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2005-01-16 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com> * gobject/tmpl/enumerations_flags.sgml: Fix an example. (#164269, Sebastian Bacher) 2
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<!-- ##### SECTION Title ##### -->
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Enums and Flags
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<!-- ##### SECTION Short_Description ##### -->
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Enumeration and flags types
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<!-- ##### SECTION Long_Description ##### -->
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<para>
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</para>
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<!-- ##### SECTION See_Also ##### -->
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<para>
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</para>
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<!-- ##### STRUCT GEnumClass ##### -->
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<para>
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The class of an enumeration type holds information about its
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possible values.
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</para>
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@g_type_class:
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@minimum: the smallest possible value.
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@maximum: the largest possible value.
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@n_values: the number of possible values.
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@values: an array of #GEnumValue structs describing the
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individual values.
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<!-- ##### STRUCT GFlagsClass ##### -->
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<para>
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The class of a flags type holds information about its
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possible values.
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</para>
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@g_type_class:
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@mask: a mask covering all possible values.
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@n_values: the number of possible values.
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@values: an array of #GFlagsValue structs describing the
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individual values.
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<!-- ##### MACRO G_ENUM_CLASS_TYPE ##### -->
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<para>
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Returns the type identifier from a given #GEnumClass structure.
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</para>
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@class: a #GEnumClass
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<!-- ##### MACRO G_ENUM_CLASS_TYPE_NAME ##### -->
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<para>
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Returns the static type name from a given #GEnumClass structure.
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</para>
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@class: a #GEnumClass
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<!-- ##### MACRO G_TYPE_IS_ENUM ##### -->
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<para>
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Returns whether @type "is a" %G_TYPE_ENUM.
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</para>
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@type: a #GType ID.
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<!-- ##### MACRO G_ENUM_CLASS ##### -->
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<para>
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Casts a derived #GEnumClass structure into a #GEnumClass structure.
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</para>
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@class: a valid #GEnumClass
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<!-- ##### MACRO G_IS_ENUM_CLASS ##### -->
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<para>
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Checks whether @class "is a" valid #GEnumClass structure of type %G_TYPE_ENUM
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or derived.
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</para>
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@class: a #GEnumClass
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<!-- ##### MACRO G_TYPE_IS_FLAGS ##### -->
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<para>
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Returns whether @type "is a" %G_TYPE_FLAGS.
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</para>
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@type: a #GType ID.
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<!-- ##### MACRO G_FLAGS_CLASS ##### -->
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<para>
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Casts a derived #GFlagsClass structure into a #GFlagsClass structure.
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</para>
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@class: a valid #GFlagsClass
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<!-- ##### MACRO G_IS_FLAGS_CLASS ##### -->
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<para>
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Checks whether @class "is a" valid #GFlagsClass structure of type %G_TYPE_FLAGS
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or derived.
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</para>
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@class: a #GFlagsClass
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<!-- ##### MACRO G_FLAGS_CLASS_TYPE ##### -->
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<para>
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Returns the type identifier from a given #GFlagsClass structure.
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</para>
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@class: a #GFlagsClass
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<!-- ##### MACRO G_FLAGS_CLASS_TYPE_NAME ##### -->
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<para>
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Returns the static type name from a given #GFlagsClass structure.
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</para>
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@class: a #GFlagsClass
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<!-- ##### STRUCT GEnumValue ##### -->
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<para>
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A structure which contains a single enum value, it's name, and it's
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nickname.
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</para>
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@value: the enum value
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@value_name: the name of the value
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@value_nick: the nickname of the value
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<!-- ##### STRUCT GFlagsValue ##### -->
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<para>
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A structure which contains a single flags value, it's name, and it's
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nickname.
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</para>
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@value: the flags value
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@value_name: the name of the value
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@value_nick: the nickname of the value
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_enum_get_value ##### -->
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<para>
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Returns the #GEnumValue for a value.
