Method
GIRepositoryRepositoryrequire
since: 2.80
Declaration [src]
GITypelib*
gi_repository_require (
GIRepository* repository,
const char* namespace_,
const char* version,
GIRepositoryLoadFlags flags,
GError** error
)
Description [src]
Force the namespace namespace_ to be loaded if it isn’t already.
If namespace_ is not loaded, this function will search for a
.typelib file using the repository search path. In addition, a
version version of namespace may be specified. If version is
not specified, the latest will be used.
Available since: 2.80
Parameters
namespace_-
Type:
const char*GI namespace to use, e.g.
Gtk.The data is owned by the caller of the method. The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string. version-
Type:
const char*Version of namespace, may be
NULLfor latest.The argument can be NULL.The data is owned by the caller of the method. The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string. flags-
Type:
GIRepositoryLoadFlagsSet of
GIRepositoryLoadFlags, may be 0. error-
Type:
GError **The return location for a recoverable error.
The argument can be NULL.If the return location is not NULL, then you must initialize it to aNULLGError*.The argument will be left initialized to NULLby the method if there are no errors.In case of error, the argument will be set to a newly allocated GError; the caller will take ownership of the data, and be responsible for freeing it.