Class
GPluginPluginInfo
Description [src]
class GPlugin.PluginInfo : GObject.Object {
parent_instance: GObject
}GPluginPluginInfo holds all of the data about a plugin. It is created when
a plugin is queried.
Instance methods
gplugin_plugin_info_get_abi_version
Returns the ABI or Application Binary Interface version that the plugin is supposed to work against.
gplugin_plugin_info_get_auto_load
Returns whether or not this plugin should be loaded when queried. This is useful for internal plugins that are adding functionality and should always be turned on. The plugin loaders use this to make sure all plugins can always be loaded.
since: 0.39
gplugin_plugin_info_get_bind_global
This property and therefore function is only used by the native plugin loader.
gplugin_plugin_info_get_id_normalized
Gets the normalized version of the id from info. That is, a version where
only alphanumeric and -‘s are in the id.
gplugin_plugin_info_get_internal
Returns where or not this plugin is is considered an internal plugin. An internal plugin would be something like a plugin loader or another plugin that should not be shown to users.
gplugin_plugin_info_get_license_url
Returns the url of the license for the plugin as specified in info.
gplugin_plugin_info_get_load_on_query
Returns whether or not this plugin should be loaded when queried. This is useful for internal plugins that are adding functionality and should always be turned on. The plugin loaders use this to make sure all plugins can always be loaded.
deprecated: 0.39.0
gplugin_plugin_info_get_settings_schema
Returns the ID of the Gio.Settings schema as specified in info.
since: 0.39
gplugin_plugin_info_get_unloadable
Gets whether or not the plugin is unloadable. Certain libraries can not be
shutdown cleanly and then re-enabled during the life time of a program. A
plugin using one of these libraries should set the
GPluginPluginInfo:unloadable property to FALSE to tell
GPluginManager to not even attempt to unload it.
since: 0.35
Properties
GPlugin.PluginInfo:auto-load
Whether or not the plugin should be loaded when it’s queried.
since: 0.39
GPlugin.PluginInfo:bind-global
Determines whether the plugin should be have its symbols bound globally.
GPlugin.PluginInfo:description
The full description of the plugin that will be used in a “more information” section in a user interface.
GPlugin.PluginInfo:icon-name
A XDG icon name for the plugin. The actual use of this is determined by the application/library using GPlugin.
GPlugin.PluginInfo:license-text
The text of the license for this plugin. This should only be used when the plugin is licensed under a license that is not listed at spdx.org.
GPlugin.PluginInfo:license-url
The url to the text of the license. This should primarily only be used for licenses not listed at spdx.org.
GPlugin.PluginInfo:load-on-query
Whether or not the plugin should be loaded when it’s queried.
deprecated: 0.39.0
GPlugin.PluginInfo:priority
The priority that this plugin should have when determining which plugin to use when multiple plugins have the same id or provides. Higher values take precedence over lower values. If two plugins have the same id and priority, the first one found will be used.
since: 0.32
GPlugin.PluginInfo:provides
A list of additional plugin ids and versions that this plugin can provide. This mechanism is used so that plugins can replace and extend the behavior of other plugins.
since: 0.32
GPlugin.PluginInfo:summary
A short description of the plugin that can be listed with the name in a user interface.
GPlugin.PluginInfo:unloadable
Sets whether or not a plugin is unloadable. See
gplugin_plugin_info_get_unloadable() for more information.
since: 0.35
Signals
Signals inherited from GObject (1)
GObject::notify
The notify signal is emitted on an object when one of its properties has its value set through g_object_set_property(), g_object_set(), et al.