path: root/gio/gaction.c

/*
 * Copyright © 2010 Codethink Limited
 *
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 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
 * by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the licence or (at
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 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
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 *
 * Authors: Ryan Lortie <desrt@desrt.ca>
 */

#include "config.h"
#include "gaction.h"
#include "glibintl.h"

G_DEFINE_INTERFACE (GAction, g_action, G_TYPE_OBJECT)

/**
 * SECTION:gaction
 * @title: GAction
 * @short_description: An action
 *
 * #GAction represents a single named action.
 *
 * The main interface to an action is that it can be activated with
 * g_action_activate().  This results in the 'activate' signal being
 * emitted.  An activation has a #GVariant parameter (which may be
 * %NULL).  The correct type for the parameter is determined by a static
 * parameter type (which is given at construction time).
 *
 * An action may optionally have a state, in which case the state may be
 * set with g_action_change_state().  This call takes a #GVariant.  The
 * correct type for the state is determined by a static state type
 * (which is given at construction time).
 *
 * The state may have a hint associated with it, specifying its valid
 * range.
 *
 * #GAction is merely the interface to the concept of an action, as
 * described above.  Various implementations of actions exist, including
 * #GSimpleAction and #GtkAction.
 *
 * In all cases, the implementing class is responsible for storing the
 * name of the action, the parameter type, the enabled state, the
 * optional state type and the state and emitting the appropriate
 * signals when these change.  The implementor responsible for filtering
 * calls to g_action_activate() and g_action_change_state() for type
 * safety and for the state being enabled.
 *
 * Probably the only useful thing to do with a #GAction is to put it
 * inside of a #GSimpleActionGroup.
 **/

void
g_action_default_init (GActionInterface *iface)
{
  /**
   * GAction:name:
   *
   * The name of the action.  This is mostly meaningful for identifying
   * the action once it has been added to a #GActionGroup.
   *
   * Since: 2.28
   **/
  g_object_interface_install_property (iface,
                                       g_param_spec_string ("name",
                                                            P_("Action Name"),
                                                            P_("The name used to invoke the action"),
                                                            NULL,
                                                            G_PARAM_READABLE |
                                                            G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));

  /**
   * GAction:parameter-type:
   *
   * The type of the parameter that must be given when activating the
   * action.
   *
   * Since: 2.28
   **/
  g_object_interface_install_property (iface,
                                       g_param_spec_boxed ("parameter-type",
                                                           P_("Parameter Type"),
                                                           P_("The type of GVariant passed to activate()"),
                                                           G_TYPE_VARIANT_TYPE,
                                                           G_PARAM_READABLE |
                                                           G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));

  /**
   * GAction:enabled:
   *
   * If @action is currently enabled.
   *
   * If the action is disabled then calls to g_action_activate() and
   * g_action_change_state() have no effect.
   *
   * Since: 2.28
   **/
  g_object_interface_install_property (iface,
                                       g_param_spec_boolean ("enabled",
                                                             P_("Enabled"),
                                                             P_("If the action can be activated"),
                                                             TRUE,
                                                             G_PARAM_READABLE |
                                                             G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));

  /**
   * GAction:state-type:
   *
   * The #GVariantType of the state that the action has, or %NULL if the
   * action is stateless.
   *
   * Since: 2.28
   **/
  g_object_interface_install_property (iface,
                                       g_param_spec_boxed ("state-type",
                                                           P_("State Type"),
                                                           P_("The type of the state kept by the action"),
                                                           G_TYPE_VARIANT_TYPE,
                                                           G_PARAM_READABLE |
                                                           G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));

  /**
   * GAction:state:
   *
   * The state of the action, or %NULL if the action is stateless.
   *
   * Since: 2.28
   **/
  g_object_interface_install_property (iface,
                                       g_param_spec_variant ("state",
                                                             P_("State"),
                                                             P_("The state the action is in"),
                                                             G_VARIANT_TYPE_ANY,
                                                             NULL,
                                                             G_PARAM_READABLE |
                                                             G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
}

/**
 * g_action_change_state:
 * @action: a #GAction
 * @value: the new state
 *
 * Request for the state of @action to be changed to @value.
 *
 * The action must be stateful and @value must be of the correct type.
 * See g_action_get_state_type().
 *
 * This call merely requests a change.  The action may refuse to change
 * its state or may change its state to something other than @value.
 * See g_action_get_state_hint().
 *
 * If the @value GVariant is floating, it is consumed.
 *
 * Since: 2.30
 **/
void
g_action_change_state (GAction  *action,
                       GVariant *value)
{
  const GVariantType *state_type;

  g_return_if_fail (G_IS_ACTION (action));
  g_return_if_fail (value != NULL);
  state_type = g_action_get_state_type (action);
  g_return_if_fail (state_type != NULL);
  g_return_if_fail (g_variant_is_of_type (value, state_type));

  g_variant_ref_sink (value);

