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17 * Authors: Ryan Lortie <desrt@desrt.ca>
20 /* Prologue {{{1 */
21 #include "config.h"
23 #include "gapplication.h"
25 #include "gapplicationcommandline.h"
26 #include "gsimpleactiongroup.h"
27 #include "gremoteactiongroup.h"
28 #include "gapplicationimpl.h"
29 #include "gactiongroup.h"
30 #include "gactionmap.h"
31 #include "gsettings.h"
32 #include "gnotification-private.h"
33 #include "gnotificationbackend.h"
34 #include "gdbusutils.h"
36 #include "gioenumtypes.h"
37 #include "gioenums.h"
38 #include "gfile.h"
40 #include "glibintl.h"
42 #include <string.h>
44 /**
45 * SECTION:gapplication
46 * @title: GApplication
47 * @short_description: Core application class
48 * @include: gio/gio.h
50 * A #GApplication is the foundation of an application. It wraps some
51 * low-level platform-specific services and is intended to act as the
52 * foundation for higher-level application classes such as
53 * #GtkApplication or #MxApplication. In general, you should not use
54 * this class outside of a higher level framework.
56 * GApplication provides convenient life cycle management by maintaining
57 * a "use count" for the primary application instance. The use count can
58 * be changed using g_application_hold() and g_application_release(). If
59 * it drops to zero, the application exits. Higher-level classes such as
60 * #GtkApplication employ the use count to ensure that the application
61 * stays alive as long as it has any opened windows.
63 * Another feature that GApplication (optionally) provides is process
64 * uniqueness. Applications can make use of this functionality by
65 * providing a unique application ID. If given, only one application
66 * with this ID can be running at a time per session. The session
67 * concept is platform-dependent, but corresponds roughly to a graphical
68 * desktop login. When your application is launched again, its
69 * arguments are passed through platform communication to the already
70 * running program. The already running instance of the program is
71 * called the "primary instance"; for non-unique applications this is
72 * the always the current instance. On Linux, the D-Bus session bus
73 * is used for communication.
75 * The use of #GApplication differs from some other commonly-used
76 * uniqueness libraries (such as libunique) in important ways. The
77 * application is not expected to manually register itself and check
78 * if it is the primary instance. Instead, the main() function of a
79 * #GApplication should do very little more than instantiating the
80 * application instance, possibly connecting signal handlers, then
81 * calling g_application_run(). All checks for uniqueness are done
82 * internally. If the application is the primary instance then the
83 * startup signal is emitted and the mainloop runs. If the application
84 * is not the primary instance then a signal is sent to the primary
85 * instance and g_application_run() promptly returns. See the code
86 * examples below.
88 * If used, the expected form of an application identifier is the same as
89 * that of of a
90 * [D-Bus well-known bus name](https://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-specification.html#message-protocol-names-bus).
91 * Examples include: `com.example.MyApp`, `org.example.internal_apps.Calculator`,
92 * `org._7_zip.Archiver`.
93 * For details on valid application identifiers, see g_application_id_is_valid().
95 * On Linux, the application identifier is claimed as a well-known bus name
96 * on the user's session bus. This means that the uniqueness of your
97 * application is scoped to the current session. It also means that your
98 * application may provide additional services (through registration of other
99 * object paths) at that bus name. The registration of these object paths
100 * should be done with the shared GDBus session bus. Note that due to the
101 * internal architecture of GDBus, method calls can be dispatched at any time
102 * (even if a main loop is not running). For this reason, you must ensure that
103 * any object paths that you wish to register are registered before #GApplication
104 * attempts to acquire the bus name of your application (which happens in
105 * g_application_register()). Unfortunately, this means that you cannot use
106 * g_application_get_is_remote() to decide if you want to register object paths.
108 * GApplication also implements the #GActionGroup and #GActionMap
109 * interfaces and lets you easily export actions by adding them with
110 * g_action_map_add_action(). When invoking an action by calling
111 * g_action_group_activate_action() on the application, it is always
112 * invoked in the primary instance. The actions are also exported on
113 * the session bus, and GIO provides the #GDBusActionGroup wrapper to
114 * conveniently access them remotely. GIO provides a #GDBusMenuModel wrapper
115 * for remote access to exported #GMenuModels.
117 * There is a number of different entry points into a GApplication:
119 * - via 'Activate' (i.e. just starting the application)
121 * - via 'Open' (i.e. opening some files)
123 * - by handling a command-line
125 * - via activating an action
127 * The #GApplication::startup signal lets you handle the application
128 * initialization for all of these in a single place.
130 * Regardless of which of these entry points is used to start the
131 * application, GApplication passes some "platform data from the
132 * launching instance to the primary instance, in the form of a
133 * #GVariant dictionary mapping strings to variants. To use platform
134 * data, override the @before_emit or @after_emit virtual functions
135 * in your #GApplication subclass. When dealing with
136 * #GApplicationCommandLine objects, the platform data is
137 * directly available via g_application_command_line_get_cwd(),
138 * g_application_command_line_get_environ() and
139 * g_application_command_line_get_platform_data().
141 * As the name indicates, the platform data may vary depending on the
142 * operating system, but it always includes the current directory (key
143 * "cwd"), and optionally the environment (ie the set of environment
144 * variables and their values) of the calling process (key "environ").
145 * The environment is only added to the platform data if the
146 * %G_APPLICATION_SEND_ENVIRONMENT flag is set. #GApplication subclasses
147 * can add their own platform data by overriding the @add_platform_data
148 * virtual function. For instance, #GtkApplication adds startup notification
149 * data in this way.
151 * To parse commandline arguments you may handle the
152 * #GApplication::command-line signal or override the local_command_line()
153 * vfunc, to parse them in either the primary instance or the local instance,
154 * respectively.
156 * For an example of opening files with a GApplication, see
157 * [gapplication-example-open.c](https://git.gnome.org/browse/glib/tree/gio/tests/gapplication-example-open.c).
159 * For an example of using actions with GApplication, see
160 * [gapplication-example-actions.c](https://git.gnome.org/browse/glib/tree/gio/tests/gapplication-example-actions.c).
162 * For an example of using extra D-Bus hooks with GApplication, see
163 * [gapplication-example-dbushooks.c](https://git.gnome.org/browse/glib/tree/gio/tests/gapplication-example-dbushooks.c).
167 * GApplication:
169 * #GApplication is an opaque data structure and can only be accessed
170 * using the following functions.
171 * Since: 2.28
175 * GApplicationClass:
176 * @startup: invoked on the primary instance immediately after registration
177 * @shutdown: invoked only on the registered primary instance immediately
178 * after the main loop terminates
179 * @activate: invoked on the primary instance when an activation occurs
180 * @open: invoked on the primary instance when there are files to open
181 * @command_line: invoked on the primary instance when a command-line is
182 * not handled locally
183 * @local_command_line: invoked (locally). The virtual function has the chance
184 * to inspect (and possibly replace) command line arguments. See
185 * g_application_run() for more information. Also see the
186 * #GApplication::handle-local-options signal, which is a simpler
187 * alternative to handling some commandline options locally
188 * @before_emit: invoked on the primary instance before 'activate', 'open',
189 * 'command-line' or any action invocation, gets the 'platform data' from
190 * the calling instance
191 * @after_emit: invoked on the primary instance after 'activate', 'open',
192 * 'command-line' or any action invocation, gets the 'platform data' from
193 * the calling instance
194 * @add_platform_data: invoked (locally) to add 'platform data' to be sent to
195 * the primary instance when activating, opening or invoking actions
196 * @quit_mainloop: Used to be invoked on the primary instance when the use
197 * count of the application drops to zero (and after any inactivity
198 * timeout, if requested). Not used anymore since 2.32
199 * @run_mainloop: Used to be invoked on the primary instance from
200 * g_application_run() if the use-count is non-zero. Since 2.32,
201 * GApplication is iterating the main context directly and is not
202 * using @run_mainloop anymore
203 * @dbus_register: invoked locally during registration, if the application is
204 * using its D-Bus backend. You can use this to export extra objects on the
205 * bus, that need to exist before the application tries to own the bus name.
206 * The function is passed the #GDBusConnection to to session bus, and the
207 * object path that #GApplication will use to export is D-Bus API.
208 * If this function returns %TRUE, registration will proceed; otherwise
209 * registration will abort. Since: 2.34
210 * @dbus_unregister: invoked locally during unregistration, if the application
211 * is using its D-Bus backend. Use this to undo anything done by the
212 * @dbus_register vfunc. Since: 2.34
213 * @handle_local_options: invoked locally after the parsing of the commandline
214 * options has occurred. Since: 2.40
216 * Virtual function table for #GApplication.
218 * Since: 2.28
221 struct _GApplicationPrivate
223 GApplicationFlags flags;
224 gchar *id;
225 gchar *resource_path;
227 GActionGroup *actions;
229 guint inactivity_timeout_id;
230 guint inactivity_timeout;
231 guint use_count;
232 guint busy_count;
234 guint is_registered : 1;
235 guint is_remote : 1;
236 guint did_startup : 1;
237 guint did_shutdown : 1;
238 guint must_quit_now : 1;
240 GRemoteActionGroup *remote_actions;
241 GApplicationImpl *impl;
243 GNotificationBackend *notifications;
245 /* GOptionContext support */
246 GOptionGroup *main_options;
247 GSList *option_groups;
248 GHashTable *packed_options;
249 gboolean options_parsed;
250 gchar *parameter_string;
251 gchar *summary;
252 gchar *description;
254 /* Allocated option strings, from g_application_add_main_option() */
255 GSList *option_strings;
258 enum
260 PROP_NONE,
261 PROP_APPLICATION_ID,
262 PROP_FLAGS,
263 PROP_RESOURCE_BASE_PATH,
264 PROP_IS_REGISTERED,
265 PROP_IS_REMOTE,
266 PROP_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT,
267 PROP_ACTION_GROUP,
268 PROP_IS_BUSY
271 enum
273 SIGNAL_STARTUP,
274 SIGNAL_SHUTDOWN,
275 SIGNAL_ACTIVATE,
276 SIGNAL_OPEN,
277 SIGNAL_ACTION,
278 SIGNAL_COMMAND_LINE,
279 SIGNAL_HANDLE_LOCAL_OPTIONS,
280 NR_SIGNALS
283 static guint g_application_signals[NR_SIGNALS];
285 static void g_application_action_group_iface_init (GActionGroupInterface *);
286 static void g_application_action_map_iface_init (GActionMapInterface *);
287 G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_CODE (GApplication, g_application, G_TYPE_OBJECT,
288 G_ADD_PRIVATE (GApplication)
289 G_IMPLEMENT_INTERFACE (G_TYPE_ACTION_GROUP, g_application_action_group_iface_init)
290 G_IMPLEMENT_INTERFACE (G_TYPE_ACTION_MAP, g_application_action_map_iface_init))
292 /* GApplicationExportedActions {{{1 */
294 /* We create a subclass of GSimpleActionGroup that implements
295 * GRemoteActionGroup and deals with the platform data using
296 * GApplication's before/after_emit vfuncs. This is the action group we
297 * will be exporting.
299 * We could implement GRemoteActionGroup on GApplication directly, but
300 * this would be potentially extremely confusing to have exposed as part
301 * of the public API of GApplication. We certainly don't want anyone in
302 * the same process to be calling these APIs...
