gboolean
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g_variant_type_string_scan (const gchar  *string,
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                            const gchar  *limit,
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                            const gchar **endptr)
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{
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  g_return_val_if_fail (string != NULL, FALSE);
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  if (string == limit || *string == '\0')
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    return FALSE;
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  switch (*string++)
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    {
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    case '(':
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      while (string == limit || *string != ')')
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        if (!g_variant_type_string_scan (string, limit, &string))
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          return FALSE;
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      string++;
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      break;
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    case '{':
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      if (string == limit || *string == '\0' ||                    /* { */
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          !strchr ("bynqihuxtdsog?", *string++) ||                 /* key */
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          !g_variant_type_string_scan (string, limit, &string) ||  /* value */
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          string == limit || *string++ != '}')                     /* } */
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        return FALSE;
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      break;
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    case 'm': case 'a':
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      return g_variant_type_string_scan (string, limit, endptr);
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    case 'b': case 'y': case 'n': case 'q': case 'i': case 'u':
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    case 'x': case 't': case 'd': case 's': case 'o': case 'g':
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    case 'v': case 'r': case '*': case '?': case 'h':
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      break;
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    default:
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      return FALSE;
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    }
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  if (endptr != NULL)
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    *endptr = string;
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  return TRUE;
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}
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/**
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 * g_variant_type_string_is_valid:
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 * @type_string: a pointer to any string
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 *
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 * Checks if @type_string is a valid GVariant type string.  This call is
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 * equivalent to calling g_variant_type_string_scan() and confirming
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 * that the following character is a nul terminator.
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 *
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 * Returns: %TRUE if @type_string is exactly one valid type string
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 *
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 * Since 2.24
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 **/
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gboolean
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g_variant_type_string_is_valid (const gchar *type_string)
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{
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  const gchar *endptr;
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  g_return_val_if_fail (type_string != NULL, FALSE);
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  if (!g_variant_type_string_scan (type_string, NULL, &endptr))
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    return FALSE;
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  return *endptr == '\0';
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}
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/**
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 * g_variant_type_free:
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 * @type: (allow-none): a #GVariantType, or %NULL
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 *
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 * Frees a #GVariantType that was allocated with
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 * g_variant_type_copy(), g_variant_type_new() or one of the container
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 * type constructor functions.
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 *
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 * In the case that @type is %NULL, this function does nothing.
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 *
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 * Since 2.24
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 **/
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void
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g_variant_type_free (GVariantType *type)
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{
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  g_return_if_fail (type == NULL || g_variant_type_check (type));
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  g_free (type);
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}
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/**
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 * g_variant_type_copy:
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 * @type: a #GVariantType
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 *
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 * Makes a copy of a #GVariantType.  It is appropriate to call
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 * g_variant_type_free() on the return value.  @type may not be %NULL.
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 *
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 * Returns: (transfer full): a new #GVariantType
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 *
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 * Since 2.24
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 **/
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GVariantType *
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g_variant_type_copy (const GVariantType *type)
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{
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  gsize length;
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  gchar *new;
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  g_return_val_if_fail (g_variant_type_check (type), NULL);
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  length = g_variant_type_get_string_length (type);
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  new = g_malloc (length + 1);
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  memcpy (new, type, length);
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  new[length] = '\0';
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  return (GVariantType *) new;
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}
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/**
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 * g_variant_type_new:
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 * @type_string: a valid GVariant type string
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 *
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 * Creates a new #GVariantType corresponding to the type string given
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 * by @type_string.  It is appropriate to call g_variant_type_free() on
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 * the return value.
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 *
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 * It is a programmer error to call this function with an invalid type
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 * string.  Use g_variant_type_string_is_valid() if you are unsure.
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 *
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 * Returns: (transfer full): a new #GVariantType
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 *
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 * Since: 2.24
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 */
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GVariantType *
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g_variant_type_new (const gchar *type_string)
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{
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  g_return_val_if_fail (type_string != NULL, NULL);
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  return g_variant_type_copy (G_VARIANT_TYPE (type_string));
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}
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/**
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 * g_variant_type_get_string_length:
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 * @type: a #GVariantType
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 *
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 * Returns the length of the type string corresponding to the given
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 * @type.  This function must be used to determine the valid extent of
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 * the memory region returned by g_variant_type_peek_string().
