<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <!--Rendered using the Haskell Html Library v0.2--> <HTML ><HEAD ><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=UTF-8" ><TITLE >System.Glib.GObject</TITLE ><LINK HREF="haddock.css" REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" ><SCRIPT SRC="haddock-util.js" TYPE="text/javascript" ></SCRIPT ><SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" >window.onload = function () {setSynopsis("mini_System-Glib-GObject.html")};</SCRIPT ></HEAD ><BODY ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="topbar" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD ><IMG SRC="haskell_icon.gif" WIDTH="16" HEIGHT="16" ALT=" " ></TD ><TD CLASS="title" >glib-0.11.2: Binding to the GLIB library for Gtk2Hs.</TD ><TD CLASS="topbut" ><A HREF="src/System-Glib-GObject.html" >Source code</A ></TD ><TD CLASS="topbut" ><A HREF="index.html" >Contents</A ></TD ><TD CLASS="topbut" ><A HREF="doc-index.html" >Index</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="modulebar" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD ><FONT SIZE="6" >System.Glib.GObject</FONT ></TD ><TD ALIGN="right" ><TABLE CLASS="narrow" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="infohead" >Portability</TD ><TD CLASS="infoval" >portable (depends on GHC)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="infohead" >Stability</TD ><TD CLASS="infoval" >provisional</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="infohead" >Maintainer</TD ><TD CLASS="infoval" >gtk2hs-users@lists.sourceforge.net</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="section4" ><B >Contents</B ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><DL ><DT ><A HREF="#1" >Types </A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="#2" >Low level binding functions </A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT ><A HREF="#3" >GType queries </A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="#4" >Callback support </A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="#5" >User-Defined Attributes </A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section1" >Description</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" >The base object type for all glib objects </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section1" >Synopsis</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><SPAN CLASS="keyword" >newtype</SPAN > <A HREF="#t%3AGObject" >GObject</A > = <A HREF="#v%3AGObject" >GObject</A > (<A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-ForeignPtr.html#t%3AForeignPtr" >ForeignPtr</A > <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObject" >GObject</A >)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><SPAN CLASS="keyword" >class</SPAN > <A HREF="#t%3AGObjectClass" >GObjectClass</A > o <SPAN CLASS="keyword" >where</SPAN ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AtoGObject" >toGObject</A > :: o -> <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObject" >GObject</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AunsafeCastGObject" >unsafeCastGObject</A > :: <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObject" >GObject</A > -> o</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AmkGObject" >mkGObject</A > :: (<A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-ForeignPtr.html#t%3AForeignPtr" >ForeignPtr</A > <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObject" >GObject</A > -> <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObject" >GObject</A >, <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-ForeignPtr.html#t%3AFinalizerPtr" >FinalizerPtr</A > a)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AunGObject" >unGObject</A > :: <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObject" >GObject</A > -> <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-ForeignPtr.html#t%3AForeignPtr" >ForeignPtr</A > <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObject" >GObject</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AcastToGObject" >castToGObject</A > :: <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObjectClass" >GObjectClass</A > obj => obj -> obj</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AobjectUnref" >objectUnref</A > :: <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-ForeignPtr.html#t%3AFinalizerPtr" >FinalizerPtr</A > a</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AobjectNew" >objectNew</A > :: <A HREF="System-Glib-GType.html#t%3AGType" >GType</A > -> [(<A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Data-Char.html#t%3AString" >String</A >, <A HREF="System-Glib-GValue.html#t%3AGValue" >GValue</A >)] -> <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/System-IO.html#t%3AIO" >IO</A > (<A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-Ptr.html#t%3APtr" >Ptr</A > <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObject" >GObject</A >)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AobjectRef" >objectRef</A > :: <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObjectClass" >GObjectClass</A > obj => <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-Ptr.html#t%3APtr" >Ptr</A > obj -> <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/System-IO.html#t%3AIO" >IO</A > <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/ghc-prim-0.2.0.0/GHC-Unit.html#t%3A%28%29" >()</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AobjectRefSink" >objectRefSink</A > :: <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObjectClass" >GObjectClass</A > obj => <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-Ptr.html#t%3APtr" >Ptr</A > obj -> <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/System-IO.html#t%3AIO" >IO</A > <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/ghc-prim-0.2.0.0/GHC-Unit.html#t%3A%28%29" >()</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AmakeNewGObject" >makeNewGObject</A > :: <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObjectClass" >GObjectClass</A > obj => (<A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-ForeignPtr.html#t%3AForeignPtr" >ForeignPtr</A > obj -> obj, <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-ForeignPtr.html#t%3AFinalizerPtr" >FinalizerPtr</A > obj) -> <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/System-IO.html#t%3AIO" >IO</A > (<A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-Ptr.html#t%3APtr" >Ptr</A > obj) -> <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/System-IO.html#t%3AIO" >IO</A > obj</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AconstructNewGObject" >constructNewGObject</A > :: <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObjectClass" >GObjectClass</A > obj => (<A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-ForeignPtr.html#t%3AForeignPtr" >ForeignPtr</A > obj -> obj, <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-ForeignPtr.html#t%3AFinalizerPtr" >FinalizerPtr</A > obj) -> <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/System-IO.html#t%3AIO" >IO</A > (<A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-Ptr.html#t%3APtr" >Ptr</A > obj) -> <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/System-IO.html#t%3AIO" >IO</A > obj</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AgTypeGObject" >gTypeGObject</A > :: <A HREF="System-Glib-GType.html#t%3AGType" >GType</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AisA" >isA</A > :: <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObjectClass" >GObjectClass</A > o => o -> <A HREF="System-Glib-GType.html#t%3AGType" >GType</A > -> <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Data-Bool.html#t%3ABool" >Bool</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><SPAN CLASS="keyword" >type</SPAN > <A HREF="#t%3ADestroyNotify" >DestroyNotify</A > = <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-Ptr.html#t%3AFunPtr" >FunPtr</A > (<A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-Ptr.html#t%3APtr" >Ptr</A > <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/ghc-prim-0.2.0.0/GHC-Unit.html#t%3A%28%29" >()</A > -> <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/System-IO.html#t%3AIO" >IO</A > <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/ghc-prim-0.2.0.0/GHC-Unit.html#t%3A%28%29" >()</A >)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AdestroyFunPtr" >destroyFunPtr</A > :: <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3ADestroyNotify" >DestroyNotify</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AdestroyStablePtr" >destroyStablePtr</A > :: <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3ADestroyNotify" >DestroyNotify</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><SPAN CLASS="keyword" >type</SPAN > <A HREF="#t%3AQuark" >Quark</A > = <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-C-Types.html#t%3ACUInt" >CUInt</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AquarkFromString" >quarkFromString</A > :: <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Data-Char.html#t%3AString" >String</A > -> <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/System-IO.html#t%3AIO" >IO</A > <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AQuark" >Quark</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AobjectCreateAttribute" >objectCreateAttribute</A > :: <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObjectClass" >GObjectClass</A > o => <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/System-IO.html#t%3AIO" >IO</A > (<A HREF="System-Glib-Attributes.html#t%3AAttr" >Attr</A > o (<A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Data-Maybe.html#t%3AMaybe" >Maybe</A > a))</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AobjectSetAttribute" >objectSetAttribute</A > :: <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObjectClass" >GObjectClass</A > o => <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AQuark" >Quark</A > -> o -> <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Data-Maybe.html#t%3AMaybe" >Maybe</A > a -> <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/System-IO.html#t%3AIO" >IO</A > <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/ghc-prim-0.2.0.0/GHC-Unit.html#t%3A%28%29" >()</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AobjectGetAttributeUnsafe" >objectGetAttributeUnsafe</A > :: <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObjectClass" >GObjectClass</A > o => <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AQuark" >Quark</A > -> o -> <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/System-IO.html#t%3AIO" >IO</A > (<A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Data-Maybe.html#t%3AMaybe" >Maybe</A > a)</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section1" ><A NAME="1" ><A NAME="1" >Types </A ></A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="topdecl" ><TABLE CLASS="declbar" ><TR ><TD CLASS="declname" ><SPAN CLASS="keyword" >newtype</SPAN > <A NAME="t:GObject" ><A NAME="t%3AGObject" ></A ></A ><B >GObject</B > </TD ><TD CLASS="declbut" ><A HREF="src/System-Glib-Types.html#GObject" >Source</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="section4" >Constructors</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="1" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" ><A NAME="v:GObject" ><A NAME="v%3AGObject" ></A ></A ><B >GObject</B > (<A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-ForeignPtr.html#t%3AForeignPtr" >ForeignPtr</A > <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObject" >GObject</A >)</TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section4" ><IMG SRC="minus.gif" CLASS="coll" ONCLICK="toggle(this,'i:GObject')" ALT="show/hide" > Instances</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><DIV ID="i:GObject" STYLE="display:block;" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="1" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Data-Eq.html#t%3AEq" >Eq</A > <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObject" >GObject</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObjectClass" >GObjectClass</A > <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObject" >GObject</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="topdecl" ><TABLE CLASS="declbar" ><TR ><TD CLASS="declname" ><SPAN CLASS="keyword" >class</SPAN > <A NAME="t:GObjectClass" ><A NAME="t%3AGObjectClass" ></A ></A ><B >GObjectClass</B > o <SPAN CLASS="keyword" >where</SPAN ></TD ><TD CLASS="declbut" ><A HREF="src/System-Glib-Types.html#GObjectClass" >Source</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section4" >Methods</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="topdecl" ><TABLE CLASS="declbar" ><TR ><TD CLASS="declname" ><A NAME="v:toGObject" ><A NAME="v%3AtoGObject" ></A ></A ><B >toGObject</B > :: o -> <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObject" >GObject</A ></TD ><TD CLASS="declbut" ><A HREF="src/System-Glib-Types.html#toGObject" >Source</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" >Safe upcast. </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="topdecl" ><TABLE CLASS="declbar" ><TR ><TD CLASS="declname" ><A NAME="v:unsafeCastGObject" ><A NAME="v%3AunsafeCastGObject" ></A ></A ><B >unsafeCastGObject</B > :: <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObject" >GObject</A > -> o</TD ><TD CLASS="declbut" ><A HREF="src/System-Glib-Types.html#unsafeCastGObject" >Source</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" >Unchecked downcast. </TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section4" ><IMG SRC="minus.gif" CLASS="coll" ONCLICK="toggle(this,'i:GObjectClass')" ALT="show/hide" > Instances</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><DIV ID="i:GObjectClass" STYLE="display:block;" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="1" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObjectClass" >GObjectClass</A > <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObject" >GObject</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="topdecl" ><TABLE CLASS="declbar" ><TR ><TD CLASS="declname" ><A NAME="v:mkGObject" ><A NAME="v%3AmkGObject" ></A ></A ><B >mkGObject</B > :: (<A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-ForeignPtr.html#t%3AForeignPtr" >ForeignPtr</A > <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObject" >GObject</A > -> <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObject" >GObject</A >, <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-ForeignPtr.html#t%3AFinalizerPtr" >FinalizerPtr</A > a)</TD ><TD CLASS="declbut" ><A HREF="src/System-Glib-Types.html#mkGObject" >Source</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="topdecl" ><TABLE CLASS="declbar" ><TR ><TD CLASS="declname" ><A NAME="v:unGObject" ><A NAME="v%3AunGObject" ></A ></A ><B >unGObject</B > :: <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObject" >GObject</A > -> <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-ForeignPtr.html#t%3AForeignPtr" >ForeignPtr</A > <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObject" >GObject</A ></TD ><TD CLASS="declbut" ><A HREF="src/System-Glib-Types.html#unGObject" >Source</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="topdecl" ><TABLE CLASS="declbar" ><TR ><TD CLASS="declname" ><A NAME="v:castToGObject" ><A NAME="v%3AcastToGObject" ></A ></A ><B >castToGObject</B > :: <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObjectClass" >GObjectClass</A > obj => obj -> obj</TD ><TD CLASS="declbut" ><A HREF="src/System-Glib-Types.html#castToGObject" >Source</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="topdecl" ><TABLE CLASS="declbar" ><TR ><TD CLASS="declname" ><A NAME="v:objectUnref" ><A NAME="v%3AobjectUnref" ></A ></A ><B >objectUnref</B > :: <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-ForeignPtr.html#t%3AFinalizerPtr" >FinalizerPtr</A > a</TD ><TD CLASS="declbut" ><A HREF="src/System-Glib-Types.html#objectUnref" >Source</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" >Decrease the reference counter of an object </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section1" ><A NAME="2" ><A NAME="2" >Low level binding functions </A ></A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" >All these functions are internal and are only interesting to people writing bindings to GObject-style C libraries. </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="topdecl" ><TABLE CLASS="declbar" ><TR ><TD CLASS="declname" ><A NAME="v:objectNew" ><A NAME="v%3AobjectNew" ></A ></A ><B >objectNew</B > :: <A HREF="System-Glib-GType.html#t%3AGType" >GType</A > -> [(<A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Data-Char.html#t%3AString" >String</A >, <A HREF="System-Glib-GValue.html#t%3AGValue" >GValue</A >)] -> <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/System-IO.html#t%3AIO" >IO</A > (<A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-Ptr.html#t%3APtr" >Ptr</A > <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObject" >GObject</A >)</TD ><TD CLASS="declbut" ><A HREF="src/System-Glib-GObject.html#objectNew" >Source</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" >Construct a new object (should rairly be used directly) </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="topdecl" ><TABLE CLASS="declbar" ><TR ><TD CLASS="declname" ><A NAME="v:objectRef" ><A NAME="v%3AobjectRef" ></A ></A ><B >objectRef</B > :: <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObjectClass" >GObjectClass</A > obj => <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-Ptr.html#t%3APtr" >Ptr</A > obj -> <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/System-IO.html#t%3AIO" >IO</A > <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/ghc-prim-0.2.0.0/GHC-Unit.html#t%3A%28%29" >()</A ></TD ><TD CLASS="declbut" ><A HREF="src/System-Glib-GObject.html#objectRef" >Source</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" >Increase the reference counter of an object </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="topdecl" ><TABLE CLASS="declbar" ><TR ><TD CLASS="declname" ><A NAME="v:objectRefSink" ><A NAME="v%3AobjectRefSink" ></A ></A ><B >objectRefSink</B > :: <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObjectClass" >GObjectClass</A > obj => <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-Ptr.html#t%3APtr" >Ptr</A > obj -> <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/System-IO.html#t%3AIO" >IO</A > <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/ghc-prim-0.2.0.0/GHC-Unit.html#t%3A%28%29" >()</A ></TD ><TD CLASS="declbut" ><A HREF="src/System-Glib-GObject.html#objectRefSink" >Source</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" >Reference and sink an object. </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="topdecl" ><TABLE CLASS="declbar" ><TR ><TD CLASS="declname" ><A NAME="v:makeNewGObject" ><A NAME="v%3AmakeNewGObject" ></A ></A ><B >makeNewGObject</B ></TD ><TD CLASS="declbut" ><A HREF="src/System-Glib-GObject.html#makeNewGObject" >Source</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" >:: <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObjectClass" >GObjectClass</A > obj</TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" >=> (<A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-ForeignPtr.html#t%3AForeignPtr" >ForeignPtr</A > obj -> obj, <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-ForeignPtr.html#t%3AFinalizerPtr" >FinalizerPtr</A > obj)</TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" >constructor for the Haskell object and finalizer C function </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" >-> <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/System-IO.html#t%3AIO" >IO</A > (<A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-Ptr.html#t%3APtr" >Ptr</A > obj)</TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" >action which yields a pointer to the C object </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" >-> <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/System-IO.html#t%3AIO" >IO</A > obj</TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="ndoc" COLSPAN="2" ><P >This function wraps any object that does not derive from Object. It should be used whenever a function returns a pointer to an existing <TT ><A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObject" >GObject</A ></TT > (as opposed to a function that constructs a new object). </P ><UL ><LI > The first argument is the contructor of the specific object. </LI ></UL ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="topdecl" ><TABLE CLASS="declbar" ><TR ><TD CLASS="declname" ><A NAME="v:constructNewGObject" ><A NAME="v%3AconstructNewGObject" ></A ></A ><B >constructNewGObject</B > :: <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObjectClass" >GObjectClass</A > obj => (<A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-ForeignPtr.html#t%3AForeignPtr" >ForeignPtr</A > obj -> obj, <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-ForeignPtr.html#t%3AFinalizerPtr" >FinalizerPtr</A > obj) -> <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/System-IO.html#t%3AIO" >IO</A > (<A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-Ptr.html#t%3APtr" >Ptr</A > obj) -> <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/System-IO.html#t%3AIO" >IO</A > obj</TD ><TD CLASS="declbut" ><A HREF="src/System-Glib-GObject.html#constructNewGObject" >Source</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" >This function wraps any object that does not derive from Object. The object is NOT reference, hence it should be used when a new object is created. Newly created <TT ><A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObject" >GObject</A ></TT >s have a reference count of one, hence don't need ref'ing. </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section2" ><A NAME="3" ><A NAME="3" >GType queries </A ></A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="topdecl" ><TABLE CLASS="declbar" ><TR ><TD CLASS="declname" ><A NAME="v:gTypeGObject" ><A NAME="v%3AgTypeGObject" ></A ></A ><B >gTypeGObject</B > :: <A HREF="System-Glib-GType.html#t%3AGType" >GType</A ></TD ><TD CLASS="declbut" ><A HREF="src/System-Glib-GObject.html#gTypeGObject" >Source</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" >The type constant to check if an instance is of <TT ><A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObject" >GObject</A ></TT > type. </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="topdecl" ><TABLE CLASS="declbar" ><TR ><TD CLASS="declname" ><A NAME="v:isA" ><A NAME="v%3AisA" ></A ></A ><B >isA</B > :: <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObjectClass" >GObjectClass</A > o => o -> <A HREF="System-Glib-GType.html#t%3AGType" >GType</A > -> <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Data-Bool.html#t%3ABool" >Bool</A ></TD ><TD CLASS="declbut" ><A HREF="src/System-Glib-GObject.html#isA" >Source</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" >Determine if this is an instance of a particular GTK type </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section2" ><A NAME="4" ><A NAME="4" >Callback support </A ></A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="topdecl" ><TABLE CLASS="declbar" ><TR ><TD CLASS="declname" ><SPAN CLASS="keyword" >type</SPAN > <A NAME="t:DestroyNotify" ><A NAME="t%3ADestroyNotify" ></A ></A ><B >DestroyNotify</B > = <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-Ptr.html#t%3AFunPtr" >FunPtr</A > (<A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-Ptr.html#t%3APtr" >Ptr</A > <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/ghc-prim-0.2.0.0/GHC-Unit.html#t%3A%28%29" >()</A > -> <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/System-IO.html#t%3AIO" >IO</A > <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/ghc-prim-0.2.0.0/GHC-Unit.html#t%3A%28%29" >()</A >)</TD ><TD CLASS="declbut" ><A HREF="src/System-Glib-GObject.html#DestroyNotify" >Source</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="topdecl" ><TABLE CLASS="declbar" ><TR ><TD CLASS="declname" ><A NAME="v:destroyFunPtr" ><A NAME="v%3AdestroyFunPtr" ></A ></A ><B >destroyFunPtr</B > :: <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3ADestroyNotify" >DestroyNotify</A ></TD ><TD CLASS="declbut" ><A HREF="src/System-Glib-GObject.html#destroyFunPtr" >Source</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" >Many methods in classes derived from GObject take a callback function and a destructor function which is called to free that callback function when it is no longer required. This constants is an address of a functions in C land that will free a function pointer. </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="topdecl" ><TABLE CLASS="declbar" ><TR ><TD CLASS="declname" ><A NAME="v:destroyStablePtr" ><A NAME="v%3AdestroyStablePtr" ></A ></A ><B >destroyStablePtr</B > :: <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3ADestroyNotify" >DestroyNotify</A ></TD ><TD CLASS="declbut" ><A HREF="src/System-Glib-GObject.html#destroyStablePtr" >Source</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" >The address of a function freeing a <TT ><A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-StablePtr.html#t%3AStablePtr" >StablePtr</A ></TT >. See <TT ><A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#v%3AdestroyFunPtr" >destroyFunPtr</A ></TT >. </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section2" ><A NAME="5" ><A NAME="5" >User-Defined Attributes </A ></A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="topdecl" ><TABLE CLASS="declbar" ><TR ><TD CLASS="declname" ><SPAN CLASS="keyword" >type</SPAN > <A NAME="t:Quark" ><A NAME="t%3AQuark" ></A ></A ><B >Quark</B > = <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Foreign-C-Types.html#t%3ACUInt" >CUInt</A ></TD ><TD CLASS="declbut" ><A HREF="src/System-Glib-GObject.html#Quark" >Source</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="topdecl" ><TABLE CLASS="declbar" ><TR ><TD CLASS="declname" ><A NAME="v:quarkFromString" ><A NAME="v%3AquarkFromString" ></A ></A ><B >quarkFromString</B > :: <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Data-Char.html#t%3AString" >String</A > -> <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/System-IO.html#t%3AIO" >IO</A > <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AQuark" >Quark</A ></TD ><TD CLASS="declbut" ><A HREF="src/System-Glib-GObject.html#quarkFromString" >Source</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" >Create a unique id based on the given string. </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="topdecl" ><TABLE CLASS="declbar" ><TR ><TD CLASS="declname" ><A NAME="v:objectCreateAttribute" ><A NAME="v%3AobjectCreateAttribute" ></A ></A ><B >objectCreateAttribute</B > :: <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObjectClass" >GObjectClass</A > o => <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/System-IO.html#t%3AIO" >IO</A > (<A HREF="System-Glib-Attributes.html#t%3AAttr" >Attr</A > o (<A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Data-Maybe.html#t%3AMaybe" >Maybe</A > a))</TD ><TD CLASS="declbut" ><A HREF="src/System-Glib-GObject.html#objectCreateAttribute" >Source</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" ><P >Add an attribute to this object. </P ><UL ><LI > The function returns a new attribute that can be set or retrieved from any <TT ><A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObject" >GObject</A ></TT >. The attribute is wrapped in a <TT ><A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Data-Maybe.html#t%3AMaybe" >Maybe</A ></TT > type to reflect the circumstance when the attribute is not set or if it should be unset. </LI ></UL ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="topdecl" ><TABLE CLASS="declbar" ><TR ><TD CLASS="declname" ><A NAME="v:objectSetAttribute" ><A NAME="v%3AobjectSetAttribute" ></A ></A ><B >objectSetAttribute</B > :: <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObjectClass" >GObjectClass</A > o => <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AQuark" >Quark</A > -> o -> <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Data-Maybe.html#t%3AMaybe" >Maybe</A > a -> <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/System-IO.html#t%3AIO" >IO</A > <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/ghc-prim-0.2.0.0/GHC-Unit.html#t%3A%28%29" >()</A ></TD ><TD CLASS="declbut" ><A HREF="src/System-Glib-GObject.html#objectSetAttribute" >Source</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" >Set the value of an association. </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="topdecl" ><TABLE CLASS="declbar" ><TR ><TD CLASS="declname" ><A NAME="v:objectGetAttributeUnsafe" ><A NAME="v%3AobjectGetAttributeUnsafe" ></A ></A ><B >objectGetAttributeUnsafe</B > :: <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AGObjectClass" >GObjectClass</A > o => <A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#t%3AQuark" >Quark</A > -> o -> <A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/System-IO.html#t%3AIO" >IO</A > (<A HREF="/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.2/Data-Maybe.html#t%3AMaybe" >Maybe</A > a)</TD ><TD CLASS="declbut" ><A HREF="src/System-Glib-GObject.html#objectGetAttributeUnsafe" >Source</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" ><P >Get the value of an association. </P ><UL ><LI > Note that this function may crash the Haskell run-time since the returned type can be forced to be anything. See <TT ><A HREF="System-Glib-GObject.html#v%3AobjectCreateAttribute" >objectCreateAttribute</A ></TT > for a safe wrapper around this funciton. </LI ></UL ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="botbar" >Produced by <A HREF="http://www.haskell.org/haddock/" >Haddock</A > version 2.6.1</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></BODY ></HTML >