304 typedef GSimpleActionGroupClass GApplicationExportedActionsClass;
305 typedef struct
307 GSimpleActionGroup parent_instance;
308 GApplication *application;
309 } GApplicationExportedActions;
311 static GType g_application_exported_actions_get_type (void);
312 static void g_application_exported_actions_iface_init (GRemoteActionGroupInterface *iface);
313 G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_CODE (GApplicationExportedActions, g_application_exported_actions, G_TYPE_SIMPLE_ACTION_GROUP,
314 G_IMPLEMENT_INTERFACE (G_TYPE_REMOTE_ACTION_GROUP, g_application_exported_actions_iface_init))
316 static void
317 g_application_exported_actions_activate_action_full (GRemoteActionGroup *remote,
318 const gchar *action_name,
319 GVariant *parameter,
320 GVariant *platform_data)
322 GApplicationExportedActions *exported = (GApplicationExportedActions *) remote;
324 G_APPLICATION_GET_CLASS (exported->application)
325 ->before_emit (exported->application, platform_data);
327 g_action_group_activate_action (G_ACTION_GROUP (exported), action_name, parameter);
329 G_APPLICATION_GET_CLASS (exported->application)
330 ->after_emit (exported->application, platform_data);
333 static void
334 g_application_exported_actions_change_action_state_full (GRemoteActionGroup *remote,
335 const gchar *action_name,
336 GVariant *value,
337 GVariant *platform_data)
339 GApplicationExportedActions *exported = (GApplicationExportedActions *) remote;
341 G_APPLICATION_GET_CLASS (exported->application)
342 ->before_emit (exported->application, platform_data);
344 g_action_group_change_action_state (G_ACTION_GROUP (exported), action_name, value);
346 G_APPLICATION_GET_CLASS (exported->application)
347 ->after_emit (exported->application, platform_data);
350 static void
351 g_application_exported_actions_init (GApplicationExportedActions *actions)
355 static void
356 g_application_exported_actions_iface_init (GRemoteActionGroupInterface *iface)
358 iface->activate_action_full = g_application_exported_actions_activate_action_full;
359 iface->change_action_state_full = g_application_exported_actions_change_action_state_full;
362 static void
363 g_application_exported_actions_class_init (GApplicationExportedActionsClass *class)
367 static GActionGroup *
368 g_application_exported_actions_new (GApplication *application)
370 GApplicationExportedActions *actions;
372 actions = g_object_new (g_application_exported_actions_get_type (), NULL);
373 actions->application = application;
375 return G_ACTION_GROUP (actions);
378 /* Command line option handling {{{1 */
380 static void
381 free_option_entry (gpointer data)
383 GOptionEntry *entry = data;
385 switch (entry->arg)
387 case G_OPTION_ARG_STRING:
388 case G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME:
389 g_free (*(gchar **) entry->arg_data);
390 break;
392 case G_OPTION_ARG_STRING_ARRAY:
393 case G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME_ARRAY:
394 g_strfreev (*(gchar ***) entry->arg_data);
395 break;
397 default:
398 /* most things require no free... */
399 break;
402 /* ...except for the space that we allocated for it ourselves */
403 g_free (entry->arg_data);
405 g_slice_free (GOptionEntry, entry);
408 static void
409 g_application_pack_option_entries (GApplication *application,
410 GVariantDict *dict)
412 GHashTableIter iter;
413 gpointer item;
415 g_hash_table_iter_init (&iter, application->priv->packed_options);
416 while (g_hash_table_iter_next (&iter, NULL, &item))
418 GOptionEntry *entry = item;
419 GVariant *value = NULL;
421 switch (entry->arg)
423 case G_OPTION_ARG_NONE:
424 if (*(gboolean *) entry->arg_data != 2)
425 value = g_variant_new_boolean (*(gboolean *) entry->arg_data);
426 break;
428 case G_OPTION_ARG_STRING:
429 if (*(gchar **) entry->arg_data)
430 value = g_variant_new_string (*(gchar **) entry->arg_data);
431 break;
433 case G_OPTION_ARG_INT:
434 if (*(gint32 *) entry->arg_data)
435 value = g_variant_new_int32 (*(gint32 *) entry->arg_data);
436 break;
438 case G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME:
439 if (*(gchar **) entry->arg_data)
440 value = g_variant_new_bytestring (*(gchar **) entry->arg_data);
441 break;
443 case G_OPTION_ARG_STRING_ARRAY:
444 if (*(gchar ***) entry->arg_data)
445 value = g_variant_new_strv (*(const gchar ***) entry->arg_data, -1);
446 break;
448 case G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME_ARRAY:
449 if (*(gchar ***) entry->arg_data)
450 value = g_variant_new_bytestring_array (*(const gchar ***) entry->arg_data, -1);
451 break;
453 case G_OPTION_ARG_DOUBLE:
454 if (*(gdouble *) entry->arg_data)
455 value = g_variant_new_double (*(gdouble *) entry->arg_data);
456 break;
458 case G_OPTION_ARG_INT64:
459 if (*(gint64 *) entry->arg_data)
460 value = g_variant_new_int64 (*(gint64 *) entry->arg_data);
461 break;
463 default:
464 g_assert_not_reached ();
467 if (value)
468 g_variant_dict_insert_value (dict, entry->long_name, value);
472 static GVariantDict *
473 g_application_parse_command_line (GApplication *application,
474 gchar ***arguments,
475 GError **error)
477 gboolean become_service = FALSE;
478 gchar *app_id = NULL;
479 GVariantDict *dict = NULL;
480 GOptionContext *context;
481 GOptionGroup *gapplication_group;
483 /* Due to the memory management of GOptionGroup we can only parse
484 * options once. That's because once you add a group to the
485 * GOptionContext there is no way to get it back again. This is fine:
486 * local_command_line() should never get invoked more than once
487 * anyway. Add a sanity check just to be sure.
489 g_return_val_if_fail (!application->priv->options_parsed, NULL);
491 context = g_option_context_new (application->priv->parameter_string);
492 g_option_context_set_summary (context, application->priv->summary);
493 g_option_context_set_description (context, application->priv->description);
495 gapplication_group = g_option_group_new ("gapplication",
496 _("GApplication options"), _("Show GApplication options"),
497 NULL, NULL);
498 g_option_group_set_translation_domain (gapplication_group, GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
499 g_option_context_add_group (context, gapplication_group);
501 /* If the application has not registered local options and it has
502 * G_APPLICATION_HANDLES_COMMAND_LINE then we have to assume that
503 * their primary instance commandline handler may want to deal with
504 * the arguments. We must therefore ignore them.
506 * We must also ignore --help in this case since some applications
507 * will try to handle this from the remote side. See #737869.
509 if (application->priv->main_options == NULL && (application->priv->flags & G_APPLICATION_HANDLES_COMMAND_LINE))
511 g_option_context_set_ignore_unknown_options (context, TRUE);
512 g_option_context_set_help_enabled (context, FALSE);
515 /* Add the main option group, if it exists */
516 if (application->priv->main_options)
518 /* This consumes the main_options */
519 g_option_context_set_main_group (context, application->priv->main_options);
520 application->priv->main_options = NULL;
523 /* Add any other option groups if they exist. Adding them to the
524 * context will consume them, so we free the list as we go...
526 while (application->priv->option_groups)
528 g_option_context_add_group (context, application->priv->option_groups->data);
529 application->priv->option_groups = g_slist_delete_link (application->priv->option_groups,
530 application->priv->option_groups);
533 /* In the case that we are not explicitly marked as a service or a
534 * launcher then we want to add the "--gapplication-service" option to
535 * allow the process to be made into a service.
537 if ((application->priv->flags & (G_APPLICATION_IS_SERVICE | G_APPLICATION_IS_LAUNCHER)) == 0)
539 GOptionEntry entries[] = {
540 { "gapplication-service", '\0', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &become_service,
541 N_("Enter GApplication service mode (use from D-Bus service files)") },
542 { NULL }
545 g_option_group_add_entries (gapplication_group, entries);
548 /* Allow overriding the ID if the application allows it */
549 if (application->priv->flags & G_APPLICATION_CAN_OVERRIDE_APP_ID)
551 GOptionEntry entries[] = {
552 { "gapplication-app-id", '\0', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &app_id,
553 N_("Override the application’s ID") },
554 { NULL }
557 g_option_group_add_entries (gapplication_group, entries);
560 /* Now we parse... */
561 if (!g_option_context_parse_strv (context, arguments, error))
562 goto out;
564 /* Check for --gapplication-service */
565 if (become_service)
566 application->priv->flags |= G_APPLICATION_IS_SERVICE;
568 /* Check for --gapplication-app-id */
569 if (app_id)
570 g_application_set_application_id (application, app_id);
572 dict = g_variant_dict_new (NULL);
573 if (application->priv->packed_options)
575 g_application_pack_option_entries (application, dict);
576 g_hash_table_unref (application->priv->packed_options);
577 application->priv->packed_options = NULL;
580 out:
581 /* Make sure we don't run again */
582 application->priv->options_parsed = TRUE;
584 g_option_context_free (context);
585 g_free (app_id);
587 return dict;
590 static void
591 add_packed_option (GApplication *application,
592 GOptionEntry *entry)
594 switch (entry->arg)
596 case G_OPTION_ARG_NONE:
597 entry->arg_data = g_new (gboolean, 1);
598 *(gboolean *) entry->arg_data = 2;
599 break;
601 case G_OPTION_ARG_INT:
602 entry->arg_data = g_new0 (gint, 1);
603 break;
605 case G_OPTION_ARG_STRING:
606 case G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME:
607 case G_OPTION_ARG_STRING_ARRAY:
608 case G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME_ARRAY:
609 entry->arg_data = g_new0 (gpointer, 1);
610 break;
612 case G_OPTION_ARG_INT64:
613 entry->arg_data = g_new0 (gint64, 1);
614 break;
616 case G_OPTION_ARG_DOUBLE:
617 entry->arg_data = g_new0 (gdouble, 1);
618 break;
620 default:
621 g_return_if_reached ();
624 if (!application->priv->packed_options)
625 application->priv->packed_options = g_hash_table_new_full (g_str_hash, g_str_equal, g_free, free_option_entry);
627 g_hash_table_insert (application->priv->packed_options,
628 g_strdup (entry->long_name),
629 g_slice_dup (GOptionEntry, entry));
633 * g_application_add_main_option_entries:
634 * @application: a #GApplication
635 * @entries: (array zero-terminated=1) (element-type GOptionEntry) a
636 * %NULL-terminated list of #GOptionEntrys
638 * Adds main option entries to be handled by @application.
640 * This function is comparable to g_option_context_add_main_entries().
642 * After the commandline arguments are parsed, the
643 * #GApplication::handle-local-options signal will be emitted. At this
644 * point, the application can inspect the values pointed to by @arg_data
645 * in the given #GOptionEntrys.
647 * Unlike #GOptionContext, #GApplication supports giving a %NULL
648 * @arg_data for a non-callback #GOptionEntry. This results in the
649 * argument in question being packed into a #GVariantDict which is also
650 * passed to #GApplication::handle-local-options, where it can be
651 * inspected and modified. If %G_APPLICATION_HANDLES_COMMAND_LINE is
652 * set, then the resulting dictionary is sent to the primary instance,
653 * where g_application_command_line_get_options_dict() will return it.
654 * This "packing" is done according to the type of the argument --
655 * booleans for normal flags, strings for strings, bytestrings for
656 * filenames, etc. The packing only occurs if the flag is given (ie: we
657 * do not pack a "false" #GVariant in the case that a flag is missing).
659 * In general, it is recommended that all commandline arguments are
660 * parsed locally. The options dictionary should then be used to
661 * transmit the result of the parsing to the primary instance, where
662 * g_variant_dict_lookup() can be used. For local options, it is
663 * possible to either use @arg_data in the usual way, or to consult (and
664 * potentially remove) the option from the options dictionary.
666 * This function is new in GLib 2.40. Before then, the only real choice
667 * was to send all of the commandline arguments (options and all) to the
668 * primary instance for handling. #GApplication ignored them completely
669 * on the local side. Calling this function "opts in" to the new
670 * behaviour, and in particular, means that unrecognised options will be
671 * treated as errors. Unrecognised options have never been ignored when
672 * %G_APPLICATION_HANDLES_COMMAND_LINE is unset.