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 *
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 * Returns: the length of the corresponding type string
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 *
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 * Since 2.24
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 **/
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gsize
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g_variant_type_get_string_length (const GVariantType *type)
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{
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  const gchar *type_string = (const gchar *) type;
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  gint brackets = 0;
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  gsize index = 0;
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  g_return_val_if_fail (g_variant_type_check (type), 0);
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  do
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    {
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      while (type_string[index] == 'a' || type_string[index] == 'm')
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        index++;
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      if (type_string[index] == '(' || type_string[index] == '{')
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        brackets++;
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      else if (type_string[index] == ')' || type_string[index] == '}')
Packit db3073
        brackets--;
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      index++;
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    }
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  while (brackets);
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  return index;
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}
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/*
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  This function is not introspectable, it returns something that
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  is not an array and neither a string
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*/
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/**
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 * g_variant_type_peek_string: (skip)
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 * @type: a #GVariantType
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 *
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 * Returns the type string corresponding to the given @type.  The
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 * result is not nul-terminated; in order to determine its length you
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 * must call g_variant_type_get_string_length().
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 *
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 * To get a nul-terminated string, see g_variant_type_dup_string().
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 *
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 * Returns: the corresponding type string (not nul-terminated)
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 *
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 * Since 2.24
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 **/
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const gchar *
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g_variant_type_peek_string (const GVariantType *type)
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{
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  g_return_val_if_fail (g_variant_type_check (type), NULL);
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  return (const gchar *) type;
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}
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/**
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 * g_variant_type_dup_string:
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 * @type: a #GVariantType
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 *
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 * Returns a newly-allocated copy of the type string corresponding to
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 * @type.  The returned string is nul-terminated.  It is appropriate to
Packit db3073
 * call g_free() on the return value.
Packit db3073
 *
Packit db3073
 * Returns: (transfer full): the corresponding type string
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 *
Packit db3073
 * Since 2.24
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 **/
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gchar *
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g_variant_type_dup_string (const GVariantType *type)
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{
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  g_return_val_if_fail (g_variant_type_check (type), NULL);
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  return g_strndup (g_variant_type_peek_string (type),
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                    g_variant_type_get_string_length (type));
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}
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/**
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 * g_variant_type_is_definite:
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 * @type: a #GVariantType
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 *
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 * Determines if the given @type is definite (ie: not indefinite).
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 *
Packit db3073
 * A type is definite if its type string does not contain any indefinite
Packit db3073
 * type characters ('*', '?', or 'r').
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 *
Packit db3073
 * A #GVariant instance may not have an indefinite type, so calling
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 * this function on the result of g_variant_get_type() will always
Packit db3073
 * result in %TRUE being returned.  Calling this function on an
Packit db3073
 * indefinite type like %G_VARIANT_TYPE_ARRAY, however, will result in
Packit db3073
 * %FALSE being returned.
Packit db3073
 *
Packit db3073
 * Returns: %TRUE if @type is definite
Packit db3073
 *
Packit db3073
 * Since 2.24
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 **/
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gboolean
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g_variant_type_is_definite (const GVariantType *type)
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{
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  const gchar *type_string;
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  gsize type_length;
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  gsize i;
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Packit db3073
  g_return_val_if_fail (g_variant_type_check (type), FALSE);
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  type_length = g_variant_type_get_string_length (type);
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  type_string = g_variant_type_peek_string (type);
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  for (i = 0; i < type_length; i++)
Packit db3073
    if (type_string[i] == '*' ||
Packit db3073
        type_string[i] == '?' ||
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        type_string[i] == 'r')
Packit db3073
      return FALSE;
Packit db3073
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  return TRUE;
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}
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/**
Packit db3073
 * g_variant_type_is_container:
Packit db3073
 * @type: a #GVariantType
Packit db3073
 *
Packit db3073
 * Determines if the given @type is a container type.
Packit db3073
 *
Packit db3073
 * Container types are any array, maybe, tuple, or dictionary
Packit db3073
 * entry types plus the variant type.
Packit db3073
 *
Packit db3073
 * This function returns %TRUE for any indefinite type for which every
Packit db3073
 * definite subtype is a container -- %G_VARIANT_TYPE_ARRAY, for
Packit db3073
 * example.