  G_ACTION_GET_IFACE (action)
    ->change_state (action, value);

  g_variant_unref (value);
}

/**
 * g_action_get_state:
 * @action: a #GAction
 *
 * Queries the current state of @action.
 *
 * If the action is not stateful then %NULL will be returned.  If the
 * action is stateful then the type of the return value is the type
 * given by g_action_get_state_type().
 *
 * The return value (if non-%NULL) should be freed with
 * g_variant_unref() when it is no longer required.
 *
 * Returns: (transfer full): the current state of the action
 *
 * Since: 2.28
 **/
GVariant *
g_action_get_state (GAction *action)
{
  g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_ACTION (action), NULL);

  return G_ACTION_GET_IFACE (action)
    ->get_state (action);
}

/**
 * g_action_get_name:
 * @action: a #GAction
 *
 * Queries the name of @action.
 *
 * Returns: the name of the action
 *
 * Since: 2.28
 **/
const gchar *
g_action_get_name (GAction *action)
{
  g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_ACTION (action), NULL);

  return G_ACTION_GET_IFACE (action)
    ->get_name (action);
}

/**
 * g_action_get_parameter_type:
 * @action: a #GAction
 *
 * Queries the type of the parameter that must be given when activating
 * @action.
 *
 * When activating the action using g_action_activate(), the #GVariant
 * given to that function must be of the type returned by this function.
 *
 * In the case that this function returns %NULL, you must not give any
 * #GVariant, but %NULL instead.
 *
 * Returns: (allow-none): the parameter type
 *
 * Since: 2.28
 **/
const GVariantType *
g_action_get_parameter_type (GAction *action)
{
  g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_ACTION (action), NULL);

  return G_ACTION_GET_IFACE (action)
    ->get_parameter_type (action);
}

/**
 * g_action_get_state_type:
 * @action: a #GAction
 *
 * Queries the type of the state of @action.
 *
 * If the action is stateful (e.g. created with
 * g_simple_action_new_stateful()) then this function returns the
 * #GVariantType of the state.  This is the type of the initial value
 * given as the state. All calls to g_action_change_state() must give a
 * #GVariant of this type and g_action_get_state() will return a
 * #GVariant of the same type.
 *
 * If the action is not stateful (e.g. created with g_simple_action_new())
 * then this function will return %NULL. In that case, g_action_get_state()
 * will return %NULL and you must not call g_action_change_state().
 *
 * Returns: (allow-none): the state type, if the action is stateful
 *
 * Since: 2.28
 **/
const GVariantType *
g_action_get_state_type (GAction *action)
{
  g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_ACTION (action), NULL);

  return G_ACTION_GET_IFACE (action)
    ->get_state_type (action);
}

/**
 * g_action_get_state_hint:
 * @action: a #GAction
 *
 * Requests a hint about the valid range of values for the state of
 * @action.
 *
 * If %NULL is returned it either means that the action is not stateful
 * or that there is no hint about the valid range of values for the
 * state of the action.
 *
 * If a #GVariant array is returned then each item in the array is a
 * possible value for the state.  If a #GVariant pair (ie: two-tuple) is
 * returned then the tuple specifies the inclusive lower and upper bound
 * of valid values for the state.
 *
 * In any case, the information is merely a hint.  It may be possible to
 * have a state value outside of the hinted range and setting a value
 * within the range may fail.
 *
 * The return value (if non-%NULL) should be freed with
 * g_variant_unref() when it is no longer required.
 *
 * Returns: (transfer full): the state range hint
 *
 * Since: 2.28
 **/
GVariant *
g_action_get_state_hint (GAction *action)
{
  g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_ACTION (action), NULL);

  return G_ACTION_GET_IFACE (action)
    ->get_state_hint (action);
}

/**
 * g_action_get_enabled:
 * @action: a #GAction
 *
 * Checks if @action is currently enabled.
 *
 * An action must be enabled in order to be activated or in order to
 * have its state changed from outside callers.
 *
 * Returns: whether the action is enabled
 *
 * Since: 2.28
 **/
gboolean
g_action_get_enabled (GAction *action)
{
  g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_ACTION (action), FALSE);

  return G_ACTION_GET_IFACE (action)
    ->get_enabled (action);
}

/**
 * g_action_activate:
 * @action: a #GAction
 * @parameter: (allow-none): the parameter to the activation
 *
 * Activates the action.
 *
 * @parameter must be the correct type of parameter for the action (ie:
 * the parameter type given at construction time).  If the parameter
 * type was %NULL then @parameter must also be %NULL.
 *
 * Since: 2.28
 **/
void
g_action_activate (GAction  *action,
                   GVariant *parameter)
{
  g_return_if_fail (G_IS_ACTION (action));

  if (parameter != NULL)
    g_variant_ref_sink (parameter);

  G_ACTION_GET_IFACE (action)
    ->activate (action, parameter);

  if (parameter != NULL)
    g_variant_unref (parameter);
}