674 * If #GApplication::handle-local-options needs to see the list of
675 * filenames, then the use of %G_OPTION_REMAINING is recommended. If
676 * @arg_data is %NULL then %G_OPTION_REMAINING can be used as a key into
677 * the options dictionary. If you do use %G_OPTION_REMAINING then you
678 * need to handle these arguments for yourself because once they are
679 * consumed, they will no longer be visible to the default handling
680 * (which treats them as filenames to be opened).
682 * It is important to use the proper GVariant format when retrieving
683 * the options with g_variant_dict_lookup():
684 * - for %G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, use b
685 * - for %G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, use &s
686 * - for %G_OPTION_ARG_INT, use i
687 * - for %G_OPTION_ARG_INT64, use x
688 * - for %G_OPTION_ARG_DOUBLE, use d
689 * - for %G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME, use ^ay
690 * - for %G_OPTION_ARG_STRING_ARRAY, use &as
691 * - for %G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME_ARRAY, use ^aay
693 * Since: 2.40
695 void
696 g_application_add_main_option_entries (GApplication *application,
697 const GOptionEntry *entries)
699 gint i;
701 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application));
702 g_return_if_fail (entries != NULL);
704 if (!application->priv->main_options)
706 application->priv->main_options = g_option_group_new (NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
707 g_option_group_set_translation_domain (application->priv->main_options, NULL);
710 for (i = 0; entries[i].long_name; i++)
712 GOptionEntry my_entries[2] = { { NULL }, { NULL } };
713 my_entries[0] = entries[i];
715 if (!my_entries[0].arg_data)
716 add_packed_option (application, &my_entries[0]);
718 g_option_group_add_entries (application->priv->main_options, my_entries);
723 * g_application_add_main_option:
724 * @application: the #GApplication
725 * @long_name: the long name of an option used to specify it in a commandline
726 * @short_name: the short name of an option
727 * @flags: flags from #GOptionFlags
728 * @arg: the type of the option, as a #GOptionArg
729 * @description: the description for the option in `--help` output
730 * @arg_description: (nullable): the placeholder to use for the extra argument
731 * parsed by the option in `--help` output
733 * Add an option to be handled by @application.
735 * Calling this function is the equivalent of calling
736 * g_application_add_main_option_entries() with a single #GOptionEntry
737 * that has its arg_data member set to %NULL.
739 * The parsed arguments will be packed into a #GVariantDict which
740 * is passed to #GApplication::handle-local-options. If
741 * %G_APPLICATION_HANDLES_COMMAND_LINE is set, then it will also
742 * be sent to the primary instance. See
743 * g_application_add_main_option_entries() for more details.
745 * See #GOptionEntry for more documentation of the arguments.
747 * Since: 2.42
749 void
750 g_application_add_main_option (GApplication *application,
751 const char *long_name,
752 char short_name,
753 GOptionFlags flags,
754 GOptionArg arg,
755 const char *description,
756 const char *arg_description)
758 gchar *dup_string;
759 GOptionEntry my_entry[2] = {
760 { NULL, short_name, flags, arg, NULL, NULL, NULL },
761 { NULL }
764 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application));
765 g_return_if_fail (long_name != NULL);
766 g_return_if_fail (description != NULL);
768 my_entry[0].long_name = dup_string = g_strdup (long_name);
769 application->priv->option_strings = g_slist_prepend (application->priv->option_strings, dup_string);
771 my_entry[0].description = dup_string = g_strdup (description);
772 application->priv->option_strings = g_slist_prepend (application->priv->option_strings, dup_string);
774 my_entry[0].arg_description = dup_string = g_strdup (arg_description);
775 application->priv->option_strings = g_slist_prepend (application->priv->option_strings, dup_string);
777 g_application_add_main_option_entries (application, my_entry);
781 * g_application_add_option_group:
782 * @application: the #GApplication
783 * @group: (transfer full): a #GOptionGroup
785 * Adds a #GOptionGroup to the commandline handling of @application.
787 * This function is comparable to g_option_context_add_group().
789 * Unlike g_application_add_main_option_entries(), this function does
790 * not deal with %NULL @arg_data and never transmits options to the
791 * primary instance.
793 * The reason for that is because, by the time the options arrive at the
794 * primary instance, it is typically too late to do anything with them.
795 * Taking the GTK option group as an example: GTK will already have been
796 * initialised by the time the #GApplication::command-line handler runs.
797 * In the case that this is not the first-running instance of the
798 * application, the existing instance may already have been running for
799 * a very long time.
801 * This means that the options from #GOptionGroup are only really usable
802 * in the case that the instance of the application being run is the
803 * first instance. Passing options like `--display=` or `--gdk-debug=`
804 * on future runs will have no effect on the existing primary instance.
806 * Calling this function will cause the options in the supplied option
807 * group to be parsed, but it does not cause you to be "opted in" to the
808 * new functionality whereby unrecognised options are rejected even if
809 * %G_APPLICATION_HANDLES_COMMAND_LINE was given.
811 * Since: 2.40
813 void
814 g_application_add_option_group (GApplication *application,
815 GOptionGroup *group)
817 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application));
818 g_return_if_fail (group != NULL);
820 application->priv->option_groups = g_slist_prepend (application->priv->option_groups, group);
824 * g_application_set_option_context_parameter_string:
825 * @application: the #GApplication
826 * @parameter_string: (nullable): a string which is displayed
827 * in the first line of `--help` output, after the usage summary `programname [OPTION...]`.
829 * Sets the parameter string to be used by the commandline handling of @application.
831 * This function registers the argument to be passed to g_option_context_new()
832 * when the internal #GOptionContext of @application is created.
834 * See g_option_context_new() for more information about @parameter_string.
836 * Since: 2.56
838 void
839 g_application_set_option_context_parameter_string (GApplication *application,
840 const gchar *parameter_string)
842 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application));
844 g_free (application->priv->parameter_string);
845 application->priv->parameter_string = g_strdup (parameter_string);
849 * g_application_set_option_context_summary:
850 * @application: the #GApplication
851 * @summary: (nullable): a string to be shown in `--help` output
852 * before the list of options, or %NULL
854 * Adds a summary to the @application option context.
856 * See g_option_context_set_summary() for more information.
858 * Since: 2.56
860 void
861 g_application_set_option_context_summary (GApplication *application,
862 const gchar *summary)
864 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application));
866 g_free (application->priv->summary);
867 application->priv->summary = g_strdup (summary);
871 * g_application_set_option_context_description:
872 * @application: the #GApplication
873 * @description: (nullable): a string to be shown in `--help` output
874 * after the list of options, or %NULL
876 * Adds a description to the @application option context.
878 * See g_option_context_set_description() for more information.
880 * Since: 2.56
882 void
883 g_application_set_option_context_description (GApplication *application,
884 const gchar *description)
886 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application));
888 g_free (application->priv->description);
889 application->priv->description = g_strdup (description);
894 /* vfunc defaults {{{1 */
895 static void
896 g_application_real_before_emit (GApplication *application,
897 GVariant *platform_data)
901 static void
902 g_application_real_after_emit (GApplication *application,
903 GVariant *platform_data)
907 static void
908 g_application_real_startup (GApplication *application)
910 application->priv->did_startup = TRUE;
913 static void
914 g_application_real_shutdown (GApplication *application)
916 application->priv->did_shutdown = TRUE;
919 static void
920 g_application_real_activate (GApplication *application)
922 if (!g_signal_has_handler_pending (application,
923 g_application_signals[SIGNAL_ACTIVATE],
924 0, TRUE) &&
925 G_APPLICATION_GET_CLASS (application)->activate == g_application_real_activate)
927 static gboolean warned;
929 if (warned)
930 return;
932 g_warning ("Your application does not implement "
933 "g_application_activate() and has no handlers connected "
934 "to the 'activate' signal. It should do one of these.");
935 warned = TRUE;
939 static void
940 g_application_real_open (GApplication *application,
941 GFile **files,
942 gint n_files,
943 const gchar *hint)
945 if (!g_signal_has_handler_pending (application,
946 g_application_signals[SIGNAL_OPEN],
947 0, TRUE) &&
948 G_APPLICATION_GET_CLASS (application)->open == g_application_real_open)
950 static gboolean warned;
952 if (warned)
953 return;
955 g_warning ("Your application claims to support opening files "
956 "but does not implement g_application_open() and has no "
957 "handlers connected to the 'open' signal.");
958 warned = TRUE;
962 static int
963 g_application_real_command_line (GApplication *application,
964 GApplicationCommandLine *cmdline)
966 if (!g_signal_has_handler_pending (application,
967 g_application_signals[SIGNAL_COMMAND_LINE],
968 0, TRUE) &&
969 G_APPLICATION_GET_CLASS (application)->command_line == g_application_real_command_line)
971 static gboolean warned;
973 if (warned)
974 return 1;
976 g_warning ("Your application claims to support custom command line "
977 "handling but does not implement g_application_command_line() "
978 "and has no handlers connected to the 'command-line' signal.");
980 warned = TRUE;
983 return 1;
986 static gint
987 g_application_real_handle_local_options (GApplication *application,
988 GVariantDict *options)
990 return -1;
993 static GVariant *
994 get_platform_data (GApplication *application,
995 GVariant *options)
997 GVariantBuilder *builder;
998 GVariant *result;
1000 builder = g_variant_builder_new (G_VARIANT_TYPE ("a{sv}"));
1003 gchar *cwd = g_get_current_dir ();
1004 g_variant_builder_add (builder, "{sv}", "cwd",
1005 g_variant_new_bytestring (cwd));
1006 g_free (cwd);
1009 if (application->priv->flags & G_APPLICATION_SEND_ENVIRONMENT)
1011 GVariant *array;
1012 gchar **envp;
1014 envp = g_get_environ ();
1015 array = g_variant_new_bytestring_array ((const gchar **) envp, -1);
1016 g_strfreev (envp);
1018 g_variant_builder_add (builder, "{sv}", "environ", array);
1021 if (options)
1022 g_variant_builder_add (builder, "{sv}", "options", options);
1024 G_APPLICATION_GET_CLASS (application)->
1025 add_platform_data (application, builder);
1027 result = g_variant_builder_end (builder);
1028 g_variant_builder_unref (builder);
1030 return result;
1033 static void
1034 g_application_call_command_line (GApplication *application,
1035 const gchar * const *arguments,
1036 GVariant *options,
1037 gint *exit_status)
1039 if (application->priv->is_remote)
1041 GVariant *platform_data;
1043 platform_data = get_platform_data (application, options);
1044 *exit_status = g_application_impl_command_line (application->priv->impl, arguments, platform_data);
1046 else
1048 GApplicationCommandLine *cmdline;
1049 GVariant *v;
1051 v = g_variant_new_bytestring_array ((const gchar **) arguments, -1);
1052 cmdline = g_object_new (G_TYPE_APPLICATION_COMMAND_LINE,
1053 "arguments", v,
1054 "options", options,
1055 NULL);
1056 g_signal_emit (application, g_application_signals[SIGNAL_COMMAND_LINE], 0, cmdline, exit_status);
1057 g_object_unref (cmdline);
1061 static gboolean
1062 g_application_real_local_command_line (GApplication *application,
1063 gchar ***arguments,
1064 int *exit_status)
1066 GError *error = NULL;
1067 GVariantDict *options;
1068 gint n_args;
1070 options = g_application_parse_command_line (application, arguments, &error);
1071 if (!options)
1073 g_printerr ("%s\n", error->message);
1074 *exit_status = 1;
1075 return TRUE;
1078 g_signal_emit (application, g_application_signals[SIGNAL_HANDLE_LOCAL_OPTIONS], 0, options, exit_status);
1080 if (*exit_status >= 0)
1082 g_variant_dict_unref (options);
1083 return TRUE;
1086 if (!g_application_register (application, NULL, &error))
1088 g_printerr ("Failed to register: %s\n", error->message);
1089 g_variant_dict_unref (options);
1090 g_error_free (error);
1091 *exit_status = 1;
1092 return TRUE;
1095 n_args = g_strv_length (*arguments);
1097 if (application->priv->flags & G_APPLICATION_IS_SERVICE)
1099 if ((*exit_status = n_args > 1))
1101 g_printerr ("GApplication service mode takes no arguments.\n");
1102 application->priv->flags &= ~G_APPLICATION_IS_SERVICE;
1103 *exit_status = 1;
1105 else
1106 *exit_status = 0;
1108 else if (application->priv->flags & G_APPLICATION_HANDLES_COMMAND_LINE)
1110 g_application_call_command_line (application,
1111 (const gchar **) *arguments,
1112 g_variant_dict_end (options),
1113 exit_status);
1115 else
1117 if (n_args <= 1)
1119 g_application_activate (application);
1120 *exit_status = 0;
1123 else
1125 if (~application->priv->flags & G_APPLICATION_HANDLES_OPEN)
1127 g_critical ("This application can not open files.");
1128 *exit_status = 1;
1130 else
1132 GFile **files;
1133 gint n_files;
1134 gint i;
1136 n_files = n_args - 1;
1137 files = g_new (GFile *, n_files);
1139 for (i = 0; i < n_files; i++)
1140 files[i] = g_file_new_for_commandline_arg ((*arguments)[i + 1]);
1142 g_application_open (application, files, n_files, "");
1144 for (i = 0; i < n_files; i++)
1145 g_object_unref (files[i]);
1146 g_free (files);
1148 *exit_status = 0;
1153 g_variant_dict_unref (options);
1155 return TRUE;
1158 static void
1159 g_application_real_add_platform_data (GApplication *application,
1160 GVariantBuilder *builder)
1164 static gboolean
1165 g_application_real_dbus_register (GApplication *application,
1166 GDBusConnection *connection,
1167 const gchar *object_path,
1168 GError **error)
1170 return TRUE;
1173 static void
1174 g_application_real_dbus_unregister (GApplication *application,
1175 GDBusConnection *connection,
1176 const gchar *object_path)
1180 /* GObject implementation stuff {{{1 */
1181 static void
1182 g_application_set_property (GObject *object,
1183 guint prop_id,
1184 const GValue *value,
1185 GParamSpec *pspec)
1187 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (object);
1189 switch (prop_id)
1191 case PROP_APPLICATION_ID:
1192 g_application_set_application_id (application,
1193 g_value_get_string (value));
1194 break;
1196 case PROP_FLAGS:
1197 g_application_set_flags (application, g_value_get_flags (value));
1198 break;
1200 case PROP_RESOURCE_BASE_PATH:
1201 g_application_set_resource_base_path (application, g_value_get_string (value));
1202 break;
1204 case PROP_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT:
1205 g_application_set_inactivity_timeout (application,
1206 g_value_get_uint (value));
1207 break;
1209 case PROP_ACTION_GROUP:
1210 g_clear_object (&application->priv->actions);
1211 application->priv->actions = g_value_dup_object (value);
1212 break;
1214 default:
1215 g_assert_not_reached ();
1220 * g_application_set_action_group:
1221 * @application: a #GApplication
1222 * @action_group: (nullable): a #GActionGroup, or %NULL
1224 * This used to be how actions were associated with a #GApplication.
