MainLoop

Object Hierarchy:

Description:

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[ CCode ( ref_function = "g_main_loop_ref" , type_id = "G_TYPE_MAIN_LOOP" , unref_function = "g_main_loop_unref" ) ]
public class MainLoop

The `GMainLoop` struct is an opaque data type representing the main event loop of a GLib or GTK application.

Example: MainLoop:

public static int main (string[] args) {
    MainLoop loop = new MainLoop ();
    TimeoutSource time = new TimeoutSource (2000);

    time.set_callback (() => {
        print ("Time!\n");
        loop.quit ();
        return false;
    });

    time.attach (loop.get_context ());

    loop.run ();
	return 0;
}

valac --pkg glib-2.0 GLib.MainLoop.vala

Namespace: GLib

Package: glib-2.0

Content:

Creation methods:

public MainLoop (MainContext? context = null, bool is_running = false)
Creates a new MainLoop structure.

Methods:

public unowned MainContext get_context ()
Returns the MainContext of this.
public bool is_running ()
Checks to see if the main loop is currently being run via run.
public void quit ()
Stops a MainLoop from running.
public void run ()
Runs a main loop until quit is called on the loop.