Initable


Object Hierarchy:

GLib.Initable GLib.Initable GLib.Initable GLib.Object GLib.Object GLib.Object->GLib.Initable

Description:

[ CCode ( type_id = "g_initable_get_type ()" ) ]
[ Version ( since = "2.22" ) ]
public interface Initable : Object

`GInitable` is implemented by objects that can fail during initialization.

If an object implements this interface then it must be initialized as the first thing after construction, either via [method@Gio.Initable.init ] or [method@Gio.AsyncInitable.init_async] (the latter is only available if it also implements [iface@Gio.AsyncInitable]).

If the object is not initialized, or initialization returns with an error, then all operations on the object except `g_object_ref()` and `g_object_unref()` are considered to be invalid, and have undefined behaviour. They will often fail with [func@GLib.critical] or [ func@GLib.warning], but this must not be relied on.

Users of objects implementing this are not intended to use the interface method directly, instead it will be used automatically in various ways. For C applications you generally just call [func@Gio.Initable.new] directly, or indirectly via a `foo_thing_new()` wrapper. This will call [method@Gio.Initable.init] under the cover, returning `NULL` and setting a `GError` on failure (at which point the instance is unreferenced).

For bindings in languages where the native constructor supports exceptions the binding could check for objects implementing `GInitable` during normal construction and automatically initialize them, throwing an exception on failure.


Namespace: GLib
Package: gio-2.0

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