1225 * Now there is #GActionMap for that.
1227 * Since: 2.28
1229 * Deprecated:2.32:Use the #GActionMap interface instead. Never ever
1230 * mix use of this API with use of #GActionMap on the same @application
1231 * or things will go very badly wrong. This function is known to
1232 * introduce buggy behaviour (ie: signals not emitted on changes to the
1233 * action group), so you should really use #GActionMap instead.
1235 void
1236 g_application_set_action_group (GApplication *application,
1237 GActionGroup *action_group)
1239 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application));
1240 g_return_if_fail (!application->priv->is_registered);
1242 if (application->priv->actions != NULL)
1243 g_object_unref (application->priv->actions);
1245 application->priv->actions = action_group;
1247 if (application->priv->actions != NULL)
1248 g_object_ref (application->priv->actions);
1251 static void
1252 g_application_get_property (GObject *object,
1253 guint prop_id,
1254 GValue *value,
1255 GParamSpec *pspec)
1257 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (object);
1259 switch (prop_id)
1261 case PROP_APPLICATION_ID:
1262 g_value_set_string (value,
1263 g_application_get_application_id (application));
1264 break;
1266 case PROP_FLAGS:
1267 g_value_set_flags (value,
1268 g_application_get_flags (application));
1269 break;
1271 case PROP_RESOURCE_BASE_PATH:
1272 g_value_set_string (value, g_application_get_resource_base_path (application));
1273 break;
1275 case PROP_IS_REGISTERED:
1276 g_value_set_boolean (value,
1277 g_application_get_is_registered (application));
1278 break;
1280 case PROP_IS_REMOTE:
1281 g_value_set_boolean (value,
1282 g_application_get_is_remote (application));
1283 break;
1285 case PROP_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT:
1286 g_value_set_uint (value,
1287 g_application_get_inactivity_timeout (application));
1288 break;
1290 case PROP_IS_BUSY:
1291 g_value_set_boolean (value, g_application_get_is_busy (application));
1292 break;
1294 default:
1295 g_assert_not_reached ();
1299 static void
1300 g_application_constructed (GObject *object)
1302 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (object);
1304 if (g_application_get_default () == NULL)
1305 g_application_set_default (application);
1307 /* People should not set properties from _init... */
1308 g_assert (application->priv->resource_path == NULL);
1310 if (application->priv->id != NULL)
1312 gint i;
1314 application->priv->resource_path = g_strconcat ("/", application->priv->id, NULL);
1316 for (i = 1; application->priv->resource_path[i]; i++)
1317 if (application->priv->resource_path[i] == '.')
1318 application->priv->resource_path[i] = '/';
1322 static void
1323 g_application_dispose (GObject *object)
1325 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (object);
1327 if (application->priv->impl != NULL &&
1328 G_APPLICATION_GET_CLASS (application)->dbus_unregister != g_application_real_dbus_unregister)
1330 static gboolean warned;
1332 if (!warned)
1334 g_warning ("Your application did not unregister from D-Bus before destruction. "
1335 "Consider using g_application_run().");
1338 warned = TRUE;
1341 G_OBJECT_CLASS (g_application_parent_class)->dispose (object);
1344 static void
1345 g_application_finalize (GObject *object)
1347 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (object);
1349 g_slist_free_full (application->priv->option_groups, (GDestroyNotify) g_option_group_unref);
1350 if (application->priv->main_options)
1351 g_option_group_unref (application->priv->main_options);
1352 if (application->priv->packed_options)
1353 g_hash_table_unref (application->priv->packed_options);
1355 g_free (application->priv->parameter_string);
1356 g_free (application->priv->summary);
1357 g_free (application->priv->description);
1359 g_slist_free_full (application->priv->option_strings, g_free);
1361 if (application->priv->impl)
1362 g_application_impl_destroy (application->priv->impl);
1363 g_free (application->priv->id);
1365 if (g_application_get_default () == application)
1366 g_application_set_default (NULL);
1368 if (application->priv->actions)
1369 g_object_unref (application->priv->actions);
1371 if (application->priv->notifications)
1372 g_object_unref (application->priv->notifications);
1374 g_free (application->priv->resource_path);
1376 G_OBJECT_CLASS (g_application_parent_class)
1377 ->finalize (object);
1380 static void
1381 g_application_init (GApplication *application)
1383 application->priv = g_application_get_instance_private (application);
1385 application->priv->actions = g_application_exported_actions_new (application);
1387 /* application->priv->actions is the one and only ref on the group, so when
1388 * we dispose, the action group will die, disconnecting all signals.
1390 g_signal_connect_swapped (application->priv->actions, "action-added",
1391 G_CALLBACK (g_action_group_action_added), application);
1392 g_signal_connect_swapped (application->priv->actions, "action-enabled-changed",
1393 G_CALLBACK (g_action_group_action_enabled_changed), application);
1394 g_signal_connect_swapped (application->priv->actions, "action-state-changed",
1395 G_CALLBACK (g_action_group_action_state_changed), application);
1396 g_signal_connect_swapped (application->priv->actions, "action-removed",
1397 G_CALLBACK (g_action_group_action_removed), application);
1400 static gboolean
1401 g_application_handle_local_options_accumulator (GSignalInvocationHint *ihint,
1402 GValue *return_accu,
1403 const GValue *handler_return,
1404 gpointer dummy)
1406 gint value;
1408 value = g_value_get_int (handler_return);
1409 g_value_set_int (return_accu, value);
1411 return value < 0;
1414 static void
1415 g_application_class_init (GApplicationClass *class)
1417 GObjectClass *object_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS (class);
1419 object_class->constructed = g_application_constructed;
1420 object_class->dispose = g_application_dispose;
1421 object_class->finalize = g_application_finalize;
1422 object_class->get_property = g_application_get_property;
1423 object_class->set_property = g_application_set_property;
1425 class->before_emit = g_application_real_before_emit;
1426 class->after_emit = g_application_real_after_emit;
1427 class->startup = g_application_real_startup;
1428 class->shutdown = g_application_real_shutdown;
1429 class->activate = g_application_real_activate;
1430 class->open = g_application_real_open;
1431 class->command_line = g_application_real_command_line;
1432 class->local_command_line = g_application_real_local_command_line;
1433 class->handle_local_options = g_application_real_handle_local_options;
1434 class->add_platform_data = g_application_real_add_platform_data;
1435 class->dbus_register = g_application_real_dbus_register;
1436 class->dbus_unregister = g_application_real_dbus_unregister;
1438 g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_APPLICATION_ID,
1439 g_param_spec_string ("application-id",
1440 P_("Application identifier"),
1441 P_("The unique identifier for the application"),
1442 NULL, G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT |
1443 G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
1445 g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_FLAGS,
1446 g_param_spec_flags ("flags",
1447 P_("Application flags"),
1448 P_("Flags specifying the behaviour of the application"),
1449 G_TYPE_APPLICATION_FLAGS, G_APPLICATION_FLAGS_NONE,
1450 G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
1452 g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_RESOURCE_BASE_PATH,
1453 g_param_spec_string ("resource-base-path",
1454 P_("Resource base path"),
1455 P_("The base resource path for the application"),
1456 NULL, G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
1458 g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_IS_REGISTERED,
1459 g_param_spec_boolean ("is-registered",
1460 P_("Is registered"),
1461 P_("If g_application_register() has been called"),
1462 FALSE, G_PARAM_READABLE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
1464 g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_IS_REMOTE,
1465 g_param_spec_boolean ("is-remote",
1466 P_("Is remote"),
1467 P_("If this application instance is remote"),
1468 FALSE, G_PARAM_READABLE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
1470 g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT,
1471 g_param_spec_uint ("inactivity-timeout",
1472 P_("Inactivity timeout"),
1473 P_("Time (ms) to stay alive after becoming idle"),
1474 0, G_MAXUINT, 0,
1475 G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
1477 g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_ACTION_GROUP,
1478 g_param_spec_object ("action-group",
1479 P_("Action group"),
1480 P_("The group of actions that the application exports"),
1481 G_TYPE_ACTION_GROUP,
1482 G_PARAM_DEPRECATED | G_PARAM_WRITABLE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
1485 * GApplication:is-busy:
1487 * Whether the application is currently marked as busy through
1488 * g_application_mark_busy() or g_application_bind_busy_property().