Packit db3073
 *
Packit db3073
 * Returns: %TRUE if @type is a container type
Packit db3073
 *
Packit db3073
 * Since 2.24
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 **/
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gboolean
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g_variant_type_is_container (const GVariantType *type)
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{
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  gchar first_char;
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Packit db3073
  g_return_val_if_fail (g_variant_type_check (type), FALSE);
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Packit db3073
  first_char = g_variant_type_peek_string (type)[0];
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  switch (first_char)
Packit db3073
  {
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    case 'a':
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    case 'm':
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    case 'r':
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    case '(':
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    case '{':
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    case 'v':
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      return TRUE;
Packit db3073
Packit db3073
    default:
Packit db3073
      return FALSE;
Packit db3073
  }
Packit db3073
}
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/**
Packit db3073
 * g_variant_type_is_basic:
Packit db3073
 * @type: a #GVariantType
Packit db3073
 *
Packit db3073
 * Determines if the given @type is a basic type.
Packit db3073
 *
Packit db3073
 * Basic types are booleans, bytes, integers, doubles, strings, object
Packit db3073
 * paths and signatures.
Packit db3073
 *
Packit db3073
 * Only a basic type may be used as the key of a dictionary entry.
Packit db3073
 *
Packit db3073
 * This function returns %FALSE for all indefinite types except
Packit db3073
 * %G_VARIANT_TYPE_BASIC.
Packit db3073
 *
Packit db3073
 * Returns: %TRUE if @type is a basic type
Packit db3073
 *
Packit db3073
 * Since 2.24
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 **/
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gboolean
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g_variant_type_is_basic (const GVariantType *type)
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{
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  gchar first_char;
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Packit db3073
  g_return_val_if_fail (g_variant_type_check (type), FALSE);
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Packit db3073
  first_char = g_variant_type_peek_string (type)[0];
Packit db3073
  switch (first_char)
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  {
Packit db3073
    case 'b':
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    case 'y':
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    case 'n':
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    case 'q':
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    case 'i':
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    case 'h':
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    case 'u':
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    case 't':
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    case 'x':
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    case 'd':
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    case 's':
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    case 'o':
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    case 'g':
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    case '?':
Packit db3073
      return TRUE;
Packit db3073
Packit db3073
    default:
Packit db3073
      return FALSE;
Packit db3073
  }
Packit db3073
}
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/**
Packit db3073
 * g_variant_type_is_maybe:
Packit db3073
 * @type: a #GVariantType
Packit db3073
 *
Packit db3073
 * Determines if the given @type is a maybe type.  This is true if the
Packit db3073
 * type string for @type starts with an 'm'.
Packit db3073
 *
Packit db3073
 * This function returns %TRUE for any indefinite type for which every
Packit db3073
 * definite subtype is a maybe type -- %G_VARIANT_TYPE_MAYBE, for
Packit db3073
 * example.
Packit db3073
 *
Packit db3073
 * Returns: %TRUE if @type is a maybe type
Packit db3073
 *
Packit db3073
 * Since 2.24
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 **/
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gboolean
Packit db3073
g_variant_type_is_maybe (const GVariantType *type)
Packit db3073
{
Packit db3073
  g_return_val_if_fail (g_variant_type_check (type), FALSE);
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Packit db3073
  return g_variant_type_peek_string (type)[0] == 'm';
Packit db3073
}
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/**
Packit db3073
 * g_variant_type_is_array:
Packit db3073
 * @type: a #GVariantType
Packit db3073
 *
Packit db3073
 * Determines if the given @type is an array type.  This is true if the
Packit db3073
 * type string for @type starts with an 'a'.
Packit db3073
 *
Packit db3073
 * This function returns %TRUE for any indefinite type for which every
Packit db3073
 * definite subtype is an array type -- %G_VARIANT_TYPE_ARRAY, for
Packit db3073
 * example.
Packit db3073
 *
Packit db3073
 * Returns: %TRUE if @type is an array type
Packit db3073
 *
Packit db3073
 * Since 2.24
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 **/
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gboolean
Packit db3073
g_variant_type_is_array (const GVariantType *type)
Packit db3073
{
Packit db3073
  g_return_val_if_fail (g_variant_type_check (type), FALSE);
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Packit db3073
  return g_variant_type_peek_string (type)[0] == 'a';
Packit db3073
}
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/**
Packit db3073
 * g_variant_type_is_tuple:
Packit db3073
 * @type: a #GVariantType
Packit db3073
 *
Packit db3073
 * Determines if the given @type is a tuple type.  This is true if the
Packit db3073
 * type string for @type starts with a '(' or if @type is
Packit db3073
 * %G_VARIANT_TYPE_TUPLE.
