GITypeInfo: libgirepository API Reference

## GITypeInfo GITypeInfo — Struct representing a type |

## Functions

#define | GI_IS_TYPE_INFO()
gboolean | g_type_info_is_pointer ()
GITypeTag | g_type_info_get_tag ()
GITypeInfo * | g_type_info_get_param_type ()
GIBaseInfo * | g_type_info_get_interface ()
gint | g_type_info_get_array_length ()
gint | g_type_info_get_array_fixed_size ()
gboolean | g_type_info_is_zero_terminated ()
GIArrayType | g_type_info_get_array_type ()

## Types and Values

typedef | GITypeInfo

## Description

GITypeInfo represents a type. You can retrieve a type info from an argument (see GIArgInfo), a functions return value (see GIFunctionInfo), a field (see GIFieldInfo), a property (see GIPropertyInfo), a constant (see GIConstantInfo) or for a union discriminator (see GIUnionInfo).

A type can either be a of a basic type which is a standard C primitive type or an interface type. For interface types you need to call `g_type_info_get_interface()` to get a reference to the base info for that interface.

## Struct hierarchy

      GIBaseInfo
       +----GITypeInfo

## Functions

### GI_IS_TYPE_INFO()

    #define             GI_IS_TYPE_INFO(info)

Checks if `info` is a GITypeInfo.

#### Parameters

info | an info structure |

### g_type_info_is_pointer ()

    gboolean
    g_type_info_is_pointer (GITypeInfo *info);

Obtain if the type is passed as a reference.

Note that the types of `GI_DIRECTION_OUT` and `GI_DIRECTION_INOUT` parameters will only be pointers if the underlying type being transferred is a pointer (i.e. only if the type of the C function’s formal parameter is a pointer to a pointer).

#### Parameters

info | a GITypeInfo |

#### Returns

`TRUE` if it is a pointer

### g_type_info_get_tag ()

    GITypeTag
    g_type_info_get_tag (GITypeInfo *info);

Obtain the type tag for the type. See GITypeTag for a list of type tags.

#### Parameters

info | a GITypeInfo |

#### Returns

the type tag

### g_type_info_get_param_type ()

    GITypeInfo *
    g_type_info_get_param_type (GITypeInfo *info,
                                gint n);

Obtain the parameter type `n` .

#### Parameters

info | a GITypeInfo |
n | index of the parameter |

#### Returns

the param type info.

[transfer full]

### g_type_info_get_interface ()

    GIBaseInfo *
    g_type_info_get_interface (GITypeInfo *info);

For types which have GI_TYPE_TAG_INTERFACE such as GObjects and boxed values, this function returns full information about the referenced type. You can then inspect the type of the returned GIBaseInfo to further query whether it is a concrete GObject, a GInterface, a structure, etc. using `g_base_info_get_type()`.

#### Parameters

info | a GITypeInfo |

#### Returns

the GIBaseInfo, or `NULL`. Free it with `g_base_info_unref()` when done.

[transfer full]

### g_type_info_get_array_length ()

    gint
    g_type_info_get_array_length (GITypeInfo *info);

Obtain the array length of the type. The type tag must be a GI_TYPE_TAG_ARRAY or -1 will returned.

#### Parameters

info | a GITypeInfo |

#### Returns

the array length, or -1 if the type is not an array

### g_type_info_get_array_fixed_size ()

    gint
    g_type_info_get_array_fixed_size (GITypeInfo *info);

Obtain the fixed array size of the type. The type tag must be a GI_TYPE_TAG_ARRAY or -1 will returned.

#### Parameters

info | a GITypeInfo |

#### Returns

the size or -1 if it's not an array

### g_type_info_is_zero_terminated ()

    gboolean
    g_type_info_is_zero_terminated (GITypeInfo *info);

Obtain if the last element of the array is `NULL`. The type tag must be a GI_TYPE_TAG_ARRAY or `FALSE` will returned.

#### Parameters

info | a GITypeInfo |

#### Returns

`TRUE` if zero terminated

### g_type_info_get_array_type ()

    GIArrayType
    g_type_info_get_array_type (GITypeInfo *info);

Obtain the array type for this type. See GIArrayType for a list of possible values. If the type tag of this type is not array, -1 will be returned.

#### Parameters

info | a GITypeInfo |

#### Returns

the array type or -1

## Types and Values

### GITypeInfo

    typedef GIBaseInfo GITypeInfo;

Represents type information, direction, transfer etc.