1490 * Since: 2.44
1492 g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_IS_BUSY,
1493 g_param_spec_boolean ("is-busy",
1494 P_("Is busy"),
1495 P_("If this application is currently marked busy"),
1496 FALSE, G_PARAM_READABLE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
1499 * GApplication::startup:
1500 * @application: the application
1502 * The ::startup signal is emitted on the primary instance immediately
1503 * after registration. See g_application_register().
1505 g_application_signals[SIGNAL_STARTUP] =
1506 g_signal_new (I_("startup"), G_TYPE_APPLICATION, G_SIGNAL_RUN_FIRST,
1507 G_STRUCT_OFFSET (GApplicationClass, startup),
1508 NULL, NULL, g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID, G_TYPE_NONE, 0);
1511 * GApplication::shutdown:
1512 * @application: the application
1514 * The ::shutdown signal is emitted only on the registered primary instance
1515 * immediately after the main loop terminates.
1517 g_application_signals[SIGNAL_SHUTDOWN] =
1518 g_signal_new (I_("shutdown"), G_TYPE_APPLICATION, G_SIGNAL_RUN_LAST,
1519 G_STRUCT_OFFSET (GApplicationClass, shutdown),
1520 NULL, NULL, g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID, G_TYPE_NONE, 0);
1523 * GApplication::activate:
1524 * @application: the application
1526 * The ::activate signal is emitted on the primary instance when an
1527 * activation occurs. See g_application_activate().
1529 g_application_signals[SIGNAL_ACTIVATE] =
1530 g_signal_new (I_("activate"), G_TYPE_APPLICATION, G_SIGNAL_RUN_LAST,
1531 G_STRUCT_OFFSET (GApplicationClass, activate),
1532 NULL, NULL, g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID, G_TYPE_NONE, 0);
1536 * GApplication::open:
1537 * @application: the application
1538 * @files: (array length=n_files) (element-type GFile): an array of #GFiles
1539 * @n_files: the length of @files
1540 * @hint: a hint provided by the calling instance
1542 * The ::open signal is emitted on the primary instance when there are
1543 * files to open. See g_application_open() for more information.
1545 g_application_signals[SIGNAL_OPEN] =
1546 g_signal_new (I_("open"), G_TYPE_APPLICATION, G_SIGNAL_RUN_LAST,
1547 G_STRUCT_OFFSET (GApplicationClass, open),
1548 NULL, NULL, NULL,
1549 G_TYPE_NONE, 3, G_TYPE_POINTER, G_TYPE_INT, G_TYPE_STRING);
1552 * GApplication::command-line:
1553 * @application: the application
1554 * @command_line: a #GApplicationCommandLine representing the
1555 * passed commandline
1557 * The ::command-line signal is emitted on the primary instance when
1558 * a commandline is not handled locally. See g_application_run() and
1559 * the #GApplicationCommandLine documentation for more information.
1561 * Returns: An integer that is set as the exit status for the calling
1562 * process. See g_application_command_line_set_exit_status().
1564 g_application_signals[SIGNAL_COMMAND_LINE] =
1565 g_signal_new (I_("command-line"), G_TYPE_APPLICATION, G_SIGNAL_RUN_LAST,
1566 G_STRUCT_OFFSET (GApplicationClass, command_line),
1567 g_signal_accumulator_first_wins, NULL,
1568 NULL,
1569 G_TYPE_INT, 1, G_TYPE_APPLICATION_COMMAND_LINE);
1572 * GApplication::handle-local-options:
1573 * @application: the application
1574 * @options: the options dictionary
1576 * The ::handle-local-options signal is emitted on the local instance
1577 * after the parsing of the commandline options has occurred.
1579 * You can add options to be recognised during commandline option
1580 * parsing using g_application_add_main_option_entries() and
1581 * g_application_add_option_group().
1583 * Signal handlers can inspect @options (along with values pointed to
1584 * from the @arg_data of an installed #GOptionEntrys) in order to
1585 * decide to perform certain actions, including direct local handling
1586 * (which may be useful for options like --version).
1588 * In the event that the application is marked
1589 * %G_APPLICATION_HANDLES_COMMAND_LINE the "normal processing" will
1590 * send the @options dictionary to the primary instance where it can be
1591 * read with g_application_command_line_get_options_dict(). The signal
1592 * handler can modify the dictionary before returning, and the
1593 * modified dictionary will be sent.
1595 * In the event that %G_APPLICATION_HANDLES_COMMAND_LINE is not set,
1596 * "normal processing" will treat the remaining uncollected command
1597 * line arguments as filenames or URIs. If there are no arguments,
1598 * the application is activated by g_application_activate(). One or
1599 * more arguments results in a call to g_application_open().
1601 * If you want to handle the local commandline arguments for yourself
1602 * by converting them to calls to g_application_open() or
1603 * g_action_group_activate_action() then you must be sure to register
1604 * the application first. You should probably not call
1605 * g_application_activate() for yourself, however: just return -1 and
1606 * allow the default handler to do it for you. This will ensure that
1607 * the `--gapplication-service` switch works properly (i.e. no activation
1608 * in that case).
1610 * Note that this signal is emitted from the default implementation of
1611 * local_command_line(). If you override that function and don't
1612 * chain up then this signal will never be emitted.
1614 * You can override local_command_line() if you need more powerful
1615 * capabilities than what is provided here, but this should not
1616 * normally be required.
1618 * Returns: an exit code. If you have handled your options and want
1619 * to exit the process, return a non-negative option, 0 for success,
1620 * and a positive value for failure. To continue, return -1 to let
1621 * the default option processing continue.
1623 * Since: 2.40
1625 g_application_signals[SIGNAL_HANDLE_LOCAL_OPTIONS] =
1626 g_signal_new (I_("handle-local-options"), G_TYPE_APPLICATION, G_SIGNAL_RUN_LAST,
1627 G_STRUCT_OFFSET (GApplicationClass, handle_local_options),
1628 g_application_handle_local_options_accumulator, NULL, NULL,
1629 G_TYPE_INT, 1, G_TYPE_VARIANT_DICT);
1633 /* Application ID validity {{{1 */
1636 * g_application_id_is_valid:
1637 * @application_id: a potential application identifier
1639 * Checks if @application_id is a valid application identifier.
1641 * A valid ID is required for calls to g_application_new() and
1642 * g_application_set_application_id().
1644 * Application identifiers follow the same format as
1645 * [D-Bus well-known bus names](https://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-specification.html#message-protocol-names-bus).
1646 * For convenience, the restrictions on application identifiers are
1647 * reproduced here:
1649 * - Application identifiers are composed of 1 or more elements separated by a
1650 * period (`.`) character. All elements must contain at least one character.
1652 * - Each element must only contain the ASCII characters `[A-Z][a-z][0-9]_-`,
1653 * with `-` discouraged in new application identifiers. Each element must not
1654 * begin with a digit.
1656 * - Application identifiers must contain at least one `.` (period) character
1657 * (and thus at least two elements).
1659 * - Application identifiers must not begin with a `.` (period) character.
1661 * - Application identifiers must not exceed 255 characters.
1663 * Note that the hyphen (`-`) character is allowed in application identifiers,
1664 * but is problematic or not allowed in various specifications and APIs that
1665 * refer to D-Bus, such as
1666 * [Flatpak application IDs](http://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/introduction.html#identifiers),
1667 * the
1668 * [`DBusActivatable` interface in the Desktop Entry Specification](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-latest.html#dbus),
1669 * and the convention that an application's "main" interface and object path
1670 * resemble its application identifier and bus name. To avoid situations that
1671 * require special-case handling, it is recommended that new application
1672 * identifiers consistently replace hyphens with underscores.
1674 * Like D-Bus interface names, application identifiers should start with the
1675 * reversed DNS domain name of the author of the interface (in lower-case), and
1676 * it is conventional for the rest of the application identifier to consist of
1677 * words run together, with initial capital letters.
1679 * As with D-Bus interface names, if the author's DNS domain name contains
1680 * hyphen/minus characters they should be replaced by underscores, and if it
1681 * contains leading digits they should be escaped by prepending an underscore.
1682 * For example, if the owner of 7-zip.org used an application identifier for an
1683 * archiving application, it might be named `org._7_zip.Archiver`.
1685 * Returns: %TRUE if @application_id is valid
1687 gboolean
1688 g_application_id_is_valid (const gchar *application_id)
1690 return g_dbus_is_name (application_id) &&
1691 !g_dbus_is_unique_name (application_id);
1694 /* Public Constructor {{{1 */
1696 * g_application_new:
1697 * @application_id: (nullable): the application id
1698 * @flags: the application flags
1700 * Creates a new #GApplication instance.
1702 * If non-%NULL, the application id must be valid. See
1703 * g_application_id_is_valid().
1705 * If no application ID is given then some features of #GApplication
1706 * (most notably application uniqueness) will be disabled.
1708 * Returns: a new #GApplication instance
1710 GApplication *
1711 g_application_new (const gchar *application_id,
1712 GApplicationFlags flags)
1714 g_return_val_if_fail (application_id == NULL || g_application_id_is_valid (application_id), NULL);
1716 return g_object_new (G_TYPE_APPLICATION,
1717 "application-id", application_id,
1718 "flags", flags,
1719 NULL);
1722 /* Simple get/set: application id, flags, inactivity timeout {{{1 */
1724 * g_application_get_application_id:
1725 * @application: a #GApplication
1727 * Gets the unique identifier for @application.
1729 * Returns: the identifier for @application, owned by @application
1731 * Since: 2.28
1733 const gchar *
1734 g_application_get_application_id (GApplication *application)
1736 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application), NULL);
1738 return application->priv->id;
1742 * g_application_set_application_id:
1743 * @application: a #GApplication
1744 * @application_id: (nullable): the identifier for @application
1746 * Sets the unique identifier for @application.
1748 * The application id can only be modified if @application has not yet
1749 * been registered.
1751 * If non-%NULL, the application id must be valid. See
1752 * g_application_id_is_valid().
1754 * Since: 2.28
1756 void
1757 g_application_set_application_id (GApplication *application,
1758 const gchar *application_id)
1760 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application));
1762 if (g_strcmp0 (application->priv->id, application_id) != 0)
1764 g_return_if_fail (application_id == NULL || g_application_id_is_valid (application_id));
1765 g_return_if_fail (!application->priv->is_registered);
1767 g_free (application->priv->id);
1768 application->priv->id = g_strdup (application_id);
1770 g_object_notify (G_OBJECT (application), "application-id");
1775 * g_application_get_flags:
1776 * @application: a #GApplication
1778 * Gets the flags for @application.
1780 * See #GApplicationFlags.
1782 * Returns: the flags for @application
1784 * Since: 2.28
1786 GApplicationFlags
1787 g_application_get_flags (GApplication *application)
1789 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application), 0);
1791 return application->priv->flags;
1795 * g_application_set_flags:
1796 * @application: a #GApplication
1797 * @flags: the flags for @application
1799 * Sets the flags for @application.
1801 * The flags can only be modified if @application has not yet been
1802 * registered.
1804 * See #GApplicationFlags.
1806 * Since: 2.28
1808 void
1809 g_application_set_flags (GApplication *application,
1810 GApplicationFlags flags)
1812 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application));
1814 if (application->priv->flags != flags)
1816 g_return_if_fail (!application->priv->is_registered);
1818 application->priv->flags = flags;
1820 g_object_notify (G_OBJECT (application), "flags");
1825 * g_application_get_resource_base_path:
1826 * @application: a #GApplication
1828 * Gets the resource base path of @application.
1830 * See g_application_set_resource_base_path() for more information.
1832 * Returns: (nullable): the base resource path, if one is set
1834 * Since: 2.42
1836 const gchar *
1837 g_application_get_resource_base_path (GApplication *application)
1839 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application), NULL);
1841 return application->priv->resource_path;
1845 * g_application_set_resource_base_path:
1846 * @application: a #GApplication
1847 * @resource_path: (nullable): the resource path to use
1849 * Sets (or unsets) the base resource path of @application.