Packit db3073
 *
Packit db3073
 * This function returns %TRUE for any indefinite type for which every
Packit db3073
 * definite subtype is a tuple type -- %G_VARIANT_TYPE_TUPLE, for
Packit db3073
 * example.
Packit db3073
 *
Packit db3073
 * Returns: %TRUE if @type is a tuple type
Packit db3073
 *
Packit db3073
 * Since 2.24
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 **/
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gboolean
Packit db3073
g_variant_type_is_tuple (const GVariantType *type)
Packit db3073
{
Packit db3073
  gchar type_char;
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Packit db3073
  g_return_val_if_fail (g_variant_type_check (type), FALSE);
Packit db3073
Packit db3073
  type_char = g_variant_type_peek_string (type)[0];
Packit db3073
  return type_char == 'r' || type_char == '(';
Packit db3073
}
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/**
Packit db3073
 * g_variant_type_is_dict_entry:
Packit db3073
 * @type: a #GVariantType
Packit db3073
 *
Packit db3073
 * Determines if the given @type is a dictionary entry type.  This is
Packit db3073
 * true if the type string for @type starts with a '{'.
Packit db3073
 *
Packit db3073
 * This function returns %TRUE for any indefinite type for which every
Packit db3073
 * definite subtype is a dictionary entry type --
Packit db3073
 * %G_VARIANT_TYPE_DICT_ENTRY, for example.
Packit db3073
 *
Packit db3073
 * Returns: %TRUE if @type is a dictionary entry type
Packit db3073
 *
Packit db3073
 * Since 2.24
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 **/
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gboolean
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g_variant_type_is_dict_entry (const GVariantType *type)
Packit db3073
{
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  g_return_val_if_fail (g_variant_type_check (type), FALSE);
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  return g_variant_type_peek_string (type)[0] == '{';
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}
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/**
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 * g_variant_type_is_variant:
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 * @type: a #GVariantType
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 *
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 * Determines if the given @type is the variant type.
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 *
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 * Returns: %TRUE if @type is the variant type
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 *
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 * Since 2.24
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 **/
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gboolean
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g_variant_type_is_variant (const GVariantType *type)
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{
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  g_return_val_if_fail (g_variant_type_check (type), FALSE);
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  return g_variant_type_peek_string (type)[0] == 'v';
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}
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/**
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 * g_variant_type_hash:
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 * @type: (type GVariantType): a #GVariantType
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 *
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 * Hashes @type.
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 *
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 * The argument type of @type is only #gconstpointer to allow use with
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 * #GHashTable without function pointer casting.  A valid
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 * #GVariantType must be provided.
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 *
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 * Returns: the hash value
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 *
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 * Since 2.24
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 **/
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guint
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g_variant_type_hash (gconstpointer type)
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{
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  const gchar *type_string;
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  guint value = 0;
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  gsize length;
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  gsize i;
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  g_return_val_if_fail (g_variant_type_check (type), 0);
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  type_string = g_variant_type_peek_string (type);
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  length = g_variant_type_get_string_length (type);
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  for (i = 0; i < length; i++)
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    value = (value << 5) - value + type_string[i];
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  return value;
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}
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/**
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 * g_variant_type_equal:
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 * @type1: (type GVariantType): a #GVariantType
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 * @type2: (type GVariantType): a #GVariantType
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 *
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 * Compares @type1 and @type2 for equality.
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 *
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 * Only returns %TRUE if the types are exactly equal.  Even if one type
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 * is an indefinite type and the other is a subtype of it, %FALSE will
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 * be returned if they are not exactly equal.  If you want to check for
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 * subtypes, use g_variant_type_is_subtype_of().
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 *
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 * The argument types of @type1 and @type2 are only #gconstpointer to
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 * allow use with #GHashTable without function pointer casting.  For
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 * both arguments, a valid #GVariantType must be provided.
