Value

Object Hierarchy:

Description:

[ CCode ( ref_function = "secret_value_ref" , type_id = "secret_value_get_type ()" , unref_function = "secret_value_unref" ) ]
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public class Value

A value containing a secret

A Value contains a password or other secret value.

Use [methodValue.get] to get the actual secret data, such as a password. The secret data is not necessarily null-terminated, unless the content type is "text/plain".

Each Value has a content type. For passwords, this is `text/plain`. Use [methodValue.get_content_type] to look at the content type.

Value is reference counted and immutable. The secret data is only freed when all references have been released via [methodValue.unref].

Namespace: Secret

Package: libsecret-1

Content:

Creation methods:

public Value (string secret, ssize_t length, string content_type)
Create a Value for the secret data passed in.
public Value.full (string secret, ssize_t length, string content_type, DestroyNotify destroy)
Create a Value for the secret data passed in.

Methods:

public unowned uint8[] @get ()
Get the secret data in the Value.
public Value @ref ()
Add another reference to the Value.
public unowned string get_content_type ()
Get the content type of the secret value, such as `text/plain`.
public unowned string? get_text ()
Get the secret data in the Value if it contains a textual value.
public void unref ()
Unreference a Value.
public string unref_to_password (ref size_t length)
Unreference a Value and steal the secret data in Value as nonpageable memory.