1851 * The path is used to automatically load various [application
1852 * resources][gresource] such as menu layouts and action descriptions.
1853 * The various types of resources will be found at fixed names relative
1854 * to the given base path.
1856 * By default, the resource base path is determined from the application
1857 * ID by prefixing '/' and replacing each '.' with '/'. This is done at
1858 * the time that the #GApplication object is constructed. Changes to
1859 * the application ID after that point will not have an impact on the
1860 * resource base path.
1862 * As an example, if the application has an ID of "org.example.app" then
1863 * the default resource base path will be "/org/example/app". If this
1864 * is a #GtkApplication (and you have not manually changed the path)
1865 * then Gtk will then search for the menus of the application at
1866 * "/org/example/app/gtk/menus.ui".
1868 * See #GResource for more information about adding resources to your
1869 * application.
1871 * You can disable automatic resource loading functionality by setting
1872 * the path to %NULL.
1874 * Changing the resource base path once the application is running is
1875 * not recommended. The point at which the resource path is consulted
1876 * for forming paths for various purposes is unspecified. When writing
1877 * a sub-class of #GApplication you should either set the
1878 * #GApplication:resource-base-path property at construction time, or call
1879 * this function during the instance initialization. Alternatively, you
1880 * can call this function in the #GApplicationClass.startup virtual function,
1881 * before chaining up to the parent implementation.
1883 * Since: 2.42
1885 void
1886 g_application_set_resource_base_path (GApplication *application,
1887 const gchar *resource_path)
1889 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application));
1890 g_return_if_fail (resource_path == NULL || g_str_has_prefix (resource_path, "/"));
1892 if (g_strcmp0 (application->priv->resource_path, resource_path) != 0)
1894 g_free (application->priv->resource_path);
1896 application->priv->resource_path = g_strdup (resource_path);
1898 g_object_notify (G_OBJECT (application), "resource-base-path");
1903 * g_application_get_inactivity_timeout:
1904 * @application: a #GApplication
1906 * Gets the current inactivity timeout for the application.
1908 * This is the amount of time (in milliseconds) after the last call to
1909 * g_application_release() before the application stops running.
1911 * Returns: the timeout, in milliseconds
1913 * Since: 2.28
1915 guint
1916 g_application_get_inactivity_timeout (GApplication *application)
1918 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application), 0);
1920 return application->priv->inactivity_timeout;
1924 * g_application_set_inactivity_timeout:
1925 * @application: a #GApplication
1926 * @inactivity_timeout: the timeout, in milliseconds
1928 * Sets the current inactivity timeout for the application.
1930 * This is the amount of time (in milliseconds) after the last call to
1931 * g_application_release() before the application stops running.
1933 * This call has no side effects of its own. The value set here is only
1934 * used for next time g_application_release() drops the use count to
1935 * zero. Any timeouts currently in progress are not impacted.
1937 * Since: 2.28
1939 void
1940 g_application_set_inactivity_timeout (GApplication *application,
1941 guint inactivity_timeout)
1943 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application));
1945 if (application->priv->inactivity_timeout != inactivity_timeout)
1947 application->priv->inactivity_timeout = inactivity_timeout;
1949 g_object_notify (G_OBJECT (application), "inactivity-timeout");
1952 /* Read-only property getters (is registered, is remote, dbus stuff) {{{1 */
1954 * g_application_get_is_registered:
1955 * @application: a #GApplication
1957 * Checks if @application is registered.
1959 * An application is registered if g_application_register() has been
1960 * successfully called.
1962 * Returns: %TRUE if @application is registered
1964 * Since: 2.28
1966 gboolean
1967 g_application_get_is_registered (GApplication *application)
1969 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application), FALSE);
1971 return application->priv->is_registered;
1975 * g_application_get_is_remote:
1976 * @application: a #GApplication
1978 * Checks if @application is remote.
1980 * If @application is remote then it means that another instance of
1981 * application already exists (the 'primary' instance). Calls to
1982 * perform actions on @application will result in the actions being
1983 * performed by the primary instance.
1985 * The value of this property cannot be accessed before
1986 * g_application_register() has been called. See
1987 * g_application_get_is_registered().
1989 * Returns: %TRUE if @application is remote
1991 * Since: 2.28
1993 gboolean
1994 g_application_get_is_remote (GApplication *application)
1996 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application), FALSE);
1997 g_return_val_if_fail (application->priv->is_registered, FALSE);
1999 return application->priv->is_remote;
2003 * g_application_get_dbus_connection:
2004 * @application: a #GApplication
2006 * Gets the #GDBusConnection being used by the application, or %NULL.
2008 * If #GApplication is using its D-Bus backend then this function will
2009 * return the #GDBusConnection being used for uniqueness and
2010 * communication with the desktop environment and other instances of the
2011 * application.
2013 * If #GApplication is not using D-Bus then this function will return
2014 * %NULL. This includes the situation where the D-Bus backend would
2015 * normally be in use but we were unable to connect to the bus.
2017 * This function must not be called before the application has been
2018 * registered. See g_application_get_is_registered().
2020 * Returns: (transfer none): a #GDBusConnection, or %NULL
2022 * Since: 2.34
2024 GDBusConnection *
2025 g_application_get_dbus_connection (GApplication *application)
2027 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application), FALSE);
2028 g_return_val_if_fail (application->priv->is_registered, FALSE);
2030 return g_application_impl_get_dbus_connection (application->priv->impl);
2034 * g_application_get_dbus_object_path:
2035 * @application: a #GApplication
2037 * Gets the D-Bus object path being used by the application, or %NULL.
2039 * If #GApplication is using its D-Bus backend then this function will
2040 * return the D-Bus object path that #GApplication is using. If the
2041 * application is the primary instance then there is an object published
2042 * at this path. If the application is not the primary instance then
2043 * the result of this function is undefined.
2045 * If #GApplication is not using D-Bus then this function will return
2046 * %NULL. This includes the situation where the D-Bus backend would
2047 * normally be in use but we were unable to connect to the bus.
2049 * This function must not be called before the application has been
2050 * registered. See g_application_get_is_registered().
2052 * Returns: the object path, or %NULL
2054 * Since: 2.34
2056 const gchar *
2057 g_application_get_dbus_object_path (GApplication *application)
2059 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application), FALSE);
2060 g_return_val_if_fail (application->priv->is_registered, FALSE);
2062 return g_application_impl_get_dbus_object_path (application->priv->impl);
2066 /* Register {{{1 */
2068 * g_application_register:
2069 * @application: a #GApplication
2070 * @cancellable: (nullable): a #GCancellable, or %NULL
2071 * @error: a pointer to a NULL #GError, or %NULL
2073 * Attempts registration of the application.
2075 * This is the point at which the application discovers if it is the
2076 * primary instance or merely acting as a remote for an already-existing
2077 * primary instance. This is implemented by attempting to acquire the
2078 * application identifier as a unique bus name on the session bus using
2079 * GDBus.
2081 * If there is no application ID or if %G_APPLICATION_NON_UNIQUE was
2082 * given, then this process will always become the primary instance.
2084 * Due to the internal architecture of GDBus, method calls can be
2085 * dispatched at any time (even if a main loop is not running). For
2086 * this reason, you must ensure that any object paths that you wish to
2087 * register are registered before calling this function.
2089 * If the application has already been registered then %TRUE is
2090 * returned with no work performed.
2092 * The #GApplication::startup signal is emitted if registration succeeds
2093 * and @application is the primary instance (including the non-unique
2094 * case).
2096 * In the event of an error (such as @cancellable being cancelled, or a
2097 * failure to connect to the session bus), %FALSE is returned and @error
2098 * is set appropriately.
2100 * Note: the return value of this function is not an indicator that this
2101 * instance is or is not the primary instance of the application. See
2102 * g_application_get_is_remote() for that.
2104 * Returns: %TRUE if registration succeeded
2106 * Since: 2.28
2108 gboolean
2109 g_application_register (GApplication *application,
2110 GCancellable *cancellable,
2111 GError **error)
2113 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application), FALSE);
2115 if (!application->priv->is_registered)
2117 if (application->priv->id == NULL)
2118 application->priv->flags |= G_APPLICATION_NON_UNIQUE;
2120 application->priv->impl =
2121 g_application_impl_register (application, application->priv->id,
2122 application->priv->flags,
2123 application->priv->actions,
2124 &application->priv->remote_actions,
2125 cancellable, error);
2127 if (application->priv->impl == NULL)
2128 return FALSE;
2130 application->priv->is_remote = application->priv->remote_actions != NULL;
2131 application->priv->is_registered = TRUE;
2133 g_object_notify (G_OBJECT (application), "is-registered");
2135 if (!application->priv->is_remote)
2137 g_signal_emit (application, g_application_signals[SIGNAL_STARTUP], 0);
2139 if (!application->priv->did_startup)
2140 g_critical ("GApplication subclass '%s' failed to chain up on"
2141 " ::startup (from start of override function)",
2142 G_OBJECT_TYPE_NAME (application));
2146 return TRUE;
2149 /* Hold/release {{{1 */
2151 * g_application_hold:
2152 * @application: a #GApplication
2154 * Increases the use count of @application.
2156 * Use this function to indicate that the application has a reason to
2157 * continue to run. For example, g_application_hold() is called by GTK+
2158 * when a toplevel window is on the screen.
2160 * To cancel the hold, call g_application_release().
2162 void
2163 g_application_hold (GApplication *application)
2165 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application));
2167 if (application->priv->inactivity_timeout_id)
2169 g_source_remove (application->priv->inactivity_timeout_id);
2170 application->priv->inactivity_timeout_id = 0;
2173 application->priv->use_count++;
2176 static gboolean
2177 inactivity_timeout_expired (gpointer data)
2179 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (data);
2181 application->priv->inactivity_timeout_id = 0;
2183 return G_SOURCE_REMOVE;
2188 * g_application_release:
2189 * @application: a #GApplication
2191 * Decrease the use count of @application.
2193 * When the use count reaches zero, the application will stop running.
2195 * Never call this function except to cancel the effect of a previous
2196 * call to g_application_hold().
2198 void
2199 g_application_release (GApplication *application)
2201 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application));
2202 g_return_if_fail (application->priv->use_count > 0);
2204 application->priv->use_count--;
2206 if (application->priv->use_count == 0 && application->priv->inactivity_timeout)
2207 application->priv->inactivity_timeout_id = g_timeout_add (application->priv->inactivity_timeout,
2208 inactivity_timeout_expired, application);
2211 /* Activate, Open {{{1 */
2213 * g_application_activate:
2214 * @application: a #GApplication
2216 * Activates the application.
2218 * In essence, this results in the #GApplication::activate signal being
2219 * emitted in the primary instance.
2221 * The application must be registered before calling this function.
2223 * Since: 2.28
2225 void
2226 g_application_activate (GApplication *application)
2228 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application));
2229 g_return_if_fail (application->priv->is_registered);
2231 if (application->priv->is_remote)
2232 g_application_impl_activate (application->priv->impl,
2233 get_platform_data (application, NULL));
2235 else
2236 g_signal_emit (application, g_application_signals[SIGNAL_ACTIVATE], 0);
2240 * g_application_open:
2241 * @application: a #GApplication
2242 * @files: (array length=n_files): an array of #GFiles to open
2243 * @n_files: the length of the @files array
2244 * @hint: a hint (or ""), but never %NULL
2246 * Opens the given files.
2248 * In essence, this results in the #GApplication::open signal being emitted
2249 * in the primary instance.
2251 * @n_files must be greater than zero.
2253 * @hint is simply passed through to the ::open signal. It is
2254 * intended to be used by applications that have multiple modes for
2255 * opening files (eg: "view" vs "edit", etc). Unless you have a need
2256 * for this functionality, you should use "".