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 *
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 * Returns: %TRUE if @type1 and @type2 are exactly equal
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 *
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 * Since 2.24
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 **/
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gboolean
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g_variant_type_equal (gconstpointer type1,
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                      gconstpointer type2)
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{
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  const gchar *string1, *string2;
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  gsize size1, size2;
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  g_return_val_if_fail (g_variant_type_check (type1), FALSE);
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  g_return_val_if_fail (g_variant_type_check (type2), FALSE);
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  if (type1 == type2)
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    return TRUE;
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  size1 = g_variant_type_get_string_length (type1);
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  size2 = g_variant_type_get_string_length (type2);
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  if (size1 != size2)
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    return FALSE;
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  string1 = g_variant_type_peek_string (type1);
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  string2 = g_variant_type_peek_string (type2);
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  return memcmp (string1, string2, size1) == 0;
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}
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/**
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 * g_variant_type_is_subtype_of:
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 * @type: a #GVariantType
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 * @supertype: a #GVariantType
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 *
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 * Checks if @type is a subtype of @supertype.
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 *
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 * This function returns %TRUE if @type is a subtype of @supertype.  All
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 * types are considered to be subtypes of themselves.  Aside from that,
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 * only indefinite types can have subtypes.
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 *
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 * Returns: %TRUE if @type is a subtype of @supertype
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 *
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 * Since 2.24
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 **/
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gboolean
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g_variant_type_is_subtype_of (const GVariantType *type,
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                              const GVariantType *supertype)
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{
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  const gchar *supertype_string;
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  const gchar *supertype_end;
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  const gchar *type_string;
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  g_return_val_if_fail (g_variant_type_check (type), FALSE);
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  g_return_val_if_fail (g_variant_type_check (supertype), FALSE);
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  supertype_string = g_variant_type_peek_string (supertype);
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  type_string = g_variant_type_peek_string (type);
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  supertype_end = supertype_string +
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                  g_variant_type_get_string_length (supertype);
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  /* we know that type and supertype are both well-formed, so it's
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   * safe to treat this merely as a text processing problem.
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   */
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  while (supertype_string < supertype_end)
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    {
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      char supertype_char = *supertype_string++;
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      if (supertype_char == *type_string)
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        type_string++;
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      else if (*type_string == ')')
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        return FALSE;
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      else
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        {
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          const GVariantType *target_type = (GVariantType *) type_string;
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          switch (supertype_char)
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            {
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            case 'r':
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              if (!g_variant_type_is_tuple (target_type))
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                return FALSE;
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              break;
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            case '*':
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              break;
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            case '?':
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              if (!g_variant_type_is_basic (target_type))
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                return FALSE;
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              break;
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            default:
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              return FALSE;
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            }
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          type_string += g_variant_type_get_string_length (target_type);
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        }
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    }
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  return TRUE;
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}
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/**
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 * g_variant_type_element:
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 * @type: an array or maybe #GVariantType
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 *
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 * Determines the element type of an array or maybe type.
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 *
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 * This function may only be used with array or maybe types.
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 *
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 * Returns: (transfer none): the element type of @type
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 *
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 * Since 2.24
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 **/
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const GVariantType *
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g_variant_type_element (const GVariantType *type)
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{
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  const gchar *type_string;
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  g_return_val_if_fail (g_variant_type_check (type), NULL);
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  type_string = g_variant_type_peek_string (type);
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  g_assert (type_string[0] == 'a' || type_string[0] == 'm');
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  return (const GVariantType *) &type_string[1];
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}
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/**
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 * g_variant_type_first:
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 * @type: a tuple or dictionary entry #GVariantType
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 *
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 * Determines the first item type of a tuple or dictionary entry
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 * type.
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 *
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 * This function may only be used with tuple or dictionary entry types,
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 * but must not be used with the generic tuple type
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 * %G_VARIANT_TYPE_TUPLE.
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 *
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 * In the case of a dictionary entry type, this returns the type of
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 * the key.
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 *
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 * %NULL is returned in case of @type being %G_VARIANT_TYPE_UNIT.
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 *
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 * This call, together with g_variant_type_next() provides an iterator
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 * interface over tuple and dictionary entry types.
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 *
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 * Returns: (transfer none): the first item type of @type, or %NULL
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 *
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 * Since 2.24
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 **/
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const GVariantType *
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g_variant_type_first (const GVariantType *type)
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{
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  const gchar *type_string;
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  g_return_val_if_fail (g_variant_type_check (type), NULL);
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  type_string = g_variant_type_peek_string (type);
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  g_assert (type_string[0] == '(' || type_string[0] == '{');
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  if (type_string[1] == ')')
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    return NULL;
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  return (const GVariantType *) &type_string[1];
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}
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/**
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 * g_variant_type_next:
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 * @type: a #GVariantType from a previous call
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 *
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 * Determines the next item type of a tuple or dictionary entry
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 * type.
