X-Git-Url: https://git.draconx.ca/gitweb/gob-dx.git/blobdiff_plain/8445442abc02fc325a9ce228759403113583818c..b95b3724f522c3d7ab2ede752e2913287b172b8e:/doc/gob2.1.in diff --git a/doc/gob2.1.in b/doc/gob2.1.in index f392384..560dd8a 100644 --- a/doc/gob2.1.in +++ b/doc/gob2.1.in @@ -238,6 +238,17 @@ For example: To make an abstract class (to pass G_TYPE_FLAG_ABSTRACT) add \'(abstract)\' before the curly braces above. This works since version 2.0.13. +.PP +To make a simple dynamic class which can be registered with a GTypeModule, +add \`(dynamic)\' to the class header. +This will cause a type registration method to be defined, which you would +normally call from the load method of a GTypeModule. +In the above example, the registration function will look like +.nf + + void gtk_new_button_register_type(GTypeModule *type_module) + +.fi .SH DATA MEMBERS .PP There are five types of data members. Three of them are normal data members, @@ -1054,6 +1065,21 @@ a specific method of the interface, just add \'interface \' before the method definition. The method can, and probably should be, private. .PP +Interface methods behave very similarly to virtual/override methods. +As with override methods, you can use PARENT_HANDLER in the definition of an +interface method to call the implementation of the same interface method in +a parent class. +.PP +The NAME_parent_iface variable may be used to access the complete interface +structure from a parent class, where NAME is the implemented interface (with +colons replaced by underscores). +This enables access to the full parent implementation of an interface. +For example, if a class implements the Gtk:Tree:Model interface then the +implementation of the same interface in the parent class is available via +the Gtk_Tree_Model_parent_iface pointer. +If an interface is not implemented in the parent class, then the corresponding +parent_iface value will be a null pointer. +.PP The following example implements a new object, that implements the Gtk:Tree:Model interface and implements the get_flags method of that interface. Do note that except for standard (GTK+ and glib) specific