2258 * The application must be registered before calling this function
2259 * and it must have the %G_APPLICATION_HANDLES_OPEN flag set.
2261 * Since: 2.28
2263 void
2264 g_application_open (GApplication *application,
2265 GFile **files,
2266 gint n_files,
2267 const gchar *hint)
2269 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application));
2270 g_return_if_fail (application->priv->flags &
2271 G_APPLICATION_HANDLES_OPEN);
2272 g_return_if_fail (application->priv->is_registered);
2274 if (application->priv->is_remote)
2275 g_application_impl_open (application->priv->impl,
2276 files, n_files, hint,
2277 get_platform_data (application, NULL));
2279 else
2280 g_signal_emit (application, g_application_signals[SIGNAL_OPEN],
2281 0, files, n_files, hint);
2284 /* Run {{{1 */
2286 * g_application_run:
2287 * @application: a #GApplication
2288 * @argc: the argc from main() (or 0 if @argv is %NULL)
2289 * @argv: (array length=argc) (element-type filename) (nullable):
2290 * the argv from main(), or %NULL
2292 * Runs the application.
2294 * This function is intended to be run from main() and its return value
2295 * is intended to be returned by main(). Although you are expected to pass
2296 * the @argc, @argv parameters from main() to this function, it is possible
2297 * to pass %NULL if @argv is not available or commandline handling is not
2298 * required. Note that on Windows, @argc and @argv are ignored, and
2299 * g_win32_get_command_line() is called internally (for proper support
2300 * of Unicode commandline arguments).
2302 * #GApplication will attempt to parse the commandline arguments. You
2303 * can add commandline flags to the list of recognised options by way of
2304 * g_application_add_main_option_entries(). After this, the
2305 * #GApplication::handle-local-options signal is emitted, from which the
2306 * application can inspect the values of its #GOptionEntrys.
2308 * #GApplication::handle-local-options is a good place to handle options
2309 * such as `--version`, where an immediate reply from the local process is
2310 * desired (instead of communicating with an already-running instance).
2311 * A #GApplication::handle-local-options handler can stop further processing
2312 * by returning a non-negative value, which then becomes the exit status of
2313 * the process.
2315 * What happens next depends on the flags: if
2316 * %G_APPLICATION_HANDLES_COMMAND_LINE was specified then the remaining
2317 * commandline arguments are sent to the primary instance, where a
2318 * #GApplication::command-line signal is emitted. Otherwise, the
2319 * remaining commandline arguments are assumed to be a list of files.
2320 * If there are no files listed, the application is activated via the
2321 * #GApplication::activate signal. If there are one or more files, and
2322 * %G_APPLICATION_HANDLES_OPEN was specified then the files are opened
2323 * via the #GApplication::open signal.
2325 * If you are interested in doing more complicated local handling of the
2326 * commandline then you should implement your own #GApplication subclass
2327 * and override local_command_line(). In this case, you most likely want
2328 * to return %TRUE from your local_command_line() implementation to
2329 * suppress the default handling. See
2330 * [gapplication-example-cmdline2.c][gapplication-example-cmdline2]
2331 * for an example.
2333 * If, after the above is done, the use count of the application is zero
2334 * then the exit status is returned immediately. If the use count is
2335 * non-zero then the default main context is iterated until the use count
2336 * falls to zero, at which point 0 is returned.
2338 * If the %G_APPLICATION_IS_SERVICE flag is set, then the service will
2339 * run for as much as 10 seconds with a use count of zero while waiting
2340 * for the message that caused the activation to arrive. After that,
2341 * if the use count falls to zero the application will exit immediately,
2342 * except in the case that g_application_set_inactivity_timeout() is in
2343 * use.
2345 * This function sets the prgname (g_set_prgname()), if not already set,
2346 * to the basename of argv[0].
2348 * Much like g_main_loop_run(), this function will acquire the main context
2349 * for the duration that the application is running.
2351 * Since 2.40, applications that are not explicitly flagged as services
2352 * or launchers (ie: neither %G_APPLICATION_IS_SERVICE or
2353 * %G_APPLICATION_IS_LAUNCHER are given as flags) will check (from the
2354 * default handler for local_command_line) if "--gapplication-service"
2355 * was given in the command line. If this flag is present then normal
2356 * commandline processing is interrupted and the
2357 * %G_APPLICATION_IS_SERVICE flag is set. This provides a "compromise"
2358 * solution whereby running an application directly from the commandline
2359 * will invoke it in the normal way (which can be useful for debugging)
2360 * while still allowing applications to be D-Bus activated in service
2361 * mode. The D-Bus service file should invoke the executable with
2362 * "--gapplication-service" as the sole commandline argument. This
2363 * approach is suitable for use by most graphical applications but
2364 * should not be used from applications like editors that need precise
2365 * control over when processes invoked via the commandline will exit and
2366 * what their exit status will be.
2368 * Returns: the exit status
2370 * Since: 2.28
2373 g_application_run (GApplication *application,
2374 int argc,
2375 char **argv)
2377 gchar **arguments;
2378 int status;
2379 GMainContext *context;
2380 gboolean acquired_context;
2382 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application), 1);
2383 g_return_val_if_fail (argc == 0 || argv != NULL, 1);
2384 g_return_val_if_fail (!application->priv->must_quit_now, 1);
2386 #ifdef G_OS_WIN32
2388 gint new_argc = 0;
2390 arguments = g_win32_get_command_line ();
2393 * CommandLineToArgvW(), which is called by g_win32_get_command_line(),
2394 * pulls in the whole command line that is used to call the program. This is
2395 * fine in cases where the program is a .exe program, but in the cases where the
2396 * program is a called via a script, such as PyGObject's gtk-demo.py, which is normally
2397 * called using 'python gtk-demo.py' on Windows, the program name (argv[0])
2398 * returned by g_win32_get_command_line() will not be the argv[0] that ->local_command_line()
2399 * would expect, causing the program to fail with "This application can not open files."
2401 new_argc = g_strv_length (arguments);
2403 if (new_argc > argc)
2405 gint i;
2407 for (i = 0; i < new_argc - argc; i++)
2408 g_free (arguments[i]);
2410 memmove (&arguments[0],
2411 &arguments[new_argc - argc],
2412 sizeof (arguments[0]) * (argc + 1));
2415 #else
2417 gint i;
2419 arguments = g_new (gchar *, argc + 1);
2420 for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
2421 arguments[i] = g_strdup (argv[i]);
2422 arguments[i] = NULL;
2424 #endif
2426 if (g_get_prgname () == NULL && argc > 0)
2428 gchar *prgname;
2430 prgname = g_path_get_basename (argv[0]);
2431 g_set_prgname (prgname);
2432 g_free (prgname);
2435 context = g_main_context_default ();
2436 acquired_context = g_main_context_acquire (context);
2437 g_return_val_if_fail (acquired_context, 0);
2439 if (!G_APPLICATION_GET_CLASS (application)
2440 ->local_command_line (application, &arguments, &status))
2442 GError *error = NULL;
2444 if (!g_application_register (application, NULL, &error))
2446 g_printerr ("Failed to register: %s\n", error->message);
2447 g_error_free (error);
2448 return 1;
2451 g_application_call_command_line (application, (const gchar **) arguments, NULL, &status);
2454 g_strfreev (arguments);
2456 if (application->priv->flags & G_APPLICATION_IS_SERVICE &&
2457 application->priv->is_registered &&
2458 !application->priv->use_count &&
2459 !application->priv->inactivity_timeout_id)
2461 application->priv->inactivity_timeout_id =
2462 g_timeout_add (10000, inactivity_timeout_expired, application);
2465 while (application->priv->use_count || application->priv->inactivity_timeout_id)
2467 if (application->priv->must_quit_now)
2468 break;
2470 g_main_context_iteration (context, TRUE);
2471 status = 0;
2474 if (application->priv->is_registered && !application->priv->is_remote)
2476 g_signal_emit (application, g_application_signals[SIGNAL_SHUTDOWN], 0);
2478 if (!application->priv->did_shutdown)
2479 g_critical ("GApplication subclass '%s' failed to chain up on"
2480 " ::shutdown (from end of override function)",
2481 G_OBJECT_TYPE_NAME (application));
2484 if (application->priv->impl)
2486 g_application_impl_flush (application->priv->impl);
2487 g_application_impl_destroy (application->priv->impl);
2488 application->priv->impl = NULL;
2491 g_settings_sync ();
2493 if (!application->priv->must_quit_now)
2494 while (g_main_context_iteration (context, FALSE))
2497 g_main_context_release (context);
2499 return status;
2502 static gchar **
2503 g_application_list_actions (GActionGroup *action_group)
2505 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (action_group);
2507 g_return_val_if_fail (application->priv->is_registered, NULL);
2509 if (application->priv->remote_actions != NULL)
2510 return g_action_group_list_actions (G_ACTION_GROUP (application->priv->remote_actions));
2512 else if (application->priv->actions != NULL)
2513 return g_action_group_list_actions (application->priv->actions);
2515 else
2516 /* empty string array */
2517 return g_new0 (gchar *, 1);
2520 static gboolean
2521 g_application_query_action (GActionGroup *group,
2522 const gchar *action_name,
2523 gboolean *enabled,
2524 const GVariantType **parameter_type,
2525 const GVariantType **state_type,
2526 GVariant **state_hint,
2527 GVariant **state)
2529 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (group);
2531 g_return_val_if_fail (application->priv->is_registered, FALSE);
2533 if (application->priv->remote_actions != NULL)
2534 return g_action_group_query_action (G_ACTION_GROUP (application->priv->remote_actions),
2535 action_name,
2536 enabled,
2537 parameter_type,
2538 state_type,
2539 state_hint,
2540 state);
2542 if (application->priv->actions != NULL)
2543 return g_action_group_query_action (application->priv->actions,
2544 action_name,
2545 enabled,
2546 parameter_type,
2547 state_type,
2548 state_hint,
2549 state);
2551 return FALSE;
2554 static void
2555 g_application_change_action_state (GActionGroup *action_group,
2556 const gchar *action_name,
2557 GVariant *value)
2559 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (action_group);
2561 g_return_if_fail (application->priv->is_remote ||
2562 application->priv->actions != NULL);
2563 g_return_if_fail (application->priv->is_registered);
2565 if (application->priv->remote_actions)
2566 g_remote_action_group_change_action_state_full (application->priv->remote_actions,
2567 action_name, value, get_platform_data (application, NULL));
2569 else
2570 g_action_group_change_action_state (application->priv->actions, action_name, value);
2573 static void
2574 g_application_activate_action (GActionGroup *action_group,
2575 const gchar *action_name,
2576 GVariant *parameter)
2578 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (action_group);
2580 g_return_if_fail (application->priv->is_remote ||
2581 application->priv->actions != NULL);
2582 g_return_if_fail (application->priv->is_registered);
2584 if (application->priv->remote_actions)
2585 g_remote_action_group_activate_action_full (application->priv->remote_actions,
2586 action_name, parameter, get_platform_data (application, NULL));
2588 else
2589 g_action_group_activate_action (application->priv->actions, action_name, parameter);
2592 static GAction *
2593 g_application_lookup_action (GActionMap *action_map,
2594 const gchar *action_name)
2596 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (action_map);
2598 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_ACTION_MAP (application->priv->actions), NULL);
2600 return g_action_map_lookup_action (G_ACTION_MAP (application->priv->actions), action_name);
2603 static void
2604 g_application_add_action (GActionMap *action_map,
2605 GAction *action)
2607 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (action_map);
2609 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_ACTION_MAP (application->priv->actions));
2611 g_action_map_add_action (G_ACTION_MAP (application->priv->actions), action);
2614 static void
2615 g_application_remove_action (GActionMap *action_map,
2616 const gchar *action_name)
2618 GApplication *application = G_APPLICATION (action_map);
2620 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_ACTION_MAP (application->priv->actions));
2622 g_action_map_remove_action (G_ACTION_MAP (application->priv->actions), action_name);
2625 static void
2626 g_application_action_group_iface_init (GActionGroupInterface *iface)
2628 iface->list_actions = g_application_list_actions;
2629 iface->query_action = g_application_query_action;
2630 iface->change_action_state = g_application_change_action_state;
2631 iface->activate_action = g_application_activate_action;
2634 static void
2635 g_application_action_map_iface_init (GActionMapInterface *iface)
2637 iface->lookup_action = g_application_lookup_action;
2638 iface->add_action = g_application_add_action;
2639 iface->remove_action = g_application_remove_action;
2642 /* Default Application {{{1 */
2644 static GApplication *default_app;
2647 * g_application_get_default:
2649 * Returns the default #GApplication instance for this process.