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 *
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 * @type must be the result of a previous call to
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 * g_variant_type_first() or g_variant_type_next().
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 *
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 * If called on the key type of a dictionary entry then this call
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 * returns the value type.  If called on the value type of a dictionary
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 * entry then this call returns %NULL.
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 *
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 * For tuples, %NULL is returned when @type is the last item in a tuple.
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 *
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 * Returns: (transfer none): the next #GVariantType after @type, or %NULL
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 *
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 * Since 2.24
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 **/
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const GVariantType *
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g_variant_type_next (const GVariantType *type)
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{
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  const gchar *type_string;
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  g_return_val_if_fail (g_variant_type_check (type), NULL);
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  type_string = g_variant_type_peek_string (type);
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  type_string += g_variant_type_get_string_length (type);
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  if (*type_string == ')' || *type_string == '}')
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    return NULL;
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  return (const GVariantType *) type_string;
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}
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/**
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 * g_variant_type_n_items:
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 * @type: a tuple or dictionary entry #GVariantType
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 *
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 * Determines the number of items contained in a tuple or
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 * dictionary entry type.
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 *
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 * This function may only be used with tuple or dictionary entry types,
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 * but must not be used with the generic tuple type
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 * %G_VARIANT_TYPE_TUPLE.
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 *
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 * In the case of a dictionary entry type, this function will always
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 * return 2.
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 *
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 * Returns: the number of items in @type
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 *
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 * Since 2.24
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 **/
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gsize
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g_variant_type_n_items (const GVariantType *type)
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{
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  gsize count = 0;
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  g_return_val_if_fail (g_variant_type_check (type), 0);
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  for (type = g_variant_type_first (type);
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       type;
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       type = g_variant_type_next (type))
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    count++;
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  return count;
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}
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/**
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 * g_variant_type_key:
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 * @type: a dictionary entry #GVariantType
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 *
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 * Determines the key type of a dictionary entry type.
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 *
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 * This function may only be used with a dictionary entry type.  Other
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 * than the additional restriction, this call is equivalent to
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 * g_variant_type_first().
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 *
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 * Returns: (transfer none): the key type of the dictionary entry
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 *
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 * Since 2.24
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 **/
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const GVariantType *
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g_variant_type_key (const GVariantType *type)
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{
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  const gchar *type_string;
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  g_return_val_if_fail (g_variant_type_check (type), NULL);
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  type_string = g_variant_type_peek_string (type);
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  g_assert (type_string[0] == '{');
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  return (const GVariantType *) &type_string[1];
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}
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/**
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 * g_variant_type_value:
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 * @type: a dictionary entry #GVariantType
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 *
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 * Determines the value type of a dictionary entry type.
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 *
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 * This function may only be used with a dictionary entry type.
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 *
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 * Returns: (transfer none): the value type of the dictionary entry
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 *
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 * Since 2.24
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 **/
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const GVariantType *
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g_variant_type_value (const GVariantType *type)
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{
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  const gchar *type_string;
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  g_return_val_if_fail (g_variant_type_check (type), NULL);
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  type_string = g_variant_type_peek_string (type);
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  g_assert (type_string[0] == '{');
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  return g_variant_type_next (g_variant_type_key (type));
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}
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/**
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 * g_variant_type_new_tuple:
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 * @items: (array length=length): an array of #GVariantTypes, one for each item
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 * @length: the length of @items, or -1
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 *
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 * Constructs a new tuple type, from @items.
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 *
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 * @length is the number of items in @items, or -1 to indicate that
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 * @items is %NULL-terminated.
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 *
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 * It is appropriate to call g_variant_type_free() on the return value.
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 *
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 * Returns: (transfer full): a new tuple #GVariantType
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 *
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 * Since 2.24
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 **/
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static GVariantType *
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g_variant_type_new_tuple_slow (const GVariantType * const *items,
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                               gint                        length)
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{
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  /* the "slow" version is needed in case the static buffer of 1024
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   * bytes is exceeded when running the normal version.  this will
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   * happen only in truly insane code, so it can be slow.