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</para>
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@enum_class: a #GEnumClass
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@value: the value to look up
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@Returns: the #GEnumValue for @value, or %NULL if @value is not
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a member of the enumeration
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_enum_get_value_by_name ##### -->
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<para>
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Looks up a #GEnumValue by name.
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</para>
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@enum_class: a #GEnumClass
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@name: the name to look up
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@Returns: the #GEnumValue with name @name, or %NULL if the enumeration doesn'
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t have a member with that name
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_enum_get_value_by_nick ##### -->
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<para>
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Looks up a #GEnumValue by nickname.
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</para>
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@enum_class: a #GEnumClass
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@nick: the nickname to look up
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@Returns: the #GEnumValue with nickname @nick, or %NULL if the enumeration doesn'
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t have a member with that nickname
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_flags_get_first_value ##### -->
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<para>
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Returns the first #GFlagsValue which is set in @value.
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</para>
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@flags_class: a #GFlagsClass
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@value: the value
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@Returns: the first #GFlagsValue which is set in @value, or %NULL if none is set
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_flags_get_value_by_name ##### -->
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<para>
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Looks up a #GFlagsValue by name.
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</para>
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@flags_class: a #GFlagsClass
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@name: the name to look up
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@Returns: the #GFlagsValue with name @name, or %NULL if there is no flag with
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that name
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_flags_get_value_by_nick ##### -->
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<para>
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Looks up a #GFlagsValue by nickname.
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</para>
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@flags_class: a #GFlagsClass
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@nick: the nickname to look up
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@Returns: the #GFlagsValue with nickname @nick, or %NULL if there is no flag
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with that nickname
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_enum_register_static ##### -->
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<para>
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Registers a new static enumeration type with the name @name.
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</para>
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<para>
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It is normally more convenient to let
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<link linkend="glib-mkenums">glib-mkenums</link> generate a
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my_enum_get_type() function from a usual C enumeration definition
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than to write one yourself using g_enum_register_static().
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</para>
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@name: A nul-terminated string used as the name of the new type.
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@const_static_values: An array of #GEnumValue structs for the possible
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enumeration values. The array is terminated by a struct with all
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members being 0.
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@Returns: The new type identifier.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_flags_register_static ##### -->
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<para>
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Registers a new static flags type with the name @name.
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</para>
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<para>
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It is normally more convenient to let
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<link linkend="glib-mkenums">glib-mkenums</link> generate a
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my_flags_get_type() function from a usual C enumeration definition
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than to write one yourself using g_flags_register_static().
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</para>
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@name: A nul-terminated string used as the name of the new type.
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@const_static_values: An array of #GFlagsValue structs for the possible
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flags values. The array is terminated by a struct with all members being 0.
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@Returns: The new type identifier.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_enum_complete_type_info ##### -->
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<para>
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This function is meant to be called from the complete_type_info() function
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of a #GTypePlugin implementation, as in the following example:
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<informalexample>
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<programlisting>
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static void
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my_enum_complete_type_info (GTypePlugin *plugin,
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GType g_type,
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GTypeInfo *info,
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GTypeValueTable *value_table)
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{
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static const GEnumValue values[] = {
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{ MY_ENUM_FOO, "MY_ENUM_FOO", "foo" },
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{ MY_ENUM_BAR, "MY_ENUM_BAR", "bar" },
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{ 0, NULL, NULL }
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};
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g_enum_complete_type_info (type, info, values);
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}
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</programlisting>
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</informalexample>
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</para>
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@g_enum_type: the type identifier of the type being completed
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@info: the #GTypeInfo struct to be filled in
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@const_values: An array of #GEnumValue structs for the possible
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enumeration values. The array is terminated by a struct with all
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members being 0.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_flags_complete_type_info ##### -->
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<para>
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This function is meant to be called from the complete_type_info() function
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of a #GTypePlugin implementation, see the example for
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g_enumeration_complete_type_info() above.
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</para>
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@g_flags_type: the type identifier of the type being completed
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@info: the #GTypeInfo struct to be filled in
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@const_values: An array of #GFlagsValue structs for the possible
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enumeration values. The array is terminated by a struct with all
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members being 0.
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