2651 * Normally there is only one #GApplication per process and it becomes
2652 * the default when it is created. You can exercise more control over
2653 * this by using g_application_set_default().
2655 * If there is no default application then %NULL is returned.
2657 * Returns: (transfer none): the default application for this process, or %NULL
2659 * Since: 2.32
2661 GApplication *
2662 g_application_get_default (void)
2664 return default_app;
2668 * g_application_set_default:
2669 * @application: (nullable): the application to set as default, or %NULL
2671 * Sets or unsets the default application for the process, as returned
2672 * by g_application_get_default().
2674 * This function does not take its own reference on @application. If
2675 * @application is destroyed then the default application will revert
2676 * back to %NULL.
2678 * Since: 2.32
2680 void
2681 g_application_set_default (GApplication *application)
2683 default_app = application;
2687 * g_application_quit:
2688 * @application: a #GApplication
2690 * Immediately quits the application.
2692 * Upon return to the mainloop, g_application_run() will return,
2693 * calling only the 'shutdown' function before doing so.
2695 * The hold count is ignored.
2696 * Take care if your code has called g_application_hold() on the application and
2697 * is therefore still expecting it to exist.
2698 * (Note that you may have called g_application_hold() indirectly, for example
2699 * through gtk_application_add_window().)
2701 * The result of calling g_application_run() again after it returns is
2702 * unspecified.
2704 * Since: 2.32
2706 void
2707 g_application_quit (GApplication *application)
2709 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application));
2711 application->priv->must_quit_now = TRUE;
2715 * g_application_mark_busy:
2716 * @application: a #GApplication
2718 * Increases the busy count of @application.
2720 * Use this function to indicate that the application is busy, for instance
2721 * while a long running operation is pending.
2723 * The busy state will be exposed to other processes, so a session shell will
2724 * use that information to indicate the state to the user (e.g. with a
2725 * spinner).
2727 * To cancel the busy indication, use g_application_unmark_busy().
2729 * Since: 2.38
2731 void
2732 g_application_mark_busy (GApplication *application)
2734 gboolean was_busy;
2736 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application));
2738 was_busy = (application->priv->busy_count > 0);
2739 application->priv->busy_count++;
2741 if (!was_busy)
2743 g_application_impl_set_busy_state (application->priv->impl, TRUE);
2744 g_object_notify (G_OBJECT (application), "is-busy");
2749 * g_application_unmark_busy:
2750 * @application: a #GApplication
2752 * Decreases the busy count of @application.
2754 * When the busy count reaches zero, the new state will be propagated
2755 * to other processes.
2757 * This function must only be called to cancel the effect of a previous
2758 * call to g_application_mark_busy().
2760 * Since: 2.38
2762 void
2763 g_application_unmark_busy (GApplication *application)
2765 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application));
2766 g_return_if_fail (application->priv->busy_count > 0);
2768 application->priv->busy_count--;
2770 if (application->priv->busy_count == 0)
2772 g_application_impl_set_busy_state (application->priv->impl, FALSE);
2773 g_object_notify (G_OBJECT (application), "is-busy");
2778 * g_application_get_is_busy:
2779 * @application: a #GApplication
2781 * Gets the application's current busy state, as set through
2782 * g_application_mark_busy() or g_application_bind_busy_property().
2784 * Returns: %TRUE if @application is currenty marked as busy
2786 * Since: 2.44
2788 gboolean
2789 g_application_get_is_busy (GApplication *application)
2791 g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application), FALSE);
2793 return application->priv->busy_count > 0;
2796 /* Notifications {{{1 */
2799 * g_application_send_notification:
2800 * @application: a #GApplication
2801 * @id: (nullable): id of the notification, or %NULL
2802 * @notification: the #GNotification to send
2804 * Sends a notification on behalf of @application to the desktop shell.
2805 * There is no guarantee that the notification is displayed immediately,
2806 * or even at all.
2808 * Notifications may persist after the application exits. It will be
2809 * D-Bus-activated when the notification or one of its actions is
2810 * activated.
2812 * Modifying @notification after this call has no effect. However, the
2813 * object can be reused for a later call to this function.
2815 * @id may be any string that uniquely identifies the event for the
2816 * application. It does not need to be in any special format. For
2817 * example, "new-message" might be appropriate for a notification about
2818 * new messages.
2820 * If a previous notification was sent with the same @id, it will be
2821 * replaced with @notification and shown again as if it was a new
2822 * notification. This works even for notifications sent from a previous
2823 * execution of the application, as long as @id is the same string.
2825 * @id may be %NULL, but it is impossible to replace or withdraw
2826 * notifications without an id.
2828 * If @notification is no longer relevant, it can be withdrawn with
2829 * g_application_withdraw_notification().
2831 * Since: 2.40
2833 void
2834 g_application_send_notification (GApplication *application,
2835 const gchar *id,
2836 GNotification *notification)
2838 gchar *generated_id = NULL;
2840 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application));
2841 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_NOTIFICATION (notification));
2842 g_return_if_fail (g_application_get_is_registered (application));
2843 g_return_if_fail (!g_application_get_is_remote (application));
2845 if (application->priv->notifications == NULL)
2846 application->priv->notifications = g_notification_backend_new_default (application);
2848 if (id == NULL)
2850 generated_id = g_dbus_generate_guid ();
2851 id = generated_id;
2854 g_notification_backend_send_notification (application->priv->notifications, id, notification);
2856 g_free (generated_id);
2860 * g_application_withdraw_notification:
2861 * @application: a #GApplication
2862 * @id: id of a previously sent notification
2864 * Withdraws a notification that was sent with
2865 * g_application_send_notification().
2867 * This call does nothing if a notification with @id doesn't exist or
2868 * the notification was never sent.
2870 * This function works even for notifications sent in previous
2871 * executions of this application, as long @id is the same as it was for
2872 * the sent notification.
2874 * Note that notifications are dismissed when the user clicks on one
2875 * of the buttons in a notification or triggers its default action, so
2876 * there is no need to explicitly withdraw the notification in that case.
2878 * Since: 2.40
2880 void
2881 g_application_withdraw_notification (GApplication *application,
2882 const gchar *id)
2884 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application));
2885 g_return_if_fail (id != NULL);
2887 if (application->priv->notifications == NULL)
2888 application->priv->notifications = g_notification_backend_new_default (application);
2890 g_notification_backend_withdraw_notification (application->priv->notifications, id);
2893 /* Busy binding {{{1 */
2895 typedef struct
2897 GApplication *app;
2898 gboolean is_busy;
2899 } GApplicationBusyBinding;
2901 static void
2902 g_application_busy_binding_destroy (gpointer data,
2903 GClosure *closure)
2905 GApplicationBusyBinding *binding = data;
2907 if (binding->is_busy)
2908 g_application_unmark_busy (binding->app);
2910 g_object_unref (binding->app);
2911 g_slice_free (GApplicationBusyBinding, binding);
2914 static void
2915 g_application_notify_busy_binding (GObject *object,
2916 GParamSpec *pspec,
2917 gpointer user_data)
2919 GApplicationBusyBinding *binding = user_data;
2920 gboolean is_busy;
2922 g_object_get (object, pspec->name, &is_busy, NULL);
2924 if (is_busy && !binding->is_busy)
2925 g_application_mark_busy (binding->app);
2926 else if (!is_busy && binding->is_busy)
2927 g_application_unmark_busy (binding->app);
2929 binding->is_busy = is_busy;
2933 * g_application_bind_busy_property:
2934 * @application: a #GApplication
2935 * @object: (type GObject.Object): a #GObject
2936 * @property: the name of a boolean property of @object
2938 * Marks @application as busy (see g_application_mark_busy()) while
2939 * @property on @object is %TRUE.
2941 * The binding holds a reference to @application while it is active, but
2942 * not to @object. Instead, the binding is destroyed when @object is
2943 * finalized.
2945 * Since: 2.44
2947 void
2948 g_application_bind_busy_property (GApplication *application,
2949 gpointer object,
2950 const gchar *property)
2952 guint notify_id;
2953 GQuark property_quark;
2954 GParamSpec *pspec;
2955 GApplicationBusyBinding *binding;
2956 GClosure *closure;
2958 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application));
2959 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_OBJECT (object));
2960 g_return_if_fail (property != NULL);
2962 notify_id = g_signal_lookup ("notify", G_TYPE_OBJECT);
2963 property_quark = g_quark_from_string (property);
2964 pspec = g_object_class_find_property (G_OBJECT_GET_CLASS (object), property);
2966 g_return_if_fail (pspec != NULL && pspec->value_type == G_TYPE_BOOLEAN);
2968 if (g_signal_handler_find (object, G_SIGNAL_MATCH_ID | G_SIGNAL_MATCH_DETAIL | G_SIGNAL_MATCH_FUNC,
2969 notify_id, property_quark, NULL, g_application_notify_busy_binding, NULL) > 0)
2971 g_critical ("%s: '%s' is already bound to the busy state of the application", G_STRFUNC, property);
2972 return;
2975 binding = g_slice_new (GApplicationBusyBinding);
2976 binding->app = g_object_ref (application);
2977 binding->is_busy = FALSE;
2979 closure = g_cclosure_new (G_CALLBACK (g_application_notify_busy_binding), binding,
2980 g_application_busy_binding_destroy);
2981 g_signal_connect_closure_by_id (object, notify_id, property_quark, closure, FALSE);
2983 /* fetch the initial value */
2984 g_application_notify_busy_binding (object, pspec, binding);
2988 * g_application_unbind_busy_property:
2989 * @application: a #GApplication
2990 * @object: (type GObject.Object): a #GObject
2991 * @property: the name of a boolean property of @object
2993 * Destroys a binding between @property and the busy state of
2994 * @application that was previously created with
2995 * g_application_bind_busy_property().
2997 * Since: 2.44
2999 void
3000 g_application_unbind_busy_property (GApplication *application,
3001 gpointer object,
3002 const gchar *property)
3004 guint notify_id;
3005 GQuark property_quark;
3006 gulong handler_id;
3008 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_APPLICATION (application));
3009 g_return_if_fail (G_IS_OBJECT (object));
3010 g_return_if_fail (property != NULL);
3012 notify_id = g_signal_lookup ("notify", G_TYPE_OBJECT);
3013 property_quark = g_quark_from_string (property);
3015 handler_id = g_signal_handler_find (object, G_SIGNAL_MATCH_ID | G_SIGNAL_MATCH_DETAIL | G_SIGNAL_MATCH_FUNC,
3016 notify_id, property_quark, NULL, g_application_notify_busy_binding, NULL);
3017 if (handler_id == 0)
3019 g_critical ("%s: '%s' is not bound to the busy state of the application", G_STRFUNC, property);
3020 return;
3023 g_signal_handler_disconnect (object, handler_id);
3026 /* Epilogue {{{1 */
3027 /* vim:set foldmethod=marker: */