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   */
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  GString *string;
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  gsize i;
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  string = g_string_new ("(");
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  for (i = 0; i < length; i++)
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    {
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      const GVariantType *type;
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      gsize size;
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      g_return_val_if_fail (g_variant_type_check (items[i]), NULL);
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      type = items[i];
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      size = g_variant_type_get_string_length (type);
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      g_string_append_len (string, (const gchar *) type, size);
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    }
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  g_string_append_c (string, ')');
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  return (GVariantType *) g_string_free (string, FALSE);
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}
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GVariantType *
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g_variant_type_new_tuple (const GVariantType * const *items,
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                          gint                        length)
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{
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  char buffer[1024];
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  gsize offset;
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  gsize i;
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  g_return_val_if_fail (length == 0 || items != NULL, NULL);
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  if (length < 0)
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    for (length = 0; items[length] != NULL; length++);
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  offset = 0;
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  buffer[offset++] = '(';
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  for (i = 0; i < length; i++)
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    {
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      const GVariantType *type;
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      gsize size;
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      g_return_val_if_fail (g_variant_type_check (items[i]), NULL);
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      type = items[i];
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      size = g_variant_type_get_string_length (type);
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      if (offset + size >= sizeof buffer) /* leave room for ')' */
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        return g_variant_type_new_tuple_slow (items, length);
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      memcpy (&buffer[offset], type, size);
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      offset += size;
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    }
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  g_assert (offset < sizeof buffer);
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  buffer[offset++] = ')';
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  return (GVariantType *) g_memdup (buffer, offset);
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}
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/**
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 * g_variant_type_new_array:
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 * @element: a #GVariantType
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 *
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 * Constructs the type corresponding to an array of elements of the
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 * type @type.
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 *
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 * It is appropriate to call g_variant_type_free() on the return value.
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 *
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 * Returns: (transfer full): a new array #GVariantType
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 *
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 * Since 2.24
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 **/
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GVariantType *
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g_variant_type_new_array (const GVariantType *element)
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{
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  gsize size;
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  gchar *new;
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  g_return_val_if_fail (g_variant_type_check (element), NULL);
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  size = g_variant_type_get_string_length (element);
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  new = g_malloc (size + 1);
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  new[0] = 'a';
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  memcpy (new + 1, element, size);
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  return (GVariantType *) new;
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}
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/**
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 * g_variant_type_new_maybe:
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 * @element: a #GVariantType
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 *
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 * Constructs the type corresponding to a maybe instance containing
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 * type @type or Nothing.
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 *
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 * It is appropriate to call g_variant_type_free() on the return value.
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 *
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 * Returns: (transfer full): a new maybe #GVariantType
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 *
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 * Since 2.24
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 **/
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GVariantType *
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g_variant_type_new_maybe (const GVariantType *element)
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{
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  gsize size;
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  gchar *new;
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  g_return_val_if_fail (g_variant_type_check (element), NULL);
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  size = g_variant_type_get_string_length (element);
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  new = g_malloc (size + 1);
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  new[0] = 'm';
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  memcpy (new + 1, element, size);
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  return (GVariantType *) new;
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}
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/**
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 * g_variant_type_new_dict_entry:
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 * @key: a basic #GVariantType
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 * @value: a #GVariantType
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 *
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 * Constructs the type corresponding to a dictionary entry with a key
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 * of type @key and a value of type @value.
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 *
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 * It is appropriate to call g_variant_type_free() on the return value.
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 *
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 * Returns: (transfer full): a new dictionary entry #GVariantType
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 *
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 * Since 2.24
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 **/
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GVariantType *
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g_variant_type_new_dict_entry (const GVariantType *key,
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                               const GVariantType *value)
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{
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  gsize keysize, valsize;
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  gchar *new;
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  g_return_val_if_fail (g_variant_type_check (key), NULL);
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  g_return_val_if_fail (g_variant_type_check (value), NULL);
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  keysize = g_variant_type_get_string_length (key);
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  valsize = g_variant_type_get_string_length (value);
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  new = g_malloc (1 + keysize + valsize + 1);
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  new[0] = '{';
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  memcpy (new + 1, key, keysize);
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  memcpy (new + 1 + keysize, value, valsize);
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  new[1 + keysize + valsize] = '}';
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  return (GVariantType *) new;
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}
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/* private */
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const GVariantType *
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g_variant_type_checked_ (const gchar *type_string)
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{
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  g_return_val_if_fail (g_variant_type_string_is_valid (type_string), NULL);
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  return (const GVariantType *) type_string;
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}